The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-12-25

There were. on The 3Oh Of June last, tis
ioreign matt touies, of the aggregate lrng
Of Is O7g miles, ard The annual price Of TO
jranspo iou Hereon payable hy this de
parmen', was S26l 50d beiRg an meseas
Of Ss.si4 on iho eos, Of lhe preceding yeaI
Tine increase of oar mail service for llt
Iiast iisoalyeaf, over he yeas preceding wa
about o 40 per cent, and tie increase d
The total cost was about u 40 per cen
lie number Of postmasIers appointed du
ring the yenr enong jane 20, 1850, VIZ
lG,5lS. OfIbat number, , 2,6O0 were apoiu
ted 10 FIJI vacancies occasioncd by reHena
lions; 233 to 6ll vacancies occasioned i.
Gle docesse Of the previous iucumben's
1852 on change Of the sites Of the oliiee
FOR which they we're appointed; ,44l on th
removal Of their predecessors; aud L9Is
were appointed on The establishment OF ne'
offices.
The whole number of post ollces II Tn
United States at the end OF thv' year. wa
lS,4l7. There were l,07O pos' ollices es
tublished, and 800 discontinued during lh'
year.
The gross revenue OF the Department 70
the year ending jane 80, 1850, was $685.
81 5S; the gross Expenditures OF The yea
were S5,212,S53 43, leaving an excess
the ginss revenue over the expenditures 9
S310,0lS O5. The cos. Of increased MAI
acilities for the current year will amount t.
S8,0l9,So9 80, including the foreign mails
In relation 10 reduction Of postage Ih'
Post master General says considerable re
duction Of letter postage, and 'he adopnol
Of uniform inland rate, is desired by
large portion of tho people Of the UnHe'
Smtes. | recommend that the inland leiie
postage be reduced to three cents, the SIN
gle letter, when pre~paid, and be fixed
Ithe inform fale of five cents when not pre-
paid; and also, that the Postmaster Genera
be required to reduce this prepaid rate t
Two cents lhe 81 gle letter, whenoveti it shhl
be ascertaned that the revenue OF the De
partment, after the reductions now RECON-
Imended, shall have exceeded us eXp"ndi
lures by mUfc than Ave per cent. for two COO
Isecuive fiscal years.
also recommend that twenty cents lh'
single letter be charged on all cortesPon
dence TO and from the Pacific coast, SoulI
America, the Eastern Continent and lis Isl
ands, and The points beyond either; and lei
cents the single letter on all other sea-golni
letters without The suPcraddtion Of lnlan'
postage, in any case, excepting, h0weVer,hI
cases where such sea postages hayalAeen
shall be adjusted at different raies,bg posta
treaty alleady concluded or hereafter to b
made.
/ also recommend that the provision wbicl
impo. es an additional half cent postage upoI
newspapers, sent more than one hundret
miles and uat Of tie State where they arr
mailed, lie repealed, SO rs 10 leave the UNI
ilurln inland postage on newspapers, sent 7
Subscribers, from the office at publication, n
one Ceut each.
The postage upon pamphlets, periodicals.
and other printed matter, except newspapers
may be slnpiied aid somewhat reduced
wllh advantage 10 the department, IW'
cents for the pamphlet or periodical OF 'h'
weight of Two ounces or less, and one cen
for every additional ounce or ifaclon oil al
ounce IS recommended as the inland rate
upon all pamphlets, periodicals, and olhcI
6rinled matter, inste8d Of the present rate o
two and a half cents for the hrs OUNCE, ant
one cen, for every Qddl'ionul ounce or lTac'ioi
Of an ounce.
The reductions ia postage now recon
mendea VIII, il carried Out, Teance the rev
onues of he Department, for ine h'st 'href
or tour yeats A, lie end OF tha' pollod
the revenues Of the Department, under NE
reduced ,ariti of poslageF, will Wohably agoil
canal Is expenditures. 10 meet the def
clency wh,ch must follow this reduction, th'
surplus revenues ni.eady accumlIated ina,
be fist applied, and after these shall have
been exhausted, an appropriation from 'h'
Treasury will be Eednded, unless C"hg'eS
shall deem it cApcdient 10 abolish tlle oXis'
ing privileges ol sending and RECEIVING lre'
matter through the mails.
The continuance Of The flanklng prlv.leg
Ia privilege which mCy be properly cons'd
erred as the privilege oi the constituent raui
or than the eprescnaliye--may he d'c'a'e'
hy an enlightened public policy ana require
tby he public Interests; and the came ma.
be said Of the privilege POSSESSED by news
paper proprieors Of send ny and receylni
exchungo newspapers free of poslago' By
lit these privileges are continued, y IS re
spectiully submitted ,hat this Deparmen
should be paid for the coaseJance OF th
matter senl Tree uuder them, by an appfo
pria,ioa from the public Iredsafy, ra'he
than by tax on lhe private correspondence
! OF The c0nntfy.
! ANY reduction Of postage IS llSeiy 10 10
croaea The labor, aud reduce Tor time
least, the compensation Of The several post
masters. II is lhoreiore recommended ina
ipower be given 10 lhe Postmaster General t
increase lhe rates OF commission at The snaI
ler Offices, so as TO insure the services Q
compe,e lent and faithful officers.
Several other suggestions aTe made, oi al
unimpurtant chafaeler.
The city post office in Washington IS say
to be too small and inconvenent A fesle'
Of he pust Office laws is recommended, an'
the locks and keys now used on the mails I
be changed.
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