The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-08


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ls4s. isis 1850. 1851. 1882.
sssrbT 4ss6soo 4OeaHs 4losssixs, 4sLss, e.s5s4os
,: cost. ssssCs sTssso sslass ssA sss ssassls
Railroad 4sg74os Assl.l7 s.5s45ss s5ss7G n.oss7ss
service
~ u sDsn s5stlsa sss7o ssssH ssOs9 81 1851 $50
Total ss4s I'll s9i4 800 81 1872 ITO 81 4s9 81 ss1
By the third section Of the oct approved August 81
1862 making approximation for the Of this dpar
ment II provided that the salaries OF all agents
be Increase to 81 600 per snnum.
The effect of this provision is TO give the oompen
saon to each onsof these agents without rersoce 10
the amount OF service rendered by them respectively
and takes from the Postmaster General the OF
adjusting their pay according to the labor ana RESPONSE
bity Of the SCI vice performed by them L. Operates
unequsliy and With the present. OF railroad
vice has " creased the cost Of transporting the mails
than $50 600 respectfully recommend tbs repes
of this provision and, that the Postmaster General be
authorized to graduate these salaries according to the
service performed
The contractor ON the route from Salt Lake City to
Sacramept~, In California having performed eff
cent service on that route this department has catered
into arrangement with another who binds
himself not only 10 perform tbs services originally
qured but also to establish and maintain fortified post
station Corson's Valley which will it is expected
ipcrsse the security OF the mails and afford protection
to tho numerous emigrant trains their journey to
California
Since the last annual report from this Department the
Collins line of steamers has continued its bs.
then existing IL which weekly trips in American
we're secured b tween the two countries
The ships of this line have their early repu-
tatitn led speed and worthiness Chr de-
psruTes have been pupctual and they have psrr aad
their voysges with great regularity The company Ms,
kept spare ship in port ready to place any which
might be temporarily d,abled or withdrawn 1or repairs
and las in Other respects manifested disposition to
perform the service in creditable manner.
by the act of August 3ist, 1862 this department was
authorized TO msk~ an arrangement with the 0oean
Steam Navigation Company for additional trip the
Hsvre line and one additional trip on the BreUen Inns
until the expiration Of their existing contract, and
also in its decreton to negotiate for the snge of the
Havre line from Havre to Antwerp Owing, IL sisted
by the proprieors Of these lines to the inadequssy
srion eived for their they
unwilling TO extend II either by increasing the number
Of their trips adding to the length Of taeir voyages
They complain that while the Collins line recsives 900
trip the Bavre line receives only Sl2 500 and the Bre
line only SIC 666 for service In the latter c.s more
srdnous In its nature and longer They ak
that such renuneratoa may bs given them will jus
m their increasing the number Of their ships and thus
enable them not only to meet the requirements of
service by changing the terminus Of their route troa
Havrs to Antwerp but also to perform such additional
tps ns may be desired
al nducenent for this increase Of psy they show
that In addition to their having performed their mail
services efficiently could be- expec ted with he lin
tied means allowed them the exports from Germany
this country have increased since they commenced
ming from 100000 to 10000 COO dollars, that the
Der emigrans is increasing and the gross which
they at present bring to this country amounts to
SIS 00C 0J0 annually
1t was for this object for the Of extending our
intercourse and increasing mercantile relations With
Germany that this line was established The results
have equalled the expectations Of its friends aud it
remains for Congress to decide whether the necessary
aid eha be ext nded ans the object realized or whether
we shall abandon &c the English the profits Of in
creasjDg trace With the advantages that flow from it
Semi monthly service last reported from this
department continued between New York aud Cell
crHia aud Oregon until July last when under
of provision contained In the Naval Appropriation Act
Of arch 1851. the running Of the all steamers
the New York Havana New Orleans and Chsgres lines,
~ m fnrd Aoep ~
the mails. to and from the Pacific.
This service is nos divided into three distinct lines
DO, direct and from New York by Havana to New Or
leans This change made With the assent Of the
tsry Of the Navy the application Of the contractors
and with the ding that the not
responsible for any additional pense involved In it.
Ihe former cement may be restored 1T the desire
Of either party months notice
The convention between this department and the post
office depar ment of Prussia which at the date Of the last
annual report Of the Postmaster General remained
secuted hss Lncs been concluded and went into operation
in October last This ventiou provides tor closed
mail TO be despatched in each direction between the Uni
na ana S rS via
exchange the part of the United States and Ak la
Cd spse is the corresponding Office of exchange the
part q Prussia.
BY this convention uniform postage rate OF thirty
ents payment OF which is optional in either country
established all letters exceeding half ounce
n weight between the two countries six cents Is the
ate established for each newspaper to be prepaid Tnis
convention also provides for the transmission of mss
countries beyond and has induced this dep art
nent 10 6i continue the clos cd mail Bremen til
naied hat the countries including the German Austrian
Pos tai Union which thus brought into postal com
nuDcatoD with the United States embrace population
# sevepty millions.
As necessary consequence Of our convention with
Prussia the larger part of the continental corresPon-
lencc which formerly by tbe way OF Bremen Is
ent via LONDON Offend and AK Ia Cbapelle the
icing the dtOns route rhs msiis for Bremen,
and such may be Addressed. via Bremen 10
,ther German states and countries hey oDd will continue
o be dispatched monthly by the New York add Bremen
project of postal convention between the United
States and Belgium has been prepared and submitted
this department for approval to the Belgian govern
mt Ut and it il confidently expected that that in this
courte of few months, at far.best arrangement
which shall BIZ Gtualy I'd analogous will bs duly
tiore ed and pnt in operation
Our postal convention with Great Britain has yet
bs modified TO admit Of The exchange of closed
mail with France via EoglsDd this British govern nent,
with reference to each mail etl insisting transit
postage OF tive nty four cents All ounce.
france has manifested deposition for improved mail
facilities with this country aud mas made proposals for
postpl treaty With the United states to operate indie
epdeptly Of treaty W Great Britain Hov far the
pegota ions this subject Lava yre,c' not at
present prepared state 1t is hoped. however shat
they may he conducted 10 favorable issue early
day CONNECTED With This project France propo es in
with the Unit.d states to establish union
line Of nail stesmehips direct between New YORK and
Hsvre
Uldr our postal treaty with Great Bri.sip additional
articles have been agreed upon and resdy for sigma
providing for regular mail arraoge nsnt between
The United Sta'es aud the West lndies generally. and
points the OF Mexico aud heru coast Of South
America at which The British mail psck-ts touch To
tie BrieL W. Indies the United States single rate Of
letter portage which must be prepsid letter. sent
fri m end collected lettcrs received in the United
Etatfs will be ten cents where the distance ftom tie
mailing flee is under two thouan five hundred miles,
ard twenty cents when The distance exceeds two
tboussbd five hundred miles, To the West Iudss-uot
Britt h Mexico ard South America, by tbis chan mel.
the British possge of twenty four cents the single rate
also qured TO be prepaid must be added TO the ten
twenty United states riding to distance
shove This Arrangement, It 10 expected will SO into
effect without delay
In accordance with the wishes Of the Hawaiian govern
meDt have been made by which letters for
sandwich lsapos d-apstched sealed packets by
each nail from New York and conveyed through
to Honolulu ~i.bopt beirg opened
On all letters aud xspapers for these islands howe
yer as veil o. to China by this route it is required
that the United States postage to San Francisco be- pre-
paid
The act OF March g. 1851 Ito reduce and notify the