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many hours of my stay here» If you are able, send to ne 



without delay a check here, as despite all oorner cutting,I 



will not have a cent in my pockets in 3 to ^ days. . Corioran & 



Riggs are an important banking concern here wlth connections 



in St. Louis, namely the Missouri Bank through government äf- 

 fet 



fairs. A check made out to this bark would propbly/ the fastest, 

 As soon as my tJ^intinsr affairs can be conpleted I shall take the 

 return trip. If my Claims have not been declded by then, I cer- 

 tainly must bring thara befo^e the Senate in order to figure on 

 payment before Congress adjourns. - I have not presented myself 

 at the minister of war, as I consider this wrong at this time. 

 The cabinet has become so scared of war, that any mention of it 

 causes it cramps. Shields would like to go back, if possible to 

 Tangiers ( cannot decipher the place, E.D. ) to establish a new 

 line of measurement, but is waiting for an off er for volunteers 

 fron the wersterly States, but with the constant indecision of 

 the Cabinet and uncertainties from the outside, he cannot say 

 anything with certainty about it.If his plans jell, he would. 

 like for me to £ro with him, either as doctor or, rauch rather, 

 as an of-^icer. Nous verrons (French: We shall see,E«D. ) . I have 

 not received anything of consrressional documents so far, not 



even a copy of the inte^estins: Message, which con- 



tains all battle reports and 0 (official ? E.D») dispatches. 

 I have contacted already several Senators. The copies seem to 

 be printed very slowly and distributed so, and have been gobbled 

 up in short. If possible I want to obtain £ dozen copies, to 

 get one to Palm and several others. Nothing has appeared from 

 the toDographical Bureau except the map of the younger Abert, 

 which you have already. 



Emory and Fremont will both leave Washington soon, the 



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