Etats-Unis, 1858-1859 681 
reports of U.S. Government departments; clippings from 
American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
French policy in Central America; Anglo-French attempt 
to secure general convention for verification of flags of 
commercial vessels; laying of trans-Atlantic cable; South 
American affairs; slave trade; domestic difficulties of 
U.S.; European events; Declaration of Paris and U.S. counter- 
proposal; party politics in U.S.; Far East; Buchanan's 
annual message; Spanish-Mexican relations; U.S. relations 
with Spain over Cuba; proceedings of Congress; reports of 
U.S. Government departments. 
Important Documents 
Walewski to Sartiges 
Oct. 13. No. 24, Anglo-French policy in Central 
America; treaty Ouseley is to negotiate; Sartiges authorized 
to negotiate with Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Washington; 
Anglo-French action in Venezuela; Far Eastern affairs 
(ff . 43-44) . 
Nov. 3. No. 25, Nicaragua has requested Anglo- 
French assistance against American filibusters; joint naval 
force to be established for purpose, ostensibly for pro- 
tection of transit routes; new instructions to Ouseley; 
course to be followed by Sartiges (ff. 72-75). 
Dec. 9. No. 30, manner in which Sartiges is to 
explain to Cass instructions given French naval commander 
in American waters; observations on U.S. attitude toward 
American filibusters (ff . 127-128) . 
Dec. 16. No. 32, interview with Mason on French 
policy in Central America; verification of national flags 
of merchant vessels (ff. 157-158). 
Sartiges to Walewski 
Oct. 31. No. 140, transit contracts in Central 
America (ff. 60-63). 
Nov. 21. No. 146, interview with Cass on French 
policy toward Central American filibusters (ff . 99-100) . 
121 (1859. Jan. -Apr.) 
Correspondence of Appleton, Cass, Lamar, Mejan, Napier, 
Sartiges, Semnet, Terez, Walewski 
Other Material 
Franco-Nicaraguan commercial treaty (1859) . 
First draft of several articles of Cass-Irisarri Treaty, 
Printed report of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 
(35th Cong., 2d Sess., Rep. Com. No. 351). 
Act of Congress of Nicaragua (Enero 27 de 1859) . 
Notes on memorandum of U.S. Minister in Paris to French 
Foreign Office. 
Clippings from American newspapers. 
