No. 492.

Mr. Frelinghuysen to Viscount das Nogueiras.

Viscount: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, and to thank you sincerely for the friendly action which it reports on behalf of the American missionaries, citizens of the United States, who were recently expelled from Bihé and Bailunda, in Africa.

Accept, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.