Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-08
A Letter Of JeaFe rsOn'S.

Letter Of JeafersOn'9.
RELIC OF THE SAGE OF MONTICELLO HELD
BY GENTLEMAN IN THIS CITY.
A gentleman in this city has in his possession
the original oi u letter written by Thomas JEFF
ierson to John Martin Baker, esq. The super.
scriptlon on the wrapper, or envelope, is "Jonn
Martin Baker Esq, Washington Coi.' In one
corner is the frank reading Afr. TIL. Jefferson,
Free" The enclosed letter is as follows:
MONTICELLO, July rs, %.
Dear Sir: Your favor vi tue 10tn uas been
duly received, ana your kind oilers OF service,
on your return to the Ba,earian Islands, is re-
celVed with the tnanKIulneSs To wnlcn IT Is so
Justly entitled. Inc prices OF the productions
oi MaJorca re .edIly So favorable 10 prom ut
me to IrcsspaSs on your goodness by auuuy to
The two pipes Aibatior wine, some other SMALL
articles AS noted below. Your uraugnL On me
Tor the amount snalt he punctualiy nonored.
Perhaps IL mad better lie at some days sigut
lsay oO), because there being no commerce IN
TIE interior country in wnicn 1 live, some time
viii be necessary To procure elsewhere d uiIi on
the place where tue drdugnt Is payable. mem
ton tnls Dy wayOf precau,IOu, d 10 preveuL dis
appointment. SHOULD the Intercourse with
Miuorca be found pracLical, even lOr once a
year, 1T Is possible may avail myself your
friendly agency there to OuLaIn my annual sup
plies Oi the productions vi the place, tuaL Is 10
say OF wine, oil, raisills, capers, auciiovies.
snouid, with great pleasure, nave commune
cateu 10 MIS-. Baker the View Oh Mon ticeiIO ue-
sired, put tnit none such has ever been taken
q AIN not painter enough to do ii. MR.
LatrUbe has Promised me VISIT when it will
probably be well done, and In that Case shall
take great pleasure in sending IL u MIS-. BAKER
L pray her 10 accept Inc homage oil my respect
anu attacnment, ana that you will DoLn he as
sured that among tue Characters win which
my late uutieS gave Inc the pleasure OF becom-
Ing acquainted, distinguished The WORK of
Yours anu hers with particular satisfaction and
Interest In your Welfare. ke,ired as am, 1t Is
not probable / can become Useful to either OF
you; but snouiu lue case occur, pray you TO
command my services. With my best wishes
Ior Your SUCCESS aud happiness, lender you
Inc ASSURANCES OF my esteem AND RESPECT.
III. JEFFERSON.
To the letter is appended the io,iowiug memo.
randum: Two pipes Oi AibatUr wine, u quail, Ter
cask Va Daualbu,af, Us u s..inple box Vi Nus
Gael raisins, four uOzen buLlIes Of olive OIL of
oest Quality. u Key vi ancuovies, some dates.
EXCITING TINES IN sYDNEY-A cable dis
patcn from Syuney, New SCUM Wales, dated
October Z, says The coIonIal assembly vas in
session AL night discussing Tue estimates
Great disorder prevailed. SIR Henry ParKes,
tue leader OF the oppOsi.ion, called the niuis.ry
"oruIlsn. MemDer Wisdom enuUiseu the
EXPRESSION, and Was iOrclbiy expelled from the
ch.uUer. A motion eXpel Sif Henry Parkes
Was lueu put. Inc house uIviueu, aud the mo.
tion Was defeated by majority OF two. Sir
Henry re-eutered the house, anu was greeted
with prolonged Cheering. he moved " re.u III t
Nj. W isdoii, anu the inotion Was agreed 10.
THE PEAB5DY FUND.-At the meeting In New
YORK yestei day "a tue trustees Oh tue Peabody
1unu the following executive committee was
appointed: A. ii. II. STUART, SeuaLor r.vart,,
Cniei Justice W alte, eX-PrcsiueuL HAYES. Jas
u. Porter, aud CHAIRMAN winthrop. A resolu-
tion Was adopteu 10 Increase the allotment 70
tue STATE y, Soutn Ct,roii,a i'll view VA .ue de-
Vas.ittion CAUSED ny the earthquakes. Jue
amounl will probably De liked ~ eIO,ooO.
THE DowNs CASE AGAIN.-Two indictments
against Tue hev. ". W.. Downs, cnal & ing
adultery with Ars. Tabor ana Alice dempsey,
are penuIns III the superior Grim nal cuur. IA
Bosom. Yesterday Mrs DEMPSEY appeareu
ueiore District At,orney stevens, ana IN wrIt-
Ing retiac,ed AL statements previously made
ny her Le.ore The grand jury. Tne indictment
sound Oh ner testimony wall DOUBTLESS Ue uulir
pressed, As probably the otner viii be also.
HEARLD KNOCKED OUT BY A BOSTON SLUG
GEk.-r IitLh aeariu Was coulpletcIy knOcAeu
out III BostOn isss. Night III {, not nSnt with Joe
Lainnon. The oalue was fought III Goldman
ii.lii i'll the presence OF about zoo SPECTATORS
Inc Inch iouSui with SINAI. g.oves iOr 4, purs.
oi ooUu, saw W winner anu 9IVU 10 loser. Iue
nSh, was lively from Tue start. In Lne sixth
round Lanuon Caught Heard under the ieIt
ear win d terrific rienL hanu upper cut. Inc
NAH uroppeu al III a ncap, anu showed no sig IL
vi lie for more .ntn So SECONDS. Ihc ngut was
gwen 10 Laniiou.
PRINCE LOUIS BoNAPAKTE IN san FRAN
cISco-ine s.eanisr Beagle, from CHINA ;..i d
Japan, arrived III San francisco yesterday
uitcrnoUn. Among tie passengers was Prince
Louis Doiapdr,e, WHO Is traVeiing III, y, mo
as COunL Louis ue MoncdlIerI. He is Stayiux
at Lie Palace motel, "nefe ne wiii reilI.,In y
few Jay AND Lueu come east. Capt. w. farner
UnIteu StateS miulsIer to Colea, Was aiSo
among TIE passensers
SUICIDE OF MARYLAND FARMER.-Martin
Il. Corueruiun. residing Rocky Springs.
Washington county, Mu., committed suIciue
w ednesuay AT nis rcsIdeAce uy uilnging himself
" u rdater LII Tie garnet. AUUuL ten y CLOCK IN
the tnoruing nc toid nts vile " lake the chill
uren and ~ dix sweet pUtaloes. Airs. Curder-
mum complied with tue request, cut her nus
baud uid mot join tier, she sent one her SONS
~ ascertalu wuat uer husband was doing. 1ne
culiu SHORTLY afterwards re lurneu Without tinu-
ing ms fatner. The mother then becoming
,,iarnleu, went 10 tue house, and nuaiiy ulscov-
II
la Tue garnet. Deceased WAS aged ABOUT forty
SIX years, aud Was the 1ather vi seven young
cn.iureil. FOR turee years ne mas given evidence
OF insanity.
The Il. AND y. SOUTHERN ROUTE-A dis.
patch from BditiIuore says: 1t Is pretty well
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