The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-02
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VA a sarlN, Nov. 80, 1850 y
Diplomatic Anent,ou. { nm Pr,sidewt- Cuba Err
ctfe,uert, AVID Amsr"ae L,teyests-Post Office
Economy, &C.
Yesterday there was q yrali gala at the White
House. The foreign m,ris,efs, e~ grand tewu, with
their wives and fauIl,t =. wsr-d on Mr. and Mrs.
Fillmore, and were ksoiy Icc-ived by the CHIEF
Executive, the lady Pr,si,ut, and the Secretary OF
State, Mr.. Daniel Wthster The corps diploma
tiYue were 80 happy sud dI,crret as 10 seiec' the
time when the Prrsid-Gr Gas most occupied,
which is another prot {" fheir sagacny ana
diplomatic tact. Prht,s 'h"Y did not know that
An American Presiden' '- Imposed TO write ais
own papers, or NJ iea- 20 give them his
attention Any time after m opening of Congress
would have been our, agreeable to Mr. Fill
more but European etiquette prevailed in this
land of unceasing busrrss
There is great talk ~ few people here in
Washington about Cub, and another expedition
which is to come of, w,ni and weather permitting,
within the next thirty day rhe government has
had its eye on all the suymt rous men but as yet
no direct and tangih' ,ni ofuation has been fur
nished II that might haVr ruaoled II to make ar
rests.
The position of tha l-iard-lts importance to the
commerce OF the world, Hnu - the United States
especially, render It nonr II contention to all
some pretext or othef. ~ hIcn Mr.. Webster will
dissolve into thin air. iavs oerian claims to il
arising chiefly from claiUs ~ private nature OF
her citizens against The government OF Spain. i
should not wonder # Lord IA merston, who is ia
nous for finding mares ness, and for picking
QUarrels in advance OF al tlii cuities had taken
fancy 10 the island such hing would never be
tolerated by the people o' trs country, by its
pr, sent administration Cuua must either remain
as che is, or become y,d 10 the United States,
where her resources WI give fresh impetus to
nd,
the equilibrium OF Sla,ts, disturbed by our vast
acquisitions on the Pac,tc cannot but think that
the Southern ultres viii he convinced that the
acquisition of Cuba is pnsslh. only by the United
States, and that sny anen.h 10 take possession of
the island and keep II, AGAINST he jealousies and
adverse interests Of European powers, would be
worse than useless, and "r+positrous.
] have already stated thtT h Postmaster General
proposes TO establish Uniform rate of postage of
three cents on sll prepaid letters, and of five
cents on all letters not prepaid. II is estimated
that this would cause falling off in the revenue
from letter postage of about twenty per cent, and
occasion deficit in The Post Office revenue OF
about million Of dollars II is, however, pro-
posed that the law should authorize the Post
master General TO further reduce the three cent
rate to two cents il that DecIt, plus five per cent,
should be made up in the course Of two years by
increased core spondencr ano consequent revenue.
The present reducuUn has worked admirably,
and up TO this moment dollar of the annual
appropriation OF $500 gft, Tor FRYING the govern
ment letters and PARCELS, has been touched
by the Department Ga the contrary, the
revenue of the Department has steadily in
creased, and DOS rxcrtds its expenditures.
The surplus The Expenditures for the
current year are $40 GOO, ai-r deducting the sum
paid TO England, under postal treaty, for carry
ing letters across the Ii the appropriation
OF 80, 900 be ADDED 10 tnis sum, the excess of
revenue over the expenditures is $40, 900, a
pretty large sum for -Ncr>-ive and wide spre ad
department The whole sur lac, with the accumu-
laiiou OF the annual appfnpu ,Iion since lS4S ex-
ceeds 81, 100, 600, aud ~ estimated TO reach the fig
ure 81, 10000 on III hr-i Of July next, when il Il
proposed the new law shall 90 into effect
wish.the de'egaupr r., m South Carolina would
toOk into the details of m post office department
IN order TO coDyincr Them. Ives that all taxes dc
really not work equally tor the North and South;
for the postal fseryice l. reilly paid for BY the
Northern STATES hlId sh- increase of Northern
correspondence ia acinaliy The means of making
Southern Correspondent. rhsAp. +.