Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-07-30
Our National Post Office.

Postal Reform Committee, SAYS the Chica-
go Daily Tribune, publishes letter in the
V. J. Tribune, from which we compile the
following information.
New York writes annually % ,259. 943
letters; Pennsylvania, 12,045, S63; Massa-
chusetts, i So, OIL; Ohio, 9.2O3, ,343; H.
linoiS, 6, 197 ,370-total, GS, ,G6S, 800. The
fifteen Southern States together write 35,-
921 ,521 per annum, or trihe more than
onchalf the number despatched by the five
Northern States. The six New England
States furnish to the national correspond
ence 23.64l .197; while the States Of Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri,
contribute -, ,957 ,232. Ohio and Illinois
write 10000, ,7l3, agains; II, Oh, ,95l from
the territory cmIraccd in Virginia, North
Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri
and Arkansas New York and Massachu-
scIts indulgein postal correspondence OF
80, 622 Oh letters per annum, while the
fourteen States south of the Potomac and
the Ohio, and west ofthe Mississippi man
age to conduct business with 81 $50, Al.
While such is the relative state Of cores
rondcncc, the revenue and expenses eXhib
it more serious difference. The postal
expenses of New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,, Ohio and Illinois are 49,
ii ,433. and the revcnue from the same is
$3.50, ,356-eXccss of revenue, Sl9S, 923.
The expense incurred in carrying one-hali
the member of letters for the fifteen Slave
holding States, is $3 SIC, ,3333, and the rev
cnue derived 81 ,555, 123-,Icficit 81, 300
Go The ON V Southern State which pays
its own postage is Delaware, which shows
a credit balance of Sill. The expense
for the New England States is 1886, ,233;
revenue 800, ,4I5-surplus $57l .242,
which goes 10 liquidatc deficiency account
of s., ,024 $50 in eleven Southern States
conducting nearly the same correspondence
New York and Massachusetts contribute
50, 75O.3 .390 to the revenues of the Depart
mcnt, w&rh disburscs on their account ST.
423, ,305 The States South of the Poto-
mac AMI Ohio, and west of the NissSS;;nni
are credited with 52,739, 2777, and cRa c2Rlls ~.
on the other page with Si,3lS, $50; that is,
the Southern and Southwestern States con
tribute less sum per annum to the postal
revenue of the Union than New York and
Massachusetts, while their postal expenses
are three times greater.
| Mr.. MILES gives also the comparative
cost OF transporting one letter in each of
the States of the Union The average ex-
pense in the New England States and New
York is one cent snd eight mills; in the
Middle section, incluling California, three
cents and three mills, in the South and
Southwest, six cents 'pd seven mills
For each 10000 letters carried in the North
east section of the Union, tlere is an out
Law of 800. The same numb of letters
in the Southwest are delivered an ex-
pense of sl ,514 In MassachuSe.s. the
expense per 10000 letters is s3D; in
South Carolina, sl,4l6; in Rhode ls.nd
, $50; in Florida, $2.5ss, in Illinois, ssr
in Arkansas, s4,13o. The expense pc
letter in the State of Arkansas is eightee
cents and three mills.
The grand total of Post Office revenue !
the nation is So, 5s7 500. and the expens
IS. s.971, ,132--leaving deficit OF S2'3S5
$40, which is probably about the sum al
nually wasted by NJ. C.'s. whose mail maj
ter is transported at the expense oil tho'
h of ms who have not yet got office. VINE
this nonsense is abolished, and the Coy
crnment of the United States ceases to
n dcad-head on one Of its departments
" the tune of two and half millions per al
mum. the surplus of Post Office revenue
the North will undoubtedly keep the ID