The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-03-25
REPLY OF PRESIDENT FILLMORE.
WAsHIgGToy, March 1, IS;

WAsHIgGToy, March /, 1853.
GEHTLEMEY:--You our kind note, which was
handed 10 me last evening, was as unexpcc-
ted as it was gratifying While l cannot
fdtter myself with the idea that am Justly
entitled to all the praise which your friend
ship has 50 generously bestowed, | am frank
to confess that do feel consciousness that
have spared no pains to merit it. Of this,
however, YOU IRE the best judges. You have
been my daily companions, and can best ap-
preciatc the motives with which | have dis
charged my official duties. But it is due to
you, and to those who preceded some of you,
as my o!!icial advisers, to say that the success
Of my administration is chiefly owing to the
wisdom, harmony, fidelity, and ability Of my
counsel!ors; and that the country, as well as
myself, owes them debt of gratitude, which
doubt not it will recognize IN due time, and
cheer ully discharge.
No President was ever more fortunate than
have been in the selection of his Cabinet.
No manifestation Of unkind feeling, or even a
hard word, has ever disturbed the harmonious
action of the council board. This cordial
unanimity has been at all times to me q
source OF uualloyed satisfaction. | shall ever
reflect upon our social and official intercourse
with great pleasure, and cherish to my latest
breath, the disinterested friendship with which
| it has been marked.
Please to accept my sincere thanks for the
faithful, able, and satisfactory manner in
which you have respectively discharged the
arduous and responsible duties of your seve-
raj Offices and also my best wishes for your
health and prosperity; and believe me, gen.
temen, your sincere friend,
lMILLARD FILLMORE.
/ Hon. Edward Everett, Thomas Corwin, Alex.
ii. II. Stuart, Charles NJ. Conrad, John p.
Kennedy, John J. Crittenden, S. d. Hub
| bard.
METuoDIsM IN THE UNITED SrArEs-The
editor of Zion's Herald takes the following
view of the progress of Methodsm in this
country. He says:
"American Methodism in not yet century
old. In the Incredibly short space OF eighty
seven years it has built four thousand two
hundred and twenty churches, (Which is a lit.
tie less than one for every week of her exis-
tence,) at cost Of fourteen millions seven
hundred and thirty thousand five hundred and
seventy-Unc dollars. II has also erected and
endowed its colleges and numerous acade-
mics with large sums. 1t has built innumer.
able pursonages, and supplied itself with
Church and Sabbath School literature. Now
most of these churches, having been newly
erected, rebuilt, or remoddeled, and most Of
these vast outlayS having been made within
the last quarter of century, we think it nc
exaggeraton to estimate the expenditures oI
Methodsm in the United States for home
purposes, at an average very little short o
one million dollars per annum for the las
twenty-five years; in addition to that it ha:
paid for the support OF its ministry
6C-Two sons of Erin were moralizng oveI
the late election:
"Bad news Pat" says Mike.
"Faith an you're right there" responded
Pat.
"What would old Gineral Taylor say TO this
if he was alive now" circulated Mike.
"Be gorra," replied Pat she'd say he was
glad he was dead"
! 0I5-You may CLEAN knowledge by reading
but you must separate the chat fssm the
wheat by thinking.