The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-22

the enlargement Of scientific facilities and tn
- multiplication Of means for the propagation {
.s general and useful knowledge, are amongst tn
highest considerations Of the age, we take gres
. pleasure in submitting to the public, the view
g of those, whose taste, Or province il may be,
thus direct their attqntion- The consideration
{ Of the Hon. Thos H Benton, Jr., has beer re
squested for the subject by the author; and mas
much as il comes peculiarly within The range o
bin oficialPosition, we have no doubt that sucl
: request win meet from that gentleman promp
!. and merited response.
MECHANISM, No xxI-Br JOSIAH Holsaoox.
illustrations of Nature and Art, produced b.
the machinery Of muscle, mind, and soul, il
] young Americans, and distributed and exchang
ed among each other by the machinery Of tn.
American Post Office, might furnish our whole
country with continued and increasing floods o
the light of science, and of the generous impulse
Of noble spirits. Perhaps grander, more re-
publican, or more popular measure, could moi be
sssss adopted BY our Government than to make eacl
Of the eighteen thousand post Offices in our coun
~ try conc, ntratng and fadiating point of scion
.ak hic light. md each postmaster aradiating agen
sssof such iehtss The simple thought presents the
masnifcence Of power sfor.the highest possible
50 cbect-s.c LIGHT OF all the machinery
81 our national Government, no part, nor indeed
nllParfs, could render service TO all the naerests
-. = Of every citizen IN any measure equal to such
81 service By TIC. post office As It would promote
directly and intimately the inte llectual, social
: moral, and business nteSests of every American
cit;zen, II would of course be more truly and uni
versally popnlar than any measure Which has
zens of any town, village, or neighborhood, ac-
copodated at q, given post office, have the ques-
ton put 10 tieasl, AsWoold WOW like to have
your postmaster authorized by law to receive
and distribute among you, from young hands and
generous hearts, in New York, Washington Or
any other place, specimens showing their MEL
Ggcnce, skill, and Improvement, illustrating at
the same time principles Of science applied TO
human pursuits, especially the two great pur-
seits Of human asrieai,are and .aeeA
yoise.s Notsons ssSos d6oia be raised through
the whole length and breadthof our land
It's power :. to increase aud abuse knowledge
anosy men wsusd be greater than thousand
Stniihsonpn Iutons JUDGED, by milking
the Smithsonian TInstnbH6H, saow h iudicieus
@ and sGcce ssiul operation, the national centre Of
concentration and radiatonsuof light thus uni
= VERBALLY ditfised, the power Of its operation
- might be increased a thousandfold. 1ss#ss5
"A cent announce system Of postage, max
I'M. the mail (" common carrier would meet
the whele ease. 1t would also relieve the pest
oricer of the heavy mass OF conusion of nnu-
men6le hair-splttings, Of distinctions without
ssss difference, now beyond the comprehension or
the skill of any human being, imposing upon
pastnlasters duties burdensoae and impossible
and annoying to all whom they seek to ACCOM-
~ modate. Asi9s sssa.asal
- IN addition to The promotion of the greatly
- varied interests of all classes Of citizens beyond
\ the whole power Of our Gnvernmen n. besides, a
sc NJ an.ounce system Of postage, uniform
for all matter safe 70 be carried would yield To-
: the Government an immense revenue Let any
intelligent business man look At the American
Iost Once, as business establishment, con- |
g eucted upon business PfsnciplfsS carrying mat
ter stthat rate. and see If hesssr cuine 10 amy
other cfosiof m iinnenses profits. Look
e tacts: ceat - ounce Is II x'ean dollars 4
hu1dsed p6pl9 tktee hunsIrs and twenty
dplse1S q lon. On railroads ftsshs Is taken
IT. New York a Qipcinnati At me dollar and
one 6iey hundredg Tte CIV fn.nent at the
rate proposed, would rtt !: xtrt Il 4 lhrs a hun.
dsed. not from New Yurk 4, C;,c,.rI,sti merely.
but from SswsYert "A Rocky, simply cross.
.ns nver, and from each ii the eighteen
r post ofces Il lis ni.ng It ney lbor, be
III - Len sAiss Of half mile
J. - ~ rate its-f would be safety valve |
against heavy ands sunmaisagtable boxes and
packages. Whiie 4 is so low as to take from
all other conyeyances small paeheges needing
s no an bat that of seif-int to .secare tbenf
- Il is SO hsh as to shut out all large ones Six.
iekn dol lars for package Is l1aasfed pounds
Meaaws.oii hstbe paid the government when anexT
$500 pres md conve yarcrs weald take i for
ss'eitAt sumi Sosgreat would be the blessings oi
y; such postal provisions. and 50 easily procured, I
: - 10 render meetings. and memorials 10 ash
~ them ffonis the next Consfess both desirable
= g and proper. : - saA $50 - ss.S
=, $, ExpxRanxxr.--A,sc scientific paper in Newell
York, called @The STUDENT" has furnished in
its pages numerous prints as exercises for draw. I
n inyin scliouls and families, inviting young ar
ists TO send by.Eau ,lpostpaidt specimens OF
their work. This Invitation has been accerted I
end speeih ems sent from uostif not all the
t4tes in the Union, under i've and ten cent
5setsge t. I half ounce I'Lr9ugh otner agen.
r:cs alincst innumershle drawing Of anl,als,
phnta buildings, iaaple nss, touls, utensils,
machinery, landscapes, and n9neiess o.l.er obs +
A iecls, have been exchang<d. through me pos,
= ssf6ce. BY skiilfat young haads, animated, by
generous minds, greatly fer their mutual i'm |
proveszeat aud rto;psscsfkind feelings. I'M
deTn cent:an-susces sa.ayof postage tens
would sooa become tho1sapGs, and hundreds |
8 @ilkoas e these tsksnl balf8S Of skili.- i
improvement, and patriotism in noble young /
2 Dxsr,soT TsoaAs1Iia GArsauprr.-The
illness Of this excellent man, which we recently |
soaouaced IN lie TSribRs 4 N mated in his
death On "Wednesday, ron inst: !, his iesisi
was wril know sstises teasltscf q{5rhs system
of edueatpesfor she Deaf and Dumb, which
has had such Extensive prevalence IN this coun- |
try. He visited Eurcpein Isis tOr4ie purpose
Of examining the methods etlinstrnc,ion for
Deaf n.atcs in England and France, and upon
his returning 10 the United States in 1876, be-
came the Principle OF the American A sylum at
Hartford tie remained at the hccdsof that In
stitaeion until 1880, when he wsss appointed
ChapIa;n 10 The Retreat fortIe Insane in Hart
ford lie continued 10 discharge the duties -cfl
this office until islate iIlAcss. Mr.. Gallaudet
was distinguished BY his earness, PRACTICAL hes !
nevoence, his .rea lsa sacity, andhis rare devo.