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Important Post Office Regulations.

We take from the Washington Union Of the
cath, ult. the following PostOfice regulations,
Blank Agencies. are informed that the
Postmaster General has discontinued the blank
agency at Buffalo, N. Y, and that all postmss-
tiers heretofore supplied with blanks from that
depot will, after the ist Of July next, be fur
nished from the blank agency at Cincinnati,
Ohio. Postmasters will therefore apply fol
blanks as follows:
Those in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland, California, and Oregon, will
apply TO the blank agent at N. Y. Those in
the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Car
ona. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida, will apply to the First Assistant Post
master General, Washington D. c.; those in
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri
Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico
Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, snd NinnesO
ia, will apply to the the Blank agent at Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Editors of Newspapers, particularly in Ohio
Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota, the post officers in which State
have heretofore been supplied with blank
from Buffalo. will do an essential service b,
publishing the above.
Signature Post Bils.-We are requested t.
call attention to an official notice of the Post
master General in this days paper, by whicl
it will be seen that the Department declines
longer taking the responsibility of receiving
and transmitting TO the. frontier, money from
pOstmasters to pay for printing their names OF
blank post bills.
Postmasters' Assistants to be Sworn. Post
masters at small Offices we learn, are to mucI
in the habit of permitting incompetent mem
bers of their families, and other persons in thei
employ, (none of them being sworn, as requir
ed by law, to change the mails, and to per
form all the duties pertaining to their Offices
None but sworn assistants should be allowe
to have access to the mails.
Loaning Newspapers. TO news
papers make complaint Of their non-arrival {
their papers, and in some instances intimat
that the loss is OCcasioned by the fact of th
postmaster loaning to his neighbOrs the paper
of others for perusal. The papers fail to be re
turned to their proper place, and hence the di'
satisfaction.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

document is singular one andat the same time
somewhat important in its cOngratulatory tone
Of the increasing greatness Of the United States
The dying fathers admonitOry advice 10 The
son bis successor, now theEmperOr, was 10 study
bis papers private which would be found on his
escritoIre which be bad received from the
most eminent men in the United States, among
the names which are TO be found those Of Jack.
son, Clay, Webster. and others. The imperial
pOtentate Acknowledges all the value to these
papers placed upon them by his iEustriOus
father aud receives with expressions Of more
than usual feeling the strong national interest
manifested by the Amerissn people in the sue.
cesS Of the war upon which his great father had
entered. He proposes the most lasting friend
ship between Russia ald the U. States. Thii
last European mail brought more impOrtan
intelligence to the United States than any arri
val since the establishment of our steam cOnnec
lion with Europe.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The Source OF UNPAID LETTERS.
has not unf2equently been expressed at the
number Of letters of mercantile character that
are not prepaid, and therefore tail to arrive at
their address ant are advertised, We suspect
we can supply the key. A gentleman known
{ us personally, sent porter the other day
for supply of postage stamps. On receiving
and counting them, he discovered that there
were more than were charged for, and then
noticed that the major part of them were def
cient in adhesive matter, and had apparently
been used through not stamped. On inquiry
he found thai his porter had purchased them
at two cents each, Of a man that keeps candy
stall near the post Office, who had purchased
them from youths carrying letters to the pos
Office. We do not know whether our frienC
confronted his porter with the receiver of thes'
stolen stamps, bat assuredly the man ought Il
have been promptly arrested From the guam
tity purchased; the practice must have beel
carried on upon large scale. The safer pla
for merchants would be to use stamped envel
opes.--TN. Y. Com: Adv.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
1flisfeIloneous Reo0inp,
Cassius NJ. Clay's Letter.

Below we publish letter from Ca'Slus d.
Clay, to the editor of the Cincinnati Gazette
Let erybOdy read it. 1t bre"thss the soul
of true American. Mr.. Clay did 60 TO the
field of conflict and spoke his sentiments
openly and freely, and feArlessly. Free speech
triumphed. and always will triumph in Ken
lucky or elsewhere, when such men as Clay'
the dauntless, defend it.
LIBERTY OR DESPOTISM.
July 10, 1855.
EDs. GAzErrE:-To-morro l 60 to the
field of contest, to determine whether the l'o'
erty Of speech and religious freedom is longer
rossible in a slave State In this unequal
struggle. as the result cannot be foreseen, l
deem II due my own character and the great
issues pending, to say parting word through
a press. where suppression is impossible. Born
and bred in a Slave State, every hour Of my
experience csmpels me to avow that the world
has not begun to conceive the consistent Jes'
uitism and unfathOmable atrocity Of the slave
propaganda They who stand at the cradle
ignoring the holy sentiments which consecrate
the pledges Of devoted and mutual love- to cat
trelize Gods noblest work, and to stihe the
immortal aspirations of human soul, are no
the men to show msgnanimity, or indulge II
the weakness Of justice, mercy and truth
It is their vocation to dominate over the hu
man mind, and to subject brute power to thu
superior force Of intellect. Gentle, polished
and winning; stern. bullying and remorseless
ly cruel-appealing at one time to the senti
ments, now to the passions, and then to th'
fears of men-they must be cunning in defence
indeed, who can stand up under such Odds
No wonder then, that they have taken possese
ion of the press, the pulpit, and the Govern
ment and that the boasted liberties Of the A
ermican people lie crushed and bleeding unde
their iron heel! But despotism is. under what
ever name, everywhere the same, and il
chief last resort is force. To that has the slav
power now come. lis organs threaten t
drive out the New Congress with arms-re
newed violence swells on westward, and can
non and the rife, and the bowie knife, over
throw the civil power and despotism rule
supreme in places Of vaunted popular sover
eighty in the great prairies SO often solemn
pledged to Liberty, to civilization and to chris
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

PRENTICE ON DoUGLAs--Senator Douglas
has written a letter, in which, speaking OF the
Know Nothing party he says:
1t is the duty, and | firmly believe the des'
tiny Of the Democratic party, under the gut
dance Of Divine Providence, to confound, over
whelm and utterly annihilate the secret, insi
diOus and dangerous organization.
To which the Louisville Journal replies:
The only Providence that ever had anything
to do with Democracy was Providence, Rhode
Island, where one Of that sweet party camt
near being hanged for treason.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

THR FORT McHESRT CASE Sergeant John
Morrow. who was alleged to have caused The
death Of the soldier Loup at Fort McHenry,
was taken before the United States COmmis-
siOner at Baltimore short time since Cor eI
animation. The Commissioner decided that
the examination must be private, in accordance
with the opinion Of the Judges Of the Court,
that preliminary examinations Of this character
should be private. The prisoner, BY bis coun-
sci, protested against this course and insisted
that the examination should be public. In this
state Of the case the District Attorney moved
The commitment Of the prisoner on a charge OI
murder, to take his rial before the United
States District Court in November next; and
the case was so disposed Of.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
How tnev Read the Newspapers

1t is a proof of the great variety OF human
development 10 notice persons reading news.
papers:
Mr.. General Intelligence FIRST glances at the
telegraph, then at the editorial, and then goes
off into the correspondence.
Mr.. Sharper opens with stock and markets
and ends with the advertisements for wants,
hoping to find victim.
Aunt sukey 6rst reads the stories, and then
looks to see who's married.
Miss Prime looks at the marriage column
FIRST; and then reads the stories.
Mr.. Marvellous is curious to see the list OF
accidents, murders and the like.
Uncle Ned hunts up the funny things. and
then smokes and laughs at his will,
Madame Gossip turns to the local depart
ment for her thunder, and having obtained that
throws the paper aside.
Mrs. Friendly drops the first tear of sym
pathy over the death column, and the next o
YER the marriages; for, says she, one is abou
| as bad as the other.
Mr. Politician dashes into the telegraph and
from that into the editorial, ending with the
speeches,
Our literary friend is eager for nice CON
position from the editor or some kind cores
pondent. After analyziog the rhetoric, gram-
mar, and logic of the production, he turns
careless glance at the news department. and
takes to his Greek, perfectly satisfied.
The laborer searches among the wants FOR q
better opening in his business, and--but e.
nough, an extension Of the list is useless
There is Just as much difference in readers as
in-any else.
But the worst Is yet to come. If each does
not find a column or less of his peculiar liking
the editor has, of course, been lazy and is un
worthy Of patronage. Oh, who wouldn't be al
EDITOR Albany Kuickerbocker.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
Attempt Of Murder and Suicide.

Mr.. John Jacob Hoffman. late resident Of
Winesburg, last week made bold attempt to
take the life Of his wife by poisoning. Tie
particulars asnear as we can get them are as
follows 1t is supposed that on Sunday, the
l7Lh inst. Hoffman sprinkled arsenic on the
meat, and after that Immediately left the prem
ises for his from near Rag gtrsville. On Mon
day his wife took piece Of meat out of the
crock where it was kept, washed it and made
dish Of soup for dinner. Immediately after
partaking of It she was violently i'll, and vOm-
tied freely. n physician, DR., Rhoadt, was
called in, who administered some Of the soup
to the dog, upon which it had the same effect.
He then anslyzed the contents of the meat
crock. and found several grains of arsenic
Our last account from the woman is that she
is recovering.
On Tuesday Q warrant was issued for the
arrest Of Hoffman. He was found at his farm
on Stone Creek. He remarked to those arrest
ing him they would never take him to Wines
burg alive While on his way ,hither he wa
taken very sick, and put into carriage. HI
died shortly after reaching Rsgersville, 1t il
supposed that he died from the effects of OPT
Millersburg Rer., eth. ult.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
The Cars Letter to the President.

The New York Herald's Washington cor
respondent, writing on the Goth, says:
The principal members Of the cabinet met
this morning at an early hour, it was chance
that brought them together. The President
had received letter from the Gear of Russia
in reply to one transmitted by special hand
through our Minister at ST.. Petersburg con-
cratulatory upon his succession. This letter
like previous one received BY President
Pierce from his illustrious father bore his own
autograph and il is evidently not intended fol
the public gaze. The knowledge that letter
had been received, brought the meeting
of an inquiring cabinet a day before the
usual time of meeting. Its sincerity Of sentiment
as far as I can learn appears in every line. Th'
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
From the Albany Argus.l
'Dh, Let NE Sing Tonight, Mother"

We give below the words Of q charming song, which
has been put to music by Mr. Traver Of this city, and
which has become . great favOrite. The song is SC
edded to music and melody, that the words cling 70
Ghs memory without effort
oh, let me sing tonight, mother,
That song / used TO sing,
When hope was bright, and my heart was light
As a bird upon the wing
know thoult miss the voice, mother,
That warbl d with we the strain,
But let me sing tonight, mother,
The dear old song again.
But let me sing tonight, mother,
The dear old song again.
know twill bring sad thoughts, mother,
Thy tears may fall like rain,
For loving eye and fair young face
Thou ne'sr mayst see again.
But I'd have thee send each tear, mother,
Back to Its secret cell
And let me sing tonight, mother,
The song she loved so well,
And let me sing to night, mother,
The song she loved SO well.
twill bring the bright dreams to my heart, mother
Bright dreams Of the joyous past,
Ehen hope, all rainbow hued, mother,
Her halo round me cast.
know the light grows dim, mother,
But still I fOndy cling
To the bright dreams that come back, mother,
With the song used to sing,
To the bright dreams that come back, mother
With the song used 10 sing.
As sing that song fjOy, mother,
Faith upward lift 'i's eye
Towards the land Ofrest, mother,
Where hope can never die,
Where ties that strongly bind, mother,
May neer be riv'n in twain;
Where tears are dried, and the heart, mother,
May never know sorrow again,
Where tears are dried, and the heart mother
May never know sorrow again.
Then let me sing tonight, mother,
That der old song Of old,
And pray when sleep at last mother,
By her side all silent and cold.
Our spirits may meet neer to part, mother,
Where heav'p born music ring,
And our voices be mingled there, mother
In the songs the angels sing,
And our voices be mingled there, mother,
Tn the songs the angels sing.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

A YoUSs HUSBAND. making a call
the other day at the house Of the American
missionary in Jerusalem, l saw little boy, in
Turkish costume, sitting on a sofa. My irsi
thought was. what an enormous turban the boy
has on and my second--'HOw very small b,
is.' Judge Of my surprise when l found n,
was husband he being little more than tel
years old and his wife not nine. Truly, thi
is beginning life young. And this reminds M
that friend Of ours saw an Armenian lady il
Alexandra, who, though but twenty six year
Of age, was grandmother! This goes quit
beyond early marriages in the United States
Mrs. Etimes.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

A SINGULAR WAGER.-There is man living
near Sidney, in Shelby county. Ohio, nearly
80 years of age. who has bet pending with
one of his neighbors that he will live to be an
hundred years old. The wager is a hundred
bushels of corn, and in case either or both
should die before the expiration of the hundred
years, their heirs are obligated to pay over the
required amount.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The way they cool themselves in hot Weath-
er in Sierra Leone, in Africa, is thus graPhi-
cally described by an old sea captain
"A black fellow, sir, goes into the markell
It's as hot as, well any thing. He buys a
melon for three farthiugs- aud what dses he
do with 1t? The black fellow, sir, hasn't rag
on. He buys his melon, cuts it in halves, and
scoops out the middle. He sits in one halt, COW
ers his head with the other, and eats the middle.
That's what he does, sir. saw Sierra Leone
in all is tropical-cheapness of produce, dark
ness of population, gigantic vegetation and
nrimitiHe state Of manners
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

WHAT A MAN OF SENSE SAYs.-A large
merchant and importer Of Boston, according
to the Bee, says we are paying more duty on
artificial flowers than on Railroad iron. He
says that women are not educated right. They
are going to bankrupt the country unless there
i, a change. More is thought of show than
substance. We pay scores of millions annual
" for ladies' ornaments which is of no use.-
We cannot afford it.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

ErCH.-A fellow in Guernsey county, Ohio,
who signs himself John Morgan, thus winds
up an advertisement for runaway apprentice
whom he calls Fernando Moore: ANY person
who will return said boy or give me informa-
ion to his whereabouts will be prosecuted for
damages.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The Louisville Journal says that man sew
enty-three years of age died recently in the
Indiana PeRitentiary. at JeffersonVille, Ct a
disease of the heart, having performed, on the
day previous, bis allotted task in apparent good
health. He leaves property valued at 500,
600, and was incarcerated for the period of two
years for the crime of forgery to the amount Of
S95. The old chap was miserable in the ex-
treme, denying to himself the smallest luxury
beyond the prison fare Of bread and water apd
beefs head broth.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

CLIP THE R1GHT CoRNER.-If you curtail
your expenses, clip the right corner be sure
you do not begin with the newspaper one
ounce less sugar day will furnish neWsPa'
per in the family. stave your stomach sooner
than your brains. You will not miss the su
gar as soon as the paper.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The taking Of the census in New York city
reveals the fact that one firm in Maiden Lane
melts down il gold and silver. 81, $50, 1000 in
the course of year Another firm in Fulton
street, silversmiths, used hundred thousand
dollars in silver coin in year,
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

Since the Reciprocity Treaty went into oPer'
alton, dozen new villages have sprung up on
The shores Of Lake Huron. in the Huron Dis.
trict, to ship produce. Building is going on
rlpidlv, and wharves and peers are being con-
structed. Speculation in village lots runs
| high.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The census taker found woman in Mace
don, N. Y, 90 years old, mother Of chill
drep, the Oldest of whom is 12 years old, next
8, third 3, last. The eldest was OF course
born when the mother was twelve years old.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

Pepper shirt collars are now worn on Broad
way Ny. The inventor makes the article oy
machinery, at the rate of 200 per hour. starch
es and fuishes them till they shine like linen'
and sells them at cents piece. There is moth
ing like paper.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

Col. Wood, of Cincinnati, has entered into
an enterprise with Bsrnum for getting up four
Baby Shows-one in Boston, one in Baltimore
one in Philadelphia and one in Cincinnati, on
the plan of the late show in New York.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

AN OLD Book One Of the greatest curiosi
ties we have seen lately, is an old edition O
the Bible, in the possession of Mr.. Titlo", who
resides on the corner Of Bolivar and Erie streets
It's title page reads thus:
IMPRINTED AT LONDON
BY THE DEPUTIES OF CHRISTOPHER BARKER,
Printed to the Queens Most Excellent Msjes
tie. AMMO 1890.
This book is curiosity Of Typographical art
as we'll as a most interesting specimen Of wha
the English language was at the period. II i
probably the oldest edition Of the Bible in thi
State II was imprinted before the time o
James the First, and differs in many particu
lars from the translation made during his reign
To the student of history, or the antiquarian
it would be an invaluable acquisition. Mr.
Titlow is in poor circumstances, and is willing
to dispose oft, Il he can realize enough tc
compensate him for the loss of such an inter
esting relic,- Clev. Leader
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

New clothes are great promoters of piety.-
A new bonnet or new dress will induce girl
to 90 to church at least three times on Sunday
where she didn't go once before she got it.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The latest invention is thst of having clocks
in OmDibuses: They are placed where mirrors
lately were, so that he who rides may count
the minutes as they fly,
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The largest angel we ever read of was seen
BY Mabomet in the third heaven, which, the
Koran says. had two eyes seventy thousand
| days journey apart!
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

THERE are about ESQ German newspapers
printed in the United States, Fifteen of these
are Protestant religious papers, and three Ro-
man Catholic.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

1t is estimated that the population of New
York is now quite four million OF souls. This
is indeed the Empire State
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1923.

JOHS HATFIELD, who died at the age Of l02,
asOlder in the reign Of William and Asry,was
tried and condemned BY Court martial for
falling asleep on bis duty upon the terrace at
Windsor. He absolutely denied the charge
against him, and solemnly declared that he
beard st. Paul's clock strike thirteen; the
truth Ct which was much doubted by the
Court, because Of the great distance. But
while be was under sentence Of death an afi-
davit was made by several persons, that the
clock actually did strike thirteen instead Of l2;
wheTeupOn he received his majesty's pardon.
A daring deed is related Of Private JoHS
Irons, Of the 19.h British regiment, on duty
in the Crimea A 32-pOunder shell, sent from
battery near the Round Tower, struck the
ground short Of the work. and thence, BY re-
eOehet, slighted on the parapet and rolled
down to the inner side among group Of men
who were lying under its cover. The fuse was
burning and kissing with that peculiar rushing
noise wklch few can hear close to them with
out some degree Of alarm. 1t was what is
commonly called live SHE'LL that is, a she
ready to scatter death and destruction on all
around. A few moments and the shell would
be rent to pieces, and no one could say how
many would fall victims from its fragments
But, on the instant, Lyons started up, rushed
to the shell, and, grasPing in both hands the
threatening missile, hurled it over the parapet,
A second scarcely elapsed after il reached the
ground on the opposite side when the explO-
sion took place.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

The census just taken show the pOpula-
ton Of Burlington, Iowa, to be ten thousand
one hundred and thirty. 1t is probably the
largest town in Iowa, and is just beginning to
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

A German astronomer says that 10 twenty
million of years from now the earth will be
destroyed by cometl!
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

A careful estimate shows that the war has
already cost the belligerent nations million Of
lives.