The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ... together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death. By Henry J. Raymond. To which are added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by Frank B. Carpenter.

STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHIAM LINCOLN. 579
ence were communicated to Richmond, we would at once be investel with
the authority to which y)our letter refers, or other gentlemen clothed witl
full power would immediately be sent to Washington with a vit<w of
hastening a consummation so much to be desired, and terminating at tlie
earliest possible moment the calamities of war. Ve respectfully solicit,
through your intervention, a salte-conduct to Waslinrton, and '.Q1ence 1,Y
any route which may be designated to Richmond." S;uch( is the more
material portion of the getttlemncv's letter. I will transmtit tile entire
correspondence, if desired. Awaiting your further instructions,
I remain yours, HORACE GREELEY.
The President, on receiving this telegram, immediately
dispatched Major Hay to Niagara with a further commanication, and telegraphed to Mr. Greeley that lie had
done so, whereupon the latter sent across the river the
following letter:INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YOBK, July 19, 1864,
GENTLEMEN:-At a late hour last evening (too late for comrnlunication
with you)I received a dispatch informing me that further instructions
left Washington last evening, which must reach me, if there be no interruption, at noon to-morrow. Should you decide to await their arrival, I
feel confident that they will enable me to answer definitely your note of
yesterday morning. Regretting a delay which I am sure you will regard
as unavoidable on my part,
I remain yours truly, HORACE GREELEY.
To Hon. Messrs. C. C. CLAY, Jn., and J. P. HOLCOMBE, Clifton House,
C.W.
He received the following acknowledgment:CLIFTON HOMU^, NIAGARA FALL8, July 19, 1864.
SIR:-Colonel Jewett has just handed us your note of this date, il
which you state that further instructions from Washington will reach
you by noon to-morrow, if there be no interruption. One, or possibly
both of us, may be obliged to leave the Falls to-day, but will return in
time to receive the communication which you promise to-morrow.
We remain truly yours, &c.,
JAMES P. HOLOOMBE.
C. (. CLAY, JR.
To the Hon. HOR&CE GREELEY, now at the International Hotel.
The further instructions from the President, sent by the
hands of Major Hay, were as follows: