Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 July 1853 — Page 2

OFFICIAL. PAPER OF THE COl'TY.

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A U' O I I J, J, F.:

SATURDAY MORN'f.Vr JJ LY 5. 1853.

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To Advertisers.

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-Agents for the Itevicw*.

TJ. W.

CAICR.

U. S. New.spajv.-r Advertisin* Agent.

Evi»n#' Bnildmif. N. W. c'.rixw-r of Third and Walnut Streets. riiUiiddphiii. Pa. S. II. P.u:vi v. South East, cv.rnor Olunibia and Main stnieU. Cincinnati. Ohio our Agon: to projurc advertisements.

RAILROAD AC CllHINT.

The passenger train on the Crawfordsrillo and Lafayette railroad on Saturday last, when but a short distance from this place on its upward trip, was checked up for the purpose of removing a limb which was across the track. The gravel train being but a short distance behind running at the rate of about thirty miles an hour, run into the passenger car, instantly killing Mr. Dunlap, a citizen of Lafayette, Mr. Wilson of the same place had two or three of his ribs-4,roken, and an Irishman employed on the "ravel train had a thigh broken. The

O O passenger and baggage cars, and engine were considerably damaged. Mr. Wood, the engineer on the gravel train was arrested at Lafayette, and committed to Jail.— As Mr. Wood has yet to undergo a legal investigation in this matter, we have nothing more to say.

Sincc writing the above we understand that the engineer Wood was discharged by Judge Huff of Lafayette after a full hearing of the testimony on both sides, the Judge being satisfied from the testimony that thg engineer was not culpable. This proves

lives are lost and damage done, and jio body to blame, although it is admitted on all hands that the accident was not unavoidable but that proper care might have prevented it, and it proves one of two tilings, either that the law is lame

presume thai it will be a long time before

position to do any more damage.

JC2T We, in company with several of our citizens attended thc celebration of thc ever-to-bc-remembered and never-to-be-

towns in Old Montgomery. We arrived in S'cs

the town at an carlv hour and there found

everything made comfortable for a short

thc day, made his appearance crcd a very beautiful address, well written and well delivered after which the procession was again formed, and took a Acs-line for the dinner table, which was well supplied with all the luxuries of the season.— The table was soon filled up with the youth and beauty of that section of the county, after •which thc company dispersed, all well satisfied with the proceedings of the day, and no doubt thinking that at some future time Alamo would be thc great em

porium of the west.

JS3T

It seems as though the Court of

Common Pleas now in session, has been turned into a whisky exterminating court. The liquor venders have been made indis-

eliminate!} to squat, lhe Court we be-j

lieve is not disposed to show them any quarters, make no treaty, nor no compromise but like the pirate on thc high seas, determined to outlaw so formidable an enemy to all mankind.

(£7* It is rumored that J. W. Brooks, buperintendent Michigan Central Railroad, is about to resign his office on that road, to take the same post on the New York Central road, provided Erastus Corning is elected to the Presidency of the latter road.

$3T Look out for Barnuin's menagerie —slay at home, and save 50 cents and run no risks of catching the email-pox!

The whole line of railroad from

Michigan city to Lafayette, it is said will be finished by the 15'h of,August.

to be one of the many disasters on public This firm is well establisded, and favorably conveyances that are daily occuring, when known by a majority of the merchants of

enlorccd, nnd it demands of the public lor' it to the city to give them a call.

sponsibihty in the right place. For if the

mere agents and.operatives on the road arc

not lesponsible lot such reckless conduct,

men will have to be held to a strict accounta-1

bility. Wood has been discharged, and we

wil! be addressed by their orator appointed at the previous commencement. On Thursday will take place the appropriate exercises of commencement by the Graduating class. The Baccalaureate Address by the President, will be delivered on Sabbath, 17th July.

Indiana Asbury University, at Grcencastle, will beheld on the 20th,

ItOBlNSON'S ATIfKNKl"

'/Well, Robinson according to advertised lira (J, come to the scratch on Wedncsday exiling last, and had the pleasure of playing to a full house. Robinson himself is a whole team, and deserves a generous patronage wherever he may go. There is nothing vulgar in his exhibitions. The music of his band was good. •.

Mr. Robinson we understand will visit this place again about the last of October next. All right.

E CHEAP STORE.

We notice that Mick of the cheap store is doing a heavy business this summer his room is crowded daily with customers, all

making heavy purchases. We notice that his stock of Lawns is again replenished, with some beautiful patterns of Ginghams, Calicos, Poplins, Delains, Swiss, and White Goods of all kinds. We advise all to call on Mick.

i£7~We call the atfention of our merchants to the card of W.M. C. WHITCHER & Co., wholesale dealers in hats, caps, furs ckc.—

this place as being one of the most fashionable establishments in the city of Cincinnati and country merchants who deal with them once, will do so again We would ad-

at on or

five yC

he has charge of another engine or be in a trance fee should exceed fifty cents.

the principal streets of the town, and after struck by the express train and dashed to

a circuitous march, arrived at a beautiful! pieces, not a piece being found larger thani

grove, where seats had been provided and 'his hand.

sot-to. Mr. LEW. ALI.ACE, the orator of Stowe will hereafter account for the conand deliv-

irSi was

REPATUS

AT THE

forgotten Glorious Fourth, in the city of bricklayer, the plasterer, the carpenter, and Alamo, one among the many thriving little

the lower suite of rooms of the Presidential Mansion at Washington, with some in the story, are in the occupancy of thc

the

liJi0'

who arc

aml

the good people all agog, ire-anticipation of son, a well-known retired tailor of Boston,! Pcct

will take place on Thursday the 21st inst. Mr. 'EDITOR:—The weather ves.terdav

be Prize Declamations by members chosen but as tiie area from the three lower classes in College. clouds were seen

the two Literary Societies will hold their! thunder storm and at about 5 o'clock

The commencement exercises of the

vise all those who have not had the pleas- *i

or not stricllv ure of their acquaintance, on their next vis- i-n -t

ieu own s.. U\ «i stit examination into The New York Commercial Adver- tion in other parts of the citv were also the causes, with the view of locating the re-

supposes (hat lhe char£fc of

(o thc Crvstal Pa]acc win be fifty ccnLs du

ring lllc. ru

wjjjsubsequently

thoac who cmploj leckless and incompetent ty-five cents. One of the conditions upon

which

the

admission blown down.

of the first few weeks, and

be reduced to twen-

"™ki"g considerable chan-

effecting improvements and repairs,

thc pleasures of the day. Well, about 12'while crossing the Maine railroad track ^[September for London, en-route for China, o'clock, a procession was formed in one of Melrose, a few miles from Boston, was

Fred Douglass states that Mrs.

tribu of his paper.—

•ibutions now being made in various parts

Cin. Com.

We think Mrs. Stowe might have complimented some abolition paper conducted by a while man, by making it her official organ. There's no accounting for taste,

O O however.— Wabash Express Why should'nt Mrs. Stowe show her partiality for such a Ivindered Spirit as Fred Douglass, who "would welcome the bolt, whether from North or South, from Heaven or Hell, that should shiver this Union into atoms." Precisely right we say. Mrs. Stowe showes she loves her friends, if they arc niggers.— Greencastle ScntinH

There is no accounting for taste Mr. Turk, as the old lady said when she kissed the cow, if Mrs. Stowe loves niggers, why just let her love 'em, its all owing to how

onc

things.

been raised in reference to such

XiT' Hon. Wm. J. Brown, editor of the State Sentinel, we understand has been ap^pointed Special Mail Agent for Indiana and Illinois.

Barnum's menagerie, the greatest

humbug that ever rolled on wheels will be exhibited in this place within a fortnight of this time.

O^r The number of clerks at Washington is to be reduced from 1000 to 750.— Of course there will be trouble in thc region. Who would be a clerk in a department at Washington?

jtdgT The Senlinel says the new prepaid postage envelopes have been received at the post office in that city.

and at abnut nVlofk it!

addresses and philosophical papers will be parts'of the city as large as lien's egg? in Petersburg Mrs. Sfowc read On Wednesday afternoon the

Alumni

fact, we have not been visited by so violent

storm in a long time, and for the time it

lasted (which fortunately was short) it done a great deal of damage in the city.—

lngs through which they ascend to the roof,

the consequence was that the interior of

the building under the dome was deluged

with water. Fortunately the most of the

large works of art, and a great many already occupy the places assigned to .them. Italy the mother of art, has contributed richly to the exhibition. I intend to visit the Palace this afternoon, and in my next I will bo better able to give a description of the interior up to the present time. The storm appears to have been more violent in the vicinity of the Palace than in any other part of the city. Three houses were blown down on the opposite side of the street, which were nearly finished a num-

jber of workmen were driven in one to seek

shelter from the storm, ot whom three were

instantly killed and six or seven woundeu.

The sixty appointments of Collector Bronson's took the oath and their places in the custom house, yesterday. Poor fellows, they were nearly worn down with care and

the New York corporation granted hope defered, but as they have reached the

ica*e of Reservoir Square to the asso-1 realization of their hopes, it is expected

that no single en- that they will again buckle on armour for

the good fight. O O

PRESIDENTS HOUSE.—All| Washington we learn that Samuel

03-On thc 25th ulr., Capt, W. Richard- ^"8-

Ilart, one of the oldest naval constructors in thc service, has been appointed chief of the Bureau of construction, equipement, and repairs, vice Commodore Slmonek, who goes out under the law of 1846 Hon. R. J.Walker, minister to China, and Gen. !jas. Kcenan, Consul at Ilong Ron

10 eave uw ork a1jout

liumor

an is

Lonclon 1,1

reccntl

tJie

20th of

persist ni staling that Mr. Buchan-

mined, but that he will go to

sP'tc

ot tlie

obnoxious 'sort pre-

mier. Gen. Almonte, the

minister, has just arrived.

new Mexican

A democratic

wag proposes to the office seekers and those

7 executed, to form a 'Department

Great Britain, through the columns of of the Exterior'the secretary to be chosen voice. Here

by ballot, and the clerks to be divided into four classes, receive no salary, but live by fees.

Bv the Africa we have three davs later news from Europe. The Eastern question*! effect.

versation, and the day of its settlement is as distant, as was at the commencement.— The Sultan has refused the ultimatum, notwithstanding the eight days grace permited by the Czar. It is said that Nicholas intends to send another courier with some fresh terms to offer, but I think he is only waisting time by such kind of proceedings, as whatever he may offer will be rejected by Turkey, besides that way of doing business betrays his weakness, and his inability of puttini

w.ll require some kind ot a show to back

WABASH COLLEGE. OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. effective, for the Turk is fighting for his! PATRONAGE versus PRINCIPLE. FROM THE PLAINS. The commencement at this Institution NEW YORK,

cres

mistakeable precursor of a

itL,p

(tfcrcsL and lots

.bout clock it 5

On Tuesday morning the Academy of rained in torrents, the wind blew with the th of June, after his yacht had been visiScience will hold its annual meeting, when power of a tornado,- and hail fell in some!

llse or

.pen us in all its fury. I* dore Vanderbilt left Southampton! on the ~'i'1

te[i

The Crystal I alace suffered considerable tion and speculations are rue regard to

pra!!

and dome were unable to close the open- suddenly cut short He sent some

T0 or

to that lce

articles in the Palace had not been unpack-1 insular, although in some ed, and those which had been

AVERE re-1

moved to a place of safety. The effect of the storm within the building, while it was at its height, is said by those who were present, as being indescribably grand—the falling of such immense hail stones upon the roof and the glass sides, the pattering of the rain and the violence of the wind, produced such a combination of effects as is rarely witnessed. The work in the interior is going on with a great deal of activity. The counters are arranged so as to give all the available space for the purpose of exhibition, at the same time allowing sufficient space for passage around them, without crowding. The space under the dome, is intended for statuary and other

-.till the great topic of interest and eon- bond of thc Union which binds fee Stales

his threats into execution.—! jjon.

lie has expended to much wind and Turkey

which divides the two Empires and again °[J "i°

threaten as usual, but icholas is not a fool, I

before he attempts to cross he will count upon consequence and the chances of loseing. The Turks are not inactive, but are busy in making preparations to repel an

attack, if it should be attempted. Thc-y would be able to bring in the field as larsre

lfr.r thnn t'hnen !011

On Mondar evenimr nrp.vinns tWe will L.f rablv close and warm 11 the foundations of great principles.— made mention of the emigration that had a man on to deeds oj noAe daring. I The fruits of whig administratioys are in- passed that point for the Pacific, up to the .moon approached darkj Old England keeps moving on in her old testine dissensions, high tariffs, crushing! 4th June. tO TiSo, on llic csltin stcfldv pnee, ftlwuvs nlivc to Her own in~ C.riilp]un, nnil GnrtlincrSj tlic fruits unibcr of men is cstimntccl ut 30,000/ On 1 ucsdav and Wednesday evenings.: horizon an unmistakcable precursor of a

and lets nothing pass which she can

mvn

jo 000 persons

scems to

i- I?

which bethinks

mcan

Cayen

*NEAR

THE

Markets are dull in conCotton

I sequence of the political troubles,

dearer. Breadstuff's easy.

CONSUMPTION'

AMONG

Utica Gazelle, of the 10th June, in noticing the death of Mr. J. II. Conr.novK, a journeyman in that office, aged Iw^pty-two, remarks: "The frequency of consumption among printers has excited remark among medical men, and many theories have been advanced to account for it. A very interesting article recently met our eye, taken from fully

a medical journal of Philadelphia, attributing to printer's ink noxious qualities of a volatile character, which implanted in the lungs the seeds of tubercular pvthisis. A more probable cause is confinement of the body in positions admitting little muscular movement, especially of one side of the lungs, and irregular hours and habits of life. Compositors on daily, especially morning papers, arc necessarily irregular in their habits of eating and sleeping.— They are confined in rooms nut always the best ventilated, at late hours, and under

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.—The following is an extract from the lecture of the Hon. George Bancroft, lately delivered before the New York Historical Society. "Not half of Franklin's merits have been told. He was the true father of the Amer-

ctm

A a

i° It was he who went forth (o

May the foundation of that great design at

jn Xew York lie lifted up his

among us he appeared as the

apostle of thc Union. It was Franklin who suggested the Congress of 1774 and but for his wisdom, and the confidence that wisdom inspired, it is a matter of doubt whether that Congress would have taken

It was Franklin who suggested the

from Florida to Maine. Franklin was the

greatest diplomatist of the eighteenth een- J®*"™90"-

never spoke a word too much he never failed to speak the right word at thc ri.dit

season."

LEADER

OF THE

Tin

ff-

Mjn (lvnastv anil lhat )lis avOTve(I ol

knows it. and has consequently gained is to overthrow the present Ting, or Tartar strength, while on the other hand, Russia! dynasty. In fact, lie is proclaimed as Emis losing it. however, after going so it'P

eror on

itv of rebel|io„. a"od assun,-cs thc

creditably therefore great preparations will of a national war. It is Chinese be made, troops will be ordered hither and Tartar, and the people are not indifferent

thither: the,- may even reach theriverPruth i»". Any change can hardly

July 2d., 1853. country, his home, his RELIFMON^and^vhat in-j The whig party bases its organization up-i In our latest papers from St. Joseph, MoV.

thy }l( of

eniocriU

r™™

P,Ubli° :xPenditure

nothing pass which she can are econom

,, advancement. Com mo equal taxation, extending territories, and sheep without number. lie saw in one ftami. nwn unnn in at itc nr-r dore Vanderbilt left Southamptoni on the the settlement of all great questions bv the herd 12,000. test of the constitution. What a disclosure Twenty-seven thousand sheep belonging he sails for St

her own advancement. Commo- equal taxation, extending territories, a

ha^e

have been taken of her whereabouts by the last steamer.

ks, unless some fine day they should

mai

ranee is absorbed in tins Lastern ques- ,, ,,

IF,,-,- TT„ I °J I isl), one by the cavingM of a sewer, one by turv. lie never spoke a word too soon hel.i

CHINESE REVOLUTION.—

k. »s

Bayard Taylor, writing from Shanghai,. ... story of a day in our metropolis, and wre thus speaks of the leader of the Chinese h,„, have but to imagine heated newsmen rushrevolution: ing to and from the scenes of casualty and "I do not remember whether I have al- crimes, to complete the picture. ready stated that the leader o&the Revolu-j The picture reminds one of Hogarth's

the branches of thc ancient Chinese, or' Rochester Dem.

bulletins of his army, so that

.. his cause has already risen above the dig-1

rsc an kin

agitation is better than the dead stagnation

this Revolution is one of the most remarkble of this Revolutionary Age."

Chinese life. Viewed in all its aspects,

A new rheumatic ointment

manufactured down east out of the oil frogs.. It makes them leap for joy.

an army as Russia, and probably fully as worship God, and criticise the fashions. \villcDcm.

CHURCH. —A place where women go to not anticipated some months ago.—Louis-

corn,l on

uai

the public expenditures, equal exchang(

sank into obscurity, no notice appears to ruptions during the same period remains to ses that started this Spring from Tvincaster, hf made! Tim PSIHSPS lio dirontlv nnnn the Ohio. Tliic mncf nnfm rnnitu fur IIIPVthey

be made! The causes lie directly upon the surface of things. A party without a gen-

eral, recognized creed, the whole system of

is to a a

sive pmvcr

damage, on account of the suddenness with the future movements of the Emperor of fully administer tin's government. It nev-1 them at all. Two persons had been killed which the storm broke upon them, the Russia. Louis Napoleon is always at his' er has done so before it cannot do so here- by accident, and two by disease. All the workmen, who were engaged upon the roof

SJUJENI) cue sf.oit. lie sent some. Q„

pu5iic pluudcr

.NT ]IE

tJiree of his friends, nolens volensoff trol r.nd dccide our politics, arc distrust of

circumstances calculated to tax thc physi- and the process of making them, are descal powers to the utmost. In large cities this is especially the case and no one who knows the habits of journeymen printers in New York would wonder at their liability to a disease like consumption in iis causes and character."

TRUTH.—The Chiliicothc Ad

vertiser puts much truth in the following paragraph "One who has officiated several years in the capacity of a country editor can duly appreciate the correctness of that statement. The target at which the missiles of the opposition are hurled, or perhaps it would be more proper to say the dray horse of the party he must in the estimation of many differ essentially from the balance of the human family, lie must have no aspirations for office, or he will call down upon his head the execration of those who, irr their own estimation, were decreed in nature's plan to fill offices he must not dun for his dues as other men do, for fear he will excite the ire of delinquents: and above all he must not acquire a reasonable competence, so that in the decline of life he may live in ease: for then the envious will cry that he made it out of the party. A man of brains, industn*, tact, ambitious to be poor and of no aspirations for office, will make "a capital editor, and will not be "discouraged at disappointments. Any one without some of these requisites had better even break stones, hew logs or maul rails than turn his attention to editing."

two

much of, the whig organization, and confidence in democratic principles. Both these ideas are tested, by time and by trial. From the whig party in power have proceeded the most excases 1-CT. traordinary usurpations upon the rights of the people, and the most flagrant abuses of the inlerests of the country. The first duPRINTKKS.—Hie ty of the democracy in power always is to heal the wounds inilicted by its opponents upon the institutions of the country the next to apply healthy and jighteou* principles, in order to the safe, successful, and consistent administration of the laws.

A HOT DAV IN NEW YORK.—The thermometer in New York, on Wednesday, pointed to 97 degrees. The sun, at its altitude, poured its vertical rays upon thc busy, moving, eager people. It struck madness and sudden death into the heated brains of the working crowd. "Broad-

wav," says a paper, "was strewed with the carcases of dead horses." "No less than sixteen inquests were held on the bodies ofI

plexy caused by excessive labor in the heat,

or by exposure of the head to the sun is called. .V packet ship loaded with emigrants is wrecked close to the city, and its helpless human freight are thrown ashore to swell the ranks of poverty and misfortune. Williamsburg and Brooklyn swell thc list vf mortality.

Thc railroad and omnibus companies issued orders to span the horses, and to relax Lhe speed of the trains and stages.— We hear of no_ such respect for the laborers.

The list of casualties does not end here.

Crime pace.

and riot move on Three fires occur.

men sack a surgeon's office, suspected of

icali tlie

descendant of one of engravings of The Progress of Cruelty.-

office—the democratic partyj we found a letter from Fori Kearney, which

governments are economy in that of women 8,000 children 11,000 hot-

,iiich often con-

How natural and how appropriate, therefore, is it not, for the whiirs to make the distribution of office their It is not whether the law

Cr^r The new prepared letter envelopes

cribeil by the New York Post as follows: Thc envelopes are cut out by an instrument worked by steam, to the number of five hundred at a single operation. The image of Washington is stamped upon them in white relief and the rates of postage is printed in red ink. After applying the glutin they are counted in bundlesof twentyfive and sent to Washington, whence they wil! find their way through the postmasters to every part of the country. They are of white and buff' paper and water-lined with the ini'ials of the Poit Office Department of the United States. About one hundred and fifty operatives, chiefly females, have been employed in the work. Special precautions are taken against forgery and the abstraction of envelopes from the manufactory. for which offense the new post office laws have imposed a line of not less than five hunered dollars, imprisonment not ex-

ceeci'.ng nve years, imprisonment.

"changes! scs and mules 17,000 cattle 80,000, and

high places the result of to some doctor in Holt county, were drown-

four years' whig rule, has already been ed at one time in crossing Platte river.

What a disclosure of similar cor-J Talmadge lost 40 head of the fine hor-

," cannot faith-

je woi id is go\crncd greui ideas.

j,.

CONLMK

Ohio. This is most unfortunate, for they were choice animals, and would have been in great demand in California.

The health of the emigrants is represented as remarkably good. No sickness among them at all. Two persons had been killed

trains are getting along well. The lndi-

ans are represented as being very troublesome, and stealing from the emigrants on every occasion.

MOVEMENTS

rent test of faith!

executed, and the citizen protected in his person and in his property, but whether the patronage of the government has been disposed of according to some process not exactly consistent with either of these higher consideration. At present the great hope of the whigs is to excite dissensions among the democrats by appealing to personal disappointments growing out of the official patronage under General Pierce.— A high and honorable mission, truly!— Union.

both such fine and \srrt^t.

1:ir

PAV

01 1

laborers—most!v Irish immigrants, who hose compensation does not exceed $500 had died from "sun strikes," as the apo-

nT^i

pohee he ore them like sand

1 laborer3

the tail ot a marble slab, which he was

raiiin«

for

sl'ip,

another by falling in a

hatchway. A child crushed under a railway train, another drowned, another crushed by a cart, a young man drowned, an attempted suicide, make up thc imperfect

GREAT MATCH RACE.—On the 20th inst., a horse race was to have taken place near I Monterey. California,—distance ten miles, level country. Thc following were

cr a 0iri

.. ..

|lhc stakes: -Slu.000 in cash (a side.) one

Jhinftsp „Ji„« thousand head of cattle (valued at *23,000)

iunt re

kln 80 000 i40 000

2&T The Senate of New York have passed a stringent liquor law, similar to the Maine law and it is thought it will pass the lower house. It will produce a prodigious excitement in that Sute. The IS O recent and atrocious crimes perpetrated

I under the influence of alcohol, has probajblv brought about this result, which was

SI-KCIK.—The steamer

Georgia left Aspinwall on the 10th, with. $2,800,000 in gold. There are now over •^8,000,000 in the Sub-Treasury, which is the largest amount ever accumulated.— This sum will very shortly be relieved by the payment of Government dues. On the 1st proximo, §5,000,000 falls due for principal on the five per cent. Government debt, and 82,000,000 for interest. At the same time, the New York banks and Railroad Companies are to disburse about S.'3,000,000, making the nice little sum of $ 10,000,000 which is to change hands—a

proportion of which will fall into ac-

have been faith-11^ eireulation. This, with the large rc-

ceipts from California, and the comparativt ly small shipments made to Europe, cannot fail of having a favorable effect upon thc Eastern money market, in which wo Tf the West will of course share.— C/iicar/o ./Vi-.•.*.

CoMPI.fMKNT TO

LMKUIOANS.—We notice

by our late English files that the following Americans had the honorary degree of D. 0. L. conferred upon them at the recent installation of the Earl of Derby as Chancellor of the University of Oxford: The Hon. Joseph Randolph lngersoll, Minister of tho United States the Hon. Martin Van Buren, formerly President of the United States the Right llev. George Jehosaphat Mountain, Hishop of Quebec tlie Right Rev. Charles Petit Mcllvciine, Bishop of Ohio the Hon. Mr. Justice Haiburlon.—Louisville Democrat.

ENOUSH ICNOUANCK RESPECTING

TED

THE

UNI

STATUS.—A Bostonian who is visiting his friends in England writes home that the recent movements in Great Britain in regard to American affairs, have revealed the deplorable ignorance which exists there among thc better classes in reference to this country. He was asked by an English merchant, "How many slave markets there were in Boston?" He was also asked. "It the Indians were troublesome in Massachusetts?" To the latter query, tiie American replied that the Indians had been very quiet in this neighborhood, since tliev put a quantity of tea in Boston harbor. Tran

POSTMASTERS.—The following is

fixed upon as the commissions of Postmasters after the first of April last. On a sum not exceeding -"jlOO, 50 per cent. between S100 and 8-100, '10 between £400 and $2400, 25 above 82400, 12

When the mail arrives regularly between \. M. and 5 P. M., GO per cent, is allowed

bundled dollais. Postmasters

uauCi are

flowed one cent

Satain, as they are called by some.

for every

free letter and two mills for every newspaper not chargeablc with postage.

PHILANTHROPISTS.—Placid-looking old gentlemen, who imagine that their prospects of going to heaven are 25 per cent, greater than th-ir chances of going to the other place, and for this reason—that every time they cheat a poor devil out of a dollar, they give 75 cents of. it to "the heathen." Whether such men are out in their calculations will never be known till wc reach "the other side of Jordon."

PLAYING CARDS. delphia says, among

with a fevered

A letter from Phiiathe lar^e buildings

A mob of 3,000 going up in the city, is a large factory, fifty by a hundred feet, and five stories in height, to be exclusively appropriated to the manufacture of playing cards. Who would believe there was a sufficient demand for lhe article to warrant the erection of a building of this class, and tiie use of a steam engine of twenty horse power to drive the machinery for printing those primers of

SST A convention of the owners and managers of several north-western telegraph lines is about to assemble in Nc-w-York for the" purpose of harmonizing the conflicting interests of the companies, and adopt measures to render the lines more reliable and accurate in the transmission of messages. The object is a worthy one, and there is certainly a wide margin for improvement.

ENVELOPED LETTERS.—When letters are enclosed in an envelope, the address should be inscribed as well on the letter itself as on the envelope otherwise the loss of the envelope may cause grave mistakes and serious confusion—or may leave the letter for an anonymous claimant. We heard a deceased Chancellor say that he knew an important law case which came verv near being lost to the party, ultimately successful, by the loss of an envelope, leaving it uncertain to whom the missive had been addressed. Recently, too, we learn, from an exchange paper, that a stolen mail had been recovered, with all the envelopes torn off thc letters, and the Postmaster knew not where to send many of thera.— Chas. Courier.