The Chinese Petition.
Sir.—At the meeting in the Library Hail on Monday night hv>t, 20th inst. yon. heard nit- r pel Ihe foul reports in circulation -Uiut 1 was connected with •he so-called redoubtable Cliinese peti-ii-.i for the removal of Mr Warden Ueetliani Immediately after my arnTiil her 1 ascertained that an exquisite on the Arrow side wrote a *Uer »o a friend 0 f his here That 'eiter has and is complicating me P*H»u*ly in the matter ; in tact, I saw 'IK' letter myselt. I now ben «o acquaint the author of ' Ml j-roduei «,„ that he has slandered jN and the ii jury I may sustain here'»ner may affect me in many ways I iher. tore eall up n the writer (this is «ure to come unj e r his eve) to send me awn.u,, apology, as it mav be the means of allaying the feeling ihat exists "gainst me. If n nt, o t, let him bear the Recollect, the letter is 10 «»»e keeping.- 1 am, &c..
O. Mackin
Pardrona, May 22. 1872
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Lake County Press, Issue 52, 31 May 1872, Page 3
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176The Chinese Petition. Lake County Press, Issue 52, 31 May 1872, Page 3
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