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CUTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
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I the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
I October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
HEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs ,
Window Glass, SfC. fyc.
EBUMORtIr i OLVGVSTA, Ga.
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEV &, Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
States Hotels ,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
, Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
Bc c. &c.
J) Being connected with llaviland,
Keese & Cos., New-York, and Hav
iland, llarral &. Allen, Charles
ton, they are constantly receiving
>y> fresh supplies of every article in
® their line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
IP* All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843. 51
ffHteceUtiMrottfi.
From the Spirit of the Times.
SCRAPS FROM MY FLORIDA JOUR
NAL.
Wc wore nil giving our experience in
matters and tilings in general, and at length
were speaking of the wonderful experi
ments in animal magnetism, when Stephen
Richards stepped out, and in a few minutes
returned with six small sticks, and piled
them up one on the oilier, and gravely
turned round and told us “that anyone
might touch any slick whilst ho was out o r
the cabin, and lie could tell which one, by
his acute*sense of smellWe all laughed
at the idea, and told him to go out. (ftA
fl did not touch any, any told him to
oolite in. He entered, smelt every stick,
and said none were touched. True. (Jut
he went again, and “then one was touched
—he toid it—then every alternate one, and
with accuracy, and not a moments hesita
tion, he selected the sticks touched. This
was a poser. And moreover, said he,
‘Gentlemen, my fame for a pretty nice apt
ness for smelling has always been great
from childhood; and the neighbors far and
near said God Almighty must have taken
a particular fancy to Stephen Richards to
have given him such a nose. Why. gin
tlemen, nothing could escape my smell.—
Let me toll you a little circumstance that
occurred to me in the smiling line. A
oeighliorof mine an obstinate unbeliever in
my powers, and myself, were out hunting
cattle. On coining to a burn on a prairie,
1 told him to go round on one side, and I
would go on the other, and we would meet,
and by that means stand some chance of
finding the cattle. Just before we met 7
smelt honey, and l knew there must be a
bee tree in the neighborhood. So by the
time he came up I had dismounted, and was
determined to make him acknowledge my
smelling powers. I thought 1 would throw
a little extra action in my manner —give it
a little of the solemnity. So I was on all
fqurs, crawling, snuffing at a great rate —
snuffing as if I smelt something powerful
strong. Says he—
* Steph, what the devil are you about V
No answer.
‘ What the devil are you doing ?—can’t
you answer, man V
‘Hist! don’t make a noise—don't dis
turb me. 1 smell honey—a bee tree must
he near.”
‘You bed and! Ha ! ha! That’s too
good.’
1 felt confident I could smell out the tree ;
so, smelling around, I took what I thought
tile course, and every step 1 took I felt that
1 was right, for the smell was stronger ami
stronger. My neighbor kept on jeering
me. At last I stopped, took a strong snuff,
and made strait for an old red oak, and ex
claimed, ‘ Here’s the tree. To his wonder
and astonishment, bees were seen coining
from a hole about twenty feet up tlie tree.
Says he. ‘S’.eph, you are ad J queer
man,’ and left.
* + ***
YY’ell, here we are, all seated around the
table in our comfortable cabin after tea.-
Richards, who holds himself upon his suc
cess in hunting, was rather disgusted at
Itis bad tuck, and exclaimed, Weil, gen.
tlerm u, if 1 can’t kill anything, I can
amuse you by telling a story, the circurn
stances of which actually occurred to me.’
As it exemplifies the superstitious folly and
blind credulity of the vulgar, and upon
what weak foundations the generality of
tiieir fears are founded, I must give it a
place.
‘ A negro by the name of King, a slave,
was murdered many years since direedy
opposite a graveyard, about two miles from
mv father’s house. A neighbor, in pass
ing the spot about midnight, had seen
King’s ghost, and had arrived ai his house
breathless from running, and haggard from
fear. The story wasso currently believed
that few, if any, were bold enougn to pass
the spot after night fall. It fact, it was the
horror of the settlement, and many a time
had some belated traveller gone two or
three miles round to avoid the spot, where
was ever to be seen the dreaded ghost. I
had remained out quite late one Christmas
eve, and in going home had to pass direct
ly by the spot, or else make a circuit of
some two or three miles. I had always
laughed at the story, and my boon compan
ions now told me I might have an cbportu
nity of testing its truth. My dander was
up, and I determined, by passing the grave
yard, to see if King’s ghost would pay me a
visit. The graveyard was situated direct
ly upon the top of one of those deep ra
vines, thickly wooded wiih the oak. magno
lia, and holly, and on that deep black soil
common to such growth, which, by con
trast, made the simple white monuments of
the dead, to a weak and timid mind, look
like so many departed spirits, i walked
along whistling, and felt as brave as a lion
Some how or other, as I commenced de
scending the deep, dark, and gloomy rav
ine, on the opposite side of which King’s
ghost (if any) was sure to he seen, I felt a
little queer. On ariiving at the bottom I
must confess I felt slightly scared, but I was
not the man to back out. Thinking that
< discretion was the better part of valor,’ I
selected two good hard and round pine
knots, took one in each hand, drew iny
knife, and held it between my teetii, clapp
ed my oid white hat a little harder on my
head, and thus prepared slaved up the side
of tiie ravine. Somehow on starting I felt
odd about the roots of my hair —it appeared
to me that it was ruing up. I pushed my
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, A.,) SEPTEMBER 19, 18-11.
hat on again, aid boldly went forward
On arriving wiihin about twrutv paces of
the dreaded spot I looked no. and there—
horror of hor-o s'—full before me, ‘grin
nirig a ghastly smile,’ was King. There
was no mistaking tliat faniilar face. I fell
mv hair again rising — rising—and my hat
fall. I advanced with desperate delibera
tion—got within ten feet—cried out ‘King!’
and let fly one of the pine knots. No an
swer. I advanced rapjiilv—let fiv the oth
er—seized mv knife, anil with terror fast
gained possession of and benumbing my |
facuflies, rushed upon King, and buried !
mv kiofc up to the handle in —a Wtthoo i
stump!! G** Db L* 1: *.
A HUNTER IN EXTREME PERIL.
The most interesting hunter's story I
have ever heard was toid me by our host,
Mr. Percival, who has followed the forest
chase from his youth. In 1807, he was on
a trapping expedition, wi h two compan
ions, on the Washita, when they left him
to kill buffalo, bear, and the larger game,
and he remained to trap the streams for
beaver. He had not met with very good
success, and had been without meat for
a Gout twenty-four hours, when, turning a
small bend of the river, lie espied a noble
loking old male buffalo lying down on the
beach. Having scoured his canoe, he
crept softv through a cane brake, which
lay between the animal and himself, and
fir and The shot was an indifferent one,
and only wounded ‘die animal in the side,
but il roused him, and, having crossed the
river, he soon laid down. This was about
noon, when the animal, having again grazed,
was resting hirnself in a cool place. Per
cival now’ crossed the river in his canoe,
and got into the woods, which were there
very open and somewhat broken by little
patches of prairie land, a very frequent oc
currence in these parts of Arkansas, where
forest and prairie often seem to he contend
ing for the mastery. But the hull, being
suspicious, rose before the hunter came
near enough to him, and took to the green
woods.
Percival was an experienced hunter ; he
had killed several hundred buffaloes, and
knew their tempers in every sort of situa
tion. He knew that the animal, when in
large Lords, was easily masteted, and was
well aware that when alone he was some
times dogged, and even dangerous; he
therefore followed his prey cauiiously
about a mile, knowing that he would lie
down again ere long. The buffalo now
stopped, Percival got within fifty yards of
him, watching an opportunity to strike him
mortally ; hut the boast, seeing his enemy
so near, w heeled completely round, lie put
his bail through the bull’s nose ; but seeing
the temper he was in, and knowing what
a serious aniagonist lie was when on the
offensive, he, also, immediately turned and
fled.
In running down a short hill some briars
‘brew him down, and he dropped his gun.
There was a tree not far from him of about
eighteen inches diameter, and every tiling
seemed todepi nd upon his reaching it ; hut,
us he rose to make a push for it, the buffa
lo struck him on the fleshy part of tlie hip
with his horn, and slightly wounded him.
Before, however, tile beast could wheel
round upon him again, he gained the tree,
upon which ail the chance lie had of pre
set viog Iris life rested. Avery few feet
from ibis tree grew a sapling about four or
five in diameter, a most fortunate circurn
stance for the hunter, as it contributed ma
terially to save his life. The buffalo now
doggedly fot'ow-d op his purpose of de
stroying his adversary, and a system of at
tack and defence commenced that, perhaps,
is without a parallel. The buffalo went
round and round the tree pursuing the man,
jumping at him in the peculiar manner of
that animal, every time he thought there
was a chance of hitting him ; whilst Per
cival, grasping the tree with his arms, flung
himself round it with greater rapidity than
the animal could follow him. In this man
ner the buffalo harassed him more than
four hours, until his hands became so sore
with rubbing against the rough hark of the
oak tree, and his limbs so fatigued, that he
began to lie disheartened.
In going round the tree the buffalo would
sometimes pass between it and the sapling ;
but the distance between them was so nar
row, that it inconvenienced him, especially
when he wanted to make his jumps; he,
therefore, frequently wi ut round the sup
ling instead of going in .de of it. The
time thus consumed was precious to Perci
val ; it enabled him to breathe, and to con
sider how he should defend himself.
After so many hours fruitless labor, the
bull seemed to him lost his pristine vigor,
and became slower in his motions. He
would now make ills short start, prepara
tory to his jump, only at intervals, anu even
then he jumped doubtingly, as if he saw
that Percival would avoid his blow by
swinging to the other side. It was evident
lie was hurtled, and was considering what
he should do. Still continuing in his
course round the* tree, but in this slow man
ner, lie at length made an extraordinary
feint, that does honor to the reasoning pow
ers of the bufl'alo family.
He made his little start as usual, and,
when Percival swung himself, round, the
bull, instead of aiming his Mowj in the di
rection he had been accustomed to do. sud
denly turned to the side of the three where
Perct’ al would he brought when he had
swung himself round, and struck with all
his might. The feint had almost succeed
ed ; Percival only just saved his head, and
received n severe contusion on his arm,
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I which was paralyzed for an instant. He
I now brtran to despair of saving his life;
i Ill’s limbs trembled under him ; lie thought
the buffalo would wear him out, and it was
I so inexpressibly painful to him to carry on
tliis singular defence, that at one time lie
entertained lho idea of leaving the tree and
permitting the animal to destroy him. as a
mode of saving himself from pain and an
xiety that were intolerable.
But the buffalo, just at that time giving
decided symptoms of being as tired as him
self, now stopped for a few minutes, and
Percival took courage. Remembering that
lie had his butcher’s knife in his breast, bo
took it out, and began to contrive plans of
offence ; and when the bull, having rested
awhile, recommenced his old rounds, Per
cival took advantage of the slowness of his
motions, and using a great deal of address
and management contrived, in the course
of half an hour, to stab and cut him in a
dozen diffeien* places. The animal now
became weak from loss of blood, and. al
though he continued to walk round the
tree, made no more jumps, contenting him
self with keeping Iris head and neck close
toil. This closed the conflict, for it ena
bled Percival to extend his right arm and
give him two deadly stalls in the eves. —
Nothing could exceed the, frantic rage of
the unweildly animal when lie had lost his
sight.
He bellowed, he groaned, he pawed the
ground, and gave out every sign of con
scious ruin and immitigable fury. He
leaned against tile sapling for support, and
twice knocked himself down by rushing
with his head against the large tree. The
second fall terminated this strange tragic
combat, which had now lasted nearly six
hours. The buffalo had not strength to
rise, and the conqueror, stepping up to him,
and lifting up his nigh shoulder, cut all
tiie flesh and ligaments loose, und turned it
over his back. He then, after resting him
self a few minutes, skinned the beast, took
a piece of the meat to the canoe, made a
fire, broiled and ate it.— Feutherstonhaugh.
A Yankee Wager. —The cool and col
lected manner in which a Yankee will come
the ‘cute,’ says the Flushing Journal, over
his more obtuse neighbor of a few degrees
Southward of “down East,” was exempli
fied in an incident which came under our
observation a day or two since. A jovial,
good natured and tail harum-scarum deal
er in wooden bowls, who has been peregri
nating our neighborhood with a wagon load
of the article, and by bis off-hand and dex
terous management, has supplied almost
every other house with bis ware, stopped at
the Flushing Hotel, and was accosting it
guests to purchase, and expressing himself
willing to effect a bargain on almost any
terms, by regular sale, barter, or by wager
ing on “ politics, religion, or any tiling
else;” hurrahing for Henry Clay, &c., and
finally offeriing to bet that the great Ken
tuckian would obtain the electoral vote of
his own state—Maine.
Mine host of the hotel, who has implicit
faith in Polk and Dallas, to stop the mouth
of the bowl vender, offered to bet six of the
best wooden howls, at fifty cents each, Clay
would not got the vote of Maine ; which
was immediately accepted by the shrewd
Yankee, who insisted that the contract
should be reduced to writing; which on be
ing done, it was agreed that the bowls
should be deposited in the hands of some
third person until the election contest was
decided. But when our Yankee asked our
friend [lanover where were his six bowls to
put along with them, itappeared as though
the ribs of the spectators would have split
asunder by their uproarious laughter. Our
friend of the hotel offered to purchase them
at the stores ; blit when we came away, the
Yankee was driving a bargain w ith mine
host to supply him on much cheaper terms
than they could be procured of the store
keepers. It can be easily imagined how
the affair ended, viz : that the Yankee sold
his opponent six howls, leaving other par
ticulars out of the question.
A Keen Reply. —John Wesley, in a con
sideruble party, had been maintaining with
great earnestness, the doctrine of Vox Po
puli, Vox Dei, against his sister, whose tal
ents were not unworthy of the family to
winch she belonged. At last the preacher,
to put an end to the controversy, to put his
argument in the shape of a dictum, and
said, “ 1 tell you the voice of the people is
the voice of God.” “ Yes,” she replied
mildly, “it cried crucify him! crucify
him!” A more admirable answer was
perhaps never given.
A Good Un. — A hoy being called on in
school to say his lesson, the Latin word Lo
co was given hiin to parse. “It used to be
a noun,” said lie, “ but latterly, has been
used as a conjunction, coupling it with Foco
understood.” “ What’s the English of
loco ?” said the master. ‘■ To a place,
said the boy. “To what place /” was the
imxt inquiry. “ f suppose it means just
now, the head of Salt River, sir,” said lie.
“ Sit down, sir,” said the master, angrily,
“ Folitics have turned your head.”
No Doubt. —An advertisement of cheap
shoes and fancy articles, in an exchange
paper lias the following note bene:
“ N. B.—Ladies wishing those cheap
shoes, will do well to call soon, as they will
not- last long ”
The London Times contains, on an aver
age, eight hundred new advertisements per
day. The English are an advertising peo
ple —they know it pays.
HISTORIC A L.
EZEKIEL POLK.
1 ~,
i he Charlotte Journal, printed in Meek
! lcnhnrg county, North Carolina, furnishes
: the following additional evidence in relu-
I tion to iho “ Revolutionary services,” of
I Ezekiel Polk. After copying the affidavit
of Thomas Alexander, the editor thus intro
duces the several affidavits which follow :
From the Charlotte Journal.
In the second place, we submit the aflida.
vit of Mr. Andrew Klliotte. lie is a son
of an native soldier of the Revolution, and
was often in the army with his father, go.
ing with him to bring back the horse that
tie rode. He was also drafted, but there
were enlistments enough in this section to
go to South Carolina, so he never was call
ed out :
“ Being requested to state what I know
of Ezekiel Polk—also the public opinion
with respect to the same person during the
Revolutionary war, 1 have to say 1 heard
hut one opinion and that was— EZEKIEL
POLK was a TORY—took protection, and
was in heart and de and an enemy to his
country —as it was currently reported at
the same time that he was the pilot of the
British army, and led them in by-ways
where they could do the most damage to the
country, and I always looked upon him
myself as a tory. lam now in my 80th
year. Andrew Elliotte.”
“ State of North Carolina, )
Mecklenburg County, y
“ Personally appeared before me the
above Andrew Elliotte, and being qualified,
says the above is true.
D. HARRY, J. P.
August 1,1844.”
Thirdly. YVe submit the affidavit of
Hezekialt Alexander, who was tlie son of
a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration:
“ Being called upon to state what I know
relative to the transactions of the Revolu
tion, 1 can state that I recollect when the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
was made, I being then between nine and
ten, and that I was well acquainted with
the names of all the signers hearing my
father relating them. I know that Ezekiel
Polk was not a signer. I recolleot well
hearing of itis being a tory and taking
British protection, and I also had it related
to me bv a person (Alexander Campbell)
in whom 1 had the utmost confidence, that
while Cornwallis was in Charlotte, Eze
kill Polk wore a redcoat. I well recollect,
also, that tlie people at that time looked up
on Polk to be as arrant a tory as any in tile
country. Hez. Alexander.”
“ Sworn to and signed this 2d day of Au- ‘
gust, 1844.
Attest: ROB’T KIRKPATRICK, J. P.”
Fourthly. VY r e give the affidavit of Amos
Alexander, a brother of the above gentle
man, and also a descendant of a signer of
the Declaration.
“ Being requested to state w hat I recol
lect of the transactions of the Revolution
and since, I can state that I was about six
years old at the time of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence, and distinct
ly recollect of nty father, who was a sign
er, telling my mother what lie had done,
and of Iter crying. I have often heard my
father mention the names of the signers,
hut never heard him mention that of Eze
kiel Polk, and I do not believe that he ever
signed that Declaration. I recollect hear
ing my father speak of Polk, and I have
never heard of his doing anything to aid the
Whigs—but when Cornwallis was in Char
lotte he took British protection, and I know
the opinion expressed of him at the time
and since was that ho was a tory. I recol
lect also of hearing my father state that
lie hod been appointed sheriff, and that the
people would not suffer him to act. lam
now in the seventy-six year of my age.
Amos Alexander.”
“ Sworn to and signed before me this Oth
dav of August, 1844.
DAVID HENDERSON, J. P.”
The following affidavits are given more
fully to show what the current report of
the country was relative to Ezekiel Polk.
William McCoard is Polk’s brother-in-law
by marriage. Mr. Orr is a descendant of
a Revolutionary YVhig, and Mr. Brown
was well acquainted with him :
“State of North Carolina, )
MeckP nbtirg County. $
“ Personally appeared before me, an act
ing Justice of tiie Peace, YVii’iam McCoard
and Nathan Orr, and maketh oo'h that we
have been well acquainted with tiie. charne
ter of Ezekiel Polk, and that we nave al
ways heard him branded with being a tory
during the Revolution, and have never
heard or seen any proof to satisfy our
nunds that the charge was untrue, and the
general and current report of the country
was that he had taken British protection.
William McCoard,
Nathan Orr.”
“ Sworn to before me this 2d day of Au
gust, 1844.
THOMAS M. KERNS, J. P.
“ Being requested to state what I have
heard relative to the character of Ezekial
Polk during the Revolution. I have to
state that I recollect very well the time the
British were in Charlotte, and have learnt
from the old soldiers that Ezekiel Polk was
a Tory and that he look British protection,
and that all the people considered his ta
king protection as rank Toryism as if he
had been found fighting against the conn
try. I ant now in my 72d year, and was
living between 4 and $ miles of Ezekiel
KK. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
Polk, and on the same plantation that I
j now reside on. John Brown.”
, “ State of North Carolina, >
** Mecklenburg County. )
“ Tlfts dajfrM ante John Brown before me,
the sub4cribq|g Justice, and. being duly
sworn, made Oath that the above relation of
facts as stated are, to tiie best of his knowl-
I edge, true. Sworn to and signed this 2d
day of August, 1844
Attest: IIOBT. KIRKPATRICK, J. P.”
YY’e now give the certificate of Mrs. Su
san Alexander. This is bne of the fe
males who assisted Gen. Joseph Graham,
and took care of him for several days, af
ter the British left him for dead on the field
of battle : “'•*
“ This is to certify that I knew Ezekiel
Polk during the Revolutionary war, and
that I always understood and believed him
to be a Tory; that he v is disliked by the
Whigs, and every one believed, that lie did
take British protection, and that I always
understood that Capt. Billy Alexar.der took
him to Guilford as a Tory.
Susan Alexander.
Attest:
DAVID HENDRICKSON, J. P.
August 0, 1844.”
We give also the certificate of Margaret
Alexander.
“I was living in sight of Ezekiel Polk
when Cornwallis took possession of Char
lotte ; I saw him when taken by the Whig
scouts, J. Barnet, Robert MoLeary, and
John Taylor; and I heard Mrs. Polk tell
my mother that it was al! a sham to save
him from the wrath of tiie Whigs who had
threatened itis life. M. Alexander.
July 25, 1844.”
Arid lastly, we shall close our evidence
at this time by giving the affidavit of Dan
iel Alexander, Esq. Rad it:
“ State of North Carolina, >
Mecklenburg County. $
“Personally appeared before me, the
subscribing Justice, Dan Alexander, and
maketh oath that he is the son of Captain
William Alexander (commonly called
Black Billy) who was a Captain in the
Revolution; and that he has repeatedly
heard his father relate to himself and oth
ers that he was one the men that took Eze
kiel Polk to Guilford as a tory prisoner;
and that when his brother Col. Thomas
Polk knew he was there, he said, damn
him, I do not want to see him—put him
with the other Tories. Sworn to before
me ami signed this 7th day of August,
1844. Dan. Alexander.”
“Test: EDWIN POTTS, J. P”
YVe have hern abused “ as a slanderer,”
and our paper styled a “ dirty sheet,” be
cause we were not willing to let Judge
Saunders send to the world as truth that
James K. Polk was a descendant of the
signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence. YY’e believe we have more
than sustained our position, and we think
by incontestible proof, and by individuals
whose characters are above reproacli ; but
we are willing to abide the decision of an
impartial public. YY’e have been forced
into themeasure by our opponents. YVhen
the nomination of James K. Polk was
made, and the remarks of Judge Saunders
were published, we stated, his remarks were
not in accordance with what we had every
reason to believe was tiie true state of the
ease, and remarked that we should drop the
subject without our opponents should wish
the matter stirred. Notwithstanding this,
the organ of the party here has denied the
truth of our statement, and Judge Saunders
has made the attempt to prove the reverse
of what we stated ; but we believe they
have signally failed in their endeavors.—
Other testimony will be produced as op
portunity may offer.
From the Madison (Ga.) Miscellany.
In addition to other positive testimony,
which we have already published, we an
nex the lollowing circumstantial evidence,
which has just been made public—the tes
timony of an old Revolutionary soldier,
“well known in Greene county, where he
lived forty years, an 1 in Pike, where he
has resided the last twenty years, and
whose character tor truth andvcracity is un
impeachable.” It is this :
“Griffin, (Ga.) 19th July, 1944.
“I was a volunteer from Virginia under
Captain Jesse Heard, who commanded a
company of horse troops. YY'e went to
Charlotte and joined Col. Davie, and re
mained in that county sometime, and there
I understood that Ezekiel Polk was a Tory,
and I never heard it contradicted or dispu
ted. There was some other of the Polks
that were true YVhigs. I was also at the
surrender of Cornwallasai Little York.
John Jenkins.”
“ Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 22d day of July, 1844.
JAMES L. ALEXANDER, J. P.”
A Model Printing Office.— Mr. S. N.
Dickinson, of Boston, has the most perfect
printing establishment in the country. Yir.
Edward Willmer, w ho is now on a journe
through the United States and Canada,
business connected with his journal, tao
European Times, writes home as follows:
“ I have been practically engaged in Eng
land in all the departments of printing for
30 years, and have never passed through a
printing office as thoroughly systematic
and perfect asthatofMr. S. N. Dickinson,
of Boston, Mass. ; on my return home, I
shall ever remember this as one of the plea
sing and satisfactory incidents connected
with my visit to the United States and Can
ada.”
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