Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-12

1870 the whole number of post Offices 10 |
the United States did not exceed IS; the
number of miles of post roads, 1875; the |
expenditure. S32,l40. In 1910, the
whole number of post Offices was l3.486 :
the number ofsmiles of post road, l55.739;
the gross revenue for the same year was
S4.5S9. 265, and the expenditure was 81
1910
The total amount ofreyenue for the cur
| rent year is estimated at "a, 386, 600 !;
and the total expenditure S4.490000.
To bring the expenses within the reve-
nue., the commissions heretofore allowed |
TO Deputy Postmasters are re-adjusted by
which the nett annual income of the De- |
partment will be increased 100000.
The Secretary recommends discrim-
ination in the imposition OF postage on The
| newspapers proper, and the mammoth
weeklies which. weighing each nearly a
pound, are transported from Boston or
New York TO Louisville Ky, for cent
! and half, while letter of friendship or
! business is taxed Is cents The expense
/ Of Transporting the mail in different modes
was on railroads and steamboats,, 8, 946,-
$50 miles, at the cost of 1856, 843 on
horse and in sulkies l2,e88.862 miles. at
a cost of 1871 ,807; in stages and coaches
l8. 96l, 243 miles, at the cost of $l,791,-
l635; making total aggregate Of annual
Transportation OF "a, 996, 525 miles, at the
cost Of SO. 459,375.
4 The sum paid 10 The different railroad
companies IS over 100000. and the Sec
retary proposes that the credit OF the Unit
ed States. to an amount not greater than
the sum necessary to produce at FIVE per
cent. interest, this amount paid to these
companies, be advanced 10 these compa-
nies, for the right 10 transport the mail
upon these roads in oil time TO come, free
oil any charge upon the Department.
1.-The Government was required to pay
postage upon official correspondence, and
the ranking privilege reduced to proper
limits, ii is the opinion Of the Secretary.
that The revenue ofthe Department would
Il be increased sufficiently to pay not only
the interest. but in less than thirty years
the principal Of such a debt.-Jonr. Com
, MERGE. .~.
HoRRlBLE.-A man BY the name of
Maynard in Chenango Co., returning
home late at ight, las; week, and finding
his wife in bed, somewhat intoxicated,
|, directed his. son, lad about ten, to bring
. him whip, which he did. He then laid
!. on 10 her 80 Iashes, and Tied her to the bed
: and wen, to sleep; and when he woke vi
he found her corpse. A neighbor being
called in, he confessed the crime. His
son was witnessed against his father
r Maynard, before he became dissolute ia
d his habits, was quite respected in the neigh
U borhood. IN. Y. Bap. Register.
CoRoNER's INouEsTs.-D Death of Starr
alton. The Coroner, on Tuesday, 18th
u!t., held an inquest at the house of John
Kelly, No. $50 Water street, on the body
of Jane Pringle. aged 10 years. native
of England. The deceased. with hel
81 father and mother and FIVE other children
u were Storage passengers on board the
ship Normandie. Capt. Spaulding, from
Liverpool hither, finding their own pro
visions, having left the latter part on tn,
e 2lst OF Oct, and arrived here on the 90,
insi., after tedious passage of nine weeks
After being out some six weeks on tn
= passage, the s'eerage passengers. of whom
e there were 9o exhausted their stock o
o. provisions, and were compelled to apply 1
H. the Captain, who furnished with yer
:. scanty supply, but as much as be coul
V from the stores provided for the ship. an,
of consequence there was an amount 9
d. suffering and want on board-for thong
e there was plentiful supply of watel
or there was scarcely enough of food TO sus
tain life.-The deceased was not we
VI from the peIiod Of her embarcation, suffer
20 ed much moro than the other children
20 the family on the passage, and when sh
~ arrived hither was mol able to walk, an
=, after reaching her boarding house wa
q confined to her bed, and. although nou,
q, ishing diet was given her in sufficier
az quantities, she did not survive, and die
rs on Tuesday morning at o'clock. We
s. dict, died Of disease produced by starys
le' ton, while on board The ship Normandi,
IS Capt. Spaulding, Wills on her passag
40 from Liverpool 10 this rort.-N 7. Jon'
- Of Com.
.. ~ We understand that Gov. SEwaR
es in his preparation for the NEw YEAI
. has substituted LEMONADE and Col
so WATER for PUNCH and WINE. This
W bold innovation. but one which Ii
an spirit of the times demanded. Tbs Tel
IS PERANcE cause has right to claim 2
he ExAapLE from the highest authorities
., The amount heretofore expended for Win
ID &c. By the Governor, will now be give
is to the Poor.-Al6any Ee. Journal
"a QUICK WORK l-FLouR AND SALT
~ The completion of the 6 Western Ra
u Road has aroused the energies an
= quickened the enterprise of our WEBSTER