MR.

ADAMS TRANSFERRED TO BERLIN--HIS MARRIAGE--LITERARY PURSUITS--TRAVELS IN SILESIA--NEGOTIATES TREATIES WITH SWEDEN AND PRUSSIA--RECALLED TO THE UNITED STATES.
Mr.Adams presented himself at the Hague, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, in the summer or fall of 1794.

Ten years before, he was there with his father--a lad, attending school--at which time the father wrote: "They give him a good character wherever he has been, and I hope he will make a good man." How abundantly that hope was likely to be fulfilled, the elevated and responsible position occupied by the son at the expiration of the first ten years after it was expressed, gave a promising and true indication.
On his arrival in Holland, Mr.Adams found the affairs of that country in great confusion, in consequence of the French invasion.

So difficult was it to prosecute any permanent measures for the benefit of the United States, owing to the existing wars and the unsettled state of things in Europe, that after a few months he thought seriously of returning home.

A report of this nature having reached President Washington, drew from him a letter to Vice President John Adams, dated Aug.