New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-01

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se t,,,her from nv thoughts, taan that they Wouio
We vs., snu4ar before the public. Oppressed Win
go ~ business, without an dmanuensls, OF any a.
D.-oce was obliged 10 90 everything myself. ~.
sstsn'. os,s before this had never been without
- - clerks IN nv Office as a 5arrlster bu, no"
ia M secretary, or servant whom conId fus' "
No. e and everything must be COPIED y ny se.l, ~
~'hs,srded wlthou, any copy The re" that "ioIe,
&c 10 - occasion, | copied merely 10 ASSIST my
ep* ~ a. occasion might demand I'LL,
Tseye were few circui1stah'es "'h'h dPP'.i
ihe, IN the journals Of Congress. nor IN my let
nci.n. Inch NAV be thought by some worth presery-
tsb' Tn,d Howe had sent over al officer as host
hs for our security 1 sad 70 Di. FRANKLIN II
age "a ~ childish us 10 depend upon Such
WOLF md INSISTED on taking him over with US. and
ge.sng our society on the same SIDE OF the water
zee Nv colleagues exuted IN the proposition,
tnnsreed 10 II instantly We tolo the Ofhcer, II ne
az. Ib,osef under our direction, he must go back
hee as" lie wed assent and We all embarked IN
WIN o,dsdip's barge. As we approached tie shore,
NJ ,ossb,n observing US. came down 70 the waters
M N recPiye US and, looking az the o'ncer' ne
eE Gentlemen, you make me very hsh com
ssb' .rG you may depend upon II, viii consider
piDD.xns' rnost sacred OF things" We walked up TO
o. ~. between lines OF guards Of grenadiers.
soc ~ erce a. ten Furles, and making all the
looh"s snd gestures. ana motions Of their muSketS
h1S.,,nre,s fixed, which suppose military EN-
cuetie Iequ1''''
nor feesi n''se had been the habtaton OF military
Inc IA was A. dirty as stable bu, his iOrdshIp
gaafos, s,a1ed large HANDSOME room, by spreading
hAo ~ of moss and green sprgS, from bushes and
=, the ueg hbOrhOOd, TIL he had made II not
W.. ubolesome, but Economically elegant and ne
sniertained u WIZ COCO claie" sooo D'e"o' ''40
ham tongues, ana ihu''""'
yLs Diary OF III gives some curious particu-
lars with regard 10
MS FIRST MISSION TO FRANCE.
Who, asked leave of Congress TO make a visit
4. ,ay constituents and my family in November,
apfs M "A decll - election.
80 ,s,,rn 10 my practice al the bar. | had been
son, years IN Congress, had left my accounts IN
,s,v loose condition, my debtors were failing, he
nsrer money depreclatlng | was daily losing
~ huus Ot seventeen years industry my family
uss living on my past acquisitions which were very
Moderate for man ever did so much business Tor
~ little profit my children were growing up with
out nv care IN their education, and all my ernou-
s,en,s As member OF Congress for four years, had
moi been sufficient TO pay ldboring man upon my
farm Some Of my friends, who had more cofnpas-
SION for me and my family than others, suggested 10
me what knew very well before, that was losing
= fortune every year by my absence Young gen
tenen who had been clerks In my Office, and others
whom had left IN that character IN other Offices,
were growing rich for tho prize causes, and other
controversies had made the profession of barristcr
snoye lucrative than II ever had been before. j
thought, therefore, that four years drudgery, ana
s,glhce OF everything, were sufiiclen for my share
Al absence from home, and that another might take
nv Mace pon my arrival at my home IN BIantree,
4 soon found that ms old clients had not forgotten
me and that new ones had heard enough OF me TO
be ambitious of engaging me IN SUITS when were
Depending | had Application from all quarters IN
The most important disputes. Among others, Col
Elisha Doane applied to me TO go to Portsmouth, IN
New Hampshire, upon the case OF a large snip ana
cmgo, which had been seized, and was 10 be tred In
The court Of admiralty, before Judge Bracket
AT the tTIal OF the cause al Portsmouth, ana Whlle
I vas speaking IN It, Mr. LangdoN came IN from
Philadelphia and leaning over the bar, whispered
20 me. ina, Mr. Deane was recalled and was APP
pointed 10 go to France As could scarcely bedeve
The news 10 be true, and suspected banguOn 10 be
sporing with me, 1t did not dsconcert me. As
had never solicited such an appointment nor mt
mated TO any the smallest inclination for 1t, the
pews altogether unexpected. The only mnt
ever had OF such design III Congress was thls'
After had mounted my horse for my journey home,
Mr. Gerry, at Yorktown, came out OF the house OF
Mr. Roberceau. where We lodged together. and said
10 me- between him and me, that must go TO
France that DIR. Deane's conduct lad been SO IN
toersbly bad as to disgrace himself and his country,
and that Congress had no other way OF retrieving
the dlshonor but BY recalling him. answered that,
~ TO recalling Mr.. Deane. Congress would do as
they thought ht, but entrea,ed HIM that neither Mr.
Gerry nor any one else would think OF me for
successor, for ! was altogether unqualified for ~
SuppoSlng II only sudden thought OF Mr.. Gerry
and thai when he should consider 1t a moment he
would renouish It, know not that recollected 1t
again, MI Mr. Langdon brought Il TO remembrance
A. Portsmouth, Captain LandaiS was introduced 70
a. then lately arrived from France, who gave me
che would, and other particulars OF ms life Upon
my return to Braintrec, found To my minnie ankle
w. that Mr.. Langdons intelligence was TOO well
founded. Large packets from Congress, containing
. new commission to Franklin, Lee, and me, as
penlpOientlarleS to the King of France, with our
Instructions and other papers, had been LETT at my
house, and waited my arrival A letter from the
President of Congress informed me OF my appoint
ment, and that the navy board IN Boston was or
dered b. III out the frgate Boston a. soon as possi
Bile 10 carry me to France. II should have been 90
served before. that IN announcing 70 me the lntell
Yence OF my appointment, Iangdon neither eA
pressed ccnerainlation nor regret, but soon after
ware had evidence enough that he lamented Mr..
Deanes recall for he had already formed lucrative
connections IN France, by Mr.. Deanes recommen-
dation particularly with Mr. lie RAY dc Chaumont,
who had shipped merchandise 10 HIM 10 sell upon
commission. an account oi which, rendered 10 Chau-
mont BY l.angdon. was shown 10 me by the former,
al Passy, III l179, IN which almost the whole capital
was sunk BY the depreciation of paper money.
When the dispatches from Congress were fedd,
the hrS, question Was, whether | would accept the
commission, OF return II 10 Congress Inc dangers
Of the seas, aud the SutteringS OF winter passage,
although | had no experience of either, had little
weight With me. The British Nen-oi-war were a
more serious consideration. The news OF my APP
, ointment. had no doubt, were known IN l,houe-
lsiani, Where part of the British navy and army
then iay, ~ they were to me- and transmit
led IA England as soon possible l had every
teason 10 expect that ships would be ordered from
Rhode Island and from Halifax 10 intercept the BoS-
son, anu thal lnteiigcnce would De secretly sem
them, AZ accurately as possible, of the time when
che VAS 10 Sall For there always have been ana
snll are spies IN America, well Is IN France Eng
lana and other countries. The consequence OF
capture would be a lodging IN Newgate. For the
splrh OF contempt, as well as indignation and vln-
dictNe rage. with which the British Government
DAD 10 that lime conducted both the controversy and
The War. forbade me 10 hope FOR The honor OF an
apartment IN the Tower as state prisoner. As
fher Act OF Parliament would authorize them 10 try
me IN England for treason, and proceed 10 eNecu-
ION too, had no doubt they would 60 10 the extent
81 their power. and practise upon me all the cruel
Ties OF their punishment OF treason. My family,
consisting ~ dearly beloved wife and four young
chlldI,n. excited sentiments OF tenderness, which u
father and a lover only conceive, and which no
language can eXlgcSS and my want OF Quahhca atoms
for the Office Was by no means forgotten.
Or The other hand, my country Was m deep dis
tn and IN great danger Her dearest interests
would be involved m the relatNnS she mlgh, form
With tore ign nations. NV own plan OF these rela
tens had been deliberately formed and fully commU-
ncated 10 Congress nearly TWO years before. The
confidence "a my country was committed 10 me
without my solicitation. Nv wife, Who had always