Our forest home : being extracts from the correspondence of the late Frances Stewart . ive land and fo the elegance and comfort of themode of living there ; in time we may enjoy the samehere.^ Owing to false reports having gone abroad aboutthe conduct of the immigrants, Eev. Mr. Crowley re-quested my father to \sTite a letter of contradictionfor publication. The following is a copy. TO REV. MR. CROWLEY. July 20th July 20th, 1826. Dear Sir,—I beg to transmit the followingstatement :—Some days ago I read a paragraph in theColonial Advocate relating to Mr. Robinsons immi-grants, stating that thir
Our forest home : being extracts from the correspondence of the late Frances Stewart . ive land and fo the elegance and comfort of themode of living there ; in time we may enjoy the samehere.^ Owing to false reports having gone abroad aboutthe conduct of the immigrants, Eev. Mr. Crowley re-quested my father to \sTite a letter of contradictionfor publication. The following is a copy. TO REV. MR. CROWLEY. July 20th July 20th, 1826. Dear Sir,—I beg to transmit the followingstatement :—Some days ago I read a paragraph in theColonial Advocate relating to Mr. Robinsons immi-grants, stating that thirty had left this place in onenight and had gone to the States and that the restwere inclined to go also. This I believe to be falseand without foundation. I am here living inj thevery midst of them. From twenty to thirty pass mydoor almost every day. I visit the camps every week,and at all times I take an opportunity of conversingwith them on their affairs. I have always found themsatisfied and happy. Some have told me with tearsin their eyes that they never knew what happiness. JOURNALS AND LETTEKS. 97 was until now. Tn general they arc making such great in clearing land as to astonish many oldsettlers. I conceive that this is in general owing to thegreat care ^Ir. Eobinson has shown in regard to theircomplaints and to the way in which he has studiedtheir wants. Xot one complaint has there beenagainst them by any of the old settlers, and it is thegeneral opinion that where so large a body of peopleare brought together none could conduct themselvesbetter. When we heard of their coming among uswe did not like the idea, and immediately began tothink it necessary to put bolts and bars on our doorsand windows. All these fears have vanished. Thesereports I must confess were circulated before theirarrival in this part, and have all turned out to beequally false with those of the Colonial Advocate. Thomas A. Stewart. The clearing of the land by the immigrants and th
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