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New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
TIE SHAD FISHERY.
To Ire Edito, q Ire ~ l. Tribune
SIR Your correspondent, IN his article on The
New.York Sbsd Fishery, speaks thus of the shat-
poes which so much obstruct our harbor:

poles which so much obstruc our harbor:
Much comp,nt h,. ben made .; the ob,trucion Of 4.
.i sion the Legislature olbdns any person sink them
the bay. This obnoxious aw partially repesed by The
permitted place shad poles Il s hrdy TO be huppoed
oreveT a the fishermen will give much attention to the IA
deed extend this greater distance into
BE- they did last set which causes the use
6t much the nets become cutansed on
he poIe, aud easily tom than dsensased'
Tiis is calculated to produce feeling Of resist
aroe against the enforcement of the law against
placing those poles among the rude customers
who.e "plea.ures' LIE must have been inepired by
wien lie wrote the above quotation.
Il is fact notorious to sll engaged 10 the navigation
of this port that the ad-poss placed in the hsrbor
are the causes Of great damage to vessels, and are
great impedments to free Davgation and the law was
passed because it was deemed absolutely necessary.
But suppose there Rad been DO law, will your cor
respondent say where the right authority existed 70
allow few Individuals to block up or impede the
passing Cn highway, or, as ne says, to annoy the
users of the d:itnets, vino certainly have greater
iets ihen the chad pole settlers, as they do not dam.
sge tire property Of others But let that pass-lhe
p1es have 10 90. Please give for an addition to
lie history OF the shad-that is the termination o.
circuit of its travels.
New iolk in the latter part Of March, Boston at ths
latter pa,t of April, and in the Bay Of Fundy about
the middle Of May
The 6rst fish which arrive ascend the River st.
John to spawp, aud then proceed up the Bay OF fdu-
dy their fsvorite grounds to taten upon tue shrimp
and " shadworm.'
OF the sea shad none are fine A. those taken At
the bead Of the Bay OF Fandy. The shad is but rarely
seen on the Atlantic coast Of NoyaScOtia 1t Is tould
in the Gulf Of St. Llvr.nce but not north OF the Mira
m.ch So far from the reports Of NJ. III. Perley,
esq., of the fisheries of New. Brunswick.
Alter the chad get very fat in the Bay Of Fundy,
hey leave in October or November, ard they have
been seen in large schools southeast Of Cape Sable,
steering to the southwark, probably TO enter again
uut n our southern coast at Savannah.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
sentence Of Death OH Ira stout.

KocHEsTfR, saturday Apll T, lS1S.
The Court opened at 20 O'CLOCK this morning to
sentence Ira Stout for the murder Of Chsrles NJ Lit
tee. The prisoner was asked if be had anything to
say. He replied: Nothing; too much has been said
sleady.' Judge Wells then sentenced him to be hupg
CD the 18th OF June, between the hours Of II and
p. 10. The prisoner evirced emotion st the verdict
or the senteIce.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

KILLED on The RAILRoAD.-An unknoTn msn was
found yesterday morning near the depot at Mori.sa-
Ma dreaifuly mangled and dead. Il supposed tha'
he was run over by the night train from Boston. lie
were green plaid trOwsers, black hat made by Cha'e'
Mount Vernon, sna had in his pockets 20 cents
Cath olc prsyer-book, and some oranges AMI oariss
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
The Canada at Boston.

BOSTON, ApnI %, ISJS.
The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang,
from Liverpool via HALIFAX arrived at this port a,
o'clock tins morning. Her mails for the south were
dispatched by the s p. NJ train, due al New.YOrk at
a. In on Monday. There is no news worth telegraph
,pg in addition to TIE full dispatch via Halifax, pub
lshed or Saturday morning
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
The IsDnss AND THE MoRnoss.-A washpgtos

The ISDnSs AND THE MoRaoSs-A Washipgtoa
letter writer says:
"Mr. III. FaIrar, Attorney. General of Oregon, hes
arrived here Territorial busine 80, and gives inter
estpg relative to the situation of Affairs He
GAYS that the Indians canvsssng the anticipated
hostities between the MOlmons and the Government;
that they believe that the Mormons are the strongest
ard are evidently disposed TO hostilites
whenever operations begin at Salt Lake. Farsr BE-
eys the MormOLs to have been the ostgators OF the
former Indisn war and says the Indians admit receiv.
iug al rnDs and ammunition from them"
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
The Proridchce Journal thus civiIly declines )
a most unreasonable proposition:

CAST 10 IT-The Rorfford Times is trying to
seouce Tito reaGi5g one OF its Kansas articles I"
prove that il Interference with popular sovereign
~ TO submit Constitution 10 the people who are to De
governed by it, and that the first legitimate step tc'
ward securing to a people form OF government
which they want is to III pose upon them one WHICH
trey Cetost"
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
FrOsts South.

AU0rsTh, ApnI p ISJS
Frc~,s sre reported in middle and upps, .si.
yet, fesy irg aid feAis are entertained OF inuy
TO the wheat crop.
Tie Cbsresion. Savannah and Augusta markets
were ur cha. gec yesterd.y, with moderate sse..
MoBnY, Saturday, April a, 1888
T,e,ewasa heavy frost IN al this section Of tie
courtfy ss night ard fears entertained Of injury
10 The grnNirs cotton crop.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-MusaIds concerts during the
past week drew good audiences, despite the unfAvors-
bic weather. Miss Julisna May makes her first sp-
pearance at these entertainments TO- night. An entire
new programme is offered, for which another COZ
uun.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
ph;,ade,phia Stock Marker.

PnILADrLPHIA Saturday, April =. ISIS
Stocks Dull. Pernsylvapia Stste Elves 81; ksad
ing Railroad, 49,; Morris Cana, Long Islaoi Rs''
road. I9i Pennsylveuis Railroad, 42i
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Death OF MIR. Augustus Tiffany.

ALHANl, AprlI ., ny.
Augustus Tiffany proprietor OF the City Hotel and
formerly member Of Assembly from Erie County died
this evening at b O'Clock.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

opposed TO it bat actively eodesvocuy to sfec'
ite defs4,
The seEa'e yesterday copfcned tie nominst'cs OF
John Ca6walader to tae Pennsyvah Judgeship,
made vacant by The death of Judge K.os. The for
ucr similar aurouLCemeht aSO5s from a mss29reaen-
siOr.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

keri:m so pure TO allow it to cast the stone Some
Us well know that the necessities of its ministers
sle ate nded TO- snd if rot by stated stipend ye by
the handing iolth of pecunisry means fully an
equivalent.
In conclusion would express the opinion that the
tin has 70 bsnsh the word hirong, a. generally
applied, from the Friends galleries, aud to aicpt
s6nething more truthful in its place, and more in con-
s,usuce with TIE spirit OF Christian charity. =.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
Snow nj the North.

ArBANY, Saturday, April 2i 1883
Snow fell this morning here and al Schenectady
and other points in this vicinity.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

Mr.. N. P. Wills hsalih is improving
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
The Ohio River.

CfscIsNAII, Saturday April -, 1873.
TIE river il fslng with 22fee. water IN tue channel
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26

qust4tion. fear coined fos tbs expsess psrPsss
OF aking Polst sgsinst me. J. PARros
n fp-I p lssa
New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-26
THE LATEST NEWS.
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.

SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE n. 7. rRIsUsE.
Pyo~ q SPECIAL Correspondent
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14

No gres. public want csn iong rsmsn urnssered.
When . condition Of thing. has beco.ne developed 30
.has gres. public want s realized either IN theology,
civil government or physics that Zsry want or demand
il sure 20 creste supply. ThS hour will create the
mar. ard the iced he thing. Witness the sewng
machine, the resper, the telegraph. There msy
be several aborions Mar msy run before they are
sent but ulin..ely hum nifty will triumph, and the
want be supplied.
l. csrno. be that Ne Iicine viii cpg remain what r
has been, a mass Of lntricacies, Of which they who
know most know III tle while the conftent pretender
is cure 10 be kDsv :. Nor will il be always system
80 intricate ard ,scue that only the priests Of tie
temple speaF is language, or intsRret Its SYM
bols or an orac e 50 equyocA thas be who consuifs
the priest fares az lily or worse than re who aoures
the temple alt ogethsr. There must ere long be sys
tenn that co mes down TO the wants OF humanity IN
everyday e that meets the want Of the mother at
her cradle, the nurse at the bedside the father on MS
journey, the sailor the sea. Something, or some
system lat everybody can have and everybody can
use, TO arrest the FIRST nvssons Of disease, and to re-
store u le ruddy current Of life ere is fountains are
vitiatt and in forces undermined
OF school medicine with its crude drugs and poisons
csn never meet this want. That is game long snce
pla ,ed out, thing well understood. Equally futile
tnf Wanted pandceaS ard el1Is Wn4cn SuoshCo n"'
gotten and folly sustained The water-cure can
ever be more than doubtful expedient or useful pal
llave in the hands Of the people Nor caA the usual
form Of Homeopathy, however large its domestic
msnxa or complete its assortment Of tnctures and
pellets, be ever anything than en- amusing pas
time 10 the bands of the people. The system was
never designed for such USE and can never fl such
place.
| Does our system Of SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC RENE
DIES meet this want 1t becomes one to speak with
modes.y Of his productions yet we but echo the
sentiment Of thousands who daily use them, and have
long experienced their efficacy in thousand varying
occasions, when say that they are just what the
people want, economical simple prompt reliable, and
yet without danger in their For this they were de-
signed and intendedto ss the ready resource to
the mother and nurse TO meet the wants of the home
and resde az well to be the companion of the trav-
eler 10 be- in fact the great system Of popular med
icson divested of all ntrcacies and technicalty and
brought down 10 the and level OF every
| day life. For this end we have expended several
years of labor and study to say nothing of money and
this aim trust to succeed success of which any
man may be proud.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
LIST OF MEDICINES.

Ne. ]. FEVER PILLs.-For Fever, Congestion and
Inflammation of a1kinds.
No. 2. WoRy PILs-Fcr Worm Fever Worm
Colo, Wettipg the Bed.
No. 3. BABY's PILLs.-Fcr Collie, Crying, Teething
and Wakefulness.
No. A. DIARRHEA PILLs.-For Diarrhee Cholera In
fantum and Summer Complaint
No s. DYsTYTERY PILLs.-For Colo, Griprgs,
Dysentery or Bloody Flux.
No. G. CHOLERA PILLs-For Cholera, Cholera
Morbus, Vomiting.
No. z. CoU6H PILLs.-For Coughs, Colds, Hoarse-
ness, Influenza and Sore Throat.
No. 8. TooTHAoHE PMLs-For Toothache, Face
ache and Neurslgias.
No. g. HEADACHE PmLs.-For Headaches, Vertigo,
Heat and Fullness of the Head.
No. TO- DYSPEPSIA PILLs.-For Weak and DerausSd
Stomachs Constipation and Liver Com
plant.
Ne. IL. FoR FEMALE IRREGULARITIES, Scanty, Pam
ful or Suppressed Menses.
No. I2-FENALE PILLs.-For Leucorrhoa, Profuse
Menses and Bearing Down.
No. l3-CRouP PnLs.-For Group, lloarse Cough
Bad Breathing.
No, o,A.-SALT RnEUM PILLs.-For Eryspeus Erup
tions, Pmples in the Face
No. I5-RHEUMArIc PILLs.-For Pain, Lameness,
Soreness in the Chest, Back, Lons or Limbs
A.-For Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, DUMB Ague
old, mis.managed Agues.
P.-For Ples, Blind or Bleeding, Internal or External
O.--For Sore Wesk or lDfamed Eyes and Eyehds;
Failing, Weak or Blurred Sight
C.-For Cstarrh, of long standing recent either with
obstruction or profuse discharge.
W.C.-For Whoopipg Cough, abating its violence and
shortening its course.
PRICE.
Case OF ~ vals complete, in Morocco and Book. ...s
Case Of 20 walls, and Book, plain.
Case of ID boxes, and ook..............'''''.'.
Case Of 6 boxes, and Book ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hpgle numbered boxes with directions ......25 cents
Single ettered boxes with directions -.....JO cent?
Thess Medicines by the case single box are sent
10 any part of the country, free Of charge on recep
Of the price.
Address HuMPHREys & PALMER,
No. 562 Broadway, EewYork.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
No. IL. WORM PILLS.

Fer all worm Complaints in Children or AiuA.
Norm Fever, Worm Cohc Vorsc;ous Appetite. Pick
irg at the Nose, Wet;;rg The Bed. pleasant. s.,e
and rational remedy. Other Worm medicines. while
they are very repugrart and difficult to be given to
the csrd. only drive Of q few worms while, By weak
erirg tAe bowels, they induce the rspid growth of
more worns, so that real good is done. This redi
one, by cuIirg the condition on which Worms depend
Of couse radically cures them, ard h not only safe,
bat the orly vsy in which Worm. can be destroyed,
ard tie stem perfectly cured. hiss cured when al
ether ned e.res Rave failed.
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lea. sl> Saty u every ssss 70 10 al ~ s"'d y
IA eaE, and Of euery ph,s,ctan 10 ssT> xASs<'eT q
numan disease, relnrs uta:erer sf kama. 'scer'.s'
sad p~olong ahOteser Of human !!fs ~ may "
my asty 70 gre The results of my ''Hd'es 'sss''sN-
tons and experience to tie pA6e, IN tse D'a'Sr 'ess
calculated 10 reach ,b Iaygest rgrat<r Haa Vf'! ~
s,xateg 5e,.ill< amount Of gaea.-HrsfBRrf''
HUMPHREYS
,g SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC
ta REMEDIES.
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
REMARKABLE CURES.
TEsTIM IALS.
no MORE DOUBT.
ESTION SETTLED.
QUESTION SETTLED.

We suppose it is na.uIs for every pulls. to think
.A.. the sst egg which has dropped from her feathers
(. ths vhtxst the roundest and the largest egg IN al
puIletdou and We know il is common for every man 10
consider his last particular improvement az the summit
Of human achievement and TO herald his tin whistle as
fhe loudest trumpet ever sounded the field Of battle.
But having devoted the thought, Investigations and
most Of the sbors Of the lsst eight years to the deve
svment and perfectipg of series of Remedies for the
psople and having witnessed the good effects Of these
Remedies in hundreds of instances, and received the
suons and testimonies Of scores Of others TO
the same puYpot, we think are authorizei TO
spread the matter before the people and claim tr-
rnph for our common humanity. For il disease msy
b warded off and prevented by the parent or nurse
with box Of sugar pills, and If grave diseases can %
sured by medicines not only nocuous and hariness
but tsstsees and piessant alike to invalid and baoy
humanity has certainly gained somewho.
We present this series Of SPECIFIC Remedies as the
yesut of our sbors and we claim for them these ad-
vsitsges:
THEY ARE HARMLESS.
In no instance do they produce injury neither to sick
on well, old or young
rYxY ARE SIMPLE.
You always know what TO take, and how 70 t'Ie T.
The rystem dicested Of all lxtrcaey and techn' eol
saA brought down to the wants Of everyday be.
yHEY ARE CONVENIENT.
A thousand times some little curstive ia nee led
when you ccald not 20 TO the doctor-haTe not the
time or the money TO srtre for doctors are soDrsmes
m expensive a. well as distant luxury.
TRRY ARE EFFIcicgT
Thousands have been cured by them. Read The tee
N;mopy. You often cure at fret with the ounce wha
you saerwGd ooxld not relieve With the pous&.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.

None are so &eIl qualified to give evidence as those
who speak from experience, and testify unbiased by
interest.
From Prot. ". Morris, Rochester, ". Y.
Prof. HUMPHREYS & Co.. Dear SIR: Your
Homeopathic Specific Remedies have most efficiently
superseded all other kinds of domestic medicines
wherever their adaptations and virtues have become
koown.
have bad much pleasure in commencing them.
Sun, personal experience to many of INV friends, and
have done with full confidence in the Correctness of
your composite theory, and of the principles on which
your spaci6cs are prepared. My observation of the
Fssults o. their use has been rather extended, and
and OF tho myst satisfactory kind.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
HrsPHREYs'
SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC

= L NJ E D 1 E 3
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HUMPHREYS
SPECIFIC E0MEOPArHIC
II l. NJ j. y I L &
FOR DOMESTIC AND PRIVATE USE
HUMPHREYS 4 PALMER,
Nc. 562 BsosivsJ, Nev.Y.u
HUMPHREYS Il PALMER,

Q. 500 BsosivsJ, Ns~.f.,,
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
TESTIMONIALS.

The undersigned, having used Prof. Humphreys
Specific Homeopathic Remedies in our families with
the moet atsfactory results, and having full conf
derce in their Genuineness Purity and Efficacy, most
cheerfuy recommend them to oil persons who wish TO
have SAFE reliable and ehicacious Remedies at hand
for private or domestic use.
Rev. VIM. Hosmer, Edto- Of the Northern Independ-
ent, Auburn, N. Y.
Rev. +. H. Greasy ID. d. Rector Of St. Peters Church,
jackson, Mich.
Rev. u. /. Ives Chap. of the Auburn State Prison.
Rev Spencer NJ Rice, Rector, New Bedford, Mass.
Rev. Allen Steele, n. Y. Conference.
Rev. Samuel Nichols, Esst Gen. Con Ny.
Rev. y. B. Pratt Dorset, Vt
Rev. John 4. Robe, Buffalo.
Albert III. Goss, Esq, Auburn y. Y
Charles N. Tuttle, ESD Auburn, n. Y.
4. c. Hart Esg., Utes, Y.
b. s Menell, Esq,
Hon. Neal Dow, Portland, Ne.
Hon. Schuyler Collar, South Bend, lnd.
Hon. George Humphreys, Auburn, Y.
Henry ID. Cook, E,q., Sandusky, o.
Gen. Jeese Segoine, jackson, Mich.
Hon. X. II. Graham, Moline III.
Hon. Hon. ?s:sss Isss Ss.sss' shs;' 5s 5ss.sss; Fla
VIM. Brstol, Esq.,
A. 6. Pond, Esq. :"
A. kiasam, Esq,
ID. p. White, Esq,
jaime. Plunkett, Esq, Nashville, Tenn.
j. A. Salisbury, MD, Aurora, III.
ROCHESTER.
Among the many in that city who have used the n,
and know their positive merits, We have the honor 10
refer you to the following gentlemen
Geo. X. Claik, S. p. Allen, L. DanOw,
II. w. Thomas, A. Arnold Sam Snow,
j. Miller. w. T. Preston, Isaac Butts,
N Huntington, ID. HOlbroOk, j. Curtis,
L. L. Van Zsndt Cd b. Mount j. Syinburn
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14

P,of HrupnREYs rsy be conseit,i xE,
No. S6a Brosiway, on al di.e.ses of tas ssrw,
TEN, from, a. N. 10 sp. N. Psisn.s rsy lo - -
.ul, bin, by Letter, .enj,g fal hi-t y OF Ia -,
SYMPTOMS. &C., srd tAe neicin.s W.. bs S.u,.,s,
Liter
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
,rsr WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

No. 500 Bro,sw,y, nsv.Y"rh.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
IA SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC
n r n = d ] u q.
HUMPHREYS t. PALMER,

,oa no,us1Ic AND PRIVATE Use.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
HuNPHREYs''
HUMPHREYS
SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC
II = N j. D ! L 8.
FOR DOMESTIC ASp PRIVATE rsE,
HUMPHREYS h PALMER,
A. ,uo g,o,dvsy, NevYors.
SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC
FOR DOMESTIC Asp PRIVATE rsE
urMpHREYs 4 PALMER
We. 3o2 Brosdvsy, Nsv.Yors'

Ola School yscisns unable from .es rrsss Of te'-
sDo,y to DEFY the numerous sad mpo''.ns cures
m.ds BY Boreops,by, yet ss'r,ba's these curss en-,
,rs,v 70 det spd insgios'op. Bat my good sir, dii
occu. to you bow much better It is to cure oy
die. ard inssi,son than with caomsi and the .nee.
Ard II disease can be cored so promptly snd vel VITA
Sugar Pills, diet ard the m'gOston' ere yoa gu!,'ess
in tc,urrg your patients with oA'trs ana dos0s 'osm
with quinpe, iodine, srycArne and o'oe' pN,0'' 'A'
.H,c,s of which you know are 80 destrucive'
I25 cents will purchase fer you proper paysican
r,.sc,;oton for disrrbes, dyssniery hesiache, osi
cold dy,p p.is, or bilious compliant or il % cents WIN
procur. you true specific for fever and ssre or pues
why should you spend your time to daOce a'tsndaocs
on the doctor q. the tune Of dollar es,h FOR some
.birg quite problenssical Sc to It's value Arey0u
Ike The man who wss sffsd to use his own nose, lest
he should breathe through an improper tube
The commonwealth. (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-08-14

the undersigned having since their arrival in
this CITY been annoyed by slanderous reports cir
euialed for the purpose of injuring them, have
lorborc 10 take any notice of the parties from
which they emcnated, knowing full well That ruc
reports were untrue in every respect. These re-
ports falling 10 effect the injury intended, the law
was appealed TO, and our clerk was arrested and
examined before Squire Buzinc, with what sue
cess, the following statement of the Squire's will
show. 4. II. HUBBARD a 70
Thomas McCafieriy rs. WIN. d. Ryder.-Ac.
ton for penalty for selling lottery tickets in siola
ton of the Act Of Assembly, chap. 81, sec. Ia, Of
Revised Statutes Of State of Delaware.=Afler
hearing proofs and allegations of witnesses, and
maturely considering the samcs I consider first
that II rs principle well established that where n
crime or violation of any law, or an offence
against public justice is charged against party OF
an individual, that the State or the purity making
it, should establish the charge.
The defendant is charged with having sold to a
certain Thomas McCaiierty, ION the 5th day Of
August, 1852 two parts of lottery, or two lotte.
~ tlckeis' without having valid and subsisting
license and this action is brought to recover the
penalty under the Act of Assembly.
The question arises 6and the only question in
this case) are the tickets here presented unau.
thorized by the State of Georgia, by whose az.
thority they purport TO issue, or in other words
are they Bogus, (and the whole DIGESTION turns
upon that poini) if they are not authorized by the
State OF Geogia, the defendant is liable, for the
governor OF Delaware or no other power can
grant license for the sale Of the said tickets.
for it rs always presumed that n license issues
for the purpose of irunsaciing legitimate bust.
ness.
mr. Il....
The commonwealth. (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-08-14

HE PosTMIsTREss MEASURING TER
SHARE OF LETTERs.-As the following
appears in the Washington Star, VIC sup.
pose it is derived from official sources:-
There is new town in the Northwest
called Barton contraction OF Beartown.
At this point post Office has been estab.
lished the route extends some distance
beyond, and there are several Offices further
on. Soon after the establishment of the
office at Barton, the postmasters beyond
began to be troubled by strange irregu-
larity in the mails. This week, Que thing
would be missing; the next some other
package would be non eSt +; and quite
often letters for B. would have to be sent
back this state of affairs became uneu. =
durablei and agent Hall was sent on to
investigate the matter. He went STRAIGHT
to Barton, where be found the post.oiiice
in the back room Of 4 litsle grocery. II
was about time fer the mail to arrive. and
he took seat in the grocery, where
plump good natured woman, well in wears.
and possessed ola " rich brogue attended
behind the counter, dealing out small
quantities of beer, cheese, cakes, peanuts,
etc., to company of loungers, who seem.
ed 10 wait for some event.
Hall bought quantity Of pea nuts, aud
treated the crowd to beer, by which course
be succeeded in removing all suspicious
which his decent garb bad created against
him. Soon the stage drove up and the
mailbag was thrown out; tao lady picked
il up, and reiterated to the back room, fol-
lowed by the erowd-ineluding Hall, who
blocked up the door,
After opening the bag, and turning its
contents on the floor, the pnstmistress pro-
duced box, and deliberately proceeded
to measure out n peck of miscellaneous
matter from the pile on the floor. Hav.
ing done this, she commenced returning
the the rest when Hall found bis tongue.
why, what are you doing there I" he
contrived to stammer out.
" 1ndade," said the postmistress, look.
ing up, " its changing the mail that ann
" But how doyou know that you &c It the
right matteri Why don't you look over il
and select your own 7"
" Faith, an its FOOLS job you'd be
afther having me do, replied her ladyship.
" l can't read niver blessed bit of ritin',
and when my son Jim (he's had school
larnIn) isn't here, | jest measure out our
sheer.