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OF recovery ron his recent attack Paralysis and hopes
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York. onor Georc the first cay OF December next x,,rr


Richmond, November l, 1872. nl4t


IT Nsr. Covcrt's Concer, oncc mcre.-Havng
been TIC city Wednesday last, have not
been abe reply 10 Ver'as in your paper o.
and from the statements there by him, should think
that any other would have been more appropriate.
In first place. true that the Columbian Society
all circumstances lfso why did they refuse 10 pay TOR II
for the evening of the 4lh july after Committee
mission The house on that evening They had hred


during The pleasure of The Trustees each ieserving the
privilege Of disseminating by gyns lou: weeks no'S c.
private individual Concerts and the ComMttee VINO hred
expressly said they should not 10 give over SIX Con-
cets during the year. Aeast five OF these the Society had
already given Now the President OF the Columbian so.
ciety openly declares that he never lad thought that he
society had any right give nlleduas hc right 10 hold
Concerts there their night and wien they relinqu'sned
the evening to Mr. Covert understood by him that
hr. Cover would the Trustees and nuke his own ar
rangen,ents with them. lie also knows that The Society
never did bold Concert in the houSr without giving The
Trustees timely notice, as there Is extra light &c MI
Covert also that thu highest price asked for the
use the Church mot excepting the CllaGn Preeniauon
dollars e4ceot i'll instance and that the case OF
Mr. Brown from Yonkers, and he after using the house.
dollars leaving dollars, OF which only were
paid Notwithstanding he broke his engagement with tie
trustees AID had COMIC songs announced Tor te sIhge
which contrary express stipulation Another TACT
we'll known Veritas that when the announcement o


the Concert the l7I Instant the Church were
holding meeting in the basement, and notone OF the ne
bers the Church presents and al the close o' the
mpoting when the President adjourned tor two wesEs ne
did not say what This Verias wei! knew, and
the President also well remembers With regard TO te lei
written 10 the PRESIDENT he says on saturuly nis
true in part written after Y O'Clock Thursday
night not on Saturday and in the Post Office The PIeS
dent having given not 10 have his letters sent him.


hui 10 he put in the alphabet Snhec his CALL ard he not
calling bt Friday add Tuesday morning, as was as
certained OF the PosOice Department, proves
sufficient for his not receiving IL AS 10 the eight or
nine hundred ladies waiting the door, leave him 10 ac
count for that, He farther stats that the many Concerts
given the Church paid for sMARTLY Setting aside
the Concerts given by the Columbian and the Brothers
Societies which five dollars which includes the occu-
patton Of! the Church afternoon in each week by the
ladies attacked to each Society. The Trustees would like
10 have No Vcras agree 10 mike The average amount ac-
tuay received dollars Tor each Concert or agreeing
TO give him all that amount The lact IS, Mr. Covert
Diuch afraid OF the OF the stipulation tat
no comic songs should be sung in the Church. and this in
opinion of the Trustees, was The only reason why he
did NOT inform them OF the Concert. s. WHITING. IT.
ing No 10 Nassau-st, just now enlarged and improyed-
They are well located, pleasant and commodiouS. o3tt