Mr. Seward to Mr. Asboth
Sir: Your despatches, Nos. 40, 41, and 42, of August 26th, September 2d and 10th, have been received.
The daily memoranda of political events in the river Plata attached to your communications are extremely interesting, and your assiduity in keeping this department well informed in relation to the state of political and military affairs within your observation is highly commendable.
It is gratifying to see that the spirit of enterprise among the Argentines is alive, as evinced in the recent exploration of the hitherto unknown Indian territories on the Salado river, and it is hoped that it will be still further aroused until the whole interior unexplored regions of South America are laid open to commerce and the industrial arts.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Alexander Asboth, Esq., &c., &c., &c.