File No. 812.00/1750.

The Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador.

No. 32.]

Excellency: Referring to your note of the 2d instant, regarding the movement of arms and ammunition to Laredo and adjacent points, especially to Fremont, where a merchant named J. C. Canales is reported to be in collusion with Mexican insurgents, I have the honor to inform you that the Department is advised by the Department of Justice, under date of the 10th instant, that this information has been communicated to its officers in Texas.

Accept [etc.],

P. C. Knox.