, 1869-10-04

II AZ They conEist OF sone rztlrosd people
4easned 10 subsidy Retttng, snd sone unemp!oJe et
| eea Cepafns. and tleJ ask ConRresa to endo1se
'oelr bonda for eest1ln mlfttonA So that they csn
gp lnso 1ae market aid rstse money. Some ol
tno money would probably be applied to building
sesseis; mach wsuld eerssuly 10 into the poctes1
me subsidy aetters bai ths way Of rev1vtnx on.
comtaefce would be merely equivalent to govern
ment becoming shipping merchant, taking
Susoese making ventures, and Jet hAy1nS no con-
uol ovet Its own crew., parse17, or malls Let TIE
sn'pa 1s oune BY private care, sentu.e. and csp!-
IA When Anoat and appsoyed, let the subject uf
me aanstdy come betoee the Postal Department
wan re had Postal Department Al round that
We need nas survey On t1p-$oe1
AZ pre1ent We mhstdl1e t9o foreign steamship
4@es-eo BEax1 and 70 Chna-snd besh suhaldles
seem to be well bestoWod. We pay rates besides
toAeseas foreign companies, hut then We do not
ea11J tho responsibility Of their snips. The eunre
United sl1tes Ma11 nuIn Panama down The Pacific
COAST Of So11h America Il not Above Aoee letters
Annnaly, The mall and passenger service to En-
9Vpe completely n1ltd, A2ye to the Aeattesr1~
mean, and thc1u q. G. = friend, GenesA Walbridze,
ma nxed BIZ iuclhse eJe. ERttJ-fou steamers
now ply between North America md Europe,
&no Only 1ve Of them make pseieus1ops to be-
ln3 American 1ne fact Is that ocean freixhts do
noI pa1 tne pescens.Tes that Americans require,
-'N .%%-@Ay A3444ISG8u EAiAk&44 kQ8 E&C30C
Mall steamship Company possessea about Al. the
fooo seese11 that ca,fJ ocr nss, having liens md
eeavs mortgages 0pcn the few Old tnhs that run
10 Europe.
t11n1cAN AND KNGZlbH K1rxRrkxtt IN ot-tax
s7KAAsHus-cou1ss AND cusAnp.
To eho1 how expenslve 1t vou1t be u nav The
BrI1h fnbatdlcs, let u h=e what tney s,e: To
france and the continent by kteanef1 on Dover
sHa!Iss Esi10o scaS1 10 Spain and Porturzl nY
steamer, o2.t0o. 70 East india mall s,eamera,
ts+ac0o; to North America {cunarde.4, etc.,.
1851 600; West India Atearaen and lines to Pscao
South Arres,ca and HEazu, tl,&e7, 800; West Coast
II Afslca, s1aG 10: Cape OF Good Hope, Slse o9o:
Australia steamers, is, ,too. Making total Of
nozc than 1ous I.d quarter millions Of dollars,
2nd upon ereEy Cne Of these natl suoaid,es there
Il = hHs. except upon shesngio scrrice on Doser
ssr11:z Out ot Neea,6U1 paid 70 the Pacific steam-
en-, nom Pau2MR to Pa-8gop!a, In 1861, onl1
5000 waa recovered In postage.
sr Edmund CnnAfd testified, IN 1850, that the
Collins tine got It rzst for twenty .ioar yoJa2ea
sA-1,f4 froI. o1z government, and that II alter
~-Idl rlcelecd $sa3, 80 Tor t1entJ-Blx voyages,
Of double Lis own subsidy, considering hat he
nade two To5asca to c1e. Toe capital Of tne
col;1nl :tor +, 10000, he l7id, would have been
eLttely AUX Lat tor The loss c. ,xo ships BY
which tlcy got g. s4,oa0 iron the Euglsn unIle1-
Writers.
lie said that II his contract xas withdrawn he
had better staE h!s ships tuan trf 10 Keep then,
for they were Dot adapted tor mercantile uses nt
slL TIE Scotia cost hi.1 ss.a,110. Cur.7d's
original subsidy, sos t~ ~sctT:u :ulr sejascs teaI,
~as f.D, 500 yer AZ MN for seven ,esrr In lsR
he agreed to make Eeekl7 sers:e4' to: Sc: eoo
yeas, 10 last teL SGats ei Use es. at. csw mi he
den .udec EIsgcr eI.coA:oe Of ths conuAct, 80 he
ctuld borrow o,o1ey lu LI..A iAa;er s.sl111.. lnan
coCtns. Collins original iour nteaAers cozt
994,Vo, aud hts Last st=1penmert, the -Adctalc,
r-tato MN Th- ast.ase cos. G. escl- Ut b.. carly
vojaRts *ss ec-11ls, AID the ct..e.pL. tio., re-
ceiLt4, 8ss.ess; ,el he c4rrtrd norc passenger
tEuIn tie beLiALt5g u :he e2d th:n .hr CtuasderA