New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-30
LETTERS ELEVEN YEARS IN TRANSIT.

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Mt WilIuiiI- ton Del of the Philadelphia Whining
ton and Baltimore iailroad, on December ~. Be
meath The staining, false bottom OF the car were
found thrty-scven letters, which had apparently
been there eleven years. 1hey had been sllE5u
through cracks IN the wooden flooring II! ~ ~
Twenty-fOuT of the letters were addressed 10 WI
mlugtOn, Del; Ten TO Dover Del, ana one Ietter
each 10 Warwick and Kent Island, Nd, and to
Little Creek Landing, Del nunO5r OF nhad-
dressed newspapers were also found. The letters
were forwarded to SuperiDtcnd H. jackson, OF
the Raj way Mail Service, N TINS CIV, ana ne on
December 30 sent them TO their different destlni-
tons Yesterday he received conlnunlcatlon
from Postmaster ". Y. Swiggett, of Wilmington,
letters and their contents. Some OF them PAD old
debts and others remind tie RECEIVERS OF credit
ors; one contained bank check f4r 20, ana
another had within its envelope dra1t LOT @-4S'
There was in one Of the letters an order Tor fresh
fish. a gilt-edged card was an INVITATION
TO attend a bail in 1871, but the person
fascinatiOns of the dance Several persons received
letters from people whose funerals they MAD long
Mr.. Jackson said to TRIBUNE reporter that the
car in which the correspondence was found was
few executions out of use. The envelopes OF the
let ers were yellow with age, but the interiors were
TO all appearance as bright as when they were hrst
addressed.
NOT TIE OVERFLOW THEY EXPECTED.
Information has reached the Commissioners of
Emigration that Congressman Guenther OF Wlscon-
san has stated III Washington that he recently VS.
tied New York to Investigate the cOndlu0n OF
Castle Garden aud the accommodations for imDi-
grants received here. 1t is stated that Mr. Guen her
Teportcd that ne found horrible state of affairs at
Castle Garden, and that the immigrants quarters
were frlghtfu and not iii for the accommodation OF
hogs" The Commissioners know nothing about
fhe .urreptitiOus visit of Mr. GucntheT and assert
that his statements are untrue Ill every par lcuIar
,ess he considers the housing of 200 destitute
tue and dirty Iunganans AT Castle Garden
TO keep them from starving, fnghtiui
condition of things" resolution adopted
by the commission on Thursday provides
country.
terdav however they declined to return 10
Hungary. They said that II they were to starve
they woula prefer 10 do so in this country. They
added that they had been induced by agents, Who
Represented that this country was oveThOwIng with
wealth 10 sell their little lands and emigrate. Paul
O. Esterhszy sand that they were from the northern
districts of Hungary, and III good wine seasons did
fairly well. When there was an overproductlon OF
wine and it became cheaper than barrels then they
suffered for want of money 10 buy the latter. Mi.
Esterhazy Will try to secure employment Tor them
SUNDAY WORK IN THE POST OFFICE.
The presentation IN the United States Senate Of
emen,orial from citizens of California for the alb
oiIion of labor Sunday IN the Post Offices of the
cierls y of the New-York office. About a
third of the clerks employed in writing,
a large proportion OF the CO. distr doi5d.g
Ors report for duty Oh Sunday he business OIL the
office could scarcely be disposed of without Sunday
work. When an ocean mail steamer arrives az TINS
port on Sunday morning the force OF men VINO are
liable TO be called ut any time are set TO work
In UrGer that the mail may be disposed of before an
other steamer arrives. Inc letters Deposited at
the office have To he distributed on the day
on which they are received, or there VIII be
roofns.on Postmaster Pearson smiled yesterday
when tie project of the GaniOTnla lneuorallsts was
mentioned 10 him lie SAID That If anybody had
ecupes on tho subject he need not call for his let
,ers on sunday; but there no need of interior
ing with those who found IT necessary to have their
he teTs on that day. The amount OF work done on
SUNDAY Is about One-thTd that OF other days. The
heavy newspaper mails and the foreign mails
furnish large part Ot tie regular wOlk
OPPOSED TO THE STEAM NUISANCES"
Tie American Heat ana Power Company
commenced operations yesterday morning TO sup
ply one or two more Of the occupants uf No. 40
JOhn-'t with stcdm-pOwer, George SChauberger,
the keeper OF "A eating house occupying the first
floor and the cellar was opposed 10 he working
men iniruliTg his premises, auo stated his objec-
lions to the foreman. In tO,al disregard OF all
objections the men continued their work, until
NJ; SchaubeTger appeared Oh the scene, IN company
with Two policemen. Schauberger was the prnci-
pal sufferer from leak which occurred III front of
his stole a few weeks ago, and which Ill led his place