The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-03
CHARLES -. SEEDING.
san DiEUo, 10Th March, 1884.

MY DEAR CiiARLES--l nave received your
modest request Of tho 4th of january that !
will give you five or ten per cent. Of any sun,
Congress may hereafter, In It's ingnitc bcncIi-
cence, appropriate to my rclcf,--n request
which you state You make to me at the In.
stance Of u "nulnbcr of officers stationed In
Tcxus."
For tho benefit of those gentlemen, as well
a. yourself, | huvc uskcd Mr.. Amcs TO print
your letter, and my answer, IN the San Diego
HcrdM--thc only method of communicating
with your advisers, IA a letter directed to II
"numbcr of officers stationed In Texas" might
never reach them through the ordinary chm.
ncls. Upon mature reflection, Of nearly five
minutes. / have come to the conclusion to de-
cline arccdng to your proposal. This dccis.
lon has resulted from several considerations.
In the first place, don't know you, Churcs
never heard Of you before ID nll my life
To be sure. acc by your cnrl, which you sc
kindly sen, me- and which my wife lms just
stuck ~ IN q corner Of u cracked looking gusp
that udorns our humble clunibcr. that you ur,
n general agent. (which mny bc new militia.
ry rank for oil know. created with the Lieu
tcnant-Ucncrulcy aud IT. II H. | beg your pnr-
don aud touch my hat. for have n great ~
spcct for run.) and street opposite the Odd
Fellows hall, (Why MOI move across the
street p lIut oil ,liis docs not amount 10
friendship, intimacy. or even common nc'Iinim-
ancc and declare, Chnros, | do not even
know now whether you may not lIc some tc-
signing person. who. seeing Tint II bill h like
~ 10 tNiss for The relief ol certain distressed
officers. rcck to lcvy little biark mil.-suy
five ~ ton per ccnt.--0h the scnnty piilDDrr,
under the lrctuNt Of having influenced Con
gress In IT, humane leeisioii--a thing that |
believe Nil tho general agents notary publcH.
United States commissioners, md tho conn.
missioners Of deeds, TINT ever lived opposite ~
IN Odd Fellows Hail. would fail to accom-.
pllsh, hui not Congress made up liz benevolent
mind t0 do u without consulting them.
second=Why should promise ~ give yen
ten per cent Of that allowances lOh don't
You wish you might got It'll hope shall J
Yon shy yon male IN effort ~ get 1t Tor uH.z
All, Charles, ! love and honor you for doing
10, II you ilayei but how, when aud where.4
haps-startlng thought-you will be writing
TO ne for t" i've or ton per cent" Of that hum
bio income Don't try 1t, Charles, you would
not got II. assure You.
As TO your making IN effort that's oil non
sense. Everybod y makes efforts nowadays.
Everybody that ever read Of except Mrs,
pombcy, made M effort; and " my grand
mother were to die aud leave me u thousand
dollars, you might with equal proprety inform
me that you made M effort TOR that venerable
persons deceasc, aud claim five or ten per
cent" OF that amount Of property, rs to hum
bug me with your making Efforts to influence
Congress, who, as said before, solcmnly be-
lieve independent Of all the efforts of all the
notary pubics In oil Washington.
From these two considerations, / conclude
that you have no claim or shadow of claim on
me, but that your proposal is merely request
Tor charity, to the amount OF five or ten per
cent" Oh the small sum, that your living
IN Washington, and watching the signs of the
times, begin to believe Congress is going to al-
how me. This charity decline hestowng, for
three good and sufficient reasons
1st.-I am very poor myself
Id have family to support on $3.50 80 u
month, which isn't such tremendous income
in country where flour is thirty dollars per
barrel.
3d-lll sec you - first; giving you full
permission to I'LL the blank with any kind as
p,rntlon Tor your future welfare and happiness
appropriate. N
Farewell Charles; remember me kindly to
"a number Of officers stationed IN ;rox"." '. ~"
you write. Invest properly and iuJ;c;onsv
the "fye or ten per cent" you get from then,
lin your future efforts forget me, and remcn.
Der to
Be vituous and you will be happy"
Adiep-Yours respectfully,
GEO. II. DERBY.
Lieut.. Topogl Engineers.