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Office U.S. Military Telegraph, War Department. [November 18, 1864].

The following telegram received at Washington 10 p. m., November 18, 1864; from San Francisco, November 18, 1864:

No. 63.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, October 17, 1864.

Sir: A convention has been agreed on, ready for signature, between the Tycoon and the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands, by which three millions (3,000,000) of dollars are to be paid for indemnities and expenses occasioned by outrages of Choshu, to be divided as the said powers shall agree, or at their option a new port will be opened in the Inland sea.

My colleagues desire the above communicated to the ministers of their governments in Washington.

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

ROBERT H. PRUYN, Minister Resident in Japan.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.