Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-08

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Il Mr. Bons.ss, ug she N. VI. ksagsr. has
addressed tAs following LESTER 10 Mr.. ~
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iLxpsKn OEr1ck, n kw 4 OAK. Sep. ., 1858.
Dear Ars~-T hare ! psspssitlon OF !
soEae ssgaak pscnlisx nakarN "a maka Eo yca
Keg the parehaas of Eha Meant YsTnoa
1 property yea Aays Hoaa more han anE
othsr man, Of. mighs say, than all olhas
nsl 70 Y0sr aleqaens appeals In Its be.
AaR ~ pFe-aaalhaeslY dna The egesh al ths
REogFsas Aaxsadv maas y that aohls ssorks
asd saas Sayas wsak VI leh ths a1hiect ID aAl-
ssfsalH EsSslssa & e e esr psspls fTea ssas
heart Of the pphlie has natagaIly warned
towards you sn Aesaunt at yopr wsllstimsd
and weIl directed efforts 10 Easczse the tomb
Of ne Father es cur Country from pagiset
and dilApidaki0n,
Knowing iAaa yea have bsaa no Iess dis
tlngufshsd sn laaralgRs thaA Ia ofReiaI Life.
1t bas occurred 70 ma thaE it might be "a
agreeable 10 Yea 10, aid The patfiotic and
beneToIeak snkeEprisa which you have aR-
dertakan. hy eNAErihnEi0as to TIE columns et
q weekly paper ee unprecedented eixcaia-
ton ~ BY public address. Ihays, seeog-.
aingiy, to propose thai II yoa win furnish
to the New Hork Ledger one original article
q week for one year, sill immsdiatsly
npoa ReeatEEag Yous assent 10 this pg0posi-
tion, place ak Essir disposal, for the k2aefSk
OF thR Moqnl Vernon Association, ny
check FOR the anm eg ten thousand aailsTs,
am aware, air, that yep axe net In the
habit of contributing 10 the eolumna at any
periodical, and that yoa are fortunately
30 situated financially that "a peeaAiary
reward offered to you Tor your own person
al banaki would INDUCE ycu to deYiats irsga
your usual coarses bat your disiRtereated
devotion 10, and ths deep interest yon hps
tRksa IN, the noaia work to which have
referred, leads mato hope that, for The sake
OF aiding i yoa may accept NJ PROPOSE
Very respectfully,
RORERT BONNER.
Proprietor Of tha New York Ledger.
Hon, EpwAKB EvKRxrE.
Mr.. RRerstt replies a. follows s-- /
Eas1oR, New. q, 1853 /
DEAA sIR--Your letter OF the ID Sep. |
was placed In ny hands on the IL tn OF that /
moath, In consider ktion Of your check for |
ten thonsand dollars TO be placed at nay |
disposal for the benefit Of The Mount Yer |
non Association on the receipt oE my let !
ser accepting tha Offer; you propose to me
10 furnish an original article weekly for |
.he New York Ledger for one year,
XniS ffn@gM1 uf9er had resafvaa gaT tho tSaxt-
sul consideration. l haya been, and am
strongly tempted, on the one hand, to make
:his noble addition to the Mount Vernon
Fund. On the ether hand, among other
zronnda Of hesit&tlon, have been afraid
hat could not do justice to your liberal
ty, without giving up more tine to the prep
lration Of the articles than Is COZ siztent
Rith other engagements and duties. 4
Fou are right Ia suppc siag that no pecu-
liaTy bsneht aecruing 70 myself <oafd in
lucs me 10 undertake the tsskI Though the
financial situations 10 which you aiiade
far less brilliant thanyoa may have bseh
ed to thtak by exa gger ating newspaper re-
'orts. ] feel, however, that it 10 my duty
lot TO Forego this opportunity Of adding 20
fund, and | accept the Offer. will begin
= SAS "a s<& REs - S@N% as NA@ AssSsN /
late demands upon my time to fulhu some
Irsvioua engagements shall eease-~tn the
curse Of this monta at spFtjRsssatTvS W dvgfy''
a2Klng up al the end Of the year for any
mission In the regular supply. +.
They will, hope be recaiFed by you and
be public with the indulgence usually eG-
ended to gratuttoas laboTS in merttortous
ause. /.
| shah venture TO call the articles thus
by me ssTAe Mount Vernon Pa
,ers,'' scarcely daring TO assume that honr
Ted name, which. however, may perhaps
,s permitted, Is poSristsly Indicating
be obiset for which they are prepared and
70 sxcusiag thsiE impeTfeetionR,
Iremain, dear sir, respectfully yours,
EDWARD EVERETT. /,
RoaERE BoTSERs Rsq.
Cogv af Reesigs fyom kAe TYa@sgssy gS tas A#g-
Ri@ry MsHut Vsywsm Faua,
OB0G BosEox, Nov. 10, 1858.
Rscsived Of Hon. Edward Everett, Rob
.rt BonneI's cheek foE ten thousand dol
ara, for the Trustees Of the Mcunt Vernon
F.H. PEABODY, Treasurer.
Mr. Bonner will Rnd himself amply re-
paid for this unique and brilti&Ht offer, in
The largely Increased circulation Of hts
Ledge.