Mr. Plumb to Mr. Seward
Sir: I beg respectfully to advise you that Mr. Lane, our consul at Vera Cruz, reached here from that port on a trip for the benefit of his health on the 16th instant. He left last evening for the north with the intention to proceed direct to his home at Portland. His health had improved.
Mr. Lane’s statement confirmed what has appeared evident from the general news, viz: the probability that the city of Mexico may be occupied by the liberal forces soon after, if not at the moment that the French leave, and therefore that President Juarez may be expected to reach that point at an early date.
The news from the Rio Grande at hand yesterday, by the despatch boat Blackbird from Brazos to Galveston, is also again favorable, no disorder of any kind having occurred in that quarter nor at Tampico as falsely reported.
The most of these stories of opposition to Juarez, I should say, are too ridiculous to notices.
It would seem very desirable that Mr. Lane should be at his post again, as I trust his health will permit, by the time of the now rapidly approaching occurrence of the interesting juncture when the French rule at Vera Cruz is to be exchanged for either the reactionary or liberal, possession of that important port.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.