A Relic

We aro permiüed to extract the following from a etter recenlly rec.ived by B. Green, of this city, from his brotlier, a niciiibor of-the 126th, N. Y. Infantry. The Iuttur was dated Ceutreville, Va., April. 1(5, 1863.. Wealsogivo place tó the " relie'' spoken of: Uyron:- While on pioket about a month hitice I received? orders from the officer of the duy to take possussion of a large stone house, and make it mj quur ters, ;n I wis in coinmaud of' the reserve past, and so I did, and had very good ! quarters. Looking around the house I ráp across the euclosed letter, whiuhT senu, wliieh is a relio of oldou times, i and was writteu to the niau who owned j the plantation wLere I was quartcred, who at that time was Clerk of the Seríate Chamber, and saved all the Grovernujeut Documenta frora falling iuto the hands of the British. You will preserve it for me, as I want it as a relio of my i ■campaign through the Great Rebellion of '60- up. By the by, tbia old man thcy say has been of rebellious sentiment, but now ropides at Baltimore, and profosses to be Unfou. He has one son in the rebel army, and his far'm is one of the most beautiful places I ever saw.- He owns 800 acres in a body, and previous to the breaking ont of the rebellion it waa estimated to be wortb. $70 per acre ; so the oitizens teil me. FAYETÏE. 126th N. Y , Centreville, Va., April 16, '63. Department of State, ) June 20, 1795. ) Siu:- The President of the United States having instructed me to execute Uio resolution, passed by the Senate yesterday, and tlien communicated to him ; I do tojself the honor of transmitting to you the following documenta : three volumes of the reports of JMr. Jay, wliilo Secretary of Foreign Affairs ; a printed copy of the official papers, laid before Cougress by message oa the öth of December, 1793. in whiuh is ineíuded the corrospondence betweon the Commanderin-Chief of the American army, and Sir Guy Carleton ; aud a translation of Mitchell's map into French, the EngInh map not being in this office. The record of Mr. Jay's reports, and the printed copy of the correspondence are sent, to avoid the great delay which would necessarily attend the transcription of thera. I have the honor to be, Sir, With the most resp. consideraron, Your most ob't servant, ED.M. RANDOLPH, Sec'y of State. The Vice President of thu United States, and President of the Senate. The writer is evidently mistaken in this statement, as the letter was .ddressed to the Vice President of the United States, and rofficio President of the Senate, John Adams. The owner of the plautation spoken of, A. P. Machen, may have been, not at that time, but at the time the Capítol was burned during the " last war," Seeretary of the Senate, but whother he was or was not Edmünd Randolph, the writer of the '' relie," was then. Secretary of State, and the letter bears eyerv evidenco of being aa original. Ï3C Why don't the JVwa propose to do all advertising and job work " ior one half wbat the Argus will chargo " provided the Argus " charges [only the legal fue for all legal advertising, and [onhj] the usual ratos for job work?" lts benevoleace might then be appreciated by sorne of its customers who have always been oharged the " legal fee" and " usual ratea." Besides, it is just as easy to go the entiro hog- or RAT, either - as to be whining about the little printing the City has to do. Ilowever, the News may be making money fast enough to warrant it in doing advertising and job work at half the prices the law makers and the " oraft " throughout the State have determiued only remunerativa and just. Wc confesa that we can not afford to do it. L2ST We hope that the Common Council, at its meeting to be held on Monday ovening next will take some notice of the state of the sidewalks in various parta of the City. In many places they are absolutely dangerous in the day time, and alraost impassable in the night. We believe the Council has power, under an amendraent made to the charter at the last session of the Legislature, to order repairs. If repairs are not soon made the Couucil may expect to be called upou to pay for broken limbs. SS" Oue f üur eitizeus received a letter a few days since from a soldierbrother, bearing the followiug in addition to the usual supersoription. " A_soldier's letter, anrt nary red, Hard tack instead of bread, 8o, Postmaster, please shove this 'thronh, For I've nary a stamp, butsix raontlis due." And, besides, the envelope was ornauiented with a pen picture of a soldier on guard, who seomed to be saying, "ün to Richmond, through blood knee-deep - Chand'er," at least the exulamatiou and authority were in close proximity to the afolcsaid peuogruph,