Litchfield enquirer., 1842-04-07
WHITING ON NEWSPAPERS

WHITING ON NEWSPAPERS.
Cur attention has been called by Post
Master in a ncig hborirg town, to the follow
ing letter from the Post Office Department mt
Washington. We commend it TO the peru
sal OF all las there is we suspect a very general
mIsapprehension in regard To- the subject to
which il relates.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
Appointment Office, 1912.
A. G. Cole, Esq -, Oswege, N. Y.
Sir-You: letter Of the 23d inst. is receiv-
ed. The Postmaster at Mexico acts correct
" in memoranda as you quote ("Thomes A.
Weed, with resPects'') written on them
The law specifies that "any memorandum
in writing Oh newspaper subjects it 20 let
ter postage, and in case of non payment, 10
penalty of five dollars, and in the opinion of
the Department, this means any word or
words other than the name Of the person ad-
dressed. Yours respectfully,
PHI G. FULLER,
81 Assistant p. NJ. G."
In answer to the enquiry of c. l.. Putnam,
Esq. New Hampshire, whether the addition
of the name Of The person who sends the paper,
or the initials, or any raark or device exhibit
ing the undoubted purpose of Transmitting
intelligence subjects the paper to letter post
age" MIR. Fuller in another letter SAYS that
lit is the name Of the person sending them that
stamps their character, and in this respect,
gives them all their value" and concludes
by saying, that the construction which 50
regards them ais right and must be adhered
to."-Norw1ck Cour.
FROM FLoR1oA.-The u. s. steamer Col.
Harvey, Capt. PEARSON, arrived from Flor
I'D tk,,r
ceived the st. Augustine News of Saturday
last, together with a private letter from an
esteemed friend from which we make the
following extracts.
"The war should be closed instantly
There are so few Indians now out that war
like operations do more hurt than good
They nearly all would come in if they could
be seen and talked to, and shown few sill
yer dollars, calicoes, &c. But they are as
wild and tisnid as the deer they roam
amongst"
The Ne,es confirms the account of the
coming in of twenty-six Indians at Peas
Creek.-SGvonnGh Rep. March 23.
NORTHERN FREEMEN, Look At THIS The
editor of the Washington Globe, a paper
that is deadly hostile to aught like protec-
ton toAmerican industry Asses the following
language, which is singularly complimentary
to the free citizens of New England:
"What glorious time those moderate,
self.denying gentlemen who constitute the
Home League will have, if the propositions
of MIR. Clay should be adopted and acted up
on by the Representatives of the democra-
cy! They have only to send their propri-
ctors OF agents to Congress, by the votes of
a few thousand of their laborers, who for the
most part are as much under their control as the
SOUTHERN SLAVES ere under that of THEIR
masters, and who DiH rote far anything, or any
body, under persuasion that by enhancing
the profits Of the MASTER, they will increase
the wages Of the BoNDMAN -"
OrCol. Worth is still securing the whole
Country with scouting parties, picking up
and driving in the red savages. BY search
ing Reforms he has been able to effect sa-
wing in the public service amounting to
$l50,OOO per. annum. So says tho st. Au-
gustine News.
u Maj. JoHN FENToN, q soldier Of the
Revolution and one of Gen. Washington'S
life guards, died recently in Clarke Cu.,
Miss He was nearly 100 years old.
HOGAN AGAIN ARREsTRD.-J. Sheridan Ho.
gan seems determined to involve himself
and us in trouble. Not satisfied with his
arrest at Loekport, says the Tribune, and
not being at all grateful for his easy escape
therefrom, he has again come into the Uni
ted States, been arrested and committed to
Jail at Rochester. lie arrived from Toron-
to and was, at the complaint Of Gen. Theller
seized just as he was leaving for the country.
He tasks no favor but depends for protec-
ton on the wooden walls Of old England
1t 10 said his visit was TO see lady to when
he 10 attached.
Eels have been skinned ever since Noah
came out of the Ark; and printers have
been cheated out of their just dues, ever
since the Orientals printed with blocks of
wood yet neither do the eels get used to
being skinned nor the printers to being
tieeced. This argues great obstinacy on
the part OF GELS and printers.
A young sperm whale was caught on
Tuesday near New Bedford, lowed ashore,
and the next morning lay high and dry on
the beach.
Adams, the murderer, died in prison in N
York on Thursday night last.
| Deacon Pequirk, a s,aunch temperance
man, having ACCIDENTALLY swallowed q
rouSing lumber of gin the other day. was
asked how he felt after it. How did feel,
said he. Why, felt as if was sitting on
| the roof of our meeting house. and eVerV