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Telegraph Charges

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
November
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

- The larifT of charfriuíopied by dio Now York nnd BufthkTelj;raph Joinpnny, appe.ir lo us tobe founded upon vrroriL jririciple, boih in regard to ihe public and for í!e niertst o( ihe etockhtildera. For ntanc, ki charges are -It will be 8cn thnt the charges ncreasa in proportion greater (han ïhc nurnber of word. Th ordinary and luosisuccessful mode of doingbuainess is to eesen ilie proportionate pnce in accordancc wiih the nmouni oí cutum betowed. We noiice (hot the Washington and Bultinioro Telegrnph Company net upon this principio, nd cherge as fuüowe between the tivo citics :niot. A letter from Jcrusalem says : " A deplorable scène occurred in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem, on Good Friday. The Latin priesta were engaged in the ceremonies of the day, and a procession was passing through, the Church of the Holy Scpulchre, whea a carpet happening to be placed in that part of the church set aside for the use of the Greek schismatic?, gave Fise to an extraordinary tumult. The Greeks insifr. ted that the carpel shouíd be taken away, the Latins insisted upon its remaining.- ; An exchange of abusivo word# ensuedl which were specdily followed by blows. A tremondousbattlo wisthe consequence, in which the wax candles were upset, tho candelabra destroyed, the bnnners pullei down, and their poles turned into pikcs for the use of the cJ?nbatants, A great nu mbo r of persons were seiuously Imrt, and some were killed ; but at length the pacha carne with a pnrty of troops, and cleared the church of both parties. lt was then discovored that not only hnd a grent deal of damage boen done to the church, but that some of the most valuable and portable objects had been stolen by the pious and pugnacious pilgrinrs."