Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-10
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peditlon 1.-THE aoFderGfof the ic0hstFuctydd1of
torpsd0es was giRendto q ipr0niinenO iron
mapufaetureT in New YoEk;;ta steamer, sold,
oy the G9y,erpmenl AZ public auction, and,
subsequently, purchased by the Chffiah
agent was lifted out; a shipwas also puIsO
cbased'ito Gbe used as. tender; theotoRpeH
does were delivered on board rat the APP,
pointed time; regular clearances for Chill
ian ports were obtained and, carfyihS thg
Ohilian flagand manned by crews selected
for the purpose, embracing many adyentur-1
ous young men, the vessel sailed away
Several weeks have now elapsed; In q short
time, in all probability, news Of the success
celved. t.sos,ps 4suat4t ~. 4 4, - ~.
MThe moving spirit in the, enterprise ,is, a.
man whose fllibustering tendencies are well
known In ew Y oFk he iis an itieufibIes
spe@1lhtor, and (with some Of hisrelAtivuS
and 9riendsl recently sent a. shiprload of,
goods TO Matamoras, sinking fortune In
the operation He Is 10 receive 100000 IN
gold when the flagship OF the Spanish ADJ
mtral Is blown up,s and pr0portionate
amounts for the destruction OF other ,yesu
sells. :. He receives salary of $500 Ia gold
per month during the whole term or his
service under the Chillan Government; the
same amount mOnthlyqisp paid 10 hibeehief
ASSOCIATES. All engaged In the enterprise
are under the protection Of The Gillian
Government; the leaders have cornihissiofis,i
signed by the Gillian authorities, declaring
that they are citizens regularly employed
in the military service of Chilli. One Of the
chief promoters of. the, enterprise is an
American, "a nativeOf New York, brothert0
the actual commahder3 and dibest known BY
lis connection with hecopstTqetl0not the
Chilian railways. Ten years he has en-,
joyed the favor and confidence OF the Chi.Y
lian Government For reasons that are StIf-
ticiently obvious am not permitted to
mention names; but Of the truth OF the
facts above related tlIereis no doubt what
leVernn19yoD alEL1 Lal 20 gruiihn9qzs odt
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A correspondent of the Boston 6atu9ddy
EuegtHg- Gdsette says: g.i f.It Il t-r,t,,oo OF,
The .dead-letter office is one Of the
'curiosities Of Washington to the Stranger
but to those engaged in il it Is a tefrfBIes
drudgery. The openingy examining and
sorting Of, fourteen thousand velhundred
letters every six hours involves much hard
labor; but 1t must be done, for there are
four-and-a.half millions D of dead letters
come to the Office every year:s All that are
signed are returned TO the writer's; but so,
many are written by Your affectionate
Adie,p or''Y Your loving Susyrn, that each
clerk has ahuge wo-bushel basket by him,
into which all letters, unsigned by the full
name are dropped. From that receptacle
they pass to the chopping-mill, where they
are cut into small pieces, so that they may,
never be read, and from the chopping1knife.
they 90 to the paper The great ma
jority of these letters are lost through the
carelessness of the writers land it stfpasses,
my power of imagination to know, how,
people can be so careless, especially when
they send large sums of money. Nearly
tffty-eight thousand letters came to- this
Office last year, inclosing bills or, cheeks or,
bonds. And how much do you suppose
these letters contained? Over three MIL
lions and halt of dolIarsl One letter con-
tanned two one-thOusand- d-dollor bills; It
was returned to the writer Another had
two hundred and fifty dollars In it., but
nothing to show the name of the writer,
Fortunately the postnark, though partly
obliterated, could still be read. Tie letter
came from Chicago, wasremailedfthere and
advertised, and the owner came forwards
saying that when he sent the money he
was in so much of hurry he forgot to add
the namel The most valuable letter, or
rather package, that turned up tsdeAd,"
contained bonds worth over $20, 0,0O0.1 Cd %
All sorts OF curious articles come here. Il
was standing by the other day, when. the
first letter contained twenty-five dollars;,
soon after two packages Of medicine came
along. Sometimes duns, daguerreetypesy
postage stamps bead-bags, even, snakes,
bottles &C., came through this general
repository. 1t is an OnlRiam gatherun Of
all small things. 40 fHl'1 7u1 loi