paper was written my attention has been called to a meeting of the "Columbia Grays" and "Columbia Hunters" which was held in the town hall in Columbia, Pa., on Saturday evening, November 17th, 1832. Captain Michael Way was appointed president, Captain James Haughy vice-president, and Moses Montgomery

me of an earlier opportunity of acknowledging the favor of your address. But a testimony of kindness so flattering to me, and a display of philanthropy so honorable to yourselves, will be forever remembered with gratitude and respect. "The great objects of a free government must be to establish