Mr. Fish to Mr. Hurlbut
Sir: Your dispatch of the 17th of August last has been received. It is without the number required by your personal instructions, which you will be careful to attach to all public dispatches. It is expected that the offenders in the case of the steamer Montijo will be prosecuted without any delay which can be avoided. A copy of your note to the Colombian minister for foreign affairs on the subject, which you have omitted to send, would be acceptable. A copy of one which the Department has recently addressed to Mr. Perez, the minister of Colombia here, relative to the postponement of the payments of the amount due under the claims convention with New Granada, is herewith transmitted for your information.
I am, &c.,