
          offfice. He is out of employment
and has difficulty in obtaining
the means of daily bread for his
ten children. The places left
vacant must be filled and
since a political appointment
does not stand on the same
footing, as to [?], as one of
a different kind he will accept
it with the condition of
instability. I say he will accept
though I do not know certainly that
he would do so if he thought it would
not be agreeable to his friends in
New.York. His wants however are
great and I do not see in the
present state of the case that his
acceptance would do injustice
to any one or injury to the cause
of science. The place must be
filled Mr Thurber cannot be reinstated.
It is better to have a good
        