New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-05

ptntible offer made, PROVIDED " uio hos eA'9Du ~
raximnm fixed by the act. The revenues derived
fro m this service viii no. exceed 1870 per annuml
deed az one.haf of the limited correspondence between
lie tern i If the route will be oonveyed VIA " rpr
Ida Railroad and steamers the western coat o, me
peninsula, the probability is ai the rec.H's VIII ,,,1
much below II Q sum named. This was wen Known W |
(oreress ard leaves no room 10 doubt bnt thal ccn-
mereal considerations alone led 10 the enactment OF te
law under which this service has been esipnnleo. II
fact the history of the act makes TINS quite ~ w b
os II tie mrpoe had been declared III the title Oh nv
bill sef Had this barge appropriation peeh Paya' le
from the con mon treasury, should have iofooTnS all
remark upon It's improvidence, and would nave S TO
Others tie task Of commenting aHe apon ;no exIe,
public money. Tie appropriation, bcwever, 7'as made
om the pofta fund and th9se charged With ITS admin
ra,ion cannot but deploe its perveicn 70 an OBJECT
40 entirely foreign TO that for which II w contributed
nv tie public SO wasteul expenditure Of the earn
ps Of the Deparment IL 70 the last degree diaco1r-
aeirg TO al endeavors DIT prudence aud fTugality
their administration on the part OF t1e EAG x
utive branch Of the Government. In truln'
this course ri legislation is seeming re-
buke 10 the fef-sustaining theory on when the
stOaiee Department was organized and so long and
so bonoraby conducted and tends thur 10 destroy tnt
powerful motive TO economy whtch mas ever oeei 'ne
ron,eryatiye element of the service. Ii persisted IN II
must Spay result in confoundng the postal revenues
with tire common treasury, and IN dlsavowlng tue
trust with which there revenues have been ehaiSeo
from the foundation Of the Government, or 10 openly
disIegaIdIg iis obligations
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIL.
H. appeara from the last annual report that the ag-
gregate cOst Of the service between 81 Paul ana New
Orleans for the year ending June ~, 1853, was s5@o
27S The reduction OF S4 made above lne inoa t
of the Ohio operated to bring the expenditure for the
last fiscal wear down IN $Sl 06J The triweeky nver
mail between Memphis and kew-Orl leans has been
since oseonnued which has resulted IN further re-
trench ment of $40 go per annu that the total out
Law uron the route for The current fiscal year will be
siO4 f65 The diseontinuanee last referred 10 was
made in consequence of the heavy through mails hav
ing been transferred 10 the railroads, OF when cohtn
nous line now exists between Memphis and New.Or-
leans The expenditure still made upon the nver
route very far exceeds its postal value and IL only con-
tnued from Difference 70 the apparent VIII OF Congress
as manifested in the mandatory act under whicn tne
service was established. These contracts will expire
ON The Seth June 1862 when II will be practicable aad
the duty Of the Department TO place the transportation
of these river mails the footing when occupied
prior to the passage Of the law referred TO- NO oouo
i entertained but that by engaging their conveyance
by tie TIP and thus opening the service 10 Tree com
nstition on the rar Of the steamers plying on the MIS-
,issppi, at least 100000 per annnm might DC SaVea
from The present expenditure. ~
NETWORK AND NEw-ORLRASS MAIL.
The subioined table viii exhibit the character OF lns
service during the rast year between meW-iorh anu
Orleans on the Central or Knoxville route ana on
that via Wilmington: I'm. oc.......,
Schedule time March inclusive y days. from Ap tdsy'
Inivslsi in schedule time, $40
Arrivals out of schedule time, $50 -, al,
.fiaste Route tfa WILMINGTON AeIIA Cdfe'ihs'
Arrivals in schedule time, 45l.
Arrivals out Of schedule time lJo. , =, =,
Near the close of May last, mails from New-fork
fer New Orleans and from New-Oreans for New YORK
ceased 10 be transmitted via Wilmington They have
tiree been sent wholly by the other route.
II thus appears that while the average time upon the
Ger al route Is II hours ess than that by Whining
ton vet tie arrivals upon the latter are more regular
and mueh more frequently within the schedules than
upon the former Both Of these routes however, snow
marked improvement alike in regularity and speed
az compared with the returns Of the preceding year
Thus the Central exhibits for 1850 $40 arrivals IN
schedule tire against 24l for 1853, and an average
time of 5 days, 2 hours against days, 22s hours;
while that by Wilmington presents an average time OF
DAYS 10 hours against days, IL hour for 1882 and
43 arrivals in schedule time during about ii months,
agBinlt 4C3 for the entire year OF ls9 Neither OF
these routee however, bas fulfilled the promises which
were made to the department. or justlled the expect-
tons With have been entertained in reference 10 1t,
az q carrier Of the malls $50
Under TIE authority Of the act Of june IL, 1873,
contract has been entered into for the transportation
of the mails between Charleston and New Orleans, via
the Ocean and the Florida misunderstanding time,
fully guaranteed co hours The present schedule time
between Eew-YoIk and Charleston il AZ hours, whicA
would give by this route from EewYork to New
Orleans, IOS hours, or A days-being IA hours less
than the average time by the Central and 81 hours
less than that by the Wilmington route The eXpec-
tation however is confidently INDUCED that the ser
performed in from 80 10 SIS hours in which event there
will lie thus offered advantages for the conveyance Of
tie great Southern mail much supe Tor to those hith-
eTto afforded by any other route In TINS connection
nav be mentioned the recently established
NIGHT MAIL BETWEEN NETWORK AND BOSTON.
Tie yalne and necessity OF @ postal communication
between these large commercial mats, NJ later hour
of the day than has hitherto existed mas long been
apparent 10 the department. but various difficulties
lave interviewed TO prevent its attainment All the
nes connecting the two cities are composed Of three
and four distinct companies deriving their charters
from AZ many different States, and having each its
interests end local purposes TO advance Recent nego-
tetions however have resulted III arrangements FOR
an interior night train, leaving New-York at p M,
and running through Rew-Hayen, Hartford, Spring
field and Worcester reaching Boston IN not more than
nine bouIs, and returning from Boston 70 New-York at
fimilar hours In this manner, correspondence pre-
pared IN either city 10 the close Of the latest business
hours taken through and delivered at an early hour
of the succeeding morning. connection is also made
at Eew-York with the morning mail from the South
which IL thus expedited some thirteen hours-so that
letters land passengers) leaving Washington in the
morning. arrive at Boston 10 less than twenty three
hours and from Baltimore IN about twenty one hours
conversely, correspondence leaving Boston at eight
o'clock one evening received and delivered ut Wash
ipgton before the same hour the next evening.
The arrangement is for three months only, il being
I'm Experiment 10 result in permanent organization,
should it prove successful postal measure and
munerstve TO the contractors a. a passenger convey
ance.
RAILROAD SERVICE.
After nlludiDg TO the irregularities connected with
the transportation Of the mails the railroads Of the
country, growing out Of the refusal of many of the
COMPANIES TO execute the customary contracts, il
stated in the ast annual report 10 be the purpose Of
the Department TO "notify these companies that on
and after March 81 1860 the mails would be delivered
TO them only on condition of their entering into formal
agreements containing their part the usual spula
tions for the faithful performance Of the service"
Subsequently, however bill was passed by the Sen.
ate, and would probably have passed the House of
Representative, but for lack OF time 10 consider it,
essentially modifyinp the existnp laws prescrbinp the