davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1840-02-08
Total
~34.496,878 S3.oa562s

iUnsi 34,496,813 S3.285.622
This is exclusive Of transportation bv
steamboats, and other vessels. under the 5th
and 9th sections of the act of 1925, which
costs about Si6,3O0 more.
The number Of post Offices this day is 49,.
O28.
The number of mail contractors in serv.
zee during the last year, was about 1925
u this number, 4S9 have been fined, or bod
deductions made from their pay, for sundrv
dellnquencies. The aggregate of fines IS
S~58,735,62, and of deductions S22.O66.O4.
excluding remissions, the who'e amouatinr
to S79,803,G3.
"A great majority of the contractors have
performed the service with the most ex,m.
plary punc;ualiiy.
The revenue of the Department TO- the
year ending the 30ih June, 1888.
was S4,237,O75s7
The Expenditures were 4,62i.s37I6
Excess of expenditures 3s6.759Io
This excess was made up 10y surplus funds
Of preceding years.
The revenue OF the year ending 3o,h of
'unS laSl' was Sl,A76,6Se 80
The engagements and Liabilities of the
department for the same year, were 1924,
III sc Excess of engagements and liabili,
ties Sll7.479 so
The surplus still on hand has prevented
embarrassment.
The cash on hand according to the latest
reports Of the POST masters, is S20G,7oI 95!
There IS also remaining m banks S3S.453 n,
OF which only S 2,9O9 0s is ayailable.
Compared Win the proceeding year, liz
revenue has increased abont q per cent. and
the aggregate increase was S34i,56O %.
When 1t is extensively inculcatel a.
principle, that the public money, instead Of
being retained for the public service. ou,b;
TO be made use OF in private operations, It is
surprising that some Of the postmas,ers,
Notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the De-
Partnent to prevent it, should practise unon
the Precept. Nothing is likely to make them
duly sensible Of the Nervousness of the
but IN act of Congress, declaring !,
be a crime, punishable according 10 The
magnitude of the sum thus applied.
The postmaster then states that the mar.
nLm allowed ty law to be paid to r. Road
JOS is $500 per mile;-of the refusal of the
{: w. y. X. X. o., TO accept that sum and
II similar difficulty with the proprietors Of
New York, and Boston transportation &
Company.
Great difficulty is found in bringing to JUS
ice mail robbers in some cases, on accoun,
# the i~nadequacy OF the present laws to Sc
ure the attendance of distant Witnesses
The compensation allowed them is NOT sue.
icient to pay their exnenses, without refer.
nee to the value Of their time. ,5
The radical change in the Fafes Of post
&c on letters, recently ndoptea ia Greaf
has attractedmpef 81 ion ia M
, 1840-02-08
REPORT OF POST. MASTER GEN.
ERAL,

PosT.OFEIcE DEPARTMENT, NOV. so, 1889.
Sir; The Post roads of the United States
covered by mail service on the So:h dav,o of
June last, We're, as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned, l33,999 miles in extent. The rate
OF annual transportation on that day was
about 3i,496,97G miles and its cost S3,es2,-
622, vix:
, 1840-02-08
fiiles.

BY horse and Sulkey II,447,I47 Sss4.5e9
10y stage aad coach ~19,653,676 I,9O0.45i
by steamboat & railroad 3,396,055 52O,6O2
, 1840-11-14

EFFECTs OF ~HEATHENIsN AND cHRIsTIANrTy
Let US observe the effect Of the heather
belief. As far as it had any influence Of J
positive character, it would. and it did, onlv
tend to excite and inlame those appetite,
which already found too much food on N.
earth. 1t might prompt the warrior to PLUCK
new caves for his wreath, and become =
treble scourge to his fellow men; it might in.
crease the presumption Of the arrogant, and
the vanity Of the vain; it might goad on to
pernicious extravagance the headstrong pa,.
sions for ~notoriety; but it would not make ,
single individual more just, honest or kind.
1t could not.
On the domestic character. its influence
if of any, must have been Of the most chill
ing and depressing kind. Nolight broke into
the dwelling of family from a better world.
They sot together in the shadow of death:
belonging to earth, and perishing on earth.
Brothers and sisters were kindred clay and
nothing more. The child was 10 its mother
but as the irail vine which clambered round
her door; and when death called the one
from her embrace, and winter nipped the
other at its root, she no more hoped that the
other would again shade her window with its
blossoms. There was IN Elysium, the priests
and poets said-but not for her-not for any
thing that belonged to her, the green land had
no home for the fair creature from her bosom
gone She cherished its ashes in an urn.
perhaps; and meet emblem anil sign it was
OF the fate of the innocent one; a meet EN-.
blem Of dissolution and death. of grief that
could not be cOmiorted-of am thing but
hope, and faith. and heaven.
Let us now witt christian fImilv. They
have heard more joyful tidinrs. Their choi.
cest treasure. and often their only treasure.
Is a volume which 1t once teaches their du.
~, and offers their reward; which forms, rs
they read it revercntly together, 4 centre.
round which are gathered undying thoughts,
uniadlng hopes, affections that cannot perish.
They have commenced together an eternal
life. They are joined in an union which.
though interrupted. is never - be dissolved.
They see on each Others fnreheads the bright
sea- of God and the L.lmD. stamping them as
of Immortality. For them Death
lays aside his deldliest dart-illat which bears
the word eternal on its shaft. for it cannot
pierce their shield of faith. When husband
and wife. brother and sister part on earth, it
is with the promise of an earthly meeting.
And though tie christian mother nav 90 out
To weep natural tears Oil the grave of her
child. her knees will not have long pressed
its sod ere she will hear as. Mary did. the
angel voice of comfort, lie is not here, but is
risen.'
, 1840-11-14

ADVICE TO PARESrS.-Paren;s should Sc
cure the earliest opportunity TO get the mas
terry of the will. The very first time, at
whatever AGE. children manifest temper. and
set up their will, they should lie canly but
firmly resisted. 1t matters not how Young
they are. II they manifest Il disposition To
obtain Il thing by crying. or III any way in.
>Istlnr upon having their Will. the parent
should at once adopt some method of Steadilv
and perScveringly opposing their will in that
particular. To press the hand upon them and
hold tiIcin still when they are S~tru-c!in Ito get
W. or even let them lie and scream is vastly
better than TO yield any point to them when
thcirspirit is stirred. and their will is stubborn.
Parents should begin at the outset to get
the mastery over the will and then keep it.
The most s;eadlast and uniform perseverance
Is essential to retaining the mastery of their
will. have always observed that persons
whose will has not been early subdued and
kept under. are either never converted. or
1t hopefully converted make but little
progress in piety. | have had so much
opportunity o: making observation in
this respect. that if | find 4 person lingering
under conviction, and finding it very difficult
10 submit to God-lf | find him %grieving and
quenching the Holy Spirit, and if converted,
given TO perpetual b~acksIiding. | often make
inquiry, and with scarcely 4 solitary excep-
ton, find that parental authority has never
had 4 thorough influence over him-that his
will was not early subdued, and ever after,
while IN Il state of importantly, kept in a
state of unqualified submission and obedi-
ence.-Rer. C. G.. Fiaacy.
, 1840-11-14
AGE.
Chances Of Marriage.
100
the table it appears,

From the table it appears,
I. That one-serenh part of all the females
who marry in England, are married between
the ages Of ID and 90, or one-seventh part of
a woman's chances of marriage lies between
those wears.
9. That fully one.hdlf of all the women
who marry, are married between 90 and 25,
or one.halfof a woman's chances are com
prised within these five years.
3. That between Is andes, precisely fro.
thirds of Il woman's chancesof marriage are
exhausted, and only one,third remains for the
rest of her life up to 10.
4. That 80, no less than 85 chances out of
the 100 are gone, and Is, or about one
seventh, only remain. She has strong rea,
son now for improving her time.
5. At IS, a fraction, a tenth is all that re-
mains to ~her,--which is reduced to tpen.
tieh at 40.
G. At As, her chances of marriage have
sunk to one-fortieth, and at so, to one-hun-
dredth. At 60, there is still a glimmering of
hope, for i. appears that among females, a.
5out l marriage in 1000 takes place at and
beyond this age.
The number of women married between
! and 90 is six times greater than the num-
Der Of men.
, 1840-11-14
THE Q POSITIVE.
Reverdy Johnson. Esq.

The proof positive, taken from the Nation
al Gazette, a Wing paper, published in Phila-
deIphia, andissued half past 3 on the afternoon
of Saturday.
"Having waited to ascertain the state
ment on both sides, we now give it:
"a letter was received by Mr.. George
Riston. of this city, signed by Mr.. LETTERS,
4 constable of Baltimore, and n Harrison
man. 1t was brought by Levin II. Smith.
a police officer Of this city, TO Mr.. Riston's
dwelling after midnight on Monday"
The Levin II. Smith spoken Of as having
delivered the letter to Mr.. Riston at mid
night is a WING, and one of the High Con-
stables appointed by the Recorder of the
city Of Philadelphia. also a Wing. Mr.. Smith
was in this city about the time the letter was
written, and in company with LETTERS.
, 1840-11-14

CENSUS OF RIcHMoNp, VA.-The following
is the census OF Richmond:--5434 white
males, 5283 do females, $50 free colored
males, 1856 do do females. 1858 male slaves,
1856 female do; Total, 20.I52. 1t shows
an increase on the population of 1888, Of
.4l02.
, 1840-11-14

Corn IN Texas grows so high this season,
the papers say, that the farmers are c%onIpelI-
ed TO mount ladders to pick it.
Excessive talkativeness on the part of the
wife, will entitle n mai in China, to a bill of
divorce.
, 1840-11-14

HEAR WHAT VINO PRINTS AY,-Below we rcpub-
fish literally an extract from the Sunday Morning
News, touching the election frauds just disclosed,
and one from the n. Y. Sun, and Philadelphia Led
ger, on the same subject. The former, it should be
observed, is a Wing paper, coDnended by the Cou-
rier and Enquirer, as "unexceptionablc in its edito-
rials,' and the latter are neutral prints, which have
stood independent duriag the whole of the present
political controversy. The articles are furnished our
readers as evidences Of the manner in which the pub
lie mind has been effected by the mass Of testimony
before it:
@Never have we been more sickened and
disguised than in perusing the details of this
nefarious transaction, and although active
participation may not be brought home 10
the leaders Of the Wing party, that man
must be credulous indeed, who can give full
credence to their oblivious memories.
"They apper to have acted upon the max
i'm TO remember 10 forget every thing con-
nected with the transaction, and mon mi re.
cordo' has been carried to the fullest extent
of which it is susceptible. They are perfect
Bergamis in forgetfulness. With such men
any attempt TO refresh their recollection is
perfectly useless. They were well aware
Of the desperate nature of the game they
were playing; of the line which might not
overstep without leaving themselves open
, 1840-11-14

lake CARE OF YOUR FEEr.-Combe saws.
the circumstances in which wet feet and cold
feet are most apt TO cause diseases, are when
Il person remains inactive, and where. con-
sequently. there is nothing to counterbalance
the unequal flow of blood which then takes
place towards the internal parts, for it is well
known. that a person in ordinary health nav
walk about or work in the open air with feet
wet for hours together without injury. provi-
dcd he put on dry stockings and shoes I'M
medIately on coming home. 1t is. therefore,
not the mere state of wetness that causes
the evil, but the check to perspiration. and
the unequal distribution Of blood to which
the accompanying coldness gives rise.
, 1840-11-14
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

THE undersigned administrator Of the es-
l. tate of Emmanuel Poor. deceased, late
of Pike county, Mo. hereby gives notice to
all concerned, or in any way interested in
said estate. that the undersigned administra-
tor will make n final settlement Of the said
estate at the next February term Of the coun-
ty court OF said county.
Z. III. POWERS Admir-.
Nov. lit.
, 1840-11-14

CAPITAL. OF GREAT BRITAIN y IRELASp.-
The grand total capital of Great Britain and
Ireland is estimated AT $751; 2O.OOO.OOO. The
value OF all sorts Of public property is clos
100000. Lands. ships, canals. railroads.
mines, horses. timber. crops. &c. is estimated
at S2.9l5.ooo.0oO. Furniture. apparel. plate.
specie, money in chancerv. savings banks.
&c. estimated at $3.50. $1,000. The nation.
al debt is about f~7G4.COO.OOO.
, 1840-11-14

papers in this city, on the one side, affect to
doubt the truth, OF the disclosures lately made
and now in progress in New York. They
pronounce the whole story a conspiracy, de-
vised and got up by the party opposed to
them, TO be used as a Slast card in the
game of political s~windling in which the &C.
tive politicians of the country are now com
pletely involved; and they base their denial
upon the assumed responsibility Of the per-
sons implicated. But the course of the said
newspapers in this city tends to implicate
their party as a whole. They deny the
truth of the whole story, pronounce it a on
spIracy Of the other party, !yet admit that men
were transported to New York in 1888, TO
wdtch illegal Uoters imported by said other
party, and insist that the high character of
the persons implicated shields them from all
suspicion. No party can gain a good reputa-
ton with honest men by attempting to sus-
tain its unworthy members; for principles are
more valuable than votes, and honest deal
ing is more useful than temporary success,
and will insure final and permanent success.
while the reverse, however successful for a
moment, will ultimately fail"
, 1840-11-14

Apaper has started in Philadelphia called
the Dirty Shirt. Soapsuds, what a name!-
Pic.
This dirty shirt is nothing but a political
&if.1[Pennant.
, 1840-11-14

A REroRr PRoFEssroN,L.-A physician.
passing by a stone-mason's bawled out TO
TO him, Good morning. Mr.. W.: hard at
work, | see; you finish your gravestones
as far as In memory Of and then YOU wait,
| suppose, to see who wants n monument
next?' "NVhy, YES" replied the old man.
resting for Il on his maIIet. sunless
somebody is sick, and YOU are doctoring
him, and then | keep right on"
, 1840-11-14

The number of men and women married
between 20 aid 25 is very nearly equal,' but
the number of men married at all higher ages
is greater than the number of women.
, 1840-11-14

Curious LAW Casa case was tried re-
Gently at New Orleans as we learn from the
American. involving the question ofthe own
ership Of six geese. So contradictory was
the evidence, that the venerable Judge, in or
der to settle the question, ordered the geese
to be turned into the street, and appointed
two officers of the Court TO watch their mo-
tons. II the geese went to the house Of the
plaintiff he was to be considered the owner;
if to the defendant, then the case was to be
decided in defendants favor. The geese, on
being let out, made their way to a neighbour
ing mud puddle where they RECALLED them
selves all day, and the latest intelligence was,
that they had not yet reached the domlcile
of either party.
, 1840-11-14

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SLY, friend
how far is it To Brookiield2
Boy--Ten miles. sir.
Sranger-You must be mistaken. They
told me Il little ways back that it was only
8.
Boy-Well, sir, seeing it's you, YOU may
have it for that. But | wouldn't let any
body else have it so.
, 1840-11-14

REGULATION OF THE BRIrIsn Posr OFFICE
The following are some of the regulations OF
the new British Post Office system:--"Let-
tiers not exceeding half an ounce in weight
may be sent through the kingdom for one pen.
ny and in the same proportion for greater
weights The rates are double if the pos
tage is not paid.
Letters to and from the United States, If
sent by packet. twelve times. and if by pri-
vate nier eight times the above rates. This
applies TO Canard's line, and i~ncluLes the in
land postage.
Letters from foreign ports for the Cont
nent Except Francc) must be post paid in
England or they will b, opened and return
cd.
Newspapers from foreign places by pack
cts or private ships. pay 9i. each. and for
this are sent 10 any part of England.
British newspapers pass through the mail free.
, 1840-11-14

A VIcTIN TO THE NORTH Wryp.-Not many
years back, a man named Garcia was ey-
ecuied for murder. He was a person : of
some education. esteemed by those who knew
hun. and, in general, rather remarkable than
otherwise for the civility and amenity of his
manners; his countenance was open and
handsome, and his disposition frank and cener.
ous; but when the north wind set in he ap-
peared TO lose all command of himself. and
such was his extreme irritabilily. that during
ITS he could hardly sneak to
any one IN the street without quarrelling.-
In a conversation with our informant 4 few
hours before his execution, he admitted that
II was the third murder he had been guilty
OF besides having been engaged in more than
twenty fights with knives. in which he had
both given and received many severe wounds:
but he observed that it was the north wind,
not he. that shed all this blood, When he
arose from his bed in the morning, lie said he
was aware OF It's accused influence upon
him; n dull headache first and then a f~celinr
OF Impotence OF every thing about him.
would cause him 10 take umbrare even ut the
members of his own famil, on the mos, tri-
vial occurrence. If he went abroad. his
headache generally became worse, Il heavy
weight seemed 10 hang over his temples. he
saw objects. as i, were, through a cloud, and
was hardly conscious where he went. He
was fond of play. and ifin such a mood a
gambling house was in his way. he seldom
rested the temptation; once there, any turn
of III luck would SO ~irritate him, that the
chances were he would insult some of the
byS;anders. These who knew him, perhaps.
would bear with his i'll humors; but if unhap.
PLY he CHANGED 10 meet Il stranger disposed
to resist his abuse. they seldom parted with
out bloodshed.-Nid.
, 1840-11-14

REPUBLICS ARE UNGR,TErUL.-At Il time
when the Treasury Of Virginia had neither
4 coin. or credit 20 obtain one. General Mel
son heard of an old scotclrman. named
R. who had i considerable sum in specie,
which he Ind buried after the fashion of the
times. The Governor proposed borrowing
II. pIed-inC the faith Of the State. or general
government. Sawney observed. | ken nae
thin al our Government. but If We will In
The siller for yer ain self. Grnral. dell tax
me but every bawbee of i, is at yer service.
Nelson took the money. giving his own
bond. And posteritv will ask. and did not
the American Government. then become an
independent and mighty empire. without debt.
and forty millions in hand. discharge this
bond with grateful acc!amaiion' Truth re-
plies. No; the impoverished family OF the
patriot paid the money that he obtained on
his " credit. with which to serve his coun-
try in his coun,ry's greatest need.
, 1840-11-14

FINAL SETTLEMENT.
A LII persons interested in the Estate OF
IA Luke Half, deceased, are hereby notified
that at the next February term Of the coun-
ty court, for the county Of Pike, | shall make
4 final settlement of said estate.
ELEANOR HAFF.
Surviving Executrix Of
Nov. 14--it. LUXE HAFF, decd.
, 1840-11-14

liIXrs To The I.,:IEs.-A number of the
EdiHburgh ScotsmGa is before us, containing
Statistics of Marriage; and we think we shall
confer 4 favor on our female readers by plac-
ing the table before them.
Ills suggested that the chances Of mar
riage above 30 must he considerably better
than they appear in the table, as females a.
bove that age will generally deduct Il few
years. The unmarried ladies'. knowing the
habits and infirmities Of their sex. will be Il
bic to determine how far the consolatory in
~flucnce deductlie from this remark, is real
or imaginary.
If we take 100 to represent the whole of a
woman's chances of marriage between the
ages OF Is and 20, the chances in each period
of five years will be as follows;--
, 1840-11-14
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given. that the undersigned
~ has obtained from the Clerk of the County
Court OF Warren county, letters of Administration
uPon the Estate Of BENZ. ilutcacson, decd, bearing
date the 81 day of November 1910. All persons hav-
ing claims against said estate. are requested TO exhib-
IT them in one year from the date Of ssid letters for
allowance, or they may he prccIuded from any benefit
of said estate; and ii such claims are not presented
within three years from the date of said letters, they
WILDE forever barred.
Nov. If. DANIEL. p. HUBBARD, Admir-.
, 1840-11-14

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1--WE perceive that several Of the partisan
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However The administration party may
affect 10 despise general Harrison, on ac.
count Of the humble situation he occupies
land however they may suecr at him as
" the log cabin candidate" it is very ap.
parent that they dread his great popular.
lty with the people. They are compelled
TO acknowledge his honesty and patriot
ism, and were at loss how to assail him,
until the Washington correspondent Of the
Republican discovered that he dwolt in a
"log calm" and drank hard CIDER
These are his disq,ialiiications with the
aristocrats of the " democratic party
and thus they would exclude poor men,
whatever their capacity, or however great
their public services, from all participation
in offices of honor or profit. And is tbs
the democratic principle inculcated by JEFF
lerson Is this the doctrine TO be advanc.
ed to a nation of freemen 2-Baltimore
Chronicle.