New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03

Brit IN tIcss de3 the raid receNcu s'1h,' 90
Il ps'd DE- frm The United STATES escceucS INC W.
rsid s4tt staS $50 10.
The tai litter poa.ages on Prus,an c'ossd mars
IVES g. 60 if5 Il wi ieh varies but little from .bs pre-
c, Ding year, vben The Po.S on th, siiss Of COZ
o. hi, D. stage collected By The United Sbes wa.
bo.eyer largely increased the excess collected 10 tsls
cnur try beng $50 3ss 81 This during the pre-
vious year vBs $972 ~.
The amount of letter posssge' on H.vro mails wSs
slt I:9 tS all Of which cvllectet 10 this country
LIST year the pos;ages on these mails amounted to
$I69l5 60.
CORES ,ondrg decrease Vas also taken place IN the
amount OF correspondence exchanged with Bremen,
the total pcrtogs being only So, - ", or si,S4I
less than 10 the preceding year.
II will thus be- observed that the amount OF foreign
conesynI dcnce ha. not only fallen off very con.dera-
bly but the revenue derived rberefrom 10 the Unte1
Suites Post Office has Ike vie been materially le-sened
by tie largely increased collections made in TINS coua-
Try, a. impaired with any previous year: During the
pvstsgc. collected by the United States over the total
smoubt Of tie Uuifei States pos,agcs collected by
Great Britain ws- soi so o. This excess danns inc
last fiscal year increased 10 $siJD IS not Sith-
standing The diminished amount of correspondence.
Like ais are exhibited in respect to the mails ex-
changed with Prufsa and Bremen, sho wing that under
postal arrangements with those c.unfres the pnn;i-
Ile ct opti nal prepayment operates very unequaUy
ncsinst ID. GIFTED States, the expenses OF collection
being chiefly borne by this Department, which i ,n'y
coll, els H. osn but also very large proportion OF the
70 ogn posinges and cunts for the same in fun 10
the IeIgn Office without receiving any compensatory
b, fit III return. .
The on % amount of United States po'tages mails
conveyed during the year by the Collins line was
silj so fl by the Brenen Inc, S,9H Of, and oy
tie Have line ass. is3 ~. Dcductmg the CDited
States inland postages on these male the not revenue
from ocean postsges by the Collins line wac >S9,-
10 81 by tie Bremen line, $50, ig2 -, and 81 the
Tic general iesults IF the foreign mail service dur
ing the year rs exhibited in the Appendix, viii be
found on comparison Lot TO vary matotiay in other
respects fiom those OF the fiscal year ending 5d Juae,
1865
Notwithstanding the unusual extension of mail ia
elites and the increase of railroad service the NUN.
her and cost Of ma-bass have been very considerably
diminlst cd The reduction in this lie n OF expose
amounts 10 sli5l? 7j or 81 per cent less thal The
exp. Ldure incurred for this article in the preceding
wear Measmes which have been adopted TO check
sbusos ana secure increased vigilance and acclun'a-
bty in respect TO this species OF P.roue property as
stem Of begging and distribution, are believed to
be tie prpc al circumstances which have tende1 10
proc uce this favorable result.
reoort will be presented To Congress containing
sp. cifc statement Of tie foes imposed he deac-
ttc ms made ffom the pay of tie contractors III hres
ard other irregularities which have occurred IN the
| conveyance OF the mails duriog the year IL VIII %
SET II at these fines and deductions have united 70
the sum Of slC2 40 o. During the previous year they
| EN- Ounted t. xl2i ,j3D *. 800
On he pnsssge of the Posi- Office Appropriation blu
| met was inserted and became law: And be 1t
fuIther o1acted, That tie First Cohtfolict ot the
"Treasury be ard IL hereby pqr'rcd TO a1In.t the
| a." q, mogos due TO Edward II. CarUirk aud Albert T..
Ramsey on account of the abr y lon by the Post
"uaserGcn Of their contract 70 carry the mail on
"the Vera Cruz, Acapulco and San Francisco route,
dated the 18th February, 1888 to adjad 90
and award to them according TO the principles OF law,
"eqpiy and Justice The amount 50 ouni due and 10
"SecretaIy of the Treasury is hereby required opay The
sane 10 The s.id Cumck and Ramsey, out OF any
money in The Treasury not otherwise appropriated
append 10 tbs report copies OF the correspondence on
file IN the Departing Ut this subject. From this II
will be seen that the contract was simply conditional
one and TO have force and validity unless It met
with the sanction of Congress in oder 70 ena.'e Tue
proicos Of the route TO chow that It was practicable,
all that the mail could be carried within the time sp-
ulaed in the contract and thus to recommend lts adop
ton by Congress their application, my predece. soT
under date Of lib March, 1888, authorized the Post
masters VI New Orleans, san Franc $50, Monterey and
| San Diego, to make up and send mail by the Vera
Cruz al d Acapulco ne, when the said commnnica-
"ton j. open and the DTactOrs prepared 70 carry
all On tho terms of their contract OF February 10,
"ls53" In communicating with tte contractors tins
euloIty 10 tie POssmasters, lie informed them that u
was given " with the express nncerstandlos tnat
"neLer his Der nrinent nor the Government was 10
d" be in any way holden for any expenses attending
such service but provided in the contract, 1t IS
lef q Corgn 10 ee,cfmIe whether the contract /,
effect the ray If any tor raid service commencing
"oIly in acc0rodnce witn the terms OF NE contract,
namely, Ion the time Cengres, should rasliy tue
"coLirac.' Thus the matter stood on the Sth March,
| 1853 On the 18th Ct JuIe Of that year. the Depart
mert received the letter referred 10 In my first Annual
Rermt. II silence had been observed, and tho con-
| tracing parties had gone making expenditures With
out knowledge THAI its ratification could not BE- rec
oumended to Con- ress, they might have bad some
| pfetext for complaint. Afer careful consi era
iior Of the subject, the conclusion was arrived at,
| that the route mpracticable for mail pur-
| poses. aid uat the contract could not meet nay
atpr baton. Tht 70 being my views, 1 deemed IL
but lust to the contractors that they should know
them ard they accordingly connui caed TO then,
leaving them to determine whether they would proceed
in n err eDdeavoTs 10 establish the route and obtain
tic ratification OF the by Congress without the
aid Of The Der artebt. abai don the attempt Such
the action of the Department, al the cause Of il
which did not certainly interfere with any of the rights
Of The contractors. Neither was the order Of the Port
master General Of March I, 1853, annlled. The mail
10 and frvm Son Francisco being very important one
deemed but proper that tho head OF the Depart
ment should alone detern inc whether the contractors
had prov The necessary for its safe taDss-
son Gr that this power should not be uDreseryedy del
e. aed; tie PostssteIs at NewOre MS San Francis
CO. Monterey and San Diego were thcr, fore directed
in the contractors applied 10 them for mail,
ito report to the Department for further nsructons
No Instructions required by the Postn4sters,
any rtque:t made by the contractors
10 deliver the mails. The only instance in
which such request was made, that contained in
tie letter Of C.mek Of Nov. L., 1888, in which
he ssks that an order may be given, permitting hin
las enc OF the contractors 10 carry mai on this
route from California, eavI il optional with persons
to send by this way. and designate the came the
letter." but Appeared that ths contract had gone
into other hands it war not thought that reply was
Necessary. In TIE spirit, and with determines
III not 10 interfere with tie contract, with ans thiog
ny predecessor had done, tie letter of t1e 18th Of No
venter 1853, TO Messrs. HarrIs and Morgan writ
ten. Jnd n Ddontly, however OF these considerations,
there vss 10 Oh gatiop, ether eIpress implied,
he part OF The ID, parmeht TO aid the contractors IN