Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-01-07


sssaes T7sfse circumstances uaakc o. proper
tn recornnscnt g. voug esrir sitCuitanA care
sss frsistsa uf these laws. 40 fhsi Niisssi i'm
,<Asag ~ ffvedofn and iacihiies Fl or rasi.
gsnon. o. inpaune sn important tfsucn q
eui iaaussrs rpnuocsr5 with b., tAe ,strEriy
and houas ~ usif Sag fuaF he carcfeliY pre-
.esseS Information derived fran otf InuFai
Of Havana. showing she urectsiiy Of ihis, was
COMMUNE rsiet ia ccfnriifes oi iisc Senate
near ia, ci1se q ts, ia,i session. bu' Too late,
81 u sggscarol o. hc agie1 upan u wiA nc
hronstli % YOU plsloe ~ ne rroPcf depart.
sneus. wIih additional conu1nicsnops ifom
other -oafcfs
Thr latest sccoanis RON tho Erplaung EK-
petition ffgfttem H 81 pfoccod,og saccess-
halls IN ~ objects. and promising results 90
lees useful 70 uale snd nswFnion 'han 80
scsencc
The r,ien, ~ pos roads coFefcd hy mail
service or i,le CRIT ~ Jolly hs was about
1890 uuics. sGl tar Fsic ~ sn0sal trans
ponaiion upon ilcm 3t.i@8.s7s miios The
bUns'sei ~ pos offaes On dat DAY MAS twelve
rs0gs.ai srfea Aasissd and eighty, and on
she sdFh alim7, thirteen thousand and twenty
eight.
The royenuc ri ,lc pos' Office Department,
sof tae year ending Nlih She Both oi june last
WAS soar miilinn lour hundred and soveniy-
sir u.vnsand sx hgnirra and tfis'y -eleh'
aollafs-exhihiunr an Increase over thc pfc-
oeding yesr ut NO hundred and iouy-ono
thousand i've hundred and sisiy dollars. Tie
engagement and liabilities Of the Department
for tho same pVnod four million SIX hun
drei and twenty inUr thousand ono hundred
and seventeen dollars
The excess ~ liabilities over the revenue
for the last two years has been mot oui Of the
surplus which had previously accumulated
The cash on hand on ile 3O,h uiunio, was a
bou, secs, 7Oi %, and the cure Il income Of
the Department varies very little from the rate
Of The current expenditures. Most Of The ser
vices suspended last year have been restored,
and most Of The new route. established by the
&c, Of 7ih IDLY, 1888. have been set IN opera
ton 81 an annual cost Of sis6.963. Notwiih-
standing tic peruniar difficulties oftho coun-
Try. the revenue of the Department appears 20
be increasing and unless il shall he seriously
checked by the recent suspension OF payment
by 81 many OF the banks u wid be ablo not
only 10 mani1ln the present mail service, but
IN a short time % extend u II is gratifying
20 witness the prumptiude and fidelity with
which the agents Of tho Department in gener-
al perform their public dutics.
Some difficulties have arisen IN relation To
contracts for the transportation of the mails by
railroad and steamboat companies 1t APP
pears that the maximum Of compensation pro-
Slded by Congress for the transportation of the
mails upon railroads IS no, sufic lent 10 induce
some OF The companies 20 convey them al such
hours as are required ior tne accommodation
OF III. public II is one Of the most important
duties Of the General Government, to provide
and maintain for the us. Of the people OF the
States the best practicable mail establishment
To arrive Al that end II is indispensable that
the Post Office Department, shall be enabled
To control the hours al which the mails shall
be carried over railroads as II now does over
all other roads. Should serious Incnnyeu-
fence arse from the insdequacy of the com
penss,ion now provided by law, or from un.
reasonable demands by any Of the railroad
companies, the subject is Of such general inn
portance as 10 require the prompt attention OF
Congress.
In relation 10 steamboat lines the most ef-
hcieni remedy is obvious, and has been sug-
ges,ed by the Postmaster General The War
and Navy departments already employ steam
boats IN thcir service, and although 1t is bv no
means desirable thu, the Government should
undertake the transportation Of passengers or
freight al a business, there can be no reason
able objection 20 running boats, temporarily.
when even II may be necessary 10 put down
ate npts al cXtovon, 10 be discontinued as
soon as reasonable contracts can be obtained
The suggestion uf the Poslmaster-Ge General
relative 10 the inatequacy " the legal allow
sncc 10 witnesses IN cases OF prosecuii Ms FOR
mail depredaions, merits your serious cunsid-
Grafton The safety Of the mails require that
such prosecutions should be efficient. and JUS
iioe to the ciiizen whose time Is required 10 hc
given Ia tho public, demands not only that ms
expense should lie paid, b1, thu, he shall re-
ocire reasonable cnmpens alton.
lhs reunffg frf.r ,kn w, Ma, ~ d,
Office Departments will accompany this com
municstion. snd one from the Treasury de-
pArimen, VIII be presented 20 Congress in a
few days
For various details IN respect 70 the mai,ors
IN charge OF these departments | would refer
you TO those mpo1sn, documents. SATISFIED
that YOU will find IN them many valuable sup
geSilons, which arr well deserving the aten.
uon Of tho legislature
Prom report made in December Of last
year by the Secretary 81 State, 10 tho senate.
showing the uial docket of each of the circuit
courts, and the number 81 miles each Judge has
70 haVel "a the performance Of has duties,
great inequality appears Ia the amount of la
boT assigned 10 each Judge. The number ,f
terms TO he held 10 each OF the courts comDos-
tng sh~ ninah osvessst ~. distance taat.so. thc
places al whirh they ST. and from thence 10
uhe seat Of government. src represented 10 he
such as TO render u impossible for the Judge
ofhAi district 10 perform. IA a manner CORES.
Ponding with the public oHiFcBcies. his term
and circuit duties 4 revision, therefore, of
The preseui arrangement Of the circuit seems
TO - called FOR, siii is recommended 70 yoar
notice
hshk u proper 10 call your attention 10 the
power assumed ty Territorial Legislatures 10
authorize ihe issUe Of bonds by corporate com.
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