The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-29


cents OF this will be for and cents for
inland And in case the German States will ameli-
at preent would reduce the packet charge letters
to and from that portion Of Europe to 20 cent rate
Also BY placing our packet rates on letters brought ana
sent ny foreign government ships well as our own the
Department enabled at to countervai the dscri
minstng policy adopted BY the British post office,
whilst the authority to release the charge upon the let
tsrs conveyed by the public packets Of those govern
ments that do not subject our public packets 20 any
;uca enables US 70 M & .n;rt thu
United States.
An uniform rate of postage for newspapers and other
printed matter shoud be adopted which postage should
the whels charge from tho place Of mailing, and
to the place Of destination in the United states without
of postage and from this country is equal to cents
but woud be desirable to provide that the Postmaster
viii make corresponding reductions in the foreign news
In the nature of things this postage must be paid in
the United States; but It would eineny promote the
convenience Of all and greatly increase both
friendly and business correspondence bstween different
countries postal conventions could bs entered into
between them, establishing the following arrange
ments -
1. Optional payment The privilege of paying at the
place OF mailing In our country, the entire postage
through to the place Of delivery in the other or of
sending the letter through to the postage
> An international rate of postage that shall combine
In amount the charge for inland conveyance in the
country sending for the conveyance and for the in
land transportation in the country receiving and deli
verng the letter.
j. The mutual accountability between the govern
nsnts that would to each all the inland postage
1t was entitled to- that the other had collected, and all
the postage the letters conveyed in its packets
which had been paid in the other country
In respect to mail intercourse relations with Great
Britain 1t highly expsdient to establish transit rate
of postage The mails are despatched to and the
chief portions of her possessions this continent with
the greates expsditon by conveyance our ter
rtory and on the other hand, large portion of our
mails to and from the European nations and the East
Indies and China is transmitted the island of
England, and through channels of communication be-
halo ~skasx~ vha fvop
rate that she imposes pence equal to 10 csnts-that
is between England France Our conveyance finer
means Of conveyance as expensive. A. proper ad.
ustment Of this matter and arrangement preini
nary to any successful negotiation on this point pro-
pose uniform transit rate of 10 cents American post
all single letters between any place In the United
States and any place In the British possessions This
might also be extended to Mexico excluding the places
on the Pacific coast which provided for in previous
suggestions. ten cent transit charge is rather low
stand in very Just proportion with the uni
form postage Of S cents
Agreeaby to your instructions went to Paris, and
had with the Director General Of the French
post office, Count de Jean, and the Administrators des
foste of the bureau of Foreign NJ Du
rapgement but for the Interference ofthe British order
of the 9th of June which made 1t impossible to tx the
postage for the French and American lines at tho
amount to adjust mutual and reciprocal terms be-
tween the two countries When any portion of the
sent American steam line shall run direct to H,vre tho
legislation Of Congress will be needed to enable the Anne
rcan postage be reduced to the same amount
the French packet postage which 20 cents in case the
packet postage is to be retssed at separate amount
from the inland; and the French authorities will make
their inland charge doubt not conform to ours. The
better would be- heretofore recommended to
make one uniform rate for both countries, embracing
both the and inland postage This 1t would be com
potent for convention between the two governments
to arrange and 1t is by convention that both Eng
land and France contemplate to adjust these interna
tional matters whenever they shall conclude to take
them for that purpose There is but point with
France, upon which apprshend any disagreement
Her limit Of weight for single nequartsr of
an ounce whilst ours Is half Of an ounce In account
her and England, should have to pay to her four
hostages the ounce whilst should receive from her
be written in to tho French standard Of one
quarter Of an ounce to the single letter. and France
ounce This would be obviatsd BY each government
counting for the hostages collected for the other the
actual number Of letters More Inconvenience would re-
suit this mode, but manifest Injustice would be
avoided.
DIV and willing consideration extended at once to the
subject of international mail intercourse with Ger
many and to all suggestions for Its improvement Be-
sides the post office authorities in Bremen met there
from the post offices of Prussia Hanover
Brunswick and Hamburg, and communication from
the Director General Of the Posts Of the Prince Thurn
aud Taxis at Frankfort the Maine, brought to
by Charles Graebe, ESQ., our American consul, and
Jealous and devoted friend to American interests The
postal systems of Germany of very complicated or
ganizstion The Prince Of Thurn and Taxis, PRESIDENT
in Ratisbon in the kingdom Of Bavaria holds by au-
cent feudatory grant, at the Congress of Ven
the exclusive right Of mail conveyance In seventeen
states of tho German and most Of the
remaining States right concurrent with the separate
right Of the local government
This circumstances found after my frat visit to Brs
men, and after had had interview at Frankfort with
the Director General Of the Thurn and Taxss ports en-
barrassed my operations with difficulties somewhat Pc
cuiar The General and the local authorities
conflicting views Deeming 1t unwise to excite jeaou-
Sizes ana not having the time follow nsgotia
tons with each judged it best to rely upon the agency
Of the Of Bremen to effect the desired results
Of uniform and reduced hostages In Germany the
American mails | then adjusted with tho post office
authorities of that all needfu arrangements
lst For sending mail matter through from place In
the United states to any place in Germany and also to
several of the adjoining nations north and east Of it,
and likewise from th.I N to Plao: IN ths United ted
whole distance Id For allowing the writer to pay the
postage the place of destination in advance or leave 1t
to be paid by the receiver Of the letter delivery to
pay part of the postage either side far Bremen
leaving the residue to be pail BY the receiver dev
the several European on the ono side and
with the United states the other and counting and
paying to the United States ell postage due IT, col
looted In Germany or the countries beyond-snd ac-
counting to and paying to the several German
vsrnments and those of the countries beyond the post
age accruing to them respectively from the Ameri-
mails collected in the United States
The Port Oace authority in the Hsnseatc Republic Of
Bremen Is exercised BY committee Of Its Senate the
Duckwiz. With him my business was transacted and
arrangements made. Through him the applications
presented to the different governments reduce
the postage and establish uniform rates the Ameri
mails The irgdom of Prussia, whose hostages
ranged from cents TO L" Genus, uXe0 single
rate of IL cents including the transit through Ia
mover. The Kingdom of Hanover, whose postage was
cents agreed to make uniform charge of cents on
all American mails delivered In sent from Its terrific
ry. Tho Duchy Of Brunswick has adopted the same
rate in lieu Of Its former charge of cents and the
Kingdom of Saxony whose rates ranged rs high as 10
cents quite recently acceded to the Prussan postage
Of IL cents understood OF course to cover the coat Of
transit through the intervening territories Of Hanover,
Brunswick and Prussia
The postage charged by the Duchy OF Olvemburg 10
cents, and by the free town Of Hamburger cents.
I'm o{n~r ha ihAvoI frullv adn TAD
and single postage allowed to the extent of half an
ounce.
The arrangement of uniform rate for the country
covered by the Thurn and Tsxis posts and for Austria
has been the subject OF correspondence but has not
yet, been accomplished.
The Thurn and Taxis posts embrace the Kngdem Of
Wuremberg with the principalities Of the
principalities Of Hesse Hamburg and Messenhem Lip
ps-Detmeld, Reuss Schaumburg, Lippe rtzburgh
Rudelstadt and SchMsrtburgh the Grand