Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-17

TIE POST OFFICE.
The Postmaster Generals report fur
nishcs full and clear exhibit of the ope-
raiions and condition Of the postal service.
The ordinary postal revenue fer the fiscal
year ending June go. Is9S, was iI6.2g2-
COO, and the total expenditures, embracing
all the service for which special apprupri-
ations have been made Ivy Congress,
amounted To So. 40, so, showing an ex-
cess Of expenditures # $6.437.99l. De-
dieting from the expenditures the sum of
8, ,S95. .525, the amount OF appropriations
for ocean steamships and other spe,'ialsc
vice, The sXcefs of expenditures was ST.
OIL ,466. BY using an unexpended balance
in the Treasury of S2,SCO,W0. the actual
sum for which a special appropriation is
required TO meet the deficiency is S7a'I ,26G.
The causes which produced this large cX>
cess of expenditure over revenue were the
restoration Of service in the late insUr<ent
States and the putting into operation OF
new service abolished by acts oi Congress,
which amounted i'm The last two years and
a half to about SIS, 7O0. 600, equal To nOro
than ohe'ihird of The whole amount ct the
service at the close of the war. New
postal conventions with Great Britain,
North Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands,
Switzerland and Italy, respectively. have
been carried into effect. Under their pre-
visions important Improvements have re-
suited in reduced rates of international
oStage, and enlarged nfsf 1sic.fiifcs S'es,
European countries. The cost of the
Uuited States Trans Atlantic Ocean Mail
serviee since January, lst, 1865. has been
largely lcssencd under the operation or
these new conventions, reduction Of over
one half having been effected under the
rev arrangement, for the Ocean SAl
Steamship service, which went into effect
on that date. The attention of Congress
is invited tn the practical suggestions and
recommendations made in his report by
the Postmaster General. No important
question has occurred durirg the last wear
in our actusi omed cordial and friendly
intercourse with Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras San Salvador, France, Austria.
Belgium. Switzerland, Portugal. the Ncih>
erlands Denmark, Sweden and NORWAY.
Rome, Greece. Turkey, Persia. Egypt, i.:S
IBERIA, McrScco, Tripoli, Tun,s, Musca',
Siam, Borneo and Madagascar. Cordial
relations have also been mainiaiIc5. WIN
thc Argentine and isic Oriental RclsuIlics.
The expressed wish of Congress thai our
national coed otfFcts might be rendered ip
those republics. and also 10 Brazil and
Paraguay, for brin.insilg 10 an end the
calamiious war which he's SO long been
raging in the valley at the LaPlaiie has
been assidapusly complied with and kind,
" acknowledged by al. the telligereli..
That i,isparisnt negotiation, howeyer. has
thus far been without RESULT Charles A.
Wasltburne. l,de United States Minister la
Paraguay. Eavag resigned. and being DE-,
sirous 10 retrSh to the United Stries. the
, Rear Adniral commanding the South Al
| ,anlic squadron WAS carly directed Ia send
snip OF wrrto Asunsicn. the capital Il
Paraguay 10 receive Mr. W"shbuiue and
/ j S family, and remove them from silue>
tion which was rc,Iresenied 10 be cndan>
gered by faction ard foreign war. The
/ Brazilian commander Of the allied forces
refused permission Ia the Wasp as
! through the blOckading forces, ana Ina
fessel returned 10 its accustomed ar~"OI
age. Remonstrance having been made
against this refusal it was promptly oveI,
rule;1. and The Wasp. therefore. resumed
her crrand. received Mr.. Washburnc and
his family. and conveyed them fo safe,
and convenient sespon. In the meantime
nm excited controversy has arisen between
the President of Paraguay ~ The late
United States Minister, which. II is ander-
stood, grcx out of his proceedings in Civ
ing an asylum, in the United States Le.
CATION. to alleged enemies of thai republic:
The question of the right 10 give nh asylum
is one always difficult and OF En- productive
of great embarrassment in The States veil
organized and established. Foreign pow>
ers refuse either 10 cOn'.ede or exercise
that right except rs 10 cisons actually le-
longing 10 the diplomatic scrsi ice. On the
other hand, all such poMe:s insist upon
exercising the right of aIyium States
where the law of nations is mol fully ac>
knowledged, respected and obeyed. The
= President OF Paraguay is understood la
have opposed To Mr.. Washburnes pro-
cecdings the injurious ard verv improba>
bile charge Of personal completely In the
insurrectiun and treason. The cOrres>
pondence, However, las not vet reached
The United States Mr.. Washburne. in
connection with this controversy, rcpre-
senis the two Urited States citizens, al
taclied 4, the legaiiur, were arbiirarila
seized st his side, when leaving the cspiIal
of Paraguay, committed 10 prison. and
there subjected TO torture for the purpose
of procuring confessions of their own
criminaliiy and testimony To support the
Il
States Minister. Mr.. Mcmahon, newly
appointed Minister 10 Paraguay, having
reached the La Plata, has beer instructed
to proceed without delay 90 Asuucion
there to investigate the wTio'c subject. The
Rear Admiral commanding the South AZ
laniic squadron has. been directed to attend
the new Minister with proper naval force
TO sustain such just demands as the occa'
sion may require and TO yindicaie th,
, fights of The United States citizens refer
red to, and of any others who may be ex
! posed To danger in the theatre of war.-
With this exception, friendly relation
have been maintained between .he Cnitet
States and Brazil and Paraguay.
r CHILL, PERU, BOLIVIA.
Our relations during the past year will
: Bolivia, Ecuador, Perm ard Chill have
; become especially friendly and cordial
: Spain and the republics of Peru Bolivis
: and Ecuador have expressed their willing
: ness TO accept the mediation of The Uniie'
States for terminating The war upon tn
: South Pacific coast. Chill has not fipali,
) declared upon the question, but in Oh
r meahtime the confie. has practically ex
! farsied itself: No bclliserent or hosiil'
fhnvemeft has been made by either part,
during the pas, two years, and there are NJ
indications of a present purpose 10 rcsum
hostiliiies en- either side. Great Britain
and France have cordially seconded ou
: proposition of mediation, and I do no
forcgo the hope that it may soon be &C
cepted by all the belliserents and lead 10
; secure establishment nf peace ano fricndl,
relations between the Spanish> American
republics of the Pacific and Spain, rcsul
which would he attended with comAnc
, benefits to the bclligerenIs. and much ad
vantage to sl commercial nations. ! com
municale for The consideration Of Con
grcss a correspondence which shows fhs
the Bolivian Republic kss. established ih,
extremely lf5cfal principle Of receiving
into its citizenship any citizen Of III
United States, or Of any other of the Amer
: lean republics, upon the simple condition
: of VOLUNTARY. registry. The correspond
: efice herewith submitted win pc fount
painfully replcie with accounts of the ruin
and wreichedness pfoddcfd BY the recen
earthquakes, Of unparalleled severity. ]
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