Mr. Seward to Señor Sarmiento
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17 th instant, in which you inform me of the favorable termination of the correspondence [Page 242] between your government and Mr. Washburn, the minister resident of the United States to Paraguay, which has been communicated to you officially by the former, with expressions of satisfaction.
Be pleased to inform your government, that this government is equally satisfied at the final removal of the obstacle to the passage of Mr. Washburn to Asuncion. I avail myself of this occasion, sir, to offer to you the assurance of my high consideration.
Señor Don Domingo F. Sarmiento, &c., &c., &c.