Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Inhabitants of Balgach

Balgach, May 7, 1865

[Translation.]

At a public meeting held in the Lutheran church, in Balgach, at half-past ten o’clock in the forenoon of the 7th of May, 1865, on a motion made by C. Vulker, after the close of the polls for the district election, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

• “The citizens of Balgach, at a meeting held on the 7th of May, 1865, unanimously resolved to ratify the address of sympathy and condolence from the Swiss Confederation to the American Union, and requested the authorities of the canton of St. Gall to make it known to the proper persons.”

Adopted unanimously. The above abstract is correct.

• S. OESCH, President.
• NÜNSCH, Notary.
• T. U. SONDEREGGER,
• EDWARD WALTZLER, Vote counters.