No. 219.
Mr. Hale to Mr. Bassett.

No. 106.]

Sir: Your dispatch No. 131, of the 10th instant, relative to the Jastram affair, has been received. The Department congratulates you that [Page 285] the energy and perseverance with which you have followed up that difficult case has at last been crowned with success, and that it has been adjusted upon a basis compatible with the honor of both Governments.

I have, &c,

CHARLES HALE,
Acting Secretary.