The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-21
PILOT & TRANSCRIPT.
CONGRESSIONAL.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81.

CCAN O'ISL4ADi'1 CAHAAN'
lin the Houa. ON Wednesday, the Treasury
note Bill was again under discussion in Com
mittee of the Whole. Mr. BELL addressed the
Committee at great length, after which Mr..
w. THOMPSON took the floor, but yielded to
motion that the Committee rise, which motion
prevailed, and the Committee rose and reported
progress
MIR. BELL submitted to the House the follow
ing communication from the Secretary of War
to the Committee on Indian Affairs
WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. IS, 1871
SIR: Strong representations havebe made to
me that deputation of Seminoles and Creeks
from Arkansas might induce their brethren in
Florida to lay down their arms, and emigratc
TO the Western territory, Captains Armstrong
and Page were authorized, on the 29th of May
last, to select and carry with them to Florida,
delegation for the rpose mentioned. The lat
ter. with twelve chosen individuals, has been in
Florida for some time and it is my determination
they shall remain so long there is the least
probability of success.
There are no means at the disposal of the De-
partnent to defray the expenses incident to this
effort at pacfcation. l have lately been advis-
ed that some influential individuals in or near
st Augustine might be useiully employed to the
same END, anu nave 10 IeQuSSb an
900 to meet the expensesLthat will be ne
cessarily incurred. Very respectfully, SC.
j. X. PoINSETT.
Hon. JOHN BELL,
Chairman Committee on Indian Affairs, House
Representatives.
Estimate o., funds required to cOrcr oEpeaSeS
attending the mission Of Major Nm. firms
trong and Capt. j. Page to Ftoridac under in
str1tctions. from the Department.
Of txual ,yn OH AGc of Co.
mole Indians going to Florida, from the Western
territory, and retu ming, 81 500
Expenses while in Florids $500
Pay of six other influential persons for
two months, 1000
Expenses of Mai Armstrong and Capt
Page while engaged, 2,7OO
Contingent and incidental expenses 5000
$4,000
These papers were referred back to the Com
nittee on Indian Affairs for the action of that
committee thereon.
IL While the House was in Committee Of the
" hole to-day, a message received from
the President, accompanied with large bundle
OF documents. 1t was not read, but was under
stood to relate to the troubles in China, and is
in answer to call heretofore moved in the
House.
And the House adjourned till tomorrow.
PosT OFFICE STATISTICS the year
ending July /, 1S40,as appeared by the contract
arrangements thenin operation, the whole length
Of mail routes in the United States, was 1861
739 miles,-the distance travelled ON these routes
in carrying the mails backwards and forwards,
was 36,370,776 miles OF this distance, the
transportation by horse and sulkey was Il, 1872
445; by stage coach &c, PTS, and by railroad
and steamboat, 3,SS9 153 miles. The expense
for all this for the fiscal year under the contracts
was 50, 296,S76 Add to. this compensation to
Postmasters, 81 ,02S, 1926 80, and other incident
al expenses for wrapping paper, advertising mail
bags, clerks, agents, blanks, Irvine, &c. sc. a.
mounting to $433, sos SO, and the total expendi-
lures of the department for the year, were 81
759,ll0 IS. Its receipts for the same time were
from letter postage, S4,003,776 OF; from news
papers and pamphlets, S535,229 81, and from
zines paid TO postmasters for violations of law
S260-tctal S4,539,265 So, showing a defcien-
90 in the income to meet the expenses, of S2I9,-
S45 II. The revenue of the Post Office has in
creased in ten years, from Jun 30, 1880, from
1892. 707 50, to the above named sums at the
close Of the last fiscal year.
To show the immense amount of business, as
we'll as of labor, done at the post offices in some
of the large cities, there sent from the office
in this city during the week ending June 10,
1888, A, 141 letters, weighing 903 lbs; and
newspapers and pamphlets almost numberless,
weighing 49, 1S lbs, making the total weight
for one week OF the contents of the mails, sent
from the New York office, 1921 lbs, or nearly
ten tons
What is particularly wsrthy ofremarl in con-
nection with this subject is, that OF the millions
and millions of letters and newspapers thrown
into the post Offices all over the country the i'm
lnense number OF hands and Offices through which
they pass the distance many OF them carried,
and the hazards to which they are exposed by
land and water, so gerry feso Of them, are lost
With the exceptlC-. Of occasional robbery, or
loss of a mail by freshety it is very rare that
letter or newspaper fails to reach its place of
address. Another remark, showing the impor-
lance of taking care Of small sums the rates OF
postage vary from one to twenty-five cents, and
comparatively but small number of hostages,
is as high as the latteryet, from these apparent
ly trifng sums, gathered from every town, vii
la,e and city in the Union, collected the vast
amount Of four and half millions of dollars,
and business carried on, by tie Intricate ma
chipery of the Post Office Department, Involving
expenditures to those in its employment, to at
least the same amount--.J0i,T. Of Com
OPERATION FOR THE CURE OF tFRY NECK
The Lancet contains report OF a cent opera
ton by DIR. F. Snaith, of Boston, for the cure
of ,yry neck The Doctor first passed the opera
ting knife underneath, and then cut, in an out
ward direction, the tendinous portion of the
sternocleido-mastoid muscle. The patient de-
scribed the sound produced to him in cutting the
tendon, like that of breaking sticks across the
knee, and the moment of dividing it he felt ex-
cruciating pain. The operation occupied scarce
Nv quarter of minute, and not more than two
~ 4btaa drons af blond followed The side that