Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-04
FRENCH POSTAL coNyENrIox.

FRENCH POSTAL CONN ENTlOA.
Senator Ramsey, who was sent to
France in order to negotiate a Postal
Convention with that country, re-
ports it cannot be done. He declares
The whole difficulty in the way of re-
ducing the ocean pOstages is the parsi-
mony of the French Bureau of Fl
nance. which will not consent TO even
a temporary reduction OF their reve-
nue. from that source. They receive
four cents on every letter, and will
net abate a single centime, though
they will allow Us TO take charge OF
carving the mails and lower the rates
As much rs we choose, provided we
guarantee them that amount. Thus
nothing was accomplished by the
Senator. but he pockets the 5000 in
gold. Dear wO-k, that.
SUPREME COURT.
The Washington Chronicle saws:
w learn that the United States Su-
preme Court viii take a recess about
the 10Th Of DecembeE, which will last
for one month. During said recess
the Judges will, for the most part, be
engaged in writing out opinions in
cases that will have been argued in
the Court precedent to the date of
taking the recess. Some of the judges
will not leave the city. When the
Court shall resume its session, a fur
thpr term Of three or four months
may be anticipated. The cases before
the Court are very numerous, and are
constantly augmenting, not only by
reason of the natural increase Of liti-
cation arising from the enlarged popu-
lation and widening boundaries Of the
country, but from the endless ques-
lions spTiPging from the late state
OF civil war, and from the endless and
eyeT-changing legislation concerning
revenue excuses, etc. Under the late
law tEe indges of the Supreme Court
are relieved from circuit duties, except
10 visit them Cnce in two years, or 10
take part in them in some extraOrdi-
nary cases if they so elect, but the
prospect is that duties in the court
sitting in bGHc here at Washington
will engage them for the better part of
the year, and therefore they Will ulti-
mately become residents of the capi-
tai. Their duties are very great.
Hearing patiently for three or four
hours q day arguments which some
times daTken counsel is but a small
part Of their labOrs. Records in cases
have to be read up, the law touching
them 10 be ascertaIned, and then come
the comparison Of views upon long
and tedious consultations each week.
The labOrs OF executive or legislative
officials are light rs compared with
those Of the judges in question.
a WARNING.
Some time since an Individual
masked and otherwise disguised as a
KukluX entered the pOstOftice at Fay
etteville, Tennessee, and demanded
letter addressed 10 a certain party,
which the assistant postmaster, being
OVerawed, delivered 10 him without
any parley. The matter having
reached the ears Of Postmaster
General CresswelI, he caused an inveS-
figation to be made, and the state
ment being verified, he has called the
attention OF the postmaster to the sub
iect. and notified him that letters
must, under no circumstances, be de
iiVered 10 persons disguised by a mask,
nor of whose identity there is a rea-
sOnable doubt. The seventh chapter
OF the printed instructions issued by
the department for the guidance Of
pOstnlasters in the delivery of letters,
states that persons entitled 10 letters
received by mail are those whose
NAMES are in the address, and the de
livery should be either to the person
or according to his own or
der. This regulation is as binding
anon ass istants as upon pOstmasters,
and neither should be intimidated by
threats or Illegal interference. The
Postmaster General says TO the Offend
ing officer, and through him to all
persons within the delivery Of his
office, that if the kukluG or other dis
organizing bands are allowed to inter
fere with the proper and lawful en-
forcement Of the postal laws theredt,
said Office viii be closed, and those |
people who tolerate such Outrages will
be subjected to the Inconvenience OF
being without mail service.
INCOME TAX.
There is ground for believing that .
Commissioner DelanO will advocate 4.
the continuance Of the income tax on !
the ground its justice and equity, and /
because il Is the least oppressive form
IN which tax Of equal magnitude can
be levied. He will leaVeto the Secre- /
fdTy OF the Treasury and the Presi- I
dent the matter of recommending a .
mobilization of the law by a reduction 4
Of be rate. The sentiment here seems I
gradually centering toward fixing the .
rate al TWO or three per cent, and in .
creasing the exemption TO 5000, thus .
relieving the law OF all features thai
can be construed intO oppression.
THE HAYTIEN REBELLION.
Salnave's cause is on the WGne. His F.
leading Generals have deserted him, I.
and now the announcement is made F.
that the Haytien war vessels, Alex /
andre PetiOB, Salnave and ROuillone 1
have been captured of Cape Haytien, I
and are now in the hands OF the revO- /
IutiOnists. Gen. LubiD, who joined
the insurgents at the time GheYalier
did, aud was proclaimed Provisional
President, has rejOined the army of
with the forces belonging to
his command. Cape Haytien has
fallen into the hands Of the rebels. /
Gen. Chevalier, formerly an officer Of
and at one time his Secretary
Of War. j. at the head Of the FeYOU- I
tionary army, and, by latest accounts, 4
We learn he was marching on Port au .
Prince. Here Salnaye has taken his 1
with the resolution to fight to 1
the bitter end. Travellers VINO have /
arrived in this city from Hayti eX- F.
press the belief that before many .
DAYS Port au Prince viii be IN the .
hands ofthe insurgents. For months .
,,Qst the reYOlutiOnists have been .
working steadily, numbers have .
fiocked to their standard, and present /
aDDearances would seem to indicate .
the approaching end Of the Haytien .
rebellion.
RECKLESS EXPENDITURE
IT bss been stated in some quarter 1
that the expenditures Of the Navy De 1
under the present admins I
ration have been far less than for the F.
time Of the close OF Mr.. I
Welles' administration, and that dur /
inc the same time a much larger /
amount of work had been done in mt I
ting out naval vessels at less cost. 1t Z
is not so. The expenditures OF the /
Department since March 1 have been /
enormous and reckless. Congress, al 4
lis last session virtually instructed the I
of the Navy to reduce the I
expenditures Of MS department, the
number Of vessels in commission, and |
the number Of enlisted men. Mr.. /
" Giles, up to the close of his admin
carried out the instructions /
of Congress, by reducing the force at .
all the yards, and the number Of YES /
sels in commission; but since the ad- /
vent of the new administration under
Borie and Porter, the expenditures
have been most lavish and needless, 4
80 much so that the balance On hand .
July /, 1863, and the appropriation ol .
some Of the bureaus Of the department I