WASHINGTON, April 26.
The President visited the French frigate Gassendi, to-day, it being the first time a President of the United States ever went aboard a foreign vessel of war. He was received with honors paid to crowned heads; such as are usually shown to an Emperor. The yards were manned by a crew who shouted vive la President. The Secretary of State and Capt. Dahlgreen [sic] accompanied the President. The French Minister was on board to receive the party.
NEW YORK, April 28.
The Washington Star says it is not only true that M. Mercier, the French Minister did not see or converse with Dr. Le Moine, in Richmond, on the occasion of his trip into Secessia, as alleged by the Richmond papers, and therefore did not hold out encouragement for perseverance in their insurrection through Dr. L., as they allege. It is also certainly true that while there he held no official communication whatever with any person except the Consuls of his own government, at Richmond and Norfolk. We learn that while there he conversed with many persons whom he had known in society here, including Judah P. Benjamin, but his intercourse with them was entirely of an unofficial character.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
The President visited the French frigate Gassendi, to-day, it being the first time a President of the United States ever went aboard a foreign vessel of war. He was received with honors paid to crowned heads; such as are usually shown to an Emperor. The yards were manned by a crew who shouted vive la President. The Secretary of State and Capt. Dahlgreen [sic] accompanied the President. The French Minister was on board to receive the party.
NEW YORK, April 28.
The Washington Star says it is not only true that M. Mercier, the French Minister did not see or converse with Dr. Le Moine, in Richmond, on the occasion of his trip into Secessia, as alleged by the Richmond papers, and therefore did not hold out encouragement for perseverance in their insurrection through Dr. L., as they allege. It is also certainly true that while there he held no official communication whatever with any person except the Consuls of his own government, at Richmond and Norfolk. We learn that while there he conversed with many persons whom he had known in society here, including Judah P. Benjamin, but his intercourse with them was entirely of an unofficial character.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
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