Mr. Hovey to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have the honor to subjoin a translated extract from the report transmitted to the present congress, by his excellency the minister of foreign affairs of Peru:
Although the government of the United States of America, following a policy peculiar to itself, has not recognized officially the actual government of Peru, yet it has not failed to give us unequivocal proofs of its friendly interests, through the medium of its minister plenipotentiary in Lima, General Hovey, and through our own legation in Washington.
In addition to the offer of mediation made by the government of the United States, another evidence of its circumspection has been shown to us in informing us of the instructions given to its representatives relative to the claims of citizens of the United States.
I have the honor to be your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.