Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-15
New Yerk cer.e.peaaeaee.

I Z
of the blessings of increased postage facilities by
the establishment Of one thousand receiving let
ter boxes in various parts OF the city, 80 iaT as
4 its postal arrangements 90, New YORK would as
/ grace a French provincial town OF century ago
There is but one office for delivery and that az
least a mile and half from the center OF the city.
and four miles from any part Of the siand,in which
there is sufficient business done TO warrant the To-
cation of an independent P0stotnce. At the gen
eral Office the letters are delivered through two
windows. through an eight by two ornce, out of
which pane of glass had been knocked to afford
the necessary facilities At these may be seen
two rows Of men, from morning until night, wait
ing in single file, for their turn. A person may
consider himself fortunate if he can get within
speaking distance of either OF the two delivery
elerksin half an hour. For the sake of conve-
nience the letters are delivered at one window
from g A. to L. at the other from 81 to z " 1t
often'imes happens that man, thoughtiessly APP
plies from from "A. to l., and finds, after wait
ing patiently an hour or more, receiving during
the time sundry kicks and bruises, to say nothing
OF the amount of tobacco juice he is, from time
to time, compelled to wipe of his garments, that
he must inquire at from % /. 10 D." and here if
he can get at his communication before he has
lost half day in waiting, he may consider him
self lucky man. The is but one place of deliy-
cry for women's letters and it is necessary to
keep policeman on hand to regulate matters be-
tween them. Letters not previously taken out,
are advertised every Friday. There is but one
QellNSry clerk TO attend TO them, anu, to
avoid mistakes, he is obliged to ask so MANY
questions that much time is taken up in the de.
livery of each. This is rendered more necessary,
as there is scarcely letter advertised that does
not have several claimants; and where the name
Is very common, such as John Smith, the appli
cant is not only compelled to tell where he expect.
ed letter from, but TO give minute description
of the superscripton of the letter ITSELF before he
has seen 1t If there were branch offices for de-
livery in various wards, much OF the trouble
might be avoided. But the greatest ineonveni-
ence under which we have suffered is in mailing;
as, in order to be of the earliest dispatches
it is absolutely necessary send the letter to the
general Postofice, There are four private Post
Offices in the city; but these charge one cent, over
the regular postage, for delivering letter at the
general Office, and it is by no means certain
that they are prompt. they do not receive much
patronage, The proposed receiving boxes are
much needed, and carried out well, will be q long
strike out Of the postal barbarsm under which
we have suffered; but nothing short Of a new
general office. in central location, will redeem
us.
The sale of the pews in the Rev. DR.. Bellows
new church, came off asteyenlng in the church.
The well known ability and wide spread reputa-
ton of DR.. Bellows drew quite a crowd of pnr-
chasers, and The bidding very spirited The
price of pews ranged from 81 300 down and the
premiums ranged from $3.50 down. Two pews
were taken at $3.50 premium, making their whole
cost 81 800. The net proceeds of the sale were
| 100000 including the premiums, which amount
ed to $4,000. This church is, by the way, some.
what of curiosity. 1t is built Of alternate rows
/ of very red bricks and white marble, giving it a
| peculiar striped appearance The building is
new, and was inaugurated last fall ''All Souls
| Church." Before this was decided upon, the pro.
| priety of various names was discussed. During
| the discussion, plous wag, referring to its APP
pearance, proposed calling it the " Church of the
Holy Zebra" The above figures will give some
idea of what fashionable religion costs in thi:
| city.
| The steamer Pacific, now over twenty DAYS ou
! from Liverpool, has not yet been heard from
/ Much nneasiness is beginning to be manifested OF
| her account. Mr.. Collins chartered the steamer
Alabama, and despatched her on Sunday in search
OF the missing vessel with instructions to afforC
relief to any vesstl he may fall in with in neeC
| of it. The better to accomplish this. there were
put on board three hundred barrels bread; TWEEN
ty-five bbls. -four, seventy five bbls beef thirty
bblS perks, two thousand three hundred lbs. fresh
beef, and mutton. Lieut.. Hartshorn on Sunday,
telegraphed to the Secretary of the Navy TO be
permitted to sail in search of the Pacific
with the steambrig Artic, and also convey
relief to other vessels presumed to be locked in
the ice in the vicinity of New Foundland On
! Monday he was permitted to start on his errand
! of mercy.
The Star Of the West sailed on !sSqtgyEday. FL
board, after a strict search by the officers every
thing was found all right, and she was permitted
10 uepdrt az her advertised nour. j. II. Male, thu
| editor of FL Nigaraguer., who had been arrested
on board the Northern Light, and dragged Oh
shore and imprisoned, was permitted to depart
His doctor gave him certificate that he woulc
net live two months in this climate; so his bal
was released, and he was permitted to depart like
a gentleman. Two others were also permitted tC
go, upon pledging their word that they would re-
turn in April forfeit the 81, 500 for which they
were baiIed.
Mile Rachel started from this port for Havre
/ in the steamer Fulton, on Saturday. 1t was
4 hoped that she could muster strength to give one
representation before she left but in this her ad
mirers were disappointed.
| The fearful prominency which has been given
/ to Shapes rifles of late in illibusterng and
Kanzas war discussions, has been somewhat les.
ened by the introduction of the Volcanic Re.
/ peating Fire Arm, by ] w. Post, of this city,
| This gun is capable of being discharged thirty
| times eonseeutiyely in less time thanone minute
1t has but one discharging barrel and that does
not revolye. Under the barrel is a tube-the or
binary place of the ramrod, under which is placed
cYIinder-cOnical MIME formed ball, which has
deep cavity in the back end containing both the
powder and the percussion cap. A coating of cork
between the cap and the outer covering prevents
all danger of explosion by accident. These balls
cost but very little and ia CONNECTION with the
gun are equal in length Of distance and accuracy
OF aim to the MIME Rife. The act Of cooking
| the gun places a ball IN the discharging barrel.
The whole mechanism IS extremely simple, and
apparently very durable. Pistols are also made
| after the same pattern which may be discharged
| seven times in succession. This weapon has been
| patented in both France and England and is be-
ing introduced into the army of those countries.
OBSERVER.