No. 84.
Mr. Fish to
Mr. Williamson.
Washington, August 24, 1874.
Sir: Your dispatch No. 149, of the 7th of May last, has been received. It asks for further instructions in regard to the breaking into the consulate at Omoa, and insult to the flag of the United States in July, 1873, by a military force in the service of Honduras.
In your No. 107* of the 19th of February last you represented that you had expressed to the Honduras government an opinion that this Government might be satisfied with an apology for the acts of the military commander of Honduras, adverted to, in addition to a salute of twenty guns to the consular flag when it was again raised at Omoa, and a decree forever prohibiting that officer from again holding a military or civil office of profit, trust, or honor under that government.
The receipt of this dispatch was acknowledged by the Department’s instruction of the 9th of April last, in which you were informed that the satisfaction which you said would be expected, would be sufficient, if honestly and fully rendered. You will demand that accordingly, but need not insist on any pecuniary amends, the material damage to the consulate having, as you say, been inconsiderable.
I am, &c.,