No. 126.
Mr. Motley to Mr. Fish.
No. 486.]
Legation of the United
States, London,
October 13, 1870. (Received October
26.)
Sir: I sent you on the 10th instant a dispatch, partly in cipher, of which the text is as follows. It reached me from Mr. Washburne by what is now called balloon post:
[Page 177]From, Motley, London, to Fish, Secretary of State, Washington City.
I received the following in a letter this morning; it is dated September 30:
“Telegraph Washington that Paris has five hundred thousand troops. Best spirit prevails. People united. Government strong. Desperate resistance.”
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.