Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-06
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1.-Two Of our friends in Cumberland
will remember the fun We had over let
,ers addressed to them byMr,,, Living
s,on, Of New York, similar e. g y that tl',a SO
admirably answered below gWeurged
them to send their Dogtypes, withfa
blank order for q biographyto be made
by the .masacen';' but we believe they
were too much engaged in other bust
ness @ to carry airy Out tie joke Therefore
the life stsf'i ii 10 I, citizen If our town has
vet been taken. although we live in
lively hops that one one will yet be be forth.
oming.-EDlToR Miners JouRNAI.l
r From the Barnueu Is. O. Sentinel. /
Richest Correspondence Of; the Season.
a175 BROADWAY, }, N. X, March 16.a
% DEAR. SIN :-Y our name has been
proposed as suitable one TO occupy a
place in, our" Portraits and Memoirs Of
Eminet Americans" "anow living, Of which
several volumes have been already pub
lli.hed. This great work has been re.
1ceiyed with much favor everywhere, and
contains many, Of the first names in The
country. For further information Of its
general scope and plan, ] beg to refer
YOU to a circular herewith sent. Our
portraits are engraved on steel, by the
irsssartists, So thatiithe ilikenesses are
true and ife-like'representatiuns of the
originals, possessing greater va lue to
the subjects and their friends than the
most costly painting, g,dna,i 10 as4,
You are respectfully solicited to oc.
ycupy a,place in the pages of this work
Should your consent afford US the op-
portunity Of thus giving to the world a
true and ,permanen. record Of your life
and features, please send me your like
ness, "a good daguerreotype ofthe same
size as our portraits is best, so that it
may be handed over too to our engrav,e,rFss.
T. Please cause cause 10 be sent to me also a
memoir Of yourself, or such facts as
Twill enable me to prepare it; and will
mot forget 10 say that the facts for The
Iaketch should be fully and accurately
Igiyen. sst sa' q 2 s''S VgVVo!s 10 ,'2e
. I hope You youu wvillisend both the daguer-
|reotype and memoir Ut your earliest con
venience, as we have volume in';pro-
gress, and wish to avoid delay. -Hoping
10 hear from you, amyoursctruly. 81
va y.yt 4 aaj iiaFJoHN LIVINGSTON
,c C. F. ToBls. Esq, ~ 81 sIds
1sE- 5il d. Gu.Iai.,,ii T1 :, lil1ad 81 fIp.a'
DEAR. SlR:-The above communica.
ton reached me last week, and, in re-
plica,ion, | beg leave to state thai. if l
have ever done any m thing worthy; Of the
immortality your magazine is likely to
confer upon me, am mt conscious Of
III However, as true merit is always
modest, itfmay pc to that'vir,ue ! owe
ny ignorance; tall events. and am
anxious the world at large should know
| Eis,)Ihaye not sought fame. but fame has
sought me- As Alexander Smith the
poet would say:oiid 44s sailo s.4soalq
/" Fame! Fame ne1. graades. work TO God y
lin taking a retrospect Of my early
days, ! can, discover nothing worthy Of
record, unless it be the stealing Of afsw
waterlnelons at,schonl, for which ! was
beaten with, many stripes, Or The riding
of q few quarter races, for which re-
ceiyed an occasional and solitary gin
ger cake or adventures Of similar i'm
port,.gsa on .asgcL hes 9idtih 30
|HsAti7 iran away from my venerable
Old guardian, the Rev. Hanoford Dade
Duncan. (long lifeito him m)iandiyamosed
TO the great far west. where ] fourished
for a short time only !; and =. upon re:
turning, !, lost all my money upon q q
game yulgarly called poker (ofWhich
Of course. YOU know nothing, upon
one eo,f the boats Of the Alabama river.
This was about the time the Ben. Frank.
lin buirsted,, and killed SO many; and
had I not been standing near the stern
Of the vessel, you would never had the
opportunitytof handing my name, fac
smile, character, and adventures, down
TO an eager posterity in the columns Of
your justly celebrated magazine, ps{a
returned to MY ny own, my native land,
fundless, and perhaps seedy in,appear;
ance, and ran for. frs. lieutenant in a
distinguished militia company, but was
unfortunately beaten by the loss Of one
vote, by my worthy competitor. -.
In. The. year, Of Of our Lord ls49, ny IL
luis,riious friend, 9Thomas b.. condy,
gave me the Office Of assistant deputy
United States Marshal for the district
Of Barnwell and while taking the cen;
sus, Il killed one horse and another ran
away and brokeimy buggy, upon which
accession I road myghorse barebacked
fourteen miles in forty minutes. Of which
fact Col. b. II. Brownis a living wit.
ness. i5.i gn.s 'ust. d. gjg.jI ,,sye
After ] had concluded this hursulean
undertaking, a man calling himself &c