The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-12-07

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i THE PosToFFIoE DEPARTMENT.
/ The report of the acknowledgement
embraces a detailed statement Of the
Operations of thepostoffice department.
The expenditures of that department
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1878,
were $34, ,165, ,O4S. 40. The receipts, in
cluding sales Of ystanps; srnoney.order
business. and official stamps, were $780,
4 277, 5l6. 95s The sum Of $3.50, 4e6. 80 in
cluded IN the foregoing Statement of
expenditures, is ehargeable ke preeea-
ing years, so that Che actual expendi-
lures for the fiscal year ended June 30.
h187S, are $33. 874, 647. 30. The amount
draws from the treasury on appropria-
tions, ia addition to the enuesof the
department., was So, S07, ,652. 81. The
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
/ juno 1880, are estimated at $685.
/ 575 and the receipts from. all
s0ti7 u sac, So, ,D23s so, leaving laide-'
ficlency % Dc appropriated cut OF the
4 Treasury of $p, 9O7 ,876. 10. The report
calls atsentlon to- the fact that the com
4 pensaflon oi poetmasters and Of rail-
i roads {of carrying the mail is regulated
/ BY law, and that the failure OF Congress
to appropriate the amounts required
for these purposes does not relieve the
/ goveiA1aent0f resp0nsibih htz but Heees-I
4 sarily 1ne1eake8 tie. defteiensF bills
/ whiel< Don gresslwills be calledanpDn to
| pass.
In providing for the postal service the
follow questiens saFe presentea !:
Should Congress ANNUALLY appropsiate a
sum of money for it's expense largely in
excess of it's reyenua,. or should such
rates of postage he established as will
make the department self Sustaining p
Should thepostal service be reduced by
excluding from the mails matter which
does not pay its way? .Shonld the
number of post ro1tes be diminished q
| Should other methods be adopted which
will increase the revenues on diminish
the expenses of the postal services
The International postal congress,
/ which met at Paris May l, 1878, and
eontfN dedin session until June of the
ssme4year was composed of delegates
from b early al the civil lized ountJies of
the eMefld III adopted neY ednYen-
ton, to take the place of the treaty
concluded at Belne October 8, 1874
which goes into efects on ther1st Of
April 1879, between 4 The countries
whose delegates have signed it. Tt
was ratified. and approved, by and
with the the consent OF the President. August
A., - ~ gs:1rl9 - 'no - untse " e.sai ~
raI,orts e. tlIa1 r,aafmasferAsoseTneral sar,d
the fuH text in fhe annend;y tharetn IN
its orioir t.e nostaI { mn connr;sed
twenty three countries having a oonn-
/ latiosl,ff Three linpairaa and fift5 mil
lions Of peonle,s On the lat Of AnriI
next ii viii eo1anprrise forty three conn
i tries and oolon;es with 3 Formation 81
more than sixs hundred and fifty millions
/ of people. and will soon. by the acces-
4 sibfa khe sow kesA ihEscoHh fsies and
hc3lonies which maintain orscoanized post-
al services. constitute in facb.sas well as
in name, as It's, new, title indicates, "a
universal union. uporl d uniform basis Of
cheap postage rates. the postal inter-
course between all civilized nations
Some embarrassmenth has arisen out OF
the conflict between the customs laws of
bthis country end thee roYiaiona 'Qf ne
EpastaA c0hYentipn, IN to- he
transmission Of foreign books and news
4 papers 10 this country BY mail. 4 It is
hoped that Cong gress VIII be able to- de-
wise some means Of reconciling the diff
kcdlties which have thus been created, SO
as to do. Justice to all parties involved.
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sne psass JeaIs 'llAo- sst.ol sle,ls lisla-
- .lois e ~ le',ege anu proVent
a4O7s uaie - = oI iusslce, .nu possiDle ops
y ~, Y wnlcn is tnus occa-
Esioneo, Inc encumuercQ conoitlon OF
snsse docke9s 1as presented anew IN tne
report OF the encouragement, and the
remedy suggested as earnestly l,ll urged Tor
congressional action- Inc creation OF
additional circuit judges, ae proposed,
Wovi9' aHorq cQmptete femeo ana !
woaia, AlnvoaTe an @expense--ass tine
hPresens NJ Iasea a Ql salaFles5To1 -p9s- more
bnan oV'uuVa yes& IL ~ 80
THE INDIANS.
The annual reports of the secretary of
1.-THE interior and Of the comnissionerof Of
Indian affairs present an elaborate ac.
count Of the present condition of the
/ Indian tribes, and OF. that branch Of the
public service which fninistefe TO their
interests. While the conduct Of the,
Indians, generally, has been orderly,
and their relations with their neighbors
friendly and peaceful, two local disturb
ances have occurred which were de-
plofable IN stheir character, butufemain