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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1831)
Mr. Branch. I forwarded a copy of Col. Johnson's letter. From -Mr. Brunch I hive received no reply—owing, as 1 Suppose, to his absence from home. Colonel It. M. Joaneon to Messrs. BrrrUn nnJ / ighun Great Croesinc*, 3i'lh June, 1831. Gcn'lemen: The Telegraph has alluded lo s- me c uum'iUiCilim iu.ule l iyun by a member of authorized bv '.lie President—Hie s bstaune of winch is. that the President wished t * roeico a social intercourse between your fa-n --ilics ana Mrs Eaton I see the Globe denies it. I have tho ghl it barely possible that the al u ■si .11 could be made to me, because if I had ever communicated such an idea, I should have done the most palpable, gross, and wanton injustice to the President; for he discJaimoa on all occa sions. env right, or desire, or intention, to regn late tin* piivute or social intercourse of liiscabi net. The President had been induced to bc ii ve that a part of his cabinet had entered into n deep laul scheme to drive Major Eaton from his cabinet, and of this he complained. I did not believe it, and, as the mutual friend of ail conccmed. / proposed that I should have the op portunity to converse with that portion of h s cabinet bef.re he had an interview with them, and he acquiesced—and the interview- which I had with von, resulted, as I understood, in a better understanding, and in fact I considered it a reconciliation Whatever came from me, up on the subject of a social intercourse, was the suggestions of mi/ solicitude to restore harmony a mug friends My object was peace i,V friend ship l have never considered myself at liberty to say any thing about this interview except to a discreet and confidential friend. I certainly should not think any of Ihe parties justified in representing for publication or newspapers, what any of the other parties said, without submit ting such statement for mutual xammation; for the plain reason that such convcisations are so easily misunderstood I may well remember what 1 have said myself, but may not so easily Jopresen' what you have said, or intended to say. 1 have not myself seen the necessity or propriety of any allusion in the newspapers, to our interview, which was among intimate and bosom friends, where the conversation was free and unreserved, an I for the object of peace and friendship But if anv should consider it n.ices snrv, then the great object should be, to state tiio con versa’i n correctly; for there can be i.o motive to rnisnndor-tand the facts. For fear that allusion should have been made to myself, as the member of Congress, and beli- ving it bardy possible that l may have been misunder stood on the particular point alluded to, 1 have felt it my duty and due to that perfect friend ship uwich has cvei existed between us, to m ike known these views, that the proper cor rection may be made, as a misunderstanding, with ut the necessity of any formal publication from either f us. and without even a disclosure as to what member of congress allusion was made Sincerely and truly your friend, RICHARD M. JOHNSON. Messrs. Inoha* »V Berrien, vit of Washington. The absence of Governor Rranch has boon the only cause why this letter was not also ad dressed to him. Mr. Berrien to Cot Johnson. Washington, 7th July, 1831. Dear Sir:--Yoursof the 30th ult addressed jointly t<> Mr. I ogham and mvself has been duly received I have rioted t our view of the occur rence to which it refeis, with a perfect disposi tion to meet y u in the s >iiil of frankues. and of good feeling, which is expressed in your let ter. It is an evidence of my reluctance to en gage in controversy, that I have abstained from going before the public, notwithstanding Ilie multiplied misrepresentations with which 'he newspapers are tcoining I still desire to avoid this necessity—but as circumstances beyond rnv Control may render it indispensable. 1 acquiesce with loss reluctance, in the interchange of re collections which you propose lan to speak of what oc urred at the inter view which took piano between you, Messrs Branch and Ingham, and myself, at rny house You had as 1 after wards understood, held previ eus conversations on the same subject with one or both of tho-e gentlemen, but I was perfectly unprepared for the interview, until the moment when you announced its object at my hou-e The impression made by your annunciation was such as n-1 to be easily elf teed from my memo ry You began by expressing the friendly re gyfj which you fel fir those gentlemen and my self, and by stating that this was the motive for your interference You told us that an impress ion had been made upon the mind of the Presi dent that a combination existed between Messrs. Ingham, and Branch, and iriyscif, to exclude Mrs. Eu n from the society of Washington— that he was excited by this representation, con sul-ring it as an attempt to wound him through Major Eaton —that the President had seen with pain ho want of harmony among the members of hts Cabinet —that he was determined to have 'harmony, and that his determination would be announced lo us in tho course o tho week. You added that you had in the mean time sought this interview with the approbation of tho Prcs- ident, frimi motives of regard for all parties You mentioned. as circumstances which liad contributed to produce this impression on the mind of the President, that Vie srs B.anch, and Ingham, and myself, had successively giv enlarge parties to which Vlrs K. had not been in tied -and while vou disclaimed any disposi tion on bis part to require an intimacy between our fa nili-s and that of Major Eaton, you added that lie would in future expect that at least on such occasions as that to which you had reterr ed, (that i; to say, when large or general parties were given.) that Mrs. E should he invited. I replied to you that not having been previously advised of the intention to mid this interview having had no conference with the other gentle men 1 must bo considered solely responsible for what 1 was about to say. 1 then observed that I would not per mit the President or any oilier :nan to regulate the social intercourse of myself or family—and that if such a requisition was por seveied in i would retire from ofHoo Y>u ex pressed your regret at the terms of thi< answer —and I remarked that it was indifferent to me in what terms it vat conveyed provided the sub stance war retained—b it that from this 1 would not depart. I understood you to disclaim any intention on the part of the President toyeq lire an i itimile iuterc misc between the families of Messrs Blanch, anil Ingham, and invselt, and that of Maj ir Eaton, hut to express With equal clearne-s lu< expectation that when we gave large or gen -ral parties Mrs. i‘,. should be invi ted—and ii was mv puroo e to denv altogether his right to interfere in this matter. The re plies of the nth r gentlemen were, arc .rding to inv recollection, substantially the same—but I shall eucln-u copies of your letter to them, and leave them ti speak fir themselves. The impression which this conversation made upon mv m;nd is clear and distinct; and it is not probable that u could have liecn effaced from my memory M own disposition was instant ly to osign my office In consenting t . retain »*. I welded to the opinions of th sc in w iinse judgn. ni I had confidence, and t * my sense o| wliil im os. to the ml reds of Georgia, al 4hat particular juncture Mv r «.no ibrnice ot this conversation is more iv r c iifirmed by » recode.;lion of what ■oca irre.l on my *lweq icnt —tcrview with the Pr-sident, in which a paitiettla* . rc tee was in ilnto n Wh in lie spoke o ae . h■’ icon Mes r* lugha.ii and Brahe h am >v ., s If. i' xetud • Ir.- B f' Ml society, I e|a. i|e4 as natter ..fright, to know the name* of thc perenns hi whom such a repres ut ition h ui lewn made He said the impression had been dsn vctl from *hc various runucs which had reached him; spoke of the parties which had been given by those gentlemen and myself, to which .Mrs. E: had not licen invited— and added that tho re ports against her were foul calumnies. I rcman strated against iu.s having adopted an opinion dishonorable to any member of bis cabinet on mere rumor, but expressly declined to discuss the question of the truth or falsehood of the re ports to which he had referred —telling hun that without unde.-iking to decide whether they were true or false, it was my purpose merely to conform to tf»o general sense of the comma nily of which 1 had become a member; and that I could not be induced to change that determina tion The decision of the President not to pur sue this matter further, I understood a* the time to iiavc been produced by the representations of some of his most intimate peieona! friends. Such is iny understanding of the conversa tion teferred to in your letter 1 look to it as the origin and c mliuuing cause of the distrac tion of the party, which has thus lost the meat s of Joing much good which it might have effect ed. But lam not desirous to bruit it to tin world. If, without imputing to me the alleged want of harmony in the cabinet, me retirement is placed on the ground of the President s mere will, so far as I am concerned, it swell. I do not dispute his tight to exercise that as lie thinks til. but, for the sake of my children, I will not submit to tho continued misrepresentations of the public journals. Thebes' legacy I have to bequeat h them is tho untarnished reputation of their father. I can easily eonecive, also, that a state of things may exist, in which a sense ofdn ty to the public will co ipol me to speak. But 1 hope such an emergency will not arise. 1 ought perhaps to add, that I have already stated to .Major Eaton the substance of this, so far as it was necessary to answer a ealL which lie made upon ine to avow or dsiavow the state ment in the Telegraph, that iny family had re fused to associate with Ins. It was not neces sary, ho \ ever to mention your name, and it was consequently not mentioned 1 spoke of the interview as having been had with -a gen tleman who represented himself as acting, and who I doubt not did act under the authority of t.e President ” Having now replied to your letter, 1 will only- add, that, should our recollec tions diffor, 1 shall regret it. But that i have taken great care not to put down any thing which is not distinctly impressed upon mine. 1 am, dear sir, respectfully, yours, JN. M \CPHERSON BERRIEN Hon. R M Johnson. Mr. Ingham to Col. Johnson Ne v Hope. July IS, 1831 Dear Sir: I have received a copy ofyourlet tcr of the 30th ult. to Mr Berrien and myself, forwarded by him from Washington, relatimr to an allegation made in the n -yvspapers, that Gen Jackson had required, through a member of Congress of Messrs Branc , Berrien, and my self, that our families should associate with Mrs Eaton 1 had also noticed the publication in the Telegraph to which you refer, and another of the same import m a Yew York paper of an ear lier date, and supposing it probable, in the exis ting state of the public mind, that the discuss ion tvould take such a range as to involve all tlie i parties to that transaction in the necessity of making explanations, I had commenced tlie pre paration o' copies of a statement of the conver sation which you have referred to; as well as that between you and me, as that between Gon. Jackson and myself on tlie sain- subject, inten ding, as soon as they could be completed, to send one to him and another to yourself. Upon the receipt of your letter, f immediately wrote vo an te, expressing an intention to wait for J tho further comparison of our recollections he- i fore I made any determination as to the dtsposi- | tinn of rny statement. But two articles in the ! Globe of the 1 Ith inst which you have no doubt | seen, reached me -lefore inv letter was ma led. j and arre ted its progress. These articles, as i fir as they relate to this subject, bear on ihetr face the evidence of having been authorized by (iencra! Jackson and yourself, and leave menu choice as to the publication of my statement The article which I supposed to have been au thorized by you, snow- that you have also ta ken a different view of this natter since your letter to me before referred to was written I could not otherwise reconcile your remon strance against a publication of what you then deemed a confidential conversation, with the au thority alleged by the Gloie to publish your de nial of the statement alluded to; at least with out a previous interchange of recollections be tween all the parties concerned Ido not, how ever, concur with you in the opinion that there ever was any obligation of secrecy imposed on ine, or those associated with me, to bo implied from the friendly character of the conversation referred to The communication made to me by you that my continuance in office would depend upon the consent of my family to visit .rs Ea ton and invite her to their large parties, I con sidered at the tune, though not so intended by you, as in its nature offensive. It could not, therefore cany with it the confidential obltga t.on which belong- to the usual intercourse of friendship 1 regarded the proposition as woun ding to inv feelings, and had determined lo re sign my office even aller you informed me that Gen Jackson had changed his ground, from which I was only dissuaded by the earnest re monstrances of the friends I consulted who ur ged, among other considerations that although iny personal respect for the President might be impaired, iny services in the Department were for the country, and while it was faithfully set v ed. I could not be unfaithful to the Administra tion. A proposition thus disposed of could be regaidedas any thing rather than imposing an obligation of Iricndlv confidence But 1 find an additional reason for publication growing out of your letter; its apparent disagreement fiom iny ! statement, and its admonitory suggestions could m.t fail, whenever the whole matter shall be ! brought out, which is inevitable in the p csent state of the public mind, t expose ine to the imputation of having sh-unk from doing what duty to my own character, if not to the country, sec ned to demand. I cannot therefore accord ir> your desire that no publication shall Ire made, a nv more than I can in the views of the obliga tion of secrecy which you have suggested I would prefer, however, to accompany the publi cation with that of vour letter of the 3uth ulti iiio, hut not having received any intimation of Vour wish on that subject, it will require some deliberation to determine what is Hirst proper to be done in this particular 1 can assure you that ’.ltis determination will he exclusively gov emed by a desire to do what, und* r all Circum s ances, may appear most likely to meet your own wishes have now only t> add that in m iking the statements of these e mversations, f a ive relied not merely on the indelhbic impres sions made on my memory, hut on memoranda put on paper at the time I have not the slight est recollection or any note of your liar mg adver ted to any fact or circumstance alleged by Gen eral Jackson or yourself, as evidence of unkind feeling for. much less hostility to, or a conspi racy against Major Eaton on the part of Mr. Branch. Mr Berrien, or my,eif. or of any want ofhar rionv in the Cabinet ether than the sim ple and isolated fact, that our families did not visit \lrs Eaton and invite her to their parlies Nor have I any note r recollection of any nro position made by you to me individually,or joint ly with the other gentlemen as a ..cans of rc moving the alie ed difficulties. other loan that oji families should visit Mrs. Eat m. and invite her to their large parties, | cannot but persuade myself that my statement will cail to mind mat ters which mar hive escaped your recollection, | and satisfy your judgment that whatever mat j nave been tlie natnr- of our instructions I ! could not have understood dilf-rentl, from what ,< have. * 'v<- the honor to be, verv respectfully you r .j * U INGHAM | llu “ oM. Jou.aoe | Mr. INo ham's Statement, a copy of which teas enclosed in his letter to Col. Joh.Y so.v. On Wednesday, the 27th of January' 1831, Col. Johnson of Kentucky, waited , °tt me in the Treasury Department, and I after some preliminary conversation, in which he expressed Ins great regret that t iny family, and that of Mr. Branch and Mr. Berrien, did not visit Mrs. Eaton, he j said that it had been a subject of great j excitement with the President, who had ! come to the determination of having har | mony in Itis Cabinet by some accommo | datiou of this matter. He, Col Johnson, was the friead of tis all, and had now | come at the request of the president to see whether any thing could be dons; who thought that when our Ladies gave par ties they ought to invite Mrs. Eaton, and as they had never returned her call, if they would leave the first card, and open a formal intercourse in that way, the pre sident would he satisfied, but unless some thing was done of this nature, he had no doubt, indeed he knew, that tlie president i Wits resolved to have harmony, and would 1 probably remove Mr. Branch, Mr. Ber rien, and myself. I replied to Col. John son, that in all matters of official business, or having any connection therewith, 1 considered myself bound to maintain an open, frank, and harmonious intercourse with the gentlemen 1 was associated with. That the President had a right to expect the exertion of my best faculties, and the employment of my time, in the public ser ! vice. As to the family of Mr. Eaton, 1 felt an obligation on me not to say any thing to aggravate the difficulties which he labored under, but to observe total si lence and neutrality in relation to the re ports about his wife, and to inculcate the same coarse as to rnv family, and if any other representations had been made to the President they were false. Having prescribed to myself this rule, and always acted upon it, I had done till that the pre sident had a right to expect. That the society of Washington was liberally or- j ganized; there was but one circle, into which every person of respectable char acter disposed to he social was readily ad mitted, without reference to the circum stance of birth, fortune, or station which \ operated in many other places. That we ' had no right to exert ofiieial power to reg- j ulatc its social intercourse. That Mrs. Eaton had never been received by the so ciety here, and it did not become us to force her upon it; that my family had therefore not associated with her, and they had done so with my approbation, and that the President ought not, for the sake ot Itis own character, to interfere in such matters. But if he chose to exert his jMiwcr to force my family to visit any body they did not choose to visit, he was interfering with that which belonged to me, and no human power should regulate the social intercourse of my family, by means of official or any other power which I could resist. If I could submit to such control I should he unworthy of nty sta tion, and would despise myself. That it was eminently due to the character of the President to have it known that he did not interfere in such matters, and that the course we had pursued was preservative of his honor and political standing. I had taken my ground on mature reflec tion, as to what was due to my family, to my friends, and to the Administration, without any prejudice against Major Ea ton or his wife, and had fully determined not to change it, whatever might be the consequence. Col. J. said that he had been requested by the President to have a conversation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Attorney General also; but, from what I had said, he supposed it would be of no avail. The president had expressed a hope thnt our families would have been willing to invite Mrs. Eaion to their large parties, to give the appearance of an os tensible intercourse, adding that he was so much excited that he was like a roar ing lion. He had heard that the lady of a foreign minister had joined in the con spiracy against Mrs. Eaton, and he had sworn that he would send her and her hus band home if he could not put an end to such doings. I replied,that it could hard ly be possible that the president contem plated such a step. Col. J. replied, that he certainly did; and again remarked that it seemed to be useless for him to see Mr. Branch and Mr. Berrien. I told him that each of us had taken our course, upon our own views of propriety, without con cert; and that he ought not to consider tne as answering for any but myself, lie then proposed that I should meet him at Mr. Branch’s, and invite Mr. Berrien, that evening at 7 o’clock; w hich was a greed to. Col. J. came to mv house h hout 6, and we went tip to Mr. Berrien’s, having first sent for Mr. Branch. On our w «y to Mr. Berrien’s, Col. J. remarked that the President had informed him that he would invite .Mr. Branch, Mr. Berri en, and myself, to meet him on the next Friday, when he would inform us, in the presence of Dr. Ely, of his determination; and if w e did not agree to comply with his wishes, he would expect us to send in our resignations. Upon our arrival at Mr. Berrien’s, Col. J. renewed the sub ject m presence of him and Gov. Branch, and repeated substantially, though, I thought, rather more qualified, what he had said to me. He did not go so m ch into detail, nor do 1 recollect whether he mentioned the President’s remarks as to the l-idjr above mentioned and Dr. El v— those gentlemen will better recollect, Mr. Branch and Mr. Berrien replied, unequiv ocally as I had done, that they would never consent to have the social relations of their fannies controlled bv anv (tower whatever hut their own. Mr. B inch, Mr. Berrien, and myself, went the same evening to a party nt CoL Towson’s where a report was current that we were to be removed fortwitli, of which i had no doubt at the time. The next morning Col. J. came to tuy house, and said lie ! ought perhaps to have been more frank last evening, and told us positively that the President had finally determined on our removal from office, unless we agreed at once that our families should visit Mrs. 1 Eaton and invite her to their large parties; and that lie had made up Ins mind to de ' signate Mr. Dicksons to take charge of the Treasury Department, and Mr. Ken dall to take of the .Navy Department, and would find an Attorney General some where. I observed that my course was fixed, and could not he changed for all the offices in the President’s gift: and it made no more difference to me than to u ny other person whom the President de signated to take my place. In the eve ning of the same day. Col. J. called again, and informed me that he had just been with the President, who had drawn up a paper explanatory of what he had intended and expected of tis ; that some of his Tennes see friends had been with luin for several hours ; that his passion had subsided, and lie had entirely changed his ground : lie would not insist on our families visiting Mrs. Eaton; he only wished us to assist putting down the slanders against Iter: that he believed her inocent, and he thought our families ought to do what they could to sustain her, if they could not visit her; and that he wished to see me the next day. Col. J. added that the President had been exceedingly excited several days, but was now perfectly calm ami mild. The next day I waited on the President, and opened the subject by sta ting that Col. Johnson had informed me that he wished to see me ; to which he as sented, and went into a long argument to show how innocent a woman M rs. Eaton was, and how much she had been perse cuted, mentioned the names of a number ot ladies who had been active in this per secution, and that the lady of a foreign minister was also one of the conspirators ; adding that he would send her and her husband home, and teach him and his master that the wife of a member of his Cabinet was not to be thus treated ; that Mrs. E. was as pure and chaste as .Mrs. Donelsori’s infant daughter, hut there was a combination here among a number of ladies, not those of the Heads of Depart ments, to drive her out of society, and to drive her husband out of office; but he would be cut into inch pieces on the rack, before he would suffer him or his wife to be injured by their vile calumnies; that he was resolved to have harmony in his cabinet, and he wished us to join in put ting down the slanders against Mrs. Ea ton. 1 observed to the President, that I had never considered it incumbent on me to investigate the character of Mrs Eaton; such a service did not, in my judgment, come within the scope of my duties to the government; it belongs to society alone to determine such matters. The powei of the Administration could not change the opinion of the community, even if it could be properly used to control the re lations of domestic lifein any case. The society of Washington must be the best judges of whom it ought to receive. I re gretted the difficulties which Major Eaton labored under, and had felt it to he my duty not to aggravate them. I I tad in tended at an early day to have had a conversation with him on the subject, with a view to have our social relation de fined, but no opportunity had offered, without volunteering one. and it had not been done in that way. The course I had taken was, however, adopted with I great care, to save his feelings as much as ! possible, consistently with what was due to iny family, and the community with which we were associated. I considered the charge of my family to be a sacred trust, belonging exclusively to myself, as a member of society. The administra tion had nothing to do with it, more than w ith that of any other individual, and po litical power could not he properly exer ted over their social intercourse, and it was important to his reputation to have it understood that he did not interfere in such matters. That I was not aware of any want of harmony in the cabinet; I had not seen the slightest symtom of such a feeling in its deliberations, and I was perfectly certain that my official conduct had never been influenced in the slight est degree by a feeling of that nature.— I saw no ground therefore, for the least change on my part in this respect. To which the President replied, in a changed tone, that he had the most entire eonfi deuce in my integrity and capacity in ex ecuting the duties of the Department, and expressed his perfect satisfaction, in that respect, with my whole conduct; he had never supposed for a moment that my official acts had been influenced in the least degree by any unkind feelings to wards Maj. Eaton ; and he did not mean to insist on our families visiting Mrs. Ea ton;- He had been much excited, for I some time past, by the combination n j gainst her, and he w ished us to aid him i in putting down their slanders, adding : that she was excluded from most of the invitations to parties ; and, when invited, she was insulted ; that the lady of a fo reign minister before referred to had in- I suited her at Baron Krtidcner’s party.— I I remarked, that some injustice might be j done to that lady on that occasion; al | though she might not choose to associate with Mrs, Eaton, I did not think she in j tended to insult her ; she might have I supposed that there was come design, not altogether respectful in the offer of the attendance to supper of the •Secretary r»l War, whose wife she did not visit, instead of that of the Secretary of Stole, which, according to the usual rr.cticc she probably considered herself entitled to. She evidently thought her self aggrieved ut something, Let acted with much dignity on the occasion, i saw no appearance of insult offered to -Mrs. Eaton. He replied that he had been fully informed, and knew ail about it, and but for certain reasons which lie mentioned, he would have scut the foreign Minister before referred to, and his wife home immediately. After some further conversation on this and other matters, in which 1 considered the President as hav - ing entirely waived the demand made through Col. Johnson, that iny family must visit Mrs. Eaton, as the condition for my remaining in office, and in which he expresessed himself in terms of per sonal kindness towards me, I took my leave. He did not show me, or read, u ny paper on the subject.” The public will now, I think, be at no loss to determine upon the true state of the facts of this case. Mr. Ingham’s very full statement is taken from notes made at the time, and which were shown to me shortly after they were made. In repeated conversations w ith Mr. Branch our recollections wdre found to concur.- The transaction was of a nature calcula ted to awaken all my attention, and to fix itself indelibly upon my an mory. I claim no benefit, therefore, from any supposed imperfection of this faculty, and expect to believed, because l speak the truth. In relation to the statement that the pa per drawu up in the hand-writing of tho 1 resident was shown to me, the denial of which I must explicitly repeat, if charity is to perform her holy office in reconciling these conflicting assertions, it is much more easy to believe that the memory of the President may have failed on this occasion. He saw and conversed with va rious persons on this subject, and to rely upon his memory for the fact of having shown this paper to different indivicuals. hack of these individuals is required to speak for himself. The nature of the transaction was such that it could not have escaped the rccolectton of either of them. It was impossible if such a paper had been shovvm, not to have demanded, and to have persevered in the demand to have the names of the persons, on whose in formation the requisition was made. No one would have consented to have the conditions on which he should continue in office prescribed by him, on the ground ol a combination, the evidence of which rested on mere rumor. An inquiry must have been the consequence, and transac tion could not only not have been forgot ten by the parties, but would thus have become known to others. I would not myself have retained my office a moment after such a paper was exhibited to me.— I will not question the intention of the President to have shewn this paper to me, nor bis belief that he did so; but that lie did not do so, is certain. Those who know me will not doubt tbe sincerity of this declaration, andan impartial commu nity will, I trust, perceive no sufficient motive to he deduced, either from my character, or the circumstances of this transaction, for the belief of intentional misrepresentation on my part. At any rate, 1 have discharged my du ty, by bearing this testimony to the truth. 1 know- to what it subjects me; hut I rely upon the discernment and the integrity of my countrymen, and will abide the result. JOHN M ACPIIERSON BERRIEN. Washington , July 22, 1831. COLUMBUS Book, Statfowarw, & jFauci) STOK K, E. S. .XOKTO.X. 8 NFORMS the citizens and strangers *- visiting Columbus, that he has taken a Store ip IVlr George Hargraves new building, one door below Messrs.,Powers and Nafew, ou Broad Street, where he intends keeping a gen eral assortment of ! BOOKS, ST.ITJOX.II! Yfy F.IXCY GOODS. i On hand and for sale as above the following Books, Stationary, and Fancy articles, cheap for cash. 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