New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-21
For The Tribune.
Cheap Postage and the Sabbath.

Cheap Postage and the Sabbath.
Sirty thousand dollars gear, 'as stated on the
best authority formerly paid ont from the Post
Office Department for carrying Sabbath mails over
soe limited sections OF the country where, at the re.
onest of petitioners they have since been stopped Ins
ntx,y thousand dollars 10 now saved while the
of the Department those lines Is not thereby
a,ninisbed md tho disconnuance of such open and
Hagrant violation has met the entire appreciation OF the
community concerned
Should vii be saved that is lost, throughout the
United States by carrying mails on the Sabbath and ai
the mischief this occasions be thus prevented the whole
people might in this respect enjoy their civil and re-
gious rights and In addition the inestnaoie advantages
Of still cheaper postage.
Sound philosophy and all history, well the great
religion morality and the rights o conscience
testify In the language OF eminent statesman. that
the pol cy which seeks gain by the violation of laws
which Infinite wisdom and goodness have established Is
sclfsh, short sighted. and defeats its own ends
Those who for thirty years have been in the habit of
visiting the post office on the Sabbath or occupying the
day with business letters have not been more pros
porous than those who have conscientiousy limited all
such business six Gays of the week Nor have their
children been better educated or made more useful to
their country
No mails are sent out from London, the commercial
metropolis OF the world. on the Lords Day And every
candid and intelligent patriot will admit that Repub
can Government depending as it does on the virtue OF
the people would leopard no mporan, interest by per-
mltting all its agents and encouraging al thc people 10
"remornber the Sabbath day and keep holy"
It 10 indeed most unreasonable hardship that any OF
the the others should be de-
prived OF the sacred rest and privileges OF the Sabbath
II Injuries and their children directly it nerieres
with the rights aud duties OF tho CONSCIENTIOUS de-
orszes the public mind and brings down the chastiae
nent Of Heaven il does not on the whole promote any
pecunlary interest, much less the infinitely higher inter
est of man; and many of our most enlightened civilians
are coming TO that there Is good reason why
Sabbath dcsecraton by mail should be continued.
Let public sentiment be stll enlightened this
subject let good citizen do his duty and those who
would have high poatago Tor the people no postage for
the rulers, and respect for the Sabbath in the mail
service may Learn that in this matter the voice of
the people is the voice OF God. A.
NEW ATMOSPHERIC RAILwAY.-The atmospheric
railway near Dublin and that nj Croydon, near
London their propeiling force TO the exhausting
Of the air in a tube Another method has been in
vented in England, of which we find an account in
Miners Railroad Journal of Saturday last
1t is called Nickells system OF propulsion
tube ia laid along the track of the railway, charged
with condensed Gar which ia made to act the
wheels, on the principle Of wedge, forcing them
along with great velocity. For safety, economy
absence of friction, and power the London Mining
Journal is of opinion that ii is not inferior TO any
other. The following stated as its advantages:
"onc great advantage of ths system sppears be- that
the most accurate knowledge ot the power command
10 always possessed the reservoir tube, being
charged to any number of etmospheres required and
the proportion between that and the elastic driving
tubes accurately known. The power ct command is al
once discovered in proportion to the trains. no leak
age no loss can take place and carriages start every
nvo minutes Another. and the most paramount advan.
tsge, Ia its perfect safety the wheels running firmly
against and even in the elliptic snges, makes it
impossbls TO of the rails and collisions can never
happen.
1t is curious 10 look over the Railroad Journal
aad see to what activity human ingenuity has been
stimulated in ts application To the Improvement Of
railways. Inventions for increasing the rapidity Of
locomotves-inventions for ensurng the safety of
the trains-iuvenions for preserving the timber
ON which the rails are aid-these and various others
intensely occupying the attention OF engineers
o,,Ao how,
A new substance has been introduced in the con-
struction of the atmospheric railway called quite
percha, of which the following account Is given
eiu,ta Percha (from Sineaporc> was introduced last
year by Doctor MONTGOMERY T. l. c. for which he re-
ceived The medal OF society Of arts. In many
specs /, resembles India rubber is obtained from
tkiu trees, from which eNudes all tmcs of the year
II Is soluble Il, turpcntne and forms with II Kind of
ysrnsh hut peels Of, from metsle At the tcmpersture
OF the sphere il s hard aud only slightly elastic
but at boiling heat II softens aud becomes pupy
and may readily be moulded into any form, which Il
retains when cold 1t is unaffected BY acids and chemi
csi reagents generally and is not altered by exposure 70
damp or atnosp pherc chances. IL may be formed INTO
threads and cloth from it, sad, to prepare the
threads il Is only necessary ia heat L. and press II
through Plates with small holes. when It passes out in
yerm!celk form OF Whatever shape the hole is. but IN
thia state it is not very strons C1otn woven from II
and mixed with faNen thread. is exceedingly strong In
many II will sdvsnnseously supply the place OF
leather.
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The MILWAUKEE RoBBERY.-A Mr.. Swift was
robbed the other dsy Milwaukee OF $500 the whole Of
which has since been returned TO him The story OF lis
recovery is ittlc singular. The thett WIS committed
oy person on visit 10 the Office OF Mr. = who, seelus
an open box containing money, took advantages OF the
opportunity afforded by The owners absence to abstract
Quantity Of bills with which he made OH Subsequent
however the act SO worked upon his conscience that
Men' 20 Catholic Bishop, and coniessing the crime
aenssrea 70 him tho none which he had taken and
"aicn was immediately restored 10 Mr.. s.
NAVIGATION OPESl-W pnd.rs.an, from tho
that .h0u. II.l.