London, 9 April 1860 
(The old address) 

Dear Lassalle, 

Since your last letter, all manner of things have happened. 
Engels’ father has died and Engels has spent a fortnight in Prussia 
by permission of the Prussian Government. I myself, however, 
have been overwhelmed with business, and even now can only 
write quite briefly. 

1. My lawyer* in Berlin has asked me to undertake not to mention 
his name. If, however, despite the mass of material I have sent him 
and despite various reminders, these six weeks of silence are 
prolonged, you will have to prod him, for the case becomes 
statute-barred on 22 April. 

2. Vogt visited Plon-Plon in Paris. He was seen by acquaintances 
of mine, who spoke to him. Nevertheless, he had the effrontery to 
state, or cause it to be stated, in the German papers that he had not 
been to Paris. 

3. Have not received the Humboldt.'*' 

4. I shall send you the Knight of the Noble [Consciousness] today.” 

a J. M. Weber - © See this volume, pp. 108-09. 

5. My old friend J. Weydemeyer has given up his post as 
Deputy-Surveyor in the state of Wisconsin at the request of the 
American ‘Workers’ League’ (a public society with branches 
throughout the United States) '*? which has moved its headquar- 
ters from New York to Chicago (Illinois). W. will assume the 
editorship there of a daily paper founded with the help of 
workers’ shares.* Chicago is increasingly becoming the centre in 
the American North-West where German influence predominates. 
W. has asked me to enlist correspondents for the paper and this I 
have done over here, in Paris and in Switzerland.” I invite you to 
undertake the German articles (if possible at least two a week). 
There is no question of payment. But as party work it is very 
important. W. is one of our best people. If, as I hope, you agree to 
this, you should start directly and send your articles to: 

: Weydemeyer, carr or Chicago Arbeiterverein, sox 1345, 
Chicago (Illinois), United States. 

6. While leafing through the Neue Rheinische Zeitung (neces- 
sary on Vogt’s account) I was glad to discover a short leader in 
which we broke a lance with the Vossische’ for Miss Ludmilla 
Assing. 

7. Would it be possible for you to send me a brief sketch of 
what the worthy Zabel of the National-Zeitung has been up to, 
since reaction set in? The sketch could appear in my pamphlet“ 
as a letter signed by you. You would, moreover, find yourself in 
the company of highly honourable refugees who are writing about 
other people for this work. Some anonymously, others under 
their own names. Several do not belong to our faction of the 

party. 

Your 
K. M.