On the Correspondence of Gorernor D. D. Tor 



gara, Oswego and Black River; but I am not ad- 



they are to get tents and camp equipage, or who is 

 necessary expenses * * * I shall to-morrow dispa 

 sary orders on my own responsibility as to funds 



To William Irving, Esq. : 



* * * I feel perfectly conscious of the propriety ar 

 the responsible step which I have taken, and thereto" 

 made unhappy by any sacrifice I may sustain by reason 



the approbation of the virtuous and upright " ill 



peat satisfaction to my mind. * * * 



The eyes of our friend- in every part of the Stater 



of discord may be charmed down, or be merged in the 

 the present crisis * * * 



This was written in the hope of securing a republican 

 from New York city. 



The next extract is from a letter to Colonel Rutgei 

 and is called "confidential": 



" I am penetrated with grateful sensations by the u^ 

 flattering manner in which the republicans of New Y- 

 pleased to approve of. . . . my proroguing the legislature, 

 it be once established that speculation by public officers 

 which they are to decide in a legislature * * * cap- 

 ter of indifference with their constitute/its * * * if 

 that combinations of out-door individuals * * * 

 morality can for a stipulated sum pre-engage and contn 

 measure through the legislature whatever may be its b- 



public safety from that time no upright man will end 



the atmosphere of the metropolis." 



a letter of January 28, 1817,— addressed \o Rev. Dr. J. 



"At a meeting of the Regents last evening, a condi 

 was granted for a college on Staten Island to be called ' 



College" The regents generally if not unanimously i 



removing Columbia College from the city and are des 

 sectarian character may be destroyed. * * * The co 

 the property of Columbia College with the funds of our 



lege will be more popular and beneficial generally a 



with the Regents, 



