Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-12-27

TO Liverpool, under the contract with
the Navy Department, but il is expect.
ed soon TO be done.
Since the last session of Congress,
the postal treaty with Great Britain has
been carried into full operation, by reg.
ulat ons settled in pursuance of the
trea. by this Department, and the
Postoffice Department of that country;
which regulations have been promulga-
ted. The leading feature Of that ar
rangement is, that letters on which the
postage is wholly prepaid, or on which
none is paid, pass through the mails be-
tween the two countries, and are des-
patched and delivered in the same man
ner as if those countries were one; and
an account is kept in each Of the pos,
tage collected for the other, which is
periodically settled. The effect Of this
is that while the sea service is almost
entirely performed by the British
steamships, the sea hostages belonging
to them makes the balance in account.
ing largely agains, US. The operation
of this is no injury, as we as we actu
ally receive all we pay; but it is stated
in order to explain that now all this
postage goes into the account Of postage
received in this Department, and to
swell its apparent amount when it is
subject alwayst to TO the annual reduc-
ton of this balance payable TO Great
Britain. Whenever our mail steam.
ships shall perform service between
New York and Liverpool, which is
soon expected, it will tend 10 correc,
this balance.
The efforts to extend this arrange.
ment through England to France have
not been successful.
MAIL SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA.
BY the third section of the act Of
Congress, entitled ian, act TO establish
certain post routes, approved August
ID, ls4S." the Postmaster General was
authorized 10 appoint postmasters al,
places on the Pacific in California, and
TO appoint agents for making arrange
ments for the establishment of postoffi-
ces and conveyance of mails in Calfor-
mia and Oregon. Under this act, as
early as November, ls4s, postmaster
was appointed for San Francisco, and
agents were appointed and sen, on that
business. That postmaster entered on
his duties, and, for time, attempted
their discharge; bu, finding, as he writes
no sufficient income from postage to
pay the expense of room and assistance,
or even for his support, he resigned.
No report from those agents have ever
been received. In April last, another
agent was sent, who Immediately de
parted, and entered upon his duties; and
also another postmaster for San Fran.
cisco, who has also arrived there: aud
from information received from them
and others, there is good reason to be-
lieve that all reasonable exer.ions are
being made to give TO the people there
all the mail facilities the limited means,
legally applicable, will afford.
The laws regulating the pos,0ffice
duties and service are, in many res,
poets, ill adapted 10 the circumstances
and condition of that country. Many
letters have been sent there for persons
passing the overland route, and if the
same were to be treated as dead let.
tdrs at the end of the second quarter
after their arrival they would be sent
back before these persons would arrive
there. Indeed. the sending as dead let
tiers. TO the Department here, those let
tiers mailed from one office TO another
in California, would be worse thar
useless. No sufficient pecuniary means
are at the command of the Department
fer this service. The price of labor, o
personal service, and the rent required
for Office room, are such that no allow
ance now authorized by law can secur,
postoffice in California. Nor cal
the mails be transported within tn,
country for any compensation which
the postage received there will furnish
No sufficient returns have been received
/, by which to determine the expense OF wha
has already been done. but il fully appear
: that provisions must he made much beyon
8 the yield Of the postage there, TO meet tn
e cost of even a very limited supplY Of ma