HAMILTON.

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HAMILTON.

(To the Editor of the Mount Ida Chronicle.) j Sir, —It* your correspondent will j -glance over my letter again he will. see .that there was no mention made of there not beuvj; payable ground at the Shepherd's Hut. There may be. He also wished to know if it was by the ! sanction of the Cornish party. that I wrote to contradict his statement that we had offered a very handsome price j for the United Race. 1 not only had : their sanction, but it was by their wish. J Had rumor said it was offered to lis it i would have been nearer the mark. So your correspondent does not think'it is a characteristic of our country to sbare our loaf. Perhapßhe does' not know the meaning of our country's motto. In, conclusion, he wishes, to know if I should like his " little billet." . Oh, no ; I would not deprive our small township of a little puff now and then. Besides, he is the "right man in the right place, if he keeps a little within ; bounds ; and his letters, if they do not edify, at least amuse —and that is some- j thing here.—-I am, &c., ; Alex. Nicholas. Hamilton, Dec. 9, 1870. PROTECTION AT ST BATHANS. (Td the Editor of the Mount Ida Chronicle.) Sir,—ln your issue of Friday I find myself taken to task by two parties—first, for my signature; and secondly, for my subject. To the former charge I need only say I used a name free to anyone, my name beh\g in the Editor's j hands as a guarantee of good faith. j To " Banshee " I need only say l was the ground now free the difficulty 1 he speaks of would be easily overcome, j and its contents adding to the wealth, i prosperity, and revenue of the Colony, j He is quite wrong in supposing I am j in any way connected with the party he alludes to as objecting to the protection, as it matters not to me what nation a man belongs to, bo he the -lively Hibernian or. canny Scot. I wrote in the interest of those who are obliged to seek elsewhere that which is lying dormant but denied them here. I could go into particulars and substantiate every particular of my former letter were it worth while to do so; but it is a well known fact that the ground is lying idle until opportunities occur of working it through races cut by other men's labor, while they are obliged to seek a living elsewhere.—l am, &c., Sluice-Box. St. Bathans, Dec. 12, 1870.