Mr. Seward to Mr. Sullivan.
Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of dispatches of May 13th, Nos. 65 and 66.
In the absence of a full report of the evidence adduced upon the trial of the persons accused of the murder of Messrs. Murdaugh and Borchart, it is impossible to form a confident judgment upon the good faith and integrity of the judicial investigation, and the conclusiveness which should be attributed to its result. Meantime, I am gratified to learn that the government of the United States of Colombia manifests its disposition to stigmatize with unmistakable marks of its displeasure officers who are supposed to have been connected with the outrage, and to provide just indemnity for the families of the deceased and for the wounded survivors of the lawless assault.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Peter J. Sullivan, Esq., &c., &c., &c.