The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-10
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esery lhing <onaryted wisAtke Rssi OTkee saAlrs ! he exposition given of the hkw lasr is ap0n ts,e whsi, sthln aiy gfsiiying sa tie ictds asId sivo- cate, st slesP Ics,asr. h.Irssss tha' aa'iss ihc public nIails were ifNnsspsted over aN axxsexste distanee ef 3s.se7,S99 MislesssAr - exfenss of Ss ,saa. The aaE aa ke roag~u on thai day was lsSse etS ~ thnf day e13a The revesass og tha 1S8sfy ht during the last ls- gal yeAF ticludink thN tRt Appsoffisled Eo pay ihe soresnussst Pos,sgs.r hagImx isereaeaa nSbxH lhaa ts Pes cent, mpon thN revenues cf The last preceding year, aAaaa,cd 10 S3,stSsa Ths rn- pen0stnres icg utr same tiiNe were @4979 S90-ha- ing only $33s7T more ,6Aa the svveanas Ths estlmaias oi Teteaass end Expenditures of the ae- raftmfH, Tor the present. hsSaI year. ssgws ftt s'aesaole le excess oG aseaas ever expenditures af
 The number of nail cen,sae,ars ia tae s.vyiee .,a. r'hg tbr last year. was s6 of route ngeufe iAeal agents, mAil messengers connected with she nsaii seTx,cs oH railroads and sseamhoasa. ase lek
 ne number ot pos; offices in the Unit A Stplea on the Ist ot Jaly last was t3, ta6 shoWfAa as h. crease since the lst of Jsiy, lsas, q eaa.~~Ehe 2St diseonliaaed.
 The changes of peslma.,sss, during the year wsrs s4S0 Frctn the bsst gsslmassswhlch raa be made. the number of IefseTs and papeFs passiax thT0nRk 'ae U maii dasEg the last year. may b. ssassa as follows:
 Paid 'ad anPari ,iass saies of cents scisssso. e Ship and sssaasbaat letters foswardei ! ia the mais fTpm fnrrign counties. two cents aided to the regular post age..,....4 ,.s..,.... .,..s.. e50 n9B Dropped letters .. !. s7ss ss.,... s6s .S5B Printed circular ist,ers. ........... s!U9s.sot ] -~-~aus----s E7.iTSAso l The free letters sent hy petsonx entitled to the
 rankiag privilege, and those sent free to the army cannot be asserted with sny degree ot aeeasaey,l hui t is believed would not faai shost of A.900.- ] e09.
 The newspapers psssirg through the mails anna. ally estimated at s aao 0aa; pamphiets nad magazines at 2so.eo9. The aamber of tssasieuk newspapsrs. paYIng cents each, cannot be aaeet.
 ained with any accuracy, ss the postage a retnraad with ihat on itteTs passag through offices, snd turned 10 the department. nearly saa ee nstsrs tAiaed, unmSer annually about i.6a0 0oa, whieh calcultted al an intermediate point between the two 1 rs.es Of postage would make an annual toss 10 th4 [ department af Sia5.es1. The newspapers, eirca-s l lars. advatisemeais aad other printed sheets seat
 o the offices and not taken out returned to the department. wf not probably faR short of the naia- l bes of dead letters returned.
 1 The great labor required of pDssmsstcfs, ia the reception aud distribution os letters and aasspapess, | n addition to the reasons before assigned, weuid make il jrst and proper fhat the f,fmer node q 1 computing tI,eir commissions ahonid he restored
 The probable increase of receipts as psstage. da- ring the present year is estimated a' 6p~s cent Q I7 EftS3lt i Ofiire law are tsc rmmended
 lst. The prevention of priyste. expresses. e-a- 1 Prohibit senhing mail routes sealed letters iM relation ts the gs.' 3A. Single issteEa tn weigh quarter third of an in-fesd Of half. fex- i cert when written on single shevt sf paper, and prepaid double postage to be seqnsr~d whea not l prepaid. 4ih, Portage ea newspapers be ehargpd l according 10 weight. ' s 1 5th The payment of pcsta . or double paaiags, all letters passing through the mais sos aeyery Unit designed for foreign countries net having postal arrangements with the United Ststes. aAd on ah | printed matter.
 l 6ih. The abolition modification of the ftankin9 privilege as to cover only official correspondenes, for which payment has been made 10 tho depaft- neni bv the twelfth section ofthe act of tsss. es l These notifications viii probably produce Anns. sily large surplus 10 be devoted 10 the exieaeian of the mail service. Of the IS. ItG post ma.terstn the United States. whese accounts have fs beFen- dered and settled qnsrteFy these were oniE laehes Iinqueh in making ffef Telfrs as Inc eleaa ef thv last year. and most of these cases arose from an iaA- bisy to supply some of the offices wifh mails for fhe transportation of which eeuiFaeis eoulh not hs 1 obtained on the new routes.
 ia eihsr cases postmasers had iust eriersd t,,,nn the duties of their otiiees while some oT the offices I were vacant from inability iO procure pefsoaa to disehsTgr the duties.
 The IeiuFns ot dead letters are believed to exceed ! t0o ,00e each quarter
 1 In the year ending the sGth of Juae isI1, thers sent out i,om the hepa'f nent 23sa dead les. 1 trr', containing $n.s29. 0f this number 2,Hea were received by fhe ownsrs. eoataining Si6.i6p; and 3Ie were returned to the deparsmsnt eonfain. ing Si ,6S3 @. of which S254 was wosihirss.
 In the year ending the Slth Jaa-. lst7, there were sent out 2,Ts2 dead letters, containing Sxl,. 0j5. of these. 2.365 delivered to the ewaees eoptsining $jS.iI1; md sl7 returBsd, consaaning $i,5so 93 Of this sum sl i7 was wsrthlsss During the two years, $2 9it 5e were added, from this source. to the funds sf tho department eines the reorganization of the departmsBtin sss6 tsr- has been added to its funds from the dead letter ef fee, the sum of $l0;529 2S.
 ! The report here enters upon \ Et terneHt of the difficulty with ronroad and steamhcat eempaf les In rlsion tc their compensation for carrying the mail oi tae route from Washington 10 Richmoni, ths report @ys: s4-.
 The compensation offered for stcamboai service from tl,;s 'o Aauin errek is al much higher rate thn Is pad upon sny other siesnbost route in thA t s. except the sea route brtween Charle~ion and
 Wilmington which Is paid at the same rste efEsTsa ti'is company. From Louisville to CiBcianafi, 70
 miles, the service Is rcnerra daily in sieansbeals at S3,see frea New York to Troy, ISo miles daily in siearsbeass, during the season of nasisssss.
 tsl"ut niue moBthsl for the sf SIS, ,15B, from New York to Steningtoa t5 miles, the mail is
 tskea daay n steambosts Tor inc sum ef 5000
 -asd 90 on other rontes whilst this route ef 5s
 miles iong. they demand &i9,7s1. and the rsii
 road Sl9.500 Arrangements have been since cssn-
 pleed for ts" transpersaiicn cs he Great Saashesn
 nai from Baltimore down the bay, and thcaeh tho
 serxiec may not be % good as that over the raTs
 roAd yet there wl be no serious inconsenisnce ex-
 Perienced except ia Virginia, this route, whsra
 will be imposs hle to give the same expedition to the mails by sny other convesance To ebyiase tais dheaiy ss far practicable. oisrsd the eesn-
 pany one hundred dollars per mile for taking ths
 local 1ratsf RichmoDd, which ts the h ghea pfies aeorizea by the ac; of Is5S to be pd io sai se ds T for seogd class service. For taking ss eeai ns, no higher classification of that aBy other Feass could be iuae. 'rkis oiisf was iikswisa fs-
 fused, and the local mail viii be hssesftcr sent by stags from uis to Riehmond; end thiz seryies. and shs transportation of the great msA down the4 hay, xiii eontiaue until the lsi of July, iss1. nsiees Congress shall otherwise order.
 4 The report concludes by invoking the ssienasn