The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-28

breach 70 and from New York city, osauecung 4
Ahsny or Pb,ladepnia, as The Postmaster Geaera nag
ID Via Portsmouth, N H., Boston, Worcester, ana
Springfield, hass., Hartford aud New Haven, Conn,
Cumberland, Md, Bsnweod, va, Bell Air asd cslum
eur, Ohio, Cairo, Ii Columbus, Ky jackson and Grand
ha Washington aSe 70 Wshsr,o MI
Ma,,N~a and New Haven, Conn, New York, \. Z:
Asxspdla ana LyBchturq Va, Knoxvllle, Chattanooga
aDa Grand Junc.'ea, Tenn, and Canton, Mss
.,aaa ana New asvas cs s1s01 s sSs sY ss
oeiph,a, Pa, Baltimore, Nd, Washington, D. G., Rleh-
cbsrs,on, s c. Savannah, Ca and "I FsrnssSi.s IA
Cedar Keys, Fla Norfolk 70 30 supplied by Steamboat
mn Ines 3 amors s aS%
Norfolk, and via Washington city Richmond and r.
eTsburg savannah 10 be with the main ns "
steamers from FrrDandns through tho inland psseaes
ranch nluil 10 be conveyed week. BY steaa
er Cedar Keys KEY West Fia aud 10 be cxtad -
to havana, for the possges, " desired ~ the depart
Congress evidently contemplated the ultimate estssls,
eDt o. several routes between the terin mentiouod b
Ms the service experiment and atteaiod vita
very heavy expense, II " deemed advisable TO
tabish but for the present Which that should be
must depend ysriey or considerations, tho f0rcA q
which only be asccrtaned by careful comparsssa a
the time and Compensation proposed In connection VIII
sssvea by Il. rouss While ,hs legal authority or era
cutting this coDa act may be regarded as fully conferred
by the statute referred TO- yet the amount Of cooonsa
demanded much greater than had been anti
lascc that did not ee justified in view ct the enaDar
rassmeBts If the Department. to incur heavy ianin
" wibout submitting tho matter to the considers uoa Of
Congress- As postal enterprise this yields to
s magnitude and importance and the department shares
the general socuce for 'ts success trust that Ga
grees will either give s express sanction to tho specide
contract suggested By voting the necessary apprcpAAs1
viii indicate Tor the department such course Of a.
ch~vu
a the proposals. which have been received and
held unaer Amusement
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAILS
The service between ST. aut and New Orleans per-
formed during the past year ut aggreg cf
subject OF serious comment The estab tshment Of tnE
river route on it's present basis resisted by tho
pafment as lope as was possible, from thorough
vciion that would involve most depforabe II
its revenues This onviciou however, UNDECIDED,
and the 9th OF Angast 1854 Congress- by mandatory
act, obliged the Postmaster General to put opera
op irrespective OF it's product and irrespective OF the
absence OF h0ee postal wants which the act protested
supply. The result fully realized the AUTHORIZATIONS
predictions OF the department Since the passage or
the act referred to- than thirteen hundred thousand
dosrs have been expended In the transportation Of these
river mails with return SO slight scarcely
to justify the designation OF the expenditure Is
portal in iis character. For time, it is true,
that the route Importance because Of the
through mails which parsed il; but from the
petion Of various railroads these through mails
become essentially local. and supplies only the small offices
along the banks Of The Mississippi All the large towns
are win be supplied in advance by lateral mails
red the RAILROADS. II IS believed that tho services
could be performed for fourth Of the which Il
costs, the department permitted 10 contract fer
by the tp reduction amounting 10 SAT 2l5 has been
above the mouth of the Ohio, and cores
poparg reduction made between Cairo and New Orleans
the expenditure would be still greater than the revenue
from the route would justify The terms of the act.
however, do contemplate such curts,ae at
a. the altered capabilities OF the service mperatvey
demand. The matter is referred to Illustration or
the disastrous consequences which must follow from
OF legislation that takes from this department al
discr and to enter into engagements
which place the nail service beyond the reach Of thal
wholesome revsory power which sound policy requires
ea be constantly exercised in adjusting Its operations
the recurring vcssi.udes to which II exposed.
Believing that this route while continued its pressat
footing compensation fails clearly within the cate
CORY Of postal respectfully suggest the proprsty Of
placing less its curnings on the public treasury The
enormous amount annually drawn by from the postal
revenues is in effect aud probably intended 10 be.
but subsidy in uid OF Southwestern commerce, which
needed, the nation Is willing to bcstow IT, should
PACIFIC NAILS.
On taking charge Of this department. found establish
and full operation different routes for conveying
the mails TO and from California and other Pacific pos
sessions, viz
Annual cost Annual reoetpts.