North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-28


eneers who have reached this country IN
the Great Western, which left New york
on the Sih uli. is a gentleman delegated
on a special mission from the Post Once
Department al Washington, to the author
tiles OF our General Post Office. The OBJ
lrct in view is one which, ii carried into
effect, will produce the greatest advantages
in facilitating the commerce between
Great Britain and the United States. II
we are correctly informed, the special mes
seneer fromW ashingion is 10 make full en-
quiIics into the plans OF Mr.. Rowland Hill
for the establishment oil a uniform penny
postage, with the view OF extending the
system TO the United States al the earliest
possible onvenience-Should the Govern
ment Of the United States adopt Mr.. HIPS
plan, letters will pass throughout the
whole extent OF the United States at the
rate as il is intended they shall do shortly
in this country, and communications may
be receive from the most distant parts OF
America in the various parts Of the United
Kingdom, at cost probably, including
the ships charge, of three-pence each.
The interests of the inhabitants of the
British North American colonies will also
be materially advanced by the adoption of
the plan by America, as very great num-
Der Of letters sent by merchants and others
connected with Canada, New Brunswick
and other parts in that direction, pass
through the United States. LONDON paper.
CoLoRING FOR wALLs.-Dssolve one
and half pound of blue vitrioI, (sulphate
OF copper in boiling water, add one pound
of g lue, and mix the whole with white
wash Of Stacked lime. The first coat
should be laid on the wall horizontally;
the second perpendcularly to the first.
The color will be bright blue, resembling
blue g lass, and the shade will he according
TO the proportion Of lime 10 vitriol.-PhiI.
World.
Garters.-Very few persons have any idea
that mischief as well as convenience, is at
tendant upon the careless use of those little
confidential agents employed to preserve
proprieiy of place in the neither covering OF
the neither members. Though their use be
sanctioned by fashion and custom, it is not
without its dangers whether aboveo or below
the knee. The parts compressed by them
acquire an unnatural hardness, and increa-
sed fatigue is produced upon every exertion
OF the legs. Dropses Of the legs and thighs,
also, frequently arise from this unsupported
cause; and hence, also, many stumhles, dis
locations, and injuries OF the knee pan, are
effected. - South'cick's Family Newspaper.
The debt of Russia is 496, 600, 900 Prus-
sian dollars. The expenditures of last
year were $4,000, 0OO The revenue
10000, 900. The debt OF Prussia is not
lar from $4,000, 900. That of Austria
S100, 0O0,O 900. France $500, 900 900, and
Eng and more than ten times as great as
either.
Mr.. ------,a patriot, not known to be so,
was advised by -, the magistrate, in
Montreal, to kill as many Canadians as
possible. "Kill them, kill them any where.
or in any way you can find them, and |
will answer that you shall not be hurt;
we have the law so fixed as 10 serve any
purpose we please. "-.Mackenzie' Gaz. |
"Little Florida and her Big Debt."-
Under this caption the St. Augustine Her.
than true, that Florida though by no means
second in power, among The nations Of the |
earth, is nevertheless second in amount OF |
public debt The same paper publishes a
statement OF the debts of the several states
Of the Union, showing an average Of s IS
per head, while that Of Florida alone was
s 40. The debt OF Eng land, counting the
pound sterling at The par value, four dollars
and lorty-lour cents, is precisely $l42, 08;
or only two dollars and eight cents yer head
greater than the present debt of Florida.
N Y Sun.
COOP News FOR PRIETERs.-The foreign
Monthly Review mentions that a type
founder of Clermont, named Colson. has
a patent for a new material for
printing types, which is harder, capable of
more resistance, & less expensive than the
after which soon will become worn especial
y since the introduction Of steam printing.
Coson asserts that the material is so hard
hat the types themselves will serve for
punches in striking matrices, and tina: il
will last ten years without being more worn
han the usual composition is in one year.
Skrzynecki, the late heroic leader Of the
Poles, has been appointed to the chief CON- {
nand Of the Egyptian army.
w. L. MAcKESzIE.-The memorial :