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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-12-09
WHERE THE STREET BALLOONS ARE
MADE.

The most picturesque of city peddlers
are the balloon men, and the most gypsy
like of the tribe is an old Frenchman
who haunts Broadway near Union
Square, and whose English vocabulary
only includes, want one 2" "Fifteen
cent? "No understand He has lean
and wrinkled visage, gray eyes, brist-
lIy tuft of beard upon his chin, and
small silver rings in his ears. His attire
is q fine linen shirt and a pair of brown
trousers, held in place by a stout red
cord twisted thrice around his waist
and ending in heavy tassel. Over his
shoulder is strapped black leather bag
full of mysterious odds and ends. In
slouched hat and loose shoes he shuffles
along at q measured pace, with stoop
in his shoulders and a whistle in his
mouth, brown stick grasped in his
right hand, and n bunch of stout threads
arc all tied TO one end of the stick, aud
to each is fastened n round red toy bal
loon, five or six inches in diameter.
These float in q huge cluster like a col
lossal buheh of scarlet grapes or a flock
of rosy soap-bubbles, much to the de-
light ofchildren, and somewhat to the
curiosity of their elders. Half dozen
odd little shrivelled reddish-brown
pouches are attached to old Pierr's stick,
and his whistle ia simply a metallic
mouth piece, with which he blows up
one of these pouches till it becomes a
balloon, full of common air, that speed
lily escapes again with q small shrek, as
if aggrieved at being forced into such
uncomfortable quarters.
Fully half the toy balloons sold in
New York are made in Sullivan street,
in ;dingy little second-story front,
about twelve feet square. This contains
q hnA q fahln and all thu a IL
err paraphernalia of q humble household,
in addition to the simple apparatus OF
balloon manufacture. The maker is a
Frenchman, with fierce moustache and
Jolly wife, whose favorite expletive is
"Good GlOryw
'.Make balloon seventeen year in Paris
tree year in New York" says Francois.
'Make two, tree hundred day, some
time four hundred
He shows a red wooden chest full OF
the little rubber pouches.
'Come from Paris, blow him up, you
see." ..e-. .-l.-
And he takes a pair of bellows and
initiates the limp and dingy little sack
into a glossy scarlet sphere, ties the
mouth with Gotten thread, and lets it
"Fall on the ground you see. Must
put gas in him."
Water, sulphuric acid, and strips OF
zinc are the materials used to make this
gas The balloons are filed one at a
time, long thread is wound around
the mouth of each and securely fasten-
ed, and then they are anchored to the
table, with a tumbler, tied to the back
of chair, or allowed to rise and bump
themselves along the ceiling. Three
score of these ruby globes, all floating
| Gracefully in the mir lend a r0ae-cnlOr.
ed and picturesqe charm even to this
forlorn little room and its shabby in
mates. a thin coat of liquid isinglast
is applied with brush, to keep the gas
from slowly escaping, and when thi:
has dried the balloons are ready for the
street.-E. e. Stems. an Scri6ner'S .foa
December.
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STATE ITEMS.

Hog stealing is alarmingly prevalent
in and around Leavenworth. Upwards
of twenty complaints have been made
to the police within week.
Joy offers to build a railroad from
Columbus to Chetopa if the people of
Chetopa will give him $4,000, securing
to him the payment of the same by
bond and mortgage on private proper
ty. He wants cash instead of bonds,
as he considers them of no value. So
says the 4dcdnce.
The Neosho Falls Democrat gives a
cheering account of the business of that
town, which it reports rapidly increas-
ing. The citizens have commenced to
use brick and stone, of which there is
an abundance. Strangers are coming
in large numbers, and are investing cap
ital in property in and around town.
The Waterville Telegraph says: '.The
biggest thing in the butter making line
has occurred in Ottawa County.
VIM. NJ. Poslethwait, of Pipe creek,
has two heifers, two years old, and
three cows, from which he realized be-
tween the lst of April and the Both of
October $40 pounds of butter. Out of
this he sold 479 pounds, from which he
realized S194.15 in cash.
The New Chicago Transcript of the
18th says: upon the arrival of the
regular passenger train on the NJ. K. &
7. r. r., yesterday morning, stranger,
who had procured passage from town
below, was noticed to occupy a singu-
lar position in his seat, and upon exam
ination he proved to be dead. Medical
aid was procured, and all that could be
done was done by some of our citizens
but he had passed beyond human aid
His person was searched and his name
| by various articles about him. was
found to be- Joseph Saltmarsh. 1t was
also shown, upon investigation, that tbs
deceased came to his death by consump-
ton, from which he had been suffering
for some time. He was buried in the
cemetery yesterday.
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PROSPERITY ON THE PLAINS.

The census returns from Kansas show
how rapidly the States west of the
Mississippi are advancing in wealth
and prosperity. A few years ago the
progress of Kansas, Arkansas and the
other States which include the vast
plains stretching toward the Rocky
Mountains was rather slow and presen-
ted marked contrast to the States on
this side of the great river, which was
readily accounted for, not only by the
sparseness of the population, but by
the perpetual Indian trouble, which
kept the settlers in hot water. The
present census, however, gives Kansas
a good show-a population of three
hundred and fifty-five thousand. These
people are scattered over the whole
area of the State, including the garri-
sons of the forts. The points of con-
centration and aggregation are to be
found in the cities of Leayenworth,
Topeka, Lawrence, Lowell and Salina.
The value of farms and other property
is largely on the increase The total
amount of these values is eighty-three
millions. The product of grain last
year, was twenty-four million bushels,
showing great increase in the number
of acres cultivated around the principal
towns, where the grain lands are excel
lent.
1t appears also that game is very
plentiful this season-thousands of buff
falo, in herds of two or three hundred,
cover the prairie for miles. This is
good news both for the white settler
and the red hunter. There is nothing
that keeps the Indian so peaceable as
plenty of buffalo to eat The animal
| has been scarce for some seasons past
and hence the young warriors were
idle, hungry and hard to manage. On
the whole Kansas makes good exhibit
| in the official census.-Nesc York
! Herald.
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OUR NEW SHIELD.


You didn't heard der news? Veil, veil.
Dots kinder funny. doc
Wy, eferpody knows Id yet
Don'd you dink ids drue?
Yes, yes, dots so-ye god SON
My oft women and me
Und he's der shmardesd leedle shild
You efer yed kin see.
He canned der VERY lasd nighd in MaFdeh,
Der sassy, leedie Mool,
OF he'd a waited leedle vile
He'd been Abril fool; 1
But dot baby he knowed ding or doc
Dey say so he looks like me-
Dots cause Pm been he's farder,
Dot counds for dot, You see.
He's god der nieesd leedle shnood,
UHd Ieedle hands und feet,
Und he kind wink NIT botd he's eyes
Oh! he's goot enuf to eat.
Volts dot bed you dot I'm broud,
feel like OF Pm Wild!
{ / yoodR,d shwab him for farm,
No, he's doc nice q shild.
Come in der house und saw him yonce:
Hush howl Don'd wake him ub!
He's got awful bair OF lungs,
: q He kin shgweel like a bizend bup.
Z See, dere he Is, now aind he nice!
He's txin he's moud TO CRY;
He vonts TO suck on soH eding, Guess,
He's leedle droat dots dry.
Ven go down shdairs in der bier saloon,
Und drink glass OF bier
To der healt OF dot leedle shmail shiid O
mine
Dot vas send to me dis year;
Und ven hObe ven he gots 10 be man
Dot ehusd like he's farder he'll been;
IND ven hope anoder shmail shild viii com
Nexd year dis dime agin.
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The presence OF worms iI-theA intestines IL in
Dictated by variety of symptoms, pains in the
stomach, swelling Of the abdomen, picking of
the nose and ears. bad breath, variable appe-
lite, etc. II the worms are allowed to remain,
winch is too often the ease, death is frequently
the result. Use Mothers Worm Syrup. 1t is
FAR superior 20 AL other preparations a worm
destroyer. Being composed entirely Of vege-
table ingredients, and free from all nauseOus
taste that vermifuge contains, it is pleasant
syrup that children will readily take, or it can
be eaten with bread.
All worm CONNECTIONS and worm candy con-
tain terra alba, deadly poison, which is used
TO keep the CONNECTIONS and candy from running
together in warm weather. Beware of their
use, and take only Mothers Worm Syrup.
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GLEANINGS.

Connections granted 49l divorces last
year.
The editor OF the Ohio Statesman says,
"more villiany's on foot" We suppose
the editor has lost his horse.
Cant we make your lover jealous,
miss 2" 'fOh, yes, sir, think we can
if we put our heads together"
About the only person that we ever
heard of that wasn't spoiled by being
lionized was jew named Daniel.
( whatever Midas touched turned into
gold. In these days touch a man with
gold and he'll turn into most anything.
An author, ridiculing the idea of
ghosts, asks how a dead man can get
locked into q room. Probably with a
skeleton key.
We are often told to initiate nature.
Still, we should not initiate her too lit
orally. We needn't dress in green vel
vet through the summer because she
does.
at is possible, miss, that you don't
know the names of some of yeur best
friends?" Certainly don't even
know what my own may be year from
now"
An English writer says in his advice
to young married woman, that their
mother Eve married gardener" 1t
might be added that the gardener, in
consequence of the match, lost his stu
alton.
Near Saratoga a horse, aged thirty
three years, died, the other day, in the
service or the owner who had worked
him faithfully since he was four years
old. This old horse, as well as one
aged forty-three years, belonging to the
same family, had turned from a bay to
silver gray.
The wife of a farmer in Western
New York thought she was clipping
with the family cow-doet0r, q few night
| ago, but found her own husband in
the cow-doctor's clothes when they ar
rived at the hotel of their destination.
The matter was fixed up and good
supper followed.
The British Medical Journal, in a
recent number, says that one of the
principal difficulties in the way of wo-
mans obtaining a complete medical ed
fucation, in Edinburgh, has been remov-
ed. The male and female student go to
the dissecting room together, and six
young ladies are now studying.
A man living not hundred miles
from Alexandria, Mimi, was call upon
la few nights ago to lend his horse TO GO
for doctor, the wife of neighbor be.
ing very i'll. 1t was probably matter
of life or death. The owner of the
horse replied :-"My horse cost nae
$50, and he may be hurt or killed in
the night. If the woman dies, she
; didn't cost anything. The horse cam
CO."
Mr.. Charles Delamere, of New Or
leans, has discovered q process BY
which the saccharine property from
lsweet potatoes can be extracted and it.
: precipitate made into sugar. He tool
one bushel of potatoes weighing fifty
two pounds, and with rude apparatus
for extracting the juice, aided by tn.
, addition of some ingredients known
only to himself, made two and three
quarter gallons of beautiful COLDER
syrup he estimates that a barrel o
: Potatoes worth on the plantation ON,
dollar, will yield eight gallons of syrup
(which could be sold cheaper than can'
syrup. -
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VOLUME ID.
EDWARD WILDER'S
FAMOUS
STOMACH BITTERS
WILL CURE
Dyspepsia, LfpeP Complaint, and
III Species of Indigestion,
Intermittent FeUer, Fe-
Ger and 4DlGe, and
All PeFiO dGcdL
ID eS.

1t will give immediate relief in Collie and
Flux.
II will cure Costiveness.
II is mild and delightful inyigOrant for
delicate femalesas6 g195&1 ale b&&
1t f. n safe Anti-bilious Alternative and Tonic
for all family purposes. -
1t is powerful recuperant after the frame
has been debilitated or reduced by sickness.
1t is an excellent appetizer, as well as
strengthened Of the digestive forces.
1t is desirable alike as. Corrective and a
mild Cathartic.sA ~ ~ - H. - 81
1T The body CT all similar preparations Is
common raw whisky alcohol, which con-
t1ins largssapopnt q fusiI oil and ether
poisonous substances, while the body of Ed
ward Wilder's Stomach Bitters is pure old
Bourbon or cOpper-distilled Whisky, the best
and purest whisky known or produced. This
fact at once Feeonmends and pisces these
Bitters at the head OF all other known pre-
parations for all the diseases foe which they
are recommended. as is testified by number
less certificates from the ablest medical men
and from the ministry. e EsNA T&'5l
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EDWARD WILDER'S .,l5
Family Pills
FOR TIE CURE OF

COnstipated 81 Sluggish Bowels.
In those conditions OF the aIiEentary canal
they are guaranteed to be perfectly infallibIe.
As purgatIve in all fevers and infammatory
diseases, i'll Acute Rheumatisnl,s Inflammation
of the Liver, Brain, Kidneys and Bladder; in
Erysipelas, Fever and Ague, Acute Opthalmia
or Sore Eyes, Fullness of the Head, Vertigo,
Dizziness, ETC., they cannot be eXcelled. These
Pills will be found on trial to be far superior
to any other known combination of medicines
in the rapid and certain cure of all the above
diseases. They should be taken with Edward
WiIder's Sarsaparilla and Potash in the di-
seases in which that remedy is recommended;
and with Edward Wilders Compound Extract
OF Wild Cherry in Coughs, Colds, etc.; and
with Edward Wilders's Stomach Bitters for
Indigestion and Periodical Diseases; and with
Edward wilder's Chill Tonic for Chills and
Fever or Fever and Ague.
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According to the animal report OF

According to the annnal report of
General Sherman, tbs following is
shown to be the present strength of the
army of the United States Enlisted
men, ten cavalry regiments, $500; five
artillery regiments, 1905; twenty-five
infantry regimests, Il, 4S6 men; engi-
neers' battalion, $50; ordinance depart
ment, 706; West Point detachment,
26l; signal detachment, 1872; hospital
stewards, 1913 !: ordnance sergeants, III !;
permanent and recruiting parties and
recruits, not available for assignment,
l ,010; men in the general service, on
duty in bureaus of the War Depart
ment, army headquarters, ETC., ZIG /;
available recruits at depois, 743; total,
3D. $40. Commissioned officers, total
for all branehes of the service, lass.
This number must be reduced to 2,277
before January l, 1871, and the number
of enlisted men must be reduced to 3d.
600 before July /, 1871.
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Sidney Clarke has four times as many friends
in the next Legislature as the strongest among
bis competitors. The purifiers having disgust
ed the people of the State By their hypocrisy,
are now endeavoring Is sssettie DOWN on
sssome man. But the elements won't mix
Laurence Tribune.
Won't mix, Ell? That's what you
preached all summer, you know, ana yet
they mixed" to your great discontinue.
You are false prophet. Your word is
not worth much. You won't do TO tie
to. Youknow you said before the State
Convention that your master Sidney
had forty to fifty majority of the dele
gates You didn't guess well then, and
you win find in little over month
that you are wider from the mark now.
We can name man that has more votes
to start on, for the Senate, than Mr..
Clarke. How are you '.four times as
many p
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EDWARD WILDER'S
CHTLLlTON1C
FOR

chilIs.and Fever. EeVeE.S AgsIe.
And every form, type and variety of Malarial
or Paludal Fever or AfIeenon;l Twenty -one
Day Chills, Bilious or Remittent Fever, Brow
Ague, LumbagO, and every other form of peri
odical disease whatever, has noequaL and in
all such cases II affects rapid and certain
cure. IL is a purely vegetable compound, aud
the most efficient Chill TAnic ever ,'fs'tc,f 10
the public. Try il, all you who are suffering,
~ a cure is warranted in all the above diseases.
ssFaF Ea-E sf"ta
1IOTHEIs'S
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EDWARD WILDER'S
SarsaparilIa& Potash
.Ez's.'S Il .RNFF.h. = 3
An unfailing and rapid cure for
SCROFULA IN ALL IT'S FORMS

Every known Variety orskfn Disease, ne
matter how old or inveterate, Neuralgia
Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofulous Sore Eyes
Glandular Swellings OF the Neck or else
where, Chronic Chiils and Fever, letter
Weeping Sore Leg Ulcers of every kind, PIN
pies on the Face, Ringworm, scald Head
Falling Of the Hair or Allopecial White
Swelling, Hip Joint Disease or Morbus Coxa
rims, Chronic Erysipelas, Dropsy, Ague Cake
etc. For the rapid and perma nent cure Of the
above diseases this preparation stands unri
vailed. a cure is guaranteed in every east
where il Is used according to directions.
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Master Mechanics Association

NHEERFULLY announce tcthe public that
they have affected their organization, and
are now prepared. ''in union" to furnish ma
terial and complete any tirst-class work, defy
ing competition in quality.
Plans and Specifications furnished, and par
ticular attention given business houses and
suburban residences. All are cordially invited
+ 10 call on us before maturing plans aud effect
ing contracts, and note our Inducements.
5. BENT MILLER, Director.
F.J. WORIDICk, Architect.
Office with Bachelor Il Frederick, Real Es-
tate Agents, No. 1873 Commercial street.
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COAL YARD.

TIME undersigned has opened Coal Yard ON
the corner OF Mechanics street and Third
avenue, near Aid. A. Bakers wholesale ware
house. He will Keep constantly on hand
he will sell at reasonable rates. The patron
age of the public is respectfully solicited. Of
fee Mt c. b. Bachelors Real Estate aud Law
Office. il30-tfl JOHN q. JONES.
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EDWARD WILDER'S
COM
Extract of Wild Cherry

This preparation is specially recommended as
as affording certain and prompt relief for
Coughs Colds and Catarrlls of
Every Description.
In Bronchitis Laryngitis, and Asthma or
PhthisIc, it gives immediate comfort and relief.
Ii y also admirably adapted to the relief fthe
cough and difficulty of breathing in .coAsnnip-
tion. 1t is also indispensable in Pneumonia or
Winter Fever, Pleurisy, and every con-
ecivable form of Pulmonary Disease attended
with coughs difficulty Of breathing or pain.
For taste, efficiency and power, this medicine
has no equal; and when used in any of the
above diseases has never been known to fail to
give almost instant relief, followed by certain
and permanent cure.
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A BARGAIN.

90 ACRES of irst-class bottom land IL
~ miles northeast OF Emporia, about IL
acres fenced and broken, acres OF wood and
timber, house lGx2i. nice place for home
and for gardening. Part on time.
BACHELLER & JONES.
Wifi Real Estate Agents.
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NorARIEs AND LAND AGENTS.


o. Y. HART :
DEAL ESTATE & INSURANCE AGENT, En-
HI poria, Kansas. Represents four of the mos
reliable Eastern Fire Insurance Companies. Also
Notary Public and Licensed Gonveyancer. Ofict
No. hi Commercial Street.
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JEWELRY.
t. NJ. FRY,

DEALER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEW.
ELRl ut the Postofiicc. Commercial Street
Repairing done On short notice and in n satisfac
tory style. li-tf-witf
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HENRY MARTIN,

NJOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate Agent and Lii
IN censed Convcyancer. Edorado, Butler Coun-
~, Kansas. Acknowledgements taken, Deeds and
Mortgages drawn, Taxes paid for non residents
All business entrusted 70 mo VIII lie promptly at
tend r. To
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sIAcKsMITHs.
CONNER & RYAN,

DLACKSMITHS, Commercial Street, North Of
ID nth Avenue. Will pay especial attention tC
ironing wagons, carriages and buggies. win Mt al
times be prepared to accommodate the public with
any kind OF work in their line of business. Giveu:
call and we will endcavor 10 render satisfaction.
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NoteI nnd FecGl .StahIe.

W 4. COWLES. who lives at the crossing of
IL 4. the Lawrence and the east and west roads,
half mile north or the Neosho, in addition to
his Feed Stable, has fitted up Hotel for the
accommodation &C travellers. Bread baked
when desired. lott
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H. MORRIS, NJ. h.,

Eclectic Physician ~ Surgeon
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
Special attention given 20 obstetrics, and
diseases OF women and children.
ET-Ofiice two doars south OF Bancroft &
McCarter's Store, up stairs. Residence cor
ner OF State street aud 18th Avenue.
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ouNsMITH.
III. GORDON

NTANUFACTUR ER of and dealer in Rides
WI shot Guns, Pistols, and Sportsnen's articles
Commercial street. opposite the Post oillee. Empo
ria Kan aS. f2-u
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We have half a notion to insert Josh
Billings advertisement for young men
wanted to stand around church doors
at the close of service. A few of them
are wanted IN Emporfa 20 block up the
aisles and doors and stare at the ladies
as they pass out of the church. Those
who have arrived at that interesting
stage in life. when they are undertaking
the serious business of the first mustache,
would be preferred. It would be no
disadvantage to them to part their hair
in the middle of their soft pates. a
slight admixture of that other interest
ing class of humanity, the impudent-
looking, coarse, boorish. blab-mouth,
would be desirable. The last-named
will please supply themselves with a
stock of their usual ''funny remarks,
at which they must all give 'horse
laugh" for the entertainment of the
crowd They are requested to be on
hand punctually and form in line on
both sides of the passage way from the
stoves out to the side walk.
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TAILORING.
Il. GORNILEY,

MERCHANT TAILOR, next door south of Nc
wi MILAN \ Overstreet's, Commercial street
Cloths Cassimeres. DOcskin- and Overcoating, kept
ON hand. and will he made to order in the latest
styles. 4o-u
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n. A. EDWARDS, THos. p. IRWIN
IeDN ARDS a IRVINE

ID EAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS
In, CIVIL. ENGINEERS AND DRAUGHTSMEN
All kinds OF Railroad and Land Surveying and
Plating Collections made and taxes paid through
out the state. Once ut Aryonia, Usage county
Kansas F"rHr Fl .s. ...". a. 4U-tf
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An effort has been made to induce
the belief that Senator Trumbull is try
to put himself at the head of a move
ment to divide the Republican party.
He defined his position as follows in
his Chicago speech:
tEYoung men, if you would be up with the
times if you would go on with the worlds
progress, join the Republican party, sustain
its principles. sustain its organizations, sus-
tain lis candidates Abuses do exist,
and insist upon their correction; reforms are
demanded, and the Republican party must Sc
cure them. That is our mission.
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would be practically debarred from the
privilege of seeking homes in the far
west.
The deep interest which the people
of the whole country manifest in these
matters wehaye endeavored to present,
leads your memorialists to hope that
your honorable body will take such ac-
ton as in your wisdom may be deemed
which your attention is called by the
memorial of the undersigned, and by
the report adopted with almost entire
unanimity by the convention we repre-
sent.