M.M. Dox, Esq., Collector at Buffalo, writes: I have long had it in contemplation to write to you, not only on the score of old friendship, but also to learn the feasibility of a scheme relating to the copper mines of Lake Superior.

This, it will be perceived, was the view presented (ante) by Mr. Dox, in his able letter to me on the subject, several years ago.

PARA means Against: as, para-dox, something contrary to common opinion.

Mass. Assistants, Miss M.A. Lyman, Huntingdon, Mass. " M.R. Montgomery, Arlington, N.J. " C.M. Dox, Kalamazoo, Mich. " M.M. Foote, Norwich, N.Y. " H.I. Martin, South Lee, Mass. " H.M. Hegeman, City Island, N.Y. " A.D. Gerrish, Warron, Mass. THOMASVILLE.