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

Teachers of the District of Nidau

[Translation.]

Nidau, May 6, 1865.

To the Editor of the Bund, in Berne:

The teachers in the district of Nidau, in the canton of Berne, hereby declare their cordial approval of the vote of sympathy and condolence to the United States of North America, and beg that their names be added to the address of the Swiss Confederation.

In the name of the synod of Nidau:

• D. SCHMUTZ, President.
• J. A. KAUFMANN, Secretary.