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WANTED
LAW SUITS
BROKEN BANK BILLS

I DON'T take in payment Of notes or accounts
i at my store. But am willing to take Pork,
Wheat, Corn or Oats, if they are brought in i'm
mediately. Persons whose Notes or Acceptances
are past due, who have the above articles for
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SOON, shall take It for granted do not int nd
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HON. EOPATHISTS.

DRS. GUILBERT a. HATCH,
Office at the DUBUQUE HOMEOPATHIC
PHARMACY, Corner Main d Tenth SITS. Du
buque, Iowa.
Dr. GUILBERT will devote especial attention
to the treatment of Chest and Chronic Diseases
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

with the increased cost Of service commencing lst
July under new contracts ($l20 ,o44) added to the
cost of service in operation the 30th June last
622 046), makes the total amount for the current
year g. PAL ,o03. =,
This is independent of the cost Of ocean mail
service.
There should also be added the estimated cost of inn
proyements made since lst July last Gncludng the
San Antonio and San Diego route), 1857, S25.
have caused to be put in operation steamship
route twice a month between San Francisco and
Olympia and a weekly line on Pugets Sound
Also. tri-weekly steamboat line between Napo-
leon and Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and semweekiy
line between Napoleon and vicksburg; besides the
daily mail on the Missouri river already referred to,
viz from Jefferson City to st. Joseph
The overland route from San Antonio, Texas TO
San Diego, California has also been successfully
commenced. .
have also made contract for conveying mails
ak times week between Prairie du Chen and st.
Paul, in coaches or sleighs, as the case may be,
during the suspension of navigation on the Upper
Mississippi
The comprehensive report of the Auditor, hereto
appended will be found to contain mass Of Stats
scs skilfuly prepared, and so judciously arranged
a. to present with clearness and precision the hnan
cial operations Of the department in their various
branches, during the past fiscal year.
The expenditures OF the fiscal year ending June
80 1857, including payments to letter carriers and
for foreign hostages, amounted to $l,50s,O57 93,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

Compared with the service on 30th June last there
appears 20 be decrease Of 79l miles in the length Of
routes and s23 034 miles In the annual transporta
ton while the cost H. increased sl2O.Oia
In New England the annual transportation by rail
road Ia decreased S65 $40 miles but this Is more
nominal than real, owing 10 the fact that great
portion Of this grade Of service IN that section has
heretofore been stated at twelve trips week the
contracts requiring the conveyance Of mails often
~ the cars run while really but six trips were per
formed Now. however, the service IL reported as
actually existing and there Is no reduction OF mail
facilities.
The cost is increased t61 .04l.
Steamboat transportation Is increased l4T,T54
miles, At q cost Of 81 ,gls.
Coach transportation IL decreased 320474 miles,
but the expense increased s5 OLA.
Inferior grades Of service are increased 800 ,925
miles IN annual transportation and s27 405 In cost.
In New York the railroad transportation IL in
Creased 2psy32e miles, at cost Of Oh 26s Steam
boat service decreased l6l ga miles AZ decreased
cost Of NS0l. Coach service. decreased las 1884
miles bot the cost increased sl7s42 Inferior ser.
vice. decreased ll3,673 miles, and cost increased
On The seth OF June last there were In service 4oe
route agcnts 81 compensation Of 1910 300; As local
agents, ~ tzB,kb6, and 1886 mail messengers al
sleo, GS-makins total Of Asssl3 This amount,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

xII ,5UB,U57 80
If to the expenditures of the year, stated there
be added the sum of $734 l6 lost by compromising
debts under the Sd section of the act of March 3,
1851, and if the sum of 81, l2l SO gained by small
balances carried to Suspense account be deducted
the net expenditures for the year will be $ll ,507,
go l6.
The gross revenue for the year 1857, including
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13


OCEAN STEAMSHIP AND FOREIGN MAIL ARRANGE.
MgSrs.
The contract with the Ocean Steam Navigation
Company for monthly trips between New York and
Bremen, and New York and Uavre via Southamp-
ton expiring on the first Of June last 1t became
cessary to make some arrangements for the CONT
nuance Of that service, or leave the carrying the
European mails almost exclusively TO the lines run
ming between Boston and Liverpool and New York
and Liverpool on which twenty only OF the seventy
two annual voyages are performed by American
steamers. The Bremen and Havre lines having,
under the sanction Of Congress been In operation ten
years affordng direct communication between the
United States and the Continent OF Europe, and II
not appearing by Its action at the last session that
was the intention Of Congress that they should be
discontinued on the expiration Of the contract,
deemed IL my duty TO make provision for their con.
tinuance another year. This seemed proper, In view
mol only OF the importance OF keeping up, and
II possible increasing, the direct communication
with the Continent, in order 10 avoidfhefxpense OF
the English transit but also for the that had
Official information OF the intention Of Bremen
company 10 put on line OF semi-monthly steamers,
a., In connection with an increased American line,
20 secure weekly communication with the United
States. In the meantime Congress nav take action
on the subject Under the old contract the annual
compensation for twelve round trips on the Bremen
line was two hundred thousand dollars: and on the
Havre line for the same number OF trips one hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars. The temporary
contract for the service the Bremen line IA with
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and upon the Havre line with
the New York and Havre Steamship Company.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

Leaving the sum Of Observation-Disclosures III ass, l13
TO be appropriated from the Treasury TO detray the
expenditures of the year 1888 rs they have been au'
thoRzed by law.
In the foregoing statement have not embraced
the cases In which Congress has by law directed
particular services and made special appropriations
for them out Of the Treasury, such the transpor
tation Of the mail by sea between San Francisco,
CAL and Olympia, W. T., between New Orleans and
Vera Cruz Mexico, and for the mail on Pugets
Sound. w. T. because the means are supplied by
the Treasury upon NE Postmaster Generals requi-
sitions: and II they were embraced as matters Of
ceipt and expenditure tho resulting balance to be
provided for would still be the same.
MONEY ORDERS.
The adoption Of some plan for the more conve-
nient 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 IL Is deemed proper here to state that
on the 3ls January last my predecessor transmitted
70 the chairman Of the Committee on the Post Of
fee and Post Roads in the House OF Representa-
tives In compliance with his request the outline OF
such plan a. might be put in operation In this
country. The submission Of II docs not appear to
have been accompanied by any recommendation OF
the department nor does IL appear that the honora-
BILE committee acted upon the subject. system OF
RENTING sums Of money not exceeding f5 sterling
(s25) In amount was adopted by the British Post
Office Department In 1889, and some idea may be
formed Of the growth and extent OF its operations
from the following brief statement derived from the
annual report Of her Majestys Postmaster General,
dated March IL, 1857
Hpr~y and awoant n mon>y ordrs issued in ne Uni>d
Kingdom Of Great britain and Ireland every fin year,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

lotAl.s tts*sssssts ~fSoa @fsSotVsS <~r$So
The letting Of new contracts for the term com
mencng Let July last embraced the New England
States and New York,
The following table shows the new service, as In
Operation on the 3nfh Saptemher.-
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IOtdl. ~ Jooo,ool 20
But if to the gross sum above stated be added the
permanent annual appropriations made by the acts
of March g. ls47 and March 3, 1851 in compensation
for services rendered to the government in the trans
portaton and delivery of franked matter, the whole
revenue of the year will be $S053 95l rs, being
s3,453.7ls 40 less than the expenditures.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

Total British closed mails ..............s1,06 l 056
Nurter Of Newspapers conveyed in closed mails through
the territories Of the Uned States and Grcdt Britain
from July I, 1888, % jun 30, 1851
u y. mails IN trnnr1 BritisA mails IN trdnsi
through England. through the u. s.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

Total excess In four years. .$51s Oo6 05
Nunbr, ounces Of Letters conreyed ia closed mails
through ne territories Of the Tinted Stats and Great
Britain from July 1858, 20 June 80 1861, tncisirc.
4. s. closed British closed mails in
mails in transit transit through the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-13

TCt1I COIIpctOib N
United States 81 a9s IFS 95 In G. Brit 81 262 203 81
Ezeess Of British Postoges collected by the Und oper
and otce the total amount Of United States Poadges col
Lected bv Great Britain.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-17
hasa-Lscsxys-7h -7hsosrical-R Railroad Sale Of
Damaged Whsat, &c.


SAvAssAH. March 13. 1857.
we nave been blessed az blessing you can call
~ with rain for the last week; and while write
tne rain 10 pouring down Ia torrents
O"ing 70 the rAinv weather but little has been
Going In Cotton. The market 10 rather dull. an
waiting next news from England.
our city 10 quiet just now, with little news stir-
Hny we were treated last week with somethips
ouI OF tns common way Of things here not be.
GAUSS tney cannot be appreciated, but because no
que nas thought Of 1t before. mean . French
lecture. Professor MAson delivered . lecture last
Week subject: Los rsmmes do France" " which
was nsten"d TO BY large audience
mt; = H. Taylsr, formerly lessee Of the Rich.
,iouo Lneatrs, commenced su engagement here
lAss night He opened with Othsllo, aud did him.
ssn much credit Aiss Cappen 10 here again,
waning more friends by her witching repre- senta.
Sons. won What has become Of Miss Mollie Gibbs /,
que AuVerused mere about month ago to perform,
but has not yet arrived
hope. now that the Administra.,o Ia cb bancsa
there will be little more regularity In our ns
arrangements. Your valuable little nansr com.
py nts, and n know 1t 10 regularly nut 10 the
mail there must be something wrong Tbe ma,
per you send on Saturday receive about once
In elk times N-''
Schooner Blooming Youth, from Alexandria.
Va, arrived here yesterday, loaded with corn and
oats.
The Directors Of the Savannah A!banv and
Gulf Rsiiroad have determined to put out for con
tract 80 mules more Of the road, following the
track of the Main Trunk Road to the Big SaIsil.a
Come wheat damaged on board the ]. p. Whit.
ney, from New Orleans for Liverpool, and pu, In
here In Distress was sold at auction yestsrday al
from 81 g. to 81 05. VIoNRTTE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-17

PRFsERvATfos or a ConPsE-The following
remarkable statement appears 10 . ,x:s number Of
the Vicksburg (Miss) Sentinel:
we were present on the 9Th instant at the dis
intersnept OF the renIains of Mrs Mary Jane Tomp
kins frat eopsort Of Honorsbls p. w. Tomp-
kins former msms. Of Congress OF this dis
trict and . sistet of Ex Governor Helm, OF
Koutucsy. She had been inferred seventeen
wears on the 4th instant, enclosed In zinc cofan,
kIlei with alcohol, which was rs-eoelosed In .
wooden cofiu and all carefully packed in charcoal
The wooden coffin and the top Of ,hs zinc one were
somewhat decsyed, but the corpse Itself was In q
perfect state of fea lures natural and
hair IS flexible as In life
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-17

LATER FROM NORTHERN MR1Ico Monterey
psSers 70 the 2Osh ut at hand, with seven days
later advless. The northern provinces were quiet
The good people Of ltsw Leon and CoaAuila <now
one Staie) wer0 rejoicing greatly oyer Vidaurrfs
success Ia putting down the revolution IL San
Luis. Hs troops were drawn principally frsn
among them and shsy claim the victory ~ their
own. The General had presented tbs four ban.
ners taken at San Luis to the Government Of the
'fres srd indspsndsnt" State anid general rejoice
ing 'ras es.orsr Of Liberty seems to think the
revolutionary spirit g. Al end. new institution
Of learning was being ors.nirsd at Monterey, and
the people were turning their attention % the arts
OF peace.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-17

BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF DR..
KASE-R.v Mr.. Chapin, delivering alecture late
ly ia Boston, took occasion speak Of ihe death Of
Lr Zane, In connection with allusion to tbs
grave os the 5iscoverer Of America. "Tbs a!and," +"
said he, from which tays lust been wafsed the re
mains Of another dlscoverer vhc, In the name Of
science ard philanthropy carried into the realm
Of Arctic mys.crya sagaci'y, nobleness, reli
gious enthusiasm equal to his own. F1stest plscs
[ar thy tranris. Obi bright and beautiful soul.
was G.s. death bed elise by the ashes Of COlum
hua"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-17

CROSSING THE IsrHMUs.-It Is clear there Is to
be no want Of communication between the waters
of the Atlantic and the Pscifa Besides the Psns-
ma and Tehuautepec roads the Nicaragus route.
and the Atrato ship canal projected. we are Do~
informed that the Honduras railway willba COM
meuced by the lst of April. British capitalists
have bought up ths American holders Of tne grant,
fN O. pionyEss.