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swallow them in order to obtain possession of Port    wh. is open all the year round the gulf stream making the water warm there.  She is very much in want of a seaport town as her commerce can only be carried on now for a short period of the year.  Norway & Sweden would like to belong to a large nation but would prefer waiting until Russia was more civilized.  He said there was a very large Mormon settlement in Switzerland & many emigrants to this country from there came [[strikethrough]]over[[/strikethrough]] to [[strikethrough]]this[[/strikethrough]]join the Mormons.
He had been in Paris & was full of admiration of the wise arrangements of the Emperor  Said the former terrible riots? were now hardly possible.  Sement had been substituted in the streets for pavement and paving stones were no longer to be had for barricades? There were forty commanding the wide streets which could
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easily be supplied with troops by means of the underground railroads constructed through the sewers. He thought it probable there would be trouble soon with the laboring classes as there was no place for them to live the poorer houses having been torn down to make room for palaces.
21st Thursday visit from Col. Alexander
22nd Friday.  Miss Romero & brother & two daughters of the Mexican president Juarez came to play croquet
23rd  Mary Lee, Miss Rucker John H. & Sallie & Mr. Abbey for croquet  Father left for Princeton.
27th  Our first minister from Greece Mr. [[Rengade?/Rangavis?]] called with his son  They were introduced by Mr. Bing.  Mr. H. is a small man with unassuming timid manners but kind & gentlemanly.  He speaks very little English.  He is a literary man & highly esteemed in his own country has written a book upon
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