Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-04-02
Postage and the Press,

The Postmaster General has recommended to
Congress some changes in regard TO postage. Mr..
Henry Of Pennsylvania, in counfc c,icn with the
subject, offered the following resolution
"Resolved, That the Committee on Post Off. T.
ces and Post Roads, in graduating the rates Of
postage on newspapers, as recommended BY the
Postmaster General in his report, be instructed
to enquire INTO the eXpedency of abclishng al!
charge for postage on public newspapers, when
conveyed by mail within the limits OF the
county where they are printed or published"
lie, the country Press speak unanimously upon
this subject. 1t is one of great importance to
country papers. The city papers will probably op-
pose the measure as it will not be one of interest
to them The department would loose but little
Ivy the change, large packages but seldom
carried in the mail within the bounds of the coun
~, and in the end, the increased demand and ic.
sire for reading, caused hy the dissemination OF
Of cheap Information aud literature, would much
mole than repay the government for the present
loss The Loss, we repeat, would be but triie to
the government probably not exceeding sixty
thousand dollars. Under tie present system. the
Press OF the city has decided advantage over that
Cf the county. No; only because their sub.c bcrs
are furnished with their papers fee OF postage, hut
a Necessary consequence, their subscriptions
thereby much increased.
The Miners J1urns upon This sntjcc, says:
This Is an important resolution, and com
mends itself to the support OF the country press
throughout the whole country. Let the edI-
tors speak out on the subject at once--and if
not accomplished at this Sesson-let candi-
dates for Congress hereafter be catechsed By
the press, and If they refuse to support the
measure, le, the press refuse to support them
and our word tor it, the resolutions can be Car
ried without much difficulty"
NJ ten Hamilton has replied TO Santa Ana
through the public POI ers, in an ably written and
spirited let,,r, for which we have not room this
week. He Indignantly repes the idea that he
attempted TO hribe spoilers patriot Santa
Ana, std conclud, with the following parlgr ph ;
"fou accuse me of the impudence OF otharing
offered you SHE, | will not be guilty OF the
gasconade of offering YOU steel; but when you
do come, hope may hear the neighlng Of your
war-steed on the banks OF the Rio Bravo"
! "PENSsyLvANlA CoAL.-The splendid steam
! summer business. Some OF them are already
/ in operation. We understand that they have
/ all substituted coal for wood. Of course the
consumption OF this article will be vastly in
creased by the general Introduction of it upon
/ the Hudson River Twelve tons is the aver
age quantity used during a trip and as there are
more than dozen boats running daily on the
Hudson, the amount annually consumed may be
estimated They use anthracite from Pennsy!-
wanna !"-PhA. GG-.
/ CT The general government, WITHOUT any eearl
fo the interest of Pennsy Ivania, has const NC et
The Missouri and Mississippi for the OF foreign
blumnous coal, when Pennsylvauii aulLriclte j,
not only more safe and c.eanly, hut economs-
cal, as the above facts most ahuniautly prove.
ur correspondent OF the New York Tribune
furnishes the following beautiful commentary the
Free Trade System, now advocated 10y Southern
abstractionists and Northern office hunters:
az mercantile or shipping house wished Il
send u cargo to one of the British Island anC
ofcourse had to charter vessel The compe
tition between British and an American vesSe
was thus the American vessel offered to TAKE
the barrels at 81 cents each; the British Captain
asked, and has obtained, 81 90 for the saHt
service that one OF our vessels would do Tor tl'
small sum above named-the difference il
charges at the British port making It more al
yantageous TO employ her at II 30 than the
American at 30 cents. l. not this a splendiC
achievement IN Commercial Free Trade
would emphatically ask, Where is the spirit 0
our merchants, VIII they tamely submit t,
! have our Trade longer conducted under slcl
humilatlng embarrassnents hope not lie
, them speak"
I'VE have another fact in poin, TO add TO III
above. A heavy American house in this city
dealing in teas aud Groceries, has branches j
, Quebec and Montreal, and finds it advantageou
to purchase here all lis teas for the Canada market.
Bu, to DO SO, ii is obliged 10 ship al IFS Teas {
Liverpool and thence 10 Que5c in British reSse'S-
the policy of Crest Britain not allowing the Hpor
taton of Teas heRce 10 Canada, OF in American
sells. Yet Americans counsel submission 10 tn
. policy, and style it Free Tr.de! Shame
SHANE" Ed. II.
Editorial Miscellany.
Pennsylvania State 5 per cents were sold