We take the following communication of Mr. Smith, from the North American
of this morning.
"In compliance with this arrangement, I came to this city this
evening, accompanied by three of my friends conversant with my
father's handwriting, viz; Hon. Louis McLane, Robert Gilmore,
and Robert Purviance, Esqrs., and was met at the place and
hour of appointment by William B. Reed and Henry Reed, Esqrs.,
and waited there until half-past eight o'clock, without the
appearance of the author of "Valley Forge," or any of his
friends.