Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-15
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 THE SUPREME CouRr-Mr. Chase is the sev- enth Chief Justice, his predecessors baing John Jay, l1s9; William Carling. Jan. 1896: Oliver Ellsworth, March, l796 John Jay. 1900. fde- clined } John Marshall, 1891; Roger B. Tan ey, 1880. The following jndges compose the present court. those marked with star being appointees of Mir. Lincoln:
 Chief Justice-*S Salmon P. Chase of Ohio {; Assoeats Justices-Nathan Clifford of Maine, Samuel Nelson of New York, Robert c. Grer Of Pennsylvania. James NJ. Waine of Georgia, *Davd Davis uf Illinois. John Catron of Ten nessee, *Noah II. Swnyne of Ohio. *Samuel r. Miller of Iowa. *Stephen Field of Cali fnrns The salary of the chief justice is SG,5O0, of the others S60O0 each.
 THE POSTMASTER GENERALS REPoRr.-The report of Posmnster-Cenpra Dennison gives some very interesting facts concerning our pos tai machinery, and lhe results of nnothpr years operations in that Department. There has b en an "Lcess of expenditures over receipts of S2G6,532i i2. The sales of stamps and stamp ed envelopes amounted to nearly eleven mil lions of dollars, an increase over last year of
 
 in operation last June The number of dead letters was 3508,S25. an increase of over 90O.- 000 The mail arrangements for the army now secure prompt and perfect delivery. The money order system is explained aud com iuended
 TIE MuMN1Es OF 'iHEBEs -M.ssrs Aver & Co. have received from Alexandria cargo uf rags to pay for their mcli ines, which are largely sold in Egyri. ihev are evidently gathered from all classes .,Ii,i quarters of the I'ae',A's dniuinnns the cast off garments of lIadjis aud Howar jiS-a hite i.en tu: bans, loose breaches and flowing robes Not the least part of their bElk is cloth in winch bodies We're cnEt.ned and wound for preservation three thousand years ago. They are now to be 1 n,ade ii;o paper for Ayers Al;nnnaces, and fhrs. after having wrapped th" dead for ,hirt, rrn,lieS are used 10 warn th,, living from t!lt n:llrn" house which the, have &, lon. inh.t. ed and to which. ii spite oi all our gar.rls aud cautions. we must so sure 7 so.-D;jLy Eyen- ing Journal.
 TIE PRESIDENTS LAST, SHORTEST AND !EsT SrEEcn. On Thursday Of last week two ladies from Tennessee came before the President ask ing the release of their husbands, h'fl as pri- soners of war al Johnson $ Island. they Were put Oil until rlut@E WHeH liiVy tiH 'iD gun, dHi were again put off until Saturday. At each of the interviews one of the ladies urged that her l husband Was d religious man: aud on Saturday when the Presdent ordered tir' r'lrase of the prisoners. he sei,l to this lady: Yon say | yonr husband is a religious man tell him wte n von meet him that I say l an, not mach ot a l judge of religion, but that. in my opinion. the rrlig zion that sets men to rebel and light against their gover nment because, as they think. that government does not sufficiently help some men to eat their bread in the sweat of other men s faces. IS not the sort of religion upon which people get to heaven" We have given as q caption to this parapraph the Presidents own opinion of his little speech, which he consider ed his shortest and best, as well as latest.- Washington Chronicle.
 The World in it's new Prospectus says of it. l self:
 Its rates nre moderate. the aGvantages.itI offers to lvertisers are uneqnaed. and its prs- ces once stated are pernsa ,aent' That is precisely wherein it's prices and it's principles differ--for when the latter are sta ted it is not at all certain that they will be permanent even for twenty-fonr hours.
 The World also says modestly of itself-"If it (..The Worid'') had been born twenty-five years eafllPf, tlere WOuiu nave DeeU uO FtUcIiiOu!
 Possiby-but if it had died two years ago there wouldn't have been so many copperhead traitors and dupes as there have been in this A. D. 1864. Jersey Citg Times
 The Army of the Potomac did not receive its supply oi turkeys in season for Thanksgiv- ing day. the steamers conveying them being delayed. Ope got aground. The turkeys were ! expected in season for feast on Saturday, however. IT. Sheridan's army they were dis tributcd on Wednesday night, and the men were right jolly next day.
 The report of Postmaster Dennison shows an extraordinary amount of carelessness on the part of the letterwriting community. Three million five hundred aud eight thousand three hundred and twenty i've dead letters were re- ceived during the past year-over nine thou- sand day. Many of these letters contained money, deeds, bills ol exchange, drafts, checks, jewelry and other valnabes. Some of them were misdirected. others not directed at all | others unstamped and others only partially di- rected. Thousands of these dead letters were returned to the writers but the great majority had to be destroyed. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue pre- sents tables which show that if the debt at ths close of the war were to amount to $4000,- 0o0,000. and supposing annual expenditures of fifty per cent more than in the year preceding the war. our present rever ue law would yield enough to pay the current expenses of the na- tion, including the six per cent interest on our debt. and leave surplus which would eAIin guish the debt in ninety years, even "'tn o!r present production and population anu half of that time, with our usual increase ol production and population. 2
 Some of the Bostonians who returned to | the assessors incomes much smaller than tEeirt sxpsnsss, says their retsrus were ona gold ba- sis.