The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-20
YORK HERALD THURSDAY 90 SUPPLEMENT-

HERALD, THURSDAY, 4,
holden him to solicit favor which he would fsin hope
permitted present before Your Majesty for
%pornce and Which, for which he besys Your
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descend receive the he feels assured thai Your
Majesty viii consider that has exaggerated the mpor
lance OF the matter which he wishes to submit He begs Your
PlRis. March :. 1855. - JOHN sLIDELL
In pencil Is written:-"To-morrow at o'clock.u
SO the interview granted; but the price was not
high enough to tempt him.
ror's Cabinet the following series OF letters,
showing how astonishingly they could play the fool
sometimes In the confeieracy. Certainly nothing
more rdiculously absurd than this attempt to carry
the State OF Texas out OF the confederacy:-
JEFF DAVIS CO. FIND AN ENORMOUS MARES NEST.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
nas MY No. os Of 18th a o ni Ss
herewith forwarded some circamsances Of very remark
able character have the Of the President
the President Lubbock, Texas,
letter. OF which copy 10 annexed marked Awh enclosures
The very singular nature Of this correspondence Initiated
Agent spanish Vice CONSUL Galveston, naturally eI
factory conclusion as and extent nor the
& S the %e on h n Ss
from Texas letter. of which marked b, herewith
The concurrent action of two French Consular officers
the choice OF Mr. Oldham the party to be appoachedhe
o Of % but sa
their conduct has been dictated BY
dent expelled Theron MI TasOnss from The con
vSus Of the enc0se copies of
suggestion which You may receive purely
q M j. to me sa s
Dubois de sagny the present French Minister in Mex
the republic of Texas vehemeny opposed to the
alton and was active In endeavorng to obruct and pre-
It Is impossible that the movement of the Consular
agents here has received s hst impulse from the Legation
These not considered having the slight
The answer of Governor Lubbock and letter OF Mr. Old
sn M wS Es pspS
enced the fact that she of
' - J. p. BENJAMIN. Secretary of State
sine the was written fso h have mad am ms
offered by him and certain facts which have come y my
singular coincidence between his conversaon with Mr. Old
the % n Of a
that M rsoene mel no parry to TIE TO-
win perceive by the annexed copy of letter to him,
It is barely possible that Theron may
his ideas what he supposed would be agreeable
Ills 'Dpsf'0r' anu not IN '0n''0u'nJ. p BENJxMiS, &C.
THE EGGS THAT WERE IN THE MARES NEST.
EXECUTIVE DErAErMrNTl
His Excelency JEFFERSON DAVIS, President &C. :,
French spanish Consul Galveston the other
As The proceeding Of the said consul would seem to
you thereof the threshold have the honor be
&C., F. +. LUBBOCK.
[Confdentall
GALVESTON, August Is, 1852.
To His Exceency r. LUBBOCK, Of the State of
slE-wi You be kind enough to inform me conadsa'ay
Tbe ANNEXATION OF the REPUBLIC of Yexas to the
United states-was was it not good political measured
State Of Texas 10 the Southern sta.es-was or not an
SThe resaShmeni 81 the old republic Of Texas
will or will 1t not be beneficial to our beloved adopted
Your to these questions will guide
represent i6ave me honor o Be, &c.
EzEcgrIvn DErAETMEST,l
THERON, ESQ, French and span.h Consu, Galveston -
sRYour communication of the 18th ult. Is before
In your first nterrogato, permit that
p a 'A' 10 Tie Oh''ea states was u Sooa
A TO seSCnd question: s TUD most e. EN-
Texas to the Southern States good and proper political
to 10 ad inquiry have P say e
n he v n cd o,r e,ss has hnd hr -
to that Of her sisters OF the South She will be true sads
have the honor to be, &c, F.. LUBBOCK.
RICHMOND, Oct. IS. 1862.
today Monsieur rabonele French Vice Consul a, Rich
obtain from certain statis
sa hq ave h Ga re nas INN
but that II he would call at my ROOM would take pleasure
call f't this eVenar which he da and he Just nay
ds " ss III he s
ect Of the correspondence between the Governor Of
you advised General wigfa self few days since:
the naa Seb Wn and anr pve
capacity Of Texas he remarked That the resources OF The
foi and inaepsSdeD. people; wheihsr
told him that the people 81 Teas beng mostly emf;
TO those and federtive OF government
Say 1 s eRs@ bs induced secs s
United states but to s S form of
him that only the affections and ympathie but also the
the conleseracy that their institutions pursuits ana asr-
cntara products were the same and that mutual safety
assured by a contederacy; that separate and
self-dele that sensible subject
being involved Ia collisions VITA our ss.e sou,nern StSes
union anu the cause of harmony would become
States that in the wond NOT be weak and
aggression The subject then waived and we talked OF
But for the fact that you had my attention to the
correspondence between the Governor OF Texas and the
perhaps have impression my mind; but in
PRODUCTION sought by the Vice Consul, with the
obtaining statistical Information with regard to
Texas separate independence OF that State
by him, It struck that 1t not casual
accidental.
furthermore stated 10 me that he had written TO the
Galveston for information the
sources Texas had received from him specimen
sample of Texas WOOL which he either had intended
send to France,
nave deemed proper to communicate the foregoing to
you anordng conrnaory evidences the conclusion that
there organized plan induce Texas TO nde
pendent nationality fine fact communicated By Gen.
eal Wgfa all myself put guard and caused
explicit and specific than might otherwise have
he
and 70 induce steps may he taken for the
benefit OF the entire coDfederacy. ! AIN, &C..
W. S. OLDHAM.
II seems likely that this Oldham, who not nigh
In the confidence OF Davis Co., thought the French
man was only sent TO ''try him. ana was too Old q
fish to be caught with such bait In the following
letter we
HOW THE CoNFEDERACY WOULD TREAT A FRIEND
OF SECESSION.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
RICHMOND, Oct. ", 1852.
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