92 CORRESPONDENCE OF £1823

It is a good thing for us that you have taken such .a
course. You are doing for us what Scott and Miss Edge-
worth are doing for their homes. Living so near to the
times you are describing, being acquainted with people
who were actors in them and eye witnesses, and being able
from what remains of those days to judge what was their
character, your works impress us with all the sincerity of
matter of fact; and the creative powers of the mind seem
to present us only actual truths brightened or softened
by the atmosphere that surrounds them. You have a
double hold on posterity; for curiosity will act stronger
and stronger upon them as time goes forward. How pleas-
ing must it be to you, when not able even to conjecture
what In a little while will take the places of all you are
now looking on, or what will then be doing where you
now stand, to reflect that your descriptions of these pass-
ing things will remain the same, and your characters still
live and a'ct,—to see even thro' earthly things how im-
mortal is the mind! When "Old Mortality" will not be
able to read the gravestone over you, the thoughts and
sensations of the soul, which you have sent out into the
world will still be keeping on their bright, mysterious
course thro3 crowds of living, busy men. To love fame for
this takes away vanity from our love, and makes it sacred.
What a full and true description you have given of a
newly settled village in a new country. Such a motley
company huddled together, yet all distinctly marked and
individual, and every one as busy as can be, as always is
the case in such a place. (Honest Major Hartmann in his
sky blue coat is but a visitor and remarker, and of course,
not as busy as the rest, always excepting his share in
Mistress Hollister's good cheer.) There is your bustling,
vain Jack-at-all-trades, Richard, Ben, Aggy, and Brownelse bread soup^ at 7—-then family33\fs24 Times are hard, but I hope to effect my business and be\line \expndtw-3 home this week. I find the public sentiment very generally\line \expndtw-2 with me in regard to the editors, and the respectable por-\line \expndtw-3 tion of the latter ashamed of their \i confreres. \i0 Every body\line \expndtw-1 appears to wish me success, and I have no doubt of it,\line \expndtw-7 myself.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li25\fi230\ri4\sb4\sa0\sl-266\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw1\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 The \i History \i0 seems to be liked. Some opinions are\line \expndtw2 strongly in its favor, though a few cavil at it. Stevens\line \expndtw3 thinks Perry has been worked upon, and that he will\line answer my letters, but if he do, he cannot answer my\line \expndtw-6 facts.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li29\fi230\ri7\sb0\sa0\sl-266\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw5\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 They say the Court is divided in Elliott's affairs,\line \expndtw3 though it is thought the finding will not be hard upon\line him. It got through only on Saturday last.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li29\fi241\ri7\sb0\sa0\sl-266\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw3\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 I haven't seen Mrs. O'Neil, nor Aunty Rush. I have\line \expndtw-3 seen the Doctor, however, and shall make it a point to see\line \expndtw0 Mrs. Rush, herself, before I quit town. I think she will\line \expndtw-5 come up to see us this summer.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li277\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-266\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw2\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs24 My love to all our dear girls, and for yourself,}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li4399\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw-5\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs30 J. F. C.}\par }2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw3\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 Col. Grey, Lord Grey's second son, is here with his\line \expndtw6 wife. I dine with them to-day, and may persuade them\line \expndtw3 to come up and see us. If anything is done in that way, I}\par }33\fs24 If peradventure you saw a little notice in the \i Evening\line \expndtw-2 Post \i0 of y\super r\nosupersub victory over the Otsego Journalist, I hope you\line \expndtw0 did not think it a Paul Pry-ism or an invasion of y\super r\nosupersub Pri-\line \expndtw1 vate rights, for I must shoulder the responsibility. The\line \expndtw4 truth is I received the particulars from Y\super r\nosupersub friend the\line \expndtw5 Chief Justice [Judge Nelson], and I could not refrain}\par } lodged and much genteeler\line \expndtw0 than before, though other matters are not essentially im-}\par }ther\line \expndtw-3 than cold.}\par },}\par }nt}\par }33\fs23 When I arrived here from Washington I found my\line \expndtw4 father in a feeble state of health; he had long been sink-}\par } leave\line \expndtw-1 New York Wednesday evening, and get home on Friday.\line I may be detained, however, as late as Saturday.}\par }3 You say I do not talk enough about myself\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f2\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af2\loch\f0\cchs0 and I\line \expndtw3 had forgotten it until this moment\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f2\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af2\loch\f0\cchs0 my sight is I think\line \expndtw12 better than it was, though my right eye remains the}\par }s20{\*\pn\pnlvlbody\pndec\pnstart10\pnindent435\pnf2{\pntxta .}}\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw-12\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 {\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw3\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 Our countrywomen and the Fair of France.{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw-1 Standing.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qc\li4\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-238\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw2\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 et decus, et pretium recti}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li580\fi-580\ri0\sb72\sa0\sl-241\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw6\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs20 La Fayette. The friend, pupil and co-worker of Washington\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f2\cchs0 \'97\line \expndtw0\hich\af0\dbch\af2\loch\f0\cchs0 We know no higher eulogy. [Written in pencil by Cooper.]}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qc\li36\fi0\ri0\sb212\sa0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw6\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs18 FROM H. C. CAREY}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li14\fi3182\ri0\sb90\sa0\sl-256\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw7\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs23 Phil., July 13, 1832\line \expndtw9 Dear Sir}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li0\fi245\ri4\sb0\sa0\sl-256\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw4\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs23 You will have seen, before receipt of this letter, that\line \expndtw3 the cholera is in New York, and that it has almost de-\line \expndtw1 populated the city. Here, we have had only a single case,\line but we are in daily expectation of it, and the effect upon\line \expndtw0 business is almost the same as if it were here already.\line \expndtw4 Fortunately, there is no such panic as that which pre-\line \expndtw1 vailed at N. York, and as every one knows that all possi-\line \expndtw8 ble precautions have been taken, they wait with pa-\line \expndtw0 tience\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f2\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af2\loch\f0\cchs0 and if it should come, I hope it will not so utterly\line \expndtw3 destroy business as it has in the other city.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li4\fi256\ri7\sb0\sa0\sl-256\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw3\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs23 Everything was dull before, but its arrival has tended\line \expndtw0 to aggravate all the ills attendant upon business\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\f2\cchs0 \'97\hich\af0\dbch\af2\loch\f0\cchs0 or upon\line \expndtw4 a disordered state of it, such as we have had for the last\line \expndtw7 9 months. To add to all other evils, the president has\line \expndtw1 just vetoed the Bank, and the people of the South swear\line \expndtw-1 they will nullify, so that we seem likely to have a glorious}\par }ng1033\fs22 |{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw6 the chances of war in Europe. Our latest accounts seem to}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li11\fi0\ri0\sb0\sa0\sl-259\slmult0\tqr\tx6664 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw0\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs22 !{\charscalex100\expndtw0\tab }\expndtw9 make, at least, war almost unavoidable. 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