The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-09

OF thss q there h-s 6e-n COLLECT
-d tarinz the ~i8y$c .
rhrrz mas 5sen cr-aitrd IN account ITVs 50
And there has cean found clearly
nug c0lcriaDte Sfuf -
I...vinx N average ,aouat Of as4.6s7 y
due 70 the departments great portion Of hs has
due fr many years And ataougA not intended
efforts collection, 3 not probable mat mucn of
wJll DC realized
The nuer OF suits instituted darng the year. by iiEec
ION Of this oce sOiEing balances due
Of 50 III IL ~niat the number Of cases closed
by recovery and eoec.,an - one hundred ana sgh IN
volvtng the amount Of sI0,655 o.
But the business Of collection far comprehensive
IN lis present application and advantages Than may
fcrrsd from irs results detailed ct Persols who
gone OF oce and respect accounts thereby
brought 20 close LIS Systematic and rigid
foreeaen IN rrlann poatnasers 9ca aud 70 accounts
sill running perhaps mad stA more benefcial effect
nuon Inc revenues OF the department. on inc sixteen
thousand one hundred and if ynine post Offices operation
4aTiu year, the following class auon indicates the
relied upon by the department ior rea-ns Arig
quarterly posEages
400 draft offices.
200 deoosi'lng offices.
40 special Offices
II 50 collection Offices.
The irst two classes are under the visant and exact
OF your accomplished 81 Assistant john Mar
ron esq oay VI these descriptions
Of office, when draft Oie has faded 10 honor draft Of
the Department. funds be dsbgrsed the par
lcuiar point depoalle Off fles make IFS PER-
odlcal depose for the fail due, that
the principle collection called and tas
Office proceeds The Of the postmaster,
the hand and provide Tor its Lection,
by depose payment transfer, the may DC. In
respect later classeshs special and coec
rlon Off esot under The direct supervision Of TINS Office
Il derive from special Offices any
SURPRISES, frJm time, them, and above tbs
expense OF supplying their mai sni compel the coec
tian offices pay the contractors, punctaaIy the
end OF each quarter, and 10 the full amount the qurery
By this process the first symptoms default
checked corrected the deGsusr put Of the
xay increasing ms Indebtedness, and the debt placed
IN ne
OF preventing lcss-
The success OF the Post Office Department IN avaing II
self OF revenue may challenge comparison with any
system of fiscal management xaaever. Without any fund
reserve expenditure euual revenue
by reliance merely upon fidelity than
thousand agents who collect from the people and UPON
machinery adaP.ed reach their hands, under
all the difficulties arising from The Of country
and The diversity of It's parts IN population habits aud
the and direction OF business. remarkable
example of pncuaIty part from The national
character of people bdi IL asn, part be
crbed the eaergetc administration OF department
The punctIay OF nsca agents viii De found general
direct sympathy with the activity OF the experimenting
power. systematic vigilance its part clearly
established, vii ind but few Disposed defiance
whist Of the msapuIcaton of public money
from renssnesg and neglect viii spread the contiguous
example Of withholding I'm the hope, perhaps, Of finally
tainlny) It from the service OF the government
As of last Three years has thus been pad
the OF the department wh unsurpassed pune
aalty so Is gra;Ifying to me TO remark mat has been
ilsbnr5ed with equal prOmptIie the payment of It's
public creditors well persuaded that has
occurred of demand adjusted tins office, which
mas been promptly discharged by payment he
service may have been performed other point
equally acceptable the party aHd delay has occurred
clslng such Demands where the for adlus
were hand where they not, noufyng
the party OF The obstacle he and acng upon me
whoa that obstacle removedg Delays OF settle
m Mt be designed tolerated by government
whirh stands IN the relation OF do that business
for the people which hey do for themselves. Such
delays naturally and inevitably lend dsrogatory
cessty expedent employing professional agents
Inc Duxtrp in The
hand, the principal and the other taking
and requiring labor ~ the of the
public office and vitha utsrcepng that direct communion
between the psrtiss which should foster and
promote us sentiments of and attachment then
government the part of the people Is has been
to ubvnte supposed respect
settlements in my Office and the enhance,
by securing promputlde of ymenf the value of the
allowed the estimation of parties a consde
ratnn fairly TO enter into future stpuaons OF by
making such settlements promptly and periodically and,
great extent OF applications parties
an aim which trust has, to extent, been accom-
plshed
Much pains have taken to give m hod and order
the business and practicable and cpmprchensye
ment to the books and files Of the office Ia s40
estimated that the time of clerks the average
taken finding the books required for daily reference
In io4l-42 great Improvement made restricting
the books with qualified exceptions, their several and
proper p'aces They now number thirteen hundred ana
eight Volumes constituting complete Of eges from
the year 49, and day books journals letter books, &c,
&c. from nearly equal period. An analytical catalogue
now completed of the whole, together similar AZ
of the flies, only greatly facilitates the bust
ness out promotes accuracy, by making the great body
OF archives at once of easy say instantaneous ae
The fruits of these arrangements are already manifest
In connexIon with more equal distribution Of duties
among The clerks, and the zeal and exeron
arising from promotions where opportunities have occurred
they have enabled the oe regular current
OF It's business without any augmentation of tia clerical
force, notwithstanding the its Dusnr
progressing annually which has taken place The
year ISL, when the present number of clerks was pro-
vu'ed.
The diversity of the functions Of this Office arising from
Its being the sole Office of for the department ana
therefore embracing organization the several duS
WHICH, respect to the treasury shared by ths Aud
tor Register Comptroller, and Solicitor demands mgr
relative degree of talent well unremIuing industry,
the part OF fs cerks Their exertinns the ncrc
business of the office, and prevent arrangement a
loss consequent upon any part deserve as re-
sPectfuly conceive, to be known be considered and az
preciafed.
have the honor to remain your nhadien servant,
p q. WASHINGTON, Auditor
Hon. CAVE JosSsos
Postmaster General.
JAMES RALLIES WIN. stor-, chsstn"t