Mr. Plumb to Mr. Seward.
Sir: Advices have been received by this government, which have been confirmed through private channels, that a decisive battle took place on the 8th instant, between the government forces and those of the insurgents in the State of Sinaloa, in which the latter were completely routed and a considerable number taken prisoners.
It is also stated that on the 9th instant the town of Mazatlan was reoccupied by the constitutional forces under Governor Rubi.
The recent decree closing the port of Mazatlan, transmitted with my dispatch No. 117, of the 23d instant, may therefore, I presume, from its tenor, be considered as no longer operative.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.