The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-12-20

II is gratifying 10 find tie revenues "f
the department. nnas.T she tales ni p0slage
now established ly law, r0 rapidly in
eTeasing. The gross am"ERl 81 hostages
during Ire last fiscal year amonn'ed Io
fur million three hundred and seventy
one thousand aud seventy seven da,llars.
exceeding the annual average received fnT
Ihe nine wears Immediately preceding the
passage ri the set of Ire Ilinl &c AlaTrh,
1915. by The sum Of six Thousand four
hundred aud fifty three dullars. and ex.
reeding the annual average received fnr tie
nine yeas immediately preceding lhe pas
sage nl the act Of tie third III MaTrh, 1875.
BY the sum Of six thousand faur hundred
aud fifty three dollars. and exceeding the
amount uerilcd fer the year ending the
ihillieih Of June, ihi7. hy tie sum Of iour
hundreds and twenty i've Thousand ono
hundred and eighty fur dollars.
The expenditures for The year, exelu-
ding tho sum Of ninety fur thousand Elk
hundred and seventy Two dollars. allowed
by Congress At its last sessinn To inLi, illual
claimants. and including the SUN of one
hundred thousand five hundred dollars
paid for the services Of the line Of stea>
mers between Bremen and New York.
amounted 10 four million one hundred aud
ninety eight lhnusand eight hundred aud
foriy five dollars, which is less Than the
annual average fnr tho nine years previous
To the act Of lsi5, by three hundred thou
sand seven hundred aud forty eight dol
lars.
The mail routes, on the ihirlieth day
Of June last, were one hundred and sixiy
thee thousand two hundred and eight
miles in exient-being an increase during
the last year Of nine thousand three hun.
d'ed and ninety miles. The mails were
transported over them, during the same
time, forty one million twelve thousand
five hundred and seventy nine miles; max.
ing an increase Of transportation for the
year oltwo million one hundred and tween,
" four thousand six hundred and eighty
miles, whilst the expense was less thar
that OF the previous year by four thousan,
two hundred and Thirty five dollars.
The increase in the mail ,ransportior
within the las, three years has been fv,
million three hundred and seventy eigh
thousand three hundred and ten miles
whilst the expenses were reduced fou
hundred and fifty six thousand seven hun
dred and thirty eight dnllars-making al
increase of service at the rate Of tiGtecI
per cent, and reduction in the expense
Of more than fifteen per cent.
| During the past year there have been
employed, under contracts with the Pos
Office Department, two OCEAN steamer.
in conveying the mails monthly between
New York and Bremen. aud nne, sine,
October last. performing semi monthly
service between Charleston and Havana
and contract has bcCn made for th
transportation Of the Pacific mails across
tho lsthmus from Chagrcs 10 Panama.
Under the authority given to the Secre
tary Of the Navy. three ocean steamer
have heen contracted and sent To the Pa
cific, and are expected TO enter upon IN,
, mail service between Panama and Oregon
and the Intermediate ports, on the first q
! january next, aud fourth has been en-
gagged by HIM for the service between
Havana and Chagres: SO that regula
monthly mail line will be KEEP, up afle
that time between the United States an
our territories on the Pacific.
, Notwithstanding this great increase i
, the mail service, should the revenue cor
, time 10 increase the present year as it di
in the last, there will be received near fou
, hundred and fifty thousand dollars NOR
than the expenditures.
These considerations have satisfied Oh
, Postmaster General that. with certain mt
diiica,ions of the act Of 1915, the revenu
+, may be still further increased, and re
D duction of hostages made to unifori
q rate Of five cents. without an interference
Y with the principle, which has been con
: stanlly and properly enforced. of maxim
. that department sustain itself.
g A well digested cheap postage system
/, the best means Of ditlusing intelligence
!. among The people. and is oGso much lmpo'
5 lance in a country as extensive as that
:. the United States. that | recommend
h your favorable consideration the sugges
5 tons of the Postmaster General for its In
e provement.
v Nothing can retard the onward progress
n of our country, and prevent us from AZ
e Stunning and maintaining the frs. ran
Y among nations, but disregard OF the e'
l. pericnce of the past, and recurrence to
$. unwise public policy. We have Ju'
IN closed foreign war by an honorah
C, peace-a war rendered necessary and III
is avoidahle in vindicalion of the nations
a. rights and honor. The present condltlo
$. of the country is similar IN some respec
G. to that which existed Immediately alt
IN the close Of the war with Great br'ta
of in 1915. and the occasion is deemed to
"a proper one 10 take a retrospect OF Il
e. measures of public policy which Ioilow'
he that war. There was al that period OF o.