Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-29
DOCUMENTS
Accompanying the PRESIDENTS Message O
Tuesday last.

LETTERS FROM Mr.. BARLOW TO THE sEcRE
TARY or STATE.
No. L..
Extract Qfa letter from Mr.. Barlozy to TIL
Secretary Of STATE, dated
PARIS, Sept. 90, 1871.
seize the first occasion to announce to yor
| my arrival, though have very little else tt
announce.
landed at Cherbourg the 9Th of this month
and arrived at Paris the 18th.
The Emperor has been residing for some
time at Compeigne, and it unluckily happen
ed that he SET out thence for the coast and fol
Holland the day of my arrival here.
The duke of Bassano, minister for foreign
relations, came the next day to Paris for two
days only, when he was to follow the emperor
to Join him in Holland. Gen. Turreau, and
others who called on me the morning after
reached Paris, assured me that the duke was
DESTROYS of seeing me as soon as possible and
with as little ceremony.
On the 2lst l made my first visit TO him,
which of course had no other object than that
of delivering credentials. expressed my re-
gret at the emperor's absence, and the conse-
quent delay of such business as was rendered
particularly urgent by the necessity of sending
home the frigate and by the approaching ses-
sion Of congress, as well as by the distress
ed situation of those American citizens who
were waiting the result Of decisions which
might be fastened by the expositions which
was charged to make ON the part of the presi-
dent of the United States
He said the emperor had forseen the urgen-
cy Of the case and had charged him to rene
dy the evil so far as could be done by dispens-
ing with my presentation to his ma jesty until
his return; and that might Immediately pro-
coed to business as if had been presented.
He said the most hattering things from the
emperor relative to my appointment. He OBJ
served that his majesty had expected my ar
rival with some solicitude for several months
and was disposed to do every thing that |
could reasonable ask to maintain good intel
ligence between tbs two countries.
The-d then proposed second interview
for the next dav, which he said he hoped
would be long and leisurely, that we might go
over the whole range Of business that was
likely to come into discussion between US, de-
claring that he should be justified by the en-
peror in delaying his journey one day for that
purpose only, and that he had no other bust
ness to detain hin, in the capital accepted
the invitation and was with him two hours
the next day.
Iexplained to him with as much precision
as possible the sentiments of the President on
the most pressing objectsof my mission, and
threw in such observations as seemed to arise
out Of what conceived to be the true interest
of France.
He heard ne with patience and apparent
solcitude, endeavored to explain away some
OF the evils of which we complain, and express
sed strong desire to remove the rest He
Said that many of the ideas suggested were
new TO him and were very important that he
should lay them before the Emperor with tt
deity, and in manner calculated to produce
the most favorable impression, desired ne to
reduce them to writing to be presented In
more solemn form, s. endeavored to convince
me that he doubted not our being able, on The
return of the Emperor, to remove all obsta-
cles to most perfect harmony between the
two countries.
(No. 81
Extract qfa letter from I1r. Barlosv 10 che Sc
cretary q State, dated
PARIS, Oct. 90, 1911.
The crn7eror STAYS in the north much Ion-