, 1864-02-18

POST OFFICE DEFAnTNENT.
WAsu1sGvoS. Feb. ., 1867.
SR:-Having referred to this Department for
answcr. the letter addressed to yon on the 2sth
nllimo, BY Lewis h. AnEhaus, Esq, Of Chicago, on
sweden and he United ststcs, have eli TIC i 2onor @
70 inform yo1 that the existing rates Of postage to
sions Of our Postal Conventions with Prussia Bre-
men; Hamburg, and France, respectively, md can
not be reduced unless reduction Of The foreign
these countries respectively.
This Department has been unable to conclude
dirett 1ostM arrangements with Sweden or Nor
way: and in the absence Of direct steamship com
munication with those colintrles, cannot conclude
euch arrangements without first obtaining tAe
right w tsdnsf tr eaostd .aat!s through tho tcrri-
Of Elii--cnc. We arc therefore compelled to make
pee Of either PrussIan closed. Bremen, Hamburg
or French mails. as tho medium Of transmitting
correspondence to Sn~1eu ana norway, and are
postage az have been estabiieneea By those com
tries respectively. The fh postage IL aestt9atton
upon a angle letter s,etween the unliea 81 ates
and NOIwsy, BY the PtHeri1h Closed mat, ia fors;-
eiI eents if sent unpaid OF cents II pre-
paid; and by the Bremen or Hamburg mail, the
,u seharge L. thtrtycght cents. whether sent pre-
per single nate nccrues to this Department, as the
United st0tes portion o. the postage, the balance
being lcr1ed 90 foreign postage, and to meet the
TIE Postmaster General Is extremely anxious
so , eaect reduction Of the e5lsting
veil ne to nj other Countries on the continent Of
'i's Hgsope and VII ap.,c 10 effort 70 acsomp1ish
Il s s H. a. s 1et R mo-
The meeipg Of the International Postal Conference
which recently concluded Its deliberations at
of she FPt ~
represented In that body, and recommended by
them as tie basis tor futafo 1nternateaai conyea-
result IN important reductions Of postage 10 all
parts OF Europe. ..
With reference to the comparison msde By Mr..
letters fos Hong Kong, China, and for i.assla and
these charged 1pon letters for Norway and Swe-
den, o5:cre that the ~ cent rate upon lotters
such letters being subject to an additional charge
Ct q eGn.s British postage) Wash is collected At
noaE Kong On csliSesy; and further. that tho rate
mail, is less than that charged to Norway by same
mail simply because cheaper rate OF postage has
6n IT usi1 ss s1S
lam vcfy respectfully year ob.dIent serr't.,
a. W. RANDALL,
First Asst, Postmaster General.
Hon. !. n. Arnold, House Of Reps.
P. S. The charge Of 80 cents" In United States
notseteanal t9 g cents IN eon) slsyed BY cypress
to make 1encittsnccs, ssiAont IesS OF the foreign
postagcs charged upon unpa1d kt&ers reee1red
snch poatages having to he paid over BY this Dc
aIent.
A "ChIcago Times - Lie Nailed.
Under this head the Watertown RspuHican OF
February I'd, contains the following In reference
to one Of the derce attacks mnde by the copper
head organ On the Sanitary Commission md the
character Of Its managers. It viii be remembered
that the foTaeious Tina in its iesue Of Janecr'
.5tl, contained Whist pusported to be letter fpol
q correspondent In Natestown, Wisconsin, Ehfci,
states that Mr. Liyermorc openly admitted that
bls wife received one hundred dollars per moatl,,
ard nl expenses paid for her services in the SAM;
tary Commission, end naming Mr.. Day and Lutac-
Cole, two well known and Important citizens OF.
W.te1town, and members OF Rev. Nj. Livezmore-s
church, as his authority. Read what the RspuNs-
cdn Gays:
''Meters. Day and Cole are, as the writer in the
IS Times says, well known and influential citizens
"of WATERFOWL, and incapable Of telling falsc-
hood. We wish VIC could say as much for the
.'lying sc1ibbler in the oopperhead 1qsnes. The
tsfelIow lied when he made tls assertion, and =
"whst IL more-he knew he lied, and that there is
not particle Of truth In his story from beginning
"to end. The Witnesses he brfngs forward to su =
"taIn his case Tepudiate him. They brand HIN as
"a wi;lfhl fa'Eincr. Tte hrzt they ever heard o!
"the matter w.s when they read about 1t in the
s75mes. OF course there the statement imputed
"to them IS base fabrication, though enl-
''nently worthy Of the paper in which
"it first saw the light So is the
s.add.tfoua' allegation that Mr. Livcrmoro
'sto1d them that Mrs. ITermore received salary
"of one hundred doliars month! .acssrs. Day
and Cole pronounce the whole tbIug--so far as
-'they. are conce1ned-a canard. So mnch for this
IS Times 1fe.''
Yes, 60 much for It. The assertions and r:tupe-
retions Of TINT Infamous sieet have been SO often
nailed to tie wall, that nobody now believes tha,
not even the supporters Of the paper, except IL
msy be q few blind followers, who swearing by it
and for 1t, shut their eyes and cars to everything
except what is read in or from ita polluted col
uu1nE.
Truly the 77n,es occupies dignlne1 and honor
able posinon. Secuted by all decent people, and
eoundly hated ty majority even o. thst political
elase Of which it claims to be the Lender, it bag
lattcrly aped the character Of 1shmael, it's hand
being "aEaInst every man. and like Ishmcc1,
every mans hand vii! coon be against It. Ex-
anime the following comparison of Its enemies
and friends aLook on this picture and on that
and sec the difference:
TIE CHICAGO TtMEa.-
Its Enemies. /. Its Frle.as.
ba'le4 bsai and Burn.tae, | |Ise and MCCLELLAN.
sanitary comnission: Southern Flre,Eaieta.
Bishop A7ncH. Gen. Bishop Polk.
Soldiers OF the Union Guerins mud Rcbcla.
Polite Force oil Chicago. Its Thieves and Fiu.-
| t1tute5.
Divine Providence. The Devil.
TIE comparisons may be carried out al inyhi-
su1s, but tho two ecries may be accurately sun-
med up in tho terms 1'A!l that Ia good " and
everything thar Is Tt1c. At the hesd Of its sup
porters stands Beetzchub, and they do his wors.
low long will this eess-pool Of iniqnity coatlnue
to pol1ute the land.
TIE DIETRICH ADOPTION CAsr.-Coro-
ncr Wagner commenced All investigation
IN Tuesday, into the Causes OF the d:1th
OF Caroline Dietrich upon whom abor-
ton le alleged to hare been prsctiecd. with the
knowledge ard consent Of her fa!her). The e1am-
fnation was continued till yesterday afternoon.
when 1oux hours wcru spent in receiving the testi
nony Of the following persons:
D7. &. P Adtthei, physician, No. II Blue Island
avenuc, who prescribed for the DECEASED testified
at he bc1,eEes that her death was caused By To-
r,ngitis, OF Inflammation OF the air passages Of
the throat; did not think, when he first saw her.
that she weuld ever recover: never knew as scyere
case OF this dangerous disease to be cured. He
no suspicion nor any intimation that she waE
.ctente. ...
John Manau, who resides adjoining DIETRICH, al
snad e 5e H. essa 'n
Daniel Deit,1A and Ra.Aplna Deit1sch, father
and mother of the deceased, were both examined
Caroline here, her sickness, &C., but knew nothing
about the body o the infant found IN tho ditch 1oE
did they crcr know or believe that 1t was tue child
Of their daughter, The deceased.
Nino IFadrich, daughter OF Dcitrich-sistcr to
the deceased, testified inst shc perfectly igno-
rant upon ali those points touching the matcrnlty
The statements Of the family generally harmon
izc. though IN gone particulars they werc contra
I;ats-o ~ nthrr .vifnrases There WIS nothing In