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In my communications to you, in reply, I shall frequently give you a peep behind the curtain of the grand Theatre upon which I am at present an humble actor. How long I shall remain upon it is wholly uncertain. My finances are at a low ebb, and my children are already, and will continue to become, more expensive, than I can bear. To return to the practice of the law, is not entirely congenial with my feelings, nor habits. To return home, and do nothing more than superintend my small estate, will hardly enable me to meet the expense of educating a large family of children better than my present situation-- to engage in state Politics in any situation in the gift of the State, would I believe be jumping out of the Frying pan and into the fire. Thus you see the embarrassments by