Mr. Washburn to Señor Caminos.
Mr. Washburn, the American minister, in answer to your note of to-day, has the honor to state that, from a hasty examination of the contents of the bags and boxes left in his charge by certain English subjects, he has made out the following. Many of the bags and boxes not having their contents marked upon them, and being either sealed or nailed, it is not easy to give the exact amount of each. The list of those which [Page 817] have the quantity marked upon them by the owner is given, and the weight of the bags not counted is given as accurately as possible:
List of patacones.
1 bag of Dr. Skinner, 600 patacones; 1 bag of R. V. Treuenfeld, 287 patacones; 1 small bag. Dr. Stewart, 8 pounds; 1 bag, George Thompson, 291 patacones; another of the same, 800, marked; 1 bag, H. Volpy, not marked, 47½ pounds; another bag, George Thompson, 153 patacones; 1 bag, Charles Twite, 100 patacones; 1 large bag of Charles Twite, not counted, 70 pounds; another, sd., George Thompson, not counted, 48½ pounds; 1 parcel of George Thompson, not counted, 41 pounds; 1 parcel of George Thompson, marked 400 patacones, 500 paper; 1 tin box of Michael Hunter, weighs 52 pounds; 1 bag of George Thompson, weighs 10½ pounds; 1 box of Charles Schutt, weighs 26 pounds; 1 box of C. H. Thompson, not counted; 1 box of Michael Hunter, not counted, 19 pounds; 1 bag of Michael Hunter, not counted, 300 patacones; 1 bag of Dr. Skinner, not counted, 822 patacones; 1 bag of Alonzo Taylor, not counted, 60 pounds; 2 bags of H. Volpy, not counted, 300 patacones each; 1 bag of C. Twite, not counted 18 pounds; 1 bag more, large, of C. Twite, not counted; 1 bag more, small, of C. Twite, not counted, 200 patacones; 1 bag of C. H. Thompson, contents unknown; 1 bag of Michael Hunter, contents not marked; 1 bag of Mrs. Thomas; 1 bag of G. T. Maggs, contents unknown; 1 balize of G. T. Maggs, contents unknown; 1 balize of J. Cambridge, contents unknown; 1 box of J. Cambridge, contents not marked; 1 box of R. Y. Treuenfeld, contents not marked; 1 large box of Alonzo Taylor, contents unknown; 1 trunk, marked Dr. Stewart, contents unknown; 1 bag of Charles Twite, 200 patacones; 1 bag of P. Burrell, 260 patacones; 1 package of Dr. Skinner, 260 patacones; 1 bag of Michael Hunter, 300 patacones; 1 bag of Miss Eden, not counted; 1 bag of Mr. Volpy, 315 patacones; 1 bag of Miss Grant, 310 patacones; 1 box of C. H. Thompson, contents unknown; 1 box of R. V. Treuenfeld, contents unknown.
Others, not English, have left money in charge of this legation with the same request, but the above list contains the large part of what is in its possession. Some, however, have left their property in iron safes that the American minister will be unable to take, and these, with the trunks and boxes that he will be unable to deliver to their owners before his departure, he will leave in his house, to be given to their owners by his successor, or by such other persons as may be duly authorized by his government to deliver them, as also are left a part of the archives of the legation.