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Rarg0tns tn CGY.petGn as.

N"Fy"'Els sll CnI.OettlIgs.
we have Just received steamships Empire City and Ca
hawba, THREE-PLY, INGRAINs and TAPESTRY
Carpetings,
purchased at the great deductions in New York and viii
be sold Low FOR CASH
Also
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS from three to tweutyfour feet wide
designs
TRANSPARENT WINDOW SHADES, very rich patterns
new styles Of Velvet Gold and Fresco
CURTAIN DAMASKs-A large assortment at extremely
low prices.
And splendid assortment Of very rich
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS
Cornices Curtain Bands and Pins Rods Rings Mats &C.
TODD & CO.,
mi 2pbt 100 Canal street, Touro Buildings
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AZ. Career COnlpany's
PATENT IMPROVED COTTON GIN

The Undersigned sole manufacturers under e. CARYRRs
patents OF 1888 ls45 and S4 have permanently established an
Once and Warehouse at No. 70 GRAvIER STREET and ara
now prepared to furnish Planters any size
Of this celebrated GIN.
They deem it Unnecessary detais advantages over 9th
Its pumberess endorsements Impractical authorities now
using It, are sufficient to confirm its high reputation
make its adoption still more general.
ms 2ply E. CARVER COMPANY.
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Wines and liquors,
Ar
ROYAL STREET..
Asupply of CREME DE BoUzY CHAMPAGNE, In quart,
and pnts constantly hand equal to the best that
cos1esto this market.
Also.
OTHER BRANDS OF INFERIOR QUALITY,
FINE OLD PoRT-the best In the city,
SPARKLING and STILL HOOK MADEIRA and SHERRY
WINES.
BRAN IESs
sAzERAo Of Vintage Of 1895 l7ss 1905 and oth.r
brands.
w HISK
OF adescriptions-Scoteh, Irish Rye and Bourbon.
ALE and PORTER, in pints and quartz
=. Also :.
On hand my suaassortment Of the best WINES and IL
oUoRs in the Market which will be sold as reasonAb
terms any other heusein the city.
5EWELL 7. TAYLOR,
d73ply No. II Royal street.
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French COrsets.
Read This

VI, :. ,,,- -,,,., new ORLEANS, August II, 1857.
Dear sThe wenyfour inch Mil which purchased from
you for Mr. j. Packwoods plantation has to
the sugamn engine, and in operation last week.
much pleased with in every respect regard to It's sim
plicity durability and quantity grinds timed the mill
when in operation several times and my surprise that
the mill was grinding bushe minute therefore expect
the mill to grind regularly thirty bushels per ease
To Sugar Planters would especially recommend your Mills
believing them to be superior any mill manufactured
Yours respectfully,
aui4 2pu JOHN s. MCDONALD, Engineer.
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THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 1. 1858.

~ Hon Jas. Beggs has our thanks for public
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III. II. Buckley,
Diseases orthe Throat and Lumqs

DIR. G. P. CRANE,
Whose successful treatment in Diseases Of the Throat and
Lungs by the inhalation Of Electro Chemical and Medical Va
por now well known to be the only and philosophical
PROCESS eectng cure even in those extreme and desperate
which bid defiance to the ordinary rules of racc ba
established PERMANENT OFFICE and INSTITUTE for
'ne cure Of all Chronic and Functional by
means OF Vergnes Electro Chemical Baths Gavanism and
Electro Magnetism.
For the convenience Of those afflicted with Diseases nj the
Ihtoa and Lungs and unable the city, con-
snaon list of Questions has prepared will be for
warded on application to Dr. c.
NO. li6 ST. JOSEPH STREET NEW ORLEANS.
hnahg apparatus, Medicines etc. forwarded according
the descriptions received particular case Patients from
'ne country can be accommodated with Institute
ialS 2pMoWeFr6W6m
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Lea y Perrins,

Lea y PeYrtIlS'
The attention of Hotel Keepers Propetors of Eating Houses
Caterers for Clubs Messrooms and Private Families
mended to trial Of Lea Perrins famous Worcestershire
Sauce This condmen by its attained the high
est rank pleasant paatabe and wholesome Sauce app
cable soup, FISH, hot cold meats game etc. etc. is e
ensvely used In all quarters Of the globe.
The imations on both sides Of the Atlantic
speak loudly OF its merts It received the only
Medal awarded to foreign Sauce the New Exhibition
attes the estimation which by those selected with
special teereneeto their ability judge of quality of SINH
lar articles Of table And being the popular in
the market unprncpled parties offering for sale spurious
Sauce by slightly varying the spelling Of LEA PERKINS,
only Proprietors OF the Genuine Sauce.
stock always store Asoorders received for
ment from England.
JOHN DUNCAN 4 SONS,
415 Broadway New York
z4 ply Sole Agents in the United States Perrns
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ON THE PLAN OF SINGLE NuMBEl
o, Aes R1 q i
YEARLY ONE PRIZE 70 EVERY VINE TICKETS
AGNIFIOENT sCHEME
To be Drawn each Saturday In March.

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
prizes Of 800 approxnRfng $4,000 prize 81 SO
4priEes of 800 spproximatng $4,000 prize l2O
4prizes Of 200 approxinatng 10000 prize
4prizes of l25 approximang to 5000 prize 800
prizes of 100 approximang 1000 prize 400
4prizes Of rs appropriating 500 prize
4prses OF 80 approximatiug 1900 prize 200
sUOO prizes OF 100000
S4s5 prizes amounting ss2OOOO
Whole Tickets, $40; Halves IS Quarters, 81 80.
5000 FRIES of $50 will be by gurs
number that draws the $4,000 prize For example II
number drawing the $4,000 prize ends with the
tickets where the Number ends in will be entitled So II
the number ends with No then all tickets thenum
Der ends in 2will be enitledto So on To- 0.
Certificate of Package Of 10 Whole Tickets
10 Half ............ 20
10 Quarter ............ 20
10 Fights E. ............ 10
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR EARTHQUAKES,
Enclose the money address Tickets ordered on
receipt Of which they will be forwarded by Hrs mail.
Purchasers have tickets ending any figure they may
designate.
The list Of drawn Numbers will be sent to Der
ehasers Immediately after the drawing.
1rPurchaser will please write their signatures plain AMI
give their Post-o niee County and State
Hs-Rsmember that every Prize is drawn payable In
fall, without deduction.
All communication strictly confidential.
Address for Tickets Certificates either to ssmuel
Swan q Co, Augusta, Ca, or to
SAML SWAN & CO., Box SO S, Post-Ofice,
fel 2n4W New Orleans, La,
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The Eastern Clarion.

Island Of Cuba.
JOSE DOMINGO & AYoRAL,
Importers ofHavana Cigars Il LeafTobacco.
No Is Customhouse street,
Has just opened the above importing establishment
where be found superior Of selections
most favorite brands Of
HAVANA CIGARS,
PAPER CIGARS and
LEAF TOBACCO
AT THE LOWEST PkICEs.
"oLD JOE" as he is Familiarity known for the
sixteen years, at his old stand in the Rotunda
UNDER THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
still remains his old quarters where be found the very
bestbrands Paper Cigars of his porrs-
tion Also, at his Cigar Stands in the
CITY HOTEL,
ST. LOUIS HOTEL and
ARCADE,
always found the best brands Of Chewing Tobacco
Paper Cigars and the best quality of Havana Cigars
Smoking Tobacco. milo 2ply
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w. Nh. COOIeaI.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Praetces Poine conpee, West Baton Rouge and West Fe
oiana Residence, Pointe Goupee P. o.. La ds0 IN
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Carpet W-areho,tse.
Choice Car,peitng
LOW PRICES.
j. ID DANrERoN &c, CO

- 1A-1sA1.IENNSN ds Co,
Ne. 124 CANAL STREET,
Offer their large stock CARPETING AT extremely ,oy
prices for cash, comprising all the newest STYLES
ENGLISH MED ALLIoNS and yEIyETs
BRUSSELS 3-PLYs and INGRAINs
FLOOR oIL-CLoTH-3 to "a feet wide qualities and
designs
CURTAIN MATERIAI-Brocatelle silk and Wool aud other
Damasks, Gimps, Fringes Cords, Tassels etc; Window
Cornices and Curtain Pins.
WINDOW sHADEs-A large assortment Of many sizes
MI 2pet
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-24
For the Jonrnal.
Wheat-COrIa-StOCk,

Mr. EDITOR AS you request commuaica-
tions from all parts Of the county thought, per
haps, it would not be amiss to offer few lines
Aud in doing So ! propose to consider, briefly, the
adaptation of the county to the raising of wheat
and corn. As to wheat, think our county can
not be recommended as iirSt rate, al though there
is considerable good wheat raised every year; aud
the best wheat land in the county believe, lies on
the Maumse river, or contiguous thereto, where
the land is more or less rolling, aud generally OF
clay soil But there arc places in various parts
of the county, where they raise good wheat, but
perhaps in not as large quantities
As to corn; in ordinary, or dry seasons, it
grows almost spontaneously, and may be seen in
luxurious growth in all parts of the county. Bat
it will not grow under water ami notwilhatanl.
ing the wet seasons that we have had, aud the
present almost unaccountable one, it does appear
that corn ha, been, and must be the crop of Wood
county, II so, then | would recommend less
planting and better tending, more bitches, deeper
ditches longer dtches and then, another biz
pitch.
Having briefly considered the foregoing. in re-
gard TO growing wheat and corn, propose to re-
consider and see if our county is not better adapt
ed to the raising of grass, stock, grazing and dai
rying. First, we believe that all, or nearly all
good corn land, will produce good grass 70 be
sure the prairie and clay soils will not grow all
kinds OF grass, but clover will grow on both-and
all other soils, grass will do as well as cora anc
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our county being very level, and inclined to be
wet in ordinary seasons, TO say nothing of the
present, will produce goo grass or pasture where
neither wheat or corn will grow There is now
great many cattle raised aud driven from the
county every year, both for beef aud stock. and
some Tor dairyiug. And some OF our oldest set
tiers, in this part of the county at least are rails.
ing stock in preference to grains, aud what can
be said of comparatively but few. should bc said
of II majority OF the farmers of the county.
Inrcgari to the dairying business MS being lucra.
tive, presume bat few have any doubts aud |
Imagine that the dorymcu on the Reserve have
been sleeping souudly nights aud late in the morn.
ings, during the very wet weather that has Just
past, while their business has been prospcrng,
their pastures green and their meadows already
beginning to wave with the prospect OF u bounti-
ful harvest, whilst many of our large corn grow.
ers and prairie farmers could scarcely sleep at all
in view of their present aud future prospects and
some of them even talked Of grcasiug themselves
and sliding ont Of the county.
In view of these simple facts, and many more
that might be urged submit TO the farmers OF
Wood the proprety Of changing or ut least con.
sidoring their positions and trying it on another
tack And instead of drawing so much corn on
long, and many times, bad roads, to market YOU
can have cattle that will sell en- your farms or car
be more easily got there, than your corn and other
grain, 81.
Portage, June 18th, 1853.
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from lbo HANCOCK courier.
A Revolutionary KscIir.

FlNnLAf, ", June ION, lSJS.
Mn. EpIroR Permit mt to occupy II few
lines in your paper for the purpose OF chroni-
cling an item worthy Of bing held in remem.
brance. On yesterday had the pleasure Of
meeting an old revolutionary soldier, Robert
Somervillc, who now resides one mile and half
west of WllliaastowG, in tn 5 county: aul
consequently fifteen miles and a half from this
place. lie was born in York county, Ptnnsyl-
vania, on the eleventh day of May, A. D., 1857,
and, therefore, has been in his one hun lreth
year since the eleventh day of last My. lie is
six feet and two inches high, weighs one hundred
and siXty-two pounds, and walkedin here ytster.
day morning, on foot, completing the l54 miles
intervening between his home and End 'ay, be-
fore eleven o'clock, A. NJ lie is as straight us
an Indian, aud his step elastic aud Vigorous
To look at him person would suppose that h.
was about siXty-iye or seventy years Old
He entered the service of the United States at
York, Pennsyl' ania, at the age of seventeen
under Capt. Sturgeon; and was shortly after
put into Gen. WoShington's ''flying camp" as
1t was called, which was composed OF picked
men, and commanded by Gen Sherman if re-
member correctly. He was in active service in
this capacity two years and six months, was at
the battle of Trenton; and with Washnaton
the dreary Christmas night when he crossed the
! Delaware. lie was in other engagements and
when peace was restored he returned To his
home. lie helped to make the brick with which
the court house in Gettysburg Pd is built lie
afterwards removed TO the vicinity of Fort
Rrdstone; and thence to Beaver county Penn.
! When the war Of 1912 broke out he volunteered
IN the last named county, and III 1914 was at
Fort AleiSS, on the Maumce.
| lie gave an incident melting like this -
While at Fort NIeigs he concluded TO go over
TO the island, tnow called HOLSTERS island to
hunt some game. Taking a canoe he crossed
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Miss Sukey Smith.
- snkor Smith had flaxsn hair,

Miss Sukev Smith had laxen hair.
Her daddy had the pewter;
Her eyes were grey and looked serene
Upon her favorite suitor.
The suitor was a jolly youth,
And nimble, short, and brawny;
The yellow fever took him Oh
One day to Californy.
And when heard that he was gone
It's now-said I-or never!
| shaved myself and creased my shoes,
And tried to look quite clever.
IriEred myself from top to toe,
And caught and mounted Dobbin;
But all the way rode along,
My heart kept upa throbbin'.
And when reached her daddy's house,
1t still kept up thumpin';
But when l saw that lovely maid,
1t kinder stopped ajumpin'.
Twas half-past ten when at her feet
knelt, and yet ere dinner,
With honnied speech and winning ways,
/ had contrived to win her.
Some months elapsed-to set the day
l now began to press her;
urged, entrcated, plead in vain
In vain did l caress her.
While matters were thus crossed ana spll Il,
My clothes all growing seedy.
NY rival from the mines returned
Still for Sukey greedy.
saw him kinder sidle up,
And slip his arm around her;
When, heavens and earth she let him kiss
Those precious lips! confound her!
told her that was surprised
My eyes had sure deceived me;
And asked her to renew her vow, ..
Aud from suspense relieve me.
When, don't you think, the tarnel gal,
Her thumb upon her smeller,
Her fingers wriggled as she said
Cant come it, little fellerw
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Facts for The Nu.inns.

The numb'r Of languages spoken is 3OGl
Thenumber of men is about eqpil to the uUm.
bar Of women.
The average Of human life is SO years.
One quarter die before the age of seven.
One half before the age Of rs.
OF every 900 persons, one only reaches l01
years To every 100 only 6 reach 60 yours; add
not more than in 800 reaches the age Of 8
years.
There are on the earth | 1000 ,000,OO Of inhab.
itants. o. these, 33 335.3 die every ar, 81 =
32l die every day, 7,7S) every hour, 81 every
mlnute-or one every second.
The losses are about bIIencel by an equal
number of births.
The married are longer lived than the single,
ani above all, those who observe a sober anl m.
duStrous conduct.
Tall men live longer than short ones.
Women have more chances of life pr,viors
to the age of fifty Yeas than m.n, bat fewer af-
ter
The number of mariig's are in proportion OF
Is to 100.
Marriages are more frequent after tho eqni.
noxes- that is, during the months of June and
December.
Births onl deaths are more frequent by night
than By day.
The number of MN cap,bl, Of hearing arms
Is calculated al on'-tourh the population,
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Compensated Characterization.

Francis p. Blair SEN, has written letter to
Elihu Burrit relative to the cause of compensa-
ted emancipation, to which cause Mr.. Burrit is
now devoted Mr.. Blair sympathizes desply in
the movement, but taking into accoun. the an
tagonism Of the white and black races, he deems
the first step should Be towards the providing a
place Of abode for the emancipated blacks, and
says THAT the great moral power Of the or5aniza.
ton cannot be withstood, if by securing safe
foot-hold ina congenial region for manumitted
bondsmen their removal was secured aud de-
liverence of each race from the other Where
that spot is, in Mr. Blairs estimation, can be
gained from an extract from his letter, which
reads thus:
The removal of the freel blacks to Central
America or South Mexico would be fraught
with results Of vastly more value than that of
the red men. 1t would redeem from anarchy
and barbarsm and give us the possession of a
portion of this continent every way essential to
the aggrandizement of the nation. 1t would
give us the link between the o cans that wash
our Eastern and Western States. 1t would
give rs defensive position to protect our south,
ern flanks on both coasts, from invasion by
formidable foreign powers, and prevent them
from making dangerous establishments there or
in Mexico, to threaten our peace. 1t would
open up to the enterprise of our countrymen Il
region rich in everything woods, and
agricultural tropical productions, all suited to
give IA new impulse to our commercial farming
and mechanical interests. 1t would lead TO the
extinction of slavery in the West Indies, in
South America, as we'll as in the United States,
and as consequence, put an end to the African
slave trade. In these results it would be coun-
teraction Of the only banefu consequences
which have grown out of the purchase of or.
da, Louisiana and Texas, which cost immense
sums and war to propagate slavery. If the
free States bore such burden, for such pur-
pose, comp'acently can it be doubted that they
would cheerlully encounter much greater charges
to convert that slavery into freedom and make
the Whole South respendent in prospt rity con-
terred BY well-directed, voluntary labor.
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lltcrrsilny VnrictY.


l. ather that cracks aud If harness is made (of
doUbln) 50 that the l'shy sides are outward and
(t snale) 81 that the hairy side is next to tho
horse, it will not crack. The moisture of the
horse will soften the harry side aud, the bend
being So that the ntshy side is on the outside
of the segment Of the circle, no provication is
given to the inside of the circle to crack
Wagon harness has lasted twenty years un-
cracked simply by this means The harness ma
krr will object to it because he cannot put in
leror leather in, as he otherwise could. But
Stirrup feathers are made SO, aud SO are shoes
and why not harness
A ScfNrrn FoUyrtIN.--At lha late supper at
the Bucknghom Palace Blll, the places of
Queen Victoria and of the pretty young Queen
OF Portugal, were opposite to magnificent sill
yer ornament, representing a group of horses
drinking ut fountain No sooner did the
queens appronch. than the fountain commenced
PLAYING Colosue water, filing the air with u
crate al perfume.
An cdiio ont west, in speaking of his do
nestle increase gives the following:
"Sounl the aEe horn blast the trumpet
lhat the woiliag world may know!
Publish 1t through NIL the borders.
Even unto Mexico!
"Scizo your pen. Oh dreaming poet
And in nnmhcrs smooth a4 may bo
Spread arlr the joyful tidings,
BrtSey's got another baby'
nha ni II lei Lax
,li,hna C,r'. ca, at.,o,; "atT VS.
s,n,,,Yhi,s anl hara h,,,, sl,;, ,,',,;a, " 10Y
~ l;nr IL ,nshnni,.ol cnnstrnci;on f,n,n ,'
no,, I,,,yr ,lin.ra,,,o -, tI, ,''"' Guy
,,;u h.. oh.n,,ci ''''' p'"e'
Wp c"o'e' people III 'ahlorhia, VINO had
qHH't'leo ao2o' 'aIy' met IN mortal combat
n'''' ou 'NC"'hS' "' sdo'S iAc sheFiii arrested
L,,lI.I Wv C,,,I G,,,' 'I''',' ~ Jl''i H's"
tha ,,,l IF ,,n, 49, V", "iu ,0usco III
,i.,l,. ,,,,,,.o, r h - WV was e"-
" 70 o'" "J',o",
1t seems Wo''h{ o' nouct thal Baltimore is
,ht "ral Guy ~ 'o' United states that was
"Sh'd win gas, umoh& the hrSt introduced
wafer P'P'S' 'e' hSt IN t'7 world that intro
duced amt put IN successful operation passen-
~, ,",I'o' W., - S''9 !" VIC yHe Cnloh 'nat
, % -, ,'"o,',hS'on' c elu
5 ,,,o O''5 WI. - "'0o"'"1 ""e''P" "aS H's'
o'''',,,
when man comes home and tries to bolt
'h' door with sweet po'1loe, pokes the fire
with collt-pnt spout attempts to wind up the
C'oGN WIN "i' o'"' J''"' '''aS 10 cut N'halines
~, ms u'a "''n a" INo'y paper N..'ie,
I%mI S'1' p,,'." ''''.o' ~ nus my W I'9n.
w Wv" w o.'' "n' P'''',5 ~ III ms p'o'S anu
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INDIA RUBBER CoNscIENcEs. Cincin-
natl Gazette says =
In looking over the lists in the County Au-
ditor's office yesterday, of the returns made by
the Assessors, as compared with the loolings of
the Board of Equalization, we were lOrcibly re-
minded of the fact that there must have been
deal of hard swearing, or an unusual amount of
Ignorance as to balances in bank In one in
stance, one taxpayer swore he had $500 in
money and 81 500 in accounts (and he swears
to return ally and yet the Board Of Equalization
added to his cash return S20000--anl he sub,
sequently expressed himself satisfied Another
returned So 600 in cash, and $l5, 600 was added
without the least objection. To another mans
statement (Which he was too conscientious to
swear TOY the Board added $60,0O0 In lourth
instance, where statement wy returned undeT
oath the Board added nearly ffty-One thousand
dollars to the return of cash, bonds, &C., and
the taxpayer who swore he had listed call +"
was content with the addtionw
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-24

FoR SEDUcTIoN.-At a late Court of Com
mon Pleas for Crawford county, Ohio, the case
OF Sanford VS.. Henry d. E. Johnson, for seduc-
tion Of plaintiffs daughter resulted in ver-
dict of $3400 for plaintiff
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-24

BEHIND THE AGE.-Mr. Leonard made q sue
cesslul balloon ascension from Montgomery, Ala,
last week. He states that while 50 up and but a
short distance from the capitol, he was shot at by
Minnie rhe--in the hands of some one who prob
ably took the erial navigator for monster man.
bat" and no doubt descendant of the same fam
ily'which ran out to stop the first high pressure
steamboat they saw going down the river, mista-
king it for runaway saw mill
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GONG IT STRoNG.-A man named William
Simcock, of Washington county, Pa. recently
lost his wife in the morning--was arrested by
the constable at IL o'clock--married his second
wife before night--and followed the remains of
his first wife, in company with the second, to
the grave the day after
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-24

FIcTIrIoUs ADDRESSES TO LETTERS. s.--The
Postmaster General has decided that when let.
ters reach any post office, addressed to fictitious
names or parties, they shall not be delivered to
any one claiming to be the representatives of the
addressed parties, but must be sent to the De-
partment as dead letters. This step has been
rendered necessary by the unparalleled extent to
Nhich the bogus lottery and other swindles have
lately been carried