Mr. Bayard to Mr. Thompson.
Washington, July 15, 1885.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Langston’s No. 749, of the 24th ultimo, by which it appears that the case of Mr. A. C. d’Almena, the American citizen charged with the felonious abstraction of certain [Page 531] mandats and other papers from the National Bank of Hayti, now in prison in Port-au-Prince, was heard last month in the court of cassation, and that a favorable decision was looked for on the 29th ultimo.
Mr. Langston’s efforts on behalf of Mr. d’Almena were commendable, and you will doubtless act in the same direction if occasion arises.
The copies of Mr. d’Almena’s petition and of the arguments of his counsel, referred to in the dispatch, were also received, together with the newspapers which accompanied the same.
I am, &c.,