Foster to P. S. Mr. Kastan this moment hands me a communication addressed to him by General Vicente Jimenez, dated April 25, 1877, but given to him to-day only, advising him that he had given orders to the proper authorities to place him in possession of his property which had been seized. Without the presence of the admiral, and a gentle pressure on them by him, nothing ever would have been done by them toward the settlement of the matter, June 5, 1877

No. 224. Mr. Foster to Mr. Evarts.

Sir: The communication of which I inclose a copy from Consul Sutter to Consul-General Skilton, reports the arrival of Rear-Admiral Murray, with the United States steamer Pensacola, at Acapulco, on the 1st ultimo, and through the admiral’s intervention the insult offered to our flag, in the unlawful and arbitrary arrest of the consul in March last, was formally retracted by a salute fired from the Mexican fort of Acapulco, and by an official visit made by the authorities of that port to the consulate.

It will be seen by the copy of the judgment of the Mexican court inclosed that Consul Sutter has been fully exonerated from any violation of Mexican law, and acquitted by the court of any fault; so that, by the action of the judicial authority, the arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of the consul by General Jimenez were unjustifiable and illegal.

The question of reparation of damages for Mr. Sutter’s imprisonment still remains unadjusted, as also the injuries and losses sustained by Mr. Kastan on account of the seizure and confiscation of his property. I am awaiting documentary evidence and other facts to more fully establish these damages, when I will present these matters to the Mexican Government, and urge an early adjustment.

In my No. 534 I sent you a translation of a note from the minister of foreign affairs, in which he informed me that General Jimeuez, military governor of Guerrero, on account of his failure to obey the orders of the federal government in regard to the consul’s arrest and the seizure of Kastan’s property, and for other acts of insubordination, had been deposed from his office.

It appears, however, that before the federal government carried out the order of deposition, the people of the State of Guerrero, under the leadership of the former governor, General Alvarez, revolted against the arbitrary measure of Jimenez, and drove him by force of arms from the State, tad he recently arrived in this capital. His reception in this city was announced by the official journal of the government, the Diario Oficial, of the 1st instant, in the following language:

general vicente jimenez.

In compliance with superior orders the meritorious chief whose name heads these lines has arrived in this capital.

If the government has taken any step to call him to account for his conduct in Acapulco it has not yet been made public.

I am, &c.,