Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Consul General of Venezuela

[Translation.]

Bogota , June 20, 1865.

It has been with the deepest pain that the undersigned has received the official note addressed him to-day by the honorable Allan A. Burton, minister resident of the United States of America, announcing the death of the enlightened citizen Abraham Lincoln, late President of the Union, and signifying the hope that the flag of Venezuela may be raised at half-mast on to-morrow on this consulate, as a sign of grief for that calamity, and in honor to the memory of the deceased.

For days past the undersigned has lamented, as a great misfortune to republican America, the tragic and unexpected death of President Lincoln; and faithfully interpreting the sentiments of his nation and government, he will, on his part, contribute to the demonstration of grief and horror indicated by the honorable Mr. Burton, by hoisting at half-mast on the consulate general of the United States of Venezuela the flag of said republic.

The undersigned improves the occasion to reiterate to the honorable Mr. Burton the assurances of personal esteem, with which he is his very obedient servant,

LEON ECHEVERRIA,

Consul General of Venezuela.

Hon. Allan A. Burton,
Minister Resident of the United States of America, &c., &c., &c.