INFORMATION WANTED. 

 "Washington, December lo, 1867. 

 OULD you give me any infor- 

 mation respecting such islands, 

 if any, as the Government is 

 going to purchase ? " 



It is an uncle of mine that wants to 

 know. He is an industrious man and 

 well-disposed, and wants to make a 

 living in an honest, humble way, but 

 more especially he wants to be quiet. 

 He wishes to settle down, and be quiet 

 and unostentatious. He has been to 

 the new island St. Thomas, but he 

 says he thinks things are unsettled 

 there. He went there early with an attache of the State department, who was sent 

 down with money to pay for the island. My uncle had his money in the same 



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