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ity IN June 1850 saw that he was going 70
let his note 90 70 protest. or compel me 10 bor-
| fovit with his $500 protested note In my
hands Idid not wish 20 be further compile
| Gated with one 90 unable or more liable 30
sold a share Of the TIbuns stock for $4,000
10 enable me TO meet this $4,000 note.
thereupon notified the holder that MI. 8. II
Cheney. the drawer. had q right 70 paJ this
note: that II he did sc. very good; II not
would. but could not be q party to its renew
al The note being in the Litchaeld County
| Bank. l seasonably forwarded TO the cashier
thereof my certified check for 81 120 principal,
| interest and So to cover tlngtnciea and
| notified him that II Mr.. Cheney should lift the
note we'll and good II not, wanted to pay itand
there was the money. just at this time at the
very last gasp. Mr. & + Cheney sent down q
neo note for me to endorse with his protested
note for $500. then lying on my hands for
monthsl and wanted me to endorse this TO take
up his other $4,000 note with. OF course
didn't do IL OF course he didn't pay the
1000: and Of course did. And thereupon 1
considered his claim to the shares which he
had purchased but not paid for forfeited by
his own act aud notified him that he tods ready TO
settle He came down. but would do moth
ing. At first he insisted he would have the
share; that he would somehow pay for It
I told him he was standing In his own light;
that he could do better than take the share;
that was willing to pay him $500. which was
at best his full due. TO be square with him
and that he could buy another share
one OF MoElrath's taken by L. 3. Law
renee on account OF q loan for $500
and thus do better than to take
my share as he wanted to. He went OF on
this. without settling. bought the McElrath
share for $4,000. partly on credit and drew on
me in my absence for the $500 had offered to
pay TO be even with him Mr.. elnclair whom
you can consult II you choose) supposed this
draft was drawn In pursuance Of my offer to
settle-that II was on acceptance or notiflca-
ton OF my ofIer-and paid the money. told
him when returned that this was wrong-that
g. i. Cheney. having got the money. would not
send the receipt lie felt sure was wrong.
and wrote at once for the receipt, but none
came. and none has come to this day. In
stead OF II have to m eet this claim for some
thing. I can get no account from them. and
am now trying to defend myself against
claim OF money due which am not permitted
to see. Here is my statement OF the account;
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respectively. 80 we'll that when your proof says
mr.. oliver" said 30 and 90 in the House you
know uhether 10 insert "of Mo-" or of Y
after his nams7 Would you choose TO strike
out "of No" and put in "of N. Y" II you per-
ceived the speech taking particular direction
respecting slavery. which shows that Il must
be wrongly attributed in the teleRraphic de-
spatch7 Ny friend. II you are indeed qualified
for a first-rats proof reader. or can easily make
yourself 90. you need never fear. But don't
fancy the talent and knowledge required for .
mere Secretary Of state. President, or any such
trust will be sufficient Yours.
IL p. DrrTz. Eao HORACE dREEL.HH.
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roINTs ON PROOF READING.

New YORK. Dec. "a. 1884
don't like your second letter. which did
not receive sooner because Of my absence In
Ohio You are too full of Difference. The rst
lesson OF a manly life Is seli-respseL
think 1t very probable you might prove a
good reporter. and will commend you as such
70 our city editor. Mr.. Otterson. should you
como here; but l cannot attempt to Oysrrule
him. He 10 responsible for his department
and could not be Justly held so unless he had
full liberty In the choice OF his suboTdtnstss.
think shall never advise any man to come
to this city, In view OF the suffering which now
pFsVailA Should you resolve to come here on
y0ur own motion. about the 10th OF April
should ind you hera You must take -FOUR
chance Of starving II You come
As to proof reading think dTst-rats proof
rsafsr could always ind q place In our con-
esEn within month But the place requires
far more than Jou can learn; It requires an
universal knoE Wedge Of facts. names. and spell.
ing Do you happen TO know ohhAnd that
Stephens Of Georgia spells his name with PHI
and Stevens Of Michigan with in the
middls3 Do you know that Eliot Of hAsSa-
ehusstts has but one I IN his name. while
Elliot lately IN the House from kentucky has
tWof Do yOu know the politics and prejudiees
OF Oliver Of Missouri aud Oliver Of New York.
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lrrr-sLAHERr CONSERVATION.

NEW YORK.. May Q, 1850.
GENTLEMEN have yours Of the 9th. for
which thank you. though shall probably not
attend your convention. am. as you doubt
less know. not fluent nor effective speaker.
and II cannot be interesting TO any one to hear
me com pound and commend the Republican
movement, since they can more easily acduaint
themselves with my views on that subject By
reading.
What should desire TO saw. II were with
you. IL substantially this: The Republican
movement is defensive. not aggressive; con-
sentative Of freedom. rather than destructive
Of slavery: and its success will be not con-
summation. but a glorious beginning. This
country ought to be. and yet will be. cleared Of
slavery; but the first practicable step is to
stop the progress and extension OF the evil.
In this step all true conservatives, all believers
in the doctrines OF our Revolutionary fathers.
ought to unite. When this has been success
fully taken other steps will naturally follow,
from which some conservatives will probably
recoilL Let us make our platform so broad
and liberal that all who stand for public faith
may come to the aid Of those whose animating
purpose Is the extension OF freedom: and let
ne. by proving our capacity to win one victory.
open the way for winning many more Yours
HORACE GREELEY.
Messrs. WIN. M. CHAoE. SAMI- W. PECKHAM.
wESaATE HAYES, Providence. X 1.
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HORACE GREELEY,
154 Nassau street. N. Y.
LAYING HIS CASE BEFORE AN AEBITEa IN
MONEY DISAGREEMENT.

LAYING HIS CASE BEFORE AN AEDITEB IN A
MONEY DISAGREEMENT.
NEW YORK. May 61S59.
DEAR SIR; Mr.. T. p. Cheney informs me that
you have consented TO act as arbiter between
me and Mr.. Silas L Cheney on whose behalf a
claim is set up against me by the former.
thank you heartily for having done so. AS
can get no time to appear before you prior to
my departure on Monday for the West allow
me to make as clear a statement as can OF all
the facts. which is alrI propose to do In the
business.
l. In 1855 lIr. Sllas T. Cheney was owner Of
one share In the Tribune Association BY our
rules this gave him a right to purchase any
share that might be offered for sale in prefer
encs to any but another owner OF a single
share. wanted to sell two shares to Mr.. Eben
ii. Fay. who had long been one Of our writer's
offered them accordingly at $4,000. Mr.. +
p Cheney on behalf OF his brother. s. L.
Cheney. proprietor OF one snare aforesaid.
notified me that no would take one OF the two
shares | offered. No other owner OF a single
share making like offer, WAS obliged to ae-
cept Mr.. Cheney's.
.. When no came down 10 take said share he
was wholly unable to make the payment
Finally. by getting me 10 lend him $500 (which
he duly paid and obtaining my endorsement
20 his own note for $4,000 az two years which
Is thereon got discounted BY farmer In
Litehneldl. he was enabled 10 make a sort OF
payment OF course | refused to transfer the
share on this sort OF payment nor did he wish
me to do l., In urging me 70 my reluctant en-
dorsement Of his note he assured me that he
would take care Of It at maturity. and that
should have no more trouble on his account
This Was in May or June 1853 allowed him
TO take the dividends (which were larRsl on
this share standing in my name on his as
suTancs that my liability for him was nominal
merely.
3. In June. 1857. hs came down to get
money TO pay for tract Of land In Litvhaeld
which he mad Just boughtfo Sl.lOO. Nothing
would do but that should let him have $500
ithls money. told him We were on the verge
OF . terrible crisis; that had no money to
lend that the TTibuRs needed all had &e.
but nothing would answer but the money. and
let him have It For $500 ne gave me his
note at sixty or ninety days: the other $500 ne
said. would surely be met By a dividend OF 500
per share TO be declared In July, But july
came and We could only divide 500 per share
land ought not 10 have divided GnyL l called
on him for the balance. but he could not 1t
east did not pay Il till long AfterWsrd. The
$500 note he let 20 to protest and never did
pay IL.
4. Thus stood when his two years note for
5000 endorsed b. me- came near its mGtuT-
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Union preserved. But the struggle is not yst
30 long as there is anythinR 70 be done or to
be feared on this side Of the Union,
or OF danger, Is here more especially while
the greatest menace and now lost i'm minent
detection and hostility rather than OF Southern
treason. let me once more. then. beg the
farmers OF minnesota 70 hsye patience Win me.
autumn. In the sanguine hope that the next
summers sun will smile upon our county, re-
vieit you next autumn In the hope OF meeting
many OF the heroes OF our great struggle,
safely returned from the bivouao and the
battlefield, rejoicing in the grateful spprecla-
ton OF their countrymen. and In the proud en-
Garments OF their happy wives and children.
You're, HoRACE GREELEY.
JoHN H. STEVENS, Esq. ssc. State Az. soc,
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ADVICE TO AN HONEST DEBTOR

NEW YORK. June o, 1868.
FRIEND WILLIAMS; received to-day your
check for $1,000. was glad to get II equally
glad for your sake as my own hope to hear at
no distant day that you owe no m an q dime. IL
were In your place not only would speedily
You have been lucky for the last year: trust
you will remain SO.
When you wish to renew your notes as ron
purpose Just call on Mr.. Sinclair. who does all
my business and has the notes at hand In the
office; He tried to suggest that made mis-
take N Lending you. but he did not know you
Ihaye 70 consult you on business soon. wish
you would look In for me at the Malson Doree
as you go down on Friday, II late, stop at my
den. Cooper Institute Yours.
HoRAo1 GREELEY.
1 7. WnIIAMa. ESQ. 80 BroadWaY city.
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WHILE war CLOUDS LowERFn

NEW YORK, Aug. ~. 1859.
MY DEAR SIR: 1t Is now some two years and
a half since accepted an Invitation to visit
Minnesota and speak 10 her farmers At her
State agricultural fair-Gn invitation which
save me pleasure 10 the reception and still
more in anticipation OF its fulhlment lam
still anxious that my life and the patience OF
my friends In Minnesota may hold out until
/ can ba permitted to tulhl that engagsment,
But those / with all respect to OtheTsl most
wish to meet when ] shall visit your state are
to-day In the National armies, Drawing eK-
pOsurs. fatigue pTivatlou, and death FOR the
life Of their country, l begin to grow old; /
shall probably never traverse your state but
this once. and | want TO be at Leisure 10 do II
with some delibsTation. But still more do
wish to meet and thank the noble hinnsso-
tans-no matter whore they were born or
what have been their past at1inities with or an
tlpIthies TO ms-Who have consscTated their
lives and their eOuntTy's salvation.
You probably have noted that have not al
WAYS felt 90 sanguins OF happy Issue ircnA
our present trials as many II not most other
loyal Americans have done have too often
feared that disloyalty at the North would COM
plsts the ruin plotted and tnaugurated by
open treason at the South, II is possible.
therefore. that snioy the brighter prospects
that have recently opened before us more
keenly than those who receive them as mat;
ter Of course; now tesl more than hopeful
that the rebellion vii bs put down AID the
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orrrxo ELECTION RETURNS IN 1854
TRIBUNE OFFICE, Dot. %, 1876

TRIBUNE OFFICE, Oot -, 1901
understand THE Sun to object very prop
erly under the circumstances. to come into the
arrangement proposed. Should It proceed
therefore. It is to DO understood that all the
advantages and all the expenses Of the under
taking are to be shared by all the associated
papers. excluding The Sun.
think 1t will be desirable TO go into some
further expense than hitherto with regard to
city returns. and not to the extent Of employ
ing collector for each election district In q
part OF the city that would be expedient but
not In the whole.
do not think anything can be done with the
police. In the first place. the Captains have
no right 10 detail their men for private busi-
pess. for which extra pay would be expected.
Next their attention could not DO counted on.
riot or other requisition for service In one
ward or the carelessness Of tipsy man might
upset the whole Arrangement.
The suggestion OF the Erprsss that the re-
turns be oil received originally by Mr.. Craige
is correct with respect to all that may DO re-
ceivod by telegraph ard is assented to. With
regard to city and Brooklyn returns, 1t Is nos
80 practicable. To send them all to Han
over street would involve needless delay and
expense and would probably cause the
loss OF one or more returns. To hire q
room apart from all the ollcos, l will assent to
II insisted on and q suitable room can be OBJ
tanned. But l would rather offer a room in our
office expressly set apart for this purpose. ac-
cessible at all times to such person as each
esta blishment should depute to receive tho
returns. who should be entitled to claim and
obtain them Immediately on receipt Why is
not this satisfactory We can get them in so
quick and cheaper than otherwise. and the
room in question would belong for the night
to the Associated Press. the same as IL In the
City Hail. II is, OF course, understood that. in
case OF such arrangement, for each office TO re-
ceive its own returns originally: the Tribune is
not to be held responsible to deliver them ct
the several offlces. Respectfully.
HORACE GREELEY
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Rrvs'ry IN AIaI "a.

IT-77' ~ . 7 10 -IIl7sF I'M
HELFNA Mont, Nov. a. There vas sound
o. reyelry last night At Malta lhe youth aud
beauty ul The COW country Wer- there. Tho
dance WAS a. Il, ur.=nt. But there was a rrt.-
Gus husband w.th a Zig siN-shuJier outsl.'.
and when Thomas NherrY saw young ALL
dashng Lem Erauson enIoyin. trto- II, p,
with hi, young wie he oleu-I lire thruUg4
tie window, utl IN an instant hs bombaTt-
mvnt Of I.u was epllpsed. IHn fir-t bullet
ETaXed ETuu-ub heal. the third bToke his
shuulde- lIt n' rlutcheI his uyR trusJI gun
Ia hi, lett hand aud replied to t.r IRE. ~ ithuut
u,su smptisI their guns NHu-eom Ia ants
hastily moved out OF range. an the good might
numb on the lTOgra .Dnls Mas omitted. Bran
sun Will ururauly Recover. although he Is in
danger. Malta IL small town IN he R0TthsTa
part Of the state.
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oRKELEY's LETTERS To THE nPEcUNIouA
lPrivAtsl


TRIBUNE OFFTcE. Oct !. 1851.
My DEAR Sir; write to make no. request
but a suggestion. which requires no answer.
have for a good many years been In the
frequent receipt OF letters from strangers.
mainly young persons and people in debt and
difficulty. soliciting advice and sometimes
more tangible aid. To most OF these letters
have given hurried response. and that is the
end OF them.
But as the questions considered In these re-
sponses are eminently practical and OF con-
slant recurrence do think portions OF some
OF these letters OF advice II recoverable. might
afford useful hints TO persons who may hsreat-
ter be In like circumstances Of EN- barrassm emit
or perplexity with those OF my successive cor
respondents
What have to request Is this. II should die
before you. as is probable, II may be we'll for
you to advertise for these letters OF mine, stat
ing that you propose to publish some OF them,
with portions OF others. so far as they may
seem to have any practical value and that you
are fully authorized by me to solicit the loan
gift Of my letters to this class OF correspond
ents. with a view to such publication. II YOU
should think II necessary. YOU may print this
note, or any part OF II. as your warrant for
making the request Try to got the original
letters, not copies. so as 10 print. should you
ma anything worth printing-whAt l really
said. not what SONS transeriber may have mis-
able to recover even fourth OF the letters OF
this class i have written. | am sure you may
CLEAN theretrom some hints that you will deem
collecting these letters need not be an expen-
hoBEEr BONNER ESQ., Editor Ledger. City
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AN APPEAL To THE VERBATIM.

INV YORK, Jan. q. 1872.
DFtG SrR: Very grave MISREPRESENTATION OF
my Testimony before your committee having
obtained currency. ! will thank you to direct
your stenographer to furnish me that small
portion OF it only which relates to or affects
Messra Eastman and Ewing. Assemblymen
from Duchess county. Yours
HORACE GREELEY
Hon W. A. BUCKINGHAM. Chairman. &c.
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no OBJECTION To THE pLur PENCIL.

NEw YORK. Now 80, 1860
FRIEND TtIToS: hope some one tor morel
Will write for tho hfcpenief about Antui-
nette's book. for 1t Is really great one I have
written a hasty article which send herewith
and hope you will print next week. Make 1t
editorial II you choose and change II TO your
liking: but see that the book have some roc
ignition next week. and better to criticism
aftervard. Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
TIEO. VILTOS, Esq.
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VERY FEW WORDS WITH AN EDITOR
New YORK. July Ia. 1850

Nr. Jdr,, Brootn
In your journal OF this afternoon ind the
As am the editor OF the
Tribune and an not conscious, that |
life. certainly not for lieing" nor Of even
any charge OF thai, vice. will thank you
TO explain or Justify the above assertion.
Holding 1t far worse to be proved liar than
to be falsely accused or personally assailed as
one. shall not In any case seek to iniiict fur
Their or other pun shment on one who calumni-
Rtes me than such IA il involved In his ex-
posure to public reprobation.
HORACE GREELEY.
Mr.. JAMES Brooks. Ed. EIpreSA
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Mr.. JAMES BROOKS Ed. ErpresS
yAIR PLAY.
New YORK. Jan. T.. 1867.

New YORK. Jan. 4. 1867.
NJ. Jaii'
have your note OF Dec. 80.
The matter to which you reier was inserted
with no thought OF or reference to you. In
order to help lady struggling with hdyersity.
II was. OF courss, inserted in the full belief
that It was true; and you will pardon my say
ing that your naked contradiction IL not sutfl-
to make statement OF your side OF that case.
the columns OF the Ir1bune are at your service
yielded to Mrs. Us statement. Yours.
HORACE GREELEY.
o. Is. JUDD. New Haven. Conn
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New YORK. April II. 1872.
DEAR SIR: thank you for yours OF yester-
day. ! doubt the right 20 omit Holiness letter.
at present. anyhow. He Is irving TO get re-
nominated and thi Is letter would use him up
] wish you had chosen to speak in your own
person as to Grant and one term: but will do
what can with what you give me, Yours.
ii. GEEELEY
J. J. STEWART. Esq.
10 be ConhnueiI
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NV YORK, July 10. 1904
FRIEND JoHNsoN;. This man Is com position,
born in India, last from Panama. He is needy
and wants work Couldn't you get him q
chance to set type In the Ind,pendent or else
where2 beg you to consider what can be
done for him. Horace GRFEIEY.
OIIyER JOHNSON IndependpnI
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o. b. JUDD. New Haven. Conn.
LIMITED ToLERANcE OF TITLES
NrH Ynpn Ann ~ 1S

rlsni1rs.
Your paper last week says that objected to
the brief " Hon. irhIie a member OF Congress.
i did not submitted to that handle for con-
yenience sake. But when iet Congress, my
term having expired. | did ask that should
be henceforth called by the name my parents
gave me. l don't want to figure before tho
public. but you may some time have u chance
to sot this right Yours. IL GREELEY
To THEODORE TILToS
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CONCERNING MADAME JuMEr.

New YORK. Feb. %. 1870
DEAR STR: Nine. JumeL whom Aaron Burr
married late in life. formerly lived in tine up
per part OF this city. near WashIn Gton Heights.
and presume she still does. / never knew
her and can scarcely tell how you might find
her: but James Parton. who wrote Burr's life.
lives In Brooklyn. and I presume knows where
she iA think letter sent to him. care OF r.
Bonner. publisher OF the Ledger. would reach
him. Yours. HORACE GREELEY.
OWEN II. PECK. Esq. Boston. Mass
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A PERSONAL STATEMENT ooSc1sE1r PUT.

New YORK. Dec. ~. 1854
About the ] st OF July last as l was leaving
Washington city. a draft for $1,000 on A.
Hunt. Treasurer OF the Des Moines Improve
ment Company. was placed in my hands with
instructions to draw and receive the amount
in case a draft for a similar sum should be
drawn on me by some one In Washington
Two or three weeks s'terward received ad-
vices Of such a draft on me. and thereupon
called upon the Treasurer and asked him II he
was instructed to pay such q draft. lie said
yes. intimating his knowledge that 1t was not
for my benefit. He accordingly paid the draft
for n like amount drawn on me. This Is the
only pecuniary transaction l ever had with
that company. and never derived nor ex-
pected to derive. nor was promised any pc
cuniary or personal advantage therefrom. I
was never a stockholder iL said company. nor
in any way employed by It.
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And the So 200 hero allowed for the share
returned Is exactly what s. L C. paid for the
McElrath share. which he could not have
bought had ne hold this one Respectfully
Hon. 4. SMITH. H. GREELET
Received. New York. May Q. 1859. OF silas
T. Cheney 81 In full OF all demands up TO this
date. HORACE GREELEY. 154 Nassau st.
This receipt is deposited with Mr.. Smith to
be rendered S. F. Cheney or his agent on the
fulnlment by Mr.. q. OF the terms OF the award
OF Mr.. Smith whatever they may be- II. q.
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II. Greeley to 8. L. Cheney


Balance honestly due II. o., three hundred and . ~.
thirty W
But here Is tho way made out the account
on which offered to settle with Mr.. Cheney
last summer: making an account OF the divt-
dends on my share received BY him. but con-
sidering that this share had virtually been his
since his contract to buy It in 1855:
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Ee-eAise the Phno,ophy OF sueoess-He
Tsn. . wouis-bs Proof Reader thst =
eeoa Preef Reader Needs More ths- che
Tsis.. s.d Knowledge or . Mere rresi-
sent-Desir,es with siIas Cheney-Advies
eos Frtsns-caiiins Down Another Editor
The subioinsd letters. written By the late
i4oRAon GBEELEr. wiz be read with intense In
terest By all those who knew hint and with
abundant instruction By all students Of Amor
lean history. politics. and literature.