The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-04

Paid O. p Manroe, for mai service bstwsen
Sacramento and Shasta California, ia 1851
and 1862, per act Sd March, 1855, 9th sec
Paid the Michigan Central Railroad per ae.
ga March, 1853, for services performei in
PAID G. aham Inna per act. Dscem Dor ST.
1854 Tor compensation for services 10 1SA9. 5000 90
Faid out of Post Office revenue. =. s56,6Os ~
Pursuant to the act for the relief Daniel Searle
CO., approved March 1885, there drawn from the
Treasury and paid Them for services rendered under
contract made in 1885, the OF 81 sos SO 100 which is
ao charged to toe porta ion In 1885, The expen
ditures fr mail espred4tons aud special agents we're
increased in 1852 By The sum Of 50 7 paid uniev the
CALIFORNIA; for services aud prior to Apctl T.
1858 and by the further of So SOC being hs dis
pres III Srn BY hs act is
from LIST Of July 1853, to June 80 1855 ia all sss75
postal accounts with foreign countries greater
il 1855 than in the previous yeac.
Tie following statement will explain:-
The while amount Of balances pa to Great Britain
and Bremen in 1855 was ssls,s2e H. 10 this sam /.
accrued to Great B1aia and Bremen respectively,
prier to July l, 1854, to witt
Balances in favor of Great Britain. for the second,
thiro and fourth quarters OF 1853 ana the frs' and
second quarters Of 1884,
Bssnse in favor OF Biemen to june SO 1854,
iaio La Aooo.....' io'foo ~
Such is the condition Of the revenue Of the Dep .rt-
ment for the 1855 which gees f to show that
BILE the Depart to sustain itself IRON its
nues. This must be The case for some years and large
annual appropriations must con oue To be ORA from
the Treasury. Although this Ia op,ni is deeply
be regretted it has been and shall continue to be- my
cable within is inoome In no departmsaf Of the gov
ment is greater re niced the expenditure OF
charge the Treasury less and Wig aucs will
be exercised moneys will be usee sly expended in sup
ara t Oh
Post Office revenue there ara tw, matters which stand
prominently out and demand our consideadoa and The
FIRST is the ranking privilege. Wnan the subject of the
reducti of postage was before the British Parliament
it discovered that of the of sixty two
sixty four millions OF let. which passed annually
through The general post Office OF that country seven
millions, about ninth part of the whole,
faDAed and this under ankiog privilege which limit
ed members Of Parliament TO letters packets be
sent and fifteen t, be received each day When the act
of Parliament of 1S40 passed. reducing the rate of
postage the uniform Of penny Of its pro-
Visions abolished the fankins privilege peit'ons to
lowed go The high Of postage in taat
y previous to the passage act Of 1910 caused the
M
nsed as vehicle for private correspondence 1t is
% s nas on the s
mo that act: In country 80 wide and exteadeia a.
ours, it would be almost impossible to ascertain with
any degree Of certainty how millions of letters
passed through our malls or what number ranked
In an account kept at the Washington city Post on w.
were Ranked By members Of Congress during that month
77,727 letters and public documents which weignei
fanAed at the departments, amount to 1862 pounds
During this month the weight Of newspapers
from this Office amounts to III, oo2 pounds.
The amount for this month can be safely taken show
ing lees than fair estimate for the whse year. but
q mail matter would b. The s
ters and documents anked members Congress when
hn % n oeer
dred and iinety six Senators and members and
to s n 81 the
privilege Of member aud Senator elect commences from
the 4th Of March previous to the FIRST Monday of Decem
ber when the Congress to which he has been elected
shall assemble. The Senators and members whose terms
have expired continue to exercise this privilege until the
next ngress assemblies; so that between March and
Senator's and members and delegates were using the
letters and nus faos s WE'RE nss
to the public service, the evil would not be
great as it is, but low the present rates
OF postage, the frank private correspondence
OF every description and abstracts largely from The
this matter free Of charge but niewie pays to every
postmaster whose yearly commissions DO not amount to
ter Though the free matter passing through the mails
very large at the present time tue of 1t is
yearly increasing The weight and number of publ, do
c1meLts add very much to the of trans porta ion
and when not conveyed by railroad, reard the mail
The directors Of the various railroad companies when
mstter conveyed by them amounting in
instances to tons and insist that they do not receive
Iauch Tor 1t for ordinary freight Although this
sumption is, in my opioon unfounded is a irds pre-
text TO Of them for demanding the present
jored to the printed tor, which shall presently
aluoe obges the Department to contract for higher
grade Of service than the ordinary mails would require
and two and four horse coach service have to b. subs
tuted for horseback at greatly in creased rates and has
in effect rendered imperative the 18th section of toe act
OF March, l845 which intended to reduce the
OF transportation by requiring the Postmaster Genea
to select such modes mgat be provide for
the due celebrity certainty and security of such
taton without reference to any other consideration.
The fecord subject to which shall ask your tteaton
when considering the deficiency in the Poet Office relates
port deemed t my duty to recommend that the
act Of the both August 1862 be modified, by repeal
ing the clause therein which provides tnat
'when the postage on any newspaper or period ;a is
paid quarterly cary in advance, half only Of the
regular shall be charged The effect Of this viii
be to secure from this class Of printed matter the full
single newspaper or periodical not weighing over one
ounce and half when circulated In the State whore
published the postage will be half cent and when not
three in weight, sent any part Of the
United States cent EACH whereas, under the opera
ton Of the present law on all publications for which
postage is paid quarterly yearly in advance onehaf
these rates only is realized namely ouequarter cent
each in the case and onehaf cent In the other It
will not affect any other class Of matter, the p-ov
sion by with newspapers to subscribers residing In the
county where published, are allowed 10 pass free. Ac
diffusion sf intelligence through the medium Of the
periodical press lot avoid the conycicn 10 view of
the Transmission and distribution Of the periodical ana
newspaper MALE that the present deduction of itty per
cent for advance payment Is wholly without justification
the various departments Of industry raaaonsbly
claim the enactment continuance IL laws giving them
special privileges Others All DESTROYS, posi-
Die Of retaining three cen. postage rate tor letters
or at least that 1t should not be increased and the bur
then and expense Of the postal service should not be
borne. or mainly sustained from the postage letters
With view to favor the working OF the law requiring
petsyment on letters and to guard against loss post
age, also recommend that the of goth August 1852
be further amended by making pre- payment by postage
stamps compulsory on books, pamphlets circulars, AMI
s other kinds OF transient the pre- rates
for such matter established by the last mentioned
Law On much eth Of this hid Of mn,e, Fcnt IN
greatest abuse In this respect pertains to lottery
AND patent medicine circulars and pamphlets With which
the mails in every part Of the country burthe ned In
beer received day for distribution at single Office
fhave endeavored far in my power correct this
evil by recurring Of Posmssters the rigid of
ra tcl ,aa,a.. ~ tho nrohihi.ior