Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-08

dCtou upon. IL Will De uIOu1nl 10 your
notice by the propsr department. with adj
dItlonal communications from other SouTc-
es.
The latest accounts from the ExplOr-
! ing Expedition represent it as proceeding
successfully IN lis objects. aud promising
results no less useful to trade aud naviga-
ton than to science.
The extent of post roads covered By
mail service on the first OF July last, was
about 133, o99 miles, and the rate of aa-
nual transportation upon them 81, 496,s75
miles. The number of post offices on
that dav was twelve thousand seven humid
red and eighty. and on the thirielh ulii-
mo, thirteen thosuand and tweniy-eighi.
J The revenue Of the Post Office Depart
ment for the year ending with the 30lh OF
June last, was tour million four hundred
and seventy-six thousand six hundred and
lthrtv-eight dollars-exhibiting an increase
over the preceding year of two hundred
and forty lone thousand FIVE hundred and
sixty dollars. The engagements and LA
bilities of the Department for the same pc
: Rod are four million six hundred and
{ ltwenty-four thousand one hundred and
seventeen dollars.
i The excess of liabilities over the reve-
: nue. for the last two years has been met
o out of the surplus which had previously
q accumulated The cash on hand on the
thirtieth uItimo was about S206,701 90,
!. and the current income of the Department
:, varies very lule from the rate of current.
expenditures. Most of the service sus-
IS pended last year has been restored, and
:. most of the new routes established by the
,. act of TN July, 1888, have been set in
,r operation at an annual cost of Sl36,963
4 Notwithstanding the pecuniary Difficult
e. ties of the country, the revenue OF the
I'd Department appears TO De increasing -
he and unless il shall be seriously checked
,r- by the recent suspension of payment by
ed so many of the banks, it will be able not
only to maintain the present mail service,
H. but in a short time 10 extend II. Ii is
in gratifying to witness the promplItude and
ar fidelity with which the agents of this De-
lat partment in general perform their public
en- duties.
no Some difficulties have arisen in relation
nv to contracts for the transportation of the
Ter mails by railroad and steamboat compa-
it'll MES. 1t appears that the maximum of
ms. compensation provided by Congress for
led the transportation of the mails upon rail-
NE roads is not sufficient to induce some of
ory the companies TO convey them at such
nm hours as are required for the accommoda-
the ton of the public. 1t is one of the most
bv important duties of the General Govern
BILE ment TO provide and maintain for the use
nc of the people of the States the best prac-
ticable mail establishment To arrive at
ON. that end it is indispensable that the Post
ops Office Department shall be enabled 10 con-
cas-. trol the hours at which the mails shall be
the carried over railroads, as it now does over
cen. all other roads. Should serious incon-
, as yeniences arise from the ina1equacy Of
| the compensation now provided by law
ions or from unreasonable demands by any Of
d a, the railroad companies, the subject IS o.
Gre such general importance as to require ths
h, oh prompt attention OF Congress.
no In relation to steamboat lines, the mos
from efficient remedy is obvious. and has beef
were suggested by the POSTMASTER 1enera''-
| the The War and Navy Departments alread,
rated employ steamboats, in their service, AM
although it is by no means desirable tina
,nor. 1.-The Government should undertake th
lights transportation oil passengers or ireight ?
; The a business. there can be no REASONABLE
q its objection to running boats, temporarily
% in. whenever it may be necessary TO put dow
,el of reasonable contracts can oe ohtdineu'
law. Thesuggestions Of the Postmaster Ger
have eral relative TO the inadequacy Of th
inter. legal allowance TO witnesses In cases
,men, prosecutions for mail depredations, mer
On YOUR serious consideration. The safe
Com of the mails requires that such prosec
Nv to tons shall be efficient, and justice TO q
N. Ell citizen whose time is required to be Civ
l.. <,F,lry hat
ers or to the public, demands ho' only ,h"t =
perry, expenses shall De paid' put tiia' nc S''
ament receive a reasonable compensation.
The Reports from the War. Navy a
E Sec Post Office Departments will accompa
d;sno. his communication, and one from 1
! been Treasury Department. will be presented
pelent Congress in few days.
vent For various details in respect 10
ners matters in charge of :hese departments
,at The would refer you TO those important do
ich re. ments, satisfied that you will find IN IN
erican many valuable suggestions, which Will
defect found we'll deserving the attention oil
these Legislature.
,eloog- From a repory made in December
,o the las, wear by the Secretary oil State 70
epsbin Senate. showing the trial dockel OF "a
irnpla,. Of the Circuit Cours, and The numoei
srur;,v miles each Judge has to travel 10 the
60 e.r.,Dce If his duties, a great lnequa
- nra,rs in the amount of labor assig
80; ~ p.ocb Judge. The number OF terms
N.1en - hid in each Of the courts comPos
,han in the ninth circuit, the distances DEW
,s,an.as the places at which they SIT, and I
anr ear thence TO The seat oil Government