
          he is a monomaniac on the subject of
the telegraph.

Mr Baird informs me that he
did not send the number of [?]
because he did not wish to put you
to the expense of the transportation and
he now asks how he shall send the
package containing the two articles alluded
to in [crossed out: this] [added: your] letter namely a copy of [?] on
the [?] for Eliza and [?] for yourself.

The Smithsonian, the coast survey, and
the Light House Board were threatened
as the beginning of the session of congress
with attacks on account of the Dudley
matter but as far from doing any thing to
prejudice these establishments Congress was,
considering the state of the Treasury, very
liberal. The coast survey received all
it asked for, the Snithsonian appropriation
for the Museum was granted without a question;
and the Light House Board received
additional power.

I am sorry that Mr. Butterworth
is mixed up in the Sickle's affair. He
appears to be naturally an amiable man
with generous impulses. The Sickles Tragedy
is a dreadful affair, and ought to have
(an influence
        