The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-18

) undertaken and completed, and two vei
| lsels of the navy areA employed an cor
Junction with those of England France
! Germany and Russia ID observation
connected with thetransit of Venus, use
: lfui to scientific world, and the est
mates for this branch of the public SCI
vice do not differ materially from thos
of last year; those for the general sup
port of the service being somewhat les
land those for improvements at the va
Irious stations rather larger than the cor
Responding estimates made one year ago
The regular maintenance and steady In
crease IN the efficiency Of this most i'm
Iportant arm, in proportion to tie growtl
Of our maritime intercourse end inter
ests, is recommended to theattention o
congress. zA @zs
NEW PLAN FOR UTLIzING THE NAVY.
I The value of the navy during peac,
may be further utilized by,a direct au
thorizatien of the employment of hava
vessels in surveys of the supposed navi
gable waters of the nationalities of the
continent, especially the tributaries O
the two great rivers of South America
the Orinoco and Amazon. Nothing pre-
vents, under existing laws, such explor
latiOn, except that expenditures must bt
made in such expeditions beyond those
usually provided for in the, appropria
ltions. The field designated is unques
ttionably one Of interest, rand one capa.
iible Of large deEelepTneat Of Commercial
interests, as to the. people reached and
to those who may establish relations
with them. rCs
+ THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The education of the people entitled
to exercise the right of franchisey 1 re
gard essential to general prosperity
everywhere, especially 80 IN Republics
where neither education nor previous
condltion enterinto the account In giving
suffrage. Next to the public school, the
Postofice is the great agent of educa
ton over our vast territory I Therapidi
tty with which new sections are being
settled, thus increasing the carrying o.
the mails in more rapid ratio than In
crease Of receipts, is not alarming. The
report of the Postmaster General here
with attached, shows that there was an
increase of revenue IN his Department
in 1873 over the previous year, of ST..
l647, AL, and an inaEease- of the cost OF
carrying the mails and paying employ,
ees, of $3,041, ,467,91. The report Of
the Postmaster General givesinteresting
statistics of his Department and com.
pares them with the corresponding sta.
tisties c "a year ago, showing a growth
In every branch Of his Department.
POSTAL TREATIES.
A postal convention has been con,
eluded with New South Wales, and ex
change Of postal cards established Will
S%itEerland, and negotiations pending
for several years past with France have
terminated In a convention with that
country, which went into effect las
August. An international Postal Con.
gress was convened in Berne, Switzer,
land, in which the United States was
represented by an officer of the Post
office Departnent3 Of much experience
and of eqaal leapaeity for the ! position
A convention for the establishment of al
international Postal Union was agreed
upon by the delegates of the countries
represented, subject to the approval o.
the proper authorities of those counties
THE POSTAL CAR TROUBLE.
I respectfully direct your attention il
the report of the Postmaster Genera
and to his suggestions IN regard to al
equitable adjustment Of the question o.
compensation to the Railroads for car
rying the mails.
- THBEsoUTHERNf 6 SITUATION. ~
Your attention viii be drawn to theun.
settled condition of affairs in some of the
Southern States. On the 14th of Sep.
tember last, the Governor of
LOUISIANA f.,
called upon me as provided by the Con
stitution and laws of the United States,
to aid in surpressing domestic violence
in that State. This call was made IL
view of the proclamation issued on that
day by D. B. Penn, stating that he was
elected Lieutenant Governor in 1872,
and calling upon the militia of the State
to ''arm, assemble and drive from power
the usurpers," " as be designated the off
GERS of the State Government. On the
next day issued my proclamation, ]
commanded the insurgents to disperse
within five days from the date thereof,
and subsequently learned that on that
day they had taken foreibIe possession
of the State House. Troops were
sent there by me to support the
existing and recognized State Gov
ernment, but before the expira-
ton of the five days, the msurTectionary
movement was practically abandoned,
and the officers of the State Government
with some minor exceptions, resumed
their powers and duties. Considering
that the present State administration OF
Louisiana had been the only government
in that state for nearly two years: that il
has beeu1taeitly acknowledged and ac-
quiesced~ In as such by Congress, and
more than once expressly recognized by
me, I regarded it as my clear duty, when
legally called upon for that purpose, to
prevent its overthrow by an armed mob,
under pretence of fraud and irregularity
in the election of 70. Ihaye heretofore
called the attention of Congress to this
subject, stating that on account of the
frauds and forgeries committed at said
election, and because it appears that the
returns thereof were never legally can.
vassed, it was impossible to tell thereby
who were chosen, but from the best
sources Of information at my command
1 have always believed the present State
officers received a majority of the legal
votes actually cast at that election. ]
trepeat what Isaid in myspecid message
tof T February 13, 1873, that, in the event