Mr. Sanford to Mr. Seward.
Sir: Major General Baron de Beaulieu, who goes as extraordinary minister to Washington to announce to the President the accession of Leopold II, is here, and proposes embarking with his suite at Liverpool in the Java, on the 24th instant, for New York. As minister resident for several years to the United States, he is, doubtless, favorably remembered by many of our public men.
I have reason to believe that in the letters of credence which he will bear the usual measured formality of language will be somewhat departed from to give warmer expression of the feelings entertained by his Majesty for the United States, and of his desire to cultivate the most friendly relations between two nations whose institutions have so much in common.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.