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receive Mr. Eames next Thursday, at one o'clock, p. m., to-morrow, 

 being a fast day. 



The undersigned hastens to reciprocate to Mr. Eames his assurance 

 of distinguished consideration. • 



JACINTO GUTIEEKEZ, 

 Hon. Charles Eames, 



Minister Besident of the United States. 



Legation of the United States, 



Caraccas, October 31, 1857. 



Sir: The undersigned, minister resident of the United States, with 

 reference to his note of the 26th instant, to the reply of the honorable 

 minister of foreign relations thereto under date of 27th instant, and 

 to the official conference in pursuance thereof, held on the 29th instant, 

 has now the honor to make known in writing to the government of 

 Venezuela' what he has already mentioned to the honorable minister of 

 foreign relations in the conference referred to, that he is charged with 

 a communication of an important and definitive character, to be made 

 by the undersigned in person, without delay, and in a prescribed form, 

 by the authority and in the name of his excellency the President of 

 the United States, to his excellency the President of this republic, in 

 relation to the Aves reclamation, now pending between the two gov- 

 ernments. 



The undersigned, therefore, in pursuance of his instructions, and for 

 their due execution, has the honor to request a special official audience 

 of his excellency the President of the republic. 



Considerations of the greatest weight, arising out of the origin, 

 nature, and history of this reclamation, and the attitude of the two 

 governments in respect to it, combine with the grave tenor of the in- 

 structions under which the undersigned is acting, to make it his impera- 

 tive duty to request, as he now req^uests, that the audience solicited 

 may take place at the earliest time compatible with a proper and per- 

 fect consideration of his excellency's convenience. 



The undersigned renews to the Hon. Senor Grutierrez the assurance 

 of his distinguished consideration. 



CHARLES EAMES. 



Hon. Jacinto Gutierrez, 



Minister of Foreign Belations. 



Mr. Gutiej'rez to Mr. Cass. 



[Translation.] 



Republic of Venezuela, Secretaryship of Foreign Relations^ 



Caraccas, October 31, 1857. 

 Aves Island constitutes one of the Windward Islands, which are 

 situated in the Caribbean sea. The o-overnment of Venezuela sent a 



