. Roger Sherman Dix, brevet lieut. col., U. S. A.; being a brief account of his public services and death . well, Alec Scott, Ben Franklin and others. The same paper of the 22nd announces that arrived in Washington (Pa.) yesterday in the coachThe Union as it is. After a public reception at the Court APPENDIX. 43 House he dined at the public table at his hotel (theMansion.) He left Washington at 1 p. m. in an opencarriage carriage. At the reception one citizen observed toanother that Genl. Taylors overcoat was not worth fivedollars. The War Department records show that in 1849 theGo
. Roger Sherman Dix, brevet lieut. col., U. S. A.; being a brief account of his public services and death . well, Alec Scott, Ben Franklin and others. The same paper of the 22nd announces that arrived in Washington (Pa.) yesterday in the coachThe Union as it is. After a public reception at the Court APPENDIX. 43 House he dined at the public table at his hotel (theMansion.) He left Washington at 1 p. m. in an opencarriage carriage. At the reception one citizen observed toanother that Genl. Taylors overcoat was not worth fivedollars. The War Department records show that in 1849 theGovernment paid for telegraphic messages 5 cents per wordWashington to New York; 15 cents to St. Louis and 20 toNew Orleans. Also paid Adams & Co. (Adams Express)$ for carrying three boxes for the topographical engin-eers from Wheeling to Baltimore. Rates to private indi-vidual were doubtless much higher. Wheeling, Nov. 10, 49—Telegraph to Examiner:Messenger No. 2 is stopped here by the bridge, and willhave to cut off three rings from her chimneys; 21 feet ofwater. Telegraph No. 1 also Telegraph fso. 2, from an old newspaper ad. ^46 i
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