Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-12

state authorities have failed to contribute to
.ne reiiei OF the class Of persons supported By
the government. Owing to the failure of
crops the requirements Of circular 10, of
Angus y, could not be rigidiy enforced.
Upon tho application of state officials
special Issues are being made to certain states
ior the support of tie pauper popul ltion.
RAticns are sold TO teachers and agents of
benevolent societies under The same rule chat
/ app 70 snch pu chases made ~ com1nis-
stoned othceTs. Bureau hysp.tals receive the
usual free linen ration. The amount Of land
n0W IN possession cf the bureau is 272. 23I
acre., 10 BE- iacrea asei by 22S tracts in Ten
/ nesscc, u winch the number of acres das no5
been reported The aggregate number of par
ceis ot rowa properly, nc5 iacadoi IN the
above which bave been IN possession OF the
ouresu Is 1924, Of which 2 COS have been
restored, LEAVING & balance Of I,lI9 parcels.
| OF town PTcperty.
TuE P0ST0EEICE.
/ Tie deficit of 1865 900 in the Postoiice
( Department was noted III our summary yes
/ erd1y. Tde number OF postage stamps is-
sued during the year was BAT ,75t,325 OF
-tanPef envelopes AMI wrappers, 39,094,7 ,725.
Ine sale OF stamps. enve.0Fes, etc, amounted
10 Sl2,204 729 81. The demand for regis
! tered stamp envelopes has increased since
July |, % 2 per cent Their general use
will vastly diminish the number Of dad let-
ters. Sixty-six cases o. claims 70. DAMAGES
from armed forces have been presented, of
which htsy-ssven have beea allowed, u the
amount OF $50, ,524. o. June 80, there
were 6,O6J Contractors in the POSTAL service !;
| o,JoO mali routes ; aggregate costs OF trans
p0rtatlon, 81 -4l0,l84 R4iir ad routes c3s-
IL cents ? mile ; s,elmbo4t, Is cents.
HE cost ot transportation has increased
during the year, 81, $50. This is caused
by the restoration OF the service in the South
Remarkable progress has been made in tins
Work. Ninety routes are now in active op-
Grafton. There has been much difficulty IN
letting out contracts, but the results are salts
i-csory- The overland mai route ID CAlIfor-
MA has now tNo points OF departure, juno
ton City, kansas. and Fort Kaarny Nebraska
Tue lines from these points meet ut Denver
C;ty- Ile p1st-routs maps are IN an ad
yanced state o pr paration. In the expen-
ditu-a for IN -hags there has BEEN q curtail-
Il IA. Il $50, 1888 St.
Tue aggrsgtte postage on foreign CORES
pondc1ce wa7 =, $50 ,2I9 80, an Increase
rrcm last yeAr OF @l69 290 20 Of this
amount, ; $40, 500 - accrued UPON the
mails exch47g-d with goat Brain. France.
Prussil, Bcemao, Ham 1urg ana Belgium
S32o, ,34l 33 on mlis exchlncet with the
Brush North Amsrcan Provinces and SI20,-
o. " on tAe cJrrcspou1ence transmitted ID
AMI ifcm ,us Ness Ind.-s, Mexico, Centlai
and South Ame-icl.
o. the an.,re pos.aSe, 1915 l09 % accrues
e tJre gn governments $3.50 O9t % t. ths
United S-atcs- 4.oSG ,9l6 et.cIs aavo been
sent cat q TIE ca1n-ry, md 4,543 $50 It
eeived. Numtcr - newspap as sent. 2S04,-
4i2 reeiyei, 3SI,72+ Our foreign coz
resp3ndeneo has increased from last YEAR over
% per c-It. ltaly mas aceede1 10 the recon-
mead lri -is ~ re Postal Conference held at
Paris in Ma, 1868. Nl,.ce has been s.yeu
by h British government INA. the po--sl
convention 6e- ZEN tLl. c1u45ry aud tie
nIted S.A-e5 Tr4 terminate -l J4nuary Is,
lo6S. \ + CHIMNEY b-sis for nsw CO..
yen-.oa Las ben .rssi upon by the tw3 de-
p iTtm a. v1i-l. - is * 80 - ~ -0 iut1
etfec- cary day. Ehls 1.r.An.,s-1ent viii
re1uc5 international letter pos. z Oa5 A.ii :
-cmJF5 All re@-lc-iCns ou che exchange 0'
pant 8 ma. ~, riia rc.t,Ic5 tn postage com
pei Payment Of postage II aii cases. reduce
= Stage with other European countries cs-
cao ash dcia,e end uniform charges. and
make all Iuai, communications common !,
give ali the postage 10 tho desp4tching coun-
Try. and leave eacn post department 70 make
iys own arrangements for the despatch D..
mails 10 the c.ner, ny wei appointed ships,
sllliDS or stated days, and 20 pay the owners
of such ships for the conveyance OF mails
which 1t dispatches.
The postal convention with Venezuela is
now n operation, that with Brazil under
discussion. The contract for the China mai
service mas been gwen 70 the Pacific Mali
Steamship Company Of New York. The
Great Republic Is engaged l0E this service
1t IS recommended, Tor sufficient reasons, that
Honolulu be struck from the list OF interme-
date ports. lib pos.offices have been es-
taoiIshed during the year, an increase OF 5O7.
During the gear 2,770 Offices have been
ce-Opened n The late insurgeDt states aod there
are uOE - .s- s-e5 1893. Durlag The
ye-T there hsvo been 4,679 resig q ions ii
postmaaIers, aad ,065 renewals. Total
numb-r OF appain tmsnvs, 10,O74. Tho free
delivery sys5eni .ias bs8u adopset Oy ror5y slx
cities. IL Is recommended 10 mako 1t perne-
Bens branch Of the service. The whole num-
Der OF dead letters fcr he year is ABOUT j.,
100000. Ot these 81 8l4 letters contained
money in sums OF oBe dollar and upwards,
aggregate, S244, $50 80 10 1874 letters coz
tanning sums less than one doilar, aggregate,
s., ,O52 50 20 ,6lO letters containing valua
bic pagers, Ig yregate 8, $50, ool oS, and =
746, ,l56 ordinary letters were returned 70
their owners. 2,5U0 ,0GO dead letters have
been Gestr yed.
The tOtal receipts or the money-order sys-
TEN amount t. s535 1903 06; expenditures
, -
e3,977, ,253 % ; orders paid, 233, ,l24 value,
SO sol ,o39 40 The proceeds of the system
rom It's commencement TO the end OF the pres
en5 fiscal year, amount to 800 81. It Is
rec INN endei that the charges be revised, chat
the process ot oOtaInIng 4 duplicate be SIM
] pihed, and that NJ charge be made tor a du-
pilcate when the original has become Invalid
because not presented within year.
Inc Postmaster General recommends also a
more lIDcfal policy il tne establishment OF
mail Routes, increased pay for the clerks OF
the depar tment, and of posIofhces, mau agents,
&c. the appointment VI superintendent OF
| toreIgn mails, OF an additional clerk IN that
| branch OF the service, aud OF q superInten1en5
| OF dead letters. With regard SO the trankIng
! privilege, the Postmaster General recommends
that it De continued that the written sigma
ture of the person franking be required IN
! every case, and that iranking CLERK be au-
thorizsd by IaI for each department
THE ARMY.
Secretary Stanton reports that mp 70 the 1st
| of November last, 1923, 021 volunteers had
/ been mustered out-ieavins I1,043 (white and
coloreG) III the service al that date. The
preseul strength OF the army is "a ,302, includ-
ing 10 900 coioIed troops; only 81 solders
remained ~ hospitals tae BON OF June
last.
! Large sales Of ysar material and government
property have been made, netting neavy sums.
| Among the items are the following 2O7,OOO
horses and mules sold tor , Is ,26O 900; 44OO
| barracks, hospitals and other oulGdinS, so4c Ior
SAT 900 dam ged clo,hirg, sold iJ- s5JvZ,-
600 steamers ard barges, so!G fr si,l52,-
900 hospital property, sod ior, o4'0Oo'ooo
two hundred and SIX; y-tro vessels csestersu
! "A eos ~