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“ The Case of "Jemmy the Rockman."—Our readers are aware that the Mayor and the Town Clerk have been in communication with the army authorities, with the view of obtaining for "Jemmy the Rockman" a portion of the arrears of his pension as a soldier, voluntarily relinquished by him in a rather romantic way. Marrying a woman possessed of some property, he fancied he ought not to be a burden to his country any longer, and in 1824 he declined to receive his pension. ”