No. 24.

No. 153.]

Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches, numbered 232 to 242, both inclusive.

Your action in regard to the protection of subjects of Saxony and of those of the Grand Duke of Hesse, in France, as indicated in your Nos. 234 and 235, is fully approved.

J. C. B. DAVIS, Acting Secretary.