Dear Engels,

After sundry adventures, which I shall relate some other time,
the parcel from Lommel* will certainly arrive today or tomorrow,
via Cologne. I already have the consignment note (railway) from
Geneva.

A couple of days ago I had a letter from Eccarius in which he
told me that his tailoring had come to an end, i.e. the state of his
health did not permit him to carry on with it. The doctor had said
that he couldn’t help him. What he needed was a change of air,
etc. Accordingly, I have rented a lodging for him in this
neighbourhood at my own expense (away from his ramizy, oF course,
who are staying at their old place); he takes his meals with us ditto
and has nothing to do save potter about the Heath” and send one
article a week to Weydemeyer, who pays him 3 dollars per article.
I hope he will pull through. I have likewise bought him some port.
But | can’t carry on like this, since at the present moment, when
our cash box is at a low ebb, the other additional expenses he
involves us in are already a burden.

Couldn’t you do something quickly on Garibaldi, or on the
Prussian government, which has pushed through its army reform
behind the backs of the Chambers,'” or something else of the
kind?

It’s nice that Garibaldi has had Farina hounded out.

Salut.

Your
K. M.