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•4 to aol m agents for the "Texas Ranger
, Mississippi, W. K. Harrison,
J. B, Robertson,
W. A. Hlgglus,
J. llailsr,
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J. L. Niekelson,
Jas. Denisoii,
Q. M. Bryan,
Stephen F. Perry
Adriano*,
WASHINGTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1851.
®aa« 811 Beisten's Speech.
In compliance with the request of many of
oar oltisens, oar distlngtlshed fellow-towns-
man, Oen. Sam Houston addressed the poo-
pie of Walker county, In the Presbyterian
Church at this plaoe, on last Monday. No-
tioe that ha would speak on that day having
been given through the papers, and it being
Court day, there was a large oonoourse of peo-
5le present. The large ehuroh was crowded,
'ha General spoke for an hour and a half.—
The deep attention that was paid, interrupted
only by the frequent and loud applause of the
multitude,^ attested the delight with which
' thought it' the ablost speech that they* oVer
heard him make. Others who had never
heard him speak before, had their expectations
mora than realised. It is diffioult to deter-
tuiue when Houston speaks best. The last
Speech one hears him make always appears to
bathe best. On this oceasion his remarks
were most happily conceived and expressed.
It has been our happiness to hear him on many
oooasions. Perhaps we have heard and seen
and fait greater exhibitions of his vast oratori-
cal powers, but his speech on last Monday
was distinguished for profound thought, cog-
ency of argument—happy illustration, and for
a patriotic devotion to the Union of the States,
a sentimeut that pervaded it throughout. It
was a oaim and Statesman-like speech ; wor-
thy of Sam Houston; worthy of the position
that ha occupies to the oountry; worthy of
the gallant people whose representative he is,
and of whose views and principios and feel-
lugs, he is emphatically tho great embodi-
ment.
In the outset Gon. Houston paid a high
and deserved compliment to his noble col-
league, Oen. Rusk. He alluded to their past
servloes together in the early struggles of tho
oountry, and spoke eloquently oi their joint
efforts in support of the adjustment meas-
ures of the last Congress. He adverted to his
Oregon voto. He had been abused for it—
had bean deuounced as a traitor, aud held up
to the reprobation of mankind, wheu that vote
was glveu in strict aooordanoa with the Mis-
souri Compromise; when tho passage of tho
Oregon bill was but a re-enactment or ac-
knowledgement of the line of 30.30. Oregon
territory all lay above that line. The South
did not oontend for the right to oarry slaves
there. That matter was settled by the aot of
1890. All Oregon V theu declared to be
Brum Lee,
L. L. Chile ,
W. D. Thompson,
C. M. Hubby,
G,W. Olaseoook,
C. H. Stearns,
J. R. Henry.
C. M. Winkle*,
J, C. Boggs,
J. Lawrence,
D. C. Dlokson,
H. Mitchell,
C. Armstrong,
J. M. Swisher,
R.B. Boston,
Col. Yokum
John Long,
H, C. Fountain.
Judge MoFavtand,
P°C. WhUaker.
W.B.
a
UwMlowimtn*
res
lug
tel. Babeerlbera who do not give exm
!• the eontrary are considered wish
la their subscription.
If subscribers order the daoontlnttanoe
tho pttbllehare may eontinue
towhlohthey
responsible till tl
and order their pepci
ibecrlbere removo to other places,
without informing the nubiishere, and the paper
¡ lo the former taction, they arc held
oonrte have
Aedidcd that
from the
it «Mailed
"ml fe>tu||
.. -
en (hey asked for It government, petitioned
Congress to prohibit the introdnotion of slavery,
there. He had planted himself on the Missou-
ri Hoe of 36. 30.; he had adhered to that com-
promise, regarding it as invested with the
sanctity of tne constitution itself, until it had
been abandoned and denounced by the South.
He voted also for the admission of Califor-
nia. For this he had been denounced. Cal-
ifornia was admitted as other States have
been admitted. The people adopted a repub
(loan form of government: they had prohibit'
ed slavery themselves. There was nothing
In this repugnant to the Constitution of the
Uulted States. It was the very principle
that the Democratic party had contended for
—the principle that he had always contended
for, and that he would alwaye oontend for—
that the people have the right to make their
own domestic and muulclpal regulations and
laws.> It was necessary for California to have
a Btata Government: the emergenoy—the
extraordinary state of thlnc
absolutely; the salvation of t
ed upou It; the peace of the
perhaps its very existence depended upon it.—
California was a remote territory. It was
quired fifty thousand men, and sixty millions
of dollars. He had been abused aud de-
nounced for these and for many other things
that he had done for Texas, but really he did
not oxpect to meet abuso for his agency in
the settlement of the Texas boundary question
—a moasure so fraught with benefits to Texas
and blessings to the union. This part of Gen.
Houston's speech was very Interesting, lie
reviewed the history of the bonudary question.
It was a olear eluoidatiou of the whole subject,
aud was the more interesting as it disolosed
much of his private history in this connection
that had not before been published.
wAfWtfflA VmmukAmmá ...Southern
He placed them in the same category—classed
them together—they were governed by differ-
ent sentiments, hut they aimed at tho same
object—a dissolution of tho Union. Fortu-
nately for the country, there were but few of
them in either end of the Union. The people
at the North aud South were satisfied with
the adjustment of the slavery question. The
country had nothing to apprehend from the
few restless spirits, who werosiill endeavoring
to keep up the agitation. They were power-
less, for the sympathies of the people were
not with them.
Of the disuniouists in Texas, or those who
opposed the acceptance of the teu million
proposition, General Houston made equally as
msty work. He met their arguments tri-
umphantly, and expressed his surprise that
there was any opposition to a proposition
so immensely advantageous to Texas. He
ulluded to the proposition that wo onee made to
England, to give her five millions of dollars to
seoure a recognition of our iudependouce by
Mexioo. There appeared to bo uo opposition
to that measure. At another time Texas made
overtures to the United States, for annexation.
She was willing to surrender all her public do-
mam on ooudition that that government would
annex her, and assume the payment of her
debt. Thore was no opposition heard to that
proposition. Hut we liad now made an in-
finitely better bargain—we were in an in-
finitely better position than-we would have
beon, had either of the other propositions been
successful. We had been annexed—we had
ten millions of dollars, and we still had a vast
publio domain of one hundred millions of aores!
What more could wo desire ? had not every-
thing conspired to render us emiuently pros-
perous and happy as a people 1 Aud all till
wltHuiU
i vinvrgcnoy—mil
tgs—demanded it
the people depend-
he Union itself—
rapidly populating—the oharaotcr of the pop
utatlon was anomalous. A great majority of
.. m.w AAitiiniM the people were good people, but there was a
MHSSZSUr- k'l« Intermixture of tad man amongst them
" —reoklee and abandoned and lawless oharae-
ntg,w or whom it was neoessary to intimidate and
in by the strong arm of the law. The
people needed protection from suoh men, and
protection oould only be afforded by a well
regulated State Government. If that had
been denied them, they would not have been
treated ae American oltisens. They would
have felt it, and woulfrit not have weakened
their attachment to this Government ? Nay,
who will eay that suoh an aot of iujustioe on
our part—suoh a disregard of their interests
and their rights—might not have resulted in
■ ■ ni i ■in. «> .In 1, iiH.a¡>n«« tf> this GOV.
? What then wbuldhave oeen tnf
Could we have forced them into
i! Could we have oonquered them?
admitting that thia were possible, it wae
te way to preserve the Union—it would
its existenoe. iWe
>rnia ae our equals entitled
benefits and privileges and bless-
t we enjoy.
what was etmnger than all, lie had
for voting for the ten million
to Texaa. It wae hie fate to be
had been abueed for everything
for the country, But
inetanee.fi He
tie of San Ja
in hie fate, in every
tobe severely
coward for the
the
mifr*
(«gp ' WKf'f ■ 'y+:
the cry Oi "thief! thief.'—yonder he rum!"
in order to escape detection. Theso letters
were publshed in May last in the Baltimore
Argus, aid, although they appeared under a
and high uame, and related facts
management which are incomes-
permitted to pass as tho idle wind,
i not a ripple on tho surfaco of that
ilio sense and deoency which no
said to bo capable of* navigating.
and part;
table, we
They ma
soa of p\
democrat
They we
finding u
which w¡
the wltfg^
ciliate th'
noticed by us at the time; but,
Mng hi them to make that plainer
ahetuly plain euough—via: that
'iad left no stone unturned to con-
fre«-*oWs and abolitionists, and
a stngto
iBdMen
TITCO or prrnpTjife or hanov on our jmrt, «utt fnrthi>
without joopardiseing, in the least, the interests
of our sister States of the South. On tho con-
trary, Texas, while regardful of her own inter-
ests, gave peaoe to tho oountry. It was upon
the acceptance of the proposition made to her,
that the whole system of compromise turnad.
She had It In her power, by rejecting that
offer, to open afiesh the fearful agitation of the
slavery question between the North and South.
She acted as beoaine her, conscious of her
duty to herself and the Union. It was urged,
that Texas in aooopting the ten millions propo-
sition would devote a portion of her territory
to frcesoil, This,' so far from being the oa*e,
had the offliot to take off the slavery restriction
that already applied to a large portion of her
territory. By the joint resolutions of annexa-
tion, tho Missouri Hue of 3Ü 30 was extended
through Texas. No State oould have beon
admitted above that line as a Slave State.
That restriction is now removed and New
Mexioo can come In as a Slave State, If the
people desire to do so; nor is there anything
now to prevent the slaveholder from carrying
his slaves Into any part of the oedad territory.
Wo regret that wo cannot give a more sat-
isfactory report of Gen. Houston's speech here
on Monday. Wo have notloed It but impor
feotly, merely hoping to givo somothing like a
faint outline of its general feautures. It is
impossible for us to do more. Most of our
oountry-men were present and heard It and
ret that all of the State were not pros-
defeat the compromiso measures—we thought
it unuocc«sary to present our readers with the
humiliating picture which they afforded of
private intrigue and discreditable party zeal.
Nor woul4 we now intrude on tho good taste
of our reaiitrs such matter did not tho reputa-
tion of thtjspecial organ of this administration,
in depictiig cases of sinister management, secni
likely to^tfler for the want of a real instead
of the imngiuary one upon which it has been
so long employed.
We silajest that the special organ should
publish ths letter from Mr. Palmer side by
side with fiat of Mr. Donaldson, of Texas, in
order thntpts readers may see what it is that
gives to tl£ last such an abolitiou and free-soil
odor, and ¡to the first such a pleasant whig
savor, or, in other language, if tho last be
Oliver, v hy tho first may not be Roland.
[ Washington Union.
Fpjm the Baltimore Argus, May 7.
Unioi^ of wmas and abolitionists.—Tho
lotter wlioh we publish below will show tho
truth of, the oharges which we have here-
tofore niide as to which was the abolition
party of the North. It will prove most con-
olusiveH that the union of the whigs with
these vi factions has been carefully matured
by their Íleaders, aud that upon this union
they havi relied for a triumph over the demo-
oratio p«ty, which has ever proved itself the
friend of jho Uftton and Us guarantee^. There
can bo n# doubt as to the geuuiueness 4Í the
we oommend its contents to the
rusal of the friends of tho country
erpetuity of the Union. It will be
Cass and the Compromiso are aliko
these traitors, and tliut their offorts
h will be alike exerted. Wo
uL thfe coalition
Washington, May <5, 1851
To thefltfitors of the Baltimore Argus:
As this is an important crisis in tho history
of our cfrontry, aud one which requires tho
uulted ejbrgy of the Avuorloan people to guard
our freewustitutlons from internal as well a«
ox terna [foes, that our glorious Union, which
was bef^eathed to as by our revolutionary
fathers, «nay bo preserved and perpetuated, I
hope yrh will publish tho following impor-
tant document, which was prooured by me
legltlmitely, and whloh will probaly enable
the edltbr of the "Republic" to prove conclu-
sively tl his southern friends that tho whig
party oiiho North has never ooalesood with
the nbc|tlon and free-soil parties to overthrow
tho de&oratlo, party—that party whloh has
suaoesi&llyi from tho days or Mr,"Jefferson to
the prejant, combated evory effort which has
boon mide to weaken the bonds of tho Uulon,
P
lotter, i
careful
and the
seon th
odious
lo di
subm
we regí
ent to listen to his masterly vindication of his
oourse, and that of his oolleagues, in regard to
the exoiting questions that have agitated our
country for the last two or throe ye*rs. Of
one fact we are well satisfied; Gen. Houston
was never more popular—nover more firmly
seated in the affections of the people of Texas,
than he is at this time. They are ready to
endorse and ratify his oourse. They have
unlimited eonfidenee in his fidelitv—in 1
patriotism and in his ardent devotion to tl
linroni
/tmnr vr we uusier.
[Presbyterian.
A Roland for at Ollver--Not a Wonderful
Exposure.
.The whig presses throughout the Union,
have magnified into an affair of great impor
tancc the letters of certain individuals profess-
ing to be democrats, implicating them to some
extent as willing to aot with the free-soil party.
Whether these Tettere were genuine, or, if so,
whether their publication was authorised or
not, and therefore capable of being received as
pnblio expressions of even individual opinion
were points beneath the notice of a party
which elaima a monopoly of decenoy and of
the pnblio sense of justice. But not only
ware theae points overlooked, bat a still great
er outrage was committed by the N allegation
that the individúala thus implicated , were
members of a democratic committee, when it
was anthoratively'annonnoed, and was well
known, that they were not members of any
soch oommitcee. But what
of a party, whioh seek less
than to
etext was all that
and orf of
State would soon find itself in an open fight
with itself. A visit to my friends in Maine
has convinced me that a Union and a rally
of the whigs and free-soil turn there would
bo followed by a most splendid triumph.
Some one should visit immediately tlu*
leading men and editors of the whig anil free-
soil parties, and secure an excellent plan of a
campaign ; and then somo four or five active
men should immediately canvass, carefully
and thoroughly, the whole State, without
much noise at first, to secure a good organisa-
tion, and then have rallies iu all parts of the
State as soon as the hay season shall be over.
men, who should devote his time iu visiting
all the towns iu his fifth part of the State, and
who should cause to be distributed extra pa-
pers, circulars and handbills, aud ot the proper
time votes, iu large supply, in all parts of his
division, aud call to his aid whatever of ser-
vice that amount would enable him to com-
mand iu suoh towns or localities as mo^t ueed
it.
You doubtless recollect that tho majority
against Cass in 1618, in Maine, was 7,341, and
you know little-effort was made last year by
the whigs and free-soil men, when they might
have carried the State with a good degree of.
union, and with proper efforts.
I would like to spend two months in Maine,
as I believe more could be doue to aid matters
in new Hampshire by labor in Maine just uow
than in any other way.
Were I to take an interest, personally, iu the
contest, 1 should write for most of the whig
papers iu the State. This I could do while
attending to matters in different purts of the
State, as I should have an opportunity to learn
something new overy day to commuuicato
through tho press.
Will yon see Senator Smith, and toll, him
that I have writtou to you, calliug your at-
tention to the importance of immediate atten-
tion to Maine? Yon cau converse with him
upou the matter, on the ground that I had
suggested to you to consult him as to what
con bo doue. Ho will theu, very likely, tell
you I have also written to him upon the mat-
ter.
1 have hundreds and hundreds of rolativ es in
Maine, and unuumbored acquaintances, whom
I oould visit while passiug about, and seem to
be making a oall on friends, while doing what
... 1 desired to effeot. I believe I oould stir up a
WithoutVaflfld.-fualinir for «nimA I oouM write
„ «unit's Mfter workiUffjiava and knan. .,i
ifirti. a correspondence in aUparts onñtT&fiíícr
which I might labor.
by estiplUhlng geographical parties, whloh
was dulrooateu by tho Father of hU Country,
hloh Is one of tho oardittal principias of
nioorat
feeling!
power f
she mt
Hone
IssarleJ
questic
she rsr
and wh
the denjooratlc party.
Greaj Britain-our only great commercial
competitor—kuows that If our glorious Union
is oomqitod together by fraternal fooling—that
hloh brought it luto existence—her
gone, aud, lustoad of being tho first,
booomo tho second commercial nation,
a Interference ou tho part of her em
fomeut civil dlsoord upon the slavory
that the Union may be broken, and
n mistress of the seas. But I am
lad toísee our Iilsl) foliow-oitizona alive to
or intrigues, which oonvluoes mo that they
are thtt- friends bf the Union, beoauso they
know that as It grows in strength and moral
grandear the certain decay of their oppressor
18 l'orhaps'túo editor of tho "Kepuonc may
proclaim thii important dooument a forgery,
.-v.|jiy nft'h* did the reputed intercepted
of the British Minister to Lord Tal-
if so, I will honor him with tho pe
dooument. It is evident
irnment feels a deep and abl-
the defeat of the demo
y, because Englaud is well aware
th^t xty^Amorioan Democracy i* her antago-
nist i id abolitionism and its concomitants
her alyis. ,
Respectfully, yours.
E. B. ROBINSON.
Di
Tru
a fev
in
tho
facaat Bears,
by CARRIB COIiTOX.
Oh! give mc back ray vacant hours,
That loug since lost their goldeu sands!
Oh! give me back those precious flowers
That withered hi ray careless hands!
An hoar! How brief! and yet how long!
A season for immortal deeds!
My vacant hoars through memory throng,
Aud o'er their path repentance bleeds.
Oh! oould an angel bring to rae
My vacant hours again to live,
My heart cries out, "O, God to Thee.
My every hour I humbly give!"
A Pared}'*
Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber s chain has bound ute,
I call to mind the sight
Of long skirts trailing round me;
Tho hopes und fer.rs of gilhood's years,—
With public scoff combiuing,
Can't save a skirt that's in tho dirt,
Or round each sigu-post twining!
Thus iu the stilly night, &c.
Wheu I remember all
The mud I've.scraped together,
With skirts that round mo fall,
Like mops iu tnuddy weather,
1 feci like one who's undergone
Euough of fashion's sorrow,
To llMtf'I'frtl'tll lii) 1'l'J >* _ ..
rrr wenr^rne shorts io-morro\vV
Oft iu such woful plight,
Wheu fashion's chain has bound me,
I've been a horiid sight,
With long skirts trailing round me.
<*od Save the IMow.
UY MUS. Siaot'RNKV.
Sec how the shining share,
Marketh earth's bosom fair,
Crowning her brow—
Oread in its furrow spring?,
Health and repose it brings,
Treasures to nukuown kings-
God save the plow!
Look—In the warrior's blade,
While o'er tho tented glade,
Hato breath's its vow-
Wrath, its unsheathing wakes,
Love at its lightning quakes,
Weeping and woe it makes—
God save tho plow !
Ships o'er the deep may ride,
Storms wreck their banuered pride,*
Waves whelm their prow—
But the well loaded wain, .
Garnering the golden grain,
Gladdciied the house-hold train-
God savo the plow!
Who are the truly great?
Minions of pomp and state,
Where the orowd bow?
Give us haul hands aud free,
Culturers of field aud tree,
Best friends of Liberty-
God save tho plow !
ffr
been
Concord, July 5,1850.
va to-day written to Hon.
Senate, throwing out
what should bp done
unite the free-soil and
nd thus secure au
It Is now certain
oanbe chosen
Sute; and if
could unite there,
Fessenden might
y, I should
re-election of M*.
1
<wr < i
■ v,.
parts ■
might labor. All this is iu confi-
dence to you ; but really I foel it to be of the
first importa neo that a good and well-mauaged
contest should ho carried on in Maine this
year, aud that it should be oommcuued im-
mediately.
We aro hoping soon to hear of the defeat of
tho omnibus bill iu tho Senate; but our fears
are almost as strong as our hopos,
Yours, with esteem, D. S. PALMER.
Hon. John P. Hai.k.
Young America may Crow.
Every American will feel proud to learn in
what esteem our moohnnlcal Inventions are
held at the World's Fair. Tho lust triumph
was eifootod by Mr. Firrson, of New York,
the famous Piano manufacturer. Learning
that the Queen Intended to visit the Crystal
Pulaoo'upoun certain day, ho plaoed one of
his largo dottblo grand aotlou instruments lu
tho American division, engaged four acuom
plished performers, aud laid in wait for tho
royal oomlng.
Her Majesty soon drew near, loaningou the
arm of Friuoo Albert. Pirrsou gave tho signal
—crash fell the four muslolnus upou the duvot
ed instrument—and forth carno such a meto
dious " Yankee Doodle," us was uever hoard
before. Every performer spent his genius
and strength upon his part—and, as the grand
ohorus of freedom filled the remotest oorurr of
the pnlaoe, and encored the performance!—
Then didn't Pirrsun jump ? Didn't he mount
the platform, and, in the presence of all nations
bid the Inspiring strains to be repeated ?—and
as they went swelling up to the God of Lib-
erty iu a regular gush of glory, didn't they
bring dowu the house ?
{f■!.> *}nnd Plaindealcr.
Post Office Stamps*
The fellow who, under the present cheap
system, would undertake to use a post office
stamp twice, would M steal a blind dog's din
ner, and then stoae him for being blind."—
Mr. Linooln, the postmaster at Worcester,
gives notice (In the oolumus of the Worcester
Transeript) that in oonseqneaoe of frequcut
attempts at that office to make use of post
office stamps twice over, he shall hereafter
prosecute offenders to the utmost flmits of the
law. [Boston Transcript.
In no where but in New England could
suoh mean, scheming, skinflint, post otfiee
robbing people be fouqd. Worcester is the
hot-bed of Abolitionism, and the postmaster
iqigbt know that persons who advocate negro-
stealing, would be guilty "of just each three
penny theft as using a poet office stamp twice.
N. Y. Daybook.
"Does your arm pain yon sir?" asked a
lady of a gentleman who had seated himself
near her in a mixed-assembly, and thrown his
arm aeróse the back of her chair and toadied
her
it don't, bat why do you ask V
oat of place, that's all."
Wke ta
%h:kü(UW."U'S& pitta .*
city last woek, has excited a great deal of
mthy in her behalf among all elassea.—
unhappy womau attend her son through
his trial, sitting by his side iu the court room
and exerting herself to the utmost to effeot
his acquittal. Failing iu this, no sooner had
the seutence been passed, than she hastened
to Washington to plead with the President for
his pardon, and urged hor suit with a depth of
feeliugand a persevering importunity whioh
it must havo cost the Chief Magistrate muuy
a pang to refuse.
Finding that there was no delivery for her
boy, she retraced her weary steps to the prison,
to minister suoh oonsolatlon as she mightolfyr
to tho doomed one, her heart meauwhllo
breaking, her voioo choking with blttor grief
even while she tried to iuggo t comfort and
hope to him. The evening before the exeou*
tiou sito took hor final leave of him ou earth,
aud surrendered him to the. grim, unfoeling
clutch of justice and its mlniou*. What u
night must that have been to the poor mother
—how tiko tho knell of death fell every stroke
of the clock upou the ear-how every tick of
the watch seemed to measure tho advance of
his terrible fate. The morning came, but scat-
tering no beam of hope upon her bosom. Re-
morselessly marched the hours whloh sho
knew would crush out*the young life she had
nourished and loved so well. Noon came,
and she was led into a room of the pitsoii.—
There was a ooffiu, and iu it a tenant. Shn
approaohod it, aud iu au agony of grief fell
upon the body and kissing tho uuconsoious
lips, exclaimed, «'O ! my hoy, iny boy!"
When we couteinplate this sad history from
beginning to end, wo are impressed with this
thought: It is tho mother, not the aon, who
Is the chief sufferer. What are the pains of
the gihbitted criminal, eompared to the agonies
of tTio poor moitrat, whoa* Ufo was bound
with his; whose hope all centered iu him aud
whose foudest, most cherished dream, had
beon that he would be the prido and stay of
her deolming years.
Young men and boys look at this plot uro
and think. You may, possibly, be reokless
enough to disregard the coneequenoes whloh
a career of sin and folly may eutail upou your-
selves, but will you, dare you, draw dowu
upon a parent's heart the crushing weight
of anguish which your iguominy ana puuish-
irieut may cuaae. There is no manlineea, no
spark of gratitude iu that ohild'e heart, who
does not shrink from evil doing for hie parent's
sake, though he may dread nothing on his
own account. [¿Vew York Organ.
One of the beet tilias for a meroautlle firm
that we ever seen le Call 4* Sottlo, whioh is
painted ia golden letters, on a sign in one of
the Atlantic cities. Customers are reminded
every time they paae of their outstanding ac-
counts. Neal Jjf Pray is the uame of anoth-
the following "beats aH";—"Two
««p I wnsv
debt of Gnat
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But
Attorneys," saya On old newspaper,* "in part-
nership in the United States had tho name of
the firm, which was Cetchmm 4* Chotnm, in-
scribed in Ute astral manner upon their office-
door; but as the singularity and ominous
juxtaposition of the' words led to many a
widows coarse joke from passere by, fee men in law
attempted «¿destroy, in part, tho aieet of the
old association, by the
Christian nam
and ttitaflr:
the initials
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