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WeakIey County, state of Tennessee

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF WEAKLEF
4 C0unGy-Jerry Cherry, Admir- Of the estate Of James
Halter, deceased Jane Halter ct a-or1er Of Publication
From tbs affidavit to the petition IN this appearing 70
the satisfaction Of the Clerk Master Of said Court ta
wife Susan Baker Halter and Babe
Halter residents OF the State OF Tennsssee and D
yond ordinary process this Court thesors order
ed the Clerk Master that said residents appear on ~
before the November OF said County Court le ooe ne
the house Dresden, rB Monday in November
next, and plead, denur to said petition or us
will be in A things taken for confessed agsns; them ana Sc -
hearing exparts 10 them at said term Of said Ooui - -
further ordered that this be Published for four
In the Weekly UNoH AAERICAE, Newspaper 30
the city Of Nashville, Tennessee, this An day o.
o.t 10 IN -, ., oi.-F Of said County Court
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henry clay on sIarerv IN rerritnr,e,

In 1881, HENRY CLAY, then Senator Of the United
States. introduced the following resolution in the
Senate:
"ResolreI That any attempt of Congress to pro
ibit slavery in the Territories Of the United States
would create serious alarm and just apprehen-
sons you'd be a violation of good faith toward the
inhabitants of such Territory who have removed
thereto with ti.eir slaves and because, when such
Territory shall be admitted into the Union State,
te people thereof shall be entitled to decide that question
GrcluSiuely for themselves"
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InsOIvent Notice.

URsUANT to order ads - the Oerk the County
Of WsAksy Tenn, the creditors Of estate ofhsm-
NJ Pillow deceased, hersby notfi TO die their claims
against the said Clerk, hiI once In Dresdsn
bsore the 10Th day Of January 1901 for Adjudication and
prsrats dsrbuton the insolvency Of said estate having
ugzeSsd By ne, October 4th, 1850 ". r. RnpS,
October Is, 6O-W4-pFs fee 81 Adm'r Of said Huals.
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Reply of Green q. RedmOn.

LEAyENwORTH, Sept II, 1860.
To Fred Emory Esq, Daniel scuy, ESQ, Hon W. G. MsthiAs
John Henry, Esq, and Dr. ?. Dyer Committee, &c.
Gentleme7s-Your favor of the 18th inst. is just re-
ceivsd and hasten TO reply.
l was member of the Constitutional Convention
that framed and passed the well-known Lecompton
Constitution.
During the tendency of the proposition to submit
the slavery clause of that instrument the people
as it was sumbitted, l was shown letter by the
Hon John Calhoun, addressed to him by uOn.
Stephen A Douglas. That letter suggested and urg-
ed the plan of submission adopted by that Conven-
ton, approving the Constitution as then agreed up
on, which had been submitted to him, and pedgng
himself 10 pass the Constitution through Congress,
if we would insert the clause of submission which
we did insert. This letter was declared by General
John Calhoun to embOdy the entire sentiments of
Judge S. A Douglas, and that the entire plan of the
Constitution was suggested in this letter, and that
the plan Of submission all that wanting to
make the Constitution emphatiCaly Douglas mea-
sure. On examination of the letter | found IN it
a verifiCaOn of all that General Calhoun had told
me Up to the time Of seeing this letter, had op-
posed the plan of submission, but in view Of the
pledge of Senator Douglas TO put it through Con-
gress if submitted in the manner it was, then sup
ported the Constitution after the adjournment OF
the convention, with the submission clause and all
Shortly after. Senator S. A Douglas took position
on the LeCOmptOn Constitution l met Gen. Cal
houn at Leavenworth City. and referred to Senator
Douglas course and his letter above referred
to. Gen. Calhoun, in reply, said that Judge Doug
las4lad betrayed u.s. and if it had been sworn TO be-
fore he would not have believed it, until be saw
and read Senator Douglass action in Congress.
lived in Illinois seventeen years. was personally
acquainted with Judge 5 A Douglas, have received
a great many communications, documents, etc, from
him under his frank, and | am well acquainted with
his handwriting. know the letter alluded to was
the handwriting Of Judge s. A. Douglas.
have been uniformly and invariably his friend
and supporter, until he took his position on the Lee
compton Constitution GREEN B. REDNON.
LIST OF MEMBERS ADDRESSED VINO HAVE NOT An
swERED.-W 5. Wells. Shawnee county, X. T.; John
W. Randolph, Riley county. X. T.; H. W. Forman
Doniphan, tx. T.; J. 7. Hereford. AtchisOn, n t.
Hugh VI. Moore Americas Ga; W. S. Spiceiy, Law
renee X. T.; J. H. DanfOrth, Westport Mo; Jesse
Council. Leavenworth county X. T; J. W. Martini
Independence. No; Daniel Vandershcc. kennekuk,
X. T.; l.. 5 Boiling. Kansas City; Cyrus Dolman. St
Joseph Mo; Judge Rush Eimore. Tecumseh, n T.;
Samuel j. kOok"gee. Elston X. T.; A W Jones. In
dependence. Mo: VIM. Walker Wyandntt. X. T.
LIST OF OTHER CITIZENS ADDRESSED VINO HAVE NOT
Observation-Disclosures J. ISacks. LeavenwOrth City
X T.; J. W. Whitfield KiKapoo, X. T.; VIM. P. Fain,
Leavenworth City. X T.; Henry L. Martin, Wash
ington City d. c.
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Reply of Janet Todd.

LEAvENwoRTH CITY, X. T., Sept. %. 1860.
Emory Esq Chairman Of Committee of Democratic As
socltiOn
Der Sri received your printed circular to-day,
nquiring as to the position occupied by stephen \.
Douglas TO the Lecompton Constitution.
Your second and third interrogatUrIes | can an
swer it the affirmative
have no other information that l can give your
Committee. Respectfully, JANET TODD.
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MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
land and ReGTOcs for Sale.
mAURY COUNTY LAND,

TFVHE undssiEned will offer Pebble Sale T y
Il December goth 1850. unless previously dispose
Of q valCab.s tract Of
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YOUNG Acknowledgements OF AMERICA ABROAD.
Mr.. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN an impulslve specimen
of young America, from Boston, recently delivered
a speech at a dinner party in London and remarked
that as a nation" the English language was more
accurately and purely spoken in the United States
than it is in Britain whereat says the report there
was loud laughter" The speaker Immediately ex-
claimed:
will prove it. Order your dinner in every vii
lage from Maine California, and they will under
stand you for 900 miles but go 500 miles from
Aberdeen to Dover and you can lose yourself IN a
babel of tongues. Remember, gentlemen, the Amer
lean don't speak Gaelic, or Manx, or Celtic, or
WEIGH, Qaughter)-an l assure you, upon my
honor, Yorkshire and Lancashire is not taught in
our common schools Qaughter); and am informed,
on good authority, that there are no professors of
Irish or Scotch in our academies (appause). Lind
lev Murray Lord Lyndhurst and Noah Webster
were all Americans Our written language will
always be English our spoken language is Amer
lean"
In conclusion, he observed:
The time has arrived to state that Sam Slick is not
an American institution that American securities
are safer and pay better than tnose OF any other
nation-(oh D-that the almighty dollar IS not so
much resDected in the social world by the Ameri-
can as the almighty shilling by the Enghsh-(ohl
and laughter)-the Americans never 1libuster,
while England never did anything else-(hear. hear,
and
more temperate more moral, better educated, and
better dressed than their ilustrious predecessors
(hear and roars of laughter)-and that the tooth
Irusb story like Arrowsmiths railways and revolv-
ers in Georgia has turned out to be hoax. (Laugh
ter and applause)
ENGLAND views mankind from first class carriage
hence. when a few thousand West-enders go to
the seaside, they say everybody is out Of town.
What egotsm! All the misconcepton has arisen by
comparing the English dress-cirCle with the Ameri
can pit-or Oxford and Cambridge against all Amer
lea Compare dress-circle with dress-crce, gallery
with gallery pit with pit. and then America will
ceive Justice in England. (Applause) England's
sympathies are reserved for the black race-Amer-
lea considers white people equally respectable.
England has always been looking
out of the cabin at America in the fOrecastle Eng
gland has been the pulpit, America the audience
England the schoOlmaster, Americans the scholars.
That day has passed away. \ published idea Is an
expired patent.
Hon. E. D Beach, Douglas candidate for Governor
of Massachusetts, has written letter declining
the nomination rendered him by the Springfield con-
YentiOn.
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stock Farm in Tennessee.
EIGHTY NEGROES,

There sold the time and place all the
Of Wheat Corn, Rye Cattle HSgs &C. and all The fAra
ing utensils, &c
also propose sail in families to suit purchasers composed
OF the most valuable lot in the State,
EIGHTY NEGROEg,
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MARRIED

In clarksTs the 10th inst, ESOoE ENsLY, Jr Min
LAURA E., daughter Of the late Judge H. A. MARTIN.
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BRIDGE &TURNPIxE STOCKS WANTED.

TE fh Il pnrcsss Bridge stosk good furnpiks Stock
w and civ. good and BsFgy, hand
'--s'' u i''1- J. L.kRW BROTk
octlo.4u o.44S CbsrJ
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TERMS OF SALE.

Amsng Pasterers, BacEsniths CarpenterS
guaranty sUundnsss vail be made any
diIsased viii be pointed cut
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UtInOCratIC MAJORITY 50 Tar IOJU I,OLf
Fourteen counties more are to be heard from. 1t
may be satisfactory state that the result in those
counties in 1856, about thirty in favor of the
Democracy.
There can be no doubt that Milton, Democrat
has been elected Governor by fourteen hundred
majority and that Hilton Democrat, has been
elected Congressman. by eighteen hundred majority.
The returns may vary those figures somewhat but
not materially
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or which there 700 cleared, we'll in
proved, with good Overseas house. containing end
Eucert accommodate 100 negroes There also
excellent Gin HouFe TOssccs Barn sAhn5
&C There four sTeeent springs the plantation, Whsh
located mSks the land susceptible Of berg divided
smaller farms desiyOd BY purchAssrB all owned b.
one. mailing IL The mott deairE5le
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Reply of o. C. stewart,

more BY THE CoMurTTEE-Mr. Todd was mem
Der of the ConYcnnUn.l
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Tor the C0ngrcssionuL DIHIrlCts'
First Dsrrict-A. G. WATKINS, of Jefferson.
Second JAMES D. THOMAS. Of Claiborne.
Third d. NJ. KEY, of Hamilton
Fourth THOMAS B. MURRAY, of Warren.
Fifth WM B. BATE, of Sumner.
Sixth GEORGE CAN'T Of Maury.
Seventh n \. COX, of Perry,
FEqhtb ROBT w. HAYWOOD. of Davidson,
Ninth J. d. C. ATKINS, of Henry.
Tenth Il. S. BRADFORD, of Haywood.
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The Florida Election.

The Augusta ConstitdionaliSt (Douglas) gives ade-
tailed statement of the vote Florida far heard
from. 1t sums up as follows:
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Thirteen Hundred and FLY Acres.

Situated the Of Biggby, shout miles from
Columbia from village Of Nj PleaIant,
NAuy county Tennessee adjoining the lands Of Georges and
AndreH ]. Polk and others, containing
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His violation Of his Pledge

HIS PLEDGE To SUPPORT 1T.
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TRRACHERY TO HIS FRIENDS.
To tho People OF ,he Unl,ea states.

READ! READ!! READ!!!
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National Democratic Ticket
ELECTORAL TICKET.
Tor the Congregational Districts.

Tor the Stnte att Large.
VANDON c. HAYNES, of Washington.
NV. c. WHITTHORNE, Of Maury.5
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Instlnd ~ breaking up URon interd to strengthen
and TO l. 7Rthsn It "-Jous C BRECKENRIDGE
aTbe Constitution and the Equality Of the States! These are
the Of eysr.pc nioh let these the rtying cries
the Il Dple. john G. BRECXISRfDeE
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DAILY So; TREWEEKLY IS; WEEKLY 81.
TSvAKiABLY ~ ADvAFCE.
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For Rent.

For Rent.
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, eonTsaIsut to bu-
sns In Of the most agreeable neg aborh,ods Ia Tho
civ Modsnisrsstl possession EiVsn Immediately.
J. ". LANGLEY.
oalO-a 20 Apply n a Union o.
Improved City Property Wanted.
UTTR wish exchange for RON 5000 to s2oOo Of CITY
w Property, stors HOUSES Prsfrrs5 and give rood
mostly cash nosssl In part payment and
srAbls lots In The visiaity Of EdEsnsld, Apply to
J. L. ". BROWN,
Oct. e2E AZ Cherry Street
Religious Books.
PLAIN esnnetary the -Four Rely Gospels IstsadeI
n chiefly for devotional reading.
London Edition complete Ia volumes 500
The American edition eonplets in volumes, 40
The Domestic Altar.
msnHAi Of Family Prayers IS
Baptism Tested By Scripture and
AAAstOHJs I'D
The Little EPIscOPaIisa and Bessie
Notes on abe Parallels, By French, Us
For aleby JOHF YORK 90
IheNe YORK DnslY Herald, Received and for
sale JOHN YORK c.
oct9-H
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Hon. E. D Beach, Douglas candidate for Governor
of Massachusetts, has written letter declining
the nomination rendered him by the Springfield con-
Yenton,
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GOW FEED, Excellent for MIX for ale st he srssl
~ way .Mila. [sePs7l D. D. DIcAA4'
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J. 0. GRIFFITH, F. @. HUNTINGTON, JNo. C. BURoH,
LEON. TROUsDALE, THOMAS s. MARI.
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Tho Fnritixr.sInxc Cnne.

PHILADELPHIA, March pa bearing was
had this morning before Judges Allison and
Thompson, upon the writ Of hdbeGs corpus
granted in the fugitive-slave case. The re-
turn upon the writ by the United States Mar
shall was a long statement Of the circum-
stances of the case, concluding with the in
formation that before the service Of the said
writ the fugitive had been remanded to the
custody Of his claimant in pursuance of an
order of the United States Court, and, there
fore, that the respondent could not produce
the body as ordered fln'"iit1 ."
After argument by George. NJ Wharton for
the respondent and Mr.. Earl for the applicant
for the writ, Judge Allison stated that the
first question to be considered by the Court
was, whether the writ had been properly
granted, as the statements in the return DIS
closed facts which were not known when the
writ was applied for and issued. I'D .5
The application only stated that the man
was restrained of his liberty by Jacob s. Yost.
1t now appears that when the writ was
granted, the prisoner was not in custody of
the Marshal, but actually in the custody of the
Circuit Court, hearing Of the case being in
progress. AS the writ of hdbeaS corpus would
not have been granted had these facts been
known, he suggested the case should be ar
gued as if an application for writ. The ar
gument of the case was then postponed until
Saturday. Ll'4salHYH '' -i. .'' ''''.
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EPICUREAN FARE IN THE WEST INDIES
A recent letter from a gentleman at Nassau,
in the West Indies, thus describes the cuisine
of his hostess: "When she does not give US
turtle-soup she gives us ochra, and when she
cocoanut puddings. The fish, which comes
twice day to the table, were, an hour be-
fore, kicking in the beautifully clear sea wa
ter. We have fried plaintains to our hominy
and even if there were nothing else to be had,
could live contentedly enough on the fruits
and finger-glasses scented one day with the
fresh leaf Of the lime, and the next with the
pimento. Indeed, on the delicious fragrant
sea air, could manage to exist almost as
well as a turtle. So you see this Island is
what the Chinese call little heaven, only
that by far the greatest number Of the saints
are black" .u
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-30
overland Mail News.

MnLoY's STATION, March 29.-The overland
mail coach, with regular San Francisco dates
to March 0, and telegraphic advices to the
10th, passed here at three o'clock this morn
ing. ~ own . ''', rs, ,...o.fa.,,.,..,,4, %,
Orders continue to be received at San
Francisco for the construction of machinery
for the Washoe mines and many men Of
means are leaving here for that region. -,.a
D The Senate bin appropriating 5000 to
the company completing the first line Of tele-
graph between California and the Mississippi,
and $40, 900 to the company completing the
second line by another route, has been re-
ferred TO select committee. Indications are
fair that the bill will pass. =, .lts I rrf M
There were S725, 800 in the State Treasury
at the close of last month. .-.i,-,.ai adi sai
Very exciting accounts continue from the
new gold mines III southern Oregon. a5Ys 81
SixvaIuable houses and q number ofhorses
were burnt in San Francisco. on Sunday.
Loss $24, 000.' w Ia; ....g .iIrfoLFfiag Iu
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ExTRAoRDINARy CURE OF DEAFNESS AND
DUMBSEss;-A man, who pretended to be
Thursday. He was arrested on information
furnished by gentleman, of whom the man,
by means of false papers and representations,
obtained donation in money. Upon being
taken to the station-house his tongue became
suddenly loosened, and he demanded why he
was arrested and appeared to feel quite in
dignant at the treatment he received. On the
person of this confidence man were found
letters and recommendations from leading
clergymen of Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, Bos-
ton and elsewhere. In all these letters he wa:
alluded to as poor unfortunate deaf and
dumb man, who was worthy of their aid and
Sympathy, L-L-.I ..INIll. l.nIa 80
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-30

INCREASE OF OYSTERS IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
The leading men in the oyster business in
Baltimore assert that there Are more oysters
in Chesapeake Bay at present than there were
twenty years ago, Notwithstanding millions
upon millions Of bushels have been removed.
They say that dredging for oysters in deepwa-
ter scatters the bedOVera greater extent, and is
the only way by which the quantity in the
long term can be increased. Taking up
oysters with the tongs is more economical,
in that IL destroys fewer oysters but it does
not spread the supply, and ultimately ex-
hausts the stock -t3 40 .LiI IT. 'h-a-
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sale Of Large Sugar Plantation-Rnpid
Accumulation of Wealth.

A fine piece of property, lying on the Mis-
sissippi River, in Adams County, Mississippi,
with theimproyement and five hundred and
fifteen slaves, was sold TO J. X. Elgee, for the
handsome sum of one million twelve hundred
dollars. These gentlemen, says the Delta,
are both residents of New Orleans, both the
architects of their own fortunes, and both
gentlemen Of rare intelligence and energy.
Mr.. Withers is quite a young man-not yet
forty-and has accumulated this large prop
erty, by judicious enterprise and sagacity, in
the period of twelve OF fifteen years. He is
a native Of New York, has served with great
usefulness and credit in the Senate of Louis
lana, and is now delegate from the Second
Congressional District to the Charleston Con-
vention. J, X. Elgee is the eminent lawyer
who has so long enjoyed the highest reputa-
ton for professional ability and financial skill
and judgment in the Red River District OF
this State. The property purchased by Mr.
Elgee will, under good management, produce
revenue of $l5O,00Oper annum.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Froh, washiRgton.

. ITtt.- n -
WASHINGTON March ES,-inc SpeGial,
Committees on the Paelnc haiitoao uecIueu
that they would hx the f9ute py rVeGtng
the resolution onereq Dy Mhes layior, Wl''In en-
proposed 70 leaye tnat quesl!on 4Pen ~ Tu M ~
determined by capital and enterprIlsse. ls c.y clney
then discussed the PtoPoslulons ot mt. ouIus, f.s,
for road on the 4lst paIauel, sVaILnE nom \,
two points opposite inc western pounaaIy o.
Missouri and Iowa, with two converging INES
bearing westward, and united Witnh lW9
hundred miles Qf the Missouri htyer anu
then proceeding py single TRUCK nne 70 e ,ne
bay OF san Francesca on tee er n@yIgnoi,e w
waters OF the Sacramento, ana oi MI rnelPs
for q road by the 3oth garaIel'
They ADJOURNED TIL Ihursday nlgnI
Mr.: OWNS bill for telegraph inc 70 tne
racine wnicn passed. Ine penate, mas peen s ~, ~
terred to the Postoiiice COMMITTEE OF lne
House and VIII be thoroughly scruunl1ed
before pelng reported PACK,
The dispatches OF Oapthn ynrvls 90 not
materially diner from tne puphIs,neo pIs, stale-
ment concerning the colnsloh WIN y, ana cap
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A Young Couple Entirely P1undered by the
Agency of ChIOroform. fIlrr1O

The st. Louis BnlletiH says that afew nights
since a young man, clerk on a steamboat,
who had been recently married, returned TO
his home, in that city, and on retiring for the
night, placed his pocket-book, containing
says she awoke and thought she saw the
shadowy forms of three men standing over
the bed with something in their hands, She
was too weak to scream, and soon fell into a
state of Inconsistencies. In the morning
the husband and wife awoke, feeling very
sick, and discovered thattheir elothes-every
article, pants, coats, petticoats, &c.-were
stolen, besides the $3.50 which the husband
Buraiars h had de entered the house in I the night. night
applied chloroform to their victims, and
robbed them ofall they possessed. The young
couple had to lie in bed until some of the
neighbors came in to supply them with
clothing. laat trt 9b ~ 1'iri' Ejnn.
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The Present Method of PlunderinE the
h. GOvernment-Surprisin Developments.

A Washington letter says that the Com
mittee on Public Expenditures at late
meeting, examined Mr.. Rives and Mr.. Heart,
of the printing department of the Govern
ment. 1t appears that shortly after Mr.
Heart testified before the Committee on Pub
lie Expenditures, where he was called to an
account for not giving out the contracts for
the Postoffice blanks printing 70 the lowest
bidder, as required by law, he opened the
bids, and the following extraordinary State
of facts appeared: Jewett and Thomps6h, of
Buffalo, bid 94h per cent. less than the pres
ent rates, agreeing to do for FIVE and three
quarter cents work that has been done for
one dollar.
Joseph 7. Crowell, who has done the Post
Office blanks printing for fourteen years,
bid ninety-three cents less than the present
rates, agreeing to do for seven cents what he
has been doing for one dollar. Larcomb &
English bid eighty-six per cent. less than the
present rates. Fifteen others bid each more
than fifty per cent. less than the work has
been done for. This developes the amount
of plunder that has for years existed in the
executive department of the public printing
As the Postofiice blanks printing has cost
torty-fve thousand dollars per annum here
tofore, under the new law there will be a
saving of about forty-one thousand dollars.