Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-04

~oSunSue-dHQ represents tudt department
as in a very fourishing condition. We
learn from this paper that on the first of
July last. the Post roads in this country
were about l23, 600 miles in extent, and
the annual transportation Of the mails at
the rate Of ~ ,578, $40 miles. Within the
quarter ending September 3Oth, last. i'm
Proyements were ordered on old mail routs,
increasing the rate of annual .transporta-
ton, 1855 miles. The number of Post
Offices in the United States on the LIST Of
December, was H. 100. During the year
ending June 80, last, 666 post Offices were
established, 345 discontinued-and there
were 1914 changes Of Postmasters. The
number Of Post Offices will be greatly in
creased the coming year, in consequence
OF the great extension of mail routs.
The accruing revenue Of the depart
ment for the year ending the 3Oth of June
last was S3.398,455. The engagements
and liabilities of the department for the
same year S2,755, 523 Thus the excess
Of the revenues over the engagements and
liabilities of the department was $642,3Sl.
The accounts Of the Postmasters are rem
dered, and the quarterly balance paid by
them with admirable promptitude-more
than ninety-fve per cent of the revenue Of
the department being collected within thir-
ty days after the close OF the quarter in
which it accrues, without any expense.
The increase Of the revenue for the
quarter ending the thirtieth Of September
last, over the corresponding quarter Of
| L.. ha, nd
it is expected that in consequence of the
many improvements in the mail routes,
&C., there will be during the year ending
June 80, 1888. an advance in the income
Of the department OF at least fifteen per
cent. over that Of the current year.
In view Of these facts and extracts, the
Post Master General recommends revis-
ion ofthe present rates of postage, to take
effect the LIST Of July next, with view to
reduction of about Twenty pei cent"
To this end he suggests the following
scale of letter postage in lieu of the
present, viz:
IS miles and under, cents
$50 miles and over IS 10
800 miles and over Is Is
600 miles and over 800 20
Over 600 miles Is
The Postmaster General doubts the
policy OF reducing the postage on news
papers generally-but thinks that the
postage on newspapers should be gradua
tied according to the size and weight of the
matter to be couveyed-and recommends
that newspapers containing $50 square
inches or under, should be carried moi
over 200 miles nor out of the State, for
half cent-over 200 miles and out of the
State for one cent. Newspaper $50 inch
es square, and over 92O, to be carried no
over 200 miles, and not out of the State
one cent-over 200 miles, one and hal
cents. Newspapers over $50 inche:
square not over 200 miles, one and {
half cents-over 200 miles, two cents
1t is recommended that the rates of pos
( tage Of periodical pamphlets be regulated
!. on the same principles as those suggested
1 for newspapers-and reduced to the low
: est rate which will pay the price Of trans
portation.--Mer. Jour-
Be CAUT1ous FROM WHOM YOU Blu,
y MEDIc1NE.-Two interesting little girls
= Of FIVE and three years old, lost their live
in this city on Monday, through the neg
e ligence or stupidity of same vender Q
\ medicine. Their father whose name i
= John c. Roaneck, a native of Erfurt il
\ Prussia, arrived here about three week
= since. with his family, and whilst on tn
= passage, consulted a German Doctor
who was on board. as 10 what sort Of med
=. icine he should give his children, one c
whom was effected with sore eyes, an
4 the other with slight cutaneous erup
- ton. The Doctor recommended rhu
- barb, and in accordance with his advice
Roaneck, who resides in 35th stree
:, came into town and purchased some at
drug store, and gave small dose of it t
=, his two children. In about an hour after
; one Of them died and about six o'cloc
,. the same evening, the other child ais
died. AS the on Y cause to which thei
death could be attributed, WIS the medi
cine they had taken, MIR. Roaneck had
=, :. examined by chemist when it turne
y. out that the rhubarb was mixed wit
,f opium. and contained so great a dispru
portion ofthe latter that a moderate dose {
= It would have killed an adult. The unfor
:. tunate parents bad therefore innocent
:, killed their poor children BY administer
~ ing it. Roaneck having been so short
>. time in the city, is unfortunate unable t
say in what street he purchased the med
cine. but the Police are making an activ
search to find out where it was sold, in o.
der that the vender NAV meet the punish
ment he 50 richly merits.-J ofCom.
;s A HUNDRED ANp sixty 'THousAN
IS DlsTILLERIEs.-The correspondent {