New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-09

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The Postmaster General recommends that the act hN'
ing the compensation of route agents az
$1,000 he repealed and the head OF the depar'm t su
thorzed graduate their pay according 10 the ue Oh
their services The mail from Salt Lake City to Sacrs-
men,o has been given TO contractor, who binds
himself also to Keep up fort at Csrsons Valley
The Collins steamers have performed their service
during the year with perfect regularity and have always
kept spere ship ia port in OF mishap. Il has not
been possible 10 arrange for additional trips w.thtn
Bremen and Hayre lines tker owners complaining mat
the compensation is inadequate While the Colns line
gets $4,000 a tf;p the Bremen receives only SlbObb
and the Havre line only 800 for longer and more ar
Guous routes Accordingly they ask for increased pay
Az for this they show that since they began run
ming the exports from Germany TO this country nave
increased from three TO ten millions OF dollars
The mail service on the NewYork. Havana, Now Or
leans and Chagres lines has been reaanged at the re
quest Of the contractors but without any increase OF
c,rensc and now forms three lines, viz from New
York to Aspnwall from wOrleanato the same ple,e
and from New.York by Havana 10 NewOrleans. lne
Convention with Prussia went into operation IN October
last New-York and Boston the offices OF ex hanye
in the United States and Axla Chapellc In Prussia As
all the mails to and from Germany go that way, the
closed mail to Bremen via England has been stopped,
ard mails are sent to that place by the Bremen steamer
only. postal Convention with Belgium Is near compile
ton Great Britain has not yet consented 10 allow
closed mail to pas through 20 France. France has pro
posed postal treaty and also to establish union lns Oh
ment will soon go into effect with England for regular
msil between the United States and the Yves, Indies
generally and points on the coast OF Mexico AM NORTH
crn OF South America at which the British mail
packets touch To the British West Indies, the United
States single rate OF letter postage which must be pre-
raid on letters sent from, and collected on letters re-
ceved in the United States will be ten cents where the
distance from the mailing office is under two thousand
five hundred miles and twenty cents where the distance
exceeds two thousand five hundred miles To the Wrt
Indies-not Biitis-Mexico and South America, by this
chr mel the British postage of twentyour tho
single rate, also required to be prepaid must he alei
to the twenty United States rae according
to distance above closed mail s now cent from New
York 10 Honolulu, the postage 10 San Francisco being
p6paid.
Trout lie has arisen from that provision of the act OF
March, 1851, which authorizes the Postmas,erGcneral
to !ncroasetLe commissions of postmasters from 10 10
20 per cent and return TO the old plan OF uniform rates
is recommended.
The attention Of Congress ia called to the Of some
$500 and mail messengers whose conpensa
ten depends the proceeds OF their routes which the
reduction in postage has ely diminished
The whole number OF paid and unpaid letters which
have pnsscd through the Post. Offices of the Uaited
States, during the last fiscal year was 95 .9o,52l.
OF tiose passing ~ and from places IN tho Uni,ed
States exclusive Of California and Oregon thore
Unpaid. 32673765
Paid by nH35
Pad by stamps. 3sT750
FREE ..:.................... 3li50o0
E1orean steamers. ....:................. tisl5n
California steai Lt9I5s1
Number of dead letters unpad............. 26S5 900
DO. do. paid .................. HL09i
Nnoer o. sh os s7Ot9s
Number Of exchange Newspapers. 707358
hewsaper circulated free within the counties Oh o ooo
where published. estimated ..............) -'''''
Number OF letters conveyed by
Cnnsrd line Of European steamers. 2I5R0G
Coirs line do do. .............. 1862
Bremen lire do. do. .............. 3ji 40
Hayre line do. do. minimum. Gf5G7
Amoun. Of postages collected from
Collins aud CunaTd lines 40 81
OF which was collected ia the L. 3, si63,6i5 08
do. do. in Great Britain, a25,cli co
Number Of dead letters returned 10 Great BH
RIB
CT which p, $50 were paid, and 1909 unpaid.
Allcunt dne the United states the sis5n 81
Britain observation-disclosures. 1886
Amorrt due Great Bltain thereon ........ Slslj IS
Number OF dead letters returned 70 Bremen. J3Ol
Number Of dead letters received from Bremen. XXI
The enlargement OF the General Post Office budinZs
and of those for the PosOccs of Washington and Phil
adepia il necessaTy The plan Of cheap postage
ia ccndemned untiInely experiment, though the
idea ia pronounced good Thanks for assistance IN max
ing the report returned to exPostmsstegIienera
Hall the industry OF the subordnates in the department
il commended and Mr. Hubbard brings his report TO
close.
TABLE so1Eg Railroad Seriee and Coat for ke yeHsisB
lc4g. 1850, 1851 and 1862.