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    OFFICE OF TAE STA*, • -
CHAIRRERSBURO STREET, 'A
WEST OF FORRY'II•
ADVERTISEMENTS
Conspicuously inserted rout times for mut
DOLIJA per square--..overfour'times, TWZIITT•rIYt
cores per square will be charged.
Linf tiIq)LOMEaV altaCal.Lat - Mgio
At 112 per annum, hale•yearly In advance.
ui.uo ara"wpia,lutD.
sweelest /iuweri
From various gardens culi'd with care."
• 1 4 COULD NOT HELP 1T...N0, NOT' I."
- A plague upon the men, I sar4.. ;
Thty'll never leave poor girls alone,
Ever toazing, siezing night and day,
Till they have won us for their own:
And yet the women love the men,
'Tis surely folly to deny, .
For nine «ill answer out of ten,
"I could not helpit—no, not I."
I told - young William t'other day; - -- -
I never would become a bride,
But sure lie took another day, •
To tell, me truly that I . lied:
First with it kiss he stopped my breath,
And softly sa id, "'sweet creature why?"
And the' he squeezed me most to death,
"I could not help it—no, not I."
What do you think at last - I
said?
I never ' , hall thrgei, I swear!
I tell you plain i'll never wed.
Co tease me- now, sir, if you dare! .
But - oh! he kissed me so g egeet, •
And looked so charming in my eye,
I vowed in church tho youth to meet,
"I could not help it—no, not I."
IL.SillYi a!) WO o
EMff 7
The Ilermit of.:Viagara Falls.
The following partictilars of theliabitS and
death of FRANCIS AssorT, (says tliO Lockport.
Valance,) who for the last two years his lived in
a secluded and unhappy manner, on and near
the Islands at the . falls Of Niagara, were furnished .
us by the politeness of a gentleman residing at
that place.
In the afternoon of the 18th of June, 1829
a tall, well built andliandsotne - man, dress
ed in a long loose gown or cloak, of a cheer)...
lute color, was. seen passing through -thq
principal street of the village of Ni tgrti
Falls oroheAmerican side. Ile
der his am at roll of blankets; a filte;.o
__.port_folict,_arid_a_i_large book; in his 'right
hand he carried small stick. He advan
ced towards trie Eagle.. Hotel, attracting the
gaze of the visitors and others about the
by his eccentric, appearance. ' With
elastic step and animated Motion, he pass
ed the Hotel, heeded not the inquiring gaze
of the idle multitude, but erect and proudly
bent his course to the small and lowly inn
of. Ebenezer O'Kelly. He at once entered
into stipulations with the host, that the room
hevecupiad-satotitHseurOely his own; that
he should have his table to himself, and on
ly certain parts of his 'cooking should be
_done, hy Mrs. O'Kelly. He . made the usual_
inquiries as to the localities of the Falls,
• and wished to know if there was a library
or reading-room in the village. On being
informed that there was a library, he im
mediately •repaired to the individual by
whom it was kept, deposited three dollars
and took out a book ; purchased a violin,
sorrowed music books, informed the-libra
rian that his name was Francis -Abbott,
and at •he should remain a few days at
he Falls. He conversed with him on va
rious subjects, and his language was deliv
red with great ease. and ability. The
next aa he returned to the same person—
• oFxpat tated largely - upon the besTitifut - sre: .
ry of the Fulls—the grand views olthe cas
cades and cataracts, and cf that most sub
lime spectacle, the Falls themselves. lo
nevecr
-with-any thing:that would compare with it,
"on sublimity, except Mount /Etna...diming
eruption._ .11eatiid_he_should.remain. at
least a week; observing that-as-well might
-Seller-in--- two- i ne
-.he various moseums and curiosities of Fa.;
-to become acquitiatedwith-thespleri
lid scenery of Niagara in- the same space
of time. ' He' was informed that visitors at
The Falls frequently remained but a day
nr two, and he expressed his astonishment
that they should be so little interested in
the grand and. and beautiful works olpature
as a) spend oak so short a oeriod.
In a few ditya he . called again, and again
expritiatedirpOn _the beauties of. the Falls,
and said he had, concluded to ,remain a,
month at least and perhaps six Months;
a short time after this,-'he .cleterniiried to
- fix'his abode upon Goat or Irittishind, and
was desirous of erecting a rustic • hut, for
- the - purpose nfahstractiog himselrfrom, all
society, and becoming a- solitary hermit.
The proprietor of the Island did not think
proper to grant him the privilege of erect
ing a building for such a use, hut permitted
him to occupy a small room in the, only
bens° ott the Island. In this house:there
lived a family, who furnished him occaliiton.
ally With bread and milk. But he goner.
ally dispensed with these, proViding himself
with other articles, and always doing his
.own cooking. This was his- permanent
residence for about twenty months: Last
winter the family removed t and tirthese few
periene with, whom he held any cominuni
. cation, he expressed his great satiefaetiOn
of having-it in his power to live Mott , - Foi.
some months he seemed to enjoy hiMself
very' . much, until another family - entered
the
, house. : He then'conchided to erect ai
cgttag s e 'of 'his ,own, and -'ae he could not
it ;his -the ; Island ho detetmitseti ti.
'build it on the main Afoie`.. yut e'en&
about 80 rods.. from . the . main fall on-the
bull of the. rim:,. He l toectipled..it about
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DUCIT AMOR PA 7'RI ALERO_DESST_CIVIDUS- 4 Tffg-1101? ' 1 1 1 - aro - ADVA A Ti It.
On Friday, the 10th of June last, he
went twice to the river to bathe, and was
seen - to go the third time; at that time the
ferryman saw him in the water. It was a
bout two o'clock in the afternoon; the ferry
man did not see him return, and his clothes
were. observed where he had deposited
them; An examination was immediately
made, but his body coul4not he'discoveyed.
On the 2lst it was taken op at Fort Niagara
and on the next day it s was removed to, and
enterred decently at, the burial ground at
Niagara Falls.
--.-- - Thus has terminated - the career of the'
unfortunate FRANcts Atinorrlittle indeed
known to those near whom-he has spent the
last two years of his life. . Some gleanings
can alone-,be given. He was an English
gentleman, of a respectable family, of-high
ly cultivated mind and manners. He had
a - fiiiiiilied Education, was not only master
oldie kinguages and deeply read in the arts
and sciences, but possessed all 'the minor
accomplishments of the gentleman-c.)ll 6 quial powers in an eminent degree, and mu
sic and drawing in great perfection. Ma
ny years of his life had been-spent in tray ;
eiing. Ile had visited Egypt, and Palestine;
had traveled•throuuh Tin-key, Greece, Ita
ly, Spain, Portugal, and France, and had
-resided ft.ir - conside re hie periods 6r time in
Rome, Naples, and Paris. While at the
Falls; business brought him in contact with
some of the inhabitants; with a few of those
he woUld sometimes be sociable—to all oth
ers he was distant and reserved. At such
times his conversation-would be of the most
interesting kind, and his descriptiops of
people and countries were highly glowing
and unit-fluted. But at times, even with
those he woald hold no copversation, but
i.Aorningnicated his wißlies_on a slate, and
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lvotial request that nothing might be said to
' iff6-44illetimex for_ three_ - _or four--months
'together he would' go unshaved, often with
cT4r±-rifttorrhiw - h - ettdOliglielly enve trif - i4 - '
in a blanket—shunning alli . andseeking-the
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dee est solitu of Iris Island. He conipo-•
sed _much, and generally in Latin; but de
stroyed his compositions as fast almost as
he produced them. When his little cot was
examined, hopes were entertained that some
,manuscript or memorial might be found of
his own composition, but -ha had left noth
ing of the kind. His faithful dog guarded
his door, 'end . was with' difficulty per
suaded aside While it was opened. His.cat
occupied the place appropriated as his bed. , 1
His guitar, his violin, 'and flutes, and musi c
- banks, were scattered around in confusida.
There was-a port folio, and the leaves of a
large book; bat dot a word, not ev4i his
name was written in any of them.
• Many spots on Iris Island are/consecra
ted to the Memory of Francis,•A t bbott. On
the upper end' of the Island lie has estab,
lished his walk; and at one'Place it had be
come hard trod and well' beatua, like that
on which a sentinel performs his tour ofduity,
Between Iris Island and Moss Isle, there is
embopeued in seclusion and shade, one of
the most charmin' waterfalls or cascades
imaginable. 'ls us was his frivotite retreat
' iiittli i lig. ere he resorted at all seasons
of the Year. / In the coldest weather, even
when (here/vitas snow on the ground and ice
in the river, he 'continued to bathe in the
At the lower'extremity of the Island is a
bridge leadingg - trOvhat is-talle.d_the•Terra
. pin rocks; from• this_bridge extends a sin,
gte piece of timber some tweke or filkeen
..ket...ovar_the...4irecipice—On bridget-it
was his daily practice to walk; With a quick
-Step woulcl• ms the Itrid i ge,..ad wince.. on
the timber to the extrenfe point, turn
,quickly on histeel and walk back; and con
tinue thus to . walk for hours together.—
Sometimes he Would let himself down at
the end - of the timber,_ and hang under it
by his hands and feet, over the terrific pre
cipice for fifteen minutes at a time. , To
the enquiry why he would thus expose
himselfi.he would reply, that in crossing
the ocean he had frequently seen the sea
boy perform fair more perileus- acts, and as
.he should probably again pass the sea him.
eplf, he wished to inure himself. to such
dangers. If the nerves of others werecps
turbed, his were dd. In the wildest hours
of night, he was oftedfound walking alone,.
- and unfearing, t the most dangerous places
near,the dad at such times he would
shun approach, as if he had a dread of man.
He had a Stipend allowed him of about $5
a week.. He always attended to the state
of his accounts very carefully; was econo
mical in the expenditure.of money for his
- own immediate use; ,and was generoud 'in
:paying for ill favors. and services, never re
'ceiving any thing without making immelli•
ate paym e nt. He had n deep and abiding
sense of religindie duty and decorum; I's
mild in tiebehavior, an4l inoffensive in-his
conduct. Religion : was subject be well'
- understood and highly appreciated. The
charity he adjted from others, he e t xtentled
tiisall mankind. •
What; it will .he asked, - cotild have.broken
up iand destroyed , stieh.a,'.ininfl. Fiaticis
Abbott's? What could hove' . him
CramAlte society. he was so well qualified
to adorn-;and Whai.traneform him noble in
rson . sn'd in intille . a; into an isolated ati:
tibotiLtS, shunninitlis.aisOciation of his fel-
amatuolrehannia. recitairragaziar o Qatinalo G. azaa.
low men? The history of his misfortunes
is not known, and the cause of his unhappi
ness and seclusion, w_ ill- to - us
be - ever - a -mystery.
He was about twen-
ty-eight years,of age , at the time of his
death. He was perfectly infatuated with
the scenery of the Falls, and expressed him
self in - estacies with the romantic retreats
of Iris Island. •
A PASSIVE INNOCENT.:—.-YeSterday moin
ing, a youngiiHkie, named • Daniel, Linns,
was committed to tridewell from the watch
house,pn a charge of having attempted to
steal a quantity of pine-apples from on board
a sloop at Burling slip, on - Saturday night.
The prisoner's sleek black hair, well tanned
hatchet-shaped countenance, and golden ear
'rings, bespoke him as one "down east just
now." ' On being asked if he had any thing
to say to the charge, the prisoner replied that
he had. "Why squire," said he, "1 was just
a walkino-down to the river, and not think
rilg of noing,, When this ere man takes me
up to the watch."
Magistrate.—The complainant found you
on board.
Prisoner.—Why, yes, squire, as I stood
on the dock, some feller tluowed me in, right
on board.
111 a. g - istrate.—Aye; but you were found in
the hold of the sloop.
Prisoner.---Why, es, you see the feller
9hoved me right ov until I pitched right
full into the hold.
Magistrate.—What, was your reason for
attempting to remove the pine-apples?
At this question thelinoffending innocent
seemed rather confounded; he applied his
ring-adorned fourth. finger to his hair, and
after a short pause said, "You see squire,l
had nothing to do with it; circumstances—
yes squire, circumstances threw me into thi4
_herescrape—. As,.to“the_p ineples, - -jis
wanted to:find what the,thinas Were,_and so I
ji - St had one in myhaTiA,:: but had not nothin?
do-Lwith-stoalina!----As it appeared: the
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1" owner of the apple lay in the hold to protect
his property, and' observed the movements,
the magistrate committed him to BridewelL.
N. I: Courier.
Ho7ible and unnatural .111 u r der fr on I the
elect of Intemperance.—We are indebted
to a/gentleman of this city for the particulars
o a shocking murder coinmittednit Sunday
.f last week, in Naples, Ontario county.—
Paul B. Torrey,4 merchant of Naples, in a
_fit of_intoxiCation-on-Sunday ; - the -17th -- inst;
after cruelly beating his own son, (ten years
old,) with a large whip, tooklim by the legs
and dashed his head against the side of the
house with such violence as to break the
wall, and then beat the poor child's head lit-
erally to a jelly, with a boot jack ! The dead
body was discovered on Monday afternoon.
The murderer is in jail at Canandaigua.—
Torrey was , addicted to intemperance. His
wife, in consequence of bad tret .
driven from his house some time since. He
was a merchant, (and as we 'learn from a
house in this city with whom he dealt) in
good standing !. Alithis un It erable angtliSh-
comes from the detestable habit ofdrinkiag.
Albany paper.
TILE NAVARTNO.-I . :.'e Portsmouth Jou
Feu-t. the follOwing-acoident-whielt-hap
pelted to a good old lady who was conveying
homeward a fashionable Navarinci, enclosed
in a hatid-liox.
An uncetemonions-gust-of wind; nt an un
,..eypPf•tPd -moment, .-gave:a'suddea-turit•to-he •
thoughts—her highly prized lo box was wrest
. PSI . from..her _hands as.she .waspassingrthe
north side of the Parade-41nd assistedhy a
violent south wind, it commenced the tour of
Market street. • Its evolutions at first were
regular, and the pursuit of the owner nearly
corresponded in speed. Ere, long, however,
ther,•,ver separated—Ta few more rotations,
and the Islvarino in its beauty, with flying
ribbons, came forth-and.-all still rolled on
—the box, the cover, the bonnet,lhe elb4ons,
and the owner in pursuit of the Navarino.
"INDTAN EL(XWENCE.—The eloquence of
the North American Indian has never ap
peared to full advaita,m the interpreters
generally employed being ignorant and illit
erate persons--Theie is often no less inge
nuity than beauty in :heir ideas. One of the
settlers on our Western borders had used a
great deal of argumqit to an Indian, in order
to dissuade fain an, hostile expedition
on which he was abcut to set out. The fn.
dian listened with fixed attention, and - when.
his adviser had ceased, replied, that what he
had been saying seas undoubtedly extremely
just; &it chat his feelings and resentments '
were not thus to be reasoned away. ' - ' 4 4,lrour
arguments," said he,'are like good medicine,
which yet often fails of effect; the patient
takes it,-but the pulse *co/Waves high is the
' . ,
PA:mos.—The floecy clouds of morning
were now tinged with nature's richest ver
million; the sun was just lifting his:vadiant
fifinti above the stately trees of the forest; the
feathered handles °filature sang forth their,
eAveetes ls, and the univers°llali bor.
rowed the ro . -of,liay;!htn SAva, 'more
beautiful than , walked but to feed the
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IPalat'as4llo dv•
*Mr., Bcrrieii's address.
' (Concluded.]
WAsunvuioN, 23d June, .1831,
• SlR:—Your note of yesterday. was_receiv.
ed in the course of the,day,..• I was too much
indisposed, however, to reply .to it at the mo-
ment, and "do so noWthereiy to prevent Nils
concept ion.
• In your note, of the 18th inst. you called on
.ine to sanction or disavoW the statement,cori
tainedin a pablication in the telegraph of
that date. I could not recognize your right
to make this demand, but for the reasons
mentioned in my reply, I thought it proper to
state to you what! had done, in relation to
this matter. To do this w•as the only.. O.
ject of that note.
You are quite right, however, in believing
-that [had_ no 4gency in procuring the puly;.
lieation ofihe Statement- referred. to. And
adverting to the spirit of your last note, I
have no hesitation in thus confirming the
conviction which you have expressed.
I am, respectfully,
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To J. 11. EATON, Esq.
'ShOrily — ifter this, I re - ceiveaaleiter 'from
Col. Johnson, which, with my reply, I feel
myself bound now to give to the public.. .1
:have an/ctisly desired to delay .this until I
could.r ceive Col. Johnson's answer. Per
haps I. have waited long enough, for my re
ply, neonling-to the memorandum which I_
have of it, was dated on the 7th. instant.—
But it is not this circumstance winich has de
termined me. Col. Johnson has furnished
to the editor of the Globe a statement full or
otherwise, of what passed between Messrs.
Branch and Ingham and myself and himself
_on_ihe .occasion sa_oftert.__referred to-.. .Ex.,..
' tracts
,frem thisstatementare.u.settn:_dame_.
injustice': This-is:done, to besure r without
the authority of Col. Johnsen, but he his
furnished the means which are thus impro
porly!Used, and I have no alternative. but to
give the correspondence, or submit to con.'
:tinned misrepresentation. - I publish Colonel
Johnson's letter, as an act t)f. Justice to him,
that the public may be in full possession of
his statement. My reply follows; and after
this the letter and statement of Mr. Ingham;
to whom; as well as to Mr. Branch, I- for
warded a copy of Col. Johnson's letter.--
From Mr. Branch I have received no reply
—owing, as I suppse r ile___his absence-frorn-
home.
Col. R. M. Johnson to Messrs. Berrien and
Ingham.
GREAT CRossr:vG, 30th June, 1831.
Gentlemen:—The Telegraph has alluded
lo some communication made to you by a
member of Congress, authorised by the Pre
sident—the substance of which is, that the
President wished to coerce a sociaL inter
course between your families and 311 Is. Eaton
I see the Globe denies it. I have thought
it barely possible that the allusion could . be
made to me, because ialiasiever comniuu—
icated such an idea, I should- five done the
most palpable, gross, and wanton injustice to
the President; for he disclaimed, on all oc
elisions,. any right, or desire, or intention, to
. . . • • L __ 2 4- 1_
_iriterrom.:4o n
his Ca - binii.. IlieTresiiient hadbeen induc
ed to believe *that a part of his Cabinet had
entered into a deep laid scheme to drive,Maj.
Eaton fro - rn his Cabinet,..and of this he com
plained. I did not believe it and as the mu.
iiiirrrs. eiia - Oralliiineerned, I proposed that
I should have the opportunity to enuerse.
iiiith'that - po - itiOiiiilus Cebinet before he
had an interview with them and he acquies
ced—and the interview which I had with
you, reste.ted, as I uncle; stood, in, a better un-
derstanding, and in fact I considered it a re.
conciliation. Whatever came from me, up
on the subject of a social intercourse; was the
suggestions of my se/icier/de to resterebo.r
mo'ny ameng friends: My object was peace
and friendship. I have never condinered
Owl( at liberty to say any thing about this
interview except to a discreet and confiden
tial friend. I certain)V should nut think any
of the parties justified in' representing for
-publication or net*apers, what any of the
other parties said, , witheut.submitting such
statements for mutual examination; for the
plain reason that such conversations are so
easily misunderstood. I may well remember
what I have said anyself, but
,may not so
easily represent what you haVe said, or in-
tended to say. I have not myself seen the ne
cessity or propriety of any allusion in.news.
papers, to our interview, which was am - 64
intimate and bosom friends, where the con
versation was free and unreserved, and fOr
the object of.peace and friendship; But if
'any should - consider it necessary, then the
-.great - object should be, to state the conver
.,
satimilorrectly; for there can be no motive
to misunderstand the fitcts.• For fear that Al
lusion should have beerf - made to myself, as
the member of Congress, ate believing it
barely possible that I may have been Misun
derstood op the partictdar point alluded to, I'
have . fittlt it7tny duty, and due to that perfect
) fiiendship ivhich hasever existed,hetween us
to mike known these views, that the, proper
correction may be madti, as a misundirstand•
iug, without the ilecesiio , deny formal:pub
))Cation from either ofq,..ead without even a
VERais or_ THlSPAPtits , •••Tiiik
pit iTnnal—peyable 1 1.11 1 , 0 " ..
subeeriptions teken for lies.thaus ae,theoind
none discontinued until all arrealreges
unless at the option of . the Editors-sad nRAW*
to - notify a discontinuance win' be itunlitirrs tt
new engagement, and the paps; ibrerastitad seb.
cordingly.—
o twoatine(Oia I,Lik
*bolo, Iflaasber, 70.
disclosure as to what member of Coupes" al
lusion was made.
Sincere and - truly your friend,
ItICHARLI 111 - . JOIiNSON.
Messrs. TxcHAst & BEttittsuc t
City of Washington.
The absence G,o_yernor niunettLituaL
been the only case ulty this letter war not
so addressed to him. . • - • •
Mr. Berrien to ca. Johnson.' • •
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W A SRI NGTC IC ' 7th July, Le 6/ .
Dr.ka SIR:—Y ours oftlie 30th Ult. sedresk ..
sed jointly to Mr. Ingham and myself has
been duly received;l have noted your view or
the occurrence to„ which it refers, with' n
perfect disposition to meet you in the spirit
of frankness and of good fee iiirg, which is ex- -
pressed in your letter. It is atilividence of
my reluctance to engage in controversy, that
I have abstained from going before the pub.
li otwithstanding the Multiplied mierepre
s ions with which the- newepapers - ar - C - -
tee g. I will desire to ,avoid this Imes, _.
i i i
situ--but as circumstances beyond my con.
tro! may render it indispensable, I acquiesce
with the less relutance, in the interchange
of recollections which you propose.
I am to speak of what occurred at the int
terview- which naolLplace_baawn,
srs. Branch and Ingham. ; and myself,_ at my ,
house. You had, as I afterwards under. "- -
I stood, held, previous conversations on the
sane subject with one or both of these gen t
tlemen, but I was perfectly unprepared fib
the interview, until the moment when• You
announced its objectatmy house. The Ink
pres'sion made by your annunciation wassuch
as not to be easily effaced from my memory.
You begun by expressing the fiiendly regard
which you felt for those gentlemerrendW - -
self, and by stating that this was the 'Motive
for your interference. You told us that an
impression had been;matle-tivarrhe-mindof • -
-the President-that - treombitaitircee -- xiiiWW.'
tween Messrs. - Ingham, and Bt each, iind my-
self, to exclude Mts. Eaton from the soeletx
of Washingtop- m that he was excited by this
representation, considering anattempt
to wound him thiiitigh '4fajor Eaton- , that ,
the President had seen with pain the *Nit o f
harmony among the menibera of his Cabinet
—that he was determined to have . hannony #
and that his determination would.be waronsii
ced to us in the course of the week. ,___
You ndded that you bad in ihe mean tires
eought this interview with the approbation
of the President, from motives of regard 03r
all panacea: You mentioned, as circuinstan=
ces which -had contributed to produce thiii
impression on the mind of the President, that
Messrs. Branch, and Ingham, and myself„
had successively given large parties to which
Mrs. Eaton bad not been invited--end while
you disclaimed any disposition on his part to
require an intimacy between our families and
that of Major Eaton, you added, that he
would in future expect that at least on such cc ,
casions as that to which you had rekrred,
(pat is to say, when large or general parties
were given,) that Mrs. Eaton should be in. ,
vited. I replied to you that not having been
_pr,ieusl_adaised - efAire - ilittintion-ar - WiF
this, interview—having - hair no conference
with the other gentlemen, I must be considt
ered solely responsible for what-I was abinn
to say. I then observed_ that 1 . ...-- "
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pPrant-the-4 3 -residen
regulate the-social intercourse of myself or
family—and that if such a requisition - weft
psrsevereii in, I woilid tetirafrom--officev.
You expressed your regret at the terms of
.11.1..Lansweiand.-tionlarke&Alutti ß rae -- :
ditierent to me in whatierrusit ins conirep._
cd,_previded the _substance-wasleta---'-'
but that from this .I would nbt deptirt.' I .
undeistciod you to ditclaim any intention on
"thepar t of the President' to require. pa inti.
mate in'terccunie between the
,fiamlies of
Messrs. Branch, Ingham, and 'myself; and ,
that of Major Eaton, I:!iit to express with ,e.
qual clearness his expectation that when we
gave large or general parties MI ; Eaton
shqtild he invited—and it was my puiptee tO',
deny altotrether his right to" , inteFfiere in this
matter.- r The replies of the other gentlemen
were, accoiding to my recollection, substan
tially the same—hut I, shall enclose copies;
of your letter to them, -and leave them to
speak for "themselves. ', . '.. ,- •
The imp) ession which this - anversatW
made upon my mind is clew; and distinct;
and it is not probable that it could hOrtrbeets
effaced fmrs my memory. "My .own dispb
sition was instantly to resign my Office,„l.la
consenting to retain it; I yieldedni theopirw.
ions of those in whose judgment Mad confi- .-.
dence, and to my sense of what, Waff:due to
theintefests of Georgia, at that particular
•
juncture. '
My rernembrarre of this etinversition ii ,
- moreover confirmed by a recolleetionerWhat. - ,
cccured on taw subsequent iqterVies‘liwith • I
1 the President, m which a particular refbr.
epee was made to it. When he 14,1%4 s.
combination between Mews. Ingham and
Branch an? myself, to exclude ; Mrs. Eaton '
from society, I claimed, as matter 0 2 04 to
brow the names ofthe'pttttrptis by wham elicit •
`a representation had been nut , "He maid ..
the impression . had been. Or' trona Om .• '
various ruqiors which had minthezi WSW=
of the ptu ' ties which had been &Ink, ' ,
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gentlemell lad myself 'to which Mrs , : )
NW teat beln inrited-end naded *c c ','
tell Arks agalns "ere 93 ! 11 '' 11
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