The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-23
WAsHIN ON.
The Present State Of the Dod6isS
Postage Question.
Senator Morton on the Cam
paign in Indiana.
Probable Speedy Action In Regard
to the Metis Disaster.
WASHINGTON, Sept. %, 1872.

TO the MoC1S O1SaSCer.
WASHINGTON, Sept. q, 1872.
Ocean Postal Contract.
The following is the text OF the award OF the
contract for carrying the ocean mails to the White
Star line:-
In the matter of the application by the Oceanic
New York and PSiadeiphia Steamship Company,
and the North German Lloyds OF Bremen, to con-
a 4 the se% ors o. Great Britain
&C. ~, 1t Is ordered, after fun and
thereof in respect to their ability to perform the
mall service with celebrity. certainty and security,
Line, for the transportation OF the mails for
ireland from New York to queenstown Ireland,
ON Saturday OF each week, for contract term,
at the sea postaSes ON mails Conveyed as
full compensation for the service, the statements
presented showing the average speed Of the steam.
tina than the average speed q the steamers Of
Steamship Company (the Inman line) during the
same period The application Of the Bremen
ampton Of the regular mails for the United King
dom Is declined, because great expedition Is Sc
o the 70 pr Se and %a reg
service by the steamers or the White
star Line insert in the contract stipulation for
which may occur in the despatch OF mails on Sat
urdays according to schedule by steamer OF ap-
proved speed, and the further stipulation that the
Postmaster General may annu the contract ut
any time on account Of any failure or other rregu-
larity In the prompt performance OF the mail SER
| vice according to contract.
| Sec0nd-That contract be made with the North
German LlOyds OF Bremen, for the conveyance,
during the same term from New York, on Satur-
day OF each week, OF all closed mails for the Con-
tinent OF Europe, the same to be landed at south
the amount of sea-postage on the mails conveyed
and the contract to contain similar stpulations In
respect to forfeiture and annulmcnt; reserve the
right IN the contract with the White Star line to
send all letters and other mail matter received at
mails for the steamers OF said line, by the steamers
Of any other line sailing later on the same day.
JOHN A. j. CRESWELl, Postmaster General
The Double Postage Difficulty.
Recently the Acting First Assistant Postmaster
General which is new title In the civil service,
decided in the absence Of the higher officials, that
the unpaid postage on all matter which prepay
ment is required should be doubled and collected
on delivery. The decision was made under section
152 of the new postal code, which Is as fOllows:-
.That If any mail matter, on which by law the
postage Is required to be prepaid at the mailing
office, shall by inadvertence reach its destination
without such payment double the prepaid rates
shall be charged and collected on delivery" The
section that applies to the raised for the
lows:-"That all mail matter deposited for
mailing, on which at least full rate of postage
has been paid as required by law, shall be for
warded to its destination, charged with the unpaid
rate to be collected on delivery" 1t was supposed
that when the attention of the Postmaster General
was called to the ruling OF Mr.. MARI he would i'm
medately reverse 1t. On the contrary, 1t is stated
that on Saturday when asked II he approved IT, he
declared emphaticay that he did. The new postal
code defines what rate Of postage s, and for let
tiers the crate shall be for half an ounce three
cents" Mercantile communities in all the large
cities have complained Of the forced construction
of the law, especially when the section governing
the question precedes the one under which the
ruling Of Mr.. MARI was made Unless the decision
is reversed its legality will be tested In the COURTS
Campaign Prospects.
The Republican National Campaign Committee
regard Indiana as the only doubtful Western State.
Senator Morton writes that there never was in
the history Of political campaigns in Indiana such
q determined effort to carry the State for the re-
publican party, and Of the defeat Of Hendricks he
has not the slightest doubt. The National Commit
tee have left the management OF the canvass
wholly to Senator Morton who has accepted the
responsibility.
woollen goods In the United States as returned at
the ninth census for the year ending June l. 1870
have just been sent to press from the Census olce
and exhibit the following tOtals:-
or the 1881 establishments In the United States
there are In Pennsylvania, 457; New York, 252;
souri, 156: Tennessee, 14s; Kentucky lbs Illinois,
100; Connecticut, 1oS; Maine, 107; Iowa, So; New
Rhode Island os we Vermont 1e 6 Wisconsin, ca
Michigan, 54 North Carolina 81; Georgia, 46;
Maryland, 81 New Jersey %; Texas 20; Utah, IS;
R RsaSs.' ssassy? M1nf'3i1 81
The capital Of these as9 esaSlishments IS Reported
at sos, s24,5s1, The number OF steam engines is
wheels with horse power of $685. The number
Of sets of cards is s,3ee, with daily capacity Of
looms, 14,o39; narrow looms, 2o,14; spndies,
l,si549e The average number OF hands employed
OF OFF females snai a above een sSot of Children
and YOUTH, 9,e43. The amount OF wages paid to
these hands during the year Is reported Lat at
amount paid for chemicals and dyestufs was
1871, S24 pounds of foreign wool 767oI5 pounds
Of domestic wool; l7,57l,929 pounds OF cotton;
Of woollen yarn yarn; S,2ss,elo lbs. Of cotton yarn;
131256o yards OF cotton warp 40, l33 lbs OF warp.
The value of all other materials used was $3.50 $50
Among the productions of these 1881 establish
ments 90 340,612 yards OF CLOTH cassimeres and
doeskns; $685. 2s6 yards of flannel; oil, S65 yards
2,s5345S yards Of tweeds and twills; l4,o7s,5j5
yards of satlnets; 5,5o5,eo2 yards OF kelseys;
"a 9S5 yards OF jeans IL 27l yards OF lnseys;
1882 1859 yards OF negro cloth; number OF pairs OF
blankets 1000 43s; number OF horse blankets,
1858; number Of carriage robes, %, 5o0 number OF
coverlids, 226 744; number of shawls, 2,3l2,i Gl;
number OF pounds OF yarn, Hl56, 237; number Of
pounds OF rolls s,653,069. Total value Of produc-
ton, $155,405,05s
The Metl5 Disaster.
The report of the Board appointed to investigate
the cause OF the disaster to the Metis viii probably
reach the Secretary Of the Treasury in q few days
In substance 1t Is not expected that it viii differ from
previous reports on steamboat disasters, but II Is