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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FURTHER EXTRACTS
From the Family Letter? of an American Lady
abroad.
Paris, Mjsuricju's Hotkl, Jlly ?.
It does not seein half so strange to find myself in
this groat caravanserai, in the heart of the metro
polis of the world, as it did to be seated in the !
Strand, the day after my arrival in London. I don't '
know why, perhaps my utter iudifference and dis
gust for all sublunary things consequent upon the
transit to Calais may account for my want of ex
citement in being absolutely face to face with la
belle den belles. Pear, dear, those two hours ! All
the horrors of the Atlantic concentrated into a French ex- -
trail of suffering! As we pleasantly flew by Folkestone,
?long the margin of the sea, I was wishing romantically to
follow the moonlight path over its silver waters ; but how
was I repaid by the treacherous beauty ! We embarked
Where so many famous men and women had preceded us,
wd 1 was dutifully full of historical thoughts from the
times of the Black Prince down to lady Blessington, who
?sed to cross in her carriage on deck vainly hoping to
?scape the heavy tax laid by these inhospitable waves
upon travellers. We were watching Albion's cliffs, of
?o'urse, and exchanging the usual original remarks in
eident to the scene, railing against the wet decks, disa
greeable paesengerB, and general discomfort, when our
little cockle shell began to dance up and down in a most
demoniac manner. I stood it manfully, or rather tcoman
fuliy, for a little while; but, alas 1 for romance in ap
proaching the oountry of the Gaul. Ah ! those blessed
twinkling lights of the quay, and tho joy of a first step on
the soil of France. It was bitter cold, a keen wind whist
ling, gent <f armet, gar^ons, and custom-house people shriek- '
ing at the top of their lungs, as we made our way in stu
pid and froten bewilderment to the douane. I seated
myself quietly on a table to take in ond enjoy the extra
ordinary and often'deseribed hubbub, and, while our chief
had wildly rushed after the luggage, we were questioned
very closely as to our business and general movements.
Wiiother they saw any thing suspicious in the appearance
of four such woe-begone miserable looking women, or that
my French was not sufficiently explicit, I did not learn ;
but we were very politely requested to follow a huiuier, 1
who led the way, and; before I had a glimmering of their
intention, I was passed through a barrier, locked in a
little room with an old woman, and then and there most
thoroughly and uncompromisingly searched. For the
first minute I was very indignant, but finished by chatting
with my foe, and being highly amused at the incident; in
deed as a foreign experience not undergone by many
ladies, I rather enjoyed it. Great regret was expressed
by the officers when our passport was produced, (it had
been unaccountably mislaid,) and, on finding furthermore
that we were official, i was overwhelmed with apologies
for my detention.
At Quillac's famous hotel we had our first Frenoh room,
with waxed floor, a perfect picture of a provincial old
fenim,e-d?-chambre with snow-white high cap ; and in the
morning such rolls, such coffee, as even old Virginia can
not approach. We had no time to devote even to so mark- I
?d a place as Calais, and passed many a walled and ancient
town, which we will one of these days quietly stop and
examine. The road was uninteresting and flat, the women
with no picturesqueness of costume, working in the fields
aad rowing aboat in little boats through the ditches which
mark the owuer's boundary, there bflng no fences; the
strips of land run back for miles, the fanners living at
the far end, clustered together, forming hamlets favor
able for defence "in former times. On through Amiens,
where we lunched, terribly shaken and jolted by the
miserable railway, which is worse, if such can be con
ceived, than the one between ? and ; at
last, hot, dusty, and quite disbelieving that I was out
\>t America, without any prepartion of suburbs or strag
gling village, we passed formidable fortification?, glided
through immensely thick walls into a superb station, and
nout voM in Paris. I confess to being very little excited
for the first moments, but as we drove through the curi
ous streets, at each step, each odd sign, the little soldier?,
the blouses, the peasant caps, and the bare-headed women,
1 became aroused ; and as we entered the boulevard ItaUen,
passed Tortoni's', drove through Rue Rivoli, and entered
Meuxice's court-yard, my heart at last gave a throb of
recognition that I was actually in fascinating Paris.
After vast, sombre London, which at once impresses a
stranger almost with awe, I'aris is too bright, too scat
tered and gay, to present at .the first glance any adequate
idea of its immensity and grandeur. It is said that one
should enter Europe by France to receive the full tide of
foreign emotion. To me, however, Paris much resembles
New.York in bustle, brilliancy of streets and shops, eager
activity of crowds, and brightness of skies, although im
mediately striking of course in the contrasts of an ancicut
continental capital with our young city. There being no
one or two absorbing points of interest to us, as the
Tower and Westminster Abbey, we began our Bight-seeing
with the streets of the ancient eitd, filled with a swarm
ing population principally in the middle of its zigzag tor
tuous ways; then driving through the famed faubourg St.
Germain, very stately and Aristocratic, and the magnifi.
cent qvartitr* of modern Paris, I trying to penetrate the
myeterious grille* of the grey chateau-looking houses with
the great gate and courtyard, admirably adapted one
would suppose to the revolutionary tendency of the pre
sent day.
I vu all eagerness to see the enchanthig Tuilerie?
and other gardens, but alas! for a first visit by daylight;
could these indeed be the Elysian fields, with bare, brown
earth, not a blade of grass, formal avenues of trees and
rows of benches, only relieved here and there by a jaunty
honnt flirting with an enormous moustache. Fresh from
the glorious London Parks, they looked dull and dreary;
but what a magic change in the evening! Filled with
shows, illuminated by gas, crowded with chattering,
laughing throngs, smoking and drinking ; here an exhibi
tion of legerdemain, a circus and harlequin, and merry
go-rounds ; there a little further off a concert in the open
air, to which those who please can give some sous, and to
which hundreds listen with delight, bestowing enthusias
tic bravo*, the only thing perhaps they do bestow in re
turn for really well given songs and good orchestral
music. Then there are restaurants and many a caff*
where this vivid people can dance until morning. Dut
the place to see certain classes of French in the height of
their good bamor and fun Is at one of the often described
jardint domtnU, where hundreds nightly seek the popu
lar guddesa, pleasure.
Sunday being the great holyday, by a conspiracy among
our gentlemen friends we chanced to find ourselves on
that evening at on? of the most celebrated, much to the
horror of a lady <>ur Par,y, whose rigid notions were
much shocked, bat who was lured on by false pretences;
the flaming gas and crowds about the door made her
rather suspicious, but what was her amazement, after
?trolling quietly through green alleys and avenue" where
not a sound unbefitting the day was to be heard, when the
crash of a full orchestra burst upon her ears, and a turn
in the walk discovered to her astonished eyes hundreds of
men and women gaily whirling in deux temps, to the sound
4ft a delicious band. We were at first bewildered by the
glare and excitement; the orchestra pavilion was brilliairt.
shedding a flood of light upon a surrounding circular area,
which was raised a step for the ball-room; and here, in
every variety of dress, from the exquisite of the bonlevart
to the griiette and the blouse, in every style of movement,
from the last finish of Cellarins, to tue capering of the
Inrritrt, was assembled a crowd presenting certainly an
extraordinary spectacle to our sober Sunday eyes. The
women generally danced m bonnet and shawl, although
many were bare-headed, and their Coiffure might be a
model for many of our ball-room belles. The rnnske was
very excellent, and, quite excited by one of Launer's most
enchanting walties, I could scarcely refrain (Vom whirl
ing in among the not ungraceful throng: the time ie far
more rapid than with us, and gives rather a furious air,
although nothing la soon orlieard in the slightest degree
indeeorou*. There is the most perfect freedom of course in
sooh a motley assemblage, but the ease and grace of manner
with which they speak, bow, aud dance are perfect, and
the propriety with which unknown partners are claimed
and returned to the mamma's side, would do no discredit
to the faubourg St. Germain. Gens d'armes are at every
turn; indeed they oarry their watchfulness rather far, as
one of my oompanions may remember, who having, 4
F Americain, mounted a lamp-post for the enjoyment of hie
cigar and a better view, was suddenly seised by the leg,
hauled down, and told that both amusements were for*
bidden. One oan but sympathise in the evident happi
ness of these light-hearted people; but when do thoy sleep
or rest, the women especially T for we know'that they
work hard all day, sometimes giving their last sous for
this two or three hours of recreation. Truly the whole
scene, the dimly lighted gardens, the dark, mysterious
alleys, the noise of billiard balls, and pistols in the shoot
ing gallery, the wild rush of a galop, the chattering in a
foreign tongue, the inspiring music, the dazzling bright
ness, with high above all the solemn sky, the quiet stars
and soft night air, not only naturally fascinated mo by its
novelty, but held my rebellious lady friend equally en
chaincd. As a revelation of one phase of Pal is life, it was
most strangely suggestive.
You do not of course expect me to say a word about the
palaoes and public buildings, exhausted as they have
been in description; indeed it seems absurd to write at all
from Paris, as you are perfectly familiar, from reading,
with all salient points of interest; yet it would be Ham
let left out not to say that I have been to Versailles. It is
truly a magnificent mass of gilding and mirrors, superb
saloons, and those miles of pictures! In situation, not to
be dreamed of by the side of glorious Windsor; the fa
mous gardens, the avenues of orange trees and covered
groves of box, are so prim and formal; no nature, not a
twig growing except at the proper angle; but the enormous
chateau and grounds are on too formidable a scale of
grandeur to be appreciated in one hurried visit. Have
you not seen easts from the statue of Joan of Arc by the
Princess Marie ? It is a charming delicate conception of
the maid ; she stands in half armour, olasping her conse
crated and miraculous sword with somewhat an hcroic
air, yet full of true womanly grace ; and it is executed
with a spirit and talent quite wonderful in the amateur
sculptor Princess. We were four hours walking, or ra
ther sliding, over the waxed floors, with thousands of pic
| turus passing before the eyes like the colors of a kalie
descope, for that is about the amount of artistic impres
sion which one receives in this racing. Vernet's master
pieces are painted by the acre, two of them filling the
height and depth of an immense room, and although the
figures are said to bo exact portraits, and the scenes faithful
representations of the battles oommemorated, I soon wea
ried of such faithful horrors. Many rooms are filled with
the history and exploits of Napoleon, civil and military;
and le grand monarque is repeated at every turn, with his
pompous air, but gorgeous aHd regal. In the third story
I came suddenly upon a portrait of Mr. Webster, and sent
him a thousand good wishes far away over the broad wa
ters ; and iu this same palace attic I should like to be
shut up for a day, to view at my leisure all the famous
men and women of every age aud many countries of this
high-up collection, including Washington and Franklin.
The rooms of Marie Antoinette, her chamber, cabinet, and
the narrow passage through which she escaped for a few
hours from her mortal foes, we stood in with silent inter
est. The guides say that we walk twelve miles in going
through this chateau, and I am sure my weary feet bore
willing testimony to the fact; wh'en one is told that the
great gallery is a quarter of a mile long, the whole dis
tance may scarcely seem exaggerated. The theatre is glow
ing in velvet and gilding ; but dusty now is the stage and
sad the empty seats. I filled them in thought with the
great Louis and his brilliant court, and the scarcely less
gorgeous one of the Empire, and almost fancied I
heard tire rustling robes ftf stately dames, and the
murmured homage of their gallant cavaliers. A sweet
cool drive through the noble woods brought as to
Trianon, charming, quiet, and soothing after the
glories of the monster palace. It has a home-like com
fortable air, not too large for a gentleman's every-day
residence, and filled with souvenirs of Napoleon and Jo
sephine ; presents to him from Emperors and heroes; vases
of malachite, services of china, rare tables and clocks,
many pieces of furniture remaining as they were used by
him aud his lovely Creole wife. Her bed-room is much as
she left it, aud on a table stands a beautiful marble bust
of this Empress of a day, the features expressing infinite
sweetness and grace. Some sleighs, in the shape of dol
phins, were odd, used in the time of Louis XIV, and al
so the crimson velvet and gilt chair of Mme de Main tenon,
into which I hopped, when the cross guide leaked another
way. In justice I must say that this cicerone was an ex
ception to French guides generally, who are rather di
verting from the enthusiasm with which they dwell upon
the glories of la belle France. The view and fresh fra
grance of the grounds were very delicious, and I thought
how often poor Josephine may have enjoyed them from
the same window. From there we strolled to the gardens
of le petit Trianon, associated with the beauteous Marie
Antoinette; and here was her favorite walk through a
grove of orange trees, of which she was very fond. The
gardens are oool and shady, varied quite in Englbh style
of lawn and grass, the fine trees being allowed to grow
as nature directed. A little further on, in the private
park, is the famous cottage where 'Mme de Pompadour
transformed herself into a piquante dairy-maid, offering
the King, with a rustic curtesy, afresh and foaming bowl
of milk.
Of course you do not suppose that two days weTe pass
ed without our devoirs being duly paid to the shops,
which, I verily believe, to the feminine stranger, contain
the concentrated essence of Paris delight. I have seen
but little superiority to New York in the style and array
of tempting paraphernalia, and certainly none in the evi
dences of profuse luxury. Lace, embroidery, and silks
are cheaper, but the best gloves seventy cents; bon
nets much more reasonable, and the very prettiest, from
the most rtchercKee module, about half the price asked by
Lawson in New York. 1 begin to find that it is not a law
of nature that every thing Paris-made is beautiful; for I
have been in most of the renowned shops on the boulc
varts, and many in less noted streets, without finding just
such sleeves or collars as 1 happened to want; and, al
though it maj not be credited, I have seen in the Rue dt
la l'aii, bonnets which would be thought laughably clum
sy if made on our avenue ; they were probably intended
for Englishwomen. But dear, dear, the millions of beau
tiful things one dot* see, so temptingly arranged ! Even
the confectioners proved too much for any self denial;
and, by the way, what quantities of sweets tlfe Parisians
j consume; almost every one carries her bonbonnitre, filled
with pastilles, or chocolate in some dclicionsly dainty
form. Even tliemeu seem to share in this taste: with the
women it is as universal as their passion for flowers.
Very exquisite indeed are the bouquets offered to one at
every street, made of tiny rose-buds or large double blue
violets, and arranged with such skill that wreaths of
these delicate blossoms preserve their fresh beauty
through a summer ball. The unapproachable ease of
Paris boots and shoes is world-known ; but I was always
heretic enough to think them ugly little boats, and I now
discover the reason to be that Frenchwomen have no in
step, and it is naturally supposed by them that no other
nation can " see daylight under the arch." It is this uni
versal neatness and freshness of the chau?>ure and i?ot
beauty of feet which has given the Parisian reputation. I
was not surprised in London, where the hands and feet
arc enormous, to hear the shopman say to one of my com
panions, who asked for gloves No. "You must be an
American, dikUib but in Paris I m?u a little astonish-,
ed when the bootmaker made the seme remark to her. i
The graceful, winning ways of these ehopwomen havo
been proverbial since the days of the " sentimental jour
ney and they could make one buy a basket for a bonnet,
so flatteringly do they plead in their pretty accent.
" Yes," I said, " give me theso handkerchiefs ; I have al
ways heard there is no resisting French women." 14 No,
no, Mademoiselle, it is French etnlrroidrry which ia irre
sistible." One charm about the shops, and all work peo
ple, ia the prompt punctuality with whieh orders are
filled; a dress always comes h"me to the minute, and of
oourse there is seldom a plait to be altered, so that one
i? relieved from tbat wear and tear of temper for which
ia erica mantua-tsakeri are responsible. I hare come i
to the conclusion that New Yorkers are fast approaching
Parisians in elegance of dreits, though it is still far too
elaborate, even flashy, and needs much toning dovn, while !
French dressing is ohieflj exquisite from its perfect fit
ness, propriety, and unity, two ooiora rarely being mixed;
and the street dress is of most lady-like, marked simpli
city. There really must be something in the mere air oi
Paris to make a gown fit; even among the poor, and of
coarsest material, it adapts itself to the figure in a com
fortable way, to make us outaide barbarians despair. But
the place to see an exquisite toilette is the tbeutre; such
taste, such rich elegance and variety, that I suspect thfe
actresses are dressed by the modistes gratis, as an adver
tisement for strangers; and one should go there to study
the fashions, as well as to improve one's French accent.
I whs charmed at the VarUtce, where the acting is admi
rable, if that may be called acting which is only a tran
script of the every-day passing life and manner. They
amused me infinitely with their vivacity, and the audience
was most encouragingly appreciative, oatching instantly
and responding with animation to every " point." Some
of the scenes were odd enough to us, but doubtless on
every morning affair in Paris, where the toilette is begun !
and finished in the presence of several admiring friends,
and the lover standing by, " assists" at the robing of the
fair lady. The ladies of the audience were in demi-toilette,
generally in bonnets; and by the way, it is an immense
relief from the London custom of full dress, to be able
here to drop into the theatre or opera in walking attire;
for when a mile or two from one'B lodgings, after a heavy
day's work of lionising, to be obliged to undergo the fa
tigue of grande tenue is a heavy tax for tired travellers to
pay. On our way from the Column of July, on the site
of the famous and infamous Bastille, we went to the opera
eomiqui, where the same life-like scenes were presented
in the Bunte natural, telling, characteristic way; but to
me the singing was uninteresting and miserable, the
voioes thin, nasal, of that singing-through-a-comb-quali
ty peculiar to the French organ. The great bronze column
did not impress me with either grace or majesty. I tried"
to get a leaf from a neighboring tree as a souvenir of the
horrors of the olden time, but the gens d'nrmcs are too
watchful of all that embellishes their beloved Paris to
eonnive at suchjietty larceny. We hod capital fun during
our long drive to this end of the city in the omnibus,
which affords many an amusing scene among this droll
people; and I have picked up a good deal of local infor
mation from nice old women, who are ever ready with a
kind word and graceful answer. I am too wearied for
any thing more to-night.
TIIE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TURKISH SULTAN.
mo* TUB LOUDON DAJLT SEWS 01' SEPTEMEER 1.
The following document, just received from Constanti
nople justifies the assertion of our correspondent there
that the note prepared by M. Delacocr, quite as much
as the original note forwarded from Vienna, flutWred the
vanity of Russia, and put words in the mouth of the Sul
tan inconsistent with bis dignity as an independent and
injured sovereign. The modifications with which this
document has been adopted by the Ottoman Council of,
State are contained in the notes. They arc not more (if
so much) than was required to preserve appearances for
the Turkish Government in the eyes of its subjects.
Turkey has receded from its stipulation to have an ex
press guaranty of the evacuation of the Danubian Tro
unces before it acccded to the proposals of the four Tow
ers ? Turkey has, with little more than mere verbal alte
'rations, adopted the language they put in its mouth.
Turkey has ccfnplied with the requests of the four Towers
as far as it could consistently with safety from internal
insurrection, if indeed it have not overstepped that line.
Turkey is therefore entitled to call upon the four Tow
ers to insist upon the withdrawal of the Russian troops
from Wallachia and Moldavia. The English Ministers
at least stand publicly pledged to insist upon the eva
cuation of those provinces; and the English Ministers
must have been made to speak as they have done on this
head in Parliament, if they had not in private similar
unequivocal pledges from the otfier three Towers.
The intentions of Russia respecting the evacuation of
the provinces are yet ? mystery. Suspicious cihcum
stances there are in abundance ; as, for example, the
feelers put forth to try whether European compliance
will ro so far as to sanction a demand from Turkey by
Russia for the expenses it has incurred in its lawless
! inroad into the Ottoman territory. On the other hand,
| there is the positive declaration of the English Ministers.
But even if Russia withdrew its troops at present there
| can bono doubt that the aggression will be speedily re
newed. The mustering of troops in all parts of the Rus
sian Empire, the establishment of telegraphic communi
cation between St. Tetersburgb and the Black sea, the in
cendiary appeals to the fanaticism, of the Russian com
monalty in favor of a religious war?all these can only be
meant to prepare for a speedy and heavy blow at Turkey
Russia must be watched quite as jealously and closely if
she withdraws from the Danubian provinces as if she
finds some pretext for procrastiuuting her evacuation of
them. -
DRAFT OK NOTF..
His Majesty the Sultan, having nothing more at heart
than to re-establish between himself and his Majesty the
l mperor the relations of good neighborhood and perfect
amUv ihich have unfortunately been weakened by re
cent and disagreeable complications, has betaken him-*.f
diligently to the task of seeking means whereby to efface
the traces of these various incidents.
I The Sublime Porte is happy to be able to communicate
to his Excellency Count Nesaelrode a supreme Iradf,
which gives publicity to the result of those labors. If
the Emptrtr* of Ruttia have on all occasions evinced their ac
I flcare for the maintenance of the immunity and privileges
of the orthodox Greek Church u-ilhm the limits of the Otto
I Ln Empire, the Sultans on their part hare n*tr refusedto
(1) confirm them anew bv solemn acts which testify their
old and enduring benevolence towards Ueir Christian sub
f Majesty the Sultan, Abdul MeOjid, now reigning,
is animated by the same sentiments, desirous to give
to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia a personal proof of
! Sincere friendship1 He has listened to nothing but hi.
unbounded confidence in the distinguished q?^>t?es of
his august friend and ally, and has condescended to take
1 into serious consideration the representationi (2) of which
hi* Excellency Trince Menschikoff has been made theme
1 dium of communication to the Sublime l'orte.
i The undersigned has, in eonscquence received orders
to declare by these presents that the Government of his
Majesty the Sultan will remain faithful to the Utter and the
1 snirit of the stipulations in the treaties A uscvik, A amardji, (3,)
and 4 drianopl. ? elatmg to the protection of Christian ir or,hip,
I 14 )and that hia Majesty considers himself bound in honor to
' cause to be respected, now and in future, the enjoyment of
spiritual privileges which have been conceded by the
! t ancestors of his Majesty to the orthodox church
! of the East, and which are now confirmed by him; and,
moreover, to make the Greek ritual participate. In an equi- j
table Spirit, r* the advantages conceded to other Christians by |
any convention or special ordinance, (5.)
As the Imperial firman, which has just been granted to
the Greek patriarch and clergy, and which contains the
confirmation of their spiritual privileges, will of coui sc
be regarded as a new proof of those generous sentiments
and as, moreover, the promulgation of this firman affords
a guaranty which will dispel forever all fear with i regard
to the ritual which is the rel.gion of his M*jc?ty thcf:.n_
peror of Russia. 1 air happy to be charged with the duty
of making the present intimation. A* for the guaranty
for the future, nothing will be altered in the T,s,tA^n '
Jerusalem; it is regulated by the firman Issued by the
Hatti Ilumayon on the 15ih of the month of Rebbi I U .
1268, (February, 1S-V2,) and explained and conhrmed by
the firmans of , and the intention of his
Sultan is to oause his sovereign decision to be enrorcea
without alteration.
The Sublime l'orte, moreover, promises spont*neou.iv
that no modilication will be introduced in the estaW
Ft ate of affairs without a previous understanding with th
Governments of Russia and France, and without prejudice
for the various Christian communities.
In the event of the Imperial Court of Russia ma g
such a request, a proper locality will be assign*1 ?
eily of Jerusalem, or its environs, for the erectioni c.r
eJsurch set apart lor the celebration of divine> servlc .
KoMian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for ? 1
or sick pilgrims eit the same nation.
The Sublime Tort* engages to subscribe a formal docu
ment to this effect, which will place
monts under the especial supervision of the general con
aulate of Russia in 8yri* and Talestine.
(The ?nder?igued, Ac.)
1. The Saltan, hm* *ovsr eeaseJ to keep? JJ
maicttaanae of the Inanities and p*rH?g? of lb" P
| and tliis cUcroh In the Ottoman Empire, and to confirm th?m
! mw>w by MtleKin acts, which uttested, Ac.
1 2. The oommuuioationi.
3. Of Kutuhuk and Kainardji, confirmed by that of Adria
nople, rolating to the protection of Christian wunship by lite
I Ports.
4. And to notify that H. M. the Sultan.
5. In tho udvuutages granted, or wbiuh iihall be granted, to
i other Christian communities of Ottomau subjects.
raox tub London times ov bmptkmbur 1.
We publish this morning an authentic copy of the Note
originally proposed by the French Cabinet and adopted by
the Conference at Vienna, which has been transmitted to
us from Constantinople. Few documents of a similar
character hare ever inspired greater curiosity and inter
est; for upon its terms and phrases bus hung, and possi
bly still hangs, the peace of the world. The copy we pub
lish contains the Note as presented for the acceptance of
the Porte, but without the alterations subsequently re
quired by the Divan. We have ascertained, however,
that these alterations are of a verbal character, and that
they do not include the three important changes and ex
planations mentioned by the Journal des Debuts. They
appear, ou the coutrary, to effect the substantial provi
sions and meaning of the document so slightly that
we hope they will not occasion any serious opposition or
delay (it St. Petersburgh. The Note itself is before our
readers, and must tell its own tult.
We do not hesitate to express our conviction that this
Note docs include terms sufficiently favorable to the es
sential interests of the Ottoman Kmpire ; and if the delay
which has now occurred were unhappily to lead to its
ultimate rejection and to graver consequences, we are
equally convinced that thiH ill-advised determination
would have the most injurious effects upon the power and
dignity of the Sultan's Government. It has indeed beeu
said that this Note differs scarcely at all from Count'
Nesse'rode's alhmufum; but we can find in it but very 1
few traces of Prince Menschikoff's original and obection
able demands. In reality, the tenor of the Note much
more resembles Redschid Pasha's own proposal, from
which it is in great part taken. It is true, however, that
the Note does contain two points;whichhave already b*en
criticised in no friendly spirit in this country. It pro
vides that the Greek rite shall, in all cases, participate
in the same privileges and concessions made to other
Christian churches ; and it declares that the Sultan will
; adhere faithfully to the stipulations of the treaties of
i Kaiuardji and Adrianople with reference to the worship
! of his Christian subjects.
I What is there in the slightest degree derogatory to the
j Porte in these declarations ? The first is merely a rep?
| tition of what is termed the "most favored nation" clause
i in various international engagements; and, if concessions
i are to be negotiated by one Christian Power in favor of
i its co-religionists in a Mussulman Empire, it is not easy
; to see on what grounds similar concessions are to be ro
j fused to the co-religionists of another Power. This very
point was the origin of the dispute about the Holy Placer,
| and that question was settled on this very principle, by
i undertaking that whatever privileges were granted to
| one branch of the Christiau church should be equally
! granted to the others. In reality, this engagement is of
? more value to the lesser religious con rn unities in the East
| than it is to the greatest of them ; for it cannot be sup
; posed that the most numerous and powerful of these
Christian sects, the Greek church, will obtain-the small
est share of concessions, and all the privileges it docs ob
tain, now or hereafter, will b? equally afforded to the
Latins, the Armenians, and the Protestant.
But the Sultan is to declare that he will adhere faith
fully to certain existing treaties, and this too is repre
sented as a very fatal and humiliating concession. We
were surprised that the Russians ever threw any doubt on
the observance of these engagements by insinuating that
they had been departed from, for it is evident that Tur
key has for many years past neither had the will nor the
power to violate them with impunity.. But, as the most
important of these treaties has already been in force for
about eighty years, to ask the Porte to recognise what it
has never disputed signifies no more than if the British
Government wera now ia a diplomatic pote to recognise
the independence of the United States.
When Russia assumed a menacing attitude, having
deceived and attempted to overreach her allies, and com
promised the peace of Europe, we were entirely of opin
ion that the most energetic measures might be required,
and ought to be taken, if necessary, by the Western Pow
ers to defeat her pretensions and to resist her progress;
and this country was prepared to meet that danger, not
from any strong sympathy for Turkish barbarism, hot
from a unanimous hostility to Russian aggression. That ]
demonstration proved successful, for Europe was unani
mous, and Russia was reduced more speedily than had
been anticipated to accept the offered terms. Id the in
terests of peace, and in the real interests of Turkey, it is ?
as important to prevent the Sultan from making war on ,
Russia as it was to prevent Russia from making war on |
the Sultan. We care little for one or the other party; 1
our concern is with that cause of civilization, freedom,
and peace which has nothing to gaiu from the triumph
on either side, though it has much to lose by a rapture ;
and we support the terms of compromise recommended
I by the four Powers because they afford an honorable
| path out of a difficult position, without increasing the
weakness of one aide or the preponderance of the other.
- ? ??
The Ritlb.?Many persons who are very expert in the
use of the rifle know nothing of the principle on which it
operates, and would be at a loss if asked why a grooved
barrel throws a ball truer than a smooth bore. The
reason!! are these:
In the first place, no bullet is or can be cast perfectly j
spherical. One side is always heavier than the other, and
the ball therefore swerves from the right line of projec- i
tion. However lmrd it may be to prove this Iheoreti- j
cally, practice demonstrates it. The same smooth bore, j
immovably fixed, twice loaded, with the same charge, of
the sumc powder, and with balls cast in the same mould,
will not plant them both in the same spot at the same
distance. The rifle barrel is a female screw, which Rives
the tightly driven ball a rotary moti?n, so that if the j
bullet, or rather the slug, swerves with one twist of the
screw, another revolution corrects the error.
There are but three motions in a rifle ball?the straight i
forward, the spiral, and the downwurd, caused by the
power of gravity. A rifle of thirty to the pound drops its
ball about a foot in a hundred yards. Rifles nre sighted, ,
therefore, to meet this deviation. On leaving the barrel
the ball moves above the lifts of sight, continually falling
in a parabolical curve till it intersects it. The point ol
intersection is called the point blank.
\\ bo invented the rifle is not known. Its principle was ;
known to the North American Indians before the discovery i
of the continent. Their arrows are feathered spirally, |
and move precisely in the manner of a rifle ball.
Ax Orthodox Doo.?Attending meeting last Sabbath
evening for the first time at I>r. Chandler's church, in this
town, 1 whs much amused to see a large one-eared dog
stalk up the aisle near the commencement of the services,
?nd quietly stretch himself out on the pulpit platform.
I After taking a survey of tile congregation, as if probably
to see who were absent, he dropped his head and fell in
to a sound sleep, perhaps thinking that was city styl . I
afterward learned that this dog was strictly sectarian in
his view.*, having after mature deliberation settled down
upon the ihode of worship as adopted by the Congrega
tionalist order, and chosen the Meadow church as his
regular place of meeting. Ilia master is of the Baptist
denomination, and attends church in this village. Hut
the dog pins his faith on no one's sleeve. He accompa
nies his master on the Sabbnth to the road that leads to
Ills own chosen place of worship, and there tarns away
without saying one word to persuade him that his own
wsy is right and all others are wrong. At the intermis
sion he calls on a neighbor, gets his dinner, and attend*
divine worship again in the afternoon. At the close of
services he quietly wends his way homeward, meditating
upon the topic of the day, no doubt, and perhaps revolv
ing in hia own mind bow much more of the true christian
spirit might be shown by professors if they would but do
as he doe?, worship whero he fehose* and let others do the
same without molestation.?firemjHtli Qazetfa,
A singular case of conscience has excited mucl\ atten
tion in St. Louis within a few days. A Dr. fioernstein,
editor of the Angtibtr <ir* Wffttiu, refused to give testimo-'
ny before the Grand Jury under a general oath, but in
sisted upon being first informed of the particular ease to
which the questions were to relate, and being sworn se
parately on each case. This with him was a matter of
conscience, hia fear being that he might become guilty of
perjury by answering inaccurately an extended and mi?
eellaneous series of queries, or rather, v seems to have
been generally understood, that he might become the in
strument of bringing oertain law-defying liquor dealers
to justice. Judge Colt, before whom he was brought for
contumacy, sustained hit extraordinary demand, and the
jury proceeded with the witness until the oath had been
adtniuistercd to him thirteen times, when they found the
process insupportably tedious, and at their reque?the was
discharged from further duty. The course of Judge Colt
was severely censured, and he has resigned his office.
The Dntch war-steamer Amttrrifam, Capt. 8paktaki>,
han sailed from Hew York for Vcne*uela, thence she pro
ceeds to Curacoa. She has been at New York about three
weeke, during which time many of our citisens bav??Ti9it
od her. The oaptain and hia officers called at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard on Saturday, and took their leave of Com
modore UoAauAM and his assistant*. Tb? strangers were
well pleased with their sojourn in New York, and express
ed their thanks for the abilities extended to them by the
naval ofhoers on that station.
SrEECII OF HON. ROBERT C. W1NTHROP,
At the Celebration at Groton Utiahl*, CoMect uut,
* September t>, lbo3.
1 am greatly honored and obliged, felloW-eitUens, by
this frieudly and flattering reception. I thank you for
thio cordial greeting. Most heartily do I wish that 1
were in a better state of preparation for doing justice
either to the occasion or to myself. Circumstances be
yond my control, however, rendered it extremely uncer
tain until the very last moment whether I should be able
to be with you at all, and I have come at last upon the
express understanding and condition that I was not to be
i responsible for any thing in the nature of a formal or
ceremonious address. But I cannot deoline to attempt
i some response to the call which has just been made upon
; me. I cannot #mit such an opportunity of expressing
| the high gratification I have enjoyed in being present on
i this occasion, in wituessing these interesting ceremonies,
| in meeting my distinguished friend, Judge Wayne, and
his excellency the Governor of Connecticut, and yourself,
Mr. l'resident, with all of whom I have had so many
pleasaut associations at Washington, and in forming so
many new and valued acquaintances anions the people of
New London.
Mr. l'resident, I am almost ashamed to confess it, but
it is the first time in my life that I have ever paid a visit
to New London, or ever stood upon these consecrated
heights. It is, indeed, almost the first time in my life
that I have ever passed a day or a night within the limits
of the State of Connecticut. Let me assure you, how
ever, that I have not come here with the feelings of a
stranger. I have not forgotten by whom the Connecti
cut Colony was originally led out and planted. 1 have
not forgotten by whom its charter was obtained from
Charles the Second. I have not forgotten what names
are to be found on the roll of its earliest Chief Magis
I tratos for a period, father and son together, of more than
a quarter of a century. Still less have I forgotten by
whom the good old town of New London was founded, or
whence caipe the name, of this ancient village of Groton.
For myself, my friends, 1 am a Massachusetts man, a
native Bostoniao, born within a biscuit's throw of that
old Mflk street corner, which will be always distinguish
ed as the birth-plaoe of tho illustrious Franklin. All my
persoual interests and all my present associations are
connected with that noble old sister Commonwealth of
yours, and with its proud and prosperous capital. God
bless them! But I caunot but remember on this occa
sion that, if the blood in my veins were subjected to a
chemical analysis, by far the largest part of it, on the
paternal side at least, would be found to be Connecticut
blood New London blood. No wonder that it glows and
kindles and courses with something more than its wonted
fervor, as 1 finu myself inhaling for the first time this an
cestral air, and treading for the first time this almost
natal soil.
For nearly a hundred and fifty years New London was
the residence of those from whom 1 am lineally descend
ed. Here my own honored father was born, about the year
17G0, and here he passed the happy years of his child
hood und his boyhood, having left here to enter college
soon after the death of his father, and only a few years
before the very event which you arc this day assembled
to commemorate. Had he been a few years older and
remained here a few years longer he might have fallen a
victim to the British bayonets, and his name and race
been altogether cut off. Or, haply, he might have fallen
a victim to the hardly less powerful or less piercing shafts
oT some one of the mothers or grandmothers of the fair
daughters whom I see around me, and the birthplace of
his children might thus have been the same with his own.
But here, at any rate, are still some of my esteemed re
latives and kinsfolk, occupying the old places, and some
of them keeping alive the old name, where it was orgi
nally introduced more than two centuries ago. Nor can
1 be mistaken in the idea that the very heights on which
we are gathered and the township in which they are in
cluded derived their name from that ancient Manor of
Groton which was granted to the Winthrops in the time
of Henry the Eighth, and which continued to be their re
sidence until they came over to America in 1030. Was I
not justified, then, in the remark that I had not come
here with the feelings of a stranger; and may 1 not be
pardoued for adding that 1 cannot help feeling a little at
home even among places and persons that 1 have never <
iu my life seen before ?
But I pray your forgiveness, my friends, for even al
luding to these passages of personal and family history. |
j I must not, 1 will not dwell on them an instunt longer.
The day, the occasion, belong to other names and other
theme*, and 1 turn, for a few moments, to the event which
j you have met together to commemorate without another
word of preface.
And certainly I know of few events in the whole
history of our Revolutionary struggle more worthy of
I commemoration, or which present to our contemplation
i incidents ef a more striking and impressive character.
The 6th of September, 1781 ! What Now Londoner, what
New Knglander, what American can ever forget the oc
currence which ha* rendered that dote so memorable . Its
details, I am sure, are familiar as household words to you
all even before your memories hare been refreshed by
the address of the eloquent and distinguished gentleman
who is to follow me. ..... . ,
The British fleet entering your beautiful harbor at early
dawn; the alarm and couetornation of the inhabitants;
the removal of the aged and infirm; the flight of the timid;
the rallying of the brave; the noble exclamation of your
heroic Ledyard, as he bade a last farewell to his friends
before crossing the ferry to take command of the I* ort,
?? I must lose, to day, honor or life; you who know me can
tell which it willbe;" the landing of the British regiments
with their gorgeous uniforms and glittering bayouets ; the
repeated summons to surrender ; the final response, antici
pating almost in terms, the reply of the gallant and la
mented Taylor at Buena Vista, " We shall not surrender,
let the consequences be what they may the desperate
conflict on these heights ; the treacherous and coil-blood
cd massacre of Ledyard and his little band, after they
had coased all resistance against aucb (Tverwhelming odds;
the wanton cruelty to the wounded ; the deliberate burn
ing of New London, with all its circumstances of cowardly
brutality ; all, all are impressed upon your minds and
hearts with a distinctness and a Tividnes* which no lan
guage can increase and which no length of time can
efface. t . .
One of the accomplished daughters of Jew London, let
roe add, has recently embodied them all?not forgetting
the angelic ministrations of her own sex to the wounded
and the dying?in a hiatory which is as creditable to her
own pen as it is to the people whose fortunes she has de
That was, indeed, my friends, a#ad day for New London
and its vicioity-a sad day for New England, andfor all
the confederated colonies. And yet, after *B8 *
proud day, and one which, 1 think, you would hardly be
willing to spare from the historic pages of onr country^
The monument before us is, Indeed, no monument of
triumph. It tells of victims, not of victors But it tells
of those who have nobly dared and died in defence of
American liberty. And what can any man desire more or
better, as the epitaph cither of himself or of those with
whom he is connected? It is a monument like that at
Thermopylae of old, and it well might have borne the very
same inscription. . . . ,. _
" Go stranger," was the well-remembered inscription
on the stone erected to commemorate the Leonidas of
ancient Sparta ; "go, stranger, and tell the Lacedemo
nians that wc have obeyed their laws aud that we lie
her? M
It was more in keeping with the good old Puritan cha
racter of Connecticnt to borrow examples and analogies
from Holy Writ, and to likea her heroes to the heroes of
the ancient people of God ; and most apposite and appro
priate is the verse from the sacred volume which you
have quoted upon yonder tablet: ?? Zebulon and Naphthali
were a people that jeoparded their Eve* unto the death in
the high places of the field." .
But had you thought flt to borrow of the j?wels of the
heathen, not less appropriate or less just certainly wou.d
have been the inscriptian, " Go, stranger, and tell the
American people that we have defended their liberties,
and that we lie here." tll. v ,
Nor, fellow citiitnf, did your Laonidaa and hu little banu
lie here and die here in vaiu. Fidelity to duty, fidelity to
principle, fidelity to freedom, are never displartd in vain.
They may be overborne and overwhelmed for the moment.
They m?y subject those who exhibit them to the loss <>f
place, of fortune, of friends, or of life. But the example, tho
example will remain ; and ?ome where or other, some how
or other, at some time or other, early or late, Its influence
will be felt, and Ks power will be asserted and recognised.
And I need hardly tell yo? that the event which you this
?lay commemorate, disastrous as It wastoiiew London and
its ficiaity, and distressing as it was to the whole ooun
try, did not have to wmit l<mg for the manifestation of its
influence upon the great o%u?o of American liberty.
That was, indeed, a dark day, the <Uh of September.
1781; there Is hardly a darker to be fownd in ail onr tta
?olutionary calendar. But its darkness was the mime, i
ate precursor of the dawn. In just tit weeks from >'?
date the great crowning riotery of independence waa
achieved at Yerktcwn, and it I* matter of historical re
cord that Ute naiA??cre on A1? ?8#l Wft8 lh* ? ^."3%
est incitements wbich stirred the blood and ntrvetf **?
arms of oor troops to strike that final and decisive M??
It is matter of tradition that New Loudon and Oroton wea?
among the watch-words at Yorktown.
When tht? chivalrous Lafayette, to whom Washiujga?
gate absolute command in storming one of the rcdoaM^
was about proceeding to the attack, he is suid to kMK
expressly ordered his party "to remember New !?
don." What a consolation, what a compensation wooM
not have been to Ltd yard an<l his fellow victims r*"
they have been permitted to hear that order, and to
ness its results; could they have seen the arms of A?
ica finally victorious, and the ttars^aud stripes lifted ?
last in triumph to the sky, to float evermore over a pad
and glorious Republic!
Let me not fail to add, however, that while the Ameri
can armies at Yorktown "remembered New Lond?m?""
they remembered humanity and mercy alBO. They car
ried the redoubt in triumph ; but Hamilton and Laurwa%
who were Lafayette's lieutenants in storuiiDg it, werem~
capable of cruelty, even in the way of retaliation, to
their eternal glory be it spokeu they brought off all their
prisoners unharmed ; and when questioned how thiH
they replied, "We could not, wc could not, wi*e*
thev begged and cried on their knees for their lives." 1*
capable of imitating examples of barbarity, (iaid 11am
ilton iy hi# oflicial report to Lafayette himself, and with
unmistakable allusion to New Loudon,) and fcrgetti*
recent provocations, they spared every man that ceaj?&
to resist.* ... -
You will agree with me, my friends, that there are vm
nobler passages in American history or in any InsUoy
than this. Our armies on that^ day achieved a uouUaa
victory a victory over the British forces, and a itol
1 more glorious victory over themselves in subduing it*
base passion for revenge, and heaping coals of tire voly
in the true Scripture sense upon the heads ot their ew?
" And now, fellow citizens, if our fathers at Yorktowr*,
six weeks only after the Groton massacre too*
could forget the provocation, and hold back their
from the retaliation which was within their iromed???
reach, we of this generation, more than threescore ya*
; ten years afterwards, are not assembled to-day in
I of inferior magnanimity. You are not here, 1 am
| sons of Connecticut, to commemorate this sad chapter M?
your history with any feelings of resentment tows*h?
Great Britain. Y'ou cannot have forgotten either tMV
after all, it was no native Briton who commanded tht t*~
pedition which perpetrated this inhuman massacre, ioso.
cannot havo forgotten that it was your own soil wlnri^
reversing for once the whole character of its nrodac*%.
and concentrating all its poisonous ingredients in * Ma
gic nature, gave being to that bold, bad man: who, Hi
satisfied with turning traitor to his country in geneae^.
made haste to signalize hie new allegiance by dealing tkiE
parricidal blow at the very State and neighborhood in
which he had been born and brought up. Let me B?t
pollute this pure air by giving utterance to his nam*:
Let it be blotted out from the remersbrancw of men L
if reoallod at nil, let it only be as a warning of
imagined depths of depravity and infamy into whsa&ja
daring and desperate valor and a vaulting and TauigW*
ous ambition may plunge a man when utterly unre.?tj*x*?
ed by any thing of moral and religious principle.
Nor under any circumstauces would it be worthy
to employ such an occasion as this in reviving a f*^Nf
ofintterucss and animosity towards those with whom aai
differences upon this Bcore have been long ago scti5?4
Great Britain and the United States may continue to ka#e
their little jealousies and controversies aud contenti?f?W
and now and then ambitious and arrogant rneu on
sides of the occau may push matters, for their own MP"?"
zan purposes^ to the very verge, and even beyond ***
verge, down into the fearful and fiery vortex of war.
ven forbid that any such catastrophe should be wital'irwl
in our generation ! But, in the long run, these two rt'gW
nations must go along side by side and shoulder to t-bwm
der together in the great cause of civilization aud cfcr?
tianity, of civil and relig<oua liberty, or that jawejmH
be put back and lost, it may be forever, let usv
cherish and cultivate o spirit of conciliation and kiwiwww
towards the old mother country. Let us neT<r b?a*&?me*
to say, what every one of us at this momgnt f.-eU, t&??*
we could havo chosen our parentage fr<*?among au **
families of tli a earth, wo would uotha^comeot e-y
other stock ; we would not have sgoken any ?th?rte?
guage than that of Shakspeare and Mnton andCaat^.
We would not have inherited any other history ortvwH
tions than those of llnnnymedc and Cbarta, ???
the Petition of Right and the Revolution of 16M. Lei
realize, as we proudly contemplate our own
growth and grandeur, that after all she was the
mother capable of bearing such a child.
hind these remembrancers of her injustice or inhumaaiq^
and revert to that old original spirit whioh animatedlw
fouuders of your colony when they gave the names of***
names and of JS'tw London to yonder river and town. ??
surely as imagining that they could ever rival toe weaflm
and splendor of the great metropolis of the world, bo* ?
of recard and affection (as I hove seen it in the hawlwra
iug of John Winthrop himself) to "their dear nntsse
I country," and in honof of its famous capital.
\\m
No, my frieuds, it is with no view of raking opei
ashes iu which your resentments towards Britain
loug ago buried that you have gathered anew upon 1
memorable heights. You have come to renew yourpte4gam
of devotion to your own country, and not to indulge m?
any feelings of hostility towards other countries, i
^ have come to remember the valor of your own dead aiul
the hoyea of your own living.
The one great end of commemorations like this otyra
to be and is, to impress upon our own minde and u|K?n tl*
minds of our children a deeper ecnaa of the value of tin*.
liberty and of those institutions whioh it cost our fuXbra*
to much treasure and blood to establish. ( ertainly. i>
view of such acenesof suffering and slaughter as were wit
nessed here and elsewhere duringour revolutionary stru^
gle, wc may say with the Apostle Paul on eoothcr occea***v
" withagreat price purchased they thisfreedom. Antinn^
it is for us to see to it that tliio great price was not !***?
vain, and thatthfteatate goes down, not only umropniiw^
but improved and fortified, to posterity. We are not caUwd
on as they were?let us thank God that we are not topaajm
our fortunes and jeopard our lives unto the death w
defence. We are not summoned to light against tb? ???
miea of the aliens, or to WTestle against flash and bM*.
Rut we art called upon to confront foes by no means lessfcr
mideble. Wc art called upon to contend against the tr*|
tations ond blandishments of national and In lividy I
prosperity. Wi are called oa to restrain and resist lAtr
inordinate lusts which involve more danger to our hXerv
Uea'thaa ten thousand hostile artniesor'hoatile fleets?
lust*of power, the lust of wealth, the luat of office,
lust of territory, the lust of national apgrnndi*eiin?mt.
and, I may add, " the lust of the flesh and the }-n*eeflT
life," and whatever elae goea to make up the
of that corrupting luxury which liaa caused the derniiir
and downfall of so many other republics before our ??*
la ene word, my friends, we of this generation are s?s
moued, by infallible aigaa and signals, to a atwn
warfare for the maintenance of the institution# for ????
our fathers fought and bled. We have reached e~3s?
our national existence, if I mistake not, ?n which a ******
recurrence it demanded to those old-fa?hioned, Cull
cut, Puritan rirtues, moderation, and tampetance. ana
I ,,siice .ni l -elf denial, and purity, and piety, which
been ?o often and *<> admirably ilhistrated and^ pcn*?
fied by your Shermans, and Wolootta, and Grisw&Uls^
and Trumbulls, and Williamaea, and of which no Odaar
delicacy ahall restrain me from saying that John vtn*
throp, of Connecticut, like hit father of MawachuaeW^,
was among the brightest exainplea in your annals^ In
this way alone can our free institution* be preserve*
unimpaired, and in thia way alone caa a true, safe, v^
tional, and regulated progrt*s, the only progress worthy m
the name, be promoted and secured. o
Here, then, to-dvy, on thia hallawed spot, rvvwrlhe
graves of your martyrs, and on thla anniversary eft wear
fall, beneath this canopy, which was so lately vocal wrrt*
the praises of the pilgrims of Plymouth Rock, and
which you have now gathered witt hearts freshly
ed and saddened by the sudden death of a most estimnMn
I young mnn who had been among the earliest projec
I of this commemoration, here and now let Moot
renew our vows of devotion to American liberty.
| the Constitution and the Union which "*?>?***
safeguards and supports, hut let us re so h o thM;^.f itkr
i not given to uS as it was te some of tho^e who have goon
1 before us to die in its defease, we will at least so
regulate our own conduct, and so instruct
our children that the Republic shall
cither from our acts or from our example. Then,
no lofty coin out like that before us may be erected.m^r
honor 'to tell of heroic services or sacrificca in thejM?
t or"n the forum, we may at least go dow? to <mr ho^r
! with the proud oonsoiousness that we have Dean
faithful to those great moral principle which lie at tW
t, ?sit of all successful self-government, and without wk??k
no amount or intensity of pajriotio ?nntimant ei.d ao ?ny
rtCiw1 intellcCtUAl forC? 8aT" #m
ladies and K?tlemen, I thank you for this
kind and flattering reception, net emitting a spec ial ac
knowledgment of the charintiiK serenade by which I ?
sainted last night; and I pray you to acoept, m
nirni, an aaaurance of mv moat earnest wishes for
continued prosperity and welfare.
[?In th<^ original repot* of thb parage ailu^ioe wi
nwide to Dr. Gordon a sUtament of an abaolute order t
rtfUoiion. Hamilton'a explicit denial of the atatim.
had been forgotten.]
A diaaatroua break occurred in the Erie ?'?nal on 3a
day morning, wbieh it will require ten or twelve daye
| repair The loe&ton of the break ia near Uuahnell'e I
' eia, ahoat ten milea east of Roeheatar.

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