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Show FOREIGN. Al'Ot HKVl'II AI,. I'iio In&till lo America Xo Iu-null Iu-null hi All. Washington, 1, Tuo following is correspondence between Mim-iler Wash ing Ion and tho minister of foreign allairs of France, relative to iho recent publication of a letter in a certain French journal concerning tho Centennial exposition: Legation oy United States, I'ani.s, October 2$, 1S7i"-. My Air IhiK-c dr C'iz'.i: I have read with amazement the extraordinary letter published in the hijaro ol yesterday, over the signature of Du Sommerard, who id liiy gntra'. oom ini-iotuT of France at tne Centennial Centen-nial (. xoihilion. Were ll.n a b-iu-r ol a priv .lu individual I -i.utild di cm it utterly unworthy of i.-otice, hit being from a high U,'iL ti .-t:ary ot "t h" French g jverniiH'iit, having olhdal connection connec-tion with tho American tVnle1111i.il exposition, I Mould bo forg. I-f I-f d of my duty and ail ti-.e olujie lions 1 owe to my g. v. rnmeut and; t the p.-opV of thu l'n;Ud Oi.iU-a did I ti 1 ii i-t' n to den ,nnea to yu lb.. r:i vr ro:i'..oie d in the ktl.-r r.sudi- i ing l:n ej. i- it: .11 a:id aw un-t my e iMitry, ill n,agi-lraey :ti. I tv.-n ita rti'-.ie:), ;s iin.-l m lelrun c.thim-u'6. c.thim-u'6. I ; e -ul -tain ol th..- h-It-T h i 1 . ' 1 '. on'.y b 11 air- ady te' i.ijdtf ! to l ie 1' ml' 1 S: ite-, wi.ern it wi.l excite ex-cite li;e ui t pro!' .tnr I ii -hn it:n;i :.li:oiig all 1 1 1-- 1 ut I 'iaii d- em it my l irliH" r duly lo Lail t m ntteiit i"ii I 1 i Mr. KiV! to' the titrago.-n and i-'ar.d' rials un pulai : n 011 loe Ami ri- 1 .111 p- opl'j by i:,e Fr. i-. -h c :nu: I sinner. 1 am, et., K. It. Wiuu hV. Tne f. .! ,A';n- the I) d.- Cue, j in- mt o 1 d.d iu" ti.tr hou -r to ; . .i;n.(l m lo my alt-nt; .11 Hi-' hltrr ..Urii'Ut- d hy u j.virn d to the I ren.-l, erjriini--:otn r f t'.er.ii n .1 r ihe ci hi-hitioii hi-hitioii ot 1 iinad. 'p:,:a. I h ivninl in). If to hiMi; tn.H reutabh' incident inci-dent to ti.i kn il m.v co!-r.i), co!-r.i), lite m.M-Vr of agr-ultur--,111 I roromer.-e, und a early hi '.' :o lit ' in-' ; ! it in the I-a 1 r 11 vl 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 h.i uovi n to you how rim eh the Fr nch eovc.-iim- nt hai pri-n.-i upie I it-elf 1 , imm-'di iti ly n.- iiie into t ie fact, and givt uu. in cue ih.'ir .xi.-'ne... :.., id be ent ibluuel, a It ;;UKual .m,l pro npt S ili-l.icli..n. As 1 hvl hop.d t.'ie letter pubh-ln d und. r lb'' sign iti ire of J'u Souini' r ir I in ap cr pn.tl. That film tioiiary ilmviaN iti informal infor-mal lei iih ai y.ni wnl ;t c by the pro t- 't ilion h'-re annexed, winch h.i n.n n ldr.-'i'ti lo tim mini-!r wiumi he in i- inneel. d with, an I v. i.;cu n-.-im to mn rtn atnwer HUfh in we could di on- lo he c il'imny. I am pi. -an d lo tmnk. tiierel. r, my ih .ir nunuler, th.it t 1 1 cat' ;oric d dec! ir ih -u 1 -i thn regretful nj.-i l.-nt. N. di ubt it will Ci etn to yon a lo hip . t.d.'d, and i', wil1 have h id (or it-pnneip it-pnneip tl result ( fnrni-h to the ;'n'Hi h go'.erniiienl oce,i,jon to give, liy the pioinptii'44 wtt'i whii-li it reri iv. tl your rernon-tlr lin e, u r,.-w te-.timoiiy of the N'-ntimr-nh )f cordiiil .tymp uhy by which il n iiniin iled lor Urn wove 1 nmeiil and p--op!r ol the Unilcd SI ih d. J am, el,:., IK Cai.. |