The New York herald., 1868-06-17


foreign mails arrive from and depart 70 Europe four
times per week by regular lines Of steamers and
semi monthly, extra, to and trom France, against
but two Foreign malls per week in 1851 In 1851 two
mails monthly were sent to and received from
Havana, and now the same number are sent and re-
ceived weekly; in addition to which there are now
monthly mails sent 10 and received from Brazil,
China and Japan. The number OF letters despatched
Is now ana aay average o. $4,000 Number OF
1857 l,seo l26; the same during 1867, l9, 26s 1856,
being an increase In ten years OF 400 per cent while
the box delivery has increased In equal proportion.
Number OF foreign letters sent and received in 1851
was the same In 1867, s9ls l5s, an increase
Of Of sasisge so per cent in SIX value
June 80, 1857, ' was si2sss' lsa, 'sef Of Which When
envelopes sold at the New York ofilce in 1857,
s464sl; sold in 1861, sl,sl40ll, increase in ten
years OF nearly -four hundred per cent The number
OF money orders issued at that office in December,
1864, in which year the system was adopted, was
3,s9s, amounting 10 $99,0se; The number OF
orders paid in December, 1864, was 5,sl5
amounting to s577,27e. Postmasters' remittances
received IN December 1854, amounted TO S73 l2l; De-
eember, 1857 $500 lso Postmasters' drafts paid ID
1867, amounted to$434253. All the government issues
Of postage stamps and stamped envelopes are regis
New YORK ONCE, and Also very large proportion of
the blanks twine anu wrapping paper thus supplied
to postmastes throughout the country.
the reflection follows without suggestion that aside
from the increased revenue flowing through the
great postal artery the value OF tue contents OF such
vast and varied transmssons rise 10 many millions.
1t may safely be estimated that not less than ten
miliiops valuation pass through this onice daily. No
one who has ever looked down from the second
floor that partially surrounds the interior court
upon the multiplied and mutiform matter
which crowds te nearly sunocatiOn' this i'll
adapted building Uut must h;re been startled
with the gravest appreheusions of peril and conse-
quent liability of the government by fire should it
npt NJ hia u4fi "A
With the utmost caution That il practised under the
vlgilant and a!lpervading knowledge and efficiency
OF Its incumbent, Postmaster Kelly, the interior
construction, largely modern aided by the gnita-
BILE mass crowding the apartments everywhere,
would baflle every human attempt against
the ravages o. fire, ana any day the
misfortune of total loss may involve the
government and more less distress the people.
WITH therefore, the fact that for twenty years
the business of the city OF New York has been
Quoted in an Old, rickety church building, that u
change has been recognized by the purchase of an
appropriate site and u suitable structure demanded
by that condition, and the immense amount of rap
idly increasing business ana labor with the extra
ordinary peils of attendant life and property there
can be no other CONCLUSION than that immediate
steps should be taken TO erect suitable Post Onice
What, then shall be a suitable building9 Upon
consideration purely q, economy anv rectangular
substantial form might he reared with ample dmen-
architectural exterior; but none wisely minded
would, we trust suppose that this would coniport
with the requirements OF a great nation nor conenl-
p!ated in the eligible site so generously rendered
by It's commercal metropolis standing as IL
must so central 10 An The activities of
tnaf vast city coneide~n,ions me hroaGar than
local enter into n wise and inst estimate of what
should form its material ana architectural design
COmprebendipg the adjacent cities that extend their
limits ia proportion as New York thrives CITY Hall
Park the site Of the proposed building may 6e con
sdered substantially the centre OF the varea inter-
ests of such circuit and is but few steps from the
monetary and commercial centre OF the Union. II is
now the focal point to which city cars and stages
converge and il is TO become the termini
OF the subterranean system of city railways
which the urgent demands of q rapid growth are
so soon TO render necessary Here then where the
popuace of the city and soouners OF the nation IN
great measure concentrate is to stand the archec-
tural representative OF nation and city combined.
New York touches every industrial fibre OF the land.
Into her capacous lap pour the fruits OF incessant
national toll RAILWAYS in great measure the postal
muscular system of countries are so rapidly eX-
tending that the day is not far distant when
the continent will be woven INTO tissue
Of mail. In 1855 we had H. $50 miles constructed.
In 1854 33 500 miles, nearly doubling in nine years.
To-day the United States apprO innate 40 OOO miles
of working road quadrupling that of France nearly
treble that of Eng land, and almost as mach as The
total mileage of the United Kingdom and Europe.
Coursing the Web agriculture, science and the arts
combine to enlarge and enrich The source
type Of this advancing greatness is the
strides and grandeur of her concentring. em-
porium. Foreigners seeking our shores for loca-
tion observation take their impress OF the scope
and power OF the government from the magnitude
OF Its commercial centre. New York TO the United
States what London is to Great Britain and Paris TO
France, while in area and prospective population,
wealth and power Of expansion, parallels are as
canton to continent Fifty years ago the whole
Southern mail was carried on one mans back to
a small boat which crossed the North river. Now IL
takes eight fOurhOrse teams to carry the same Fifty
years hence will witness such growth South as the
past furnishes no parallel, While the expansion of
the West will be as amazing as its resources are
grandly imitable. The wonderful strength, ability
to maintain free government against formidable
conspiracy and treason ana REIMBURSEMENT OF 1unda-
mental law upon the base OF manhood dignity and
equality, which this nation emerging from
recent war, exhibits TO the world IL TO DE followed
by such an influx 10 the national increase of
our numbers as Will surprise and imperi monarches
and unprecedentedy vindicate and populate the
American republic. In view OF such certain growth
the structure to he erected Is not alone to meet the
wants Of the present but TO provide for the teeming
future To do this In suitable manner II Is pro-
posed to expend three and half millions Of
money. Following the plan submitted and approved,
the design will be as pleasing TO the eye as its
architectural stability and elegance Will comPort
with the requirements OF so promising city and
nallOn. fTlN1te Dusllle5S enterprise mas recently