down there. I do wish he was settled with for he is not doing any good higing [hanging] about in the way he is. He will only be souring poor Alexr in every way he can. He says he would not have anything to do with a place you or I had anything to do with, you in particular. That is what people get by their good intentions at times to such fellows as that. If ever their was a snecking scoundrel he is and I certainly pity him on account of his father & mother who