New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-20
WASHINGTON.
New.York and New-Orleans Mail Contrncf--Ocean
PostaRe--Once Seekers, &c.
Correspondence Of The N 7. Tribune

Correspondence Of The n. !. Tribune.
WASHINGTON CITY Monday, Apnl H. 1881
AS many surmses have lately been floating IN this re-
gion concerning the inducing the Postmaster
General to order stay Of proceedings in the matter OF
the contract let in February last TO Glover (ot
Louisville) and Mather (Of New-York City, for
a twice daily mail per low pressure steamboats, be-
tween Nev-Oreans and Louisville, may mention
that the bid of these parties for $iJ9.DV per an
mum, for this service. When Mr.. P0stnasterGeneral
Campbell entered office he besleged by rival bidders
and members of Congress to suspend the formal eXecu
ton of the contract the terms OF which had all been
settled between his predecessor and the successful bid
ders above named He complied with these requests,
and the invest cations in the are not yet completed
So the matter yet stands open The only question now
in issue il is due the contractors % state is said to
be the possibility of navigating the Mississippi with low
pressure steamers, which the proposals called Tor Mr.
Senator BRIGHT started this particular objection l I'M
derstand AS the contract runs, If the contractors ia
to run the trips by the schedule with such steamers as
they agree 10 use for the service of they get no
nav There is no telling when the P0stmaserGeneral
will be able to dispose of this subject which IS OF press
ing Importance to the commerce of the Mississippi val
ley, as all will understand
The Postmaster General has just been notified l
hear that the British Postmaster General stands ready
10 nav over to this Government the postage, COL
lected b them newspapers from the Continent sent
BY the Collins line OF mail steamers to the United
States which hostages this Government mas also COL
ected Thus PAYMENT for such newspapers, by an error
in the instructions originally drawn up here, has been
exacted twice for the American steamer carriage The
same error was committed with reference to letters re
ceived from certain continental countries via the Col
ns line when finally delivered at every other point IN
this country than York That error was also point
ed out by the British postal authorities and was cor
rected in 1850 or 1851, forget which. know not
how much John Bull stands ready 70 pay on TINS news
paper account but as he is prOverba for fair and square
settlements in such cases, fancy that he Will pay to the
last penny due. 1t seems that properly interpreting
the postal treaty. he has taken 70 collect IN such
cases our ocean steamer newspaper postage IN advance
while our Department. local officers, acting under the
instructions prepared for them here have exacted the
payment from those to whom such mail matter was adj
dressed without thought Of what Britain had done The
sum to be paid over by Britain must 60 to the profit
side of the profit and loss account OF the national treasu
w. as it will be impossible TO pay it back IN such small
(and forgOtten) sums those from whom il lie
eally exacted on this side OF the water.
The Office seekers from a distance have very general
" decamped leayngnO than perhaps two hundred
here at the present writing. This gives the President
respite which is wOrkin we'll as he is now daily gain
ing strength, and looking much better indeed.
The Cabinet were in session to-day and principally
over the Rhode Island appointments fancy, for which
there are any number OF contestants. Senator James
remains lin Washington attending these matters, it is
presumed
Hon Mr. Fuller, Of Ne, has returned to Washington
of course attend spOils matters. | shall not be
surprised if he is urging his former awpartner, George
NJ. Chase for Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands,
and for which Office there thirty contestants
E0THEN.