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THE NEW YORK MUSICAL r EvIkw
AND
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rs tho cheapest and best Musical Paper in the
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NEW BOOK BY Rev. JACOB ABBOTT.
"ROLLO ON THE ATLANTIC"

BEAUTIFULLY illustrated with original designs.
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Russia and the Eastern Question.

BY RICHARD Golden, esq, Mp.
MYTH introduction by an American Citizen
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rna AMERICAN SLAVE coDE, ~ rHEoR,

the AMERICAN SLAVE CUDE, IN THEORY
AMI PRACTICE.
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TIas n EST MAeAZiNE.

Tk Eclectic Nag ,zins Of Foreign Literature,
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CLOAN Il IRVINE, Attorneys at Law, No. 2s4
- Main street. Cincinnati Ohio.
References: DR.. George Fries Alexander ii. Nc.
Gufey, A. Mckenzie, Graham Mccoy, Cincinnati,
Ohio Smith Sinclair Smith. Bagelcy a Co.. Pitts
burgh N. d, Morgan Auditor of State Of Ohio; Geo.
~ McCook, Attorney General of Ohio. Columbus; J.
g. Husscy, President Forest City Bank, Hussey 4
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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-12-27
POS OFFICES.

There are %. poytooT T- &c w.
of OF nf VIZ ye.gt annual compcnSations
inward <-':n.22Pc6 amount to 81 900 and
oiifi.e.ncss. During the last year, l,842
-, ICES were established and GA diScon-
tnucd. Number Of postmasters appoint
ed during the same, 8.6l8. Removals,
l,977. Number of mail routes, 6.G97.-
Number OF mail contractors. 5, 1877. To,
tai annual transportation Of mails, SO, 337,-
OU5 miles. at a cost Of Sd $50, 676; thus.
q 1857 ,GO3 miles by modes not specified,
at cents per mile ; %, $50. $50 miles by
coach, a. cents per mile; 5,433, 389
miles by railroad. at l2 cents 4 mills Fer
mile 5 795,483 miles by steamboat, at
8 {, nts 4 mlls per mile. Increase in the
transportation during the past year 2 ]
per cent.
The expenditures OF the department.
durin1 the past year, were SS,577, "a l2,
and The revenue $685.. $3.50 22. To the
former must he ad ed $685. Il 33. bal
ances due foreign uffic. Is, which wOull
eaTe the total deficiency for the year 1854
al Sl.?55 1921 %. The deficiency for
he year 1858 was So ll7.O78 3O-teav-
inr Il difference IN favor OF 85l OF S36 =
1856. The increase in the revenue OF
1854 compared with the revenue of 1858.
is $97O. 3Y9 49-or about Is per cent.
The Post Master General a!ludes at
considerable length TO the difficulties be-
tween the department and railruAd COM
panics relative to the rates of cOmPensa-
ton for carrying the mails.
Owing 10 causes not within The control
of the department, the expenses OF the
current year will greatly exceed those Of
the past year. They are estimated at
S9.84l, 1921 33. This increase will be
owing to the additional compensation TO
postmastcrS. and enhanced prices demand
ed by contractors at the last lettings.
during the three years commencing
July Isl, 1851. SIS 5U7 .O22 O3 postage
stamps anL stamped cnveIupS have been
issued by the department, OF which So
OO9,3Ol were not sold.
For the last year the cost Of the SER
vice on the various United States steam
ship lines, and across the i>thmu~, was as
follows Collins line, twrntv->i round
trips. S85 500 d.; n. Y AL Bre nsn
eleven round trips. | 3 1913 % New York
and Havrc, eleven round tIip>, SI37 500;
~ .uoria an !P .ntmr VA 5 IN Fran .l~on
"a round trips, S348 25O; New York
and New Orleans to A~pinwaIl. 289 900;
Charleston and Havana, $1,000; New
Orle, MS TO Vera Cruz. TWEEN y-tuur rounl
rips, 81 OUO dollars; A<pn"aI to Pam
a M. ll9. 727 dollars. Total, 2,U23. OIO,-
90 dollars.
the services performed by the several
4
1T large. The POStm Ister General is of
opinion that the compensation now receiv
ed is too large and the present system is
calculated 10 drive Oft private cOmpeli-
lion.
The fines and deductions during the
past year, amount to ITO, 466 dollars.
The amount for the previous year was
37,92O. dolls.