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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

OrrrcE or THE SECRETARY W THE SENATE u s.,
August 2lst, 1874.
TN PURSUANCE Of the "act legslizing and ma.
/ king appropriations for such necessary objects
have been usually included in the general spPro-
priation bills without authority OF law, and TO bx
and provide for certain incidental expenses OF the
Departments and Offices Of the Government, and Tor
other purposes approved the Goth OF August, lS42,
sealed proposals will be received at this office until
3 o 'clock p M. on Tuesday, the 18th Of September
next for furnishing the following article Of station
cry for the Of the Senate. 70 be of the pry best
quality, and TO be approved by the Secretary, VIZ
80 resms white quadruple cap paper, for envelopes
BY the act approved June II, ls44, the Secretary
of the Senate and the Clerk OF the House OF Repre-
sentstiyes are directed, in the future disbursements
Of the public moneys for the use OF their respective
bodies 10 confne their purchases exclusively to ar
tcles the growth and manufacture OF the United
Stats provided the same can be procured OF such
growth and manufacture Of suitable quality and al
reasonable prices, upon good terms as to quality
and price rs be obtained OF for, Ign growth and
manufacture" A preference will therefore by CIV
en- TO the production Of American industry and all
persons making proposals to supply tins article will
state whether the same Is OF the growth and manu-
fscture Of the United States.
The paper is to be delivered at the office OF the
Secretary Of the Senate at Washington, free Of any
charge for carriage on or before The 30th Of Sep
TENDER next, and will be paid for on delivery.
specimen Of the article required may be seen at
the office OF he Secretary Of the Senate.
A sufficient specimen (half quire) is to accompa-
ny the proposal, and TO be marked with the name OF
the proposer. The person offering To furnish such
paper the lowest price equality considcred) will
receive a contract for the same, on executing bond
with two or more sure,es satisfactory to the Score
sry OF the Senate for the performance thereof, IN
der forfeiture Of twice the contract price in case OF
failure which bond to be filed in the Office OF said
Secretary within ten days after the proposals have
been accepted.
Proposals must be endorsed Proposals for Sta
tonery for the Senate" and be directed to the Sc
cretary Of the Senate st w sshngion.
ASBURY DICKENS,
aug 22-law4w Secretary Of the Senate.
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HORSES FOR THE DRAGONS.
QUAArERnAsrss GEsERAL's OsrIcE,
w ..a.s.rnN Sa.tauuh.y no Is4l


WAsHIsoros, September 10, 1874
S,EALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
~ received at this Office until O'Clock, 7. NJ on
Tuesday, the 22d day Of October next, for furnish
ing and delivering free OF all cost and risk to the
United States, at Fort Jesup, Louisiana Fort Smith,
Arkansas, or Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, six hun
dred Dragon Horses--four hundred or beior~ the
3lst OF December next, aud the remainder before
| the ist OF March ls45.
The horses must be not less than four nor more
than seven years old, al least fifteen hands high per
fecty sound and healthy, and combine the strength
and action To tit them for the most active and ardu
Gus frontier service They must be Of bay some
other dark color, with dark Names tails legs, and
| hoois Not less than hundred and twenty will be
| received OF any one color.
They will be Inspected and received by officers ap-
pointed for that purpose by the Qusrtermsster Gen
era Of the Army, by the Colonel Of the I'd Regi-
ment of Dragons
Contracts in riplicate, based upon accepted bids
proposals. will be executed by the parties for the
faithful performance Of which bonds with two or
more good and approved sureties will be required.
Payment will be made for the horses delivered,
either in cash or by drafts this office, the
tractor may prefer.
Letters containing proposals should be addressed
TO the Quartermaster General Of the Army, w ash
ington city, and endorsed Proposals for furnishing
Dragon Horses"
Sr To be published twice week until the 22d of
October in the Madisonan, Inteligencer, and Globe,
Washington; the State Journal, Ohio Statesman, and
Old School Republican, at Columbus, and Cincinna.
ii Gazette, Ohio; Louisville Gazette and Louisville
Journal, Kentucky; Nashville Union and Republic
can Banner, Nashville, Tennessee; Wabash Express,
Terre Haute and Indiana Sentinel, indianapolis,
Indiana; the Missourian, Missouri Republican, and
Old School Republican, ST. Louis, Missouri the Re-
gster, Springfield, Illinois.
~ Editors of the above papers are requested to
forward TO this office copies OF their respective pa
is isem w
also be forwarded to this Office for payment.
sept l2-2awtO22
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CHANcELLoR KENT's COURSE OF READ

II HANCELLoR kENT'S COURSE OF READ.
" ING, drawn up for the Of the members OF
the New York Mercantile Library Association.
You request me To draw up list Of books which
may deem calculated for the use Of tb.e gentlemen
of the Association Who having entered their profess
sion in early iie may not have been collegiately ed.
ucated.
now send you catalogue OF select books, ell
appearing in the English language, and adapted in
my Judgment to the diversified taste. and wishes Of
the members of your association. | have taken the
liberty to add some brief notice Of the merits Of
those works Of which thought some explanation
might be useful sgreesblel"- Extract from the Pre-.
face.
Published by the Association in pamphlet form
price 81 cents-snd for sale by
septll r. TAYLOR
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TRANSPORTATION OF NAVAL STORES.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF Provisions AND CLOTHING,
August 20, 1914.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF Provisions AND CLOTHING,
August 20, 1914.
DPOPOSALS, sealed and endorsed Proposals.
/ for freight to Hong Kong" will be received at
this Bureau until three o'clock, P. M, Tuesday, Oc-
tober st for the transportation Of about 600 rels
in bulk. of Government, supplies, from toe Navy
Yard al Chsrlestown, Massachusetts,, to Hong Kong,
China. Offers must specify the price asked per bar
rel without any dst notion between wet or dry bar
rels FIVE and half cubic feet of measurement goods
and thirty gallons to the guage OF all casks not osu-
ally called barrels be considered barrels what
ever they NAV contain. No other than Government
Stores be AIKEN board, freight, and no primagc
be allowed. Fifteen fair weather working lay days
TO be allowed at each of the ports, at Charleslown
and Hong Kong, for taking in and dischargng cargo
The vessel must pass the usual inspection and be
ready at the Charestown Yard to receive her cargo
by the 18th of October.
To be published once week, until the LIST of 90
,ober, in the Madisonisn, Washington; Morning
Post and Daily Times Boston Aurora and Evening
Post, New York; American Sentinel and Mercury,
Philsdelphia Aug. 2l-id
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HENRY CLAWS GRAND MARCH, WALTZ,
AND QUICKSTEP.

NAE following new piece. this day received for
i sale AT the olJ established Music snd Stationary
store p.opsyisania Avenue, two doors east Of 18th
Sire, vbsr. Ill The latest usic 10 selling at and
cent. per page third less than the i,west North
ern prices a., r,sc,
Gays grand march, waltz, and quick.tep, arrsng-
ed for the piano by Edward l.. White
Ashland quick STEP by Dr. J. G. Bartlett
Henry Clay's grand march by Dr. J. .. Bartlett
Banner Of Clay, song, music by an old Wing
Clay and FreIinghuysen, arranged to popular AIR
Ashland waltz, by Edward l.. White
The moon in all her beauty, song, music by Mar
lian
The Hunters song, music by Charles Newborn
The dream, from the opera of NORMA
Il welcome thee with giadnoss from The opera OF
Norma
The pride Of ], ala, from the opera OF Norma
Ga to the field, celebrated war song in the opera
Of Norma
A selection Of Polish airs, by Edward b. Bohus-
xrwlcz
Night shades no longer, chorus from the opera of
Moses 10 Egypt
Sept. 2l-,f
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NEW MEDICAL BOOK.

M EDIClNES, their uses and mode Of administra-
lvl ton including complete Conspectus Of the
three British PhsrmacopUics, an account Of all the
new remedies, and an Appendix of Formula; BY J
NJ Neligan; with notes and additions by David M
Reese, A. M, No. 3.
Just received by +. TAYLOR.
sep 2l--n
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Rev. SrLvrsrrr LARSyp.-We understand that
the Memoir and Remains Of this wonderful man,
prepared by Rev. r. r. Gurl.y ar. in the press and
will soon be published They vii no doubt be read
with svdi,y by thousands. No man Of hi. age ever
made deeper impression on the public mind than
MIR. Larned Al the age Of ~ he died, full Of no.
and full Of usefulness, and was wept over By
nation The character Of Mr.. Gurlsy as writer IL
no mean pledge that justice will be done to his sub
iect --Waich-rnr ofth< Soufh
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CHEAP SCHOOL BOOKS.

A LARGE supply of every kind Of School Book
"A used in the District or neigh lorhood will con-
sanily be found at the bookstore of the adveItiser
They selected with great care and will be found
TO be always Of the best editions ahd of the best quail
Ity as regards type, paper and bnding-ior sale in
every at prices much lower than they have
heretofore been sold in Washington. Also School
Stationery of all kinds and descriptions
For sale at unusually low prices.
sep IL F. TAYLOR
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
or THE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.


THE LECTURES will commence on Monday
November the 4th, and be continued, under the
following arrangement, TO the middle Of March Gu
suing.
Practice and Theory Of Medicine, by!Nathanel
Chapman, M. ID.
Chemistry, Robert Hare, nj. ID.
Surgery, w illism Gibson, NJ. ID.
ANATOMY, William Il Horner, NJ. ID.
Institutes OF Medicine, Samuel Jackson, M. ID.
Materia Mediea and Pharmacy, George d. Wood,
M. ID.
Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Chill
dren, Hugh l.. Hodge, M, ID.
a course of C,iaical Lectures and Demonstrations,
IN connection with the above, will be given at the
very extensive and convenient lnfrmary, called the
Philadelphia Hospital
Clinical Medicine, by w w. Gerhard M. ID.
Clinical Surgery, Dfs. Gibson and Horner.
Clinical Instruction in Medicine is also given from
the hrs day Of November to the first day of March,
by DR.. Wood, in the Pennsy lvania Hospital.
Clinical Instruction is likewise given at the Uni
versity, every Saturday morning
w. f. HORNER, M. D.,
Dean Of the Medical Faculty.
2b3 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Sept Sd, ls44.-3tawd&c tllnov.
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO the right of pre-emp,ion
to any lands within the limits of the township above
enumerated is required to establish the 10 the
satisfaction Of the Register and Receiver Of the land
Offices, and make payment therefor prneti
cable aer seeing thi, notice. and before The day APP
pointed for the com Dencement of the pub &c sale OF
the township embracing the tract claimed above de
signated, otherwise such claim will be forfeited.
THO. II. BLAKE
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
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NAVY AGENTS OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 1874
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Office Until o'clock on Saturday, the 18th Octo-
Der next, for furnishing and delivering at the navy
yard in this city, the risk and expense Of the con-
tractor, the following articles, viz
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NEW BOOKS AT F. TAYLoR's

INV BOUNo nj #. n LUK'S
M ALPOLE'S New Letters to Horace Mann,
w volume %. A "Bowl OF Punch,n with up-
wards Of seventy Illustrations by Cruikshsnk, Sc
The lngoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Msrvels, with
engravngs by Cruikshsnk, sc. A new supply Of the
late French Dieiz, by Fleming and Tibbins. The
Lady's Book, for October, 1874.
seq 00-3t
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ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
Glass f. for 1874.
Will be drawn a, Alexandra, ID c., on Saturday
September 2sth, ls44
70 Number Lonsry-l5 Drapn Ballots
Making about one Blank to Prize.
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aug l7-2awtlOO Gnt&Glo.'

CHEAP WHITING PAPER.
'oMMON Letter Paper 81 IS per reum.
~ do do ruled 80 do
Fine Letter Paper, ruled IS do
foolsoap Paper, ruled, fine quail
ty, OF firm hard texture and
Ivory surface 200 do
just received by F. TAYLOR.
And full supply Of al other articles Of Stationary.
for sale AT the same low range # prices.
Also, just opened, large supply of Blank Book.
Of every kind sire, and description for sale at prices
mucn below the usual rates. aug 29-3t.
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MOS, HARPERS PICTORIAL BIBLE.
~ The Jill. A novel by the author OF Cousin
Geoary," &c.
No. 8 (The completion) of MEALS History of the
Puritans."
Jus, received by +. TAYLOR.
Sept. 2l-3t
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NEW BOOKS AT FRANCK TAYLOR's.--
~ Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pa
cifc Ocean, during the of the clipper Msrga-
ret Oakley, podsr Capt. Benz Mouell, BY Thos. J.
Jacobs "a ith engrsvnes.
The Wandering Je~, by Eneen. Sue, No. l.
No. 5. Kendsll's Lif. Of Andres Jscsson--2s
e~pta
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Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificate Of Pack
ages in the above splendid Lotteries will receive the
q o~t prompt attention, and official account Of
each drawing sent Immediately after it IS over to all
who order + ON us. Address
J. G. GREGORY CO, Managers,
Washington City, DC.
auc I7.2,v 3vd&ruif
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IFE AND ELOQUENCE Of the Rev srlvrs-
~ TIA LAssrp, First Pastor Of the First Presby.
terrain Church 10 New Orleans BY r. r. Guriey.
One volume, With portrait.
Jus, publ he'd, and this DAY received by
r. TAYLOR
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NEW BOOkS.-The Comic Blackstone, are
~ printed from the London edition.
SYDNEY Smiths Mlsocllanies, 3 vols.
Scotland, by Y. @. Kohl, author OF Russia and
the Russians, cheap edition price IS cents just pub
lishcd and this day received by
July % y. TAYLOR
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SPLE NDID LOTT ERR f S
J. G. GREGORY & CO. MANAGERS.

, L Il Il N u u Il y 1 j Ia N II ..
J. G. GREGORY e. co. MANAGERS.
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
CLASS 81, FOR 1874
To be drawn in Alexandria, ID c., on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 2lst, 1874.
PRIZES
$4,000 Dollars
10000 Dollars
5000 Dollars
5000 Dollars
$500 Dollars
1,0l7 Dollars
100 Prizes of 81 900 &c. &c. &c.
Tickets sl0-IIalves s5-Quarters 81 SO.
Certificates of Packages of IS whole tickets $50 90
Do do % half do 65 90
DO do 25 quarter do 30 30
Nnrnnkhinn RriLLinnk
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CoUTHERN LITERARY MESsENG GER, for
- September, 1874. This day received by
F. TAYLOR.
Contents Of The September nanaber.
ORIGINAL PROSE ARTICLES.
l. Gertrude; an Original Novel Chapters l..
and IL.
ChamouDi Mount Blanc. By j. Tyler Hesdey.
T. The Rise and Progress of the Mormon Faith
and Peope. By f ID. OF South Carolina.
A. Present Condition of Letters. Letter II -
To w. Gilmore Slmms, Esq By G. Frederick
Holmes.
g. Burns. BY J. M. B.
g. English Orthograpby.
T. Love Sketches. By Mrs. Jane Tayoe Worth
ington.
g. May Day. Village Tale, founded on fact
g. The First Schoomaster. A Legend of the
Centaur.
TO- Our Kate.
IL. The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany,
with Characteristic Sketches of its Cities and See
merry
~. A Classic Relic Recovered
10. National Institute.
IA Notices of New Works.
ORIGINAL POETRY
Is. Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fancies-
A Collection of Sonne,s. By w. Gilmore Simms
l6. The Funeral Of Time. BY Henry B. Hirst
II. God Bless the Mariner. By Mary T. Hewitt
Is To Mary. BY j. Strong Rice.
10. Lines to the Absent.
20 May Day Addresses.
81. The Absent Sisters Lament.
%. An Evening Walk.
90. Sonne-to Helen. By John Tomlin
"a. Sunrise.
% Lines. What shadows are what sha-
dows We pursue" BY A. Judson Clane.
26. Parting from Niagara. By l.. II. s.
Published in large monthly numbers for IS per
annum, for which sum the advertiser will have the
work regularly mailed, strongly enyeloped to any
Post Office in the United States. Sept 3--3t
I lEMOCRATIC REVIEW FOR EPTEMBE
- 1874, this day received by
F. TAYLOR
For sale at SIS per annum, or so cents for the sim
gle number
CONTENTS OF THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER:
l. True Theory and Philosophy of our System OF
Government.
ii. The Bridal of Pennacook, by Whittier
Ill. Criticism in America
Nv. Sonnet, by Elizabeth B. Barrett.
V. The Texas Question, by Alexander II. Eve
vi. Marie Antonette and Mirabeau, by L. Leslie
VII Ole Bull, by Mrs. Child.
TX. The Diapers Daughter
X Echoes of the Heart, by Sarah Mcdonald.
XI. Texas Life
XII. Prayer, by Mrs. Da Ponte.
XIII. Financial and Commercial Article for the
month-Lists OF New Books-Literary
Bulletin &c
The Democratic Review will be regularly mailed
and strongly developed for any Post Office in the
United States, If application be made to
F. TAYLOR,
Sept. 9-tf Bookseller, Pennsylvania .4renx
=, . ~, = 49,, =, , n =, - 80,
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MAMMOTH SCHEME.
10000
10000!
RICH AND BRILLIANT LOTTERY
MORE PRIZES THAN BLANKS
Is Drsrn Nos. out Of 49,

ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
Class +, for 1874
To be drawn in Alexandra, ID C on Saturday, DC.
tobsr 18Th, 1874.
10 drawn numbers in each package Of &c tickets.
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w E hane this day received
w 30 pieces super Ingram Carpetngs
20 do medium do do
IL do low priced do do
is sets of Venetian Carpeting, for steps and
passages
% pieces Rag Carpcting
10 do Hemp do
Also so super Saxony Rugs
50 do Tufted do
~ low priced do
The above goods have been exclusively purchased
Of the manufacturer and at auction sales and will
be sold at very small advance ouothc cost
ESTEP CATLETT.
ept9-eo3t
| ONE HUNDRED AND THREE PACKAGES
SPLENDID NEW GOODS.
TINE subscribers are now receiving their fall sup
! i ply of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, amongst
which will be found an entirely style Of Cash.
mere De Escosse and Mouslene DE LANES to which
they invite the particular attention Of the Ladies
they also have black and blue black Alpscas which
cannot be equalled in this market. Amongst our
stock in addition, will be found the following desirs
BILE goods viz
| 10 pieces rich black and blue black satin striped
| Silks
| 10 do do do plain corded do
| 5 do black Matteoni Lutestrings
| Is do csmeleon Silks, assorted
S do blue TaHeta Silks, for Ladies scsrfs)
IS do second quality do do
| SO assorted NJ. DE LANES, (some Of which are ex
tremey Handsomely
| o5 do super hne and low priced Apsoas
IS do plain black Mouslaioe DE Lame,
Is do colored do do
20 do assorted Merino and Habit Cloths. (for la
dies' riding dresses, &c)
! 20 do super Gauze Flsnnels, warranted not to
| shrink
40 do assorted white Flannels, Every cheap
90 90 super lr''n linen warranted all pure and
40 do low priced do do YER, cheap,
do 10 Damask Table Diaper
s do 81 do do
100 do Damask Table Cloths, from 9 - to 5
yards long
40 dozen Dsms.k Table Napkins, to match
pieces 1914 Irish and Russia sheetng
pieces Ia do do do
/ case 10 4 cotton do
10 pieces Furniture Dimities
20 do cambria do
25 do jsconet and cambria Musns
rs do embossed Piano Covers
IS do table do
5000 yards rich ohin,z and cacoe. from 12I cts
and upwards
5000 do low priced and super ,hrtings and sheet
ings
so wooden coats, for children
ALSO,
| carton rich csmeleon shawl.
! do do Cashmere do (embroidered)
] do do Thibet do (embroidercd)
100 dozen silk, Cashmere and Apaca Hosiery
Persons in want Of good bargains and goods will
give US call. EsTEP & CATLETT.
Sept. ii
COOPER'S NEW NOVEL
| A FLOAT AND ASHORE; or the adventure. Of
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NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR is.s.
NAVY DErARrmrsr,
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing,

NAVY DEfAkrmGhT
Bureau ef Provisions and Clothing
18th August, 1912.
CEALED proposals, endorsed proposals for
- Beef" aud proposals for Pork as the ease
may be- will be received at this Office until O'Clock
Monday the 3Oth day OF September next, for fur
nishng and delivering free of all cost and risk to
the United States
Five thousand eight hundred barrels Of Navy
Beef and five thousand eight hundred barrels of Navy
Pork,
Each barrel to contain not less than two hund red
pounds nett weight Of Beef or Pork no excess OF
weight in either article will be paid for To be de-
lyered at the respective Navy Yards, as follows:
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$4,000! $4,000! $4,000

Something Brilliant +! !
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FURTHER REPUTATION.

Mr.. r. S. Hart, of Dayton, on reading the as.
sauts in the Locofoco press upon the private
character of Mr.. Clay addressed note to the
Rev. ~ II. Hall, Presbyterian clergyman at
Lexington, Kentucky, desiring him to state what
MIR. Gays moral standing was among his neigh
bors The following is the reply of Mr.. Hall.
Read this clear and explicit testimony
LEXINGTON, August 9th, 1914.
DEAR SIR Your very polite and respectful
favor OF the 18th instant is now before me. and
without unnecessary delay, reply to your in
curry You state that " 1t is in the mouth of al
most eve;y political speaker, opposed to the cleo
ton of the Hon. Henry Clay, and is herahed
forth from every Democratic and Abolition press,
that Mr. Clay Is man OF desperately bad moral
character, and that such is his standing in Lex
Ington, and throughout his neighborhood." You
desire me to state what Mr.. Clay's standing at
home and among his ncighbors is.
nave been the Pastor of the First Presbyeri-
an Church, Lexington, nearly twenty-five years
My 1rst residence when came to this place. was
Joining Mr. Clay's farm, and ever since have
lived IN the neghborhobd and have known This
honorable gentleman, and it gives me pleasure to
say, that nave never UitneSsed an act, or heard
an expression from Mr. Gay, that was not in
conformity with the Strictest morality his char
acer among the great mass of his neighbors is
that OF hlgh-mlnded honorable, kind, and be.
nevoent gentleman. In word, sir, | believe
that Mr. Clays moral character is az rood. and
far better than most of the political men with
whom have been acquainted, and consider him
more pre- eninentty qualified in everv respect for
the Presidency Of the United States. at the nre.
sent crisis. than any man in them And the hon.
est and unobtrusve desire of my heart is, that in