The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-10

hve per cent ages thereon aliloun''
and the post, the total weight OF
slS7,125,727: European countries
exchanged with cost Of the I'm
ceeded 800 tons tn il steamship ser
States transatlantic ma total cost OF
was 1920 ,301 10; the 'mship ser
United States acean ste. 'oslulseu
including amount paid to ST 'o2,o9'
Of mail steamers, was S102,. steam
The following are the only 'or
lines now receiving subsidies g
service, under special acts of Coz
the Pacific Mail Steamship Compan
ceive 100000 per annum for conve,
a monthly mail between San Francisc,
Japan and China, which will be increased
to 100000 per annum for a semi-month.
ly mail on and after October |, 1858 :;
the United States and Brazil Mail Steam
ship Company receive sl50,000 per au-
mum for conveying a monthly mail be-
tween New York and Rio DE Janeiro.
Brazil, and the California Oregon aud
Mexico steamship company receive So.
600 per annum.
Our postal communications with all
ports OF the civilized word, have been
placed upon most advantageous footing
by the improved postal conventions and
arrangements recently concluded with the
leudlng commercial countries of Europe
and America, and the gratifying state.
ment Is made that with the conclusion of
satisfactory convention with France,
the details Of which have been definitely
agreed to by the heads of the French pos.
tai department, subject to the approval of
the mlnltcr OF finance, little remains TO
be accomplished by treaty for some time.
to come with respect either to reduction
in rates or improved facilities OF postal
intercourse. Your favorable considera-
ton is respectfully invited to the recon-
mendations made by the postmaster Cen
eral Tor an increase OF service, from
monthly to semi-monthly trips. ou the
mail steamship route to Brazil, and for a
subsidy to ensure the establishment OF an
American line Of mail steamers between
San Francisco, New Iceland and Austria
liza ; for the establishment of post Office
savings banks, and for increase of salar-
les Of the head, Of bureaus. have here.
totorc recommended the abolition of the
iranklng privilege. aud see no reason now
Tor changing my views of tnat subject. il
not having been iavorably REGARDED by
Con5r' -. hoNcycr, now suggest mod.
iiicAt'on % thar privilege. to correct its
glarinl aui costly abuses.
DEPARTMENT OF Jr>rIcc.
Detailed statement Of the dis5urse.
ments through the Department OF Justice
will be furnished by the report ofthe At.
torncy-General, though these have been
somewhat increased, by recent acts Of
Congress, to enforce the rights OF citizens
OF the United States, to vote in the sever
al States Of the Union and to enforce the
provisions OF the l4th amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States, and
amendments thereto cannot question
the necessity VI sAlutaIs effect vi thusv
enactmcntS. Reckless and lawless men.
regret to state, have associated themselves
together in some localities to deprive
other citizens Of the rights guaranteed to
them by the Constitution OF the United
States and to that end have committed
deed olblood and violence, and the pros.
ecution and punishment of many of these
persons have tended greatly to the re-
preston OF such disorders. | do not
doubt hat great majority of the pco-
pie IN all parts Of the country favor the
full enjoyment By all classes of persons
of these rights, to which they are entitled
under the constitution and laws, and |
invoke the aid and influence of all good
citizens to prevent the organizations.
whose objects are, by unlawful means, to
interfere with those rights, and look with
confidence to the time not lar distant,
when the various advantages of good or
der and peace will induce an abandon
ment of all combinations prohibited by
the acts referred to, and when it will be
unnecessary to carry on prosecutions or
infict punishments to protect citizens
from the lawless doing of such comhina-
tions. Applications have been made to
me to pardon persons convicted of vio-
latlon of said acts, upon the ground that
clemency in such cases would tend to
tranquilize the public mind anh to test
the virtue of that policy, | am disposed
as far as my sense of justice will permit,
to give to those applications favorable
consideration, but my action therein is
not to be construed as indicating any
change in my determination to enforce
with vigor such acts as long as the CON
s2iracies and combinations therein named
disturb the peace Of the country. 1t is
as much to be regretted, and is regretted
by no one more than myself, that the
necessity has eve- existed to execute the
enforcement act. No one can desire
more than that the necessity of apply
ing it may never again be demanded
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The Secretary of the Interior reports
satisfactory improvement, and progress
in each of the several bureaus, under the
control of the Interior Department
They are all in excellent condition Work
which in some Of them for some years has
been in arrear, has been brought down to
recent date, and all the current bus-
ness has been promptly dispatched
THE INDIAN POLICY.
The policy, which was adopted at the
beginning of the administration with re-
gard to the management yf the Indians,
has been as successful as its most ardent
friends anticipated within so short time
1t has reduced the expense of their man
agement, decreased their forages upon the
white settlements, tended to give the
largest opportunity for the extension OF
the great railways through the public DO
main, and the pushing Of settlements in
the more remote district of the country,
and at the same time, improve the con-
dition of Indians.
PUBLIC LANDS.