Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-04

and eighty seven thousand aud forty six dollars
Tie ei eieney OF this department Is tins sescn hnu.
drr na1 forty four thousand dollars greater than ai
the year ending June 80, 1888. Of this deficiency
tbret hundred and thirty thousand dollar 10 be at
tbefrd 10 the additional compensation allowed post
masters hY the act 81 Congress Of June -. 1854 -
Tie mNl facilities ia every part Of the county have
been very mich increased IN that period, auI The
lgEe addition OF the railroad service amounting to
seven thousand niue hundred aHd eight miles. has
added largely 10 the cost Of n-portation.
The tntanziIert5le augmentation of the income OF
the Post Office Department under the reduced rates
of postage. and is Increasing expenditures mus Tor
the present, make 1t dependent TO extent upon
The treasury for support. Tho recommendations OF
lhr Postmaster General. in relation the abolition Of
The fanldng privilege and his views on the establish
ment Of mail steamship lines, deserve the conslera-
ton Of Congress. also call the special attention OF
Con css the statement of the Postmaster General
respecting the sums now paid for the sp1rtatlon
Of mills to the Panama ltai road Company and ecm-
mend to their early and favorable consideration the
suggestions ofhat officer in relation 10 new contracts
for mail transportation uPoa that route and also
upon the fehnantepec and Nicaragua route.
The United State continue in the enjoyment Of
nmicabie relations with al. foreign powers.
When my last annual message was transmitted to
Congress two subjects Of controversy. one relating
to the chlsfaeut Of soldlcts in this eountfy for for
eign service and the other to Central America threat
eued 10 disturb good understanding between the Cni
tod states and Great Britain. or the progress and
termination Of the former question yon were inform
ed at the time, and the other is in the way OF
satisfactory adjustment,
The object Of the convention bcfwcca the nitea
States and Great Britain Of the 10Th of April 1850,
was 10 secure for the benefit OF all nations, the
trty AMI The common use Of any lrnnst way, or in
teroceaue communication, aero he i-thmas of Pa
mama, which might be opened within the limits of
Central America. The prctcu-ou sub+e. lueutly as
Bt
territories IN near two Of the r9utcs, those Of Nc
aragna and Honduras, were aeeHI.l by The taited
States not merely incompatible With THE maiu object
of the treaty, but opposed even 10 its express slpula
lions. Occasion Of controversy on this point has
oceu removed By an additional treaty, which oarmin
ister ut London has concluded, and which will he
Immediately submitted to the senate for lis consider
alton. Shoud the proposed supplemental nunngr-
mcn be eOneurred IN by all the parties to he affected
by IT, the objects contemplated by the original COLI
yenlIon will have been fully attained
The treaty between the United States and Great
Britain Of the 9Th Of June 1851 which went into eff
irctiye operation in 1855, put end to causes Of IL
riailon between the two countries by securing to the
United States the right OF fishery the OF the
British North American provinces, with advantages
equal to those enjoyed by British subjects Besides
the signal benefits Of this treaty large clas, OF
our citizens engaged in pursuit connected To no in
considerable degree with our national prosperity md
strength it has bad favorable effect upon other in
teresls in the provision it made for reciprocal free
dom of trade between the United States and the
pri,isb ,,ro, i,,..s i, A,,ia
Tho rvnnrIs or lnn,,., lie or,i.Io5 ., H., ,, ;o5
during the last year amounted to more than twenty
two millions of dollars exceeding those OF the precc-
ding year 10y nearly seven millions Of dollars; and
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