The national Republican., 1866-07-31
THE DEP:ARTMEN
Pos, Once D.p~rtmsns.

Post once Dspartmens. : .-
Gen. ST. John b. L. Skinner was yesterday quail.
ifed as First Assistant Postmaster General, and
Immediately entered on the duties Of his new Ones
The p~sonmei Of this grsat postal branch
Of the Government, in which every family in
our land is interested, now consists Of Hon. A. w.
Randall, Postmaster General; Hon. g. John b. L.
skinner, First Assistant Postmaster General; Hon.
George W, Mcclellan, Second Assistant Postmaster
General; Hon. A. N. Zevely, Third Assistant; Jos
II. Bisshfan esq, Chief Clerk Of Department. The
Bursau chief clerks ars Il. L. Childs, ESQ.,, Of the
contract division, and r. W. Russ, Of the third
division. wears not advised Of any appointment
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The mail transportation now extends East, West,
North, and South. webbing every State and Terri
tory 70 the utmost extent and covering over seven
Thousand routes, with some twenty-five thousand
post ofhcss In active operation and from most rei'
able sources II 10 ssosrtainsd that the entire mail
service Of this whole country was never In better
condition than at the present day Noristh all the
best ability Of the Department, day and night, ttor
that distinguished chief Of the contract division,
Geo. W. Mcclellan, seldom leaves his once until
tho last chance for tclsgrsphc dispatch has passed
BY Is employed In vigilant oversight Of the work
ings Of the system bringing into requistion special
agents and lightning lines in the maintenance OF
the SERVICE correction Of any abuse, and additional
routes are started almost daily. ...
We may refer to the foreign mail service In its
extent and regularity of transmission from day to
day. %.
Then glance at the vnried and er.ceasing op-
erations Of the Appointment BureAu, ever burdened
with patriotic soicitude to get the right man for
the right place, whore loyalty, honesty and quail.
acation are undoubtsd. Volumes Of Instructions
to postmasters thousands Of miles distant, and
other Information necessary to tue prompt and ac-
curate dispatch Of business
The Finance Bureau, under tho calm, thorough,
busincss.like Zevsly, can scarcely be mentioned In
this with the important details disposed
Of from day to day. We can only refer to the sas-
factory results which have often reached US, and
with which we shall soon be again favored.
We rejoice to see the Hon. A. W. Randall In
charge Of this department the very man TO carry
out the plans Of his "ilustrious predecessor" and
to originate new schemes for the advancement Of
the postal system throughout our own land and In
connection with foreign countries.
General Grant aud the Civil Authorities OF
| Maryland. -.....
| The following circumstance clearly exhibits the
repugu.noe of Gen. Grant to military interference
In cases where complaints have been made on trivial
grounds Of tho inability indisposition Of the civil
authorities To mste out justice to parties ACCUSED
of offences committed against tho freedmen In
States which did not participate In the late rs
beliion few weeks since an agent Of the Freed
mems Bureau, stationed at Annapolis, Maryland,
preferred o complaint to Gen. Howard, in which hs
stated that In many instances the civil tribunall
refused to punish whites guilty Of assaults on the
freedmen, and that in all cases the punishment wal
entirely too slight for the offence committed. The
agent closed by earnestly recommending the sta
tioning Of company of United States troops at An
napois for the preservation of the rights Of ths
freedmen. Gsneral Howard immediately made {
requisiton upon General Augur, commanding
the Department Of Washington, for the desired
force but was referred to General Grant, who
on hearing all the circumstances Of the case
declined to resort to military interference for th'
reason that the State Of Maryland, never having
been in open rebellion against tbs authority Of tb
Government, did not come under tho provisions o
his recent order directing the immediate arrest, b,
military commanders In the lato insurrectionar,
States. Of all offenders against any oitizsn, whit
or black, Of the United States. The General speak
hopefully Of tho future afns OF the freedmen, snt
believes that time will bring with II tho full fruitior
of their newly acquired liberty. While sincerely
anxious that they reosivs all their rights rs free
men, ho sensibly argues that any unnecessary in
reference by the military with the civil authori
ties would not only tend to embittsr the white
against the Government, but delay tho consumma
tion of that harmony between the races SO much h
bo desired.
Examining Surgeons for the District.