Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-02


in the New York American induces us
to add, that the Consul General of al.
giers. with his family, will reach bis
destination by some other conveyance
We understand that no private Secreta,
~ is to be allowed Mr. Rives, and pro.
badly none TO MIR McLane.
What provision of law is there for
following Private Secretaries to Foreign
Ministers at sllf
Gold The following remarks, taken
from the Charleston Mercury. are the
mos; sensible that we have read in that
paper for the last two years:
"Mucb has been said lately OF North
Carolina Gold. The people of thai.
State are not only busily employed in
searching tor il. but companies have
even been formed in New York for the
purpose Of carrying on mining opera.
tons Gold, to be sure. is valuable,
but we do not like to see any thing like
a popular mania respecting il. The
true wealth OF country consists much
more in the industry ofihe people, and
in general cultivation Of the soil, and ..
Their modes OF labor, than in the posses
SION oil mines, however rich or prolific.
nation, possessing the most ample
mines. may yet be poor, compared with
others in which the people depend prin-
cipally upon labor for their wealth. The
history of Spain is forcible illustration
oil this truth. Revealing in the mines OF
South America. she yet grew poorer in
the midst Of wealth. and gradually de-
ciinsd with unbounded riches at her
feet This very excess Of gold was the
cause OF Der declension. The incessant
influx of the products of her mines eau
sed her to forget the true sources ofna'
'iopal prosperity, and 10 rely upon an
artificial strength, which, as soon as IL
ceased. left Der in prostration. The
United States, on the contrary, with
out mines, tfor il is only OF late that we
have heard of them) and relying entire
ly upon the intelligence, enterprise, and
labor of her population, advanced in
wealth and prosperity with a rapidly
almost unparalleled by any other coun.
try"
Letter to IN. Editors of the Nat Intelligencer.
-, tspIAsA. JuSR 8, 1879.
-Messrs. Gales & Seafon: Perhaps Il
may be crafty ing to you to see what
construction the late Pastmaste Gene
raj put upon certain sections OF the
Post Office Law, respecting which
have seen some controversy in your
paper, of late In the latter part of the
year 1896, | received a prospectus for
some publication to be issued at Wash.
Iington city, addressed TO one MS Post
master Believing that, by strict con.
struction, il would be included under
the head OF those papers which Post
masters were directed to return to the
person who sent them, but knowing al
so that one great object of The Post Of
fee Establishment was the diffusion of
infor nation, was led to doubt whether
it was the intention of the Postmaster
General to include such papers among
these which Postma,ters were prohibits
ed from receiving
! enclosed the prospectustc the Post.
master General, requesting his opinion
on the subject, and that the prospectus
might be returned to me If be thought il
not included among those papers which
| was prohibited irom receiving:
The following is correct copy OF
his reply:
Posi- OFFIcs DEPARTMENT
i9h December, 1896
Sra: Your letter of the. 18th ultimo,
has been received.
The instruction to which you refer
was intended, principally, to correct the
abuses of Lottery Agents, &C.: bu, it
was difficult to adopt any instruction
which was not general BY a strict
oenstruction, the enclosed eommunica
ton 10 embraced
| Ysu have the prospectus returned,
and will receive my thanks for your vi.
GLANCE.
lam, SEQ. JOHN MCLEAN.
---.,Es ESQ. p NJ.
| -----. Indiana.
Bv returning il. considered that bis