Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-12-16

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The report Of Gov. DenuisOn is ax+anged with
an index which is of great assistance to iae read
sr in enabling him to find, without difficulty.
the page upon which any particular subject Is
treated. There is also an appendix which is in
fact an index to the tables The report is ad-
mirably arranged, and is pattern Of public
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REyENUE-RxPKNsEs-DE -
The Revenue 70 The Department for the year
1864 was $l2,438253 78; the expensesS2, ,644,-
786 20; deficiency $206532 AZ. This does nO4
include the standing Treasury credit of $780,,
600 on free matter
The deficiency In 1863 was SI504I7 IS; for
1862 it was $2,l2,SI4 81 The deficit under
Buchanan's administration was as follows: In
1851 $3.50, 7lS 40; IN 1858 S4,543S43 20: in
1853 $6996,OO9 26; in 1860 $5,656. .7O5 e.
No other argument Is needed 10 show the re-
forms OF the Lincoln administration over the
Buchanan dynasty; and when IL is taken into
the account that we have much more satisfactory
service now than formerly, the discrepancy Is
much more apparent. The cntting off Of mail
service in the rebel States, of course, makes up
portion charged to the account of the last ad-
ministratiOn, but does nob by any means, ac-
count for the whole.
srAxPs-ENYELOPE Es-NgwsPAPER wRAPPERs.
The numbered postage stamps sold for the
fiscal year 1861 was 334,054 6l0-value $lO,-
III, ,327 Number of stamped envelopes 26,-
GA, 4,300-yalue S765,5l2 So Number Of news
paper wrappers ], ,574, ,5O0-yalue $3I, ,49O.
Increase of 1864 over 1860 -$4,I04OI3 50
do do do 1861 - 4284O96 so
do do a,s do 1862 3,139237 so
do do do 1S63..-. 635, ,569 50
Losses in stamps amounted to only sl,206;
of envelopes $31 so. - iI.-. - -
sFfsf MAI. SERVICE.
There are 1919 miles of mail routes; of
these by steambOat,s 7j276-eexpsnse $253274;
by raiiroads ~ 22,6l6-e1pense$2,567 So, ,044. Total
cost of mail transportation, 1886 y222 Ohio is
the third State as to number of miles of mail
routes, being II ,944 Psnnsyivania has I3 Al,
and New York 1896. Ohio has the most miles
of railroad mail transportation, being 3,224.
while New York has 3,059, and Pennsylvania
2,2l1.
THE Distribution SYSTEM.
The report says that the expense Of the dis
tribution Of letters by the present sy stem of dis
tribution ofices-which are 22-amounted dur
ing one quarter in 81 to nearly S200O0O; being
at the rate of $500 600 per year, or about sixty
two per centum of the whole expense of clerk
hire in all offices. The mailing of all letters di-
rect from Office TO another in so vast terri
tory as ours is not practicable, but in order to
improve upon the present plan railroad or trav-
cling post offices have been adopted On the
route from New York to Washington the plan
is in operation, and by distributing mail matter
ON the cars it is found that the transmission of
letters isexpedited frOmtWelve to fourteen hours.
Experiments have been made in other places
with similar results. On the great eastern and
western routes to Cleveland, as well as between
Washington, and New York, the size and inn
Of of
button to be done are such "a to require accom-
modations to the extent ef an entire car. West
of Cleveland only portion of car will be used
on each route --s
- ~ FOREIGEsMAIL SERVICE.
The aggregate postage upon the correspond
ence exchanged with Great Britain, Prussia,
France, Hamburg, Bremen and Belgium.
amounted to $1,399, COS SO, being an increase of
S174, $50 4S, as compared with the last year and
$2I ,458 81 in excess Of the largest amount real
lied in any previous fiscal year. The collections
in this country amounted to 1881, ,730 g. and in
Europe to $517 ,S15 OF; excess Of collections in
the United States 1868 855 81. This result is
significant and gratifying, showing largely in
creased correspondence with Europe, notwith-
standing the civil troubles agitating the coun-
| try, and the interruption Of postal communica-
tions with the Southern States.
The p0stages with the British North Ameri-
can provinces for 1864 were S3O7,27I SO, in
crease of SSl ,628 09 over last year and of s129-
616 SO over the previous year. Postages col
lected in this country were S168755 "a; in the
provinces $136,6l5 ga; excess in fayor OF the
United States S30,140. This extraordinary in
crease of correspondence is probably owing to
the fact that large numbers Of rebel agents and
sympathizers and refugees have taken up their
temporary abode in Canada and the other prov.
inces. $50
Posr oFFIcEs AND PosTNAsTERs, &c.
The number of offices is 2SS7S; 1896 in Low.
| al, 1902 in dislOyal- States. Post Masters an.
pointed by the Presidenti 705; by the Post
Master General 2S,l73. There are 20 specia
agents; 81 local agents; Ala route agents; lG5
baggage masters in charge of mails Free de.
livery has been introduced at 66 offices, employ.
ing 685 carriers, at compensation annually o.
S3l7,O61 y.
l. .g,.. DEAD LETTERS.
The number of dead letters for the wear wa,
350S, ,825, an increase of 956 400 over last wear
The increase is owing TO the return of large mum.
bers of soldiers and sailors letters which could
not be returned. OF the letters returned 4,4I1
contained money, amounting to $20,4 ,4S4 49,
Letters returned containing valuables other
than money, II ,436; nominal value of enelos-
ures, 81 ,6l5694 rs, being an increase of 80 per
CcuS ONOt buG 1kN'5SOO 1eIbSEs O
packages containing photographs, daguerreotye,
and iewelry were received at the dead letter Of
fee OF these 1928 were returned to the
senders or to the parties addressed, 1854 wer,
sent to the dead letter Office because the postag,
was not prepaid; 35,068 because mis-directed
or so imperfsctly directed that the destination
could not be ascertained, Many of this las
class were without any direction at all, anC
many Of those contained enclosures of value
4,256 letters addressed to fcticious persons o.
firms, probably ON fraudulent business, hav,
been returned to the writers. The amour
standing To the credit of the dead letter office
after paying all clerk expenses, was $3259 II
~ A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
Lieut.. Drake was taken prisoner early las
summer near Bermuda. Hundred He was sen
to Macon, and from thence 70. Charleston.
On the evening of October 9Th, while in iran
sits from Charleston to Columbia, s. O., Lieut.
]. Madison Drake, with three brother officers
jumped from the train and ran into the woods
Blood-hounds We're immedistely loosed, but b.
wsding through heavy laurel and. cypres
swamps for several days, the officers eluded fur
ther pursuit. During this time they sufere'
greatly from want OF proyisions-grape per
simmons and berries being their chief staple O
food. Subsequently they lived six days on dry
r.