The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-20

posts mentioned, al 3 sufficient rate OF pay |
10 secure the Necessary speed and ire /
quency, the commerce Of the COUNTY, /
would be greatly benefited. / beiiese that I
a genera law should be passed su.horiz !
ing contracts for carrying msils between !
the United States and West IEdian posts,
in merica-built steamers, earring the
American hsg, ~ a fixed minimum and
maximum price; the amount TO be ex-
pended berg regulated by annual
appropriations, or the service might
be thrown open TO competition IN
the same manner as the star ser
vice The adoption of such service
By Congress would enable this county
10 control profitable commerce
with South America and the West Indies,
which il now almost monopolized by Great
Britain.
In regard to the Use of mails by lottery
companies, The Postmaster Genera! sug
gests that sections 1929 and 409S, revised
statutes, be amended bv striking out The
word fraudulent preceding the word lot
terry IN each section, which will make leg.
islaiion more harmonious and effective. II
would aid the department in the exocI-
ton the intent Of the law Of the provis-
ion Of section $780, requiring : return 20
The writers Of registered lrt.ers addressed
to such schemes. The circulars recently
issued upon this subject are
given and reference il made 10
4 case now pending in the United States
Circuit Court at Louisville, when, when
decided, ssys Gen. Key, Il will avsil NY
self OF the decision to communicate
the further views of this department upon
~, ,,liu.Juai
forfeit his right to the use of the mails for
Legitimate purposes By voluntarily ming
ling such correspondence with prohibited
matter; 80 thst the department mast AIRY
both or neither is question u lsn which
additional legislation might render the
purpose OF the statute altogether ulqles
Iionsbe. The carrying by mail Of news-
papers OF containing lottery advertise
Eents, soliciting violations OF the law,
renders the successful enforcement Of the
statute npw in force still more difficult"
Gen. Key reports that the Law providing
for new clsssiiraiious of mail matter sud
| readjustiDg the rates of postage thereon,
passed al the last session OF the Forty fifth
Congress, has given universal satifac;IJn.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-There were az
rested By the agents of the PostofiCe de-
partner, last year, 552 persons. o. those
prosecuted in the United 5 a,es courts, lyl
were convicted, IL were acquitted, 10 e.
capped, 3 forfeited bail, 80 proceedings
were dismissed, and POO cases await trial
There were A hishwaymen arrested for
mail stsse robberies. The srres's subject
to the Jurisdiction of the United States
| courts we're Is postmas;ers, ii letter
| carriers, II mail carriers, AZ high
waymen, So burglars. The number OF csses
| investigated by special sgents was 53,2l2,
| nearly 3 600 OF which were losses of regis
| tered letters, containing in cash 81 $50,
| and money orders and exchange 10 the
| amount of $50 697. OF this number l2O
were recovered, cont lining in cash 3. S73
! and money orders and exchange amounting
to SlO,S72. OF 1921 ordinary letters
reported lost and rified, 5 S02 cont siu.d
cash amounting TO $40, l56, and l 353 con-
| tanned money orders and exchange drafts
amounting TO Si55 947; and l,iS0 were
recovered, containing in cash sop and
mo"ey orders snd exchange Amounting TO
$40 620. Payments Tor ga transportation
of nsils during the last hscal year
amouated to Sl9S, 90S, being an increase OF
81 ,GS2 over the Cos. for 1878; Sl53. $50 was
paid for tie transatlantic service, Sll 0O4
for the transpacific service, aud S3i, .Si for
the service 10 Cansda, the West India
| islands, Mexico, Central America and
South Pacific States. Adding SIS. 5J3
paid for British closed mails from r.w
| York 10 England, the amount paid for the
| trans portaiion OF mails to foreign conn
tries was S226,SGl.
Ths quarterly settlements of the postage
| accounts with countries OF the postal nnion
| show balance for the year of S3S go in
favor of the United S ates, and the settle
ments for sea and territorI Il transit sho .
balance OF sol, 2l6 in favor of the Ufited
| St-tes. The total weight OF the mails TO
countries of The postal union (C,naus
excepted was ~ foiloGs: Letters. $ 3d.
| 100 ounces; printed matter aud ,mpls-,
Is Cos, POI ounces, being an increased weight
over 1873 oil 3D., 1879 ounces Of letters, and
1873, 423 ounces Of printed rieier and
| samples.
The countries and colonies admitted TO
| the Univer4,l Postal Ulion since the con-
ciu.iOn OF the convention OF Paris are the
| British colonies of Newfoundland, Cold
| Coast, Sepegambia, Lagos, Sierra Leone,
| Falkland Islands and British HondurG-,
the principally of Bulgaria, the .e.wsrd
i-lauds (BTi ish), viz, Antigua, Dominates,
Moatser,a', Nevis, ST. Christopher snd Inc
Virgin Isles; the Republic Of i,iDeci4
aud the Republic of Honduras; the Uarted
States OF Verzlela from Jan. /, 1850. TEe
| Republic Of Chill was unable 10 carry rs
| provisions into operation In April, 1879
a1d iIs adhesion has been indefinitely pet
poned.
Superintendent BIsc,fIa recommends
that G ngress be requested to en@ct the
necessary legislation to carry INTO eti-c,
the provisions OF the Paris convention rel
alive TO payments Of limited indemnify
for the registered articles lost or destroyed
in the mails. and also that the provisions
Of the law passed at the last session OF
Congress sulhorizing the delivery to ad-
dresses in the Uoited States Of duliable
books received by mail rom foreign coun-
tries, On payment of tine custom duties
thereon st the poztofiice OF destination, be
extended 10 embrace dGtisbe articles Of
every kind received IN the msils from
| abroad.