Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-13

House then adjourned
The DEAD LErTERs.-The report Of the
Postmaster General reveals some curious
facts about A" dead letters. q" The whole num-
Der for the last year is two and a half mil
lions Of the many letters restored to the
writers during the year it has been found
that sixty per cent. of them are misdirected,
held for postage, or addressed to transient
PERSONS and of letters containing valuable
enclosures, other than money, eighty per
cent became 8" dead - from the same causes.
The whole number of registered money let
ters sent to the dead Office was 9,726, of
which S,574 were subsequently delivered to
the owners. The whole amount Of money
received was S45,7l8; amount returned to
owners, Sal ,l43 The amount of enclosures
other than money. such as bills of exchange,
drafts, &C., amounted to upwards OF two and
| 4 half million Of dollars. But this is only
the amount in letters fairly accounted for
How many such letters are plundered in the
| Post Offices there is no means of telling
| The Post Master General says, and he ought
| to know, that dead letters in the Post Office
are d" exposed to more or less danger"
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention held at Concord January 3,
was a large and enthusiastic one. About
500 delegates were present. The present
| Governor, Hon. ICHABoD GOODWIN, Was
renominatsd by acclamation, and Jeremiah
c. Tilton of S4nbornton vas nomina ted
for Railroad Commissioner.
TIE Convention was presided over by Hon.
L. D. Mason of famwIrth. In his brief
address on taking the chair, Mr. Mason said
feel proud of my association with the Republi-
| can party, in view Of the issues now rendered US
| by our opponents. The old Democrats party,
once so potent and so devoted to the extension Of
| Liberty and Equality, can now be rallied on soae
but pro-slsvery issue, and in support of the ex-
tension Of slavery into all Territories. And
now when the highest Judicial tribunal has de-
cared in its favor, and said that slaves like any
other properly" may go into the Territories the
President congratulates the people upon the happy
=
it is plainly the mission Of the Republican party
to take an appeal from this decision, and carry
the case up TO the highest tribunal beneath the
Almighty's throne-a free and enlightened people
And ii the attorneys selected are faithful before
such Jury, we need have no fears as to the yer.
dict; or that common schools, intelligence virtue
and prosperity will be discarded for whips and
chains. Ignorance and prostitution. ana all the
degrading concomitaDts Of Slavery. (Applause.
l rejoice that the opportunity Of a position or
such an issue has been rendered to the Republican
party.
Hon. JOHN P Hale was present anC
addressed the convention.
Mr. Hale ridiculed with MS usual point snt
force the threat of the dissolution of the Union
1t had come to this that minority of States mus
rule or the Union must be dissolved Should th'
brave old ship of State, which had safely brave
SO many storms. go down because a mutinou
=, minority could not control crew and officers?
, this was SO be did not want the Union. He di
not thank the dead fathers for such Union.
was not such Union as they thought they made
If we were such cravens as to be intimidated b
these threats the South would desire to be separa
ed from US.
|, But there was no need TO spprshsnd trouble