New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-25
VOL. nv. NO. lG.
Post Office Reform, ana wherein the pre-
sent Mail Department of the United
states does not perform its appropriate
Duties for the People.

/ POST oUfcC ihct0fitt. Rh:i Pt'-
sent Mail Department of the United
states does not perform its appropriate
Duties for the People.
To the Editor Of The Tribune:
H.. TIE time Of paying Postage.
All concedc that from the Mail Department
should be derived revenue equal only TO It's me-
ccssury expenses. Further revenue would be
tax ON the peoples intelligence and happlncs, to
promote which is the appropriate object of legs
latiou in Representative Government. But, if
the entire rercaue Of the Mail Department ought
to equal It's crtire c1p"nscs, then should the rec
enae or receipts for each Mail service equal the
cost or expenses OF that service TO the Department
Is Suca rccenuc for each service the result Of the
present mode of paying postage Docs each let
ter now pay lis expense in marking, folding, trans
porting, ADVERTISING sending to the Contra! Office,
opening and reading? Letthc millions Of letters
arriving at the Dead Letter Office bearing witness
Of the Ierculcan, unpaid for labor, answer. Does
each newspaper pay the Department lis erpeases
Let the heaps of uncalled.for newspapers at all
our Post Offices echo Me-.
These huge, unpad-for services infct paupeT-
ism on the Department, and create necessarily
an enhanced price FOR that service which is paid
for This enhanced price is unjust; for it includes
not only the pay for services rendered me- but the
unpaid services done by request Of my neighbour
In truth, this enhanced price is rainous to all
ruinouS to the paying employer since greater than
his business will support-ruinous to the Depart
mcnt, since the increased price impelsproper mail
matter into other convcyances, if conveyed at ALL
Hence the Mail Department is moi paid for It's
services, because not paid for each Serrice
How then can the Department be sure ~ its
pay-rcducc its price forserriccS, and at the same
time increase It's accommodation TO the people?
Common carriers Of goods transport property,
valuable 10 persons other than the one TO whom
it is directed hence, ordinarily, they require no
paw in adcance, for their scrvices-thc very artl
Gle carried is their security, and, by the laws OF
civilized nations, is pledged to pay those services
Thus the carrie, is sure Of his pay. Not SO the
Mail Department, which transports freight usu
ally worthless in itself, and derives value only by
the estimation OF the sender or him to whom sent
If the latter deems it worth the postage, 1t is well
the Departments services arc paid otherwise
not.
Common carriers of passengers always require
pay for their services in ddrance This require
ment is approved by the community. The pas
sengers' bodies (ike their brains etiuslcn in cor
rcspondcnce) arc vauclcss in themselves--and
therein are akin TO the usua! freight Of the Mail
Department. -, -
In truth, the value of the Departments freight
hinges on the estimate solely Of the sender hence
oqutaby, he Qhe sender should secure the De
partment's expenses for services rendered at his
request. But the Departments claim for each
service requested is less than could beeven for
mula of a security. Therefore, the sender Can
have no apology for not uniformly paying the De
partmcnt's services on requesting them. This
mode of preparing would
lst Secure pay TO the Department for all ser
viccs-and thereby
3D. Permit lis prices to be very low
3D. Render the Departments accounts less
complex, and
lti. Preclude the Departments TACT CONN.,
vance at sender's ignorant or designed impoSi-
ton of postage on unfortunate creditors. poor
debtors, and Legislative and other public officers.
Equity, dignity and convenience combine to
require all payments to the Department he made
on requesting the Departments services-te wit,
on dcpositing the freight.
SPArN.-Thc English steamer Teviot and the
Havrc Guadalupe arrived al Havana 9TH INST
brinpnp intelligence which is rather of an mpor-
tant character.
Information reached Madrid on the 9th Feb
ruary, Ivy way Of Gibraltar. that the Spanlards
residing in The Empire of Morocco arc exposed
to horrible prosecutions. Ii was stated that even
the Spanish Consular 4 rent had been barbarous-
" murdered and his head cut Oh, Such an nm
heard of inlrac,ion of tho laws Of nations excited
in the Spanish people an enthusiastic desire OF
vengeance, prompt and terrible. The Govern
ment was disposed to act up To the wishes OF the
people with energy. Letters from Seville of
March 4, state that an expedition would he de-
scratched to Africa. and all classes of citizens
were eager to Join in it. Count dc feus (Pr'm)
was named as commander OF ono oil the divisions
of the expedition.
FROM lIAvANA.-A vessel at New Orleans from
Havana, on the 10Th inst. reports that about LOU
negroes engaged III thc iatc revolt III hd'ahHas'
had been shot. Arrests were continually making
in Havana of negroes implicated in the same al
fair and the jails were full of prisoners.
OUTRAGE on AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN HAVANA.
We have the following narrative in tho New
Orleans Tropic of ,ric~}Gih instant:
Havana, April TO- 1874.
Dear Tropic: 1t is with deep regret that find j,
imperative upon me 10 inform YOU of most foul
and cold-bioodad murder, committed All Ameri-
can citizen, while peacefully engaged in his nvoca-
ton. Michael Murphy, n0turalized American
citizen, aged -, employed Us seaman on board the
brig Mary Penne OF Bath, came ashore yesterday
in the briggs boat with his Captain and landed ut
The sens IN front of the office Of the Caniain OF the