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ii ji in iift'jaai STATE -JOURNAL. VOLUME xxvn. COLUMBUS, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1864. NUMBER 125. D A OHIO I3P.CAL. fAMESICANEMEDIES' UU"&0"LTaVta - niGUl r COXOEST&AMIB i OOMPOCHD 'FLUID EXTRACT BUOHD A Posttiv& SpeoiHo Remedy for tofnajum of JULJlOIMTK, hiHfl.TH. tiHAVtil AND Thl Kuitieia tnari-av the powwr of Dlgeaelo and w it ihe fcBVHliiSr.'l'd into UenltJiyjioHdfc liy which th. it'TMirott CAhCkiiOOaiwtTiW. KQQ ail t'ft iV-1 1 VtiALi KN h A durd, wMl iln and intl'imsKilvn. and ig-i ' HKLflDOLD'S SXT&AOT BffCHU TOO WtURNMAltf pwfla, sviriy nuiiuvTuutur &uuMe, eTTK!.IBU WITH TH FOLLOWING rJlTW? VOUCH Inllrpc!tvl) to fljtvjrcm, Low of f awr, Lou of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing, ' Vimi 7arvn, Trembling, Horrr.r of I)ia:&t V ukemlucai, Iijitint--. of VtntoD, Pitta in tbo Bsck, Guivtntui IiBilB(icof tbeFUisliiug of (be Body, Muscular I'jjtOfci, FrnptJr.r ro the Vacs, Hot lUi;d, r aIjJ Ot,ar.tn:nc, Dryness ul the tsin( Tluft qyniptomt if nl1ovid to go on, whif.b tUt mruicine inr!tnnbiy rcinovw, toon wnow XMPOTKNOY, FATDITV, 1PJLKPTI0 FI'jVB, In one of vh:t.h ihc natlAnt niAToxutre. Who c(r Buy tliat tlioy ro tt&l Innjiiuully followwl by t how SlLity i-e awitro o tbn caoao of tlibir if) log fcnt Dfut wtll i;onM. Til- n-conU of th Inaatit Aujin;it tid ihti ui'Jfcnctu-ly djutlts by Counnuip tk n, Uar nuiji'e wiiomt to tb truth of tb a-.tr Hon. 'i'liK OOStbllTi'TKm, OWE AFFECTED Hlf Jk.ufrofl t'tto nid of mdicluft to Htrm(tli"i nil vUoiatit tlw nyolout. ftliifh Itgl.HtttOLv'H Sit lltAu? BtjOHU iiv-rlAl.)j dgui. A triul will mis vlitce liie must aluiptkaU remeies, fsr?Blie&t Fefnaled, to oa tocno, KisaE.n, wAnniKD, ob ooh TKStl'U'l'lhG MAKUIAOJfi. tu infti.y u2Wi;tii,us jnwiliiur to ffottlftl-tB tb Kl tract Kttt hu I niw.,uallo.l by iay liImt riiiu-jdy, lu Ubloruhis or RutuiUlua, Iriuluttty, Val-iiUltmeft or nipi:lon of tlie ;u8t"Tnriry tTagaatinni, Dl OurnUi'J ur ot'.btrroun ittlti ct tltn Ulnriifl, Luuc(-i l iiofe, or Whil Ji, tviility, hn lor all vCr.t'l:kiutn i::cuifn to tbt ti-M, whutLvrnrlBiug from lmtluun-Uon, UXiu of UWti'f .u, vt ia ttit) HO f AMIIrY BliOULD Ii3 WITHOUT 11 Pf biiAm, Murcvr", or UnpUaftut I4i41cio tar (luliiMtit aua tt&ujivrunn li0r, HEIiMSOLD'S extract bdchu CTBE3 la nil ttfh- .rK-jd, .t hill, oxpnu;, llttlt itt ni' bllMlltfV III 'lift, ;u icCMVu!'.-llCO, A! SO EXVOWI'IJKE. It tft'm 'I- -j ii (.'lit liMints ti() givbn StT'itith t UrlitHto, lb' irby rRmuviiik' obHtruuttc, rircrqntuifi Kiiil oiir.nc Sirktuied o! () Un thia, allayinn p'Jt r.d luDitrjtiiiui'iu, so frrfUt-ut m tbU (in Mft, fti: 1 fXj!d!lH; 1'tHSUNVl.'d, ttiiWAoXD, ASH Kt'iiS OIITidAT lt: It. Tco-jBniii opoa TheB'sndn WJO iTjl t' J?AV ri.JJ VXVTIX& 01 .iid'Vbo j(iT 'pn'd tirwv J'- to bo oiuwl 1a shorl time, l'vi- .'.''I'l ilu-y nre !;civiiilr -iimI that tbv "r.jU.ih" hi; ., tj i-ii? tii; of A4trin liitnbn," !' 'u tlKO ia iUv ftiint to breoli oat In HKHIiVt&ifVl OtL3, 111-1 PSilHAl'S AtTZR MAEBIAOB. m CTSi23 Eelmbold.'s Extriwt Buohu For All A Rt!CtlDH fciid DIuvaicb of THE I'KIAAJtfcV OtCOAXV, Vfbytbcr exiiflott tu MAI ID OH KCMALK, tro . li;it'w r Win origii'iilir.ir, niiJ it utftar 5H' blow Ihmiijc fii9iilillp:! IMiicU'jaof ! ji'-CTiuft-etiiiiroUioftid of Itlnr tic H :iL our at inuiticnO, AU'J !t i? curttiic tobito tie ii;-r!rei ei: Id ftHl jr.i.; icr woicb it is rt.-'imu(iiw Fluid Extract SarsapariHa. 1 tti4 ' an ft'l.-:Tlr.ii of tbo UKo-l, tl 4t;cU 1 1 frnml i'r,:(it-. LlatTijf.i ol ibi- No, Kiti.T-rv puftranc" In ib'jiinmot LT !.. lifioibuid tin CiUptioDsii; tbfU'ri, giTitiR to irn r(?-utlxioB !(. ari-t hr.ttbv n-tor. It tiriistf pnic't ...-(.iw! far tbi; ciiis1 ol fi.iiilaiuta, it ol .d i UTiiy'pt; prop ortiw r .ii.-rf':il Lo nu-tflt r t xtcul ttisii ay otn ti piri'ivrnnou of Si:dftnii EeMboM's i-os Weak An osselWut i-i'ii m for D:.iI.iiiB o oi'I;ilic Na-ior. nl wr in lrjtioii in Vifui oi tLo Uriiinrj n-Ku. m'tfinK "'nui b.'.biu if Jlnsi.mt! o, ftod io coimwtnn wiib tJi Katmrti l;-oho a id Lmapril. 1ft. in bulIi !is-(.n! B'J m-'iniiiouO'i4t K'MwMcaof lK-muHt ro-itonibiouDd rulittblv cbT ktur a ill oc ji Uipniiy ti inw.l..inwi. From vWht tu tw'ty yodtra titaodlag, with taw l or mttdioul :-(icrtlc of Kf. uiTFt i'liprn iory of tli" limbul wvm. Soo rrrl'fr bF.Y.'SW TIubto w-rlu on Uit rrc.ic" tr nynit1. it rt'tii uK mmloby til-! hitd wlabratwl Dr. PifFS ti'pt Pi.ii,.,lii,liiii. ljwftuirhBniJhy Dr. JtJVffM f M KfiOOWSMl,, A wlt-biiiii.'M riiywoi!!, ftn;i 'Jii wi oi inn n t t'oii"? o' dui-ftWUH, trt'l.turi, ud mbliui rir Truoaoctiuf thu iiimt Rod yufn' .Tourl. fc fcrto M:(1ico'Cifwrgb'l ItoTlrw, iiLtbliahtid by BJWf JAMiX 'VtiAVSl'S, it-How of tbu itoyi Oolite o.' Kxtlfttt ftnehs... h 00 per faoltlo, or ill for joOt " ;raporill 1 " " 0 Iraprwv'd UfnM Wanh 61i " " S SO n, i...!.- . .1., .-.f Ki t'.-r which will 1lB citnt to too uioit obiii.to citdci, If (llr;oH r adhered to. Dflfvfrr.iiv to n:iy ati-'TOfii, tmimilj packtd 'roa OthWtrvation. lii'wi lb iicipioi-n In All ccaiDiiuioaHorti, j.us i.ufti UGicfi. At'tiftf prallB. 4FFIIAViT. Terotillf ajiptun-' b. rnro mo. ao AldL-rmtn Ol ilifity !' tanwlbSl'liIi, t. aeluiUnhl, who, b-Ibr duty n, il"tli y hit prtnHotii oootale o nri."rtff, no merct-ry, or tituer inji-tunt drui'a, but r j.nroly fi-i-Oli-. H. T. il'fiL MOULD, Soorn and uliurild bt-fure uw, Uu.t dyof liovbor, W. r. HIBBAED. Al'Ioraas, Mntb at., fcc4KM, rbll, Aidrwi lottoikf t iuf iUittlon io tuutfBce 0. 'X. KtiLMSflJLD, Chr BnlisboM'u tVniff and Obhnil-ml Wboa, M Br(rt'";H, tii'k; Or, il.foitnld'a W.jlrol D-tpott 1(4 frdlh Tvutt itroct, PiiltadHphia. dir4 W COUNTERFEITS And oh?r!nfljritl dpalert, who eodaTor toRw "OF Trifit n aim or opt nismoQcwp . ntaltou atutood by llslmlwtd'i GhiuItw rrnparattoni, " Kxtraot Btirtiu, " " SrniariU, ' Xairored Bole WJiA. Void by all Drolls U orerjntiero. fliT rOH Wi tUfBOLP' & 14 ffJJ A0 0TB j (Jot on rtic rtlii'mntl and leud 'orlt. ATOH) ISimtOTIVSt ANlKXIOSn m. 0. F.OBKH'13 A Oi.. Wholmit Afteatl, M M V nrtb Hib itm-t Oolotnbok O., wbo w-11 Mp tbo tr'.bi ftIno:ftOliirr oritri. DAILY OHIO STATE JOflEHAL OiHtw fto. 11, fcMNi bin 14 Mefl. THURSDAY MOKNIKG, DEC. 8, 18C4. TERMS OF feUIMCMiraiOA" Truat uf tti IVMlr Joiirnttl. SiugU Subscribers, 1 year, bv BiaH ................. 0 Single SaLtcrlUn, 6 Months, " M...,-. mn?l Sabwrlber, 8 mouths " Y Biugr Subscribers, 1 month., 44 H . 0 Kingl feubicrtliSri, pw mouth, del ir en 4 by oi rier .. ... lDg8ba(McrtbenprrBck, delivered by ear To agtint lu deb 1A oenL per wwk ech eopy. 't'enn or lb Yri Weakly limraal SoUcribert, 1 year ...... ft AO dingle Subscribers, G aiuathi......MH 8 SB SlDglaSafoorlten, 3raont1tl a. 1 1! Blrigle Subscriber. 1 tumitb ..... ...HM. 0 40 Terra el I lie Weekly Jonraal. tingle ttabscribert,, per jcar S2 00 TKHMS OF AIVHItyKSaSG Dmr One Square one luwrtiu-i 75 vents, " Special Knticoa pir Fqoara, tcb ineimt-iB - I1.XS " T.-al aad EtialM-M Kcticg, ptsr lino, iioh Insertion . SOoeot. WtrKi.ir-.rUfl Hanaro, eaobiDMrtloii.....Vl.W " Locl and Jtoituoaa Neticoa, pr lino, earb Jar or lion 3t oauta, M Ono Hijuaro oovura tlirw qoH-tera of aa l&ali W" Marr'irt Kotlu-s will lurraftar luariably bo :iwrsn c-nta wnno ntiay uvb ubia. una &u osati poroqnara Uoo ocoopyiuif more apu. iml All TuAMiiiTNT ad7kjrttNnnifntfl miifit ba oitld for, liraftnr. at hp time thev am urrtt-n-J. othsi irite thhv will not oDOfarlo rtii imui-r. 'fliia rule will be rieidly dhnrw) to iti all CMta. Tb-re will m Moaj.-'-epiion. Alt 1ck1 andrccraitiDadTertlae-3i nta frill come ondnr thin ml". Report of the Postmaster- J'obt Office Dsfaetuent, Kot. 2, 1864. Financial Condition. The tioslut revenues for tho yenr rniliuz the 8'jtli Jiinu last were 5l2,43b,afi3 78,ftuii tLsexnonuiturea of tUie Jipnrtaionl daring the name period weio $1,614,780 20, hliowing au eitRCPS of tbe inner ot futi.bSL' 4J. Ine accoupnnjing table. No. 1, eshiblta the annual postal rov- enncs niul expenditures Irora liioi to 181H, from which it will bo seen that the average annual Tecmpts or Una la pftrtmeut from lboy lo 1861, iuclutiTpf wero 715,23li 02, and tlio ayeruco autmnl expendiiurrs for The SEtuie period were $14,482,008 4J, showing nn avorucy annual exc-ss of cxpciitlit.it ret over rcoeiptfi of $-j,7iIlj,725 &2; and thft avoragfj uuuual rweiprg irora 18i2 to 1SU4, inclusive, were tl0.8(l,fi3u vi. nnd tbe ex- p?D(litu'ci 1,6D4,78S 7'2, showing un nv-erue an dim! csrcaa of expenditures ovur receipla cf Srf2H,254 75. Ihe excels uf receipts in 18u4, over thn tho first yar of the rebellion, was 54,063,057 118. AliQourh tho propoihon of rt'ceipta as against Llie exiifUiiitures has, doubileFt', boen iuoreitdtd, on account uf the mi upon 8 ion of the postal service iu the iiiMtrrectionary matos, (lie above exuibit lurmabefj the evj- ikiice of an Iinprovintr tiu LncuI condition of (ho dpnrtiuvnt, highly credituble to the ministration of uiy uiiuitrdtutts pro Ifcesuor. The dotaild of tlb tionnciul operationij of ho dt'parlujcnt. durine tho lftftt hnual year are let forth in the aouoiupanying report of the Auditor. The e&timaie of expenditure for ISO! was fixed at 13, 000,000, in which was included he sum ol b 1,000,000, Bpeomllj tk) propria-fd for the ovorh'iDd nmil Bcrvico, heinc $350,13 SO more than the amount actually xpoLoeu, On tho othnr hand, tho revenues of 1801 ere estimated at au inerenso of five per centum on tbono of 1:J62( makiun S3, 7 14,000, while Ihey ootuatlj rrnrhi'd $12,44,258 73, ur ,724,2-58 73 uioro tb in iba estimate. , I bin tucrenso equals 42 por cent. Tho inorcato of expnditurea iu 1B04, louipfircd with thoo of 1803, is llfi per centum, aud tho incrpanu iu the revenueo lor the lame year 1 Ij per cent. Thi exhibit promirios an inorfano of the revenue for lStiJ ovpr the citimate eubmit- tcd in tbe report of In at year. VaTI HATER FOR 1800. 'Ui txroritllttt'af of aUMnd fo- ti e (;t p inb.o !o. 2 ) tiro tsr tn-ilM at $ if b rrvntihu for th.; j our IstjO, i nc ininjc to iun poNtaut' nod iittn-celUuct;m rco li-'H, ! t".'tK'i-d ot an ii(.r-ft?of ait ycr cam am ou llin tO.ltlirili O'. it'ri, in u iti htlninedd' Jl l- u-y ofretBiiiiaconi-varel wtili I'ltiQjat dcx -t turei n id tttl ud tn-.i- bu I'uiiur cd ibo n" nil t thi pcricaiirot aiiri- in nM65uiipum(i:th.diptrt. D'-ii-f i'oa ' irfr-f iu UnitttT rirnl- - !H'tj..r Alaicb 3, 147, oid Marto 11, liil .'. : --li.cb tna atluiatrdd.-3ciar.y g U'if.Jj t , , ,.., Ihe prantfl for the transportftlion of free mail mat tar for tbe last two Cecal yeara have not tern expended. Assuming that tha amount of S700,000 fur tho last year ia hit available, uo appropriation, for any do lonoy in tne revenuoa will bo requiiLHt, In Diahintr the op I i inn to of probable cx- pmii(urt-s lor lawt tho amounti actually xpanditi under (he several bead during the puBt fiscal year have boon taken as a basis; but an increaeo in several of the iteoia named has becomo ueconiary, partic- iiariy in too appropriation for postairu fllainpH and p tamped envelopes, the psiima-ted co?t of the latter boitiR increased. 5140,-000 per annum, according to the teruis of a new oontraot else where referred to in this report. Drafts aud Warranto. The whole number of dniftB aud wairautu issued during tho ear to the creditors of tbo department, in payment of bulauces reported to ha due by he Auditor, wan Ihe warrants were drawn on tho Treasurer of the Lulled States, flvo fieamtant treasurers and seven designated depoiaitarifR and tha drafts on xty-nvo post omce depositaries, aid on the postinastars at three hundred aud sixty- one draft offices. Of tho above-named po?t oilioo depositaries, forty-flve were established on January 1, 1604. Atnount (Jmeentrated tn Band of Jtpori tnnt. about 80 per cent, of the not revenue of tha department for the yenr, or $7,- 083,179 61, wag conuomra'cd iu the hands oi tho above-named uepo&trariea and draft offices. Of this amount, 35,327,761 was disbursed during the year, leaving subject to draft on July 1, 184, 31,755,418 81. The remainder or tne n-venue was col lected by means of orders issued by the Auditor on postmasters at collection ofhoe. and through payments made by po.it masters peoml urn a oamera and roan mebsen- gers. Number and Valu of Stomp and Stamped Envelope" Isiwd. Uurinc ihe fiscal year 634,054 610 postave stumps, of tho value of (jlO.177,827, 26 644,800 stamped envelopes, amountiog to f.oo.OrJ 60. and 1,04,000 newspaper wrappers, amounting to Sill, 490, were icsoed. Alio total value 01 these tssnet was 10,974 829 fiO, which, compared with thn isne of iba prnvious year, ($10,33S,-760.) shows an inorease of S365.60M 60. or about b per rent. The value of the stampi, and stamped envelopes soa was siu,nu 5SU 68, and the amount used in tho prepay ment or postage was $u.Bf8,l6n til. Amount of stamps l.osl m im Juau. not withstanding this enormous issue, Ihe losses of stamps in tho mails amounted only to SI.200, and of envelopes to Sol 80. This result, may be in part aitribniod to the sys tem of registering ench package of stamps and envelopes mailed, and to the fact that mute agents and postmasters at separating offioeB are also instructed to keep a record of all such packages passing through their offices. During the year 1859, (the year immediately preceding tne edoption of tins system of registration,) the value of postaee stamps rattled amounted to &r,ZjVM0. whilst the louses in transmission during tho last six months of that period were b4,H78. Since that time the 'losos have decronsed, although the issue has increased about 92 per cent. Number of Pitckapes of Stamps ltnted, The number of packages of stamps sent nut during the year was 08.600, and tbe claims allowed for deficiencies In the number of stamps amounted to only $29, and in the stamped envelopes 60 cents, showing groat care on tne part or those intrusted wnn ui branoh of the business. Supply of Stamps to the Armies. Postagi stamps are regularly supplied to the armies or tne rotcmao and Cumberland, througn special agents of the department located or near the headquarters of each. Pinoe the inauguration of this practice about the 1st of July last the agent stationed at City roiut. Virginia, Las sold stamps amount tug to fy78 94, and the agent of the army at 1 natt.. uooga $-),zio. Rabbt; of ihneu and Stamps ha Bunds A mud r n. Under the act for ''the relii of postin.Ldtcrs who have been robbed by confederate forces or rebel guerrillas, nut hundred and thirty-nine claims have been mado, representing losses of postage stamps ana money amounting in tne aggregate to t,voo v ur tne claims thus reported, sixty-two have been examined and reported on favorably, the aggregate of the credit, allowed being $2,130 60. The balance of tbe claims seventy-seven rcprcsoniiug 1828 47, are still pending, the evidence furnished being in most on sob inBumcieni t onset of Offir.6 Fticturss. d?. -Losses of eomewhnt different 0 ha meter frequently oc cur, rcllei lor which oanuot be granted with out nduitional legislation. I refer to oases where, by reason of tho presence of armed forces, a post ollice is destroyed, and the postmaster loses the fixtures and furniture, and to cases where the loss is occasioned by our own troops. Ihe report of my prod - (lessor two vears since recommended that rfuch losses be provided for, and 1 invito at- ontion to the subject, as several snob claims nave been made, where tho losses have oc curred through no fanlt of the postmaster. fltw Contract for stamped tnvelopei. Dur- tig tbt last session of Congress a bill was passed tor the relief of the contractor fur furniBbluff Ihe department with atamned en velopes aud newspaper wrappers; under the provisions 01 wlnoh tne ex iniug oontraot expired on Hep! ember 11, 1804, when a con dittonal contract was made, to expire Do comber 81, 1864, at an advanoed rate for stomps and envelopes. Itsue of Aewpaper n rappers Discontinued. After th? award of the contract above re ferred to, tho department and tho contrac tor received a protest from a party in New one claiming to be tno patentee or nows paper wrappers, with notios that he should assort his rights. Uoder these ciroumatan- and in view of the enormous advance n the coutract price of the article, tho do pAvlmeut decided to discontinue the issue lor Ihe presft&t. NotwniistnudiLg the advaaoe of every iirttoie used iu the msnulacturo or stamps, and thi Urge increase in tho number re- mred by the department, llie National nk Note Company, or Mew lork, have fulfilled, in a satisfactory manner, all their 'ligations, it is due to these contractors to add that they receive for postage stamp but twelve cent per thousand, whilst the contractors for internal revenue stamps re ceive ttiiny-turee eents per thousand. tfeveu temporary olerks have been em- rtoyed for several years, who are paid out T tho appropriation for postage stamps and amped envelopes, and as they constitute a portion of the necessary force of tho de partment, 1 suggest the propriety of provid g for them by law. rtoxTH.it; rs. Trantpor Station ttti 1 Table A (No. 6.1 xhibits the service as it stood oa the 80th Juue lust in tho States of Maine, Now Kampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhodo land, Cotineot'otn, ew iork, Wow Jersey, 'yrinsytvdnta, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, mt Virginia, lichigan, Indiana, Illinois, isconsiu, Iowa, 31isswuri, Minnesota, !sew exico, Utah, Nebraska, Waahiuton. olorado, Dakota, and Nevada, at which me there wcrom opevatnn in those estates md Territories 0,063 mail routes, tlie num ber of contractors being 6.963. The length these routes was 139,173 miles, and the rvice as follows : Hailioud, 22,618 miles; steamboat, 7,278 ileii; "celerity, curaiiutv, and security," 109.278 milescoating 45,818.4fl9, divided follows, vti: itailrnad, 24 301,142 miles traniportntloti nt frtJ.667,0-1 1, about 11 nnu a mile; steamboat, 2,112.134 at :!o8.- 274, about 12 cents a mile; "uelority, oer- ainty, and security, " 80,BtM,2bl at 2,098,- 1. about o t-iu cents a miio. The length of routes was decreased 425 ilea, whilst there ws an iucrense in the nnnal transportation of 89,812 miles, and Ihe costot$77,twt. Tho egirretfute compensation of route agents, lociil jgnts, mail mesBenger?, bag ;ae masters in charge of express mails, nd agonla employed oa steamers; convay- g nails to imiiht rn ports, was Hivw 18, which, added to Ihe oflt of service in iperation on 80 A Juno, 1(H, (5ij;M18,4o'tl,) akus the total cost, or mail transportation that date $0,306,2 48. Mail Letting of 1834 The contract term tor the middle section, comprising the ates of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deb- are, Maryland, and Ohio, expired on the 30ih of June hist, and the now term com- enced on the 1st of July following, ihe aorvices under theis lettings, for the first tiarler ol tho contract, ended September 80, 1804, is exhibited by the annexed statement, vlx : Mil.i. Mtl-B of an. nui tran por'fttion. 7,t,Tei SiS.Oaf last. iitrnad .t .,. 7.19J ambual ft..-.. 'C-'l-r ty, fart uoty, t,d tcsii y ' 1:1,193 o,b 9vn im,Vii Oilier tables, showing the operations of e Contract oiBco, nro appended to this re port. Railroad Companies. Notwithstanding an express provision of law, (aection 29 of act JulvZ. looo, whton provides mat no nrson whoso bid for the transportion of the mail may be accepted shall receive any piy util be shall nnvo exeomea his contract ccording to law and the regulations of the ; enartment," but few of tho railroad oom- names engaged in currying mails are tin der contract; and the practice of rocogniz- g their service from quarter to quarter us been necessary for a aeries of years, to enable tho Auditor to issue orders in favor the companies, for the collection of mon eys in the hands of postmasters on the routes, aud the adjustment of accounts for ' services rendered. 1 Attention has been called to this subject v mv predecessors for tho purpose of se curing additional logUlution investing the head of this department wnn power to compel compliance with the law by prohibiting vine nta except on executed eomraois. j lie matter is discussed by Postmastnr Genera) Holt in his report of December , I bolt, aud train alluded to December l, jhou, aad also by my immediate predecessor in bis reportn iiecemoor a, xeoi, anu f eoemoer 1, ieuj; but, behoving that the law is sufficiently explicit as it now stands, I do not propose further legislation, in the nope that tne several railro'id companies will no longer refuse to enter into the obligations Assumed by all other persons contracting with the governoitnt. Should I be disappointed in this reasonable hope, I shall sot fail to call upon Congress for such legislation as the necessities of tho Bervice require,. Overland Mails. The contract for service on the route from the Mississippi river, via Halt Lake, to riacorville, California, nnuer act of March 2, 1861, expiring on the 30ib June luBt, arrangement was mado with thu same parties for continuing the service on tbe same terms to aoptemner ou, 1004. Under an advertisement dated March 22, 1864, oontraot 9 have, been made with Ben. Uolladav, of New York, for tho service be tween Atchison, or St. Joseph, and Salt Lake City, at $305,000, and with Wm. B. Dins-more, Prrsideut of the Overland Mail Company, also of New York, from BaU Lake Cil v to Folifom City, at $385,000, making an aggregate of 750,000 per annum. These parties are believed to be able to fulfill their obligations. The contracts are from October 1, 1884, to September 80, 1808; the trips lo be made in sixteen days eight mouths in the year, and in twenty days the remutn-ing four room ha; to convey through letter mails only, mail matter prepaid at letter rates, and all local or way mails. .Paper and document mails for the Pacific coast aro to be carried by sea, via New York and Panama, temporary arrangement hav ing been made for thoir conveyance, within the sum named in tho law of March 2'5, 1864, vis: $100,000 per annum, making the whole expense of territorial and Pacific mails not over $910,000 per annum, or$90,-000 less than undor the former oontraot. Owing to Indian depredations, the over- land service was muoh interrupted during the months of August and September last, aud for a period of four or five weeks, the vhole hum for the racilic coast and the lcr ritoriea was neoessarily sent by sea from Newiork. California and Oregon 7?ote. The contract for tbe Cm h forma and Oregon route sacra xaeotoio Portlaud terminating September 16, 1804, proposals were iurited for the con tinuance or tne service to 1000 and iwot. But one bid was received, that of the California Stage Company, at 250,000 per an num, which was deemed extravagant for tbe service required, and accepted to June CO, 1605, only, with a view to again invite competition, which has been done. Jiuasctwn vmce. Uo the od of March, 1364, the Iuspectiou office of tho department, iu its distinct and separate form, was alfOlished, and i's duties transferred to the Contract oflioe, In charge of tho Second As sistant 1'ostmaster Uoneral. The net amount of fineB imposed and de ductions made during the yoar from the pay of mail contractors, for failures and other delinquencies, was 44,376.66. Annu Mails. Inquiry has been mado of Lieutenant General Urant relative to tbe existing arrangements for supplying our armies with mails, with tho assurance of my earnest purpose to co-operate with him in carrying into effeotany desired improvements of that sorvice; and I am gratified to learn from his reply, that the system of re ceiving and forwarding mails now in operation Is entirely satisfactory; and that "our soldiers receive their matter with as much regularity end promptness as ie possible for , armies in the bold, and with perhaps fts much celerity and security as the most fa vored portions of the country." He also hturuis me that the policy originally sdopt- .1 01 exoiumng civilians irom the man ser vice within the hues of tho army, and detailing for that duty enlisted men of intelligence and reliability, will be continued. Delays of Letters in mstribuhM ion OfJt- eet. For miny years the regulations of this apartment havo required that every post ollice should mail letters direct to everv ther offce not on tho route to any distrib uting office, and that all other la iters shou'd be mailed to the first distributing oflico on he route to their destination, involving coosiueraote expense ana ueinys tn the transm:9.ilon dT tho mails. Thib subject has een frequently referred to in rurorts ol this depnrt.mGi.it. Elaborate distribution schemes have been proposed to improve ih xistin; svftleui, which still is cousiderod feotivo. Cott of Distribution. Tbe majority of let ters are now subjected to delays, while the xpense attending the work in Iwnnly-lwc iBtributmg poat udices amounted, during he fourth quarter of 18'14, to nearly two indred thousand dollars, being at the rate of eight hundred thousand dollars per year, or about sixty-two per oentum of the whole xpenso of o'erk-lnra in allomoes. jfKitfl-'i J out utrfcea. the mailing of all Iters direct irom one omce toauother, how ver situated, in so vait a torritory as that m braced within tho United wares, is ob jectionable. The ordinary distributing post luces not meeting the necessities of the rvice. experiments have boen commenced iih railway or traveling post offices. The requisite cars for the purpose are prepared tor 0110 dily hue between iVashiugtou and .New iorit, and by means of olerk taken, mporartly, trom the post otlices at Wash-gton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New ork. letters intended for distribution at ther of those points aro distributod iu tho ts, and so arranged that they can be dia- atehed without dt'l.iy on oonnootiug routes, 'bus it is found that the transmission of Iters is expedited from twelve to twenty- four hours, being the time usually lost in iiitributing offices. Similar exhii-iments vo been made on the routes from Chicago, inois, to Clinton, Davenport and Du qu?. Iowa, with equally satisfactory re sults. Attention h'ts beeu givon for the putting operation tho railway distribution to other prominent point?, aud tho companies which have been a-keu to furnish the nec essary ear facihtits havo 'gouerally re- ponded favorably. On tbe great oaslern nd wostcrn ron to '''vroinnd, as wutt between Wsshiugiuu and New York, the ze and lioportniicu ot the mails and the mount of distribution to be done are such to require uccommoiUtioas to the extent an entire oar. nest of Cleveland only a portion of a car will bo used on each route. Uterus and aupertnienwnu for Jtauwug 'ott Offices. In order to moke the work of railway post offi cs effectual, a chaugo in ho modo of mailing letters is noccsaary. All offices cannot mini dinct, neither can all mail to a railway offica. Tbe work will, herefore, be divided hotween head offioeB tnd route offices, the former being those hioh are the initial or terminal points of routes, aud tbe latter thoso omces or sta- Giia on the direct Hue of a road from which there aro no post-roads diverging. Additional clerks, as well as superintend ents and traveling postmasters, will be re- lulred, for whom 1 recommend provision bo made by law. Erpatees of Railway distribution, and reduc tion of vork (n distributing Pott$cc&. Tho introduction of the proposed scheme wilt necessarily bo attended with difficulties, nd must be accomplished gradually. The IssBiftcailon of oiliccs alone will require me and labor, and lor the prr sent opera- ions will be Homed to ft few principal rail- oftd lines, uotn the necessary classifica tion is completed, and the railway distribu- on organised, it is anticipated that addi- ional expenses will be involved ; but It is ped that the hual eireot will be to reduce he expenses connected with tho present tan 01 uisiriDution, uuuer me new law, Iso, which took effect first of July last, all ' accounting for paid loiters has beeu dis- neiiflod with, thus savin? accouuts. The transcrip's of mails sent and received lin er the old syBtem at hve of the principal ffiors amounted to 60,000 folios. The ac counts from the same offices for the quarter ndeil 30th Biptember last, during which langes were only partially introduced, how a saving in this respect of nearly fifty per cent. Thus in various ways the ordi- ary expenses or post omces are expected n be diminished so as to compensate for ho costof railway distribution. But, wheth- this result be fully attained or not, the expedition of mails will be insured. yORElClN HAIL SERV1CB. Thu statistics of the foreign sorvice for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1864, are fully exhibited in the tables prepared by the Auditor of this department, also in state ment No. 7 annexed to this report, and Bhow tho following general results,' vis: Statistic, of foreign Hervxce.iM aggre- dftto postsge (sea, inland, and foreign) upon he corresponaeuce exchanged with Ureat Uritain, Prussia, Franco, Hamburg, Bremen, nd Belgium, amounted to 1,899,606 69, being an increaso of $14,930 48, as compared with the last year, and $21,458 87 in excess of the largest nmouut realised in any previous fiscal year. The collections in this country amounted to $881,730 68, and in Europe to 5011.-50 ui: excess or collections in tho United Slates $363,855 G7. The re- snlt is significant and gratifying, showing a largely increase! correspondence with Europe, notwithstanding the oivll troubles agitating the country, and the interruption of postal communications with tho Southern States. Trans-Atlantic Transportation. Th trans- tlantio mail transportation was performed follows : Dy tbe foreign steamships of the New York and Liverpool, Canadian, Bremen, and Hamburg lines, $770,3ti501. By British contract mail packets of the Cunard and Gal way lines, $629,240.68. The amount paid by this department for mail steamship service to and from Europe was $371,740.44 the steamships employed receiving the sea postage on thu mails oon-veyed as compensation for the sorvice. a 9 Toiled States and Canada Postal Convention. Our arrangement with Canada adopts Ihe principle of optional prepayment, in both countries, of the combined rate of international postage, each country retaining all the postage which it 00! lee is. It is the most simple form of international postal ar ran cement, inasmuch as it dispenses en tirely with accounts between Iho respective post dcp-irtmouts, and has been adopted with nil tbe other provinces except New foundland. With the view of securing uniformity In our postsl arrangements with thoso provinces, a recent effort was made to obtain the concurrence of Newfoundland In a like arrangement, which J regret to say was unsuccessful; the British post department declining to give its aeeent to Ihe measure, on account of the additional British packet postage of four pence sterling, which is levied for the sea serviee to and from the island, and accrues to Oreat Britain, Oreat Britain. Additional articles to the United States and British postal conven tion have been agreed upon, cenaututm the British packet agency at Colon an of fice for the exchange of mails with the post- ofhee of New York, by means or the unite Urates packets plying between those ports; toe ohjeot being to prevent the delay oorrespondenoe forwarded from the United states to ports and piae.es on the Atlant coast and interior of New Granada, prev ously caused by its transit across the Isth mus to and from Panama. A copy of these articles is annexed, (no. 8.1 An arrangement has also been concluded for expediting the transmission to destina tion of unpaid letters addressed to the Unt ied States, received at fan a ma by lint in packets from the countries on the west coast of Douth America; this department agree- tig lo collect, and account to Ureat Britain, through the office of the British packet agency at fanama, for the unpaid postage charged thereon. Bremen ana liaMbura. An additional ar ticle to the United States and Bremen, and to the United States and Hamburg conven tions, respectively, was executed on the 2tHh or Ai'irou last, authorizing tho convey ance or the international correspondence in line of war, or threatening war, by steam' shins sailing under neutral flags, whenever the same cannot oe saieiy conveyed by uni ted States, Bremen, or Unmburg steamships. Negotiation of Postal Covtntions. A cor respondence has been opened with severcl ol th? postdapr.riments represented by com missioners at the I'ans international pos tal conference, having for its object the ne gotiation of postal conventions, on the basis of the Paris resolutions, with those coun tries on the continent of Europe with which the United Stales has hitherto sustained no direot postal relation, as well as for the revision and amendment of existing postal conventions, bo as to make them conform as ucarly as practicable to the liberal princi ples of postal pr gress recommended by that conference as the basis of international ar rangements. Favorable responses have been received from soveral post department interested in this suhieet. Routs Jfom San Franeitco to Japan and China Its Commercial Advantages. There are other ocean routes besides the one to Brazil, which can he safely and profitably ocouplsd in American lines of mail steam ers, among which the route between Sin Francisco, Japan, and China, at present unoccupied by foreign mail packets, is perhaps the mo?t Important in a commercial poi-1 of view, and may be made available in securing to us s large participation in the commerce of tho East, the greater portion of which is now enjoyed by Great Uritain through her mail steamship connections, via Sues, in the Indian ocean and China seas. The central position of the United States between eastern Asia and western Europe, a (lording routes but little longer, if any, ban those now traversed between these distant rogious, aided by the superior expedition of railway transportation between tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts, will furnish such facilities as will make their ndoptiou a practical necessity for the commercial lu te rco urse between Europe and the populous countries of eastern Asia. Thcso considerations, and others which will readily suggest themselves, render it important that the Paeitio routes properly belonging to us, should be occupied by American mail steam ers, the profits of which, with the addition of a small subsidy for the mall service, would justify the establishment ot one or more stcambhip linos, which would be re munerative to the proprietors. AXTOIftlUIENrS. Numhsrof Post Offices, Including the sus pended post offices, the whole number on be With June, was lit 8. ft of which 19,976 are in the loyal, and 8.902 in t.li.. lov) Htntea. Thw number or Presidential olIiouB is 705, and 28,1 7 are under the ac- pemtmont of tho Postmaster Oeneral, The number of offices in each State and Terr it 0- y at the close of tho fiscal year is shown in the Appendix, (table No. 11.) Changes dtmng tho yern: miring the year, (ilO post offices have beon established, 768 liscontinued, and Zil changes made ot u times and sites, 'iho number of cases not- (d upon was 6,570. Four thousand seven hundred and thirteen postmasters have been appointed, of whom 3.08 were to fill vacan cies occasioned by resignations; 674 by re movals; 2j9 by death; 133 by ohange of names and sites, and 019 on eBtublishmeut of new officoB. The details appear in the Appendix, (table No. 12.) (Jlassification or umcersanu salaries or j oat- masters. Under the provisions of the act ipproved July 1, 1864, "to establish salaries tor postmuaters, ami for other purposes, the salary of tho postmaster of New York, .iiid of the postmasters at offices of the first ccond, and third cusses, have beon fixed is provided by law. Tbo 5th section of the act above reforred to authorises the Postmaster-General to allow at tbe office of New York, and at the offices of the first and second classes, a reasonable sunt for the necessary cost of rout, fuel, lights, and olerks. No authority is given to allow for other neoessary item, such as repairs of furniture, cleaning, stationery, printing, and other incidentals, re quired in large otlices, and I beg leave to suggest that tne necessary authority be given to appropriate a reasonable amount out of the revenues of the respeotive offices to meet such contingencies. SpeciaK Route, and Local Agents and Baggage Masters. At the close of tho fiscal year thore wore twenty special agents, whoso salaries amonnted to $34,100; four hundred and fourteen route agents, receiving $318,912; fifty-three local agents, $32,009; and one hundred and five baggage masters in barge of through and expresB mails, $6,- 7 00. Letter-carriers. The free delivery of mall matter by oarriers has been introduced at sixty-six offices, employing, at present, 686 furriers, at an aggregate annual compensa tion of $117,001 DEAD LE1TERS, dumber received. The number of dead lettxra of every description received aud examined during tbe jor was 8,508,825, being an increase ot UoBUtt over the pre- iodine yar. aUnhiitahlR mainly lo the re turn of large nuniburn of atuiy aud navy letters whioh It was found impraolicable to deliver. Moneti and other Valuabl Letter. Dnrlnff the year thero were registered and remailed to tbe respective owners, as coutuning raonoy, 20,752 li'tlers, containing an aggre gate of $iai,bii zi, or niiti'D. numoer 20,06'.), containing 5lu,ooi tn, were delivered; 4,412 letters, containing $20,4& 40, wore returned to the department, being addressed cbieflv to soldiers and sailors, and persons transiently at places of mailing or address. The number of dead letters containing naners of value, other than money, as deeds. bills of exchange, drafts, checks, &c, received, registered, and returned for delivery to the owners, was 12,430, and the nomi nal value of the enclosures thoroin was Sl.fll6.601.76. beiog sn increase over the previous year of 4,104, or about fifty por cent., while the inorense hi the value of tho enclosures was but $71,416.94. The number of theso letters dehvorod was 11,878, or ninetv nor oent. Letter) Containing Idkeneua, Jewelry, $-c. Uurinir the year .u.ijou tetters and naot- aires were received containing photOKranbs. daguerreotypes, nnd articles of jewelry. Of this numoer, zv,:iw were sent out for delivery. 20,607 of which contained nhoto. graphs and daguerreotypes, 1,410, articles of jewelry, and 1,082, other miscellaneous artioles. Of the whole number Kent out, 18,218 were delivered to either the senders or parties addressed, the postage on which amounted to SI ,044.21. Sale of ArtieUi not Delivered. In May last a lnrge number or passages containing mis. collaneous artioles which had been accuma lating for several years, were classified and sold at ptibiio auction, me procerus amount, ins- toSl.l6 27. Aggregate of Vdmbli Lettert.the num. bor of valuable dead letter, registered and sent out for delivery was nf,ii, boini 28. 574, more than tho preceding yoar, and thore were returned to the adjutant gener- nl'a, quartermaster general'?, and other public offices, 11,110 letters and pack ages containing muster rolls, descriptive li'ts, and soldiers' discharge papers; 60,691 letters containing postage stamps and mon ey in less sums than one dollar, or artieies of less than one dollar m value, were return cd to the senders. Unbailable Letttrt, 4V The number of lettors which tt was found imEossible to forward from the offices where deposited, or to deliver to the parties addressed, beosuse of tno postage boiug unpaid, or on account ol hieing illegibly directed, and which were in cemtequence sent to the dead letter office was 110,812. Of thn number, 72,074 were "held for postage, being addressed to for eigu countries, to which the prepayment of postage is compulsory, or to those countries with whtch the Uulted mates nave no pos tal arrangement; 88,068 of the number were u misdirected," or so imperfectly or illegibly addressed that their destination could not be ascertained. A large number or this last class were without any address whatever, and in many instances contained enclosures of value. During the year there were received at me department o l ll applications ror missing letters, for all of whioh examinations were made and the apnlioanfs notified of ins result. Letters Addressed to Place within the Re bellious States. A large number of letters auifressed to rebel localities have been re turned from various sources to the dead let ter office,. Amounting in the aggregate to 61, of which number ZH,4l wore do mestic, and 8,002 of foreign origin. They were all indorsed ' mails suspended," and returned, the domestic to the writers, and tbe foreign to tbe countries in which they Letters with Fictitious Address. Within the past year, 4.26G letters addressed to Ac inous persons or llrms were sent by post masters to tho dead letter office, and thence returned to writers or senders. The ad- reason ware assumed evidently for the pur pose of conducting some fraudulent business, and in many instances these letters were found to eoatain remittances. I Ordinary Dead Leters. and Revenue time- I from. Under the provisions of the act ap proved January 21, 1802, 1,003,499 ordinary dead letters, or thone not evidently worthless, were returned to the writers, after having been planed in new envelopes. Out of this number, 4,044 were returned to 1 bauus and insurance companies, 90,bo6 to business nrms, ami uit.o'J'J to individuals, Included in the above aggregate ere 9,761 letters returned free of postage: these con- sisteu or omoiai letters irom the various lepartmonts, and letters sent to the vari ous hospitals for siok and wounded soldiers, 1,UIQ dead lettors written in foreign lan guages were also returned during the year. About 24 per cent, of the whole number sent out for delivery to tho writers failed to be delivered, and were again returned to the department. Amendment bungestcd. The gross revenue derived from the dead letter postage collected on the letters sent out aud delivered amounted to $23,558 28, out of which were paid the olerka employed in redirecting them. The collection of postage on such returned letters complicates the accounts under the law fixing salaries for postmas- lew. These letters must be entered at the mulling, and then at the receiving office. and pobtage collect el; and each as cannot be delivered must be credited to tho post master when sent to the dead letter office. The aim of tho department is to have no unpaid letters in tho mails, and to collect all revenues by liieans oi postairu stamps. avoiding the necessity of keeping accounts. n 111 ture, postmasters are to enter in their accounts only unpaid letters, which are mostly from or to foreign countries, and it seems inconsistent to Bend thousands daily from this department with instructions to uLer them and collect postage. The amonnt comparatively small, and yet the attend- nt labor very considerable. I therefore suggest, as a matter for the consideration CongreBS, the propriety of restoring pre paid letters to tbe owners free of postage, especially tn view or the tact that a very larce proportion go lo persons of moderate Who! number of Dtad Ie(ter sent out, The number of domestic letters of all descriptions sent out from the dead letter office during the year was 1,403,998. In nddi-tion to these largo numbers of lettors bearing requests for their roturn to the writers if unclaimed a specified time, are, returned hy postmasters without passing through tho dead letter office, and constant efforts are made to promote this mode of relum. Foreign dead letters. The number of letters returned unopened to foreign countries during the year, was 162,691, the amount of unptiid postage -on which was $9,101 63 The number received from foreign countries in the same condition, during the Bame period, was 62,427, and the amount of unpaid postago thereon ?2,088 57. (For particulars, see table No. 10 of Appendix.) During the first year of the rebellion, tho number of letters which passed between the Uuiteu HtnteB nnd European countries de creased, while at tho Bame time the ratio of letters returned increased. Each subse quent year the correspondence has been increasing, while tho ratio of dead letters re turned to Europe has decreased, (sco table Io. It or Appendix.) Unclaimed Money in Vsad Letters By au thority of an act of Cugross, the unclaimed money from dead letters is nsed to promote the efficiency of the dead letter office, by providing temporary clerks to assist in the ex amination and returu of letters. The fund thus realized was S5.083 47, to which was added tho proceeds of the sale, hereinbefore referred to, $1,175 27, making a total i6.258 74. Deducting the amount expended for clerks, $2,966 82, and incidental expenses, $32 80, a balance romained, June 30, 1864, of $8,259 12. POSTAL HOSFV-OBDKE SYSTEM. The act approved May 17, 1864, author ized the Posiotaater General to ostablisb, "under such rules and regulations as he may tiud expedient and neoeBsary, a uniform moeey-order system at all post offices which he may deem suitable tnererort and it further provided that this system should be put into operaHon during the tisoal year ending June 80,1865. A superintendent ana assistant nave been appointed, one hundred and forty-one post omues have been designated as money-order offices, nnd the operation of the system commonoed on the Arat instant. The masimum amount for which a mouey- ordcr can bo issued is fixed by law nt thirty dollars, the object of the system being to afford a cheap, Immediate, and safe agency for tbe trunster through the mails or tmall mm) of money. The tendency of Ihe sys tem is to excludo money trom tne mntis, tne presence of which in letters is a frequent cause of (he loss of correspondence, even whon the latter does not oontain money. Tho limit of thirty dollars is believed to be sufficiently large to inolude all that class of remittances now sent in money llirougii tne mails, but in exceptional caeos more ihun one order can be prooured. The avcrago amount contained in caoh money letter received at the dead letler office during the fiscal year 1802 was J4 63; during 1808, it waS4 20; and in 1X64, o its snowing that, as a rule, money remittances are mado in Braall amounts. Emlanation of tto fluifem. The modo by which safety in the transfer of money is sc oured, consists in leaving out of the order the name of tne payee or party ror wmra Iho money is intended. In this respcot a money-order differs from an ordinary bank draft or check. When a money-order io applied for, tho postmaster will furnish the a .plioant with a printed form or application, in whioh the latter will enter nil the partioulnvs of amount, name, address, &c required to be stated in the money-order and advico. t rom too ueiua cuuitue-i m such application the postmaster will All up the money-order and also the corresponding form of advice. The order, when completed, is handed to Iho p-plioant, npon payment of the sum express ed therein anrt ot tuo ree annrgeuiB iuere-on. By the mail immediately following the issue of a money-order, tho postmaster transmits tho oorrerpondlng advioe to the postmaster at the offioe upon whioh it is drawn. The latter ia thus furnished, before the order itself oan bo presented, with the neces'ary information to detect fraud, if any should ha attempted. Ameney-or-derls rendered invalid unless it is presented to the postmaster on whom It is drawn within ninety days from its date; but the Postmaster General oan issue a new order on Oi applloation of tha payee. ope Ihe p lyment of a second fee. The same course is to be pursued should the order be lost. Ia this ease, the payee is to furnish a statement, under oath, that the order has been lost or destroyed, accompanied by tbe certificate of the postmaster that It has not been paid, and will not be paid if thereafter presented. The payee may transfer his ordor to another party by his indorsement to that effect; but more than one indorsement is prohibited. Persons, therefore, residing at places In the vicinity of those designated in the list of money order offices cm generally avail themselves of this system.Iu commencinr the monov-order busi ness, It has been deemed expedient to begin with the larger offioes, and extend it to others at rapidly as possible. Measures will also be taken for its introduction in the army. The establishment of the ystem In thia country will no doubt lead to arrangements for the Interchange of International money-orders with tbe soveral f. reign countries with which we have direct postal relations. Additional legislation suawUd. Jty the eleventh section of the act above referred to, postmasters are prohibited from depositing in any bank money-order funds of which they have the custody. I would re spectfully suggest-that the business would be facilitated by enabling the postmasters having moneys from this souroe to deposit in the national banks designated by the Seeretary of tho Treasury as depositaries of the public moneys, to their own credit, and at their risk, and thereby relieve tha department from tho necessity of furnishing rnuiiH unu sates, ouostantiai advantages would also result to the mihlin tntaraata by permitting all deputy postmasters to deposit in these banks any public moneys in thoir hands, under like conditions: audi recommend such modification of the law as will authorise such deposits to be made on er the direction or the 1'ostmaster tienerai. 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully. your obedient servant. William Drnhtsox, Postmaster General, The President. PLOWS. Step, Farmer, aud Head I II. Tt'ILtSON, TUE ULDKbT AMD ODBC lb. Di.nt ptr!tucd. JMo.m.ksn Id th. covi'itry, would mii.cti.llT cnDimre. tbat bft It nMoafMtnr'bg nod wl I b.v. n,d for mtrk.tbv the llr.t of J.tilLiy, ISttf, 3P of varluui LiLu, of iti mturt approved ptterai, srot no In a luiwrl r mntir. aad warranted to a ta Olfaction, r ih m 01107 raf'itided. Bifttr uk dODe neat, niid with prompt ufM, Pluw ha ml i &a Biamt for uio, cheaper than tho chaipeat. Cultivator, Shovel-Plows, do., kept constantly on baud. Shop on tk corner of Hon th aodHjioto sTofU,' at tbe Union Foundry. 1'lowiHTid Tar 0111 k'mlauf plow polati will also he Tor ftl at Iho Union Foundry bala-room oa Ui,sh otreftt near Friend trtrtet, by O. IVRICH, rplnnrHu. V-v 2S. novVfi ftmwti tlEDJCAL. HOBACK'S BITTERS. Q2IEJTBACK8 ASK QOOD, BUI Kobmok'g ar Better. STOMACH DITTERB Tfh tboaweS buttles MM In aits month. Tbe moat iWK.liM otesMh bltt.ii la aw. HOBAUK 8 BITTERS. Good for all derange. m-Mitof the Stomeoh, BIN toqgnnas, Lirtr Complaint, and ieotisl Ability. ROBACi 8 BITTERS. They pa woodernil toolo vropertlM, gifing tone tu itae appetite ana digeetlve orgaii. ROBACK'S BIT TEH 8, PeblnUted Ladle, and fM1t'.ntarv Dtreoiy will flud jo them an excellent venis. EOBACK'S BITTEUP. A wineglanfcl before Mt4 meat will rtwt?e tcdigestfofi and all liver dt They are better than all PfHa, fowder, and Other EOBACK'S BITTERS. They fan be taken without regard to diet. Al Stt af ptuwr iny nave uv nu.. ROit4f!M'pi HITTERS. Thoy Sre prepnml by an old and ikilltul phyeioUa irUlU Vfll'lUinWD "(rm.ww hiiuiik K&4mAf!K'S RITTERSa W&artvrer known tbey bare beemm a itaadard femtlf RATCArTC'N RITTERS. Try one bottle, and yon will aWaya nae then and oommenn mem wotnjn. BOBACEt'S BITTERS. O. W. POBA K,....- Oulft I'rofMletos Oom doiti fJer of Btomach Bitten, Blood Pander, and Illood Pills, and Irifitlltor and Manufacturer of Ontawba aud B Brand)., ani an una. i we flneet domoetic liqnori, wnich are aold wholesale or n any tleelnd quantity; at Ww. &4, R8.60 and OH laet TMrd itreet, ndnuari, O, rortAie by muitiu ion in sxeainna arn. 'unitHTwaw Ur. Htrickland s l'ila Remedy has cured thooasndn of Ui w.rat caw. of Blind .nd Blewliag Piles. It gives immediate rtHuf and effMta a per mnaent euro, txj It directly It Is warranUd to onr. tor sat hr all Druggist. Qcnrrat D.ptrt He. Gut Tonrth Ht., Cinclnoi'l, O. octte-wwlMat-y HANKIN'S EXTRfeCf OF BUCHU Will not 'all to o ctnally remove Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Lou of Appetite, Inflammatory Vomplamto, (travel, Calculus, Brick Duet Deposits, Ulceration of the Kidneys, Retentionor Incontinence of Urine, Chronic Gonorrhcae, Drop' ,-steal Swellings, Diseases of Vie Pro trait Glands, Morbid Irritation of the Bladder and Uretha, Horror of JHeease, Dryness of the Ilands, Dijfr a eulty of Breathing, Pams in the Back, Palid Countenance, Loss of Memory. Wtak Nerves, and all Diseases of the Bladder $ Kidney It ti Indeed a Soveiltn bmedv. It reviTM tw latiroiihing clrcnlation. given anew di actios to the vital organe, brlupi back io their phyai Injfioal type the vitiated or anipread secretion, and bring aout lu the at.luial eoonotny an intimate trennau tatlon profound change. rrepareu ou.y dj a. -j. nanmn, Pmfrglat, Plttetnrg, Pa. Sold by S. I. Samuel, Coltunbui. 0 and by dreg gtats every wn pre nova TJIK UBAIVa. ir. faijUK OONDtJfr.Ii VIONl ton tub oraaor Consumption, Decline, Afithma, Brochfrli, Watting ofFleeb, NighttSwoAt, Spitting ef Blood, Hoop ing Uouiiii, lfimcnity or tireatmng, void. Inflnenaa, Doughs, Pbthisle Pain in tha fiide, and all Disease of tha Lang. HcoulJilns no Opium, Calomel, 51 Uier Hi iVttMou Z And is Safe for the most Delicate Chill The ruotst distressing Oontrbcaa be broken no la a few hours time without fail. To tlio AMfctea. We call tbeir unec.al ut 'otion to the sreat strenrth and standi tig of the vast number of ceriinoate whlok w nave pnbiisned, aoa oan be bad, IT or enarge where the uiudiclue la for sale. TO PUraiOIAMa. tha grant suowm Phystolani have bd in thenseof this medicine In their prao ileo with patients having dlaeasMl linga or Con sumption, ttiduoe Q to continue to Mil to them by tbo gallon fur their aiclnslve use. Ma lung medi cine hat svr attained so high and stf sn viable a rp station a Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tha Lnngs. The tntttllonl properties of the article need In it roann tar turn are extract.) with grtut care, aad by the use of tha most telonttfto aud ayprovedappa. tatct. Thl Madirine 1 ton well known to need any re-onmmenaatton. Tli community know it to be tbe tjitt Lung Medicine offered to the public. Fnr sat by Drngglaw generally, and all Dealer In family Medicine, lie sure that von get Dr. Ualt's naleam. A. l. ouuviLliauu,, Ierc!iasitJailring T HAVE JUST KECE1VED, DIRKCT-X LY nua Hl!l BAST, tn. tul rnortmnit el Gentlemen'. Wear mbrooatat tn ttiec'tr. wtilthlwUI salt at m lawflsam frf OAtia. IMUMealtaad usmln. bale r aannuttur eln.wh. IP' m
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Full Text | ii ji in iift'jaai STATE -JOURNAL. VOLUME xxvn. COLUMBUS, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1864. NUMBER 125. D A OHIO I3P.CAL. fAMESICANEMEDIES' UU"&0"LTaVta - niGUl r COXOEST&AMIB i OOMPOCHD 'FLUID EXTRACT BUOHD A Posttiv& SpeoiHo Remedy for tofnajum of JULJlOIMTK, hiHfl.TH. tiHAVtil AND Thl Kuitieia tnari-av the powwr of Dlgeaelo and w it ihe fcBVHliiSr.'l'd into UenltJiyjioHdfc liy which th. it'TMirott CAhCkiiOOaiwtTiW. KQQ ail t'ft iV-1 1 VtiALi KN h A durd, wMl iln and intl'imsKilvn. and ig-i ' HKLflDOLD'S SXT&AOT BffCHU TOO WtURNMAltf pwfla, sviriy nuiiuvTuutur &uuMe, eTTK!.IBU WITH TH FOLLOWING rJlTW? VOUCH Inllrpc!tvl) to fljtvjrcm, Low of f awr, Lou of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing, ' Vimi 7arvn, Trembling, Horrr.r of I)ia:&t V ukemlucai, Iijitint--. of VtntoD, Pitta in tbo Bsck, Guivtntui IiBilB(icof tbeFUisliiug of (be Body, Muscular I'jjtOfci, FrnptJr.r ro the Vacs, Hot lUi;d, r aIjJ Ot,ar.tn:nc, Dryness ul the tsin( Tluft qyniptomt if nl1ovid to go on, whif.b tUt mruicine inr!tnnbiy rcinovw, toon wnow XMPOTKNOY, FATDITV, 1PJLKPTI0 FI'jVB, In one of vh:t.h ihc natlAnt niAToxutre. Who c(r Buy tliat tlioy ro tt&l Innjiiuully followwl by t how SlLity i-e awitro o tbn caoao of tlibir if) log fcnt Dfut wtll i;onM. Til- n-conU of th Inaatit Aujin;it tid ihti ui'Jfcnctu-ly djutlts by Counnuip tk n, Uar nuiji'e wiiomt to tb truth of tb a-.tr Hon. 'i'liK OOStbllTi'TKm, OWE AFFECTED Hlf Jk.ufrofl t'tto nid of mdicluft to Htrm(tli"i nil vUoiatit tlw nyolout. ftliifh Itgl.HtttOLv'H Sit lltAu? BtjOHU iiv-rlAl.)j dgui. A triul will mis vlitce liie must aluiptkaU remeies, fsr?Blie&t Fefnaled, to oa tocno, KisaE.n, wAnniKD, ob ooh TKStl'U'l'lhG MAKUIAOJfi. tu infti.y u2Wi;tii,us jnwiliiur to ffottlftl-tB tb Kl tract Kttt hu I niw.,uallo.l by iay liImt riiiu-jdy, lu Ubloruhis or RutuiUlua, Iriuluttty, Val-iiUltmeft or nipi:lon of tlie ;u8t"Tnriry tTagaatinni, Dl OurnUi'J ur ot'.btrroun ittlti ct tltn Ulnriifl, Luuc(-i l iiofe, or Whil Ji, tviility, hn lor all vCr.t'l:kiutn i::cuifn to tbt ti-M, whutLvrnrlBiug from lmtluun-Uon, UXiu of UWti'f .u, vt ia ttit) HO f AMIIrY BliOULD Ii3 WITHOUT 11 Pf biiAm, Murcvr", or UnpUaftut I4i41cio tar (luliiMtit aua tt&ujivrunn li0r, HEIiMSOLD'S extract bdchu CTBE3 la nil ttfh- .rK-jd, .t hill, oxpnu;, llttlt itt ni' bllMlltfV III 'lift, ;u icCMVu!'.-llCO, A! SO EXVOWI'IJKE. It tft'm 'I- -j ii (.'lit liMints ti() givbn StT'itith t UrlitHto, lb' irby rRmuviiik' obHtruuttc, rircrqntuifi Kiiil oiir.nc Sirktuied o! () Un thia, allayinn p'Jt r.d luDitrjtiiiui'iu, so frrfUt-ut m tbU (in Mft, fti: 1 fXj!d!lH; 1'tHSUNVl.'d, ttiiWAoXD, ASH Kt'iiS OIITidAT lt: It. Tco-jBniii opoa TheB'sndn WJO iTjl t' J?AV ri.JJ VXVTIX& 01 .iid'Vbo j(iT 'pn'd tirwv J'- to bo oiuwl 1a shorl time, l'vi- .'.''I'l ilu-y nre !;civiiilr -iimI that tbv "r.jU.ih" hi; ., tj i-ii? tii; of A4trin liitnbn," !' 'u tlKO ia iUv ftiint to breoli oat In HKHIiVt&ifVl OtL3, 111-1 PSilHAl'S AtTZR MAEBIAOB. m CTSi23 Eelmbold.'s Extriwt Buohu For All A Rt!CtlDH fciid DIuvaicb of THE I'KIAAJtfcV OtCOAXV, Vfbytbcr exiiflott tu MAI ID OH KCMALK, tro . li;it'w r Win origii'iilir.ir, niiJ it utftar 5H' blow Ihmiijc fii9iilillp:! IMiicU'jaof ! ji'-CTiuft-etiiiiroUioftid of Itlnr tic H :iL our at inuiticnO, AU'J !t i? curttiic tobito tie ii;-r!rei ei: Id ftHl jr.i.; icr woicb it is rt.-'imu(iiw Fluid Extract SarsapariHa. 1 tti4 ' an ft'l.-:Tlr.ii of tbo UKo-l, tl 4t;cU 1 1 frnml i'r,:(it-. LlatTijf.i ol ibi- No, Kiti.T-rv puftranc" In ib'jiinmot LT !.. lifioibuid tin CiUptioDsii; tbfU'ri, giTitiR to irn r(?-utlxioB !(. ari-t hr.ttbv n-tor. It tiriistf pnic't ...-(.iw! far tbi; ciiis1 ol fi.iiilaiuta, it ol .d i UTiiy'pt; prop ortiw r .ii.-rf':il Lo nu-tflt r t xtcul ttisii ay otn ti piri'ivrnnou of Si:dftnii EeMboM's i-os Weak An osselWut i-i'ii m for D:.iI.iiiB o oi'I;ilic Na-ior. nl wr in lrjtioii in Vifui oi tLo Uriiinrj n-Ku. m'tfinK "'nui b.'.biu if Jlnsi.mt! o, ftod io coimwtnn wiib tJi Katmrti l;-oho a id Lmapril. 1ft. in bulIi !is-(.n! B'J m-'iniiiouO'i4t K'MwMcaof lK-muHt ro-itonibiouDd rulittblv cbT ktur a ill oc ji Uipniiy ti inw.l..inwi. From vWht tu tw'ty yodtra titaodlag, with taw l or mttdioul :-(icrtlc of Kf. uiTFt i'liprn iory of tli" limbul wvm. Soo rrrl'fr bF.Y.'SW TIubto w-rlu on Uit rrc.ic" tr nynit1. it rt'tii uK mmloby til-! hitd wlabratwl Dr. PifFS ti'pt Pi.ii,.,lii,liiii. ljwftuirhBniJhy Dr. JtJVffM f M KfiOOWSMl,, A wlt-biiiii.'M riiywoi!!, ftn;i 'Jii wi oi inn n t t'oii"? o' dui-ftWUH, trt'l.turi, ud mbliui rir Truoaoctiuf thu iiimt Rod yufn' .Tourl. fc fcrto M:(1ico'Cifwrgb'l ItoTlrw, iiLtbliahtid by BJWf JAMiX 'VtiAVSl'S, it-How of tbu itoyi Oolite o.' Kxtlfttt ftnehs... h 00 per faoltlo, or ill for joOt " ;raporill 1 " " 0 Iraprwv'd UfnM Wanh 61i " " S SO n, i...!.- . .1., .-.f Ki t'.-r which will 1lB citnt to too uioit obiii.to citdci, If (llr;oH r adhered to. Dflfvfrr.iiv to n:iy ati-'TOfii, tmimilj packtd 'roa OthWtrvation. lii'wi lb iicipioi-n In All ccaiDiiuioaHorti, j.us i.ufti UGicfi. At'tiftf prallB. 4FFIIAViT. Terotillf ajiptun-' b. rnro mo. ao AldL-rmtn Ol ilifity !' tanwlbSl'liIi, t. aeluiUnhl, who, b-Ibr duty n, il"tli y hit prtnHotii oootale o nri."rtff, no merct-ry, or tituer inji-tunt drui'a, but r j.nroly fi-i-Oli-. H. T. il'fiL MOULD, Soorn and uliurild bt-fure uw, Uu.t dyof liovbor, W. r. HIBBAED. Al'Ioraas, Mntb at., fcc4KM, rbll, Aidrwi lottoikf t iuf iUittlon io tuutfBce 0. 'X. KtiLMSflJLD, Chr BnlisboM'u tVniff and Obhnil-ml Wboa, M Br(rt'";H, tii'k; Or, il.foitnld'a W.jlrol D-tpott 1(4 frdlh Tvutt itroct, PiiltadHphia. dir4 W COUNTERFEITS And oh?r!nfljritl dpalert, who eodaTor toRw "OF Trifit n aim or opt nismoQcwp . ntaltou atutood by llslmlwtd'i GhiuItw rrnparattoni, " Kxtraot Btirtiu, " " SrniariU, ' Xairored Bole WJiA. Void by all Drolls U orerjntiero. fliT rOH Wi tUfBOLP' & 14 ffJJ A0 0TB j (Jot on rtic rtlii'mntl and leud 'orlt. ATOH) ISimtOTIVSt ANlKXIOSn m. 0. F.OBKH'13 A Oi.. Wholmit Afteatl, M M V nrtb Hib itm-t Oolotnbok O., wbo w-11 Mp tbo tr'.bi ftIno:ftOliirr oritri. DAILY OHIO STATE JOflEHAL OiHtw fto. 11, fcMNi bin 14 Mefl. THURSDAY MOKNIKG, DEC. 8, 18C4. TERMS OF feUIMCMiraiOA" Truat uf tti IVMlr Joiirnttl. SiugU Subscribers, 1 year, bv BiaH ................. 0 Single SaLtcrlUn, 6 Months, " M...,-. mn?l Sabwrlber, 8 mouths " Y Biugr Subscribers, 1 month., 44 H . 0 Kingl feubicrtliSri, pw mouth, del ir en 4 by oi rier .. ... lDg8ba(McrtbenprrBck, delivered by ear To agtint lu deb 1A oenL per wwk ech eopy. 't'enn or lb Yri Weakly limraal SoUcribert, 1 year ...... ft AO dingle Subscribers, G aiuathi......MH 8 SB SlDglaSafoorlten, 3raont1tl a. 1 1! Blrigle Subscriber. 1 tumitb ..... ...HM. 0 40 Terra el I lie Weekly Jonraal. tingle ttabscribert,, per jcar S2 00 TKHMS OF AIVHItyKSaSG Dmr One Square one luwrtiu-i 75 vents, " Special Knticoa pir Fqoara, tcb ineimt-iB - I1.XS " T.-al aad EtialM-M Kcticg, ptsr lino, iioh Insertion . SOoeot. WtrKi.ir-.rUfl Hanaro, eaobiDMrtloii.....Vl.W " Locl and Jtoituoaa Neticoa, pr lino, earb Jar or lion 3t oauta, M Ono Hijuaro oovura tlirw qoH-tera of aa l&ali W" Marr'irt Kotlu-s will lurraftar luariably bo :iwrsn c-nta wnno ntiay uvb ubia. una &u osati poroqnara Uoo ocoopyiuif more apu. iml All TuAMiiiTNT ad7kjrttNnnifntfl miifit ba oitld for, liraftnr. at hp time thev am urrtt-n-J. othsi irite thhv will not oDOfarlo rtii imui-r. 'fliia rule will be rieidly dhnrw) to iti all CMta. Tb-re will m Moaj.-'-epiion. Alt 1ck1 andrccraitiDadTertlae-3i nta frill come ondnr thin ml". Report of the Postmaster- J'obt Office Dsfaetuent, Kot. 2, 1864. Financial Condition. The tioslut revenues for tho yenr rniliuz the 8'jtli Jiinu last were 5l2,43b,afi3 78,ftuii tLsexnonuiturea of tUie Jipnrtaionl daring the name period weio $1,614,780 20, hliowing au eitRCPS of tbe inner ot futi.bSL' 4J. Ine accoupnnjing table. No. 1, eshiblta the annual postal rov- enncs niul expenditures Irora liioi to 181H, from which it will bo seen that the average annual Tecmpts or Una la pftrtmeut from lboy lo 1861, iuclutiTpf wero 715,23li 02, and tlio ayeruco autmnl expendiiurrs for The SEtuie period were $14,482,008 4J, showing nn avorucy annual exc-ss of cxpciitlit.it ret over rcoeiptfi of $-j,7iIlj,725 &2; and thft avoragfj uuuual rweiprg irora 18i2 to 1SU4, inclusive, were tl0.8(l,fi3u vi. nnd tbe ex- p?D(litu'ci 1,6D4,78S 7'2, showing un nv-erue an dim! csrcaa of expenditures ovur receipla cf Srf2H,254 75. Ihe excels uf receipts in 18u4, over thn tho first yar of the rebellion, was 54,063,057 118. AliQourh tho propoihon of rt'ceipta as against Llie exiifUiiitures has, doubileFt', boen iuoreitdtd, on account uf the mi upon 8 ion of the postal service iu the iiiMtrrectionary matos, (lie above exuibit lurmabefj the evj- ikiice of an Iinprovintr tiu LncuI condition of (ho dpnrtiuvnt, highly credituble to the ministration of uiy uiiuitrdtutts pro Ifcesuor. The dotaild of tlb tionnciul operationij of ho dt'parlujcnt. durine tho lftftt hnual year are let forth in the aouoiupanying report of the Auditor. The e&timaie of expenditure for ISO! was fixed at 13, 000,000, in which was included he sum ol b 1,000,000, Bpeomllj tk) propria-fd for the ovorh'iDd nmil Bcrvico, heinc $350,13 SO more than the amount actually xpoLoeu, On tho othnr hand, tho revenues of 1801 ere estimated at au inerenso of five per centum on tbono of 1:J62( makiun S3, 7 14,000, while Ihey ootuatlj rrnrhi'd $12,44,258 73, ur ,724,2-58 73 uioro tb in iba estimate. , I bin tucrenso equals 42 por cent. Tho inorcato of expnditurea iu 1B04, louipfircd with thoo of 1803, is llfi per centum, aud tho incrpanu iu the revenueo lor the lame year 1 Ij per cent. Thi exhibit promirios an inorfano of the revenue for lStiJ ovpr the citimate eubmit- tcd in tbe report of In at year. VaTI HATER FOR 1800. 'Ui txroritllttt'af of aUMnd fo- ti e (;t p inb.o !o. 2 ) tiro tsr tn-ilM at $ if b rrvntihu for th.; j our IstjO, i nc ininjc to iun poNtaut' nod iittn-celUuct;m rco li-'H, ! t".'tK'i-d ot an ii(.r-ft?of ait ycr cam am ou llin tO.ltlirili O'. it'ri, in u iti htlninedd' Jl l- u-y ofretBiiiiaconi-varel wtili I'ltiQjat dcx -t turei n id tttl ud tn-.i- bu I'uiiur cd ibo n" nil t thi pcricaiirot aiiri- in nM65uiipum(i:th.diptrt. D'-ii-f i'oa ' irfr-f iu UnitttT rirnl- - !H'tj..r Alaicb 3, 147, oid Marto 11, liil .'. : --li.cb tna atluiatrdd.-3ciar.y g U'if.Jj t , , ,.., Ihe prantfl for the transportftlion of free mail mat tar for tbe last two Cecal yeara have not tern expended. Assuming that tha amount of S700,000 fur tho last year ia hit available, uo appropriation, for any do lonoy in tne revenuoa will bo requiiLHt, In Diahintr the op I i inn to of probable cx- pmii(urt-s lor lawt tho amounti actually xpanditi under (he several bead during the puBt fiscal year have boon taken as a basis; but an increaeo in several of the iteoia named has becomo ueconiary, partic- iiariy in too appropriation for postairu fllainpH and p tamped envelopes, the psiima-ted co?t of the latter boitiR increased. 5140,-000 per annum, according to the teruis of a new oontraot else where referred to in this report. Drafts aud Warranto. The whole number of dniftB aud wairautu issued during tho ear to the creditors of tbo department, in payment of bulauces reported to ha due by he Auditor, wan Ihe warrants were drawn on tho Treasurer of the Lulled States, flvo fieamtant treasurers and seven designated depoiaitarifR and tha drafts on xty-nvo post omce depositaries, aid on the postinastars at three hundred aud sixty- one draft offices. Of tho above-named po?t oilioo depositaries, forty-flve were established on January 1, 1604. Atnount (Jmeentrated tn Band of Jtpori tnnt. about 80 per cent, of the not revenue of tha department for the yenr, or $7,- 083,179 61, wag conuomra'cd iu the hands oi tho above-named uepo&trariea and draft offices. Of this amount, 35,327,761 was disbursed during the year, leaving subject to draft on July 1, 184, 31,755,418 81. The remainder or tne n-venue was col lected by means of orders issued by the Auditor on postmasters at collection ofhoe. and through payments made by po.it masters peoml urn a oamera and roan mebsen- gers. Number and Valu of Stomp and Stamped Envelope" Isiwd. Uurinc ihe fiscal year 634,054 610 postave stumps, of tho value of (jlO.177,827, 26 644,800 stamped envelopes, amountiog to f.oo.OrJ 60. and 1,04,000 newspaper wrappers, amounting to Sill, 490, were icsoed. Alio total value 01 these tssnet was 10,974 829 fiO, which, compared with thn isne of iba prnvious year, ($10,33S,-760.) shows an inorease of S365.60M 60. or about b per rent. The value of the stampi, and stamped envelopes soa was siu,nu 5SU 68, and the amount used in tho prepay ment or postage was $u.Bf8,l6n til. Amount of stamps l.osl m im Juau. not withstanding this enormous issue, Ihe losses of stamps in tho mails amounted only to SI.200, and of envelopes to Sol 80. This result, may be in part aitribniod to the sys tem of registering ench package of stamps and envelopes mailed, and to the fact that mute agents and postmasters at separating offioeB are also instructed to keep a record of all such packages passing through their offices. During the year 1859, (the year immediately preceding tne edoption of tins system of registration,) the value of postaee stamps rattled amounted to &r,ZjVM0. whilst the louses in transmission during tho last six months of that period were b4,H78. Since that time the 'losos have decronsed, although the issue has increased about 92 per cent. Number of Pitckapes of Stamps ltnted, The number of packages of stamps sent nut during the year was 08.600, and tbe claims allowed for deficiencies In the number of stamps amounted to only $29, and in the stamped envelopes 60 cents, showing groat care on tne part or those intrusted wnn ui branoh of the business. Supply of Stamps to the Armies. Postagi stamps are regularly supplied to the armies or tne rotcmao and Cumberland, througn special agents of the department located or near the headquarters of each. Pinoe the inauguration of this practice about the 1st of July last the agent stationed at City roiut. Virginia, Las sold stamps amount tug to fy78 94, and the agent of the army at 1 natt.. uooga $-),zio. Rabbt; of ihneu and Stamps ha Bunds A mud r n. Under the act for ''the relii of postin.Ldtcrs who have been robbed by confederate forces or rebel guerrillas, nut hundred and thirty-nine claims have been mado, representing losses of postage stamps ana money amounting in tne aggregate to t,voo v ur tne claims thus reported, sixty-two have been examined and reported on favorably, the aggregate of the credit, allowed being $2,130 60. The balance of tbe claims seventy-seven rcprcsoniiug 1828 47, are still pending, the evidence furnished being in most on sob inBumcieni t onset of Offir.6 Fticturss. d?. -Losses of eomewhnt different 0 ha meter frequently oc cur, rcllei lor which oanuot be granted with out nduitional legislation. I refer to oases where, by reason of tho presence of armed forces, a post ollice is destroyed, and the postmaster loses the fixtures and furniture, and to cases where the loss is occasioned by our own troops. Ihe report of my prod - (lessor two vears since recommended that rfuch losses be provided for, and 1 invito at- ontion to the subject, as several snob claims nave been made, where tho losses have oc curred through no fanlt of the postmaster. fltw Contract for stamped tnvelopei. Dur- tig tbt last session of Congress a bill was passed tor the relief of the contractor fur furniBbluff Ihe department with atamned en velopes aud newspaper wrappers; under the provisions 01 wlnoh tne ex iniug oontraot expired on Hep! ember 11, 1804, when a con dittonal contract was made, to expire Do comber 81, 1864, at an advanoed rate for stomps and envelopes. Itsue of Aewpaper n rappers Discontinued. After th? award of the contract above re ferred to, tho department and tho contrac tor received a protest from a party in New one claiming to be tno patentee or nows paper wrappers, with notios that he should assort his rights. Uoder these ciroumatan- and in view of the enormous advance n the coutract price of the article, tho do pAvlmeut decided to discontinue the issue lor Ihe presft&t. NotwniistnudiLg the advaaoe of every iirttoie used iu the msnulacturo or stamps, and thi Urge increase in tho number re- mred by the department, llie National nk Note Company, or Mew lork, have fulfilled, in a satisfactory manner, all their 'ligations, it is due to these contractors to add that they receive for postage stamp but twelve cent per thousand, whilst the contractors for internal revenue stamps re ceive ttiiny-turee eents per thousand. tfeveu temporary olerks have been em- rtoyed for several years, who are paid out T tho appropriation for postage stamps and amped envelopes, and as they constitute a portion of the necessary force of tho de partment, 1 suggest the propriety of provid g for them by law. rtoxTH.it; rs. Trantpor Station ttti 1 Table A (No. 6.1 xhibits the service as it stood oa the 80th Juue lust in tho States of Maine, Now Kampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhodo land, Cotineot'otn, ew iork, Wow Jersey, 'yrinsytvdnta, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, mt Virginia, lichigan, Indiana, Illinois, isconsiu, Iowa, 31isswuri, Minnesota, !sew exico, Utah, Nebraska, Waahiuton. olorado, Dakota, and Nevada, at which me there wcrom opevatnn in those estates md Territories 0,063 mail routes, tlie num ber of contractors being 6.963. The length these routes was 139,173 miles, and the rvice as follows : Hailioud, 22,618 miles; steamboat, 7,278 ileii; "celerity, curaiiutv, and security," 109.278 milescoating 45,818.4fl9, divided follows, vti: itailrnad, 24 301,142 miles traniportntloti nt frtJ.667,0-1 1, about 11 nnu a mile; steamboat, 2,112.134 at :!o8.- 274, about 12 cents a mile; "uelority, oer- ainty, and security, " 80,BtM,2bl at 2,098,- 1. about o t-iu cents a miio. The length of routes was decreased 425 ilea, whilst there ws an iucrense in the nnnal transportation of 89,812 miles, and Ihe costot$77,twt. Tho egirretfute compensation of route agents, lociil jgnts, mail mesBenger?, bag ;ae masters in charge of express mails, nd agonla employed oa steamers; convay- g nails to imiiht rn ports, was Hivw 18, which, added to Ihe oflt of service in iperation on 80 A Juno, 1(H, (5ij;M18,4o'tl,) akus the total cost, or mail transportation that date $0,306,2 48. Mail Letting of 1834 The contract term tor the middle section, comprising the ates of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deb- are, Maryland, and Ohio, expired on the 30ih of June hist, and the now term com- enced on the 1st of July following, ihe aorvices under theis lettings, for the first tiarler ol tho contract, ended September 80, 1804, is exhibited by the annexed statement, vlx : Mil.i. Mtl-B of an. nui tran por'fttion. 7,t,Tei SiS.Oaf last. iitrnad .t .,. 7.19J ambual ft..-.. 'C-'l-r ty, fart uoty, t,d tcsii y ' 1:1,193 o,b 9vn im,Vii Oilier tables, showing the operations of e Contract oiBco, nro appended to this re port. Railroad Companies. Notwithstanding an express provision of law, (aection 29 of act JulvZ. looo, whton provides mat no nrson whoso bid for the transportion of the mail may be accepted shall receive any piy util be shall nnvo exeomea his contract ccording to law and the regulations of the ; enartment," but few of tho railroad oom- names engaged in currying mails are tin der contract; and the practice of rocogniz- g their service from quarter to quarter us been necessary for a aeries of years, to enable tho Auditor to issue orders in favor the companies, for the collection of mon eys in the hands of postmasters on the routes, aud the adjustment of accounts for ' services rendered. 1 Attention has been called to this subject v mv predecessors for tho purpose of se curing additional logUlution investing the head of this department wnn power to compel compliance with the law by prohibiting vine nta except on executed eomraois. j lie matter is discussed by Postmastnr Genera) Holt in his report of December , I bolt, aud train alluded to December l, jhou, aad also by my immediate predecessor in bis reportn iiecemoor a, xeoi, anu f eoemoer 1, ieuj; but, behoving that the law is sufficiently explicit as it now stands, I do not propose further legislation, in the nope that tne several railro'id companies will no longer refuse to enter into the obligations Assumed by all other persons contracting with the governoitnt. Should I be disappointed in this reasonable hope, I shall sot fail to call upon Congress for such legislation as the necessities of tho Bervice require,. Overland Mails. The contract for service on the route from the Mississippi river, via Halt Lake, to riacorville, California, nnuer act of March 2, 1861, expiring on the 30ib June luBt, arrangement was mado with thu same parties for continuing the service on tbe same terms to aoptemner ou, 1004. Under an advertisement dated March 22, 1864, oontraot 9 have, been made with Ben. Uolladav, of New York, for tho service be tween Atchison, or St. Joseph, and Salt Lake City, at $305,000, and with Wm. B. Dins-more, Prrsideut of the Overland Mail Company, also of New York, from BaU Lake Cil v to Folifom City, at $385,000, making an aggregate of 750,000 per annum. These parties are believed to be able to fulfill their obligations. The contracts are from October 1, 1884, to September 80, 1808; the trips lo be made in sixteen days eight mouths in the year, and in twenty days the remutn-ing four room ha; to convey through letter mails only, mail matter prepaid at letter rates, and all local or way mails. .Paper and document mails for the Pacific coast aro to be carried by sea, via New York and Panama, temporary arrangement hav ing been made for thoir conveyance, within the sum named in tho law of March 2'5, 1864, vis: $100,000 per annum, making the whole expense of territorial and Pacific mails not over $910,000 per annum, or$90,-000 less than undor the former oontraot. Owing to Indian depredations, the over- land service was muoh interrupted during the months of August and September last, aud for a period of four or five weeks, the vhole hum for the racilic coast and the lcr ritoriea was neoessarily sent by sea from Newiork. California and Oregon 7?ote. The contract for tbe Cm h forma and Oregon route sacra xaeotoio Portlaud terminating September 16, 1804, proposals were iurited for the con tinuance or tne service to 1000 and iwot. But one bid was received, that of the California Stage Company, at 250,000 per an num, which was deemed extravagant for tbe service required, and accepted to June CO, 1605, only, with a view to again invite competition, which has been done. Jiuasctwn vmce. Uo the od of March, 1364, the Iuspectiou office of tho department, iu its distinct and separate form, was alfOlished, and i's duties transferred to the Contract oflioe, In charge of tho Second As sistant 1'ostmaster Uoneral. The net amount of fineB imposed and de ductions made during the yoar from the pay of mail contractors, for failures and other delinquencies, was 44,376.66. Annu Mails. Inquiry has been mado of Lieutenant General Urant relative to tbe existing arrangements for supplying our armies with mails, with tho assurance of my earnest purpose to co-operate with him in carrying into effeotany desired improvements of that sorvice; and I am gratified to learn from his reply, that the system of re ceiving and forwarding mails now in operation Is entirely satisfactory; and that "our soldiers receive their matter with as much regularity end promptness as ie possible for , armies in the bold, and with perhaps fts much celerity and security as the most fa vored portions of the country." He also hturuis me that the policy originally sdopt- .1 01 exoiumng civilians irom the man ser vice within the hues of tho army, and detailing for that duty enlisted men of intelligence and reliability, will be continued. Delays of Letters in mstribuhM ion OfJt- eet. For miny years the regulations of this apartment havo required that every post ollice should mail letters direct to everv ther offce not on tho route to any distrib uting office, and that all other la iters shou'd be mailed to the first distributing oflico on he route to their destination, involving coosiueraote expense ana ueinys tn the transm:9.ilon dT tho mails. Thib subject has een frequently referred to in rurorts ol this depnrt.mGi.it. Elaborate distribution schemes have been proposed to improve ih xistin; svftleui, which still is cousiderod feotivo. Cott of Distribution. Tbe majority of let ters are now subjected to delays, while the xpense attending the work in Iwnnly-lwc iBtributmg poat udices amounted, during he fourth quarter of 18'14, to nearly two indred thousand dollars, being at the rate of eight hundred thousand dollars per year, or about sixty-two per oentum of the whole xpenso of o'erk-lnra in allomoes. jfKitfl-'i J out utrfcea. the mailing of all Iters direct irom one omce toauother, how ver situated, in so vait a torritory as that m braced within tho United wares, is ob jectionable. The ordinary distributing post luces not meeting the necessities of the rvice. experiments have boen commenced iih railway or traveling post offices. The requisite cars for the purpose are prepared tor 0110 dily hue between iVashiugtou and .New iorit, and by means of olerk taken, mporartly, trom the post otlices at Wash-gton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New ork. letters intended for distribution at ther of those points aro distributod iu tho ts, and so arranged that they can be dia- atehed without dt'l.iy on oonnootiug routes, 'bus it is found that the transmission of Iters is expedited from twelve to twenty- four hours, being the time usually lost in iiitributing offices. Similar exhii-iments vo been made on the routes from Chicago, inois, to Clinton, Davenport and Du qu?. Iowa, with equally satisfactory re sults. Attention h'ts beeu givon for the putting operation tho railway distribution to other prominent point?, aud tho companies which have been a-keu to furnish the nec essary ear facihtits havo 'gouerally re- ponded favorably. On tbe great oaslern nd wostcrn ron to '''vroinnd, as wutt between Wsshiugiuu and New York, the ze and lioportniicu ot the mails and the mount of distribution to be done are such to require uccommoiUtioas to the extent an entire oar. nest of Cleveland only a portion of a car will bo used on each route. Uterus and aupertnienwnu for Jtauwug 'ott Offices. In order to moke the work of railway post offi cs effectual, a chaugo in ho modo of mailing letters is noccsaary. All offices cannot mini dinct, neither can all mail to a railway offica. Tbe work will, herefore, be divided hotween head offioeB tnd route offices, the former being those hioh are the initial or terminal points of routes, aud tbe latter thoso omces or sta- Giia on the direct Hue of a road from which there aro no post-roads diverging. Additional clerks, as well as superintend ents and traveling postmasters, will be re- lulred, for whom 1 recommend provision bo made by law. Erpatees of Railway distribution, and reduc tion of vork (n distributing Pott$cc&. Tho introduction of the proposed scheme wilt necessarily bo attended with difficulties, nd must be accomplished gradually. The IssBiftcailon of oiliccs alone will require me and labor, and lor the prr sent opera- ions will be Homed to ft few principal rail- oftd lines, uotn the necessary classifica tion is completed, and the railway distribu- on organised, it is anticipated that addi- ional expenses will be involved ; but It is ped that the hual eireot will be to reduce he expenses connected with tho present tan 01 uisiriDution, uuuer me new law, Iso, which took effect first of July last, all ' accounting for paid loiters has beeu dis- neiiflod with, thus savin? accouuts. The transcrip's of mails sent and received lin er the old syBtem at hve of the principal ffiors amounted to 60,000 folios. The ac counts from the same offices for the quarter ndeil 30th Biptember last, during which langes were only partially introduced, how a saving in this respect of nearly fifty per cent. Thus in various ways the ordi- ary expenses or post omces are expected n be diminished so as to compensate for ho costof railway distribution. But, wheth- this result be fully attained or not, the expedition of mails will be insured. yORElClN HAIL SERV1CB. Thu statistics of the foreign sorvice for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1864, are fully exhibited in the tables prepared by the Auditor of this department, also in state ment No. 7 annexed to this report, and Bhow tho following general results,' vis: Statistic, of foreign Hervxce.iM aggre- dftto postsge (sea, inland, and foreign) upon he corresponaeuce exchanged with Ureat Uritain, Prussia, Franco, Hamburg, Bremen, nd Belgium, amounted to 1,899,606 69, being an increaso of $14,930 48, as compared with the last year, and $21,458 87 in excess of the largest nmouut realised in any previous fiscal year. The collections in this country amounted to $881,730 68, and in Europe to 5011.-50 ui: excess or collections in tho United Slates $363,855 G7. The re- snlt is significant and gratifying, showing a largely increase! correspondence with Europe, notwithstanding the oivll troubles agitating the country, and the interruption of postal communications with tho Southern States. Trans-Atlantic Transportation. Th trans- tlantio mail transportation was performed follows : Dy tbe foreign steamships of the New York and Liverpool, Canadian, Bremen, and Hamburg lines, $770,3ti501. By British contract mail packets of the Cunard and Gal way lines, $629,240.68. The amount paid by this department for mail steamship service to and from Europe was $371,740.44 the steamships employed receiving the sea postage on thu mails oon-veyed as compensation for the sorvice. a 9 Toiled States and Canada Postal Convention. Our arrangement with Canada adopts Ihe principle of optional prepayment, in both countries, of the combined rate of international postage, each country retaining all the postage which it 00! lee is. It is the most simple form of international postal ar ran cement, inasmuch as it dispenses en tirely with accounts between Iho respective post dcp-irtmouts, and has been adopted with nil tbe other provinces except New foundland. With the view of securing uniformity In our postsl arrangements with thoso provinces, a recent effort was made to obtain the concurrence of Newfoundland In a like arrangement, which J regret to say was unsuccessful; the British post department declining to give its aeeent to Ihe measure, on account of the additional British packet postage of four pence sterling, which is levied for the sea serviee to and from the island, and accrues to Oreat Britain, Oreat Britain. Additional articles to the United States and British postal conven tion have been agreed upon, cenaututm the British packet agency at Colon an of fice for the exchange of mails with the post- ofhee of New York, by means or the unite Urates packets plying between those ports; toe ohjeot being to prevent the delay oorrespondenoe forwarded from the United states to ports and piae.es on the Atlant coast and interior of New Granada, prev ously caused by its transit across the Isth mus to and from Panama. A copy of these articles is annexed, (no. 8.1 An arrangement has also been concluded for expediting the transmission to destina tion of unpaid letters addressed to the Unt ied States, received at fan a ma by lint in packets from the countries on the west coast of Douth America; this department agree- tig lo collect, and account to Ureat Britain, through the office of the British packet agency at fanama, for the unpaid postage charged thereon. Bremen ana liaMbura. An additional ar ticle to the United States and Bremen, and to the United States and Hamburg conven tions, respectively, was executed on the 2tHh or Ai'irou last, authorizing tho convey ance or the international correspondence in line of war, or threatening war, by steam' shins sailing under neutral flags, whenever the same cannot oe saieiy conveyed by uni ted States, Bremen, or Unmburg steamships. Negotiation of Postal Covtntions. A cor respondence has been opened with severcl ol th? postdapr.riments represented by com missioners at the I'ans international pos tal conference, having for its object the ne gotiation of postal conventions, on the basis of the Paris resolutions, with those coun tries on the continent of Europe with which the United Stales has hitherto sustained no direot postal relation, as well as for the revision and amendment of existing postal conventions, bo as to make them conform as ucarly as practicable to the liberal princi ples of postal pr gress recommended by that conference as the basis of international ar rangements. Favorable responses have been received from soveral post department interested in this suhieet. Routs Jfom San Franeitco to Japan and China Its Commercial Advantages. There are other ocean routes besides the one to Brazil, which can he safely and profitably ocouplsd in American lines of mail steam ers, among which the route between Sin Francisco, Japan, and China, at present unoccupied by foreign mail packets, is perhaps the mo?t Important in a commercial poi-1 of view, and may be made available in securing to us s large participation in the commerce of tho East, the greater portion of which is now enjoyed by Great Uritain through her mail steamship connections, via Sues, in the Indian ocean and China seas. The central position of the United States between eastern Asia and western Europe, a (lording routes but little longer, if any, ban those now traversed between these distant rogious, aided by the superior expedition of railway transportation between tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts, will furnish such facilities as will make their ndoptiou a practical necessity for the commercial lu te rco urse between Europe and the populous countries of eastern Asia. Thcso considerations, and others which will readily suggest themselves, render it important that the Paeitio routes properly belonging to us, should be occupied by American mail steam ers, the profits of which, with the addition of a small subsidy for the mall service, would justify the establishment ot one or more stcambhip linos, which would be re munerative to the proprietors. AXTOIftlUIENrS. Numhsrof Post Offices, Including the sus pended post offices, the whole number on be With June, was lit 8. ft of which 19,976 are in the loyal, and 8.902 in t.li.. lov) Htntea. Thw number or Presidential olIiouB is 705, and 28,1 7 are under the ac- pemtmont of tho Postmaster Oeneral, The number of offices in each State and Terr it 0- y at the close of tho fiscal year is shown in the Appendix, (table No. 11.) Changes dtmng tho yern: miring the year, (ilO post offices have beon established, 768 liscontinued, and Zil changes made ot u times and sites, 'iho number of cases not- (d upon was 6,570. Four thousand seven hundred and thirteen postmasters have been appointed, of whom 3.08 were to fill vacan cies occasioned by resignations; 674 by re movals; 2j9 by death; 133 by ohange of names and sites, and 019 on eBtublishmeut of new officoB. The details appear in the Appendix, (table No. 12.) (Jlassification or umcersanu salaries or j oat- masters. Under the provisions of the act ipproved July 1, 1864, "to establish salaries tor postmuaters, ami for other purposes, the salary of tho postmaster of New York, .iiid of the postmasters at offices of the first ccond, and third cusses, have beon fixed is provided by law. Tbo 5th section of the act above reforred to authorises the Postmaster-General to allow at tbe office of New York, and at the offices of the first and second classes, a reasonable sunt for the necessary cost of rout, fuel, lights, and olerks. No authority is given to allow for other neoessary item, such as repairs of furniture, cleaning, stationery, printing, and other incidentals, re quired in large otlices, and I beg leave to suggest that tne necessary authority be given to appropriate a reasonable amount out of the revenues of the respeotive offices to meet such contingencies. SpeciaK Route, and Local Agents and Baggage Masters. At the close of tho fiscal year thore wore twenty special agents, whoso salaries amonnted to $34,100; four hundred and fourteen route agents, receiving $318,912; fifty-three local agents, $32,009; and one hundred and five baggage masters in barge of through and expresB mails, $6,- 7 00. Letter-carriers. The free delivery of mall matter by oarriers has been introduced at sixty-six offices, employing, at present, 686 furriers, at an aggregate annual compensa tion of $117,001 DEAD LE1TERS, dumber received. The number of dead lettxra of every description received aud examined during tbe jor was 8,508,825, being an increase ot UoBUtt over the pre- iodine yar. aUnhiitahlR mainly lo the re turn of large nuniburn of atuiy aud navy letters whioh It was found impraolicable to deliver. Moneti and other Valuabl Letter. Dnrlnff the year thero were registered and remailed to tbe respective owners, as coutuning raonoy, 20,752 li'tlers, containing an aggre gate of $iai,bii zi, or niiti'D. numoer 20,06'.), containing 5lu,ooi tn, were delivered; 4,412 letters, containing $20,4& 40, wore returned to the department, being addressed cbieflv to soldiers and sailors, and persons transiently at places of mailing or address. The number of dead letters containing naners of value, other than money, as deeds. bills of exchange, drafts, checks, &c, received, registered, and returned for delivery to the owners, was 12,430, and the nomi nal value of the enclosures thoroin was Sl.fll6.601.76. beiog sn increase over the previous year of 4,104, or about fifty por cent., while the inorense hi the value of tho enclosures was but $71,416.94. The number of theso letters dehvorod was 11,878, or ninetv nor oent. Letter) Containing Idkeneua, Jewelry, $-c. Uurinir the year .u.ijou tetters and naot- aires were received containing photOKranbs. daguerreotypes, nnd articles of jewelry. Of this numoer, zv,:iw were sent out for delivery. 20,607 of which contained nhoto. graphs and daguerreotypes, 1,410, articles of jewelry, and 1,082, other miscellaneous artioles. Of the whole number Kent out, 18,218 were delivered to either the senders or parties addressed, the postage on which amounted to SI ,044.21. Sale of ArtieUi not Delivered. In May last a lnrge number or passages containing mis. collaneous artioles which had been accuma lating for several years, were classified and sold at ptibiio auction, me procerus amount, ins- toSl.l6 27. Aggregate of Vdmbli Lettert.the num. bor of valuable dead letter, registered and sent out for delivery was nf,ii, boini 28. 574, more than tho preceding yoar, and thore were returned to the adjutant gener- nl'a, quartermaster general'?, and other public offices, 11,110 letters and pack ages containing muster rolls, descriptive li'ts, and soldiers' discharge papers; 60,691 letters containing postage stamps and mon ey in less sums than one dollar, or artieies of less than one dollar m value, were return cd to the senders. Unbailable Letttrt, 4V The number of lettors which tt was found imEossible to forward from the offices where deposited, or to deliver to the parties addressed, beosuse of tno postage boiug unpaid, or on account ol hieing illegibly directed, and which were in cemtequence sent to the dead letter office was 110,812. Of thn number, 72,074 were "held for postage, being addressed to for eigu countries, to which the prepayment of postage is compulsory, or to those countries with whtch the Uulted mates nave no pos tal arrangement; 88,068 of the number were u misdirected," or so imperfectly or illegibly addressed that their destination could not be ascertained. A large number or this last class were without any address whatever, and in many instances contained enclosures of value. During the year there were received at me department o l ll applications ror missing letters, for all of whioh examinations were made and the apnlioanfs notified of ins result. Letters Addressed to Place within the Re bellious States. A large number of letters auifressed to rebel localities have been re turned from various sources to the dead let ter office,. Amounting in the aggregate to 61, of which number ZH,4l wore do mestic, and 8,002 of foreign origin. They were all indorsed ' mails suspended," and returned, the domestic to the writers, and tbe foreign to tbe countries in which they Letters with Fictitious Address. Within the past year, 4.26G letters addressed to Ac inous persons or llrms were sent by post masters to tho dead letter office, and thence returned to writers or senders. The ad- reason ware assumed evidently for the pur pose of conducting some fraudulent business, and in many instances these letters were found to eoatain remittances. I Ordinary Dead Leters. and Revenue time- I from. Under the provisions of the act ap proved January 21, 1802, 1,003,499 ordinary dead letters, or thone not evidently worthless, were returned to the writers, after having been planed in new envelopes. Out of this number, 4,044 were returned to 1 bauus and insurance companies, 90,bo6 to business nrms, ami uit.o'J'J to individuals, Included in the above aggregate ere 9,761 letters returned free of postage: these con- sisteu or omoiai letters irom the various lepartmonts, and letters sent to the vari ous hospitals for siok and wounded soldiers, 1,UIQ dead lettors written in foreign lan guages were also returned during the year. About 24 per cent, of the whole number sent out for delivery to tho writers failed to be delivered, and were again returned to the department. Amendment bungestcd. The gross revenue derived from the dead letter postage collected on the letters sent out aud delivered amounted to $23,558 28, out of which were paid the olerka employed in redirecting them. The collection of postage on such returned letters complicates the accounts under the law fixing salaries for postmas- lew. These letters must be entered at the mulling, and then at the receiving office. and pobtage collect el; and each as cannot be delivered must be credited to tho post master when sent to the dead letter office. The aim of tho department is to have no unpaid letters in tho mails, and to collect all revenues by liieans oi postairu stamps. avoiding the necessity of keeping accounts. n 111 ture, postmasters are to enter in their accounts only unpaid letters, which are mostly from or to foreign countries, and it seems inconsistent to Bend thousands daily from this department with instructions to uLer them and collect postage. The amonnt comparatively small, and yet the attend- nt labor very considerable. I therefore suggest, as a matter for the consideration CongreBS, the propriety of restoring pre paid letters to tbe owners free of postage, especially tn view or the tact that a very larce proportion go lo persons of moderate Who! number of Dtad Ie(ter sent out, The number of domestic letters of all descriptions sent out from the dead letter office during the year was 1,403,998. In nddi-tion to these largo numbers of lettors bearing requests for their roturn to the writers if unclaimed a specified time, are, returned hy postmasters without passing through tho dead letter office, and constant efforts are made to promote this mode of relum. Foreign dead letters. The number of letters returned unopened to foreign countries during the year, was 162,691, the amount of unptiid postage -on which was $9,101 63 The number received from foreign countries in the same condition, during the Bame period, was 62,427, and the amount of unpaid postago thereon ?2,088 57. (For particulars, see table No. 10 of Appendix.) During the first year of the rebellion, tho number of letters which passed between the Uuiteu HtnteB nnd European countries de creased, while at tho Bame time the ratio of letters returned increased. Each subse quent year the correspondence has been increasing, while tho ratio of dead letters re turned to Europe has decreased, (sco table Io. It or Appendix.) Unclaimed Money in Vsad Letters By au thority of an act of Cugross, the unclaimed money from dead letters is nsed to promote the efficiency of the dead letter office, by providing temporary clerks to assist in the ex amination and returu of letters. The fund thus realized was S5.083 47, to which was added tho proceeds of the sale, hereinbefore referred to, $1,175 27, making a total i6.258 74. Deducting the amount expended for clerks, $2,966 82, and incidental expenses, $32 80, a balance romained, June 30, 1864, of $8,259 12. POSTAL HOSFV-OBDKE SYSTEM. The act approved May 17, 1864, author ized the Posiotaater General to ostablisb, "under such rules and regulations as he may tiud expedient and neoeBsary, a uniform moeey-order system at all post offices which he may deem suitable tnererort and it further provided that this system should be put into operaHon during the tisoal year ending June 80,1865. A superintendent ana assistant nave been appointed, one hundred and forty-one post omues have been designated as money-order offices, nnd the operation of the system commonoed on the Arat instant. The masimum amount for which a mouey- ordcr can bo issued is fixed by law nt thirty dollars, the object of the system being to afford a cheap, Immediate, and safe agency for tbe trunster through the mails or tmall mm) of money. The tendency of Ihe sys tem is to excludo money trom tne mntis, tne presence of which in letters is a frequent cause of (he loss of correspondence, even whon the latter does not oontain money. Tho limit of thirty dollars is believed to be sufficiently large to inolude all that class of remittances now sent in money llirougii tne mails, but in exceptional caeos more ihun one order can be prooured. The avcrago amount contained in caoh money letter received at the dead letler office during the fiscal year 1802 was J4 63; during 1808, it waS4 20; and in 1X64, o its snowing that, as a rule, money remittances are mado in Braall amounts. Emlanation of tto fluifem. The modo by which safety in the transfer of money is sc oured, consists in leaving out of the order the name of tne payee or party ror wmra Iho money is intended. In this respcot a money-order differs from an ordinary bank draft or check. When a money-order io applied for, tho postmaster will furnish the a .plioant with a printed form or application, in whioh the latter will enter nil the partioulnvs of amount, name, address, &c required to be stated in the money-order and advico. t rom too ueiua cuuitue-i m such application the postmaster will All up the money-order and also the corresponding form of advice. The order, when completed, is handed to Iho p-plioant, npon payment of the sum express ed therein anrt ot tuo ree annrgeuiB iuere-on. By the mail immediately following the issue of a money-order, tho postmaster transmits tho oorrerpondlng advioe to the postmaster at the offioe upon whioh it is drawn. The latter ia thus furnished, before the order itself oan bo presented, with the neces'ary information to detect fraud, if any should ha attempted. Ameney-or-derls rendered invalid unless it is presented to the postmaster on whom It is drawn within ninety days from its date; but the Postmaster General oan issue a new order on Oi applloation of tha payee. ope Ihe p lyment of a second fee. The same course is to be pursued should the order be lost. Ia this ease, the payee is to furnish a statement, under oath, that the order has been lost or destroyed, accompanied by tbe certificate of the postmaster that It has not been paid, and will not be paid if thereafter presented. The payee may transfer his ordor to another party by his indorsement to that effect; but more than one indorsement is prohibited. Persons, therefore, residing at places In the vicinity of those designated in the list of money order offices cm generally avail themselves of this system.Iu commencinr the monov-order busi ness, It has been deemed expedient to begin with the larger offioes, and extend it to others at rapidly as possible. Measures will also be taken for its introduction in the army. The establishment of the ystem In thia country will no doubt lead to arrangements for the Interchange of International money-orders with tbe soveral f. reign countries with which we have direct postal relations. Additional legislation suawUd. Jty the eleventh section of the act above referred to, postmasters are prohibited from depositing in any bank money-order funds of which they have the custody. I would re spectfully suggest-that the business would be facilitated by enabling the postmasters having moneys from this souroe to deposit in the national banks designated by the Seeretary of tho Treasury as depositaries of the public moneys, to their own credit, and at their risk, and thereby relieve tha department from tho necessity of furnishing rnuiiH unu sates, ouostantiai advantages would also result to the mihlin tntaraata by permitting all deputy postmasters to deposit in these banks any public moneys in thoir hands, under like conditions: audi recommend such modification of the law as will authorise such deposits to be made on er the direction or the 1'ostmaster tienerai. 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully. your obedient servant. William Drnhtsox, Postmaster General, The President. PLOWS. Step, Farmer, aud Head I II. Tt'ILtSON, TUE ULDKbT AMD ODBC lb. Di.nt ptr!tucd. JMo.m.ksn Id th. covi'itry, would mii.cti.llT cnDimre. tbat bft It nMoafMtnr'bg nod wl I b.v. n,d for mtrk.tbv the llr.t of J.tilLiy, ISttf, 3P of varluui LiLu, of iti mturt approved ptterai, srot no In a luiwrl r mntir. aad warranted to a ta Olfaction, r ih m 01107 raf'itided. Bifttr uk dODe neat, niid with prompt ufM, Pluw ha ml i &a Biamt for uio, cheaper than tho chaipeat. Cultivator, Shovel-Plows, do., kept constantly on baud. Shop on tk corner of Hon th aodHjioto sTofU,' at tbe Union Foundry. 1'lowiHTid Tar 0111 k'mlauf plow polati will also he Tor ftl at Iho Union Foundry bala-room oa Ui,sh otreftt near Friend trtrtet, by O. IVRICH, rplnnrHu. V-v 2S. novVfi ftmwti tlEDJCAL. HOBACK'S BITTERS. Q2IEJTBACK8 ASK QOOD, BUI Kobmok'g ar Better. STOMACH DITTERB Tfh tboaweS buttles MM In aits month. Tbe moat iWK.liM otesMh bltt.ii la aw. HOBAUK 8 BITTERS. Good for all derange. m-Mitof the Stomeoh, BIN toqgnnas, Lirtr Complaint, and ieotisl Ability. ROBACi 8 BITTERS. They pa woodernil toolo vropertlM, gifing tone tu itae appetite ana digeetlve orgaii. ROBACK'S BIT TEH 8, PeblnUted Ladle, and fM1t'.ntarv Dtreoiy will flud jo them an excellent venis. EOBACK'S BITTEUP. A wineglanfcl before Mt4 meat will rtwt?e tcdigestfofi and all liver dt They are better than all PfHa, fowder, and Other EOBACK'S BITTERS. They fan be taken without regard to diet. Al Stt af ptuwr iny nave uv nu.. ROit4f!M'pi HITTERS. Thoy Sre prepnml by an old and ikilltul phyeioUa irUlU Vfll'lUinWD "(rm.ww hiiuiik K&4mAf!K'S RITTERSa W&artvrer known tbey bare beemm a itaadard femtlf RATCArTC'N RITTERS. Try one bottle, and yon will aWaya nae then and oommenn mem wotnjn. BOBACEt'S BITTERS. O. W. POBA K,....- Oulft I'rofMletos Oom doiti fJer of Btomach Bitten, Blood Pander, and Illood Pills, and Irifitlltor and Manufacturer of Ontawba aud B Brand)., ani an una. i we flneet domoetic liqnori, wnich are aold wholesale or n any tleelnd quantity; at Ww. &4, R8.60 and OH laet TMrd itreet, ndnuari, O, rortAie by muitiu ion in sxeainna arn. 'unitHTwaw Ur. Htrickland s l'ila Remedy has cured thooasndn of Ui w.rat caw. of Blind .nd Blewliag Piles. It gives immediate rtHuf and effMta a per mnaent euro, txj It directly It Is warranUd to onr. tor sat hr all Druggist. Qcnrrat D.ptrt He. Gut Tonrth Ht., Cinclnoi'l, O. octte-wwlMat-y HANKIN'S EXTRfeCf OF BUCHU Will not 'all to o ctnally remove Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Lou of Appetite, Inflammatory Vomplamto, (travel, Calculus, Brick Duet Deposits, Ulceration of the Kidneys, Retentionor Incontinence of Urine, Chronic Gonorrhcae, Drop' ,-steal Swellings, Diseases of Vie Pro trait Glands, Morbid Irritation of the Bladder and Uretha, Horror of JHeease, Dryness of the Ilands, Dijfr a eulty of Breathing, Pams in the Back, Palid Countenance, Loss of Memory. Wtak Nerves, and all Diseases of the Bladder $ Kidney It ti Indeed a Soveiltn bmedv. It reviTM tw latiroiihing clrcnlation. given anew di actios to the vital organe, brlupi back io their phyai Injfioal type the vitiated or anipread secretion, and bring aout lu the at.luial eoonotny an intimate trennau tatlon profound change. rrepareu ou.y dj a. -j. nanmn, Pmfrglat, Plttetnrg, Pa. Sold by S. I. Samuel, Coltunbui. 0 and by dreg gtats every wn pre nova TJIK UBAIVa. ir. faijUK OONDtJfr.Ii VIONl ton tub oraaor Consumption, Decline, Afithma, Brochfrli, Watting ofFleeb, NighttSwoAt, Spitting ef Blood, Hoop ing Uouiiii, lfimcnity or tireatmng, void. Inflnenaa, Doughs, Pbthisle Pain in tha fiide, and all Disease of tha Lang. HcoulJilns no Opium, Calomel, 51 Uier Hi iVttMou Z And is Safe for the most Delicate Chill The ruotst distressing Oontrbcaa be broken no la a few hours time without fail. To tlio AMfctea. We call tbeir unec.al ut 'otion to the sreat strenrth and standi tig of the vast number of ceriinoate whlok w nave pnbiisned, aoa oan be bad, IT or enarge where the uiudiclue la for sale. TO PUraiOIAMa. tha grant suowm Phystolani have bd in thenseof this medicine In their prao ileo with patients having dlaeasMl linga or Con sumption, ttiduoe Q to continue to Mil to them by tbo gallon fur their aiclnslve use. Ma lung medi cine hat svr attained so high and stf sn viable a rp station a Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tha Lnngs. The tntttllonl properties of the article need In it roann tar turn are extract.) with grtut care, aad by the use of tha most telonttfto aud ayprovedappa. tatct. Thl Madirine 1 ton well known to need any re-onmmenaatton. Tli community know it to be tbe tjitt Lung Medicine offered to the public. Fnr sat by Drngglaw generally, and all Dealer In family Medicine, lie sure that von get Dr. Ualt's naleam. A. l. ouuviLliauu,, Ierc!iasitJailring T HAVE JUST KECE1VED, DIRKCT-X LY nua Hl!l BAST, tn. tul rnortmnit el Gentlemen'. Wear mbrooatat tn ttiec'tr. wtilthlwUI salt at m lawflsam frf OAtia. IMUMealtaad usmln. bale r aannuttur eln.wh. IP' m |
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