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THE Mission OF AsHBEL SMITH.-The Hartford


Times Of the 23d instant, has the following paragraph
relative to Mr. Ashbel Smith and the opinion Of Pre-
sident Jones on Annexation


"We know not what Mr.. Smith said in New York las
fall and recently, with regard to his views annexa
ton but do know that he spent day two in Hart
ford before taking the for Liverpool and here
only two days before he sailed told two gentlemen that
he personally opposed to annexation from principle
but still he had doubt that annexation would take
place. He said that large portion of the people ofTex
bound" to have that country annexed. He had
no doubt this pointbu still he declared distnctythat
President Jones and himself were opposed to the mea-
from principle. This is the story he told in Hart
ford ON Tuesday, the 29th day Of April, ult"