The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-11-17
WAsu1seroS. Dec. 80. 1861.

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desired that you might know how
your name was made use ofby a trait
or toincrease the treason he was en-
couraging. Unable to prepare Il note
to you personally, ! deyolved the duty
on the chief clerk of the Department.
The manner in whicll=it was done has
given you offence; / regret it, and
apologize for it with the only excuse |
can make, namely, the necessity. al
Iemploying another head to do what
fought to be done, and which had not
time to do personally.
| place, your answer on the files ot
the Department of State as an act OF
justice to yourself And I beg you to
be a.. ur d that al the III kindness OF
that answer does not in the least di-
m;nish the satisfaction with which
have performed, in the best way was
able, public duty, with a desire to
render yOu-a service. e.5s
| am, with great respect, your ODE
dleut servant.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Franklin Pierce.
1t may be proper to state that,
adopting the form of address to ex-
Presidents Of the United States used
by the late Mr.. Webster, / have inva
riably left off all titles of address as
being most respectful. a.-7
MIR. PIERCE TO SEWARD.
CONCORD, N. H. Jan. Z, 1862.
Dear Sri have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter OF
the Both ult. A,1sI 1 g{.. e
1t could hardly have surprised you
to learn that failed to discover in
your official note desire to render me
a service. You win excuse me if Re
gard even the,suggestion from source
so eminent that | am q "a member OF
a secret lengne, the object of which is
to overthrow this Government" as
rather too grave to have been sent off
with as little consideration as a note OF
rebuke might lave been addressed to
a delinquent clerk of one of the depart
ments.
The writer of the anonymous letter,
it seems, was detected, and subse-
quentiy avowed the authorship, and
yet I am not advised whether he disa-
VOWS reference to me, or whether there
was an attempt to ineulpate me in his
disclosure. These were the only facts
connected with him, his treason OF his
confession, at all material for me to
know. 1 suppose Lam left to infer the
latter, because although my name does
appear in the extract, to which my at
tention was particularly called, you
still state that an dispersion upon my
s'fair fame and loyalty" came into your
hands. 2--'
4 think you will, upon reflection, ar
rive at the conclusion that the whole
ground upon which the allegation is
repeated should, as a simple act of JUS
tice, have been placed before me.
1t WAS not the manner of your Off
| cial note, as you seem to suppose, MOI
| any form of address, which awakened
on my part deep sense of wrong,-
These, whichever they may have been
were not worthy of serious notice.--
The substance was what l intended, as
courteously as I could, but very dis
| tinctly, to repel.
L am, very respectfully, your .obedi-
ent servant, - ...s-. $780,. 4
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Hon. William II. Seward, Secretary OF
State, Washington, d. G..
WANTED, a DOG, SHow.-A London dog
| fancicr writing to the New York Herald
al dog show should be held in Gotham
He says:. In this day Of progress and go.
ahead notions, how is. it that America has
no great international dog show? America
that has hitherto taken the lead and been
| foremost in advocating the advanced ideas
ofthe world in every thing tending to the
comfort of ,nan, both, IN science aud civil
cation, is behind in this. In England and
Europeseye.ything has its public compe.
ADMINISTRATORS, horticulture, .implei
ments, doe-shows, international races
chess and billiard matches. cricket. How
is it that America never yet. as far as
thave seen, has had an international dog
show have seen in the United States
many noble animals that think could not
| be beaten in Europe for beauty Of form
muscular power and real intelligence Of
instinct. am convinced that most O
the great breeders in England aud Europe
generally would feel proud in sending ovel
their best dogs to such a show, if vol
would set the example by calling on then
through the public press TODD So, / viii
i guarantee that the most valuable of al
dogs that add so much to the comfort
! happiness and security, as well as compan
/ ionship of man, shall be represented there
1 mean the pure Mount ST. Bernard dog
from the stock Of the monks at the Hos
/. pice in the Alps, where such members o
j Americans love to visit when travelling il
Europe. The celebrated dog Barry savet
upward of forty-fve lives, when no human
being could 60 out from the inclemeney 0
the weather, frost and snow Overwhelming
/. the unfortunate pilgrims. Celebrated dog
which have carried off all the first prizes il
England at every exhibition, 1.-THE real des
pendants or representatives of this Barr,
and his class, at the great internationa
show. at Hamburg, just closed, these nobl
i dogs again carried off the FIRST p,izes, on
4 in the rough haired, and the other in TIL
smooth haired class. / will guarantee tina
both. these magnificent creatures shall
present themselves Tor compeiion in you
4 great country, should they have-a chanc
or an, Invitation, as they are owned by tina
true philahthropist and ,beaefactor of man
| kind, the Rev. j :, Cumming MACEDONIA, Nj
A., who takes deep interest in the pro
pa9ation over the world OF this inyuluabI
friend and companion Of man; and is you
mobile Hazard men braved the Atlantic t.
row a. race on the Thames, aud brilliantl
showed their pluck, skill and rauscula
power, surely England and the continen
vii. respond and send their dogs to compel
with thosa nm tho .nntinprt n