The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-09
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Agricultural Decision of the Patent Onfce.Thc Sugar
Conceive give the following history Of the sugar and
its production in Mississippi condensed from Waess Re
port the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi for the
agricultural report now in press
THE sugar-can cultivated to limited extent in
portions Of the State BY the appears that
the crop si9 equal to 3S hogsheads and about
gallons moasses which has been made far north lat
ude 33 deg. 40 min in Chickasaw county where
proaby produced there to the extent of the local de-
mand Sugar has also been made in Kinds county small
more as we approach the sea Shore Pearl
river and south OF Covngton county, many OF the most sub
stanta planters making all the and moasses required
for their own use with spare their neghbors.
The is obviously becoming gradually acclmazed and
out portion of the State for home consumption
The sugar mills are, Of course, rude and OF small di-
grinding the cane which made of seasoned oak tim
and stand generally in the open air common shed sui
ones such as are used stock There of
mills in Pike county and as many in Amite, where mo-
lasses has been made In Marion county there
eighteen twenty, and several in Perry
Should the ravages OF the army worm and the rot con-
maintained the period remote perhaps when
will considerable extent supcrscde the cultivation OF
cotton tho river plantations high mp Natchez
rosl ,vsrluE DEPARTMENT.
appointment ty the Presiden.Joseph A. Abbott to BE-
postmaster at Bnghamton New York in the place OF Virgil
/ whitney.
Prepaid Leters.There is great lack Of provision
letters BY law they not forwarded unless they PIE
reid This may be right enough but certainly
should be taken to inform their writers whether they
been Thousands Of may, occur in
which neglect to prepay them purely accidental and
known to the writcrs Money sent by boys peck
eed stamps pulled Off prepay meni is forgotten YET
the writer ignorant Of the detention Of his letter. left
wonder why it is not answered.
| gentleman known to informed on Monday last
that letter had been lying three four days in the post
office at Newport, to his address in New York, which
postage not prepaid. He immediately have il
forwarded, and told 1t had been to the de
partnient Washington This is all wrong Letters not
called for at any post office where they arrive kept
three months and advertised Why should letters that are moi
forwarded because the postage them prepaid be dis
I posed OF so much more summarily ?
This matter deserves the attention of the Post Office De
parment which should adopt regulation TO prevent the
evils which are experienced under the existing management
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This matter assured has received the attention
the Post Office Department; not, however, with any idea
that e mrr OF unpaid letters should be notified that their
letters not sent forwards for how could this done
without opening the letters? II is well known that the de-
parent authorize letters opened only on their be-
ing returned to the Dead Letter Office But the question
has been considered whether would be advisable to adopt
of informing persons to whom unpaid letters
may be addressed of there being for them such letters
which they could have mailed TO them their sending the
postage due thereon This the department might perhaps
do under rcstricons although the law makes no
provision for does it to contemplate the doing
any such thing But there is good believe that
such course if adopted would detract greatly from the
efficiency of the law there is class Of persons who
always avoid the payment of postage if they
With reference the sending of unpaid letters monthly
instead quarterly the Dead Letter Office learn that
the rule applied to tnem that has always been
quired to be observed in regard refused letters and
to foreign countries which could not be forwarded without
prepay Of postage This class of letters is sent to the
Dead Letter Office monthly; and with respect particularly
those OF them containing enclosures of value
doubt that this rule operates much satisfactorily than
If the returns were made only once quarter.