The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-05

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the EAscaiiss ~ certain resolaiirus g! Ne
House q Representatives al the Leaf 'sss,er ~
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h.s~s IA esch Ltaurh 81 the sctt ,cg. aud the.t
iferc'i insJ te rSrcricj Al an early dag.
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81 lau kplhatl .ire ofnccis 81 to ARM snd
navy 10 he retired from tbc frtsi,c. whsa Iu.
comrc;en, ier w. ,troreu arl active da'i,,
taxing safe g. make suis abc pra,tttln - tHus"
~ha have fnuhfa'iy scr.cd their crlU tn and
awarding disi,ncAoHs. ty retaining 30 arr-'-
PIRATE commands tht.Ee Who haSa bgtn tst tCH.
isrty corsPlsnaup irr galautTy atd good con
dsct While the ohliesiieu 81 the ,ouitry l.
msirt'in ard honoi tA.sc w.p. g. iae u, .p-iou
Il other aTsuits, have devoted thom.c',.' 60
tts Atdu0us Fct' th.. r'' -r.t BE- 20. ulu aut
he rcrritici 10 interfere wl.A the ehe ,1oy Ct
thc service rsSiE
isn rra,ll.l ia l...a- a. to,tatc that the
estimates Il tsIrqDtl. e. i,, fhe o.ss .a tie
ensuing year are itss, ~ oHt 3" .i.oa g.. dollar.
than those ii a rroscrt. cko, sing ,ue az.
preparation winch aaS hes. iac utct' .t'} .oi
the construction al doeh u the taa.t W ,lr
Pacifr, propositions 'nr which arc rev utir.
( cors!Gcfcd and ~ vii h special ic'ofl In.,
.
Thrrc san csitrut .stp,'s ~ t'c .u~e,-:i" a
e the rr the rtrcu. thar appropriation, - lHt
tatal ',tN.c~ fruy,r tA1uII hr t'I .fF',d ..,l.
iA..c 3 dNci auJ permanent % I,tls, .u,a rt
luilainc Il ,k- aud uaty ,atds 1un the tSt,s IS
/ attached aul from thc CNtrAuraiuary niD.p. -
under the cstc of the ptt atiincnt watch, now
ever important, are OF 60 cIt.aliy fnNa'
\ revision ut tie code for the govern iacnt "i
the navy seems 10 require thc immediate con.
.ideration of C,urro,s. l;s system of crimes
AMI runi,hmcut, Lad undergone 10 rlsrEc I, Z
half a century, uut,l the last session tauu p
IT. defect, have lcen often and ably luiutc !
cut ard the abolition Of a particular Il c'irs ui
coroor.i runi.tmcht, which thea t,ok place,
without pre,i ding any sub,titu,s, has lett the
service IN state az def, civcne's, which calls
for prompt correction. therefore recommend
that the whole subject be revised without delay,
and such a system established for the enforce
mcut of discipline ~ hail be u, once humane
and cr,c;un
The accompanying rcrot; of the Postmaster
Gcnsral. presents satisfactory view OF the op.
GRAFTON. nul condition of that department
At the clos, of the last fiscal year, the length
Of the iniard maIi routes IA the tuitod
states luut embracing the service in Oregon
and California was one hundred ahj scteLty-
eight thousand siN hundred and seventy two
miles the annual transportation thereon forty
TX millions i've bundled aud forty ono thou
sand four hundred ana tseuty.thrce miles
and the annual COSY OF s"ch transportation TWO
mli''ohs seven huhdt'd ana t"ohty-tour thou
sand Tour hundred ava t"ehtS-SN d"iiar'.
The Increase OF the annual transportation
over that OF the preceding ye7r, was three mil
lions nine Hundred and ninety seven thousand
three hrnt'cd aud h'y-iour miles, and the in
crease IN cost wac three hundred and forty two
thou'ond four hundred and forty dollars.
Tie number OF oct Offices IN the United
State. on tie hrst day OF July last, was eigh-
teen thousand four hundred and scven'ecn-
being al increase Vi sixteen hundred sHi suy-
cHtv during the rcceding year.
The gross revenues or the department fOi
the fiscal year ending June 3Oth. 1850, amount.
ed to five millions five hundred and htty-twc
Thousand nine hundred and scrCnty-une dollars
aud forty eight cents including the annual APP
preparation ~ two hundred thousand dollars
for the frankcd matter Ut the dcpnr tnentS. lu 4
excluding the foreign hostages collected for
and payable ~ the British Government.
The expenditures for the same period were
five millions two hundred and twelve thousand
nine hundred and fty-three dollars and forty
three cants--leaving balance OF revenue over
expenditures of three hundred and forty thou
sand and eighteen dollars md five cents.
] am happy to find that the fiscal condition
OF the Department is such as to justify the
Postmaster General in Recommending the re-
duction of our inland letter postage to three
cents the single letter when prepaid, and five
cents when not prepaid. lie also recommend,
that the PREPAID rate shall he reduced to two
! cents whenever the enues o.. the Dcrart-