The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-30

FA.ls hs nesd IL e. O.iirs, n re PAT
One Department Il ) certainly an snlsI-
essiag rsrl of shsl baslAing. Noa nil Re
sasPFisei q sape I.sfs LEANED there.
Toe tnsHess II the Dead I.ssisr Dice
aiars. employs laur slesks I'll he ums.
Dee nPfRs he bun les eanss a.ng ihe lfi-
Iers sent 10 W.s.ing'oa. frpn the ssEsrsl
Post Oiirfs, after they hsTe bfea sdEFF-
Iissa. aRd 70 oEner found far lhsm. lie
passes the Lress over 70 iwo other SlaIks.
Who nPsn thea sll. - ses II ,hsy eonisin
any Ihiag valuable. II they do not. they
sEs ihrOEn on n The pie On The door.
No 'ine 10 allowed 10 read then, - thai
would be impessills. without great ID.
ailion Of help. The numbsE of dead lsI.
ieTs TtiurRsd 20 he General Post Oiiss
is fslnnishihEly large. Yaa vii be eur
prsed when tel you that Il il fourteen
hundred ihonssni = sssr. ani Hndfr the
rhesp postage system sinereasing IIeare
il reqairss s1ifl hands 10 open 90 lrge =
nuDber. Silhou: stepping - real WOrl.
Any WHO il 90 silly - 10 sTi'e meas Of
nODssn.s ~ an imaginary person, sup.
posing il U,ll be ultimately real By scme
one, may save Lins,li The 'routle htrssf.
Ter. lie nay depend upon il, no; a word
w,li be likely 10 be rea Of the letter. IN.
less he eneloses something valuable in
il; and Thar would be paying too dear for
50 small whistle. Al the end az each
quarter, the ltlsrs thsl have been opened,
having sceanulsIed to huge mass, sBd
hsiiag been in The mean time slowed
ialo bags, are esr,i cut on the pl,ins. and
there consumed in bonise. The huge
bags make Eve or Six cart loads each
quarter.
The letters containing sny thing Vslua-
ble-or, in fact, any mst'er enclosej-are
passed over 10 q fourth clerk, Who occu-
pies separate room far The purpose, end
there are csnEsssed by this genI'ensn. Il
Is very Interesting 10 examine the hcle-
rpeeneous naieHsls Of ihs room. that
have been extracted from letters, and sc-
cum"lsling for years. Here you see The
singular Ds,isrs that are sometimes trans.
ported through The Post Office. The
amount Of moneys. that at vsrinus time.
has been found IN letters. i. very large.
When any thing OF value. IS money, drafts.
&c, 10 fcund. the rule is. 10 reiurn il %
the Post Office, whence il came, and the
Postmaster al that rflies must adverlise
u, or use any other means best calculated
10 find The owner. II all bis effort. fail, !
he returns il 10 The Genersl Office, and il |
is Labelled end filed svsy. Some times as
much ss $500 are found in week, in
dead letters! think within this month
several hundred. have been found. An iron
chest is kept for The purpose af these DE-
posist 10 inUsiag over me mes IH WV
chest, | was ssioGi,hsd 81 the amount 81
money there, and the large suns coniain-
ed in sons OF the letters. Some single |
letters conisiping $50, so, $40. and
down 10 81. Ole letter contained 4l0
rlou-very likely the property ct some
poor emigrsnt. INTENDED for his wife or
children.l who bad made mistake. in
sending Il. aud no owner could be found. |
Among this monfy, is . good deal Of
counterfeit. The letters are all labelled.
not only with the sums, but also whether
containing coun.erieii or good money.
There we're many bad smsll bills, scat |
tered through the piles. in one case there
was . bad half esele--in another we're
two letters. esch containing $500 counter
felt in money! IL vas on some New
York Bank, new aud very nicely dome
and was no doubt, the remilIsnce Of one
counieriei,er to snogher-who bad been !
in the mean lime apPrehended. or was
suspicious he was watched. and hence
bal been too cunning 10 cali for The wick
ed depnsit Of biz confederate. In the
strong box, also, was box Of change. Of
oil kinds, and large string Of rings Of
various fsnries and values, taken from The
dead letters. Many love token Of This
mo lest kind. envelope! in letter c"uch'
ed in most honied words. and Intended,
in the mind Of The writer, for The desres,
girl ia The universe, had, instead oliesch.
ing its interesting destination, brought up
in the dead le.ler office, passed through
ihs practical hands OF these cold. grey.
hsired cleIks. who never Stopped 10 read
the tender eilusloa hat cost so much rsk.
ing Of the hearI-and The delicate pledge
,ol affection had been tossed into the ir"n
chest. instead Of sncirelng ,hs taper fa-
ger of"ths love" for whom il was pur-
chased. ...
But passing ou, Of the chest. the NAL
iers thai meet your eye on the shelves,
and ia the eases. are equally interesting.
Here are books, and ribbons. and gloves.
and ho,iery. and thousand other things.
] saw one specimen of a most splendid
ribbon, of several yards. that seemed very
MUCH out Of place here--when II was in
tended 10 sdorn the bonnet Of some lady.
A package lay near, that had not been
opened. Il was from Eoglsnd. The
post'ge was $s,G3. I. had been refused
ct the office where sent, because Of its
enormous postage. and was sent t. the
dead Office. in due course of time. Now.
SAID the Superintendent, will show you