Mr. Seward to Mr. Fogg.

No. 27.]

Sir: Your despatch of October 7 (No. 24) has been received, and it is a pleasure to the President to know that the important proceedings which he has adopted with a view to the prosecution of the war in the insurrectionary States for the restoration of the Union are favorably understood in the enlightened country in which you reside.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

George G. Fogg, Esq., &c., &c., Berne.