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Mr. Smyth to Mr. Evarts... Aug. 13

Nov. 18

No. 42.-Relations of Liberia to the interior tribes;
mission of the King of Musardú to the Liberian
Government offering to open direct trade; pros-
pect of a commercial treaty with the Man-
dingoes.

No. 52.-French protection to Liberia; Mr. Smyth
refers to previous correspondence and shows
the character of the overtures made to the
French Government by Mr. Carrance, Liberian
consul-general at Bordeaux; projected French
mining operations in Liberia; the resources and
geographical position of Liberia a temptation
to foreign powers to gain ascendency in the
republic.
Dec. 12 No. 58.-Message of the President of Liberia to
Congress; policy of the government; Liberian
trade with the aborigines; openings for foreign
capital; opening of coast settlements and in-
land rivers to foreign commerce recommended;
consolidation of the debt; educational plans;
thanks to the United States for co-operation in
the Northwest Boundary Commission; full text
of the message.

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Feb. 12

No. 42. The message of the President of Liberia;
comments thereon; expressions of friendship
for Liberia.

The Liberian ministry; the new cabinet; appoint-
ment of a secretary of the interior.
No. 69.-Source of the Niger; discovery of by
Messrs. Zweifel and Moustier; copy of the Mar-
seilles Geographical Society's Bulletin and of
extracts from the explorers' letter of appoint-
ment and other correspondence in relation
thereto; military occupation of Sego.
No. 70.-The island of Matacong; occupation of
by the French; protest of governor of Sierra
Leone on ground of its cession to Great Britain
in 1826; non-ratification of the treaty by the
English Government; subsequent endeavors of
the gove.nors to enforce the terms thereof by
exaction of customs dues; consequent falling
off of trade: protest by the native authorities.
Apr. 13 No. 77.-Visit of the French man-of-war Talisman
to Liberia; interview of Captain Thierry with
the President; expression of good wishes for
the welfare and prosperity of Liberia on behalf
of France; reception at the legation.
No. 78.-Claim of United States vs. Liberia for
ordnance, &c.; resolution of the legislature
looking to a settlement thereof; text of the reso-
lution approved January 17, 1880.
No. 90.-Proposition of the Vatican to maintain a
legate in Liberia.

Apr. 14

Nov. 22

MEXICO.

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No. 1041.-Trial, conviction, and execution in
Mexico of a Mexican convicted of a murder in
Texas; the record of the proceedings requested
by Mr. Foster; the case in its aspects as a pre-
cedent. (See Mr. Foster's No. 1073, page 713.)
No. 682.-Indian raids into the State of Chihuahua;
correspondence with War Department trans-
mitted.

No. 695.-Case of the captain of the American
schooner Newbern; his arrest and imprison-
ment by the Mexican authorities at Mazatlan
on a charge of smuggling; letter from Senator
McPherson transmitted. (Vide Sir Edward
Thornton's note of Nov. 14, 1879, page 499, supra.)
Nov. 26 No. 1054.-Operations of the United States steamer
Tuscarora in surveying the coast of Oajaca;
although the consent of the Mexican Govern-
ment had not been asked beforehand, orders
have been given to render every assistance;
suggestion that previous notice be given in
future cases; note of Señor Ruelas.

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No. 1073.-Judicial proceedings in the case of the
Mexican convicted and executed in Mexico for
the murder of another Mexican in Texas; copy
of the record transmitted; the case valuable as
a precedent.
No. 1075.-Railroad projects in Mexico; opposi
tion continues to be manifested in Congress to
establishing railroad connections with the
United States; failure of the Rio Grande and
Sonora schemes to obtain favorable considera-
tion; amendments in Mexican interest intro- |
duced in proposed new charter; efforts of the
projectors to revive old charters through the
ministry of public works; power of the Execu-
tive to revive them; surveys to be proceeded
with under the Blair charter; the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fé road to undertake the
Guaymas frontier road; official promulgation of
the transfer of the Blair charter. (Vide Foreign
Relations for 1879, pages 774 and 826.)
No. 1076.-The revolutionary movement in Chi-
huahua; its object to depose Governor Frias ;
injuries to American interests in Chihuahua,
as detailed in the accompanying report of Con-
sul Scott; forced loans; Mr. Foster's repre-
sentations to the Mexican Government; ques-
tion of the exaction of a forced loan from the
business house of which the consul is a member;
correspondence transmitted.
No. 1077.-The Zona Libre;" interesting report
thereon, derived from Mr. Foster's personal ob-
servation; reference to its origin; established
in 1858, when the United States tariff was much
lower than the Mexican, by the Governor of
Tamaulipas; growth of smuggling operations
during the American civil war; goods imported
to the zone from Europe, duty free, carried into
Texas; decline of this cortraband trade as
American products compete in Mexican mar
kets with European goods; growth of smuggling
operations from the zone to the interior of Mex-
ico; the zone now a greater evil to Mexico than
to the United States.

No. 1078.-Condition of the Mexican frontier
states, as seen by Mr. Foster in his recent tour;
his interviews with the military and civil au-
thorities; good disposition of President Diaz on
frontier questions; difficulty of maintaining a
large force on the border; good order and peace
restored; possibilities of disturbances by reason
of revolutionary movements and the presidential
campaign; operations against vagabond Indians
in Coahuila; large numbers of Indians reported
to have escaped from the border reservations of
the United States. (Vide Foreign Relations for
1879, page 754.)

No. 1089.-Revolutionary movement in Lower Cali-
fornia; report of Consul Turner of La Paz; these
movements characterized by forced loans, ex-
acted by violence and imprisonment.

Jan. 12 No. 1092.-Forced loans from American citizens;
details of proceedings in the suit brought by
Mr. P. B. Chishem to recover a forced loan; de-
cision of lower court in his favor, sustained by
the Supreme Court; repayment declined for
want of funds. (For further and detailed infor
mation upon this important head, vide Foreign
Relations for 1879, pages 727 and 746.)
No. 1093.-Mormon propaganda in Mexico; move-
ments of Elder Thatcher supposed to have visi-
ted Mexico to found a Mormon colony in one
of the northern States of Mexico; partial denial
of the report.

Jan. 14

461 Mr. Evarts to Mr. Foster..... Jan. 23

No. 713.-Procedure of the Mexican judicial tri-
bunals of the State of Coahuila; a valuable pre-
cedent established in the trial, conviction, and
execution of Zeferino Avalos.

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Mar. 1

No. 1101.-Mexican penalties for infringement of
revenue laws; three American shipmasters im-
prisoned for clerical irregularities in their mani-
fests; the subject represented to the Mexican
Government with a view to future relief; con-
sideration promised; particulars of the case
of Captain Jacobson, of the Dreadnaught; Mr.
Foster's arguments thereon; text of correspon-
dence exchanged. (See Mr. Foster's No. 969, of
June 7, 1879, Foreign Relations, 1879, page 812.)
No. 725.-Forced loans in Chihuahua; case of Mr.
Consul Scott.

No. 727.-Frontier affairs; War Department's
order of June 1, 1877, providing for a direction
to General Ord that under certain circumstances
he might pursue raiders across the Mexican
border into that republic declared inoperative;
correspondence with War Department and the
minister of Mexico at Washington transmitted.
(Vide Foreign Relations, 1879, page 730.)
No. 728.-Imprisonment of citizens of the United
States by Mexican customs authorities for
slight clerical errors in invoices; disastrous
effect, commercially, of a too rigid interpreta-
tion of the contraband law."

466 Mr. Foster to Mr. Evarts.... Mar. 1 No. 1108.-Belgian residents in Mexico; the Bel

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Apr. 2 No. 5.-Murder of three American citizens at An-
ganqueo; the matter properly brought to the
attention of the Mexican Government; full
statements of the murder by two survivors and
by Mr. Kitchner, the director of the Trojes Min-
ing Works, where the outrage occurred.
No. 7.-The repeal of the "Örd order" for the
crossing of United States troops into Mexico in
pursuit of marauders; the Mexican Govern-
ment informed thereof; Mr. Ruelas' reply
transmitted.

Apr. 12

Mr. Evarts to Mr. Morgan.. Apr. 20

No. 8.-Arganqueo murders; directed to urge the
Mexican Government to lose no time in bring-
ing the offenders to justice.

No. 11.-Murder of three Americans by a mob at
Angangueo, State of Michoacan; correspond-
ence with the foreign office transmitted.
No. 18.-Argangueo murders; correspondence with
foreign office transmitted.

No. 25.-Alleged violation by Mexican agricul
turists of the rights of riparian owners by the
artificial diversion of the waters of the Rio
Grande; letter from the governor of Texas
transmitted.

No. 29.-Arrest of cattle thieves; their subsequent
release by the Mexican Government.

No 28.-Raids across the border by hostile Indians;
correspondence with the War Department trans-
mitted.

Mr. Morgan to Mr. Evarts.. June 29 No. 32-Inability of President Diaz to allow United

States troops to cross into Mexican territory in
pursuit of hostile Indians without consent of
Mexican senate; further correspondence with
the foreign office transmitted.

June 29 No. 38.-The Presidential elections; electors cho-
sen June 27, 1880; result not yet known; the
candidates are Messrs. Gonzalez, Benitez, Mexia,
Garcia de la Cadena, and Zamacona; the pros.
pect in event of no candidate having a majority
in the electoral colleges; General Gonzalez sup.
ported by President Diaz.

July 13 No. 51.-Depredations of Indians on the frontier;
Mr. Morgan intimates to the Mexican Govern-
ment its prospective accountability for acts of
the American Indians who have received asy-
lum in Mexico, should they recross and commit
new hostilities in the United States.

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No. 57.-Attempt to assassinate General Gonza-
lez at Guanajuato.

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July 27

No. 58.-Arreola and his band to be tried by civil
process.

No. 63.-Declension of President Diaz to allow
United States troops to cross the Mexican bor-
der in pursuit of Indians; note from the minister
for foreign affairs reiterating the desire of his
government to enter into negotiations with that
of the United States to the end that the troops
of each nation may be authorized to cross into
the territory of the others in pursuit of hostile
Indians.

July 24 No. 65.-Another attempt to assassinate General
Gonzalez, at Leon; election of Gonzalezas Pres-
ident; Mazatlan taken by insurgents and recap.
tured; revolutionary and political rumors.
No. 66. Railroad schemes: President Diaz ap-
proves a contract for a railroad and telegraph
line from Acapulco to the city of Mexico; terms
of the agreement; difficulties of the enterprise.
Aug. 10 No. 77.-Murder of three Americans at Angan.
queso; arrest of the ringleaders; correspond.
ence with the foreign office transmitted.

485 Mr. Hunter to Mr. Morgan, Sept. 15 No. 64.-Indian raids; attack upon United States

troops by Victorio's band, and subsequent es-
cape of the latter into Mexico; Mr. Morgan
instructed to offer to that government the alter-
native of allowing our troops to follow Victorio
across the border, or of her assuming all respon
sibility arising from a non-compliance therewith.
Message of President Diaz to the two houses of
Congress; text of the message transmitted.
No. 162.-Requesting the consent of the Mexican
Government to the fitting out of troops by the
United States to pursue Victorio across the bor-
der into Mexican territory; correspondence
with the foreign office transmitted; Mr. Mor-
gan's interview with President Diaz.
No. 71.-Alleged illegal impressment of American
citizens for service in the Mexican army; de-
tailed report of the vice-consul at Piedras-Ne-
gras transnritted; Mr. Morgan instructed to
demand the instant release of the parties and
reasonable pecuniary indemnification for losses
sustained by their detention; action of the local
authorities a clear violation of treaty stipula-
tions. (Vide Foreign Relations for 1879, page

741.)

No. 74.-Death of Señor Ruelas, the minister for
foreign affairs of Mexico; expressions of regret
at the sad intelligence conveyed.

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The "Ord order"; gratification expressed at its
suppression.

Alleged infringement upon the riparian rights of
agriculturists on the eastern (American) shore
of the Rio Grande by the Mexican population
similarly engaged on the western (Mexican)
shore; statement of the county judge of El
Paso County, and petitions signed by several
hundred citizens of Elzeara and Socorro; re-
quested to bring the matter to the attention of
his government.
Alleged violation of riparian rights by Mexicans
on the west side of the Rio Grande; the matter
referred to his government as requested.

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