The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-01-16

for rosf Office scheme for the whole coun-
try, which he carried into successful opera
ton, and for which he obtained indemnly ly
from the English Government when il was
superseded by the Statute Of Anne, in ITO.
The illustrious name Of Franklin first ap
pears in connection with the service of the
American post Office, in 1887. He was
then appointed postmaster Of Philadelphia,
and was.commssioned as one OF the two
deputy postmaster generals Of British North
America, in 1853. The length Of the pos,
roads in the thirteen Colonies was then
1882 miles-Norlh Carolina having the
most, New Hampshire the least, and New
York 6fty-seven miles. After improving
and enlarging the service, and returning TO
the British Crown, as he says, three times as
much clear revenue as the Post Office OF
Ireland, he was dismissed as deputy post
master General, "by freak Of Minister'S"
in l774. But in the next year, July 26,
IT'S, he was elected Post Master General
of The United Colonies by the unanimous
vote Of the Continental Congress.
An advance Of fifteen years brings us 10
1890, the official documents of which exhi-
bit, through some meager details, the exten,
Of the post Office operations Of The first
year Of the present Government of the Uni.
ted States. The whole mail service was
comprised in iwelve contracts, and consist
ed Of line of posts #, m Wiscassei to Sa-
v.nnah, with branches 10 Providence and
Newport, to Norwich and New London, TO
Middetown, to Pitsburg, TO Dover and
EasIon, TO Annapolis, and TO Norfolk and
Richmond; upon no portion Of which was
the mail sent oftener than trweekly, and on
much of il but once in two weeks. Be-
tween Philadelphia aud Pitisburg, "com-
plete tour' was performed once in twenty
days. The annual cost Of the whole ser
vice was $32, ,702 OF. The number Of post
Offices was seventy five, and the length Of
post routes was 1875 miles.
If with this service Of the first year we
compare that of the fifiy-eigh;h year Of the
Government, we shall find the growth ofihis
institution in the United States, in the num-
Der of its offices, the length of IFS routes,
and the frequency Of its mails, unequaled
in rapdity and extent by any other nation
since the beginning of time.
We have So, l59 post Offices, whilst those
Of France in lS47 were 1862, and Of Grea,
Britain, including 5000 receiving houses,
4,765. We have l62,20s miles Of post
roads, and 4l,0l2, $40 miles OF annual trans
por,a,ion Of the mail inland. What The en-
tent Of the transportation is in FaaDce or
Great Britain, there are no statistics at hand
10 shnw--much less than ours undoubtedly.
Dul the circulation in the French Mails was
about lis millions of letters in lS47, and in
The British about 800 millions, whlls, ours
was less than go millions; where's our pop
ulaiion is but about 43 per cent less than
tthat of France, and 26 less than that of Grea,
Britain. This shows that we make greater
Provision Of mails per capita, but that they
are less used by the publ C in proportion 10
the population than in England or France.
The greater equality Of our service in favor
# the. dispersed and remote population, and
the greater absorption in tho French and En-
glish mails of the city and town letters 60
ing from street TO street with little compare
live loss of accommodation on our part, are
morcthan sufficient toaccounifor thcsmall diff
crcnce in favor OF France, whose T rs let
tiers alone nun Der millions annually
| Not so with Great Britain. For The dffet-
1eTence in her favor we must look 10 other
chuses; and we find them in the higher rates
Of our postage and the defective machinery
in our system; both Of which in,crpose
checks to an universal resort 10 mails. A
change in thotmode of business at The utii-
ces that will give u.ore regularity to the
mails, more certainty To the accounts, and
. more exactness 10 all the details OF the ser
vice, and the liberalzing of the system by
reducing the charge OF transport, will pro-
ducc invariably larger use of the post Of
flee by the people, and resuk in vast i'm
movement TO all the business and social in
4 ieresis on the country. Hobbies Report.
The Car of Russia has written compli-
nentary letters 70 Jallachich and Windis-
cl,qraetz, and from them il very clearly ap'
oears that he is the author ofthe ats move.
menls in Germany, 10 suppress the Cons.il,
uent Assemblies of Prussia and Austr, which
Ihad been organized. He perceves that ~
establishment of liberal institutions in lie r
many will necessarily unsettle his au'ocratle
Government, ,and he therefore exerts the un-
limited power which he holds TO crush III
embryo popular government. On The two
( onee rails he las conferred the highest dis
1tinti Sps of his empire, Tor their services in
this work, who know fulf' Nell Their efforts
will be suppored,not merely by the influence
Of these personal distinctions, but BY all his
means Of money and of men, and i is frosf
him doubtless that they have derived tho
4 strength which triumphs in Germany. The