P. S.—I inclose to your excellency a copy of the measures dictated by this government in consequence of the conduct observed by the chiefs of Mosquitia. Hon. Geo. Williamson to Geo. Williamson, February 3, 1875

No. 106. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith copies of correspondence and translation with the minister of foreign affairs of Nicaragua in regard to the recent correspondence between his government and that of Costa Rica, growing out of the acts reported to you in my No. 267, dated from San Juan del Sur, November 3, 1874.

The correspondence between the ministers is not considered of sufficient importance to send. The substance of it is as follows: The minister of Nicaragua, in very bold and almost dictatorial terms, demands reclamation and apology for the invasion of the territory of Nicaragua in October last by troops of Costa Rica, and for the capture of some prisoners, and for the shooting of two unarmed Nicaraguans. The Costa Rican minister, without admitting the facts, says the territory spoken of is neutral ground, denies the responsibility of his government, and deals in many recriminations with a bitterness of style that evinces a readiness for a rupture.

The Nicaraguan minister, in reply, reiterates his reclamations in milder terms, is apologetic in the tenor of his dispatch, and proposes to leave the question of the disputed boundary to a mixed commission. Here the correspondence seems to have closed for the present.

I do not believe there is any serious danger of a war resulting from this disagreement, nor do I think it will lead to any other result, except that Costa Rica may hereafter claim that her boundary-line has been extended by her exercising acts of sovereignty over the disputed territory.

I have, &c.,