The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1873-12-24
,cURIosITIRs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

ICURIOSITIES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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'aFrom 4 most Interesting article e:in 'the
'vashibgsoneN Nationals sRspslaSaae entitled
aAaioug tbs Bead LettssIs we'select the
following extracts. .sgs*q sp*ni ai*g1s.s
ssa great tmsss1stteFs ssceissb here con.
taidsmoaey or yalnablss I'M ltheashapeh Of
bapdS drafts, eheeks, RECEIPTS, deeds Of
pssopeert, Y ,, nlorttgsges,, .coplons of various
Kinds, 5filtsaiR "a yaIaea to sDearor, &C., &c.
More numerous. even, are the letters
which contain fractional currency ia small
amoun,s,irgRa ten or fifteen ceat stamp
up. to dollar; and also postage-stamps.
ssit'eiibcf N place of currency Of to se-
cure aa a,issrr. yrIa;oriar TO gise au ade.
quate idea ofthe imppttapceiefs this. the
money letter. and property branch Of
the Dead Letter Ofice. 4 skafi here ~ give iisl,
few fgdfess which wiitiaerss 10 illustrate
itI: Ddrihg the yearofl780the iofsl lliiin-
ber,rfa Letters receiyea,st nths Dead,Letter
Office ip, ,Wsshipgt splovntsi tp4 .l52,r
460. QfthIs number, 1875 none Of
whfef1 Were registered, contained mosey ID
tile smoans'ofis is72s540lO9. lip sumsi6f'sas
dollar and apsard ;1ahds of sfbe Registered
tersreceiyed here, 2s5e8centainsl s2Qii
So. .1S. making a total of 22.32l letter.,
containing s92, ,s61.y2. but critic Dead
Iettef Office stihsa money would have beeniaz
alere2eerisndy hit 40 aheiissndcrsg sfse
now. in nearly all instances. hsye Il are,
turped, The rpnpber .ipclQaipg fractienal
22..944,s ,scohfainmg IS ,793. 60 |, and iofitfis
alsodht, dS5s s0s5g72 ths ae5h htsuts Iof 20,.
sss. letseH) Ess sretprned,tpithei writer's
whlet tbs EeElsipdsr. 7 ,IGS33 letters, CON
ti6n. there being 10 ciew 10 ascettain the
names ofwbsresboats ufEthei seaders! sFi
aailysas regards sipostagea andnirevenue
stamps, these, we're found inc,osed, mIya-
riops amounts, ia Is, ,457 letters; while tie
number Or letters Containing bank. checks,
drafts. coupons. deeds Re-. &cs, was M
$50. ofthsueniiiaixalueofaS 50, or. h4l 90
Esy, But ',it yill very snatursily be nasked.
.shoy, comes i that tl.ere are 50, lplany dead
1etters--what.is the cause OF IT, TIE. an
swer is, that the causes are seycfaI. care
lesshess, however. Ueingtte principal one.
'Itis really surprising thon careless some
people are,in addressing and posting their
or other peoples letters, even if these--as
we have seen aboye-contain money aud
papers of value. Al instance IL this Kind
came before my notice, while WIS in me
Office which may serve.as an example.aaiI
have already said that letter was handed
me at the asserting table bearing only the
ndme wv. C. Campbell. esq. and no fur
ltlier hadfess.e ivhehisliis subsequent
.iysepened isxss foand,taseontain a,csrti,
ied check for the SUM Of sl92s3j, drawn
upon q bank in Indianapolis, Indiana.
trum which place the letter came. while Il
should have been lasldfessed tolWarsaw, in
the same State; but the sender had peg
lected 70 write tho address in full, and con.
sedientiy the letter came here to tie dead
letter Office. While letters TO certain for
eign countries may be mailed unpaid, and
the postage collected on delivery, every DO
mestic letter must be prepaid 70, secure III
delivery, with at least one full rate, OF il
goes invariably TO the dcsd.letter Office.
Yet. during lhst year. not less than 3i2..
6Si letters were dropped into tho post Of.
iice boxes throughout the country without
stamps. ov stamps ofthe proper kind. TheI
were either wholly unpaid, were not pre-
paid one full rite. or were stamped With IL
'llsgafpr revenue stamps. which eannotb
used for postage: .6s,l23 loltetswere mis-
!. ,.diEected,, the post office. State. or som,
necessary part of the address being omitted
fa6d 8. .0l6 bad 10 address whatever, no
even the name. but had been mailed witl
lthoenSclopc inblank. Only small por
lion 1857 we're addressed to places wher
there is, no mail service, which IS a goo
indication Of thc vastness and perfection 3
ltle postal ramifcstions in this country.
iirasts n2a ss4..sl4a.SL1.sl.sd e snaai I
Y A miner who had powder in one tin can
and oil in another. and forgot which wa
which. went into the blacksmith shop. q
the Dunbar collicry, ClearHeld County
one day last week. to melt the oil. He se
the can, containing thrcs pounds Of pow
der. The blacksmith's Gre and went hoint
saying ithst thai was the loudost clap 3
thunder be bad ever heard.
~ 81 D tti1 t.lttE 81 sa 4E11s1rs ss4SIf
l,sssi ~ n =. r.ilt+----------r<S-r~- istsssr
Tears OF rage aud modification course
down the cheeks of newly married lad
III Illinois. recently. when she beliel
the presents given her by her fathe
lThey consisted Of a washtsb. AKA, ,.thre
iatirons. snda collection ofbaking ,lisls
Y and saucepans. Itvas not their value sl
desplscd, but the .meaulug they convey
4 ed.
Il es@s.s@s~sss.t-.~ -.
\ "A merchant who should seilhfs sign
board aud ntteinp.to carry on businel
without one, becnisc money "A scare