Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-03-02

The business of the New York Post Office is getting to
be enormous About hundred clerks are constantly
employed and for the sake of greater cxpeditionto econ
omze time and space-hbor is continued day and night
On SATURDAY, last the L. s. Mail taken out by the Baltic
for Europe contained 30,S3I letters and 5000 nowspa
pers The U. S. steamship Georgia, which sailed at the
time took out the California Mail, containing 3d.
49G letters and S548 newspapers They filled III bags,
and weighed 12,OJO pounds, or nearly ID tons-On
the Sunday previous there received by the Africa,
$500 letters by the Hermann; and by the Georgia &c.,
600 leers-besidcs newspapers assert which must be
very good days work for one man.
THE FAsHIoNs-It is well enough, perhaps to know
the latest Partisan fashions, especially very radi
cal innovations the present style have recently been
announced. The principal change in gentlemcns appar
ell a to the short brooches, long stockings buck
les and other toggery of the seventeenth century Gen
tlcmen full dressed coats made with the large sleeves
of ladies' dresses with under sleeves pulled
the wrist like those by the ladies' The ladies Of the
Partisan court arc powdcring their wigs.
~ Rev. Hiram Wilson, in letter to 'lhc Voice Of the
Fugitive, describing recent refugee from slavery, who
servant to General Taylor through the Mexican war;
says that he saved the life of the General at Monterey
4 Mexican aiming deadly blow at his master, when
he spang in between the assaint and the assaied and
slew the Mexican, but received deep wound from lance
SO il would seem that Il coorel gave to the United
States President by saving his life III terrific battle
The heirs of the late Stephen Girard are making an
fort to obtain possession of the estate in possession of
the city of Philadelphia including the College buildings
and grounds, The heirs have filed bill in equity in the
Circuit Court commenced actions clectmcnt
in the Court of Nisi Prus. This is the first attempt
made by the heirs obtain this immense estatc-Lynch
/ Pir.
Under resolution adopted by the last Legislature au-
thorizng the Governor to appoint committee of three
persons report to the General Assembly its next
son such provisions and amendments in regard to plead
ngs and practice in courts as in their Judgment will be
benefcal.-Gov Fairbanks has appointed Hon Stephen
Royce of Berkshire, Hon. L. b. Peek of Montpelier aud
Hon. James Barrel of Woodstock--Eaglc.
The territory of Nebraska for the organization
which bill is before Congress, is to embrace all that
ritory between the summit of the Rocky Mountains tho
west the States of Missouri and Iowa the east the 43d
degree of north latitude the north and the territory
New Mexico, and the parallels of SO deg 30 min nortl
latitude the south 1t is alleged that slaves will go
to Nebraska from Missouri, the former being directly
of that State.
Some kind folks in Boston have made Gen Pierce pres
cut of sut of clohesthe from the cloth that tool
the premium at the Worlds Fair If the General needes
the clothes probably Of those who subscribed not moth
ers son of them would have given doar but he ha
clothes enough, and Offices 10 bestO the milk Of human
Kindness" is found gushing towards him in full stream
In clearing the rubbish from the Glow Store in Gro
ton, the headquarters of Bristol Bill and companions
their palny days, the discovered "a large roll
Counterfeit bankbils of all sizes aud Shapes and in al
stages of progress towards completion from the orgna
counterfeit up to the genuine One altered to hun
dred ST. .AibanS Messenger.
youth of Aberdeen Miss who had entirely lost hi
lips in consequences of vruent disease
had them replaced by DR.. Fenner few days since
The Doctor took piece of flesh from the left of tn
YOUTH and stitched it the teeth in such way as
make it resemble the natural lip The operation prove
emneny successful and the Independent, published
the neighborhood is certain that the patient will have
= pair of lips in few days; almost as good new
AT time there have been enumerated in Honoul
the wives of twenty-five captains From such infor
nation be obtanod il is supposed that ono In 81
of all whaling captains is accompanied by his wife TIL
practice is annually increasing. This is feature
the prosecution of the whaling business. Probably scoi
ofA he Arctic DIM in
the past summer.
1t is stated that than four hundred application
have been made, from different parts Of the country f
q engines the Ericsson principle 1t being impossible
procure drawings for large number at least With
the time desired is the intention of the inventor to hay
stereotype plates prepared, from which any number
70 copies can be taken.
o Solomon Northrop, colored who has lately bee
rescued from slavery, is about to bring his beiol
Congress by petitioning for an allowance