New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-07

ir'Lisbed tc each uefnh-' '" " Phf fur on Z ~
coIiir 2 Il fond ct tie H1l ~ |; further propose.
. that ali tier. and packets excsCt uewsy tpefs a.
dTfssed 10 a.e'ubcIs II Congres' snht O- PrrPtd a
tue msirC 'fiice. In tis gay Ga brpaftmrn' rvult
b compensated for the scrVice TN.'tr'i, without I
TesoIt 70 the itcpnycIiggcs # keep. sS d4y minute
sccooIt. Il tie postaee ChsTse able - ssch mai
natter.
IT, avoid di..s;'srloIio1 nud ihc prsc'icsi ipcor
vrrlercc O.! having iTreu' rrfc- q poet p, resu
LATED by dstaIccs, H s respectfully submitted "hct iel
ore urim rate of five cent fof a di-tarce. o
Iot Ian tie usc'uiress II the u tparment, y -
Ma t i cid Lot g, ;ifr pre,elt sucl leaFy -alt-
upon tl- Treasury and bes, promote the interest 81
cor vcIi.Iee 1T ths people.
Tho vi one tuber OF Post. Offices On the 3Oh jane
lsrl - ~. II abcL iDO az Of tue class denn.-
lat. presto uiel; Whole uu.iO's established dIrog
Il las' fscn wear - l9l lumhsr d- -'Ontuu-d g. s}i.
iuc,rase, l.a9i; number Of Pcs,ma,ters srpoiuted.
S.-i. Or these .9j were t. Il. vacancies occa-onet
ty resiGnaticus, !e by REMOVALS, - by deaths -
10y cbsrge Of LANES am sites and : III on establish
neat oi Offices Whole In uher of Offices De 7,
Isc .sJ.3. Or the 3th june last there were 10 op-
eis;.ou $50 mail routes. The nuaiber OF contract
70i. The er til Of these routes l. &c matei a'
.6n dt3 II lies. Total amount cf transportation, -,
765. l6l II. O.. and cost s7.795,ilS.
Compared with tie sery.ce reported 3lth June,
ls57 there is acdiiiou O Is Of2 miles tO tue lelgtl
oi utes, and Sl,'3,372 TO the cos, The total est
mates for tie current year are SlO6io,HF. The tota
expebdnIes If the department IN the fiscal yaI
euCii June 81. 1893. amounted To $l3,'SZho. Tie
estimated O. pts ami Expenditures ~ l>9 eNpsndi-
ture- Sii06,JS; means 81, ,59j, deficiency
sA,Osl,l-i
OF forigr poelsges tie Po'tmssterGeucral says
that tlo io a postage. on letter mails exchaugei with
Europe was Sl31s,l6 -. On mails sent u Great
Britain. sa>D. $50 *; to Prassi4, Si93'65 %; 20
Brcnt ~ - SO, :6; To tra ce, slOl li TO- aud to
Hauburg, Sl0Je g.. Total sett, Sj"I .53J o.. Ca
mails received from Great Britain si'z!.j9 Go. from
Prus ia, sl3l g5 -; from Brcmen, slo051 %; from
Franc, slcl III 10 and from Hamburg sj,51l y.
Total received, $3.50 Gil ~. Total postrs,s collected
= - II
Prussia, Bremen. France and Hamburg, sj3j,592 ~
Excess OF postages collected IN the United State,
SaN l0l ~
Total pos'aees for the yesr from the New.York,
Aspinwal and California iines, sE6,1E T.; from the
Charleston ard Havana line, g l25 II; and from
the New. Orleans ard Vera Cruz line, = ,359 g.
On tie subject # AID foreign mail service the
Posmhstei-ieueTa aircrg other things says: By tue
time the contract for the California lmes, VIA Pauima
snd Tehuartepec expire, October |. 1889, it il
probable q nj the route by Lake Nlcaragul VIII have
been ieopened AM IN successful operation HIS pre.
seIts the question whether Two or three ot these
routes sha theTesfer be employed for mail purposes
Tn Iehuantcpec route Is the shortest srd most
oady protected against Interruptions, hut II viii Oc
comparatively too new, aud the line # staging too
lorg TO furnish ~th certainty adequate and satisae-
tory communicate, betw our Atlantic aud Pacific
possessions. While it is destined doubt TO be-
trensit at the first importance and viii deserve
the highest patronage and encouragement It'll i can
rot supercede the necessity Of one or n ro routes
Il Is of the highest importance that the route by
Nicaragua should DC reoyt ued hud lts unosturbed
Tor the transportation OF n. mais passengers, troops
and muuitol- a. secured by the solemn guaranty
of public treaty. Without tins, in view of the ua
stable coudiiion of the locrl gOyerpment of CerrG
America, lbe safety and security Of transportation
hardly be- relied AZ cacu ,ted 10 iacLisl the re-
quisite facilities Of commune atom between Europe
6ud the southern and Southwestern states, the pco-
iected lines between Norfolk sud Edgl,ud, and be-
tween New-Orleans end rdeaux, are among the
most important to be established.
Tue posInasteT-GeItIgl Anticipates tie time "a not
far dlstart vixen the communication between Europe
sId tue Eost shall be across this couiincnt. Sln
Francisco and Neg-Iors corrected 10y telegraph,
witch he considers probable witlm tarce years, line
berg ,lrtacy established to the summit i the great
Nevada au1 CaliiOIris nnl China and japan con
rs.red by line of stea1 els, aad the espoudeuce
between Eng land and her Asatlc dependencies must
60 Though our hands. Such line of steamers, he
thinks, would net long need Government patronage.
As regards n line fOm suitable port ia the
United States to Brazil, end the extension of tue Cai
f,lnia line from Panama 70 the South Pacific coast,
which, for commercial We II for mail purposes, 1t
IS so t srabe should be established, and the ne from
N.w-Orleens to Vera Cruz, it Is apparent that the
postapes 10 be derived tnercirOm wOui detr9y bnt
tria'rg portion Of the expenses Of the same. The
PostInaster. General regards il highly importeat
that the line TO Vera Ciuz should DC Continued,