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Imoui Iht bond i f u iinbutti.
Messrs. Fi'l/ors,- Relieving that the peo
ple ,i,v a r pi ; > investigate the conduct
of In pil> iu Hi, id matter wlui the
mi piuuJc ot the appointment may b
v- elder moils dd able or great ; 1 beg
t- .-.ve (■• it heard by the petp.u of Georgia,
ti ough the medium of y. m paper, in re
|j i t/, (us malicious . ilbiis which have been
m * ,o slander my rep-ikatioa as au oil).
it I be t.J,)vemmc i it«jJt
p ~ii iir it the peculiar ;
situation IQ which I was place*!, by the acts
of oil vs, and circumstances not under uijr
control, either to resign my late appoint-!
ment a* enrolling agent, and thereby pre-|
serve the confidence reposed in me by the
Government, or continue to hold it, at the
sacrifice of every principle of honor, nndi
even ol cunm »u h >ne»ty. I. hesi ated not
a moment in pursuing a course, which would
relieve tnc Government from the contiaua
turn of a h'-avy expense, n< cessarily incur
red through my age cy, wnliout any possi-i
b!o chance of beoetit, under the peculiar
cucuinstances I ha I to act. L iheiefnre
thought p> oper to return my appointment to
the War Department, accompanied by my
reasons for doing so. Ueuig lully cunvui-’
ced at Ihe lime, that I was particularly n,
thu way of others, and laelmg no ii:s|iosi
tion to become Hie cause ol operating j r ,
the slightest degree against the actoinplish-j
mcnt of the object, which it was our duty
to endeavour to elfect, I thought it prod«„' t
to remain perfectly silent on the subject,
until the Government should liave an „p.|
purtunity of taking into consideration (U y
reasons for resigning my appointment ; ad
vantage was taken ol my tti.ence, umj the'
people told that I had been reques u j by 1
the Government to withdraw hum itsser-!
Tice. fins interest of my countiy n H long
er requiring silence on the subject, I bope I
may be indulged by an intelligent people,'
so far us to obtain th.nr particular attention
to the annexed correspondence between
Gov. (_'« s, (lie present distinguished head
of the War Department, and iiiyse'.f, by
which they w d have a lair opportunity of
understanding ihe whole matter.
S > all absorbing is the subject of the re
moval of ilu* Indians to the people ol Gt or
gia, that I am persuaded nothing counseled
with it, can meet with an indifferent recep
tion from them, (hat can in the slightest de
gree throw any light upon the subject ; I
will therefore tax your patience a little fur
(her, by laying before you the grounds upon
whmh my opinions <d what I conceived to
bo (h«* true interest of the State were pre
dicated. It will be seen by the annexed
correspondence, that the agents of the Go
vernment though) proper to sutler the enu
grants, both belore us well ns utter enroll-
Kig, to purchase of other Indians as many
improvements as they th -ught proper, ami
receive their assessed value fr ni the Go
vernment. I’ins practice necessarilv re
quired Vv’iy large sum* of mem v lo raeei
Ihe demands ol every family or n dividual
who was disposed to enter into this s rung
Speculation upon tho Government ; conse
quently, it will be seen that the present ap
propi laiimi made by Congress lor the re
moval of the Indians, was m danger of be
ing very speedily exhausted—particularly
when it is borne in mind, that two boys,
who it i-. b iteved are under age, were about
to w iik nil w ith sen thousand dollars ol the
public m mey, leaving ihe residue of the In
dian family ot which they were members
behind, lint the justifying argument offer
ed in support id ihis shameful speculation,
is, “ that me Government had sooner or la
ter to piy for the improvements, and tha'
the; had as well be. paid for now us at any
other lime.” Hence every encouragktnent
was held out to promote this speculation,
and the money of the citizens of Georgia,
as well os ihe Indians was employed in it.
I deny the position, however, that it is to
the interest o( the fs'atc to obtain the coun
try, and have an Indian population forevei
lined up in if. How did the Indian ques
tioi stand before the Nation last win er r
Wli.t give rise to ’he strong and spirited
nay solemn and awlul admonitions of Judge
Clayton to Congress this spring on the sub
ject ot the N w-Vork Indian memorial i
Are we yet to learn that the Indian q it s
lion has long since been identified with that
system of oppression, which has been ma
taring in the North and blast for years, aiH
is now so tearfully extending its baleful in
licence to the West, by which the sou'hern
and middle States are to be mule tributary
to then - . ? A moment’s consideration upon
these questions, is suflicient to satisfy u»
that d the Indians peisist in remaining
where they are, and will not remove er
mass, that it behoves us to he very curetu
how the present appropriation is disposer
of, lest when it is gone we may not be ablt
to get another, ii appeared to me there
tore to bo (he (rue interest of Georgia, tha’
the’funds now under the control of our Pa
irintic Chief Magistrate (or the removal ol
the southern Indians, should be most care
full; and frugally disposed of, with a view
to effect the removal of the greatest possi
ble number ot those unhappily situated peo
ple. iim view ot the subject was fortified
m my mind by the reflection, that if iht
Indians persisted in their refusal to removr
by treily, and Georgia thought proper ti
uka possession of the countiy, and allow
her citizens to ex;inguish the Indian titli
to th- ir improvement—-or (hat the title ti
the-i. improvements should be extiuguishei
by (he plan now under investigation, wiih
out a removal of the Indians, and Congroai
should hfeieafter refuse to the State, ade
q iate appropriations lor their removal, that
ttie-e causes combined, would inevitably fix
upon the State « large population of such
a genius and character as to render it al
most a certain (act, I fiat a very large por
tion of them would dwindle into so many
paupers ami miserable beings, roving aboui
(he countiy, en'irely dependant upon the
mercy and charity ot tiie while man. What
could relieve the State from such a deplo
r ble condition ? Humanity would still re
quire the removal of these unfortunate peo
ple; but if the Congress of the U. States
should say to the State—you have taken the
country and given it to your citizens ! You
jhave your rightful jurisdiction over the
Whole extent of your chartered limits !
You have acquired, and are in possession
,of all we were bound lo aid you in the ac
qnisition ol ! therefore we are absolved
from all obligations to you on the subject.
What alternative would toe State liave,
but to witness the iuntul and disgraceful
spectacle of thousands of out fellow crea
■tores starving and dragiug out a miserable
jexistence in me heart of a Christian com
munity, or carry the humane duty ot theii
| removal into effect, out ot the funds of the
Sluts, raised by tuxes upon Hie people /
And it we take as a criterion for tnc ex
penses of their removal, those recently in
curred by the General Government thio*
! the plans adopted by the superiiiteridant,
(rom which I thougnt proprr lu dissent, it
iwould require m re money to be paid out
ol the pockets of the people, than two such
countries will ever be worth to those who
may occupy it. Surely the grounds of this
jiettecnoi) cmnot be called frivolous, or i s
anticipated lesuhs be considered too highly
.colored—all who ale intimately acquainted
wi hthe political history of our country,
and are minute observers of passing events,
must admit the tact, that there i. too much
' truth in every position lakeu.
Such were tho opinions and views by
which I was influenced as an officer of the
Government, and which I chee fully suh
nut to ihe rational judgment of my fellow
citizens, wi ll this conviction, that if there
b«; any among them who may condemn mv
judgment in the matter, yet, I flatter my-
I sell under the evidence submitted, none
can doubt the honesty of my intentions, or
the complete refutation of the slander at
[l’empted to bu fixed upon me. I will take
. occasion to remaik belore 1 close this com
j munication, that Doctor Reese with whom
pi acted as enrolling agent, coincided with
, me in all (he most prominent view* herein
I expressed, and feel myself bound to make
this declaration in justice to tho 1) ctor, be
cairvr tot, Biatiiici ol winch I complain, was
, unjus'ly aimed at him as well us at myself.
Very respectfully Gentlemen,
Vour obedient servant,
REUBEN THORNTON.
M i ssrs. Chase & Nesbit,
CORRESPONDENCE.
; VaniCs Ferry, F/bruary It), IhdS.
Sir. — In compliance with an appointment
conferred upon me by the Secretary of War,
through 'he late Governor of Georgia, to en
roll the Cheioket Indians for emigration, I
I have for the last three or four months zeal
. ously devoted my undivided exertions to a
I faithful discharge of its duties ; under the
- hope h*t it might be in my p wer to »t!
- vance the views of Ihe. Government in that
s much desired object. Having accepted 'hat
appointment however, »t the particular soli
, citation id Governor Gilmer, and under no
• other consideration than that of rendering
’ some important service to the Government,
i’ I should hold myself culpable, were I to
t hold it a day longer than my personal ser
, vices would be productive of brneli to the
, cause. Various circumstances incline m
• to the belief, that it will for the future p.
0 out <>f my power to render such beneficial s r
- vice to the Government in the civmacter ol
1 enrolling agent, as my wishes would promp
- me to do ; this consideration added to tin
? great sacrifice I am making, by (lie neglect
1 of my private concerns, induces me to retun
e to the Department my appointment, tha
i it it should be thought necessary for tin
i same number of agents to be continued ii
i the seivice of the Government, that sunn
d other (i i son may be app< in toil in my stead
As I am not ac'uated by private consul
d ei ions alone in declining this service, it ma;
(be proper for me briefly to notice one or tw
it j of the leading considerations that has urgei
j, ne to do so’: A faithful and conscicatiou
njdischarge ol the duties of a public appoint
*,|ment, must be the aim of every high mind
g ed honotable mm, ami where the views am
njopinions of the person acting, is at varianc
1 1 1 with those of the person or persons unde
d;. whom he has to act, there is no alternativ
e (left without a violation us correct priociji'e
i-i but to withdraw from a set vice where its do
it, tie* cannot be conscientiously discharged.
1 ‘ My views of the Treaty ol 1833, «nd o
the general tenor of the instructions of th
j M ai Department to the superiutendant was
* i that it was the indention of the Govern
-'ineiit to exchange !aod« West of the Mis
"Uissippi wiih the emigrants, for the land
'' they aband ned on the East side of tha
e river, and that the emigrant should sustan
•’| no i'jury whatever by me remoya ;it wa
"jalso the intention of the Government, tha
* |he should receive a tair iquivalen’ to
e all (he improvements which added r<*a
°;valoe to tiie land, that was his bona fil
djproperty at the time he enrolled. I ti.uj
i I however, that the emigrants after enrollin:
i» t anj signing a reduquisbrneut of the«r im
• have been allowed to purchase i
I other#, in any part of the couu'ry, of white* 1 ,
t, well as Indians, and have their value t»
ijaesssd in like manner as 'h ise relinquished |
•at the time of their eorollmeot. liming re !
•jceived no such instiuc ions myself, I could*
? inot promise or grant privileges, which I was;
''not authorised to do, consequently those!
iwho were disposed to enroll naturally pre- !
i jierreil going where they could make the lies '
■ bargain. In one instance, a white man with|
- > la'go Indian family wa- suffered to put;
- his improvements into the hands of two oil
s his sons, who are minors, and which has]
i.been appraised for them, to the amount oil
i several thousand dollars, leaving the Father)
s. Mother, and the residue of the family, as uj
-part cl the Indian population of this coun
• ifiy, who will doob less in their present sit
u ition, u'limaUly be availed of this large
I sum id money from the Government.
Believing as before staled, that thu ob
, ject of tiie Govenurient was to do justice to
1 these pmr unfortunate people, by paying;
(them fairly f r what they abandoned, but that
; it never could have intended to counten
ance, much less encourage a shameful specu
lation upon its justice and liberality towaids
; them. I have telt it my duty to d-cline, and 1
' to give my reasons hu declining a service, I
| that can only be advantageously conducted II
hy a lull and hearty co-operation «l ac iunli
I and opinion of those engaged in it. If I p
, have misconceived the views and interests 1 !
t ot the Government, therefore the appoint- I
t uient of some oilier person will only add
i efficiency to the couise now adopted.
)| I have the honor to remain dear
i sir, very respectfully your ob’t.
I I faArvn nl
’ REUBEN THORNTON,
l The II om. Lewis Cass,
, Secretary of War.
»
i[ Department of War, March 5, 1832,
j Sir —l have received your letter of the
ult. resigning your appointment as an
j enrolling agent, 1 agree with you fully in
your view of the inexpediency of peiiiiitting
the Indians, who have enrolled for emigia
,ti on, to remain in the country. The great
object of the Government will be lost by
such a practice , and this was one of the
.rea ons which induced the President to de
r jclirie acceediog to the proposition to pay the
emigrant# the value of their improvements
( . brloie their removal; well knowing, that af
ter the money was paid, there would be lit
(1 tie security foe. their compliance with their
I engagements. The opinion of the Depart
'nienthas • I ready been given upon this sub
e jecl, and I was not aware till I received
your letter, that it had been violated in a
single instance. 1 shall nut fail to correct
th<- error, ana to direct that all such per
sons he removed liereaher. What has been
done is of sufficient importance to require
investigation, and I shah therefore cause to
be transmit ed to Mr. Curry a copy of your
letler, and to request of him the reasons,
why a course prohibited by thu Department
has been pursued.
No such appraisement of several thou
sand dollars for a single improvement has
i been received here.
1 am air, respectfully your
1 obedient servant,
LEWIS CASS.
1 Rkubtn Thornton, Eq.
Vann’s Ferry. Had county, Geo.
Vann’s Ferry, April 2, 183&.
I had ‘he honor of receiving your letter
ot the stii ult. by the last mail, in reply to
u mine of February 10th, resigning my ap
’ pniniment as enrolling agent.
’ I most sincerely regret that my commu
nication lias been the means of enquiring
e |into the conductof any other person, smy I
sole object in making it, was self justified- ,
j tion in the coarse which it appealed to me
..right and proper to pursue under the cir-|
,1 cumstances.— However, as you have iho’t
)( proper to inves iga e the mat er, justice to*
e myself requires that 1 should bo more ex
t plicit than I was in my las' letter, both l
tl with a view of preventing a misconception 1
(I ot the lac s connected with the whole bu
ie sinesg, as we 1 us attnbaiing improper nt••-*
„ lives to myself from any quarter tor muk
u. ing a communication of them. Uphn fur-
I thcr and maturer reflection also, as a ci'i
l‘ /. n of Georgia (unconnected with the Go
v vernment as an agent,) I consider it an in
enmbent duty I owe to my State, to submit
■d *5 vemment for iis consideration,
J;> all the circumstances which in my opinion
i will injuriously operate against a cause, in
j the success of which he State is so vitally
|t j interested. Those reasons added to the
, e importance of the subject, 1 hope will be
Br deemed a sufficient «■ p.»l >gy tor my troub
ling you a second time unsolicited.
t rc » c , .
C) Inn mi the ci nclu.dou of your letter this
u .-reiuark ;*• Ni such pp>aismeut of sevoiid
,t o ‘and dollars has bee i receive i here.”
/ * " two persons al.uded to in my letter,
connected with those, improvements, arebv
the name ol W Ilium and Gcoige H ima"
■ minor sons of Ambrose Ha.nsge, Fhe el
tier ol those boys may possibly be of age, «r
I nearly so, (n ugu from hebef i inform tion
| 1 have he i» not, — he other i« quite a small
lad— The pro| erty originally belonging to
lll jlhe F ‘flier, was transfer! ert to
jlhrir Fa her and Mother, and w„* apprais
• ed to a «um amounting in the whole to
" jabmt four thousand do'larg. Improvements
‘ purchased iu toe nara sot 'hose hoys in
"j various parts of the counUy, and paid fur
jjhy the Father, for the express pu pose ot
*-j receiving payment from the G vernment
'Mor them, have also bean appraised to the
amount of six thousand dollars ar upwards.
As I received my information from one of
he appraisers, lespectmg the amount ol
obese appraisments, 1 expect the returns ol
jalj of them have been received at the Deport
■inent before this. To facilitate the enroll
jing cause, at the suggestion of the enrolling
[agents, the legislate of Georgia passed a
[law authorizing the emigrant to turn his tin
Iprovement over to any ci.iaen of Georgia for
jone year J under this law, An.brose Damage
j the Father, is now enjoying the benefits aris
ing from the possession of this property the
Iprisent year, and with the residue ot his
I Indian family, firmly located in the country
|without any inducement hereafter to re
|move, -having already received from (he
Government through this finesse all that he
can receive, unices a similar game is played
by the enrollment of another child, which
will doubtless be the case if permitted.
Another instance that came under my
own knowledge, occurred between an emi
grant by the name of George Paris, a young
unmarried man, and & man by the name ol
Langley, who is uncle to the youth ; alter
Pans enrolled he received a transfer Irom
Langley lot a part of ins improvements,
which ho was to have Valued for Langley’s
(benefit having all ovsr n stipulated sum tor
lumself, which I wan informed by the young
(man, amounted only to‘thirty dollars. Un-
an order fiotn the Department authoriz
ing the assumption of the debts < {emigrants
by the superiutendanl, the purchase aioney
lor this improvement was secured to Lang
ley, thus making it absolutely obvious that
through inis practice, the Government is
absolutely affording the means which are
employed against the accomplishment of the
great object it his in view-—the removal of
the Indians by enrollment.
These two cases are particular’y mention
ed because I am familiar with them, and
because they present a fair comment upon
the gen-jral management of the removal of
ihe Indiana by enrollment, from which I
thought proper to dissent by resigning my
appointment as enrolling agent. The effect
of this practice was very apparent to me,
and 1 think must be so to every person who
exercises a moment’s reflection upon-'the
subject. The great inducement to the In
dians to enroll, was the certainty of receiv
ing lull value for their property, which they
. might by an obstinate resistance against the
liberal overtures of the Government ulti
mately lose.
Such was the leading effective argument
used by myself to them on the subject as
enrolling agent ;but as soon as the door was
opened, through which they could leceive
payment for the whole or any part of thin
improvements by transferring them to others,
this argument was destroyed, and many
have, and will (if the practice is continued)
avail themselves of this mode of aeceiving
payment for their improvements, and quiet
ly wait the issue of the struggle between the
Indians and the State. The only ohji ct
gained by the toleration of this pracuce,
was the strong inducement held out hy it to
such as wero disposed to specuh 'c on the
Government, to enroll immediately ; but
when it is taken into consideration, that by
the enrollment ofene person or family, un
der this privilege, the inducement to ten,
twenty, or thirty other families to enroll
maybe totally destroyed,—-i contend that
the good effects of the former, is more than
counterbalanced by the evils produced in the
case—particularly when this obvious fact is
taken into view—that companies may form
to any extent; appoint an agent among
themselves, and they, through him, receive
payment fur all their improvements, remain
ing themselves in the country to make
others, and thus continue their unwarran
ted speculations on the Government. B< liev
ing then, as Ido now, that the gieat object
{of the Government, (as well as the true in
Merest of the State) was to effect the removal
[of the Indians, and not to obtain possession
of the country, with an Indian population
forever fixed upon the State, a result ot all
others connected with their situation the mos
to be deplored, both as regards 'He Indians
and (he State, and by no means lessened in
its ill consequences, because brought about
by the purchase of their improvements, it
appears tome under every view that I can
take of this important subject, that para
■ mount obligations as a citizen of Georgia, as
well as the firm conviction that the true
happiness of the Indians depends mainly
1 upon g separation from the States, pointed
> out to me the propriety of adopting the
1 course I did, in tendei mg to the Department
'lmy appointment as enrolling agent, and
b ulging then, as wall as now, my views upon
subject, that settled principles of action
1 may be adopted, and persons appointed,
among whom there will be no disagreeraenl
jof pinion in Ihe manner of discharging
s then duties. I ha\e the honor to remain sit
1 very respectfully, your obedient servant.
REUBEN THORNTON,
•> The Hon, Lewis Cass,
y Secretary of War,
FROM THE NATION A I. INTELLIGENCER.
r —he Mecklenburg (iV. C.) Resolution oi
" May 19, 1775.
1 ,0a the 30fh of April, 1818. the Raleig!
" Register published the Resolutions (whicl
' jtavc since been called a Declaration of In
dependence) mad? by a Committee consist
ing of two Delegates from each Militia
* Company in Mecklenburg County, Nortl
0 Carolina, which assembled in L'hario'te
r May J 9. 1775, “ to devise ways and mean
1 “ to aid and assist their suffering brethrei
I" in Bos on ; and also generally to adi p
e " measures to extricate themselves from tin
I,
• “impending storm, and to secure,
f " paired, their inalienable tights, privileges,
f “ acd liberties, from the dominant grasp of
f “ Bn’.ish imjiodtioo ami 'yranny.”
The publication of the Proceedings and
Resolutions of ibis inepti g, in the Ra'eigh
g ft', g’ster of April SO, 1818 p-oduced ill®
a fnllowing rema'ks in the K-s«x R gis'er 3
" The Mecklenburg Resolutions. as copied
r “ from be Raleigh Register, have not had
r “ universal credit. It is *u.prising that »he
- “ have been so long unknown. Though the
t 1 “ publisher says they res’, upon high author
» “ rOy, (he, public would be pleaded to kn< vj
) “ more about them. If they are forgeries,
‘they are highly criminal, and we sgie®
• “ that fictions of this kind, five-and-fitrtjr
’ “ years after the pretended f»c.t, ought to bn?
I “discountenanced by every man of honorj
i “and this in particular ougt .»o be hunted
" from 'he dark cavern in which it origii ated,
! “ The more ingenious the invention, the
• “ more detestable.”
’ *^ e e^’*or E-sex Regis-
I t|r, aht| the public, that the papers wer«
' yWmM, the < ditor of the Rale gh Register
i published a Letter from Wm, It. Alt lander,
. dated February 7, 18)9, to Mr. Macon thee
• a Senator in Congress, and a ( ertifn atr of
J McKnitf, on the subject, the publication
1 of which drew from Mr. Jefferson a letter
• to Ex President John Adams, discrediting
■ and ridiculing the whole affair. There th»
1 matter appears to have rested.
1 As it is possible that all doubts may not
have been removed by the proofs submitted
in support of the authenticity cf the papers,
1 any additional and confirmatory evidence,
' of a character to settle the question, must
- be desirable. The following extracts (which
f has been furnished to us by Mr. Force,
of this city, who has been for several yearu
collecting, and now possesses, a large and
I valuable stock of ante-revolutionary papers,
i illustrating the causes which led to that
f event) is offered for that purpose. It is
! from a Proclamation of the Royal Governor
f of the then colony of North Carolina, who
1 had tied from his government, and taken
. refuge on board one of he King’s ships, in
0 which he denounces in very indignant terms,
e all the proceedings of the Continental Con
• gress, and of the People, tending to promote
■ the liberties of America.
y It may not be improper to add here, thaft
e North Carolina was the fust colony that in
• slrucled their delegates in the Congress to
vote for a Declaration of Independence.
t The instruction bears da'e, April 12, 1776,
8 and was laid before Congress, May 27 th<3
» same day. but before the Viiginiu Hcaolu
t linns of May 16, were presented.
1 Extract from a Proclamation of Josiais
M artin, Hoynl Governor of North■ Caro
i Una, dated “on board of his Alt jtsty's
) •• ship Cruiser , in Cape Fear riv r, ibis'
i “8 71 day of Jiua. anno domini, 1775 ”
“ And whereas, I have also seen a most
e infamous publication in the Cape Fear Mer»
l cury, ini porting to be a get of Resolves of a
. set of People, styling themselves a Commit-
J tee fur ihe County of Mecklenbargh, most
f traitorously declaring the entire dissolution
t of the Laws, Government, and Constitu
r tion of this country, and setting up a system
■ ( of rule and regulation, repugnant to the laws,
, and subversive of his Mejesty’s Govern
-1 meat ”~ltenumbrancer vol. 2. p. 166, pui
t lishedby J. Jllmon, London, 1776,
: The ci izens cf Montgomery, Albania
» have held a public meeting, and sd >.
t number of resolutions, expressive oft ... . ; r
; advantages to be derived by that tor
■ other sections of their State, from a .net
• tion of communication between Mo l .-.me
t ry ami the Chattahoochee, at. Co ! •• : n'-.
-It appears that the Messrs. Nichol
tlemen said to be eminently qualif u
t their scientific attainments, are s' j„
make a survey under the instruction
I pantes formed in Alabama and Te
i for the route of a Rail Road, to cm
J communication between the Alab.
1 Tennessee rivers, it is proposed i-.-it
route be located on the East aid
s Coosa river, and that some twen
i thiily miles from Montgomery, f
i then diverge off to the Chattahoo
' company is proposentobe formed
j gomery, in connexion with the r
already formed, to construct this
s steps have already been taken
e survey made by the Messrs. N
that purpose.
:1 T'hus we see, while the trade o -t i
eis likely, in a few months, on o •
t be diverted by the Charleston Rf
il Augusta, from its natural chanc
nprincipal sea port, on another o
n atively infant sister State, Alaba
I, ing an effort to take the lead of >t 1
it side, and will, should not the e
g citizens be awakened to their tr
r soon destroy our principal mar
commercial prosperity.,
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A fair fashionable, lately uni
the most dashing dandies of th
causa to complain of negleclf
the bride groom replied, “ H
/liny dear, lam like'he prodt
iwill reform by-snd by.” And
h the spirited Initle, “ wi;l als
■h prodigal son” “ In what mam
“ I will arise and go unromy
r-,left the house the s-nie inorni
a j —(#Oca—•
h( A sailor was la'ely at a ci
J. m Button, the paison tbse
is looked rather serious a?ked I
n any “ change P” The sailor
>t iu his pocket, and said, he w .
‘8 but he had uol one cent.