I shall exert all my energies to show a complete and satisfactory result.

When I last wrote you from Washington, I wrote under the apprehension that my bill would not be acted upon, and consequently I wrote in very low spirits.
"'What has become of painting ?' I think I hear you ask.

Ah, my dear sir, when I have diligently and perseveringly wooed the coquettish jade for twenty years, and she then jilts me, what can I do?
But I do her injustice, she is not to blame, but her guardian for the time being.

I shall not give her up yet in despair, but pursue her even with lightning, and so overtake her at last.
"I am now absorbed in my arrangements for fulfilling my designs with the Telegraph in accordance with the act of Congress.

I know not that I shall be able to complete my experiment before Congress meets again, but I shall endeavor to show it to them at their next session.".