No. 452.
Mr. Evarts to Señor Mendez de
Vigo.
Washington, April 1, 1879.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 29th ultimo, together with a draft indorsed to my order for the sum of $10,000, in payment of the indemnity granted by the Government of Spain to the owners of the barks Ellen Rizpah and Rising Sun.
The admirable manner in which the just claim of the owners of these vessels has been met by His Majesty’s government, may be regarded as another gratifying exponent of those felicitous relations which have so long existed between Spain and the United States, and which, it is hoped, will hereafter be, if possible, even more close than heretofore.
I avail myself, &c.