Mr. Adee to Duke de Arcos.

No. 114.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th instant, in which you transmit an expression of the deep sympathy felt by His Majesty’s Government and by Her Majesty the Queen Regent in view of the terrible disaster in Texas.

[Page 891]

Your note has been communicated to the President, who charges me to express his sincere appreciation of the sympathetic, message transmitted by your Government.

Accept, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee.