New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-09

The mean. applicable to det,ay the
| Isl. The balance standing 70 the credit
of the Department the Auditors $4,000.
boots on n. 10. July iS5a o; s ''S"
including foreign po'tssesa and receipts ,,o,,o,
from letter carriers. .........:..:. 1881 So
| Sd. Balances Of appropriations made BY
Congress remaining in the Treasury ..,o1n
subject 10 reeuisit!on. $3.50 wv
LAWN, the som o. 4ss l7s
TO be appropriated from the Treasury to defay the
expenditures of the year 1858, as they have been au-
thOrzed by law.
The adoption Ct some plan for the more convenient
and safe remittance of small sums Of money through
the mails BY means Of orders drawn upon one post
master by another having been frequently urged upon
this Department as matter worthy OF it's attention, 1t
deemed proper here to state that on the 3st OF
usIy last my predecessor transmitted 70 the chairman
of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
in the House Of Representatives in compliance with
his request the outline Of such plan as might be put
in operation in this country. The submission OF 1t
does not appear TO have been accompanied by any
recommendation Of the Department, nor does It sp-
pear that the honorable Committee acted upon the
subject.
OCEAN MAILS.
temporary arrangement the Bremen line has
| been made with Cornelius Vanderbilt, and on the
Havre line with the New.York and Havre Steamship
Company, for the carriage OF the mails, the old con-
tract provides for thirteen round trips annually; and
the compensation to be paid is limited to the United
States hostages, sea and INLAND, acerung from The
malls conveyed: This, it will be observed, is very
considerable reduction upon the former pay assuming
that the postages for the year will be nearly the same
as for the year ended Both June last when on the Bre
men line they amounted 10 1924 l93 and on the avre
line to $9OOl2 Moreover, it appeared to be fit oc
cssOn to naugurate system of selfsusain'ng ocean
mail service; and thall esteem 1t fortunate II the
present temporary arrangements lead, az trust they
may, to the adoption of this as permanent system
A contract has also been made with the Panama
Railroad Company for the carriage of the mails be-
tween Aspinwal and Panama for SlOO, 900, and one
with Mr. G. X. Garrison for semi-mOHthly trips at
So, 062 80 a year.
The amount of letter hostages upon mails ex.
changed during the year with Great Britain was
1914 1874 u.s. Prussia $685. 72 81 Bremen, $50 OS2 49,
France from LET April 20 3Oth june 1851 $il lSS 49,
mails Of s23, 453 95, on Bremen MALE Of So 7O6 sc
and increase Prussian closed mails OF s2 lOo So
compared with the preceding year.
OF the amount of postage on mails exchanged with
Great Britain $54 1874 rs collected in the United
States and $500 1873 30 in Great Brain the excess of
United States and British postage thus collected in the
United ststss 6epg s2,4 C6 40; In like manGer' IA
changed with Prussia, and of S32, 49 10 on mails ex-
changed with Bremen, was collected in fhis country
Whether il is more desirable to be subject to this
outlay for the Transmission OF cur mails abroad than TO
incur probably astgreater expense in fully providing
our own of OCEAN transportation, for the Wis
dom of Congress to determine. If, fortunately, as
before suggested, steamship companies aided by
receipts IIOn passengers anu uclSlduuloc ruah hhu
sufficient encouragement TO- establish lines OF
steamers and carry the mails for the hostages
thereon it will be pleased not only to see the number
of the tips increased upon . ehsatlog lines, parlo.-
ton which have been or may be projected by
our enterpisiDg citizens. Among these ARE the pro-
posed lines from Norfolk to Milford Haven; from
New-Orleans to Bordeaux; from New-York TO An
twerp, Hamburg, or Gluckstadt; from Savannah to
Para In South America from Panama to Valparaiso,
&c. This whole subject is worthy the serious consid-
Grafton of Congress- and venture to hope that such
action may be taken upon it, at an early day. as that
the Department may clearly understand s duty in the
premises. Whether the present lines are to be con-
tiaued and the trips increased, ON the expiration OF
each instance exceeding what they may earn in post.
ages and if So at what expense, in each case, 70.
specially submit to Congress to decide.
CITY POSTS.
With the view TO facilitate the receipt and delivery
of letters in New. York, Boston, and Philadelphia the
postmasters in those cities have been instructed to
make improvements in their stter-caHier system to
the full extent authorized by law. In New-iork, Il
found that nearly everything had been done that could
be accomplished under existing lsws except the trans
mission Of drop letters direct TO their address without
going into the main office which is now done. On all
letters through the mail the cerier' receive two cent;
hoped TO be able to reduce the delivery fee 10 the uni
form price Of cents but this was found Impractical
BILE in NewYork and Philadelpha, inasmuch as the law
requires that the entire cost OF delivery shall be de-
rayed out Of the carriers receipts In Boston, where
the distIicts all comparatively densey populated,
cent letter is made to pay. The postage on drop
letters including the carriers fee is now two cents;
and upon the improved plan now adopted for their de-
livery direct from the main office, or the nearest sta
tion the case may be- is believed that the public
convenience viii be fully suhserved. In each of these
cities there are to be from four to six deliveries day.
and the letters for mailing, &c, to be collected
and disposed Of as frequently as occasion may require.
do not feel at liberty to advise the free delivery of
letters by carriers; but would recommend modif-
cation Of the present law so as to give the Postmaster
General authority to have the delivery made at one
cent letter. whether the carriers receipts cuff
cient 70 meet expenses or not II the improved system
is found to work satisfactorily in the three cities above
mentioned it my purpose 70 extend it to all the other
principal cities in the United States.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN MAIL.
She Postmaster General comments upon the great
want OF speed and regularity In the transmission of the
mails between New Orleans and New York and calls
attention to the following proposals by the Florida
Railroad Company:
let. TO carry the mail. tri.weekly in steamers be-
tween Cedar Key and Orleans the trip to be per-
formed In 81 hours each way at Sl10 900 per annum
"a. 10 carry the mails tri-weekly in steamers be-
Tween a fen.noina and New-York, the trip to be per-
'oIne0 In 20 hours each way, at Sl65 900 per anaun
carry the mails til weekly daily in steamers
Oh to FernsndnA thence by railroad across the
Within sss dan and back the trip each way Be performed
completion between ysn,ndn. and c.as On ,Ss
on Of the casu e o. for ts from s1ps
In .nbseanens between the Department, an,
through Trip four S ds s, AM. asd 70 Ps,I% IL.
ing hys he limit thsJ had allowed ample margin for sny
wind. They alec iubmsS the folosis. se.d
siCn .. Of their proposals. viz Wit,
yea. rs os ao s .p% s daily service throughout til.
To insure Eve dag: mail they will guaranty til. tine. or
formed within Eye Day. between he terminal potuss Of Ps r..
At