Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-12-11

over the year 10 GZ. flIly-Blue railway
Postoficc lines were in operation on
the Both of June, 1873, extending over |
IA, 1856 miles of railroad routes and per- |
forming an aggregate service of 81 /
925 miles. The number of letters eX |
chan ged with foreign countries was
81, ,459 | 3d. an increase of 3,O96, $50 |
over the previous year, and the postage
thereon amounted to 81 ,021.3f0. SO, /
aud the total weight of correspondence
exchanged in mails with European
countries exceeded 9I2 tons, an in
crease of 90 tons over the previous
year. The total cost of United States
ocean nIlu steamship service. inclUl
ding S725,000 paid from special apprO-
priations TO subsidized lines OF mail
steamers, was Sl,O47,27i So. New or
additional postal conventions have
heen concluded with Sweden, Norway,
Belgium, Germany, Canada, Newfound-
land, and Japan, reducing postal rates
on correspondence exchanged with
these countries Intellectual efforts
have been made to conclude salts
factory postal convention with France,
hut without success. 1 invite the favor
able consideration Of Congress to the
suggestions and recommendations of
the Postmaster General for an eXten-
sion of the free delivery system in all
cities having a population Of not less
than 10000; for the payment of post
age on newspapers aud other printed
matter of the second class for uniform
postage and a limit of the weight of
mi Ia a1I H
the compensation Ot all POstDlasterS
not appointed lay the President; by the
old method of commissions on the ac
tuai receipts OF the Office instead Of the
present mode of fixing the salary in ad
vaRce upon special returns, and espec-
tally do I urge favorable action by
Congress, on the Important recon
mendatiOn Of the Postmaster General |,
for the establishment ola United States
postal saving depository. Your at
tentiOn is also again called to a con
sideration Of postal telegraphs, and the
arguments addUced in support thereof
in the hope that you may take such ac-
tiUA ia connection herewith as, in
your judgment, will most contribute tC
the best interest of the country.
DEPARTMENT.. OF JUSTICE.
Affairs in Utah require your early ant
| special attention The Supreme Court o
/ the United States, in the case Of Clinton VS.
Eng,ebrecht, decided that the United State:
/ Marshall Of that Territory could not law.
/ fully summon jurors for the District courts
| and those courts hold that the Territorial
| Marshall faithfully performs the duty be,
cause he is elected by the legislative assem-
! bly,, and not appointed, as provided in the
act organizing the Territory. All proceed
dngs at law are Pr0cG cally abolished by
| those decisions, and there have been bu
! few or no jury trials IN the District courts
of that TeruGtery since the last session o.
| Congress. Property is left without protec
4 tioR bg the courts, and crimes 90 unpunish
ed. To PvsvenG auarel.y there it is abso
lutely necessary that Congress proyide tht
courts with some mode of obtaining jurors
and recommend legislation to that end
| and also that the PROBATE courts of the Ter
! ritory, which assume to issue writs of in
junction auEsd abeas corpus, ard to try Grim
inal cases, and in questions as to land titles
be denied zll jurisdiction not possessed or
ainaTily bg the arts OF eaaat description.
THE BANKRUPTGY Law.
have become impressed with the be
| lief that the act approved March 2, 1867
/ entitled. 'AR act to establish uniform sys
tenn of bankruptcy throughout the limited
| States" is productive of more evil thar
good At this time many considerations
! might be urged for its total repeal, but il
/ this is not considered advisable, [ think i
will not be seriously questioned that those
portions of said act providing for what il
called involuntary bankruptcy opertate tt
/ increase the financial embarrassment of thu
| country. Careful and prudent men very
| often become iRvolved in debtin the trans
action of their business, and thOugh they
may possess ample property, If it could be
made available for that purpose, to meet al
| their liabilities, yet, on account of the ex
traordinary scarcity of money, they may
| be unable to meet all their pecuEiary o bli
cations as they become due, in conse.
quence of which they are liable to be pros
e~uted in this business by proceedings in
| bankruptcy at the instance of unrelentin2
creditors. People are now SO easily alarm
ed as to monetary matters that the mere
! filing ofa petition in bankruptcy by an un-
| friendly creditor will necessarily embar-
rass and oftentimes accomplish the fnan-
cial ruin of responsible business men,
! Those who otherwise might make lawful
| and just arrangements to relieve them
selves from difficulties pr"duced by the
! present stringency in money, are prevented
! by their constant exposure to attack and
disappointment by proceedings against
them in bankruptcy. And, besides, the
| law is made, in many cases by obduratt
creditors, to frighten or force debtors into {
compliance with their wishes and into acts
! of injustice to other creditors and to them
| selves. l recommend that so much of sale
| act as provides for involuntary bankruptcy
| nj nf no nfD DOU hf
repealed.
Your careful attention is invited to Tho
subject of
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT,
aud the facilities afforded by existing lawi
for their prosecution. Each Of the depart
ments of State, Treasury and War have de-
mands for many millions Of dollars upor
their files, and they are rapidly accumulat
ing. 10 these may be added those now
pending before Congress, the Court oi
Claims and the Southern Claims Commits
sion, making in the aggregate an immense
sum. Most Of those grow out of the rebel
lion, and are intended to indemnify persons
on both sides for their losses during the
war, and not few of them are fabricated
and supported by false testimony. Pro
jects are now on foot it is belieyed, to in
duce Congress to provide for new classes
of claims, and to revive old ones through
the repeal or modification of the statute OF
limitation, and by which they are now bar
red: presume these schemes, if propos-
ed, will be received with little favor by
Congress, and l recommend that persons
having claims against the United States
cognizable by any tribunal or department
thereof, be required to draw them at ar
early day, and that legislation be directed
as far as practicable, to the defeat of un.
founded and unjust demands upon the gov.
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