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sidered independent of all that had been done about his time in Eu- 

 rope towards effecting the same great object. If so, ought not the 

 public authorities of our nation to pay such respect to his memory as 

 to confer some pecuniary favor upon his widow and daughter, whom 

 we believe still survive him? The first must be aged and infirm, and 

 the last cannot be very young, and we understand are poor, and 

 struggling hard for a bare subsistence. Ought they not, we ask, to do 

 something for them, to raise them from a state of penury, to one 

 in which they may at least possess the comforts of life? Not let 

 them be dependent for these at their age upon their labor and per- 

 haps charity! If the late Charles Newbold had invented some war- 

 like implement, as important for the destruction of human life as the 

 plough is for increasing the means of sustaining and preserving it, 

 then, perhaps, there would have been less doubt as to the success of 

 our appeal. We hope not though, and cannot help thinking, that 

 as ours is a government of fraternity as well as of justice, it will 

 do something in the case here submitted, that will properly cherish 

 the memory of a most valuable citizen, sooth the feelings of a few 

 surviving friends, and near relatives, and stimulate the future skill 

 and industry of a young and growing country. Certainly nothing 

 can do all this more effectually than to place the widow of the late 

 Charles Newbold, bending under the weight of years and infirmities, 

 and his daughter in the decline of life, beyond want and dependence 

 for the short time either have to live. Especially when this can be 

 effected by a very trifling exercise of a great nation's bounty ! 



All of which is respectfully submitted, in behalf of the Com- 

 mittee. 



SAMUEL VAN WYCK, Chairman. 

 CHARLES HENRY HALL. 



