The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-09

Fast MAILS FROM New York. Washing.
ton, November 6.-Arrangements were con-
Guided Yesterday by Assistant Postmaster
General Tyner with the Philadelphia, Will.
mington and Baltimore, and Baltimore and
Potomac railroads for a special fast mail from
New York to Washington in connection
with the western fast mail over the Pennsyl.
yania road. which leaves New York at 4
O'Clock in the morning. This mail will reach
Baltimore at 1880 A. NJ, and Washington at
1910 P. H., and will bring the New Eng.
land mail of the day before. as we'll as the
mail collected the previous evening as far
west as Buff4lo. ......t
A special force Of clerks will be put on be.
tween Baltimore and Washington Co.assort
the mail coming to the Departments nd TO
members of Congress, all Of which will be
delivered by O'Clock. In the Senate and
House of Representatives the mail will be
laid on the desks Of senators and members
very soon after the Journal is read each day.
The advantage of this early delivery will be
that it will enable public officials to answer
their letters on the same day they are re-
ceived. The Department business will be
much facilitated thereby.
The arrangement will prove very accept
able to congressman, and will be continued
hereafter without interruption. 1t VIII 60
into effect on or about the 25:h iustAnt-cer.
tainly before the meeting Of Congress. LII
connection with this matter it is stated au
thoritativeIy by the poSt-ctfice authorities
that the putting on OF fast-mail trains causes
but little increase Of expenditures. In this
case the additional mail service will not cost
dollar more than the present arrangement
excep that one or two additional postalcar:
NAV be required. The total extra cost o
the mail between Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh is only seventeen thousand five hun
dred dollars year. ..st
POSTAGE BET WEN FRANCE AND THE UNITEl
STATES Washington, November 7.-Tb'
Post. Office Department is in receipt OF NOTES
that on and after the first day of January
next-at which date France joins the posia
union-there will he levied ard collected il
that country the following general union
rates of postage: For prepaid letters, 30 cen
times per Is gramm:s; for unpaid letters
so centimes per Is grammes; for posta
cards, Is confines FER 10 grammes; fol
printed matter and samples, B centimes pei
80 grammes. Butin addition to these "gene
raj union rates" The French Government
| will impose special charge on mail matter
destined for the United States-Damely a
"sea-postage" of 10 centimes per 15granme
for letters; centimes per 10 grammes fol
postal cards; and confines per 30 gramme
for other matter; thus making the single rate
of postage on prepaid letters from France tt
the United Safes 40 centimes, or cents
while the charge made by this country on let
tiers for France and all other parts of Europ'
will be 5 cents only. That the French
Government should do this is spe
ciaIy noticeable in view OF the fac
that Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, ant
other European Powers have adopted as
their respective foreign postage charges tn
precise equivalents of twenty-five continues.
variation from which general union rate
was provided for in the Berne treaty, oni!
Gas a measure of conversion, to srit tn
monetary or other requirements OF the va
rious contracting Powers.
This action OF the French postal autbori
ties is therefore much regretted by the DE
partment here, as it introduces an exctp
tionai charge on Franco.American CORE
spondence, and will cause great deal
complaint GU the part of residents of France
II should also be noted by persons wht
write letters 10 France that under these
newly established rates an unpaid lette
from the United States will be charged II
France with postage of seventy confines
| or about fourteen cents.