, 1859-08-18
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THURSDAY, AUGUST ls 1859
D1srRnuUr1ox or FEDERAL PAT
HON AGE.
There are seven principal officers connected
with tic Post Office Department ut Washing
ton. One Of them is taken from the Eastern
States, six from the Slave; and none from tho
Western Free States, as follows:
Joseph Holt, Of Kentucky, Postmaster Cen
cral;
1loratio King, Of Mainc First Assistant
Postmaster Gcneral-Forcign Mails:
Vim. Il. Dnndas, Of 1-irgiuia, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Contract Office;
Alex. n. Zcvcly, Of North Carolina, Third
Assistant Postmaster Gcncral-Finance Office;
Benjamin N. Clements Of Tennessee, Chief
Clerk-1n charge Of the Inspection Office;
Thomas n. Tate, Of Virginia Auditor Of tho
Treasury for the Post Office Department;
Henry St George On'utt, Of Missouri, Chief
Clerk Of Auditors Office.
The foregoing is in accordance with the Dem
ocratic idea Of National distribution OF offices.
Hundreds Of Western Post Offices have been
discontinued since the adjournment Of Con-
grcss, aud hundreds of Post routes have been
abolished, or the service reduced from daily 10
tri-weckly, :lnd ,ri.wcckly to weekly mails.
This has been done on thc plea If economy, to
reduce tic expenses Of the Department. But
in the meanwhile, the Southern mail service l,s
been maintained almost Intact The only
Slave State which l,:ls lad its mail scry7cc re-
duced TO any extent is Missouri, aud the rca-
son is, that she is regarded more as Western
than Southern State. When will Western
men &c, ,1hcir eyes open:
THE YEARS IMP0RTATIONS.
The CMited .Stu'ey Economist holds that the
immense importations Of tile present year are
not excessive. 1t gives table Of imports for
tile four preceding years, comparing the aver
age with the imports Of the present ycaz, de-
ducing the following result:
4s'''',s ." "@:.Aes''es VI t:u;,"n in2
sAs .............. 81
r,,.,'. >,,...,o,, FLY aa......-...'.'.;S::1 :.
Mt ine1ea., u .r I'll .'-.A'-......'is
The nett increase in footnSs Of the year
1852 On NJ average Of tic four previous gears,
is Sl7.574.03G. The Ecnnoa,ixt adds:
The question is-is this IN undue proportion
of ipcrruses In answering the question, it is to
under circumstances uniaror.ble to the present
year: o'e Of the tour years from which tue aver
ill., m fe,a ~ INV ,,,a",'d;ms,
ono Of upwards of e.l,eu0,veo. reduces tue
amount o. !he ase!ase. Whilst is's-.. the year
make ~ the deficiencies of lie wear If REDUCED
1n'P"rs; ana thus laFsef excess Is throwl
course ur business would brlonr IN il Hut 81;
trcly wa,v'ng this consideration cvcn, it is casil.
erc"ss;ra .n1' ~. "a. s,;ii - ~, tau'
ther buck, so as to get II mare co,nprcl,ensiy.
a'er"g ; u WI ~ 'o"na 1,at tne present year
ore. Making COMPARISON, sim,larto the uLov.,
OF thc hr: Years next preceding those ALREADY
Jnnr ;;t,tl.' l,:". 81 -, u,m1 ~; : ow m ayer:
agc Of imports amounting to $':".ii7 mi whilst
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uvery.. hcins s.. ,,;.', or 3. per cent
!nst @ oo"os ''e Ratio o' 'nc:casc 1or Tue rfeseh'
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not ,n,rc e,,;sf,c,orx ,rr,,x from o,,r cl;c,r,
wholesale dealers thah from lhose M Ne'
York. In adopting this course tue Temptation
to buy largcly on credit will also he avoided
for the New York importers will push thcl
trade to the furttest possible verge OF safety
and even beyond it.
The a1ore table, showing tic I'cr cent Of III
crease in our i1nrur!ations, furnishes !: stron
argument iu favor t'f !: revision Of o,tr con
mcrcial policy wifi manufacturing nation:
The ratio Of Increase in our in'r'rtati,'ns {