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, 1872-12-29

The Post Office Blue Book Of England, recent
II issued, contains some very interesting state
ments and statistics, and is model Of brevity
and concisoness, being only slim little book Of
62 pages, which can be read and digested with
out danger to the shakicst heads,-a merit which
might be initiated with profit in our own Govern
mental publications. The Postmaster General,
in his little book SAYS that, during tho year 1871,
tho separate transactions which his Department
effected with the public, at home and abroad,
amounted to upwards OF 1,216, ZOO, 600; that is
to Say, an averago Of SO missiyes passed
through the Post Office to every man,
woman, and child, including babies,
in Great Britnin and Ireland. The detailed
items arc az follows: Letters, s1500o, 900 !;
postal cards, $4,000; book packets, 1O3, ,00O, 900;
newspapers, 99,ooo,ooo; money orders, 12,o00,-
o00; kilograms. l2.7o0.0oo. In addition to this
, 1872-12-29
SUPPRESSION OF THE NEW ORLEANS

We have received the first copy Of the Times,
OF Now Orleans, the successor OF the New Or
leans Ti,@es recently suppressed by Judge
1orcll. The facts regarding the suppression, as
slated By the Times, make out q case Of high
h&,1ed tyranny which it would be hard to find a
parallel for. It appears that one J. q. Mckee
Ind claim Of some sort against Mr.. c. 4. Weed,
the proprietor OF the Times, for 81, 500. No
demand had been made upon Weed for the
launey; but Mckee went before the United
States District Court, fled his claim, instituted
proceedings in bankruptcy against Weed, and
awore that the latter was about to conceal his
property and depart the Jurisdiction of the
Court. Upon this e1 parte statement, Dureu OF
Gcrel the seizure Of the Times, and the closing
Of the establishment. Mckee is q tool Of tho
Kelosgg-Durell faction in politics. The Times
vas not only free from all liabilities and encum-
FRANCES, but was doing very large and lucra-
tive business, employing over 100 persons, and
6isbursing $4,000 per week in wages. The order
Of the Judge not only destroyed for the time be-
ing 1lr. Weeds property, but locked
mp the accrued wages Of the printers
and other employees and threw them out Of en-
ployment. If this is correct statement land
ne have seen no othcr), q more dastardly out
1aso IVES never committed By any judicial tyrant
Of the seventeenth century.
We do not believe, present appearances TO ther
contrary notwithstanding, that tho American
people will tolerate this transaction, or will al
low this Judge, who has exchanged the livery Of
the Southern Confederacy for the ernine OF the
United States, to go unwhipped Of Justice.
Judge Barnard, in his palmiest days, never At
tempted anything so monstrons and it he, with
all Ills cunning, was not beyond tho ronch Of
public indignation his clumsy imitator at New
Orleans will surely bo brought to the
bar Of a tribunal competent to
deal with him. L portion Of the Administration
r1ess have already protested against the yllainy,
and more Of them will probably do so when they
learn the facts. The regular bread-and-butter
brigade either indorse everything the Durou
does, or stand in d state Of hopeless imbecility
waiting to see what Attorney General Williams
will say, or what the President will do, or what
the De1phic oracle or the 6ibylline leaves will
have to utter. We trust that there is manhood
enough left somewhere in the House Of Repre-
sentatires to move the impeachment Of Durell
Immediately upon the reassemb}ing OF Congress-.
, 1872-12-29

Ia yesterdays TRIBUNE FIGS printed the mate
RI, portion of the bill Of the heirs Of John Bost-
wick for the recovery Of the tracts OF land
1-ewn as the southwest 4 Of Section Il, Town
ship IS, aad the west Il Of the southwest x
u Se:tiou 8, in tie same township These lands
are situated in Immediate vicinity OF theS South
Parks, the boulevard connecting the two parks
Including the northeast corner of the first nauued
trsct; the second tract ia situated Just west Of
tho North Park. The land in both pieces has
been laid off IN blocks and lots. The SOUTH
Tcst 4 OF Section II is bounded at present by
tntJ~ninth street on tho north, Woodlawn ave-
nue. on tho east, Si1ty-third street on the
coath, and Cottage Grove avenue on tho west.
The west 519 Of the southwest Il OF Section is
bounded by Wabash and Indians avenues and
Forty-third and Forty-si1th streets. The
eighty acre tract is worth perhaps
500 per front foot, while the 1G0 acre
tract is worth abou: $500 per acre. The
actual value OF the land as it now stands will
range frcm SOC, 600 to g., ,0oo and is every
day increasing in value. 4 portion Of it has
been included, as we have said, in the grand
Boulevard connecting tho two parks. Tho case
derives its chief interest to the public from tho
fact that it is tho first real estate case Of any
magnitude arising EiEco the destruction Of the
public records.
Tho history Of this land as stated By the csm-
plainants, is as follows: John Dostwick died in
Chicago on tho 18th Of September, 1855, at the
house Of 3. T. Downing. He wcs man OF con-
Siderable wealth, and had resided in Upper
Alton, Madison County Illinois, since 1884. He
had, as long ago Us 1856, built large family
residence at that place, upon which and the
grounds he had spared no expense. He
had established in his own house q SEM
mary tor the education Of his OWL children,
maintaining force Of teachers for that purpose,
and generously permitting his neighbors to share
ID the advantages. He was widely known be-
cau=e OF his hospitality and his enterprise He
dealt largely u 1aLt. in various parts Of the
state: and In the spring Of 1855 he visited Chi
cago- Here he made the acquaintance OF Paul
Cornell and Benjamin F. Downing, who were ir
the real estate business. When he came tc
Chicago he wns in robust health, and OF power
fn1 franc; but during that GUNNER he fel
through the hatchway OF steamboat (whe1e 0,
when is not stately, and thence his health
declined Some tiuo in August he wen:
Or VAS taken, to the house OF DoBnin,
to board A message WAS sent t.
his wife, then at Upper Alton, ane
she reached Chicago with her father, On the 2otl
OF August. She found him paralyzcd, and dali
he grew worse, aud died On the 12th Of soptem
bar following She alleges that during this tim
be frequently endeavored to communicate info1
nation to her about his business, making refer
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General, by the help Of his $4,000 Bubo1dinates,
issued 1,0O3, 600 excise licenses, established life
insurances for 75s new clients, and took care in
the Post OGico Savings Bank Of s95,00o,0oo
Of money Of 100000 separate dopos-
itors. Tho Mhsing Letter Department
opens curious chapter, and shows that
every year there is about the same number Of
abaent-minded people who send letters with
out any address, make mistakes in tho
addresses, or violate such plain postal
rules US make delivery impossible. During
1871, 5000 letters were mailed without any di-
rections, some Of them containing coins, and
others bank notes and various kinds Of treasure
There were also tho usual number OF strange
inclosurcs-live Bilk-worms, mice, lizards, and
tortoises. One eccentric old gentleman wrote
to the Department complaining Of Postmaster
who had declined to carry a live snake. The
feelings OF tho naturalist we're respected, and as
it was found that tho snake was pet, the ami
NAL was ordered delivered BY special mcsson-
ger. In regard to punctuaGty and vigilance Of
delivery, the Postmaster General plumes him
self somewhat upon the following incident:
Although tie non-da!ivery Of letters aud other pos:al
packets gives rise, as may be supposed, to many CON-
plans, in Of which, have frankly admitted,
the Department is found to be in fault, VIC hare occ-
sionaly the pleasure Of receiving testimony Of very
different kind; Us shown By the Eubjoin2d extract
from Letter, last September, from American gen.
teuau: Having recently arrived in England, and not
knowing the present whereabouts Of n sister, nd
dressed letter to her late residence thus:
supper Norwood, ).
Or elsewhere
received reply in ordinary Of mail, eayin@
IT had been delivered to her tie top Of stage
coach in Wales. venture to say that other country
show the parallel would take the trouble ]. any
price"
The most interesting features connected with
the working Of the Postal Telegraph during tho
year is the fact that it has popularzed the te1e-
graph, and that people now receive and send
messages on occasions which in former dayH
would not have been deemed worthy Of any such
outlay. Tho Parliamentary elections, agricul-
tural shows, strikes, boat-races, military re-
views, ETC., also are made special features OF
teegJaphing. The labor question is incident
ally touched uCoa, and on this question tho
authority OF q man at the head Of such an army
Of workers should hcye special weight. ua
says:
Where largo numbers Of persons employed with
full work and fair supervision, tho adizturc OF tha
sexes involves risk but it Is highly beneficial. It
raises the tone Of the male staff by coninins them
during many hours Of the day to decency Of
sation and dcmeano7 which IS not always to be found
where men aone IRE employed Further, it is matter
Of experience that the male clerks willing to
, 1872-12-29

.MARRYlNG BIZ ADVERTISEMEET.
It will probably bo admitted shat matches are
no longer made in Heaven. II was pretty con-
celt, and the proverb into which it passed gave
it 8 more lasting character than it deserved.
Civil contracts in France, proscriptiye laws in
Germany the evils Of rrimogeniture in England.
and manoh1veEing mammas in America, should
long since have created q distrust OF tho senti-
mont, even among the most romantic persona.
But, If there is any lingering faith among newly.
botrothedpeople, or couples who arc still engaged
in exploring the mysterious realms OF Ia lune
de 1niel the continued prosperity OF the Matri-
nonlal .Ne,os, which is published in London as
the organ OF regular matrimonial bureau, must
put it to flight. The god Hymen has made room
for the printers devil, who now serves in
the capacity Of loves messenger for
$50 matrimonial candidates every week.
The Matrimonial NcaDs is not new
venture. It has been in existence couple
of years, and, as it has not yet been brought
low with charges OF malpractice, libel, or black
mail, and it continues to present full assort-
ment Of marriageable people Of both Sexes and
Of all ages and conditions, it is only fair to u.s.
sumo that it has filed vacuum, and is doing its
work we'll
Though the practice Of obtaining husbands or
wives by advertising is one which may shock
those who have not been educated up, or down,
to it, it has some obvious advantages over the
forms recognized more generally by society. To
begin with, it il cheap. The most elaborate
attractions may DO described for the sum Of
twenty-five cents, il they are properly condensed
into forty words. All difficulties which may
trouble the minds Of the matrimonin]ly inclined
arc solved in tho columns OF tho paper
pro bono ipn6lico and without extra charge.
Twelve stamps will secure q private
letter, and dollsr and quarter
q pers ona interview. II marriage results from
this process, moderate fee OF S1.25 more is
charged. The total expense Of securing wife
(or husband) BY this process, then, may be in
cluded in tho Investment Of three dollars or, il
the applicant be particularly fastidious and do
sire to examine various candidates, the expense
| will be represented by multiple Of that sum-
] according to the extent Of the investigation.
NOA4ps4GA w Lne TOuIlIc u 1bSlAVA3D1o CUu1t-
ship, this is an exceedingly economical process
OF getting married. It diBpenses with pro-
tracted term Of expenses, Including
| theatre and opera tickets, carriage hire,
extra gas-bil1s for late hours, bou-
quets, concilintory presents to relatives,
and the thousand-and-one ante-uuptial offerings
! that are vigorously demanded by society. There
! is no giting Of the mitten in the new process,
and consequently never dead loss OF the in-
vestn1pnt Of couple Of years. hand earnings
only to see some other fellow carry OF the prize
| Yet there is the stimulant Of competition, for an
| attractive advertisement may can forth platoon
! Of aamirers, whose specimens Of chirogrsphy,
grammatical constructions, miniature pressnt-
| ments in photography, and benk accounts arc
| Gully submitted tor comparison.
, 1872-12-29

At recent art-sale in New York, several ~
tures by Eastern artists we're sold, which nave
been On exhibition in Chisago. Among enen
we're the following, which brought tho p.4oe'
annexed: ''shepnerds on the Roman Ian. !,
pagna," Clifford, $3.50; :" Lake George, oassSa1' eao
s105; "Coming Shower" De HAAS 90 20
"View On the Grand Canal" Crauch, soo'
uCranea IN the prairie-Morning, ". E. Beard
$3.50: "Cranes On the Prairie-E7ening. ".
H. Beard, $3.50; son the hsopus' ",.+1. n.1-d
sa75. TThe Domestic Ty1ant," II. Il. Sea5o: s!9
S5o5: Franconia NOTCH" Kensett, oi xo:o;
SDeer at Home" Tait, $40; and tho " a'oEa1t>ss
Pyoyer," DauRhton. 312Q,
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4 curious case, which is intended to combat
Professor Tyndall's idea Of testing tho efficacy
of prayer, is found in the story Of Dissenting
exhorter in England This man had acquired
considerable local fame, and he attracted the
confidence OF o lady who heard him. After lis
sermon, she went tobim to relate an incident Of
perBonalexperienco which, es she thought, might
afford him apt illustration fer his ezhortaions.
The preacher listened to her with peculiar
interest and in great excitement; and, when she
had finished, he requested her as special fayor
not to repeat the circumstance until ho should
come around again. It VAS some time after that
the preacher visited the locality, and ho found
the same lady among his audience. As 3 con-
cIusion to his sermon on the value OF prayer he
said that, few years before, q lady living in IN
out-of- -the-way paco, in an old-fasllioned house,
and almost alone in the wing in which
her bedroom WAS situated, discovered,
upon retiring to her room at midnight, that
man WAS concealed under the bod. She Was
afraid to so out, lest the burglar should suspect
that she was going to call for help, and 80 ct
tack her. She took oat her Bible and read the
parable Of tho Prodigal Son. Then she kneeled
down at her bedside and prayed aloud. She
prayed for those who had been exposed to temp
tation, for the outcasts, and the wrong-doors.
She begged that she might be spared from peril
during tho night. She asked that
mercy might bo vouchEafcd to all who
repented Having concluded her earnest
and eloquent prayer, she rotircd. The burglar
came from under the bed aud said to her: II
mean you no harm, maam; Z am going to leave
the house, and thank you for your prayers" He
then went away, and tho lady soon heard him
i,,r,ninc- out of the window to the lawn below
s'The good woman Of whom I hnyo told you,"
added the ezhortor, in q broken voice,
sis with Us now, nnd the sinner to
whom her simple womanly prayer was
shame, remorse, penltence, and 8 future Of re-
pentant expiation, is he who here con[esses him
self to you and his Maker" The story isan af-
footing one, and no doubt truo. It scarcely serves
however, to meet with tho requirements OF Pro-
fessor Tynda11's test, IT, indeed, it is desirable
that they should be mot. The deep emotion with
which the exhorting preacher told tho story utter
several years had elapsed attests tho Impression
which the lady's prayer had mado upon ham, but
not necessarily that it had brought about any in
terfercnce on the part Of Providence. To have
proved this, it would have been necessary to ut
ter tho prayer in silence, that none but God might
have heard it. In this case it may be regarded Us
doubtful whether the burglar would have come
out from under the bod SO meokly, abandoned
his intention OF robbing the house, and turned
e1horter for the conversion OF the rest of man
kind. But, il the incident cannot be accepted
as a final test for the efficacy Of prayer, it may
at 1enst serve as model for the treatment Of
burglars in cases where ladies find themselves
alone Mel will probably avail themselves OF
aix-eh ootera.
, 1872-12-29

gan Of the lower classes, if its advertisements
are to be accepted for what they purport to be.
4 recent number shows that among the app1i-
cants for wives in this fashion are two noble
men, two Co1onels, a member Of three learned
societies, sovoral barristers, physlcians mission
aries, country squires, county magistrates, army
and navy officers Among the applicants for
husbands are two heireaaes, entitled to large
property when they come Of age, French lady
OF noble birth, and two English titled ladies, one
Of whom has jointure Of $4,000 per annum.
large number Of both Boxes describe accom-
plshments in education, good breeding, excel
lent family, and fortunes ranging all the way from
ESQ to ESQ per annum, and from -e500 to E5,0 900
CASH down. Yet the demands for money qualif-
cations are by no means so numerous as might
have been expected. Out of about 200 appica-
tionB not more than twenty made it q necessary
qualification. Naturally, younger son, who
describes himself IS "aged 20, fair, #. 10 in.,
has entree to the best Bociety, travelled q good
shot, and rides WELL" advertises that she re-
quires vito Of means.' So many male ACCOM-
plishments certainly deserve to be furnished with
sufficient means to indulge the e1quis-
ite tastes they entail. On tho other
hand, clergyman desires to form the
acquaintance Of ga young, pretty, we'll
educated lady" and adds that money, though
IN advantage, is not an essential" One lady
even goes so far as to proclaim that " though
poor, and not without faults, she is not to be
bought with money" It is positively astound-
ing, however, to read Of ian heireas Of \ noble
family, aged q fair, very hac3some, with
s72o year from large landed estates, who is q
splendid pianist and harpist, speaks French and
italian, and rides and drives, and yet adyer-
tises for husband, even though she limits re-
sponses to gentlemen of good birth.
It is not impossible to conceive that both men
and women, matrimonial1y inclined, who live in
Of individual associations is exceedingly
limited, should seek tho Matrimonial Ne1os, and
find there better chance for selection than at
home. On tho score Of tasto, there does not
N~eAAA W. ~
in love with d photograph, and in marrying
where tho accessories arc found to suit, as there
is in joining young girl toa man b1ase from
dissipation, simply as matter OF worldly con-
vonience. 4 happy married. life is more likely to
follow aftera formal interchange OF woll-attested
possessions, such as is afforded BY means Of the
Matrimonial .Nears and its bureau, than in the
heartless deceptions which are practised by the
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lammles Of fashionable
society. Why would not this means OF communi-
cation be Of mutual advantage to the single To-
dies who proponderato in numbers in Massachu-
setts, and the single men who cannot find mates
in Nevada and Wyoming2 Are there not young
ladies and young gentlemen who, having chased
the matrimonial butterfly in society for years,
would gladly avoid themselves Of such an oppor-
tunity IS the Matrimonial Neeos offers for
settling down in matter-of-fact way without
further embarrassments and disappointrnents?
, 1872-12-29

The Port Jervis q. - T;7t-St-tes Union =
g1oating, just now, over the discovery OF b 1e**-
dent OF that place who has portable heart, re-
gol71ng abdomen, and two sots Of ribs. Ills
name is George Thomas. His father was al
Ethiopian, his mother Spanish, and he was born
in Erazl. Whether George thomas reca7ed
this advantage in entrails, bones, and other
things by this international mixing up, We arc
not aware, but it evidently had something to do
with it, as George Thomas has a brother cir feet
three inches in height, who can contract
himself to three feet, and cousin who can
throw his left hip over to his right side, and cce
rersa. The Grimm Brothers, in their excel
lent collection Of folk-stories and legends, tsa
ta1e very similar tothe above, but Gloss it WIZ
the saving clause: q Now open the window anu
let these yarns Hy OUT The Tri-St1!ss lnlon
neglects this wise preca-:rior Of the Brothers
Grimm.
, 1872-12-29

qulsitoly foolish. Neither Corneille, the great
French dramatist, nor Marmontel, the novelist,
wore masters Of the intellectual foi1s. The
eloquent Rousseau; whose W:itinga have be-
witched Thousands, confessed that when forced
to open his mouth he infallibly talked non
sense: II hastily gabb1e over a number Of
words without ideas, happy only when they
chance to mean nothing thus, endeayoring to
conquer OF hide my incapacty, rarely fail to
show it," The witty Charles H., who vas 80
charmed with the humor Of Hudibrds that ho
caused himself to be introduced pri-
vately to the author, found Butler m
intolerably dull companion. He WAS confident
that 30 stupid fellow never wrote the book.
The Earl Of Dorset, who sought an interview
with the great sairist, WAS similarly disappoint-
ed. Taking three bottles Of wine with him, he
found the poet dull and heavy after the first had
been drained: somewhat sparkling after the Sec
ond bottle, and, after the third, more stupid and
muzzy than ever "Your FRIEND" said the Earl,
after he had left with his introdncer, "is like 8
niue-pin little at both ends, and great in the
middle" Goodwin, .ho author OF The Political
Justice, was Us dull as Butler. According to
Hazlitt, he had not word to throw to q dog.
His talk WAS as fat as , pancake. AL
his genius was boarded for his books he
had no idea Of anything till he Was wound up
like clock, no. to speak, but to urite, and then
he seemed like person risen from sleep Or from
the dead.
It would be an inexcusable omission in IN &C.
count of the great takers to say nothing OF the
ancients. In conversation, as in oratory, they
probably outshown the moderns; the printing.
press has damaged the Mahogany" eren mott
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-01-25
Throw in Reinforce cnts.

The Citadel of Life is i'll state of siege all through
the year, but lie closely invested than i'll
mid-winter. The liver is usually somewhat torpid,
and the bowels more less constipated at this
son, and dyspepsia often assumes its most agra
waited form in cold and wet weather, in short, the
sluggish system inclined to intermit or shirk
some of its most important duties under the in
huence of low temperature, and requires whole
some stimulation. The spur required is Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, the only medicine which quickens
the action of the secretive organs, and brings out
the latent vitality of the system, without creating
any febrile symptoms, the slightest nervous ex-
element.
The great Vegetable Tonic is not recommended as
a specific for Coughs Colds and Consumption-that
field being left open to the concocers of preparations
which not by any possibility reach the lungs J
but as specific for the constitutional and physical
weakness which invite pulmonary disease, it is liter
ally infalble. The most insidious and terrible
enemy of human life is not disease ITSELF but the
weakness which affords it an opportunity to gain
firm hold of the vital system. Remember that
Stamina, Vital Energy-the life-principle or what.
ever yoU may choose to call the resistant power
which battles against the causes of disease and
DEATH is the grdnd safeguard Of health. 1t is the
garrison of the human fortress, and when il wakes
weak the true policy is to throw in achievements
In other words, when such an emergency occurs,
commence a course Of Hostetters Bitters.