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THE TRUSTEES of Bowdoin College
are hereby notified, that their fmi annual
meeting, is to Be holden at the Court Hsgie
Portland, on the FIRST. WEDNESDAY IL
November ns1t, az 10 o'clock in The fore
noon.
JOHN FROTHINGHANI, Secretary.
PorfLand, Oas5er 1878, 1875.
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Ut Y x 1''''I'
by order Of the Hon. DAVID SEW
~ All, Efq. Judge Of the Dilrie Court of Maine
Notice hereby gven. that Libel is filed in fsid COurt
by Jss Hill, Elq- Collector Of The Cufoms for
the diiFri9 Of Bddeord and PcpPerclborough within
the iaid DiGlria Of Maine, aganlt the
Schooner HANNAH, Of Keansbank,
Of the hurthen Of about hundred and five tons toge
ther with her tzckse apparel aud furniture found on
board andbeiongns to the fame, fried at wes within
faid Diria on TIC 7Jd day Of AuguG Ian, for breach
Of the Resenu- Laws Of the United Ststes-ThAt the
fra Tucfday Of December Lext Portland Is Aligned
for hearing thereon the end that any perlon claim
ng property in the fad hooner ray appear and thew
caue (f any be 1rwn) wherefore the fad ichooner
and her appurenanees sorefaa, ihoeId BY decree
Of fad Court, be declared forfeited
Dated u Portland, a OeFoJsr, 1893
JOHN HOBBY, MaJ5ak
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POETRY.
Tnr KNIGHT AND THE RATS.

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THESE are my propofals. Should
they be fan6tioned by your names or
fufHcient number Of them to furniih
a luPport, my pride will be, to be-
come
Your devoted fervant.
Z A JFNTLvc
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The rRUrE flows rOarm and cage from my pen"
~ IL RESTING as is the prefent cri.
hs-io interviewer is our delfiny with
other nations, from our prefent pc.
htical fituation & conne6tionS-that
the Editor conceives it his duty, tc
devote a large portion ofthe Gazette,
to politics.
We find the American Union, 70 circum.
itanced, that it requires the greateit
wildom and energy, to rilcue it from
its political ENHANCEMENT. The
clafhings of French and Englilh In
fuence, which have been long ftrug-
ling for alcendency, have excited
PartizanS and in fome initances
found way in our councils-which
is the infinite regret of all virtuvus
men. While this throws tempo
rary deje6ion on our feelings, every
patriot bolom mutt glow with pea
iure at the unihaken hrmnefs IF our
excellent Prelident-at the indepen-
dent ipirit that begins again to per.
wade all clafeS of citizens, to route
and unite them in fupport Of their
laws and country. Happy will il
be for US, five can thus rid ourlelves
OF all foreign relations. The wick.
edneiS Of the French, in endeavour.
ing TO enlaye US. is far more detef
lcbie, than we're the former views
of England. L US avoid the
fraterH4l bug, as we would the EN-.
braces of a lerpent., Let US be H.
mericanr, md w anfwer the Purpoie
Of our exilence.
In Europe, the clouds are 70 dark.
the forms 70 capricious & terrible ir
the political horizon, that it belong,
not to the human capacity to predict
when the fun fhall again hine on the
peaceful ret of nations. The mof
formidable confederacy, among0
governments, has been diAolyec
by'a train of events, fplendid as un
common F.; and we nov find the mon
violent antipathies, rivited in the
cloielt fentiment and we may foor
expect crifS that will either iheatt
the reeking fword, or unrayel fcene.
PIERCING to the already agonizing DO
fom philanthropy.
Ruiia, is now governed by a prince q
little activity, Whole feelings are no
much interelted in the concerns O.
other nations. Secure in the 1rong
eft government in Europe, in a re
mote corner, his vat armies proba
bly, will remain unemployed.
Prulia, poaeiIing a cabinet bafe and in
triguing, will, from her Gtuation
ambition and views, watch the mo
tons Of tie emperor of Germany
and not efpoufe any Of the bellige
rent powers, without view of iniur
ing the emperor. Her troops ar,
brave, and under good difcipline.
Sweden and Denmark, are too mucl
interelted in their lucrative carrying
trade in the Baltic & Mediterranean
to interet themfelves in the caufe 0
others.
Holland, fwaIlowed up by her frater
nizing allies, is 10 THANKFULLY fulcep
tible Of French influence, that n,
deierves to be eraled from the lit 0
nations.
Italy, which has ever been the relief
and fanguinary theatre Of inhumal
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none could have expected. The
Pope, Whole bulls once mace Fmpe-
rors tremble, can now fcarcely neer
in his tottering chair-and we ex-
peel the drois of that religion will be
refined, whole errors have 70 long
polluted the world
Spain, deprived of the qualities and
energies of her ancefferS, cannot
long fufain her fabric offuperifition,
and we may foon expect TO fee her
torn in pieces by revolution. Led
by the hand by France, the prince
of peace, ieemS TO be preparing plans
in the dark, which mutt flbvert the
preient order Of things.
Portugal, almolt loft in the 5ulle, is
infulted by every party. She mul(
lean on France for protection, tho
her ports mutt be expofed to the
ravages Of the Engliin marine.
Switzerland, that brave nation, now
breads the force of France, or an
extenfon of democratic principles.
She is difgracefully altering her coun-
fellors at the requelt OF a French
minilfer.
Germany, forced to peace, to fave
herlelf from ruin. She till pohehes
the talent Of partNioning others. We
nice has Leen diNided between her
AID France. The provinces of If
tria and Dalmitia, will be the barri-
ers between the emperor and the
Turks. In the treaty with the en-
peror no mention is made OF the Cis-
Rhinean republic-it is probably no
more.
Turkey is fully occupied in fuppreling
the infurIe6tions ~ her colonies, ex-
cited BY French Ties.
France, glogn imperious and infolent
from her Victories, IKE ancient Rome,
feens 70 &c aicling al JLiS0Ifal du.
minion. But while this is the aim
Of her ambitious rulers, we cannot
but calt plying eye over the mile-
ries of her ditraded citizens-a ru-
ined trade, deranged finances, and
the appearance Of freh parties full
lenly Rriving for afcendency, keep
them in a continual ferment. The
wonderful Buouaparte, who like a
comet, has dazzled the political
fhade after wreiting 10 many plumeS
from the Aufrian eagle; after tram
ping upon the mighty fabric of fu-
Peritition, & cruihing all oppoGtion,
will not content him1elf to retire
from the fcene a its prelent fate.
This man, if he continues his career,
will form new epocha in the annals
of the world. May he reltore order
to his unhappy country-and may a
calm enlue that will clole her fan
culinary icenes.
England, long eaeemcd the bravef ma
ton in the world, is now left alone
to rcGf the virulence Of an exafpe-
rated and infatiable enemy. From
French invaGon fhe fears hothing.
for her floating bulwarks will repel
it. The dread Of worle tlaverl
will excite the patriotifm, frengtheIi
the union, and animate the courage
\ of her defenders. Should an inva-
fon be attempted, the waters that
feparate the two countries, mutt be
crimioned with the blood Of thouf-
ands Of our fellow beings. The
peace of the United States, is materi-
ally involved with the fate of Eng
land Thnfe intnrened FIR her
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the different periods Of che wosld, g. .
/ be handed down to potteTity, thar they la
/ excite imitation. While they are rscofda
/ in the volumes that adorn The iheif, afs
| which are too colty 70 be procured by every
| one, they ought 70 be inherited Ia that MAJ
| Of bufy life newspaper. The lollovin-
character of the late Mr.. PR, IS 70 sls
| gantly drawn, that il claims place, +.
leis Tor thefe reatons, than tor is bsing
hAndiome literary treat
lie food alone. Moderr4de-
generacy had not reached him. OriA
nal and unaccommodating, the featur
Of his character had the hardihood Ct
antiquity. His auguf mind over-awee.
majeity, and one OF his lovereigns thor
royalty 70 impaired in his prelence,
that he confpired to remove him, il
order to berelieyed from his fuperioritv.
No fate chicanery, 10 narrow iyiten
OF vicious politics, no Idle contet for
miniferiai victories, funk him 10 the
vulgar level Of the great but oyery
bearing, Perlualive, and impraaicable,
is Object was England, bis ambitions
was fame. Without dividing, he de-
itroyed party !; without corrupting, he.
made venal age unanimous. Francef
funk beneath him. With one hand hei
imote the houle Of Bourbon, and wield-l
ed in the other the democracy Of r.fsv-
land. The fight of his mind was H.
finite and his fchemes were TO ede6f.
not England, not the preient age only.
but Europe and poterity. Woaderfut
were the means by which thefs s1llelTIa.sS
were accomplished I; always laionablc.
always adequate, the luggeitions Of al
understanding animstsa BY ardor, ana
enlightened ~ prophecy.
me ordinary feelings which
life amiable & INDECENT, we've ~
to HIM. No domeGic dit1icn
domeltic weakness reached h
.aloof from the forbid occur
life, and unfullied by its int
be came occaGonaily into Gu
to council, and to decide.
A character 70 exalted, 70 Rrena u
70 various, 70 authoritative, aaoniIhA
a corrupt age, and the trealury trcnku
bled at the name of Pitt through aA
her clahes of verality. Corruption,
imagined, indeed, that fhe had found
defects in this fateflnan, and talked
much Of the incon6itency of his Glory,
and much of the ruin of his Victories
/ but the hiaory Of his country, and the
calamities Of the enemy, anlwercd and
refuted her.
Nor were his political abilities his
| only talents. His eioquence was 81
era in TIE fenate, peculiar and ipont
neduS, Familiarity expecting gigantic
Centiments and inltindive wifdom MOI
like he torrent Of Demolfhenes, or The
plendid conAagration Of TulIy ii RET
lembled lometimes the thunder, and
lometimes the muGc Of the fpheres.3
Like Murray, he did not conduit ttI
understanding through he painfulfu8
tiliy OF. augmentation; por was hs
like Townlhend, forever on the rae
of exertion but rather ligh n
the fubjea, and reached the p6ia
the fulhings of the mind, which,
thofe Of the eye, were felt, but Cd
not be followed.
Upon the whole, there was il iii
man fomething that could create. if
vert, Or refor an unJerltandinsa
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70 CRE
Inhabitants Of Maine.

y 49, Ii MIN lilC AAGAL
Il Il periodical publications, it has been
1uitdm, with the EDITORS, on ifIu-
ing their frf num1er, to addrelS, their
patrons. In obedience TO this prece-
dent. hall offer few words to thofe
anho may become the readers of this
FAzETTE. But on fubiea that has
been 70 often defcanted-lo ingeniouny
Atr-ated, by the albeit writer's, as the
nieiuInefs of thefe publications, can
E .prefume to fay any thing new
IN every part Of the world, where
reading has found its way, and pene-
.rated the ihades Of ignorance-where
l8earning is encouraged, and fcience,
foltered, thele publications are efeem-
Jed the mott powerful infruments for
difeininating knowledge among all
4 claieS of men. And ihall they not be
i encouraged by the wealthy, the en-
lightened citizens Of Maine
We are 20 attribute to them the
rapidly With which all difant tranlac-
i tons are brogght before us---That the
pubic and private concerns of our
own, and erery other nation, are at
once made klown to us-and the po
Aitics Of our country, are freely and
Fairly dilcuaed. They are the medium
j -ough which we learn the discoveries
he arts and licences. ProfcienceS
agriculture are collected from every
Charter, and laid before the farmer.
11s bpiy mechanic may find in them
i,-un1rlary view of the world, with
which to indulge his leifure moments.
Elc mariner hears from his abfent
brothers, fcattered over the globe-and
tkhe merchant is Informed of the prices,
IEtl,e ne and fail of every article of
trafic.-The literati, of every profef-
/ ION, through them, can devote
her talents to the amulement and pro-
81 o. themfelyes, and the community.
1 in fine, 70 many, and 70 great, are
! the advantages tobe derived from theGe
publications, thf they have jultly re-
tceived the patronage Of The greatea,
and bdt men,
a AS a vung man, anxious to
4 FfabEfh mylf member of fociety,
N in calling tat will be beneficial to
IL Im1Eeif ard chers, | confidently folicit
4 the patrong, of all liberal men,
"a br9f not Of liabilities but in return,
eg1pledge tie exerciGe of thoGe facul-
- given me in common with others.
But it i. neceGary TO publifh my
..tions, II order that you may
|, oIgt, wheth.r OF not, | llall merit
CUR iupport.--Permit me then, to ak
yur attentionto what follows
10 Pashf6 a paper qceekB, on a fleet
Iof tf1 fze and qualify, and on a
type Of eobrb this is a lpecimen at
IRE 'moderat prize Of ONE DOLLAR
& FIFTY cNTs a year, exelnfve Of
i pQfage. M OBJECTION to receiUing THE
FIsTy GEMS, on dehUery Of the f5G
!, y -vzR7 zleatUr' zOiH be takcr 10 c0lled
sef3e eayhs9 nd m9f important mf6r-
II nlaiion Of egy kind.-Origindf and
Y jfletfed eg18 Polititai and Jpeculative,
anil he a63a0gQy )ougbt Jor.
- .8es 9f liz cAzETTE, BaH e.
"A ev De l9@t q The ensmitI Of order ana
4 S50ersmeu and 10 the dsfdmerJ q
our lalss aal country.
81 rs PohfF5 10 Il FEDERAE-~tb1t Is, fuel
III ~ qeW G6l0r4 eejth fbs fssiings o.
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Judge me not ungentle,
u manners rough--and turb1kSee Of lpirif,
when the public caule demands my aid,
The rRUrE flows rOaym and Eager from my pen
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BIOGRAPHY.

rThe characters, and the actions e
great men, who have arreBed sfseFsss.
the difFeien periods Of che wosld, 49,
be handed down to potterity, thai they Ia
excite imitation. While they are rscosd5
in the volumes that adorn The iheif, al
which are TOO coRly 70 be procured 81 esers
one, they ought TO be inherited II that M
Of bufy lile,' a newspaper. The .olloUns
character of the late Mr.. PR, IS 70 Ell
gantly drawn, that il claims place, II,
leis for thefc reatons, than tor Ks bsing
hdndlome literary treat
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-06-29

whether received or not, If you fhall not
be in treaty with perIons dull au,horif.
ed by the directory, with full and eqna'
powers, you are to demand yo1r PATS
ports and return,
;. In no event 10 i treaty TO be pur-
chaled with money, by a loan or other
wife. There Can be no fafety in tTeas
~ 70 obtained. q iso =S=s. Ia the republic
would violate our neutrality; AID a
douceur to the ucn now in power.
might ~ their foccehoFs be urged as a
reaion Cor anrulling the treaty, or az :
precedent for further and repeated dc,
| mands.
1t is proper to apprize you that mo.
ton has been made in the Senate, and
will doubtleis be repeated 10 the HoufS
of Representatives,, TO defire the Pref
dent to lay before them Your commu.
nications; and be will probably be un.
der the neccfity Of doing il; only with
holding the two names which you pro
miied fheuld in no event be made pub,
| lie.
have the honor TO be with great re
fpsa, gentlemen, your oOedieHt Ter
vants
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
Department Of State,
| Philadelphia, March 81, 1895.
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NEW YORK, Tune II.


To the printer Of HE Nesy' York Gaztffe.
IN hand bill iiIued from your prefs
this morning, | obCsrvcd = note ijgned
John KiGder," in chich Mr.. Lee is
mentioned as being the bearer of letters
from the office of the French miniiier
Of foreign affairs to CITIZEN Bache and
Genet. In iuttice to Mr. Lee, aud to
prevent Mr. Kidder's note from having
an imptefion on the public mind, whic j
! am confident he did not intend, fate
the following circumstances
Mr. Lee, MIR. Kidder and myfs IT,
were fellow travellers from Paris tc
bordeaux. MIR. Lce's departure hav.
ing been talked OF for a confederate
time before he left Paris, many letters
were committed TO his care, which ht
looked over and a1oEted in our pre-.
fence. Several letters tealed with the
zeal ofthe miDiiteT of foreign affairs, &,
addrshed to the citizens Monroe, &c.
nef, Bache, and, i believe, to iome o.
sher perfons of the fame deicriDtion.
excited Mr.. Lees curiofity not lcfs shan
the ref of the pafcngers-and he, in
particular fuggelted that they ought to
be TENT to the office of the fecretary Of
fate. MIR. Lee, as well as myielf, left
the venel at lea /, and in the hurry OF
afiorting the letters for their difFcreu;
destinations, preiume he left with Mir
kidder, who remained on board fome
of the letters in queltion.
If my tetim oDy could add any thing
to Mr.. Lees reputation, ! ihouid take
pleaiure 10 laying that he IL one OF
the very few Americans Of respectable
character, who have lately relided in
France. He has always appeared to
retain warm attachment 10 this coun {.
try, and to feel fBcere detcaaiion for
the Americans in France, whofs hoRi.
lily to oor government has had 60 con-
adorable ihare in producing the pre-
Tent Fate of Things.
SAMUEL N. HOPKINS.
New York, june 40.
To tie PriUeyJ st-fhe Nezo. York Gazeiie.
GentlemeB,
As the public feem to fuppofe that
am eliminated in Mt. kioder's note
which appeared 10 handful this m ru.
ing, take The occafon imply to alfeft
that ] knew nothing Of the conteuts of
the letters acdrshed 10 MefTrs. Bache,
and otheTo, bearing the feal Of the ri.
niiler of foreign sffsiTs. Tha, do not
even know who delivered them to me
and that did not notice them parti-
cDlarly till after being st iea. II was by
miifske that /ome of them were left With
Mr. Kiddcr. ! be Others have been dc
iiyered up TO government.
WA. LIE.
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ID ANYWAY from the mbicribe,
IN few months ago Negro Fell
low by the name Of UPI TER,
about IS years old, S ieet 10 inches
h'gh, iandy complexion, goci counte-
nance and fond OF talSing-His .efl
foot without toes, occahoned by bura.
ing in his youth.
TWENTYDOLLARS be Maid
toT The delivery OF laid negro to nie, os
Elf TEEN DOLLARS Tor iecur,up
him IN any jai! 10 that get him AGAIN.
WILLIAM SPENCER.
AmherH county, Jane &c, 1893
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from France; that IT was delivered 20
him for publication by gentleman in
this Guy; and that he never received the
letssr iaid 10 have been pu, inro TIE
pot oiice for him. in piece sigaed
John kidder, publ;filed in Ciaypocie's
AMERICAN baily Advertiser o. the Iq:h
Infant. Aud further the deponeni faye
not.
BENZ. FRANKLIN BACHE.
Sworn beiors me,
HILARY BAKER, Mayor.
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P~ls, I6M AhrlL, LOB

My Dear Sir,
THIS exps6t you will receive by
my colleague, General MaTlball, who
carries with him the laft letter If Mr..
TalieJraod TO the American Eovoys,
and Their anfwer. On the day when we
tent The sniwers Ireceived letter from
the minifer, a copy OF which, aud my
aufwer, is incloied / nave not fsut thefe
tothe iccretary Of ftste, becaufe have
Do' time to prepare let or to accom-
pany them. Indeed, expected my
padport with my colleagues but am
informed the Directory will not content
TO my leaving France AMI to bring on
an immediate rupture, by adopting this
meaiufe CONTRARY TO their wilhes; would
he, va my mind unwarraBtabie. The
otjeet of mr. Talleyrand, you will per-
erive, was TO ysfu,Hs our reciprocal COM
inunications, and again to difcufs the
iusJea of loan thought It bell, in
my ani~er, DOT merely TO obieG 10 ,his,
bat To- eyeiy meaiJre thai could have
a tendency TO draw Tne into a negocia-
ticp.
accepted Of this milton, my dear
iir, TO rapport your standardization,
en5 have brought myleIf into a pre-
dieameDt,1 which you muf afIitf me
20 exfricAie myfelffrom, by appoint
ing fome others TO fuPply the places !
Of m,f,lf and colleagues, If further
I HereD an am ~ the cgly zoe have
Trearsd.
= ] allude to my painful rehdeace |
here IS political cypher, |
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Important.
Philadelphia, Junc 81.


The members of both Houfes of Conc
grefs, we are informed, intend 10 give
d,naer at OFFERS Hltel on Saturday,
A. a tri6ute cf affection. appreciation &
rerpeta, 20 General MARSHALL
The committee Of arrangement confilts
Of sheilf, Bngham aud Read of the Sc.
naLe, AID Meilis. Sitgreaves, Oils aud
Rusledge, cf the Houis of keprefenta-
tlves.
Yearsdsy in the Houfe Of Reprefen-
tattvcs CT the United States. the Bill
concerning ALIENS wss PAssLp, after
Comfortable debate. Ito pGfTsge was
oppofed by Msiirs Livingston, Samuel
Smith, m'nowell and Gallatin, aud adj
voca,cd by Mcllrs Kittera, Otis and
Harper. -------T The yeas aud nays 90 its
paG'agc were as follow;
Y L A S.
Mcfffs. Allen, Baer, Bartlett, Bay
ard, Brooks, Bullock, Champlin, Chap
man, Cochran, Colt, CIaik, Dana, Ed
mond, Evans, A. FoRer, D. Fofter, ].
Freeman, Glenn, Goodrich, Gordon,
Grii~old, Grove, Harper, Hlndmau,
Hofmer, INLAY, Kittera, Lyman, Mat
thews, Morris. Otis, !. Parker. Read
Rutledge, Schuremsn, Sewall, Shepard
S,nuickfon, S1gress, m. Smith, That
cher, ThoDss, TilHnghaf, Van Allen
WadfwoTth.--fS,
n A Y S.
Ritff. Baldwio, Bard, Benton, BlOuut
Br mt, Bprgeis, T Claiborne, w. c. C
Claiborne, Ciopt0n. Davis, DAYTON
Dent, Fowler, Gajlatin, Geliefpie, Greg
Hanna, Harrifon, Havens, Eietter. HoI
mes, Jones Livingfton, Locke, Lyon
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6prlgg. Stanford, Sumter, A. Trigg
] TriEg, Ya,nuw, Yenable, K. Will
ams.-4c.
ia the courfe of the fitting, the fol
louieg Meffage was received from th
PisGosnt of the United States.
GcHlIsmra,efti SenGfe, and
GeMtlsmea at ne HsEfs Of RsrejSnfafive!
WHILE congratulate you on III
arrival of General Marihall, one of on
late Euvoys Extraordinary to the Frenc
RepubNc, at place of fafety, where 4
10 juhly held in honor, think it m
duty 20 communicate 10 you a letter re
ceived by him from MIR. Gerry, the on
ly one of The three who has not receiv
congo. This letter, together with anc
ther from the minifter of foreign reIati
ons TO him Of the sd Of April, and hi
5ufwer OF the 4th, SSili thew the fitua
iiou in which be remains, his intention
aud Proipee,s.
iprelOme that before this time he Ia
received freih iharutfions Ga copy o
which accompanies this FnehagcJ 20 con.
TENT 20 30 loans, and therefore the ne
Eocistion may be couddered at an end
will never fend another minifler t.
France without affprances that ne will bc
received. refpeasd and honored, as the
representative OF great, free, powerful
and independent nation.
JOHN ADAMS.
UsifeS States, .THne II, 1898,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-06-29

progrefs in this bu6neis fhould be
found practicable.
l have only a moment to add my
belt refps9s to your lady, and my
aiiursnces of the mott fincere and
reipsefui attachment,
My dear FIR,
Of yours fncerely,
E. Gerry.
Tile Profdenf q tie United States.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-06-29
TALLEYRAND'S LETTER.

The foil wing affidavit will fave
thoie that know the editor, the
trouble Of wading through the
fubjoined lengthy detail.
hayora.
CitYo Philads'phiq, II
On the 2oth OF June, 1898, perfo-
nally appeared befote me, iii ~ Ba b
ker, Mayor ofibe city Of YhilaJel-
phia, Benjamin Franklin Bsche ;
who being duly fworr, dcpo(cd and
fad That the letter ligned Or. Nav.
lslleyrand, which appeared in his
newipsper, called the Aurora, or So.
ipfd7g ail, was nc: received by bial