Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-12-22
REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER
w. GENERAL

met by Inc receipts. he amount OF an
nual transportation Of the mail, it is ascer-
tanned, on the Both of June, IS42, was a.
S:}5 ,99l miles the cost of which was
s3,IlO,7S3.
The amount of annual transportation on
the Both Of June, 1913, was IS, 252 .S05
miles the cost Of which was S2,976, 2S4
1t will be observed, that the cost of trans
portatiou for the last year was less by Sl34, :
400 than it was for the previous year, while
the transportation throughout the year was
greater by 4l6,Sl4 miles
The number OF post Offices supplied in
1912, was 3,733; and the number sup
piled in lS43 was 1854.
TO accommodate the service to the ex-
tension of population, reductions in the SER
vice in some sections, and an extension or
increase in other portions of the Union,
were rendered necessary.
The aggregate of these reductions was
Sl34 ,253, and the amount of additional and
new service was sos, sos.
For similar reasons il became necessary TO
discontinue, in the year preceding LIST July,
1913, 400 Post Offices, and TO establish, du-
ring the same period, 4Sl.
The totll expenditures Of the Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending the Both of
June, 1912, as stated in the report of this
Department to the House Of Representatives
under date of the 2Sth of February, IS43,
were S4.975,3 $40 AZ. In this amount was
included $780,, 1861 81 for debts paid out of
the special appropriation at the extra ses-
sion.
The total expenditures Of the service for
the year ending Both June, 1913, were
Si,374,7l3 IS, including payments on ac-
count Of debts due by the Department, for
which the appropriation above was made.
The amount Of gross revenue for the
year ending the Both of June, lS4l, as sta
ted in my annual report of the Sd Of De-
cember, 1912, was 54,379,3l7 70. That
of 1912 was "a SAG, 246 ID.
The revenue Of 1913, so far as the re-
turns exhibit the amount for the year end
ing Both of June, is "a, 295, 925 43.
Every possible care has been used to pre-
vent irregularities iu the mails.
Difficulties in making contracts with the
Railroad Companies still continue.
The case of Adams g. Co. will not be
carried up to the U. S. Supreme Court.
The right of the Government to restrain
private eApTeSSeS, anu Tue TOSt OIIlCe Tegu-
lations, are discussed at length.
A reduction of postage is recommended
if the Department can sustain ITSELF
The English Post Office system is fully
explained.
The Department is IN favor of charging
only newspaper postage on periodicals,
price currents, &c.
The franking privilege is recommended
to the notice Of Congress for restriction
and to its wisdom the subject Of the reduc-
ton of postage is cominitted.-N. Y. True
Sun
Great Robbery-Pomeroy's Express Rob-
6ed.-We learn that Pomeroy's Express from
Albany, was robbed this morning, after its ar
rival in the city. The trunk which contained
all the brokers' and other packages, was taken
from the steamboat Utica this morning. The
trunk, il is stated in the street was left in
charge Of the captain, upon the arrival Of the
boat, while the messenger went to report him
self in Pomeroy's office. The Messenger soon
after left for Albany, via the Housaton;c Rail-
road, leaving Pomeroy's people to go for the
trunk which has not yet been found. The
Captain denies that the trunk was left in
his charge. The contents Of the trunk are
not yet known. They are supposed to be very
valuable, from the large amounts that always
come by them. They usually bring the remit
tances from the Banks OF the interior to this
city.-N. Y. Express Of Thursday eUening.
The examination in this case, says the Jour
nal Of Commerce OF Tuesday morning, is still
going on at the Mayors Office in private
We can therefore as yet publish nothing OF
what has transpired.
The Troy Wing contains the following in
formation relative to Mr.. Copp, the messenger
now under arrest:
Mr.. Copp is a native of Wakefield, N. H.,
and has long been a resident OF this city. He
was for several years a clerk in the brokers Of
fee of Calder & Co., which he left to enter in
10 the service Of Harnden & Co. When
Harnden & Co. withdrew from the river, Mr..
Coop in connection with Mr.. Pulen, establish
ed Pullen g. Copp's N. Y. Albany and Troy
Express-an agency which has enjoyed the I'M
limited confidence of the Bank directors and
business men of the cities which il connects
During the present year, Pomeroy & Co. en-
tered into an agreement with Pullen & Copp,
by the terms of which the latter were employ
ed as the messengers of the former between
Albany and New York-transactng at the
same time the business of their New York and
Troy Express on their own account.
Mr.. Copp has always been considered man
Of the strictest integrity as remarkably eau
tOus and particularly careful of all property
entrusted to his charge. In this community
no suspicion of want OF honesty rests upon
him. In the unfortunate transaction now I'M
der notice, he is regarded only as unpardonably
and unaecoantably neglectiu Of the interest Of
his employers.
A MELANCHOLY SToRY.-We learn from
Newport, that two sons of Mr.. Mathew Mac
guire came to sad end, by drowning, on the
2Sth Of November. The following are the
circumstances. -Four sons of Mr.. M. dove
the cattle to lake Magog to water, and there