The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-02

raj points of view this is apparen! = 'ne provisions
Of the law, although it might . nnpio'1u :"
markable extent by the MT Congress. His now
ever. a step in the nrc,fess OF Improvement and
in the nractica .ecognition and adoption Of the
principes of ,>mmon sense in the action OF the go
yernment which will have very salutary effect,
not oy in the other branches Of the public service
a.d of the action of Congress hereafter, but also
[ we trust in all the departments of civil life.
The first thing which strikes us as being one Of
the principal characteristics of the law is the reduc-
tion of the postage to less than one half what was
originally charged This reduction goes into ope-
ration to-day throughout the country in all the post
offices, but will operate practically on all those
who receive letters, until the lapse of eight or nine
days 1t is, however, most important improve
ment, and may be said to be branch Of the same
principles of common sense which have been intro
duced into the publication Of the widely circulated
journals of our large cities during the last few
years A reduction of the price of the daily
journals OF New York, which was ushered in
about the time of the first appearance OF the
Herald, has increased the circulation and extended
the benefits of journalism to from ten to twenty
times over the same intellectual space which for
mery limited the newspaper reading of the country
Not only are the journalists better paid and better
enabled to devote their attention to the highest spe
cies OF enterprise in the business but the public
better satisfied and better served than when dear
prices and narrow limits prevailed. The same re-
suit will, no doubt, now be experienced in regard
the reduction of the letter postage, and if both the
letter and newspaper postage were still farther re-
duced, and many Of the useless routes suspended,
we have no doubt the benefit would be still more
felt hv anJ h,, Ia
treasury of the government in process of time
| Another improvement is the authority given to
the Postmasters to transmit moneys for newspapers
to the proprieors thereof but this has been coupled
with shaving process of two per cent on the pro-
is to be retained by the post office de-
partment, and is certainly very small business
There is no warrant at law for such species of
shaving, and we hope that the Postmaster General
will not retain this provision. However, it may be
tried and experience will soon test whether it has
popularity enough to make it be retained hereafter
But one oft most important points in the newaw,
and one which will not, we trust, be overlooked by
the common Of the country is the requisition
that all the advertisements of the department should
be published in those papers which have the largest
circulation within the several districts where the ad
vertsements are to be issued This is a new and
most important feature in the Post Office lava fea-
ture founded on the principles of common sense, as
applied TO the common every day business of life-a
| feature also which has hitherto been avoided and
| repudiated by the atrocious spirit of partzanship
which has prevailed throughout the action of the go
vernment in all its disbursements and business ope-
rations for years past. The adoption OF such prn-
| cple by the government will have good effect on
the public at large. How many merchants and 9TH
ers in this community are in the habit ofadvertsing
and throwing away their money on papers of a very
limited circulation, without any knowledge of the
fact that for the expenditure they could pro-
cure the means of addressing through other papers
| ten times the number of persons TO whom they are
DESTROYS OF presenting their advertisements
| ORGANS AND SUB-ORGANs or THE ApMrNlsrrA-
rIoN.-The Washington Union is the great organ Of
the administration, but there does not appear TO be
any settled plan for sub-organs over the country.
The NeWs of this city, paper with few hundreds
OF circulation, pretends TO up for an organ of the
administration, but Its attempts are ludcrous in the
extreme. On several occasions it has affected n
| give very important news from Washington. "pro-
cured from the highest sources" and particularly in
relation to the relations Of the United States with
Mexico, stating positively that the Mexican govern
ment had given information to ours that they would
receive new Minister if he were sent out The
Intehigence at Washington, thinking the News one
OF the sub-ogans catches at this precious morsel of
information and gives it to the world But soon
finding Its mistake, and that the Union had prompt-
y denied the whole story, the Lntehigencer has now
been obliged TO repudiate the "sub-organo
In fact there is no sub organ of the administra-
| ton, and no representative of the administration
by the democratic press out of the city of Washing
ton. The position Of Mr.. Polk and the control ex-
ercised by the cliqiWs over the country democratic
| press, preclude such thing There is no conf
dence expressed or implied between the admins.
tration and the democratic parties throughout the
country. This is seen in all directions. The Clique,
are showing their teeth like little terrier dogs, but il
Mr.. Polk understands his position, and means reall,
TO refuse being candidate for reelection, he NAV
compel them all to submit to all that he has to sa,
| in the way of reason and common sense If he ma
mage his card, he may determine not only the nomi
nation of the next candidate, but his election also.
MYSTERIOUS ABANDONMENT OF VEssEL.-W,
are indebted to the pilots for the following stranp,
particulars
The pilot boat James Avery, fell in with the bri,
Porto Rico last Monday night, about half past eigh
O'Clock, eighteen miles E. s. f. of Sandy Hook
They hailed her several times, bui receiving no an
swer, manned the yawl and boarded her. The,
found that she had been abandoned by her crew
who had gone off in the long boat, the checks o.
which were on deck. The stern boat was hanging
on the davits. The brig was under double-reefed
top-sas, the fore topsaig lowered All the clothing
and bedding belonging to the captain and crew had
been taken away. She was lying to, the helm
lashed down TO the leeward. The captains com
pass and log book were on board. The last entr,
IN the log book dated "June Sd, 5 O'Clock
AM; Fire Island bearing n. N l.. distant miles. ,
The brig was perfectly tight, had no water in her
and was very deeply laden with coal In the rur
the pilots found small lamp, as though purposcl,
placed there with the intention of firing the vessel