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J_/AW pFFICE OF JorEORGE p.. j<:iNG,
: 1420 j^EW JoRK y^LVENUE,
^ashington, p. jD. ^shuary <JOth, 1387.
Hon; ? V/. ? VJ. - Handlin.
45 Gamp Strset, :'<evr Orleans, La.
Deai: Sir:
Your favor of the 20th instant is at-- hand, with copy of the.?New Or leas iimes-Dsmccrat,	xor Vi'hich I. anv very much obliged. ' It is a very prat-
i	fying notice, and if I:.can- find an oportunity w ill get it republished in some ct our .papers or the New York papers. ?
.<0 opinions vtere delivered by the Supreme Court in- the Ramsay case. Wherr they are equally divided in opinion it is customary simply to announce the fact without-any statement of the grounds of difference, or any opinion- from any of the members of the Court. ?
Truly yours.