Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-13
THE NEW POSTAL ARaANGEiEENT
ExtensisE, Of Mail F,sciIities-NeW Rate
Of pOstaSe on Printed Matter 20 Eu
rome and Asia.


cation except by letter, are brought
/ within the range Of delivery of ali, o.
1 nearly all, United States mail matter
It Is a singular fact, unknown probably
to most persons who have not hal occa
sion To learn il by unpleasant experience
that there was a considerable region In
the civilized word where an American
traveller might not receive q newspaper
, directly from home.
Under the arrangements now COM
pleted, prepayment of postage, some
times at high rates is made necessary in
all cases The following official state
medt gives full list of the countries
with some OF which there has been a
regular ommunication-thst are now
included in the delivery by way Cf Ham
burg and Bremen:
NEWSPAPERS.
Bremen, by Bremen MALL cents each.
Hamburg, by Hamburg mail-2 cents
each.
Prussis, Austria and German states,
by Bremen and Hamburg msil-3 cents
each.
Lunenburg, by Bremen mail--3 cents
each.
Lunenburg, by Hamburg Nails cents
each and cent per II ounce.
Schleswig Holstein and Denmark, by
III CL4Gh VI AAhlA bAl mail - IGlAN9 CttlL
and cent per ! ! ounce.
Sweden, by Bremen or Hanburg-3
cents each and d cent per II ounce.
Norway, by Bremen or HambuTg-3
cents each and 81 cents per ounce.
Holland, by Bremen or Hanlburg-9
cents each and cent per Il ounce.
Russia, by Bremen or Hanlburg-3
cents each aud cent per l ounce.
Switzerland, by Bremen Or Hamburg
II cents each.
Italy, by Bremen or Hamburg-5 cents
each.
Turkey, by Bremen or Hanlburg-3
cents each, and 81 cents,per ! ounce.
Greece, by bremen or Haraburg-3
centseach and 81 cents per t ounce.
Gibraltar, Spain, and Portugal, by
Bremen OF Hsmburg-3 cents each, aud
/ q cents per II ounce.
Austria, India and China, by Bremen
/ or Hamburg mails, via Marseilles-S
cents each, and 9 cents per II oInce.
Australia, India and China, By Bremen
and Hamburg mails, via Tricstg-6 cents
each, and cents per ounce.
PERIODICALS, ETC.
Bremen, by Bremen MALL cent per
OUNCE.
Hamburg, by Hamburg ma-l-l cent
! per ounce.
Prussia, Austria and German states,
/ by Bremen or Hamburg-ls cent per
/ ounce.
Luuenburg, by Bremen mall-lg cent
/ per ounce.
Lunenburg, by Hamburg Wail-ll cent
| per ounce aud } cent per ] ounce.
/ Schleswig HOl-tein and Denmark, by
Bremen or Ham buTg-lf cent per ounce
and u cent per II ounce.
Sweden, by Bremen or Hsrlburg-l3
| cent per ounce and cents per II ounce.
Norway, by Bremen or Ham aurg-l!
] cent per ounce and cents per II ounce.
! Holland, BY Bremen or Ham uurg-la
! cent per ounce and ! cent per II ounce.
| Russia, by Bremen or Haiu0urg-l4
| cent per ounce aud IL cent per II ounce.
Switzerland, by Bremen or Hamburg,
~ cent per ounce and ! GENT per half
ounce.
! Italy by Bremen or Hamburg-l3 cent
! per ounce aud cents per half ounce.
Turkey, by Bremen or Hsmburg-l4
cent per ounce and 81 cents PEI II ounce.
Greece, "a Bremen or Hamburg-l3
| cent per qtAce and 81 cents -pt II ounce.
t4ibEsa6sr, Spain and POrtp al by Bres
men or Hamburg-ls cent per ounce,
and . cents per ] I ounce.
! Australia, India and China, by Bre-
men or Hamburkmail, by way of Mar
! seilles-l4 cent per ounce, and 9 cents per
/ II ounce.
! Australia, India and China, by Bre-
men or Hamburg mail, ty way OF
| Trieste-6t cents per ounce and cents
/ per ounce.
These charges are in each case in full
! TO destination, combining rstes between
| The United States and Bremen and Ham
| burg, and the rate beyond Bremen and
| lam burtP IN minis of dalivprty
THE DkGESERACY or TEE TINES.
No close observer OF passing events can
have failed TO notice the rapid degene-
Tacy OF public and private morals in the
north duriog the last few years. The
war appears to have raised crime upon
pedestal where II has been almost uni
/ versaly wOrshipped by that people, and
they have become perfectly saturated
with immortality. The process OF dete-
rioration B still going on. From the
most trusted officials of the govern
ment, aye, from the government itself,
down to the beggar in the street, the
restraints Of morality and The require
ments Of decency have been cast aside,
aud every species of crime stalks ram
| pant through the land. Every northern
paper we pick up gives Us The details OF
some monstrOus violation of the laws Of
both God and man. Murders, from
single man, woman OF child, to those of
entire families; seluetions in all classes
OF society elopements In high and low
! life, peculatiOns, defaloatOns, public
aud private swlndiing, and defrauding
Of the government in every possible
shape and form, all Of these crimes have
multiplied at a fearful rate lntil it does
seem that the whole country is one rot
gr,r snfa
ton.
The papers are filed with divorce tri-
als, teeking with the mort disgusting
details OF hOentousness, proving that
the idfection Of crime has reached the
domestic circle and poisoned society at
its fountain head. ssCciations and
combinations to defraud the Government
are every day reported; the most daring
rObberies of fabulous amounts are psrpe-
trated in broad daylight, and IL is seri-
ously proposed to reduce the rate of tax
alton, as practicable mode to reduce
the amount Of crime, by removing the
temptation 70 its commission.
We read in the New York Herald Of
recent date, that the government re-
Gently dispatched secret agent to the
northern frontier to ferret out frauds
apon the revenue, and that this agent
lAleAl4G tAAE AAoAoFAAg NAAFA AffNAsa -NfFO OhA
oftwenty-ihree revenue officers il one
collection district were il completely
with smugglers 10 defraud the govern
meDt. Indeed, representing himself as
smHggler he succeeded in making posi-
I Ye arrangements for smuggling with
their conEivance, with that number,
they, Of course, to have portion Of the
spols.
What an alarming amount Of depKav-
ity is here exhibited. And is il surpri5-
ing that where so loose a system of
morality prevails and so little regard for
law, there should be but little respect for
constitutions, and erroneous and danger
Gus views Of government Tho Ops is
the Natural sequence TO tile other. Each
il contempt Tor clear and unn'i-te -
legal obligations, and aows from the
same pernicieus source. 1t is moral
obliQuity, refusal to be restrained by
social and political obligations, and is, in
word, unredeemed ctTrelessness and
crime.
We have said that the government
itself was not free from sin, and that its
example is as corrupting as il is disgrace
full. 1t takes the lead in faithlessness to
Its obligations, and, 10y its practice, in
culcates the doctrine that dishonesty is
virtue, and perfidy sometimes duty; that
solemn obligations can be cast aside to
serve the purposes of ,sxpedieney, and
that the power TO protect itself against
punishment is sufficient justification for
the commission OF outrlge and wrong
Let US recall for mument the prece-
dents It has but recently established.
In violation Of its solennn pledge that
the late war was not ard would not be
prosecuted with any view to interference
with slavery, IL Destroyer the institution,
in violation Of the equally solemn pledge
that the war was wai;ed only for the
purpose of bringing bsck the insurrec-
tionary states to theii allegiance, and
placing them in the piloes they had left
! In the union, it now refuses 10 take them
back Or TO permit them to occupy place
! 10 it.
In violation OF It's plighted faith to
compensate loyal owners for slaves en-
listed in the army, it has unblushingly
and deliberately repealed the law pro-
viding therefor, thus perpetrating a scan
dalous and dislonorable act Of repudia-
tion.
1t authorized the president, without