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s are considerably annoyed, because we did not publish what we did not know. A dog belonging at one time to this office--Ponto by name — was a great dog in his day — so we have heard. But we never saw him in the field. All we know of him personalsposition. Every body was struck with his appearance at first sight, and not a few tried to steal him; but it was no go. Ponto had more sense than most Christians. He knew as well when he was well off, as the darkey who returned home a few weeks ago, after having made a campaign among the Yankees. Ponto could do a great many things. We do not know that he could set type, but we are not prepared to say that he could not. We remember the cautious reply of the Irishman who was asked if he could play on the fiddle. "I don't know; I never tried." Ponto never tried to set type. If he had, there is no knowing what might have happened. His genius, however, we rather think, lay in the direction of press-work. He was very fond of seeing the