Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-25
TO THE EDITORS.


o~MhRibdft hAHpa ~, 1913.
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teeiAion' ana ha,iHs i9oWea nun through each step OF
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rs ionnu9 "a characters winch canno. ha misunderstood
a pr4rSa ~ atinnd IT'S most laeiJus anc most pfoioend
;eory even against ~ liasIio author provided shat for
usa v:aeLi :" ms irae glory. he - really 10 abandon
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~ enpepse q soGna r5patalaa BIT have wandered
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heal purpose 81 forcing upon in an unwec3na ad fuitless
controversy and WI! consequently conclude wi href
Consideration OF the secondary end comparatively personal
points Which ne has dlse!ssed AUD is of all earnest
protest against the proposition that my ror N regard 10 The
sas.'ies time Of resolution f1n9aneat2, that il
Haie lie 5asis Of ny calculations The calculations
~ more ns therefore was tc leah Of the fable devoued
rs Alleged disturbance o. ne waters 81 the brook which
VEG above ~ 'hsn an ~ sanger q Bong demolished upon
e charge q having carried hats asstas discovery against
Ee stream - hhe 'nd maze INC pas 81 calculations which
rre completed several weeks carrier freely, however,
gut H. lie Nercr OF Oh uisneenuousnes upon this point.
an cadsd tat ne vas net aware OF e true state Of the
case, aud hai he dld at know sn the error uPoa which lie
cannfItsd WIS mercy temporary a', ~ single days
duration; tca'fF WASH nav. ere V's adinitt ard cor
rec9 me co fscoa "is paosaea w xl doy " The Boz
TN C0iae- and snFposcd ua blh iut u mo the
shne caannes 81 pubic 'ohnnc aol tsroosA which the
original nake bad a1'ed hoct not agaIh apologize for
IT, - fepea ha u ~as iot nJnshlde Tor, great as it
was no. TO ~ Ge'ec " means % 'ae otservaons which
were then III my pots $500 LIS history may teach others
hc same useful 'e'son q ehuion winch have myself de-
r"d from ~ aud vh'fh the Wsrst and mosi pruacn! will
sometimes Teqa'!a' " wa peSuayaappsorac, and per-
as peculiarly deserved or u esued from one 81 those unu
sua concidenc 81 vice. scicnce Las otae examples and