The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-01
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We are indebted to the National Iatelligencer for
the following items:
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.-Th postal receipts
! for the quarter ending March 81 1859, as ascer-
| tanned by the examination, auditing and analyti-
cal registration of the 2S,S26 accounts received at
the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the
| Post Office Department from the various post
Offices between the 9TH of April and 10Th of july.
1889, were as follows: The amount of letter post
age paid in money was $23G, SO; for newspapers
and pamphlets Sl6l, 328.97 for registered letters
S6,G3O.l Is; for postage stamps and stamped enve-
! opes sold 81 ,65l, 72840; for surplus emoluments
from box rents S2l, 7S4.57; fine for violating post
office law SIS; total S2,077, 644.62.
Expended in collecting the above: For compen-
sation of postmasters S649 54453: for ship, steam
boat, and way letters, So, 500 90; for incidental ex
penses of post offices on account of clerk hire fur
nture, rent, fuel lights, advertising, and miscea-
neous, S293,04l.7l; total S9l5 ,395.35; leaving a
nett revenue of l,l32, 2i927; showing an in
crease Of $l4G, 5SG.S3 over that of the preceding
! quarter.
The amount of postage stamps and stamped en-
| yelopes, used in prepayment ofpostage and can
! ccled by postmasters during the quarter was ST.
534, 442.44 being STA, 96 less than the amount
! sold. AS postmasters are by law and regulation
entitled to the same rates OF commission on postage
prepaid by stamps and stamped envelopes on mail
matter sent from their offices that they are on
postage paid in money, it is of course important
to them that they render correct returns of all
stamps cancelled by them. This ofitsef explodes
stamps.
New Postal ARRANGEMENT WITH CURA-A late
| letter from Havana says: Consul-General Helm
has presented to the attention Of General Concha
the subject of postal arrangement between the
United States and Cuba, in which he has been met
with equal intelligence and frank affirmation of his
views the details of which are not vet determined
Tor official report and publications but it is settled
that all mails for the United States shall be made
up in the Consulate of the United States under tbe
charge of the Consul-Genera and be despatched
by him, on board of the steamers of the United
States or other vessels, from and after the lst of
November. Through the energetic action and in
teligent advocacy of Col. Helm this cure of great
evil has been effected and the public are made per-
fectly secure as to faithful transmission of our i'm
portant mail NATTER
THE LAW OF SToRMs.-The Lighthouse Board in
cooperation with the Naval Observatory in this
city, and the Board of Trade land Admiralty
London, is about to institute system of meteorol-
ogcal observations with view to the further de-
velopment of the law of storms. By reason of the
great extent of the coast of the United States
bounding portion of two great oceans, and run
ming through many degrees of latitude from the
frozen region of the north lakes to the evergreen
peninsula of Florida this Board possesses peculiar
facilities for an intelligent cooperation in this
great work.
The observations are to extend through an en-
tire year, at the end of which time doubt vast
mass OF interesting facts, the only true foundation
OF science, will have been collected for the philoso-
pher.
CoPYRIGHTs.-Th duty of attending to the oper-
alton of the copyright law was transferred to the
Department of the Interior by the act of the last
Congress, and the Secretary has made that duty a
branch of the business of the Patent Office 1t an
pears upon an examination, that the average issue
of copyrights for books for some years past, so far
as may be ascertaned, has been about three thou
sand per annum. New York leads in the number
OF copyrights, and is followed by Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts.
END OF THE PAwNEE WAR-The St. Joseph mo-
Journal states that the Pawnee war, which broke
out about two or three weeks ago, and threatened
to give good deal oftrouble, has been ended. The
militia under Gov. Black, of Nebraska, went in
pursuit of the savages to chastse them for their de-
predations on the Western settlements. The In
dams, about 1000 strong, were overtaken on Shell
Creek, Nebraska. The whites did not number all
told more than $50. These were commanded by
GOV. Black in person, assisted by Major West,
United States Marshal, and Lieut.. Robertson, witt:
about twenty or thirty volunteers. The Americans
had one mounted cannon, and on overtaking the
Indians, three charges were made before the saw
ages surrendered. A number of the Indians were
killed and wounded. None of the Americans were
killed, and but few slightly wounded. On the
third charge the Indians up a flag of truce
and Immediately surrendered, grounded arms,
and gave up all their stock, provisions, ammuni-
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