The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-11

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Ian gaiife1 10 beiag AZ - $40
thar The eslimsies o. r1p~ndluFs Ia al
nsFy IL the ens.sng yeaF sFs less. b,
more than one miilion Il dol.srs. thar
tso<r q The prrsen,. excerlina the ~
preparation which mar t~cone neerssar,
Tor shs conssruciioa q . dock on an
coast q tho Pael6c. propositions 60
which are n0w being considered. and q
Which special rrpOn may Be exprciel
early 70 your pr-sruf session.
There is an evident jasness IN lh'
soev~ssion 81 the sane rrpers. that ap
prVpns,ips.s 81 The naFal service propel
should r. separaled from III Sc Cor frrs
AID psrmanvni objects. such as building
docks and navy ,ards. and The. fixture
aIiarhrd; aud Iram the extraordinary Oh
jecls under the care Of he Drpsnmep
WHICH. however important. are no, e.
srnllally naval.
A rrsislsa of the code for The govern,
meni II The navy seems 10 require The
immr late consideration of Congress-
lie system az crimes and. punishment,
are anderg. ne no ehsreefar half a cen,
fury. until the las; session. though is de-.
fecIs have brtn often and ably pointed
out. and the abolition Of particular spe.
eies Of c srporal punishment. which then
took place. without providing any subsli.
iuie. has lrfi the service in The state Of
Effectiveness. which calls f,r prompt
correction. | therefore recommended
that The whole subject be revised with
out delay. and such a system established
for the enforcement. Of discipline. as shall
be at once humane and rfeclusI. =
The accompanying report Of The P, st.
master General, presents satisfactory
view Of The operations and condition u
that Department.
Al the close Of the last fiscal year. the
leegth Of the inland mail routes 10 The
United States mot embracing the service
in Oregon and California; was one hun
bred add seventy-e,ght thousand srhun-
dred and ssvenIy-iwo miles !; The annual
transportation thereon iony-six million
Eve hundred and fnriy-one shonsand four
hundred and ,weniy-lhree miles; and III,
annual cost Of such transportation two
millions seven hundred and twenty. -four
thousand four hundred and twenty six
dollars.
The increase Of the annual ,ranspona.
ton over ihs, Of the preceding year,
was three millions nine hundred and
thousand three hundred
and ffty-four miirs. snd the increase in
cost was three hundred and foriy-,wo
thousand four hundred ans forty dol.
lars.
The number Of post Offices in the
United States, on the 6rst day OF July
last. was eighteen thousand fur huh
dfed and scven,een--being an increase
Of sixteen hundred and seventy during
the preceding year.
The gross revenues of The Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June
30lh, 1850. amounted to Eve millions Eve
hundred and 6hy-two thousand nine
hundred and seventy>one dollars and
forty eight cents, including the annual
appropriation OF two hundred thousand
dollars for the ranked matter of the de-
partments, and excluding the foreign
hostages collected for and payable to the
British Government.
The expenditures for the same period
were Ave millions two hundred and
twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty.
three dollars and forly.,hrce cents lea
wing balance Of revenue ovcrrxpendi>
lures ofthree hundred and forty thousand
and eighteen dollars and Eve cents.
| am happy 70 find that ths fiscal con-
dilion Of the Department is such as to
Justify the Postmaster General in t.
commenting the reduction Of our inland
letter postage 10 three cents when no,
prepaid. He also recommends tina, the
prepaid rate shall be reduced to ,wc
cents whenever the revenues OF the De-
partment, after the reduction, shall ex.
coed its expenditures by more than FIVE
per cent. for two consecutive years; thai
the postage npon California and other
letters sent by onr ocean steamer shall
be mnch reduced; and that the rates o.
postage on newspapers, pamphlets. peri.
odicals, and other printed matter shall
be modified, AMI some reduction thereon
made.
Il cannot be doubted that the proposed
reductions will, for the present. Diminish
the revenues Of the Department. II j.
believed that the deficiency, after thu
surplus already accumulated shall b.
exhausted, may be almos, Wholly met
either by abolishing the existing priv.
leges Of sending free mat.ef through th,
mails, or by paying out Of The Treasur,
to the Post Office Department a sun
equivalent to the postage Of which il j.
deprived BY such privileges. The las
is supposed TO be the preferable mode
and will. If not entirely, so nearly supply
that deficiency as to make any turtle
appropriation that may be found necessa
~ so inconsiderable as to form no %
s,acle to the proposed reductions.
| entertain no doubt Of the authority
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