The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-04-01
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lance Is greater than three thousand miles
Thatks are due for Inns far enabling ia
hearts Of the poor to sympathise, not only u
the spirit, but BY the letter-ior small as tn.
sum may seem, It IS astonishing what a bar
rier TO intercourse it has been. Many a poo
friend and distant relatlve-nany a lost sol
and outcast brother will appear to giaudel
the heart of the aged mother, and dishear'
ened sister, when communications can pas
TO and fro, at such cheap rates Inc mora.
influence of cheap postage laws mas Deen
so often, and so gIowingly exhibited .hat II
requires no aid of mine, TO give II d Keeper
impress. The great additional consumption
,of mems. ink and paper, and other collateral
;tsms will start many factories into exIs-
,onco and thus in a side way, create EN-
nloymept TO many, who are now idle and
;dIeino. The learned blacksmith Elisha
Burnitt, is using his persuasive powers with
great effect in England, to have an ocean
~penny-post-and from the great mass Of sta
tistical and moral arguments, that he has ad-
'vanced there is a far prospect OF his labours
at no distant day being crowned with sue
cess. When these s%tupendous and moraliz-
ing enginery are in operation, then may we
hope that your city in the woods may come
in for a share of the Improvements of the
age. 1t is really surprising that an intelli-
gent and wealthy community should not
only be barred out from daily intercourse,
but almost as hard to be reached by letter
as if you were the denlzens o fanother sphere,
many of your merchants here, are at great
loss to transmit communications, on account
of the delays in forwarding packages and let
tiers, after they have been put ashore at Bay
'ou Sara. 1t behooyes the press,-to press
the subject at proper quarters.
. We had an arrival from New York, IN
seven DAYS of the steam ship Union-the
first of a line of semi monthly packets.
Those passengers who were fortunate
enough to come in her, arrived three days
ahead of those who came by the southern
mail rout, and considering that the Union
encountered head winds and cross seas, her
massacre is one of the shortest ever made
from wharf to wharf. This line will be a
great acquisition to our travelling commu-
nity-and deserves all the mercantile sup
port. ...
The sale Of the furniture, which adorned
the apartments of Jenny Lind, came off yes.
at public auction. The bids were
low and slow-in keeping with the assem-
bled few who went there from curiosity, or
with the expectation of buying bargains
there was no romance nor poetry in the
purchasprs-in fact the genins who fur
nished the apartments, made a poor specu-
laGion out of it. rata
He was made to believe that great
prices would be given for any furniture once
used by the Northumberland under this
IMPRESSION he furnished the apartments for
the chance of getting his profits ont the sale
when she had gone. The mirror which
must have reflected the expressive features
so frequently eXtolled-was knocked off at
a price, which was a reflection on the fair
songstress; it brought only fifty one dollars,
and must have cost about ninety at private
sale. The furniture generally was mean,
and common, and had there been any enthusi-
asm, the sp%eculator who furnished the rooms
would have made a good thing on: Of it.
The mirror appeared to me the most valua-
bic article, and when it sold so cheap, | in
fer the other pieces must have gone in pro-
portion.
The Asia has arrived, with dates to the
first inst. Cotton has advanced 1-4c.-the
falling off in the arrivals, at the sea ports,
causing a well.grounded belief that he crops
had been hurried into market-and that lit
tie more would be expected this season.
Speaking of the Union steam ship--re-
minds me of Natchez Art Unioi-a collec-
ton of painting and engravings by the an
cient and modern artiSts-beiug about to
be offered for disposal there, on the princi.
pie of the Art Union, New York. Having
seen the collection on their transit thither,
and having heard the most elaborate enco-
NUNS passed OIL them. | can fully testify
to their worth as works of Art. The most
valuable painting is a view of the falls Of
Tivoli, near Rome, executed by Tivoli-the
first artist of the 10th century, and valued at
near three hundred dollars. There was
about two hundred and fifty paintings and
engravings, intended for the exhibition,
many of them in rich massive and fashiona-
bic f~rames--which would be an ornament in
any mansion. | see the papers announce
the day of drawing to be the 10th April, five
dollars being the price Of a ticket, and as
Sohn L. Butler Esq, is the Treasurer, your
people may expect their interest to be at
tended to, should they ~patronize the first
effort of a sister city, in bringing an Art
Union to their midst.
The advices per Asia, has stifIened prices
here, so that factors rely on 1-2 or 5-Sc. adj
vance. on former prices, and for the strictly
CLASSIFIED, these rates would bear a fair pro-
portion TO manufacturing prices. But the
quantity of trashy stuff, now in
market, attempted to be foisted on BUYERS,
has had the effect of operating against those
who have good qualities, onlyi the market.
Where averages are in vogue-the trashy
article, will pay good prices at the expense
Of other peoples better qualities. Have an
adherence of pickers-they are now in full
blast-and ever blast the planters prospects
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