The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-08

m ERESTIvG rROli WASHlHGT0a.
Exsenalv. Frauds on the Posi- Office Depart-
ment NV "a" use OF Counteyfe Postage
st.mn,. Erto ~h or the Preslaent-rae Nsu-
trnl Rights Que. 'tio", DC.
OUR SPECIAL wAs HisdToN DESPATCH.
~ @rHsGroN, Jun, =. 1s5a
Recent investigations in the asirs II the Post Once lead
TO the belief that thst department Of the svernmsnt loos
million Of dollars year by the Of conlerfst and
rewashed postage stamps II is believed there are
two classes Of persons engaged this nearous business
which manufactures, either from engraved photo
gsphed plates and sells postage stamps and another
that gathers those which have been used from paper
collections and by OF acid washes Off the Post
Office stamp that was put them when they passed
through the office.
Under the present postal system there ia no means Of
guarding against the first named evil for the manufacture
OF the postage stamp simple that man can make
his plate and produce thousands Of sheets without the
OF single person. To dispose he has only 70 come
into cousion with OF the posmasters or their clerks
Of which there are more than ffty thousand In an
throughout the country and the Of money
in passing through the mails does not give high STANDARD
Of honesty among them. All Of them entrusted with
the sale Of stamps, and check be kept upon
them, for there is possibility Of ascertaning
how many stamps in tho hands OF the
people, When letters posted the clerks have
time to scrutnise the stamp them and they rap
idly defaced with black stamp. Az the letters with the
deaced stamps on them pass again into the hands Of the
people, the department form positive idea 10 what
extent the fraudulent stamps are used.
The difficulty of detection attends the rewashed
stamps but they supposed 10 be used 10 less
than the countereis account Of the greater facilities
for selling the latter Efforts have been made both in this
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countered TO obtain indeble ink for the purpose Of
defacng the used stamps but without success aud the
necency Of police system for preventing the opera
tons Of counereers leaves the manufacturer Of surrep
titious postage stamps to labor With impunity.
It the opinion Of persons well versed In the affairs Of
the Post Office Department here that these frauds have
intimate connection with the deficiency in its revenues
and could the Postmaster General devise
stop them the Department would become selr-sus
tanning The only possible manner OF doing
to be to abolish entirely the Of postage stamps aAd
resort TO prepayment by the Of stamped envelopes
which should be guarded their manufacture by
marks In the paper and every other continuance and
provement in the style and construction Of envelopes
which the Postmaster General possibly devise, with
increasing the cost envelope to the
public.
The President and Secretary Thompson arrived this
morning from North Carolina, in excellent health and
spirits.
The Cabinet met at early hour continued in ses-
sion until quite late There number of important
matters, which have recently arisen that will require
careful consideration probably the most prominent among
them being that Of neutral rights. The evasive and un-
satisfactory reply Of Lord Malmesbury upon this subject
the question at prominently before gov.
eminent.
The War Department have received official con0rma-
ton from Major Van DORM of the which was fought
with the Camanches Fort Atkinson in which fifty
Camanches were killed and large number captured.
Captain Smith and Lieutenant Lee were dangerously
wounded
Dispatches have been received at the State Department
from our Minister at Naples After speaking of the pre-
carious condition of Italian affairs, without predicting
what is to be the result. OF tho impending war; gives
glowing account Of the vst Of the frigate Wabash
Naples Daring her brief stay there, he Says she
visited BY thousands and commanded universal attention
TIE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH
WASHINGTON, juno 7, 1859.
The representatives Of several Southern railroad COM
panes have again been in consultation With the proper
officer of the Poet Office Department, and LEFT here to-day
for Philadelphia where they design morrow to meet
he representatives of railroad companies whose lines ex.
tend from Washington to New York Their business ia y
the terms andschedules carrying the mails
between New Orleans and New York with certainty and
with increase Of speed At present the failures are 20
frequent ss 10 demand arrangement, such as s now
proposed
The declaration Of intention to become citizen Of
the UOd States does entie the person making IL TO
passport and Of this fact number of applicants hxyo
recently been informed.
It appears by the records of the Land once Aran-
SAB has received 600 Of public lands aid in
the construction Of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad that
State besides another heavy nstament Of swamp lands
gentleman just arrived here from Utah represents
that the people excited and turbulent condition.
bordering Oh rebellion and hence the proclamation Of Gov.
Cumming with view to dispensing the various parties
OF aormons assembled in military capacity In the
tans Surrounding Salt Lake. These parties he says
portion of the militia called by the Governor to re-
s the entrance of the troops during the
sion of the court at Salt Lake City. The Mormons arc
being monthly augmented by the arrival Of foreign con-
vers. The civil law having failed to it's purpose
it the opinion of intelligent Genes the Territory that
peace can be preserved only by strong military rule
boodahed averted by avoring the removal of the Nor
mos beyond the jurisdiction Of the federal authorities.
The New Hampshire Legislature.
CONCORD, June Z, 1859.
The New Hampshire Legislature Ia under full head
OF steam, and business ia abundant Important local
matters bave been introduced into the House-amoue
which bills to prohibit the change Of school books
in schools oftener than In Eve years; bill
TO repeal the hswkers' and Pedlers' act, and 70
refund all money paid under by parties who have taken
out licenses and bill to abolish all the Courts of Com
Pleas give their business to the Supreme Court
The bill in relation to the change of school BOOKS has
ought hither quite delegation Of publishers and NJ
pase avv,l1 ho