Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-14


nd H1vre Inc, $50, SOL; By Charleston an
Havana Inc 3ll.g5s The perfo mances oil
be {, llinS line are spoken Of IN terms 81 strong
ommanda'ioa. The proprietors otthe bremen
md RI vre Inc, desire increa sed remuneration
. enable them 10 perform additional trPs and
, meet the requirements oftbe sersiee by chah
M the terminus OF the ronle rom HaVre IL
latwerp. The Postmaster General allude' 10
he increasing trade with Germany, aud IN
immense number Of crgrants from that coup.
Try. "a reasons for favorably considering IN
applicalion Oang 10 the recent poi,ai con
vrntion between The United STATES and PRUSSIA
the trger plrt Of the Continental lEar"Prahl
correspondence. ahch formerly went efa bfe,
men /. nov gent ria London, Ostend' anu
AK d Chape le. An advantas ons postal ar
tangcm nj with Belgium lsantlclpat' q, frlnc'
too. proposes a postal treaty with the Cnie
States and the r-ta .lishment Of "A unlnn line oi
mail steamships direct httWcen New orN alid
Havrc. Under an arrangement with Britain.
plans have been malurcd fora regular mail ar.
rapgenent between the Utdted States and the
West Iadi,.s generally, and points on the coast
of Mexico and nohern coast Of South Anne
ric4, at which the British mail packets touch.
!
/ New Brunswick operate ndean:ageoasly, and
are to be extended to Nova Scotia.
The announcement and burdensome charac
ter of the existing acts Of Congress respecting
the al 'owancc ofaddtionAl commissions to post
masters is pointed out in letter by Mr.. Ear
reilly, the AUDITOR ho recommends repeal
Of the provision requiring The present mode oil
settlement, aud return to the old system Of
uniform rates of commission on the amount ol
hostage collected. In this accommodation
the Postmaster General concurs The Auditor
also recommends that postmaster should be
allowed a small Compensation for delivering
! from his Office to a subscrbrreach newspaper
not now chargeable with postage
Attention Is directed to large class Of con
tractors on special routes, AMI mail messengers
on whomthe reduction Of postage has operated
with great hlrJsbip.
Estimates by the auditor-embraced in TN,
report - show that he tota number ofpaid ano
unpaid letters which passed through the pos
Offices the United States during the year was
$500, 52l,of which 1 ,42l ,547 we're conveyed
by European steamers; 99,372 by Havana srca
mere 1895 .537 by California steamers. The
deal letters numbered more than 5000 000.-
The newspapers and other packages ofprntcc
matter chargeable with postage We're 877l0,
1913; exchange papers, 073, 584; newspapers
circulated free within lhe.counties v here pub
lishcd, 10000 COO
The Postmaster General renews the recon
mcndation of his predecessor in reference tc
The enlargement ofthe binding occupied by the
Department, and the increased accommodation
Of the CITY post office. He also supports re
solution laid before CONGRESS at It's last scssior
authorizing the Postmaster General to make al
increased expenditure, at his discretion to Sc
cure certainty in the transmition of mails BIZ
tween Washington and Richmond during the
winter. lie acknowledge his obligations tc
Mr. Hall, t tohe assistant Postmaster General
ard to subordinates of the war Department