Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-08-09

| Total S5OS4464 81 SI199e5l 6S
| This shows that almost every free State Gin
GLIDING every old free State) more than pays the
| expenses of the Post Office withinits borders
while every slave State (save two) is charge OF
the Treasury for the transportation of its mails
The exceptional Slave States are Lousania-
which is not bankrupt in It's post office arrange
nlents because New Orleans is outlet for the
| Western free States--and Delaware which is hard
| ly slave State at all. The northern or western
free States which dc not pay the post Office expen-
ses, are the new States of Michigan and Illinois
altogether exceeding their incomes by only forty
six thousand dollars. tits not expected that the
Territories foot their postal bills nor yet
California-but the latter only falls short fifty
one thousand, while Virginia is minus hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars year. Or TO
state the figures in the aggregate in the States OF
Maine, New Hampshire Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana,
the receipts of the Post Office are in round num-
bers Ss3.3l3000. In other words there is a
| profit on these States of Sl,645,O00. In the
States of Michigan, Illinois, and California, the
expenditures exceed the receipts by $4,000
which reduces the profits of the free States to
Sl.54S 900. In the slave States the receipts are
| Sl,315OQ0; expenses s., Isl 900 deficit, $780,
| 0O0 In other words the difference between
the receipts of the free and slave States is S23S-
400 in favor of the free So the excess of nearly
million on the gross total is due 10 the free
States. and the Department without them would
be in state Of utter bankruptcy. 1t seems, then,
that the peculiar Institution is so very peculiar
that il requires other people to pay its way. The
ignorance which follows in the train of slavery
dsenables its Oldest States to pay their postage
after two hundred years of civilization The 9th
er expenses of the Government might be calcu-
lated IN he same proportions between the free
and slave States. Here, however, is fact; that
no slave State, except one which is conduit for
the north, and in which slavery hardly exists.
can pay for its letter carrying, and that were it
not for the "hireling States which come to the
rescue "of the mpersonation of the highborn
aristocrat," like Virginia, the oldest of them
would be annually bankrupt to the Post Office
A trenchant commentary this upon the system.
Put out the light, and let the North pay all the
expenses. Chivalry in all ages is made of the
same stuff too proud to work. but not too proud
to live off the labor of other peoplc.-Irjbuae.
Supposed Murder Jy a Boy ELIAS Horn, aged
about Is years, left his fathers house in the town
OF Mlyllle, i'll this county, on the goth ult, in
company with another boy named George Jack
son, about II years old. for the purpose of bath
ing in Apple River. On the return of jackson he
inquired of where he had left Young Horn 2
he replied, that he had got drowned at place
called Lone Rock. Search was made for the body
and 1t was recovered the goth. On examin-
ing the body twas found that the deceased had
been shot-the ball entering the mouth. An in
quest was held on the body, and the verdict was
such, that Horn ~as committed to Jail for murder
1t appeared from the evidence, that Jackson
took with him, when he went to battle, a gum and
that when Horn infthe water, he shot him
Horn had one dollar and ten cents in his pocket
when he left home. and when his clothes were
found the money had been takeu from his pocket
supposed by jackson. It's supposed that Jack
son murdered his comrade while in the water for
this small sum, though it is but fair hear Jack
sons present story of the matter. He says they
were playing Indian together; while one was in
the water, the other on land would snap at him
the gun, from which the cap had been removed :
but that, while he taking his turn with the
gun, it went off with the above result He is now
in Jail awaiting his trial, which takes place at the
next term of the Circuit Court GaIena Adver-
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