I trust this may not be the case with Miss Mitchell.
"I am, dear sir, with much respect, faithfully yours, "EDWARD EVERETT." * * * * * EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF THE HON.

WILLIAM MITCHELL TO HON.

EDWARD EVERETT.
"Nantucket, 1st mo.

15th, 1848.
"ESTEEMED FRIEND: Thy kind letter of the 10th instant reached me duly.
No steps were taken by my daughter in claim of the medal of the Danish king.

On the night of the discovery, I was fully satisfied that it was a comet from its location, though its real motion at this time was so nearly opposite to that of the earth (the two bodies approaching each other) that its apparent motion was scarcely appreciable.