The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-15

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The Pss,nssssr Gessrsls Report"
From the report of the Hon. John 81. Rea
gan. Postmaster denerai, we gather the FOL
lowing facts relating TO the operations Of thu
department over which he presides.
The " al cost OF the mail service In the
eleven suites Of Alabama, Arkansas, Flor
ida, Georgia, Louisiana, mississippi, NORTH
Carolina, south Carolina, Tennessee, Tsxas
and Virginia, for the fiscal year ending Ju..
so,h, 1850, under the Government OF the Uni
ted state, was o, 2a6 ,2i6.7S, and the Total
receipts, for postal sszyice, for the same yeaf
ver. .: ,ol7 $40 IS. Mcess OF .tpendi ures
over rec-ipts. es,77s,7os .. The receipts 10.
the rractiona al quarter of one month, ending
the so,h OF June last las shown by the meagrs
and imperfect re,urns) were 4s2. ss7 81; Anu
the expenditures e-oo, ss7s7 excess OF expen-
diturse over receipts, Siue, 1858 80.
Or an approprf ,uon vi S3o, ovo 70 carry Int.
effect an act Of Congress. "reiauve TO tsle
graph lines in sae Confederate States Their.
has been expended si6.lsS77. EghI lines o.
telegraph have been suIit, Of the Aggregate
lsIgth Of 2l7 miles, NJ an aggitgate cost OF
..
copper wire. with batteries, &C., have been
made and sent to the army. for field opera
tions. at a cost of ei.7s3 Sc Operators anu
watsAmsn have been employed st o cost OF
81, es6.z3, Of which 81 ,ol3 70 has been paid
Contracts were IN ado with the Texas T sls-
graph Company, and with the Arkansas State
Telegraph COMPANY. for building and opera
ting lines and sending Government dis.
patches 70 distant portions OF the Confsde.
xacy The first was To have been COM lstsu
by the 10Th of December.
There are in The Confederate States 2,570
pos.-roads established BY law. Of these,
contracts have been prepared. In duplicate,
and sent In letters Of instruction 70 postmas.
ssrs for sxecui on by the contractors on l,S72
routes and s33 OF the number have been re.
turned properly executed. The Department
has encountered many difficulties in Its eff.
forts 70 secare efficient postal service, and the
causes of failure to obtain contracts upon q
large um Der OF routes are given in detail In
the report.
There are 81 railroads and branch roads In
abs Oonfederate States OF this number only
Is have entered into contracts. Many Of the
companies have waived the proposal TO con-
tract for the present, on one or another
ground. Many OF them decline to accept the
classification and compensation assigned to
their roads, and 1t Is manifest that many of
them intend, II they can, to avoid liability
and the legitimate control Of the Depar tment
oy refusing to- en- ter into contracts, WHILE Mt
The same dme, they signify q willingness to
perform. the service, but under some protest,
and Generally that they must have higher
pay. The Department Is pursuing a course
calculated to meet and overcome objections
IN this respect.
A portion OF the report is devoted to a
notice Of the irreg ularity cf the rails, on &C.
count Of which tho depar tment has been
visited with much censure. The difaculty
ofsetting proper schedules adop ed and CON.
formed to; the occupation Of tho roads in
transporting soldiers, supplies and munitions
OF war; the military schedules run by order
OF the War Department, with the ordinary
causes OF delay aud loss Of connections, such
asrunnipg OF the track, breaking Of bridges,
&c, have rendered tho mails 60 irregular.
as to make 1t an accident, now, stead Of the
Iuls, to have regular connections between
any distant and important points. It is al.
legged that tho department has done every.
Thing In IT'S power to avoid these irresulari.
ties. and IL, In no just sense, responsible for
them The companies have been pretty gen.
orally notified that the Department will do
all It can by way OF fines and deductions for
failures. 70 compel regularity In tho servicet
1t is impossible, without a publication Of the
entire report, for which we have not space,
to notice every fact In connection with the
dfno 80
other important respects.
The whole number Of post. omces in the
Confederate States on the LIST Of June, 1851,
Was san. or this number there have been
discontinued since that date 1853, leaving in
operation s.22s; number established since
the LIST OF June. e: whole number now in
operation, $500. Mum Der Of post-ofices of
which the names and sites were changed, II:
number OF postm asters appointed since the
Lat OF June. e,2el; number commissioned ny
Tie Department since that date, 4, lS4; whole
number OF rsslgnations during the same Pc
liod, 300, OF which number 459 were resignA.
uons OF appotu tments conferred by this lie.
par'ment, and 4el were resign lions Of ap-
poiniments held under the Government Of
ns United States There are lilo route agents
employed. Seven permanent and one tom.
porary special agents have been ap-
pointed.
Estimate Of the pro babls receipts for the
year ending June 80, 1862 compared with the
receipts from all the post Offices now In the
confederate States for the nscal year ending
June 30, 1850:
Total receipts Of all the omces In
-. 81 Ill, go 90
aotaI receipts OF all the offices In
aSoA..'.' '-.'.........,........ Lon ,Gl3 90
Showing deficiency Of. ....... S42e o24 co
Tbs sstimate, however, is based upon the
nsurns from only 1922 post-of,css. and the
receipts must necessarily b increased bv the
isurns from the remaining 4. o34, though tho
latter are generally small ofacss, scattered
throughout the interior, from many Of which
ne receipts viii - tnsonsiderabls.
There are other facts connected with tn.
operations OF tho department, which w 70.
ssve for future article.
The Active Hssses Of vjssinia.
"nos 1t seems probable that the Lsgisla.
=, ,a's VIII take some action for keeping mp
'"s'ntas quota OF the Confederate army, II
~ mattor AN h NJ "a