Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-09


rate Of several hundred a week. II has inereas-
ed at this rate with remarkable regularity, from the
first month Of its publication. Advertisers who wish
10 give their advertisements wide circulation, should
bear these facts In mind. The daily 0rgan is dstrb
uted chiefly in Washington, Georgetown, Alexandria,
Fredricksburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and
Baltimore The weekly Organ is sent to every quar-
ter of the Union,
THE NEW POSTAGE REauLArIoN.--It actually
appears TO us that the more subject OF public m-
portance is banded about and explained by the
papers of the day. the less are they understood by
the many. The new postage law, passed last
month, has been published in full in three of the
papers Of this city, and has been mentioned in
every paper in this region two or three times as
an incidental item of news, and yet the last week
witnessed accumulation at our post Office of four
or five hundred letters which are remaining there,
not being prepaid and which will form part of the
great bonfire OF letters usually burnt by the dead
letter department on or about the LIST of July.
= We will now state IN few words the requirements
Of the law, without the fulfment of which, letters
viii remain in the Office where they are dropped,
10 be taken out at the end of the quarter and burnt
All letters going to any post Office in the United
States, must be prepaid This can be done by
stamps, stamped envelopes, or otherwise.
Drop letters Chose to be delivered at the same
Office where they put in) do not require to be
prepaid.
Nochange whatever is made in foreign letters the
postage them being as heretofore regulated.
All unpaid letters dropped into mail cars, will
be sent back to the post Office at the town from
which they were sent, and hence, if not claimed,
to the Dead Letter Department.
There Is no difficulty at all, if people will only
use postage stamps, which are the neatest, clean
est, and most convenient articles for the purpose
imaginable; and the government have done so
much towards giving the people cheap, safe, and
expeditions postal arrangements, that they ought
TO assist in relieving the government Of as much
expenditure as possible.
Those who have put letters for transmission in
our city post Office within week, can upon appli-
cation, have them returned to them.
GIFT ENTERpRIsE.- Eyerybody nearly has heard
of the " great monster gift enterprise" so called,
projected, and carried out by one Josiah Perhan,
of New York. One of these arrangements by the
same man was pounced upon by the police in New
York. as an Infringement upon the lottery law, and
the whole remained in statu quo for some time.
He has now sold over $4,000 tickets in a second
one, and as he intends to dispose of the remaining
10000 in fortnight, he has announced the distri-
button Of the gifts to come off on the 9th of the
present month.
As the drawing or other mode of disposition of
the goods cannot be legally done in New York, a
committee Of the ticket-holders are to meet in
Georgetown on the 9th, to hold the drawing and
ulohluutc Tic property W bnOSe eIltlUtu 10 IL Dy
their tickets. tits also said that large number
Of delegates to be present to that justice and
impartiality are exhibited towards all. As this is
little secret our friends in Georgetown might be
surprised to see sudden influx of visters, and
this piece of information may enable them to know
the purposes of the strangers when they come.
THE PAPER WAR still continues between the
members of the late firm of Selden, Withers Co.,
and Mr.. Rives Of the Globe. Another contestant,
signing himself Justita attacks Mr.. Rives in the
Sun of this morning, and Mr. Bayne also opens in
the Union of to-day They both affect to laugh
with scorn at the ntimation of Mr.. Rives of large
quantities of shot held by him in reserve in this
contest but If the strife is up, shall undoubted
ly "see, what we shall see"
REvoBrINa SPEcrAcLE.--Passing by the railroad
depot yesterday afternoon, about four O'clock we
saw the dead body of horse lying close to the
footwalk, and emitting most foul and nauseous
eif1uvia. Upon inquiry, we ascertained that the
horse had died Saturday, in the very last stages
of disease, and was left to remain in the place
where he dropped. We hardly know whose duty
II is to have such nuisancees removed, and
cannot urge dereEcton upon any one although
the apparent deadly influence of such disease
breeding sights upon the health of our citizens
would seem to bring the matter before the Board
of Health.
A few days ago the body of dog was allowed
Il
Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue for three
days, no one appearing to think it their duty to
cause its removal.
MILITARY EscAMrxESr.-The Washington Light
Infantry, Capt. j. Y. Davis, intend encamping on
the LIST day of May. The corps at its last monthly
meeting after due consideration, concluded that
this was the most appropriate way of welcoming
the return Of the merry, merry May.
We have not heard Of the site for the proposed
encampment but VIC presume the Heights of
Georgetown viii be selected as the location for the
pitching Of the tents
Would il not be popular movement IL all the
military Of the District and surrounding neigh
borbood, were TO hold grand union encampment
in this vicinity during the coming summer or fdl
There appears to be quite military spirit preva-
lent here, and this would be the best method in
the world TO impress upon the people at large the
great value Of a wen organized citizen soldiery.
IMPORTANT DECISION Commissioner w aldo has
decided that no one person receive the aggre-
gate bounty for separate services. In the case of
q woman marrying twice, and surviving both hus-
bands, and both entitled to bounty land, she is on
" entitled to one bounty, but she may make her
election under either husband. II there be minor
children living of the non-elected husband they are
slso entitled 10 land
APPOINTMENTS IN THE Pension 0FT1cE.-Darwin
Q. Smith, Of Ohio has been appointed TO FIRST
class clerkship in the Pension Office. Salary,
81, 200 year.
WooD.-The wood business on the canal opened
in very brisk manner this morning. We counted
sixteen boats heavily laden, some at the wharves
and some fast anchored in the mud in the middle
Of the canal Oak wood sold by the boat load at
from rs 90 to s5 rs per cord pine at "a 90 a
cord.
PoLIcK DEscrsr-The police made a descent
yesterday upon gang Of young colored rowdes
who have been in the habit Of obstructing the en-
trance and disturbing the worship, at the colored
church on Delaware avenue, and arrested James
sconman, Thomas johnson, Charles. Days, John
Hawkins, and John Hunter, who were all fined FIVE
dollars and costs each, making their Sunday amuse
ment rather expensive.
THE FIsHERIEs.--We are glad 10 be able to state
that the Potomac fisheries proving full prof.
table as ever, and even more than anticipated
The river is just the requisite depth Of water for
facilitating the work Of catching the fnny animals
and they viii now be pouring into our markets in