. A Bundle of Letters lllfl eorresilondenee ol' a l'resident' of Hampden-Sidney Uollege in the olden time, when his animal trip to the General Assembly in ,Phila- delphia was made on horsehaek, and all eommunieation with ,Europe was hy sail ships, is not the most likely place to look for news of The great Napoleon, especially when ,Europe was ent oll' from America hy a lirilish lmloekadel Some extraets from the letters of ,lic-v. .lohn lilair .Hoge tio his 'l'at'her, liz-v. llr. Moses Hoge, then l'resi4lent' ol' llampden-Sidney, have there- l'ore more than a personal and passing interest. John lilaii' ,lloge was the mostz hrilliant' ol: Dr. .llogc-'s sons. When pastor ol' the fll1lll't'll on Shoekoe llillf' now the Grace Stireeti cllllll'Cll ol' lliehmond, his ministry was attended lrv the most' prominent' men of the day. lle was always ol' delieate health, and died at thirliv-six. lt was on. aeeonnt' ol his health that he made in his early manhood this remarkahle voyage. ll0llllICAlTX, Ileeemlier 5111, 1914. Ill-:an l'lA'l'lll'IRZ-hll'. Morton having undertaken to send my letters by the Iirst convey- anee. I avail myself with no little pleasure of the opportunity of informing you that after as eomfortahle a voyage as eould reasonahly have been expel-teal. I am now in lfranee .... We left New York on the 2.-lth ol' tletoher. in the afternoon, and were on that aeeonnt enahled to pass the hloekamling stpnulron unobserved, under m-over of the night .... Un the Sth day we fell in with the Ilritish seventy-four gun ship llellerophon, t'apt. llawker. We were, of course. hrought to and hoarded hy some of the otlieers. 'l'he Iirst question was: Have our people got possession of Long Island? They seemed literally liungry for news, having heen outa 1-ruising for some time without hearing anything. They examined our papers and endorsed them, we heing under Swedish eolors. 'I'he.v enquired if there were any Amerieans on hoard. llad they asked me I should not have hesitated to say, Yes.', but the Uaptain, of whom the enquiry was made. answered in the negative. We were therefore sutlcred to prom-eed. llad it been known that our whole establishment was an imposition. that the vessel was American, and had heen eaptnreal from the llritish. and that there were six .vlnn-rieans on board. perhaps we niight not have eseaped with so muvh facility. The deception was not then generally known to the passengers .... On the 28th day from New York. we heard the glad ery, l,and! landll' descending from the topmast. and soon we were ,gratitietl with the sight of 'l'e1'ra l+'irma from the deek. We were near the month ot' the tlaroime, hut the wind being' adverse, we were unable t.o enter. We were compelled t.o lie otl' and heat up some distant-e to the North, and on the tllst day. the wind heing still unfavorable to our course. we came to anehor opposite the Isle de Ile .... As to the politic-al state of the eountry, I know hut little. lt is, perhaps, as well estahlisln-d as it eould he after so sudden and important a revolution. A numher of persons are dissatistied. it is true. hut il' my information is 1-orreet. that dissatis- faetion does not prevail sutlieientl-v to produee any vivil vonunotion. I dist-over a very general hatred of the Idnglisli here. and a jealousy lest the measures of the new government should harmonize too mueh with Ilritish policy. 23
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