The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-12-27

in all the hotels, is occupied by cot or
mattress and yet hundreds are turned a
way, WHO are compelled to spend one
third of the night, in seeking shelter
for their heads. Verify, there would
seem 10 be some apology for the evils a
gainst which we have spoken. AS some
relief TO that social phase of Chicago, at
which We have glanced, We mention the
fact that the citizens have always proved
themselves benevolent, when a genuine
case presented itself it is said that
few cities in the Union give away more
money in proportion to its wealth.
There is christianity in Chicago. This
is the salt alone that can keep such a
mass from sodomic corruption. There
are religious meetings in this city, when
1--WE should judge) solfshness is cxorcis
cd and all indecent haste is eschewcd
We alludc to the communion altar. the
conference, class, prayer and love feast
circles These constitute the purifying
and conservation. Elements, hid away
in the social heart like the dew drop
which the flower gathers in its bosom in
the night, to frcshen it, under the wilt
ngs of the fcrvid noon.
\ concise account Of the magnitude
of the business of the Post Office in this
city may not be uninteresting At A o.
clock, y. NJ, we wcndcd our way to the
office, for the purpose Of getting por.
! tion Of the contents of Uncle Sans mail
bags. On our arrival, VIC found long
line of persons, extending from the door
down to the extreme end of the building
where was the general delivery for let.
ters. They all stood in single file, each
pressing up to obtain his chance at the
hole of delivery, for the rule is that each
shall wait his turn--frst in, first served
Seeing no chance for SELF under an hour
we departed, only TO call in the evening
At o'clock VIC again went to the offc
and to our surprise, found the line cx
tending quite out into the street compos
cd Of white and colored Norwcgans anC
Irish Yankees and Dutchmcn, some il
linscy woolscy, others in broad cloth anu
satin-somc fat aud sleek Others jadcd
and worn-some tall, some short, som,
fat, some lean, some cracking jokes, 9th
ers in a brown study, aud all bouynn
with hope. that in the course of an hou
or two, they could feast their hearts up
on the news that lay waiting their tedi
Gus march at the farther end of the OF
flee our prospect was By no mean
fattcrng and as we were in a hurry, W,
concluded to secure other agencies to ac
complish our end, rather than fall int,
the rear and bide our time" SO will
perfect sang .(roid. we marched dow
near the delivery, and asked youny
man Of amiablc countcnance. to be s.
good as to put in two claims, one fo
himself and one for us This he woul,
do, if the person behind him would no
object The person behind him consent
ed, and SO We very soon ace omplishe,
our purpose aud left the tfiice.
We propose giving some facts touch
ing the business of this Office Thes,
facts are interesting, because they illus
tratc the magnitude of the commercial
relations Of the country, which centre il
Chicago they illustrate the importnnc
which the geographical position of thi
city, bears to the Northwest, and ais
the fact that it is the great centre 4
ichich all business connected with th
western States is necessarily attracted
The postage on letters. received at th
Chicago post Office, during the thre
months ending Sept. 30th, lS5I, amount
to SG2. 1j6,23. In addition to this, ,ther
were over lS,00G letters which, afte
having been duly advertised, were neve
called for. Hence there were received
at this Office for delivery in this city
during three months the almost incredi
bic number of 2,l09,s74 letters, and o
this immense number, 2,0ol ,s7l letter.
were actually delivered at the window!
of tho Chicago post office, leaving $1,000
not delivered, the greater part of whicl
were directed to strangers temporarily
residing or passing through here, or tC
persons deceased, or to persons removed
from Chicago. Thousands Of Letters
come here addressed in French, Span
ish, German, italian, Norwegian, Welsh
and almost every foreign language
There are made up in Chicago and sent
off daily packages of mails for 5000 diff
ferent Offices 10 bags Of newspapers
each bag containing an average of zoe
papers, in all $4,000 are received here
daily, assorted and forwarded. Thi'
work alone, requires the labor Of several
clerks. These papers make a totaI
weight of 9,625 lbs.
The Chicago post Office is, wo learn
tho third office in The United States
with respect to the amount Of matter re
ceived for distribution for other mails
Thus all the mails for Wisconsin, fol