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prt,s,Sr Hull. Ky, June 81. 1915.

We have used Inc Virginia Reaper, built by
A. C.. Brown, through our harvest this season,
and il has performed satisfactorily, cutting on an
average including hindrances from wet weather,
SC, a small fraction under Ten acres per day
We are 50 well pleased with il and It's work, that
We contemplate getting four more Tor our own
use the following harvest II is moi difficult IN lis
use, hui only requires lille care IN The driver
10 keep of s,umpS, &c.
our ground that has been cut by The Rtep6r
was rough and uneven on The surface, and is
quite undualins II was not prepared in view
OF being cul bva machine, Notwithstanding, how
ever, no difficulty has been experienced by us in
consequence oluneven orrnush surface.
j. r. BRYANT,
Ii -
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GREEK COMPANY.-A meeting OF The
~ Stockholders of the above Company will be
held on Saturday, lie Goth instant, al Ii O'Clock,
A. NJ, al The Farmers Bank Of Virginia.
BY order OF Inc PRESIDENT
H., 2-.iil
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~ pCRRuss'S PRIZE upfipE.-Drawn Nos Of
- .>beiaware LOTTERY Gas 30 800:
IL IS 81 Sc G6 70 81 G2 AZ l6
Drawing Of Pokomokc River Lottery, Class 2i9:
20 80 81 II 80 80 - IS SO 50 80 IL.
Dawn Nos of Pokomok- River Lottery, Glass No $50
s. IS - u II Al IS AZ e. II is
For This Morning Prizes: slJ,OUc, 5000, 5000,
e5n1 l,i23. l2.O, Lion, 10 of 1000 Sc.-7s Nos ~
drawn ballots Tickets 81, halves :, quarters l.
Dee. ~ c. BURRISS.
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AUCTION SALES.
By Thomas a.. TaIIaGrrrO
TWO NEGROES.

Will be sold, This morning, al 10 o'c!ocl
two Negro Men, 10 and - wears old.
THOS. H. TALlAFERR0.
Dec. 70 Aucroneer.
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF RICHM OND.
High Water this day, at 8 o'clock, A. Nj.
ARRIVED

Schr. Jersey Oak, Rogers, New York, ballast
Schr. Amelia, Frisbee, Boston, salt.
Consignecs Of barqne Bachelor, from New Or
leans /: H. Ludlam 4 Co, Dunlop. Moncure
Co, Paueson & Burr, Webb Bacon & Co.,
Winston.
SAILED
Schr. China Small, Newburyrort
Schr. Thomas Ireland, Somers, New York.
Schr Amiiy, Jerman, New York
Schr. Maryland, Kent, Philadelphia.
Schr. Pennsylvania, Nash, Norfolk,
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1serDeouoatD aserta eetrRe'.

surface, having been poushed and sown in corn
rows, which elt burrows and ridges, and many OF
The corn stubs were not cut low enough Tor The
machine 10 pass over them
!! is hul doing justice 10 The Reaper 10 state lh;a
the farmers OF The surrounding counties general
" attended my wheat fields 10 see IL performance,
and were generally pleased 10 see The rapid and
complete manner in which il cut and saved The
grain One man said he had one objection 10 il
and when enquired what lha, was, he answered,
i, would slarpe The hogs Yours, &C.,
PHILIP W. SPARGAR
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- -- ---..,..nr nnpsE SrEEL

rRe CELEBRATED RACE HORSE, sIEsL LII,
- Coz hy that clpital Racer and most VAIN
n 49,. stallion imported Fylde; his dam Vi
moth by Constitution %e nav, was s a,IS E' e
-, ,n his arand dam by Balls Florizel, VIII staha
IN ,,rnacning sraSon, commencing the Isl MARCH,; a.
is,f3 n Smiths Tavern, Charlotte Courl douss' sm
% ), i,tv dollars cash, or notes due tue hrst July
l-;i ana one dollar 10 the groom IN case nuuloeI
i, m,,rs are sent ny Company one respohSioie n'ah
nus h- hound Ia ~. for the hole amount fasturase
frn,.hrd gratis and fed al thirty sevtn-ahu d
C cents p-r dav aud coored servants ooardedfee Of
ii - largest class OF race horses being ss-
teen han,:> high OF great substance and power nne
nav with hacS legs and a. race horse equal 10 any
IA America H., won twelve times out oi thirteen
ue-. The only time of his losing was at baltimore,
Nan, beaten rs VaShti. when he was Ia bau ofuer
,,a. H. beat Portsmouth THAT beat Boston, IN 'hat
ana col three hundred of the purse, rs HE second
r horse in The rice Immediately after ihat race, ne
,ttfcng-t vasht oufrile heats, Tor ten thou-
ana ioars aside, half forfeit, which was declined
20 further particular, nj MS pedigree ana perform
e,-, 81 large bills which VIII be furnished 10 gen
-p"n y h. may desire 10 see them.
Dec. 70 -cwilstjnne JOHN EIbaSN'
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LAW NOTICE.

LAW NOTICE.
TIE undersigned have associated themselves in the
practice Of The Law and will regularly attend the
superior aud Inferior Courts of the town of Lynchburg
ard ne counties of Nelson and Appoma,tox.
Nuiiam u Roane will keep his Office III f.ynchburg,
and Joseph X. Irving IN New Glasgow. Amherst
JOSEPH X. IRVING,
WILLIAM b. ROASE.
w The counties IL Amherst and Buckingham Mr. IL
YIN : connection i'll remain heretofore. MIR. Ruane
VIII also attend The Courts of Amherst.
Dee l9-cwlm
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sCHE Ccut Of Directors oil The Western Asylum WIN,
l on the 9TH Saturday IN January next, proceed :"
e-et niatron for said Asylum-Saary, 500 per ~
man with board IN the Institution. lest'non''S
lialtalion can be forwarded to the undeIraaTiINC
- FRANCIS 4 STRibL'S",
"a =. pn,s,c,.n ana superintendent.
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CONSUMPTION.

COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS
Liver tnm0aihi Splitting Stood, Difficulty
of Breathing. Pam ~ HE side aud
Breast, Papi,ioH OF the Heat. In
iluenza, Group, Broken Con-fitu-
lion Sore Threat, Nervous he
bllity, aud all diseases Of
The Throat, Breast and
Lungs, The mnstcf-
iectliu! n spec
DIS cure ever
known for
any 81
the above diseases, Is
DR.. sWAYNE's COMPOUND
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CJ + ARED
It n IL "A TR T.
THIRD AND DAST GRAND CONCERT
AT THE THEATRE

THIRD AND DAST GRAND CONCERT
AT THE THEATRE.
By the SWISS BEL.L-RlNGERS, assisted 10y
Miss CAROLINE HlFFERT and other popu'
lar Nocasls.
In compliance with a general request .ncle
will be no theatrical performance, ot' p ,nr r p
evening will be filled up by The SWISS nen Ming
efs and the Grand Vocal Concer'.
IN Friday Evening December l9, the perform
o,cs w,u commence with the first part OF The
p.n. p;noers' Concert who will play The CAM
paNOL OGIAN WALTIES, comprising Sc
lection of the most popular compositions Of
I.auner and Slraup, 10 be followed by Popular
Ballad, BY Miss Caroline Hiier accompanying
herself on the Piano
After which, the BELL-RlNGERS will play
the Overture TO Fra Diavolo.
Miss CAROLINE HIFFERT will then sing
the Popular Song entitled The "Sailor Boy" COM
posed by Peters
The BELL-RlNGERS will then play the ia
vorite air "Merry May The Keel Row"
Dancing BY Misses Homer and Gertrude.
Comic Singing BY Mr.. J. II. Robinson.
The second part OF the Bell-Rinsers' Concert
will commence with The we'll known melody Of
"Home, sweet Home" with inlroiuctions, vaIia
lions and finale.
FAVORITE SONG, b. Miss HIFFERT.
The BELL-RlNGERSw will then perform "The
Blue Bells OF Scotland" with Brilliant variations.
Miss C. HIFFERT will then sing tavore
Song with Piano Fore accompaniment.
The BELL-RINGERSw will then play the Ehi-
opian !Nsi0diss.
And the Concert will conclude with National
Airs making, together The greatest bill of the
kind ever offered 10 the Richmond Public.
sHr For Particulars, see small bills.
u Boxes rs cts; PIT so cts; Colored Gallery
cents. Dec lq
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TRAVELLING TRUNKS.-We have jus,
i received good supply of Travelling Trunks;
ior sale low by PUTNEY & WATTS.
Dec 10
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NEGROES AID LAYTON SAL7, IN
/pRJICFr sS<>IT APO =

/LThIiNOT /E|<f1 1i&%'.. =
l,Y vetse ria deed ,ff4.s, ess.>.eSs US by ]anles
ID Goalerant anfwSts, s':di,, =. januzty 18Th,
lot e.>fyince 6,-S.a Cs"..-baaso, sell several Ne
2t1es taeuf .pe II said ed ID, II We shall deem u
here ssar. IN >zecu.sae Off, trusts, shall also sell
tie y-a4st = fraes II az ID aDd>premscs which
N. jro< Yoaef dr.: r>sidss The dwelling Of sir. u.
sc<aoaic, tie story brick building is In three or
/i.1 :ai.es :. Far vile. The plantaiou is BrrIy
..rres id ~ oiHs Nessrs. rs. Scott, I. F. Venabe
rad .s.,e.. The tract contains about 400 acres. /
rES IS ,nads>known on the day of saie.
ss3i'd t,e>>saie not take place on the day named
.onu Day will take place. on the premises, ON the
Me,t DAG r. N. WATKINS. T,,s,..,
CHI. SMITH, 'iu''e''
Iftyo,vR, Drc N fs4S-cwtds
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SCHOOL OIrnrAS

SCHOOL. QUOTAS.
+, praKTlONMENT of School Qnotas for 1916, (nn-
\ j-.a., of l0th December, 1851 of APpomattoX,
!. ! -. !. y n.l.s from which Il was formed:
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RECORD.
RICHMOND MARKETS.
TuuRspAY EVENING, Dec. Is

THURSDAY EVENING, Dec. Is.
TnBACCo-No change in Tobacco; prices
an. and Tor Tobacco OF fine qualify the de-
mi Is good Inferior qualities are measurabiy
,,,,e,e.i. We quote old al the following rates;
!, ~ saas common leaf SO; mddlns
, i: good and fine 6 3.
rLOUR-S5 s7s is offered, and So is asked.
WIlEAT-ll0 a lis cents for red, and 10
4 10 ior white.
roRN-in ds-nand. Sales at IS 70 cents
ri pushsl u ;,,o,a :, &c
-, cer bu>hel, and from vessels al IS So cts
pr0vlSlONS-BAcoN: Smithfeld, 81 a c.
~. a 10; Western sides Il 8; shoulder:
!; !. Stock fair, demand light. PoRK: IS x
: "a Lam: Barrels 8; kegs s 81
Observation-Disclosures 80, hhds. 2S cts.
COrroN-6. II cents per lb.-slock small
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VERY>SUPERIOR
DICaMOND<MADE BROGUES. = We
n have in/s;ote, OF our own manufacture, a
good supply OF Richmond-Made Brosues, made
Of sood1eaiher, which we can recommend and
waysant TO be really good For sale low BY
Dec. 10 PUrNEY & WATTS.
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w r. TCRPiN'S OFFICE, No. 10 and half East
W Main street.
FOR Thi- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lottery, Glass a.,
1tSs the Exchange Hotel. at half past - o'clock
81; capl;a Tickets only 81. Risk on package "
Starters only g. 81. ~
f.s THIS Erening.-Prizes: 81 $780, $780, *, Tick
t. - 81. ~
Rccol,ec,, tina, rpRrIN's OFFICE tsthe place for
rapi,a,s. Dec ~
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NOTICE.


J. BROWN, JK., End Auditor.
second Auditors Ofticr, 18th Dec, le45.-clt
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IN the Year -.
Signed, sealed and delivered [seal.l
in the presence of
n. B-No officer or director Of Bank can be
proxy. Dec. S-3awld
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EXTRACT from MIR. Rodgers letter:
think il Likely my brother Anie will lake one,
(Ecapcr) and the Messrs. Iunkin and ourselves
nave had some talk ahont sellin. another one !;
really ste no limit 10 the demand Tor them III
ihis region Of country, provided nothing OF the
kind possessing superior advantages, should sup
plant them-an event which | certainly do not
anticipate shortly. ANDREW RODGERS.
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
THE undersigned has just received By Ex-
Il press, an additional supply OF Over Goats,
Cloaks, Dress and Frock Goats, Pants and Vests,
Scaris, Crayats, Handkerchief Shirts, Collars,
etc., etc, 10 which The attention Of purchasers is
very respectfully solicited, while making their
preparation for Chrisimas-forWe will sell them
a.,onishingly low; for ins:apee-
Polynesian., 1845-02-22

medley of fact, criticism, and conclusion, so
continually fermenting in the active BRAIN:
BE fearful of those of who love it not, and
banish such as would imbibe its delights yet
bring no contribution to the common stock.
There are men who seek the reputation OF
wisdom by dint of never afiordlng a glimpse
of their capabilities, and impose upon the
world by silent gravity; negative philoso-
phers. who never commit themselves beyond
the utterance of a self-evident proposition,
or hazard their position by a feat of greater
holiness than is to be found in the avowa
of the safe truth which has been granted for
q thousand years. There is a deception here,
which should never be submitted to. Sa-
pacitv NAV be manifest in the nod of Bur-
Ie;oh's head: but it does not follow that all
who nod are Burleighs. He who habitually
saws nothing, must be content II he be re-
garded as having nothing to say, and it is
only a lack of grace on his part which pre-
cludes the confession. In this broad "Nien-
na'' of human effort, the mere "looker-on'
cannot be tolerated. 1t is a part of our duty to
be nonsensical and ridiculous at times, for
the entertainment of the world. Ii we are
never to open our mouths until the unseallng
ofthe aperture is to give evidence OF a present
Solomon, and to add something 10 inc book
of proverbs, we must for the most part, stand
like the statue of Hipocrates, with "Stili
your finger on your lips, | pray" If we do
speak, under such restriction, it cannot well
be, as the world is constituted, more than
once in the course of an existence, the rest
of the %sojourn upon earth being devoted to a
sublimation of our thought. But always wise,
sensible, sagacious, rational; always in wig
and spectacIes; always algebraic and mathe-
matical; doctrinal didactic; even to sit like
FRANKLIN's portrait, with the index fixed
upon "causality;" one might as well be a
petrified professor" or a WILLIAM Penn
bronzed upon a pedestal. There is nothing
so good either in itself or in its effects, as
good nonsense"
Polynesian., 1845-02-22
WAIOLI, Feb. lst., 1915.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PoLyNEsIAN:-
Dear Sir,-lt seems almost intolerable to
you of the metropolis to wait two or three
months for news from our tather-land, aud
if, perchance, compelled to look, day after
day, and week after week, for a vessel
around the cape-stretching your eyes to-
wards " Diamond Head,'' with both ears
continually open for ''sail no." you at length
conclude that such suspense only becomes
one banishcd from his country for some foul
deed. But stop a little, your condition is
not so deplorable after all. Let me give you
a word of consolation by contrasting your
situation with us backWoodsmen. You are
in the great thoroughfare for ships-at a
place where intelligence from every point of
the compass is centered. You have a week.
ly and two semi-monthly newspapers pla-
ced upon your tables while the sheets are
yet wet from the press.
Not so with us. We have all the priva-
tons before enumerated, together with the
addition of waiting another month for foreign
or domestic news. There is besure a mar
row strait between us, but so near are we,
that at times we almost fancy we hear the
clank of the press as it throws out its week.
ly and s~cmi-monthly illusions.
The last Poylncsian before US is of date
Dec. 28th. 1874 But you ask L" do you
consider us in the fault Z" "Do you cx-
pect Us to brave the oceans wave to deliv-
er your paper at that distant corner }" O,
no we do not expect that. But after wait
ing Il full month, with two vessels in our har-
Dor in the interim, directly from the region
Of presses and o fnews, and yet not a word,
you cannot wonder that we give vent to our
troubles by scribling to the editor. But
enough. (Ua pau ia)
lind now for the meather. Any person who
has spent any length of time here can vouch
for the oft repeated remark that Hanalei is
a place of abundant rain. A coffee planter
remarked the other day, that the coffee crop
the coming season would depend very much
upon the amount of rain during January and
February, the following months. If that be
a good criterion by which to Judge, we may
hope that our ~neishbors of the plantations
Polynesian., 1845-02-22

lightened, favorable public opinion. To the
ways be opposed its friends but as both,
from an excess of hate or zeal, are liable to
be led into indiscreet action, it is highly ia
vorable for a community, when it possesses
within itself the antidotes to the poisonous
exhalations of hot-headed faction. BY this
we mean the presence of a third class, res
sions, and independent of any immediate
connection or interest with the friends or
enemies of government, while at the same
time, they are both from situation and love
of the public good, DESTROYS to see establish
cd and consolidated, a Just and enlightened
administration With them, the advance of
government in the establishment Of a proper
principle, the forming of a correct precedent,
the adoption of a righteous law, in short,
success in any act or policy which tends to
the welfare Of society at large, is viewed as
an suspicious reform. They aid its pro-
gress by acquiesencc in its measures and by
countcnancing it lawful cndcavors to bene-
fit the nation. Their good sense enables
them to detect and applaud the utility of a
law which operates for the common welfare,
though in its first action it may be contrary
to their pre-conceived views or customs.--
They are men of moderate desires and Just
hopes ; DESTROYS Of the quiet en- oyment of
life, and open to reason; and, holding them
selves in due respect, are willing on all oc-
casions to allow it to others. Such men
have too just an appreciation of moral worth
in themselves, not to estimate it at its right
value in their fellows, and being judges of
of the real metal are not liable to be dccciv-
ed by the glitter Of the false. We are hap
py in believing that such a class exists among
us and that its practical good sense and ster-
ling virtue will ever operate as a sure anti
dote to the political and social evils with
which society is here threatened. While
the powerful nations acknowledge the indie
pendcnce of this kingdom, the existence in
it of such a body Of moral, intelligent and
enterprising subjects and aliens, is a sure
guarantee that the world will not be disap-
pointed in its favorable expectations of this
infant country.
Polynesian., 1845-02-22
TIL POLY ESIA n.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF II LAJIAUAN
GOVERNMENT.
HONOLULU, SATURDAY, FEB. %, ls45.

The friends Of Government Who are
they This will be the natural enquiry of
those who by such an expression infer parti-
zanship, and expect in answer to see a list
Of names or professions actively jealous in
outward manifestations of support. But we
have not yet arrived at that stage of eXis-
tence, which in older popular governments,
divides the community into powerful parties,
each protesting a creed which must be not
only implicitly received by its advocates but
ardently sustained and that too when eth
er has so much of real or plausible virtue,
supported by the weightiest influence, most
commanding talents and greatest strength
of character, that the common mind is at a
loss to know on which side to array itself,
and is as often decided by the accident of
interest or passion, as of sound logic and
we'll regulated patriotism. 1t is true there
are those here who are interested in sustain
ing the government, because they form part
and parcel of it /; but they mainly enlisted
themselves in its service from an honest and
praise-worthy ardor in its cause. The du-
ties arising from their situations are recip-
rocai. They receive their support and rel.
alive position in society from Government,
which in return looks to them for an active
exhibition of their loyalty. Blind submis-
sion is neither to be expected nor desired
But the genuine support to be derived from
an open and honorable advocacy of a cause
which has been voluntarily adopted, so long
as it commcnds itself to the good sense and
moral aims of mankind, is to be freely and
earnestly given. Lukewarmness is the pa
rent of disaffection, and a man had better
entirely desert his c%olors, than to be ashamed
to avow them.
But while the government looks to its own
members, and to those who are more imme.
diately connected with it or the nation, for a
spontc leous and loyal support on all reason.
able grounds, and for their active co6pera.
ton in carrying forward its measures, sus.
tanning it's policy, and adding to its reputa.
ton by their talents or integrity, it is not un.
conscious OF the more silent but none the
less powerful aid to be derived from an en-.
Polynesian., 1845-02-22

We assure Kakau of our hearty sympathy for his epis-
tolary troubles, and are glad to learn that the Polynesian
is sufficiently valued to be missed, but we see no pros
pcct of more prompt conveyances, until intercourse has
sufficiently increased to warrant the establishment of a
post-ofiice. As for ourself, we know absolutely nothing
of the movements of the moschc,o fleet, not visiting the
wharves once a month.
Is for weather, if he has had rain, we have been
blown to " smithercens' as an IriShnan would say, the
past fortnight. 1t has been one furious squall, equally
stirring to dust and temper. But at Lahaina it has
squallcd its hardest -unrOoied a par, of the palace, blown
down about so houses, taking two OF clean from the oc-
cupants beneath and whirling into the air, they have
gone, old Boreas alone knows where's; driven two ships
ftom the r~oadstcad, and played other FRANKS too numer-
Gus to mention. Indeed such a wind has not been cype-
rienced for upwards of II years previous, as we are in
formed. 1t has been most delightfully."- cold, and tina, is
"A comfort here even IN winter, equal to an ice-cream in
md summer in the States.
As to our correspondents last question, we do not like
to be too sure, but it is currently reported about town tina,
the lnez is expected daily to sail for the United
States.
We presume Kakau in return, wants a title of our
town gossip. 1t is in an awful state of cyci,ement;- can
only be compared to the disturbance of a tub of soap
suds, assaulted by children with pipe stems and swelling
cHeeks, ana each ahhbitious 10 pun Inc brightest and big.
gest bubble. Pretty things they are when they mount
the air for a moments flight, and as unlike the dirty wa
ter below as possible. Pity it is they don't las, longer.
As to politics, there was never such a time known for a
friendly interest into other peoples affairs. So much
conmiseration for some, so much scorn for others
such a perfect ebulition of good intentions and cor
rect sentiment, that really one is # forced to the conclu-
sion that he lives in a most virtuous> age. As to common
sense, it would ruin ones reputation to he suspected to
be guilty ofentertaining such ii guest. Even where he
is known to reside, if rung for, the servant invariably 70.
plies "not at home" As to the allegiance topic, the fuss
about the " Stewart turnpike" the disbelief in the
"Stewart glass folding doors, u were a fool to it. Some
good folks are nightly afraid of being tempted within
the fold. There is danger, and if we read the signs
Alright it will be more difficult to keep them out than to
get them in.
Temperance is all agog, 81 individuals in one day
Polynesian., 1845-02-22

actually gave him the social grip on board the Brandy.
wine, and as O the shore folks, they are coaxing him to
stay among them, but he wont abate his demands as
much as "a drop" " Ia pau a."
Polynesian., 1845-02-22
Honolulu, II Feb, l845.

Mr.. Editor,--I have been greatly sur
prised to hear the opinion circulating about
town, and said to come from those who set
a high value upon their own judgment, that
other governments would not respect the
decisions of the courts of this country, but
would interfere at will in the internal affairs
of this; moreover | have myself heard it
publicly asserted, that the policy Of this
governmcnt,-no to sell land to Aliens
which by the way is in exact conformity with
the established principles of other nations,
would not exist much longer; and this too
in such u manner as to lead me to believe
that force was to be employed to effect this
purpose.
Now as these opinions so boldly advanced
may delude some people into trusting to
them, and perhaps lead them into %unfortu-
nate errors, would it not be well for you,
Mr.. Editor. to enlighten the public in regard
to these reports, by showing what is the
real state of the case. For one, | should
be sorry to see any of my countrymen de-
ceived by bad reasoning into any conduct
calculated to %injure themselves and bring
discredit Upon their nation.
Yours, VEspUccI.