Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-12-22
CARROLLTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER p, 1858

lusncs Of famine abroad.
As 10 the bet mode Of revising The
present tariff, il d thought preferable not
o revive the higher rates Of lbe VsluAtiOu
principle opPOsel at length, and elAimc'I
% be impfactieable, for many Teasona
The preei-e form Of revision prsferred, is
o increase The rates 10 schedule c from
"a 10 25 per ssut; schedule S. from 10 to
20 per cent; schedule 7 from IL to IS per
,eBl, and schedule @, from 9 TO 10 per
tent, and schedule d, from Ito 5 per cent.
Il is estimated that tLis change will add
~ 100000 to The receipts from custom.
Schedule c aud d are large and impor.
iant, embracing most textile fabrics, with
iron manufacturer Of iron. z Is small
lint, in which raw sik, steel, tin and zius
are the most prominent items G and II
are msinlg made up Of drugs and metals 10
use in the arts, watches fun, DC. To OBJ
tain the requisite additional revenue. it is
proposed to select certain articles 10 be
transferred from lower to higher schedules,
and a table giving list Of articles, with the
quantity imported, sud The revenue deTi-
we'd, is submitted to assist 10 the selection
Of these, no preference being expressed, sx-
cept for the maintenance Of the revenue
principle as far as may be done.
In regard to the public debt the Sscre
tary wishes provision for keeping the treas
ury notes still outstanding BY extending
the provisions Oft act Of December 2Sd,
1857, for one year, which authorizes the
reissue, il no money is 10 hand TO redeem
them. There we're e19, 1854. 800 Of treas
ury notes outstanding on the first Of July
last. Tie permanent public dsbt, apart
fIon these, is now s35, 1897; and The
Secretary opposes tue funding Of the treis-
ury notes, TO add them to this sum. By
reissuing such as it may not be practicable
to redeem during the next year, it is expect
ed tha! the sum may be carried forward
without difficulty, and with no necessary
increase Of taxes.
The subtreasury system is commended
but an act Of March 3, 1857, requiring
payment Of all disbursements BY drafts ou
some depository, has been found impracti.
cable Of execution.
The Secretary opposes recommend.
ton Of the Director Of the Mint for author.
ty TO issue mint certificates for sums as low
as fifty dollars, prosble to bearer and a.
50 a recommendation from the syms source
TO make silver legal tender 10 larger sum
than at present.
! No public buildings have been begur
within the year, and little bas been expen
ded on works in progress, because Of th'
low state Of the treasury. II is strongly
re mmended that no new public bulldog
Tor custom houses and pOstOffes purpose
| ts authorized.
I A revision Of the revenue lsvs s Fec7m
msnded, as proposed q yssF since. Th
preventive service 10 matters of revenue
is explained too often require the establish
ment Of a port and officers where few @
no goods will come in except BY smugglin
! The Secretsry's financial statement, W
are compelled to say, is from clear as give
in bis report. items belonging to one &C
count, being often placed 10 another, an
: the whole extremely difficult to disenLar
gle. We have made some recompu.stio
; Of the sums in several cases, 10 the effol
D to make the matter intelHgibly clear.
, POSTMASTER GENERALS REPORT.
The Postmaster General says that Il
s expenses of the Department, over an
8 above its resources, have regularly increa
' ed ever since the reduction Of postage.
: would, however, be obviously erroreol
5 to suppose that the charge upon the Urea
= ury is to progress 10 a ratio proportions
IS to what il had been for the last four year
: Our postal system is now extended o'
the whole country from one ocean to Il
i other. There can be but little further e.
, pense resulting from overland connect,
: with California and The other Pacific Stat
!, and Territories. Except one other rout
u commonly called the Nolthern route, fro
8 St. Paul in Minnesota, to Seattle 10 Wa
Is ingtQn Territory, no other is now thoug
II of as being likely to become necessary
The estimate for the transportation OF Il
y mails for the next fiscal year-lsS9>6O'
y when completed, over and above the an
Is cpated revenue, may therefore be regG
s. ed as the maximum which will prObab
. he required for some time to come.
n TIE Postmaster General proposes in Ii
e Of the franking privilege now allowed
i law to members o. Congress, the Secreta
: of the Senate. and the Clerk OF the Hou
y of Representatives. or such other otbc
s. as may be designated for the purpose, ~
. nish the members with postage stamps.
. be used on all letters. public document
le and packets transmitted by them in I
!, mails, and keep an account of the STAN
d furnished to each member, to be paid
% out of the contingent fund Of The House.
= 1t is further proposed that all letters Al
- packets, except newspapers addresel
members of Congress; shall be prepaid
&c the mailing Office. 10 this way the q
= partment would be compensated for
- service rendered, without a resort to
= Inconvenience Of keeping daily minute
's counts of the postage chargsabls on sa
- mail matter.
To avoid dissatisfaction and the prac
cal inconvenience Of having different ra
10 Of postage regulated by distances, it Is
: !. speetfully submitted whether one unlfO
rate of five cents for distances would
II !. enlarge the usefulness of the DePartme
- and di minish il it did not entirely prev
N such heavy drafts on the treasury and
.NN.-.o.o tha ;nfaroef and n0uVpnienca