CHAPTER XXVI.
JANUARY 6, 1839--MARCH 9, 1839 Despondent letter to his brother Sidney .-- Longing for a home .-- Letter to Smith .-- More delays .-- Change of ministry .-- Proposal to form private company .-- Impossible under the laws of France .-- Telegraphs a government monopoly .-- Refusal of Czar to sign Russian contract .-- Dr.Jackson .-- M.
Amyot .-- Failure to gain audience of king .-- Lord Elgin .-- Earl of Lincoln.
-- Robert Walsh prophesies success .-- Meeting with Earl of Lincoln in later years .-- Daguerre .-- Letter to Mrs.Cass on lotteries .-- Railway and military telegraphs .-- Skepticism of a Marshal of France.