Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-18

9SS, 424 %. Deducting the actual defcien-
cy, 81, 651 1866 90, and there is an excess Of
estimated deficiency over actual deficiency
OF 81, 456, 457 06.
The revenue from all sources during +
the year 1860 amounted to....-.... S9.21S OCT 49
The revenue from all sources during
1851 amounted to.............. e,of9,296 40
The net proceeds from postoffices in the
loyal States for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1850, were So, 688, $50 Sc, and in 1861,
$3,801, 487 08, showing an increase in 1861
Of SIP, 796 81, and the disloyal States in
1860, $500, $40 81; and in 1861, S677,-
706 20, showing decrease in 1861 of
Sl42, s39 81.
The decrease in 1861 from the net pro-
ceeds of 1860 in all the States appears to
be $50, O43 %.
Statement of the receipts and expendi-
lures of the disloyal States, and amount al
legged to be due to contractors; also, the
amount actually paid to contractors from
July 1, 1861, to May 81, 1861:
Total expenditures. ,6991 AZ
Total gross LII 20 %
Excess of expenditures over receipts S2i57 $50 AZ
Amount alleged to be due contractors -
for transportation 3,135,6SI u
Amount actually paid fer transportation 2,323061 63
Leaving amount alleged to be due and
unpaid. S12595 40
The estimate of the total expenditures for
1865 is somewhat less than those Of previ-
GUS years heretofore submitted. This diff
ference arises from the fact that only partial
estimates are made for the cost of postal ser
vice in States where it is now suspended.
The appropriation for deficiencies in 1861
was So, 391 1850. 60, while the amount esti-
mated to be required from the Treasury for
1852, is So, AS, 900.
The whole number Of ordinary dead let
ters received and examined during the year,
WAS about 2, $50, 600.
The number of these letters containing
money, which were registered and sent out
during the year ending June 80, 1861, was
$3.50.
The number of dead letters returned un-
opened to foreign countries during the fiscal
year was Ill, 147, which, added to the num-
Der Of domestic letter Q03, S80) sent out as
above, gives the whole number sent out from
the dead letter Office for the year, 215, 033.
The result of successful investigation in
Z, $3.50 cases, confirm the past experience of
the Department that the failure of letter
to reach its destination is, in the vast ma
iority of instances, the fault alone Of the
writer or sender. Out Of the above 1860
valuable dead letters, 1905 were directed
to the wrong Office, 46T were imperfectly
addressed, 6l2 were directed to transient
persons, 257 to parties who had changed
their residence, 81, were addressed to fc-
titious persons or firms, SO we're uncalled
for, 10 without any directions, 2,133 were
not mailed for want of postage stamps, 20
were missent, and for the failure of post
masters to deliver 1873 no satisfactory reason
Was assigned. The Department, therefore,
can justly be held responsible for the nom
delivery of but PIP Of these letters.
Much other valuable data is given on this
subject, and it is worthy of remark that of
76,1 69 letters before alluded to, originating
In the loyal States and addressed to resi-
dents Of the disloyal States, 10000 could
not be return ed; either because the signature
Of the writer was incomplete, or because
he letter contained no clue to his residence.
THE experience of the Department shows
that large proportion of domestic letters,
written by educated persons, and particu-
larly women, are deficient in one or both of
these respects.
In view of these and other facts, the
Postmaster General suggests that valuable
dead letters, when returned to their
owners, should be charged with treble the
ordinary rates of postage, comprising one
rate for return transportation to the dead
letter Office, one rate for registration there, /
and one rate for return transportation to the
writer's or owners.
A treaty with Mexico has been concluded,
awaiting the ratification by Mexico, estab-
fishing a common international rate OF %
cents on letters, with other useful provis-
ions.
The Postmaster General has accepted the
offer made in 1853 by Great Britain for a
reduction of the international rate between
the two countries on letters, from "a to II
cents, which, however, has not yet gone into
operation, as it awaits the response of the
British office.
The above abstract presents merely Few
of the points of the important report.
The Postmaster General gives at length
his reasons for the change of contracts for
disloyalty. Not only was it unsafe, he says,
to entrust the transportation Of the mails to
q person who refused or failed to recognize
the sanctity of an oath, but to continue pay
ment of public money to the enemies OF the
government and their allies, was to give d.
rect aid and comfort to treason in arms
We could not thus permit this branch OF
government to contribute to its own over
throw.
The General gives his reasons
for excluding disloyal publications from the
mails. To await the results Of slow judi