Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1867, Page 6

er nr aera, {i appears teem i: tBe th Gefpiuely ferwinsies Tiver, near the mouth of von creek, ia town- thip for, range 93, eRe: of toe sixth p Mareasi) coonty, Kao: ed the road of the atiroad Company te of Febreary &, 1 OB and equipment dard of excelic »y be raniroe? aces The Neornern Pao Ge Ratirosd Compasy port tha: two rervey ng partioe from Lace Swperior amd (wo from tae Pacific coast have Beem actively engaged in tae fveld. Explora- swum beve berm made, and tne compsay are Franeses ane Sen 3 ceperted. @ ce ef opimicn iba: a practicable row? will be fencd No portion of the road Bas been con- etracted be Atjantic and Pacific Kailrosd Company, resolatien of ber G. 18S, & board of directors, passed epled the terms, con ane imporitiens of the act approve4 Ju'y 5. erepting lands to id tn the con ttroction Of & ra:lrena and telegraph line from the States of Missour and Arkansas w the Pret Ths . stn n thes ad wing © cbarge of the Uapito! exter- completion of the portico Ane reiterates the opinion ex- e*@ mp bit previous reports, tha: che cen- persico *Bonld be exceaded 2 corrmepond ee Of ibe one yligoos of "te Malis of the Senate sud ere of Representatives are. on &ccouat of ae raced BSIOBS, frm Thy Seasitive te Varvatos im cempergtare, Which occasion free <e voezuree 5 propowed to suosti- -— fem o of ‘he same crip fon bose placed im the Supreme oars oreom There ere oa" ObieCtOnS to Appronriating the committee roome® im eacB wing as deposi- tors of public docoments. They are vasdad for (D+ asee for Whick they were orig.oaliy ~des gnea, aod foore sad walis sre be iz wmred and defaced. 1: 3 desirable that ar- raagegeni= shovld be made for storing the «elsewhere hamiere ocoupteé by tha Sapreme our brary. amc our: of Claims, and 0 PAE-REA Net ween the Nap sad tne RONGA. ire w: apparatus be the House of Kepress offen damp in wiuier, Realih as evel) ms fesommende. (hs. iney ve warmed ju opm Mande: as the otter pussng: 1 apiol groaads be ox hand south, as reso 1 the Capitol would occupy about fthe enlarged area. It is umiver- onveded that the presen: limicsare an iy tog contracted. Inscice to the «djoining Ors requires (hari: slowld a: au early feed to what extent their prop- outugtous to (howe mits will be needed for pabtic « Squares numbered ©), wid = were appraised im 1560, b improved nesting the ro:unde and the old Dall ef ace sees ja sad tne “ dea wo © ded by Providing for the quares, but jimiting the price Sherect to the appraisal of Név. The walue of Fea) eeta:e im (ha! portion of the city has since iBeo grea'ly enhanced. In view of these facts the holdergot this property have presented memoria! to this department urging that three Gusinteres'ed appraisers be <elected—one by the government. one by the prope: and the third by these tha’ < SBall at once decide what grounds <Rall be yurcbased, And direct their valne to be fixed vy ibe appraisers. The propriety of early lemslative action t= suggested he Work opon the north portico of the De. partiwent of ihe Interior is nearly finished. An eerumate has been submitied of the amount mecessary for completing it and paving the wire The warden of the uistrict jail reports that on the let of November there were im his cas- togy one Bundred and thirteen prisoners. of whom forty-three were white and seventy eclored. Durimg the year preceding that date, tweive bundred,and forty one persons were committed, seventy-nine of whom were cen- victed and sentenced to imprisonment at Al- Bany. The preseat officers consists of a war- @en and fourteen guards. Theexpense of the Jail for eBid year, including the cost of trans- porting pr.-onere to the penitentiary at Albany ‘Was thirty thousand seven hundred and thirty- sia dollars and forty-rignt c eS + ‘Of 8 joint reso. per base of u . the Secretary ye peblic grogad= deemed availadie PUrpose, aud selected as a site for a jor ibe sew jail in the District the parcel of land known ss reservation numbered seventeen, situated ai the intersection of New Jersey and s. io tBe civ of Washington. plane” of the bail bs od approved by a board ot di- eagineers and arebitects, aud of the «letting of the coutract™ 2 the the propd offered the best Government The contra, rs Rave executed Bonds with acoepranie secarity, conditioned for the fxithini periormance of their engage- ments, and he ira interruption complet: in grees. at iis Inst se: hat the work may, with- be prosecuted to an early (OB. made no provi- correction for this OF the twel vasend dollars appro- Preceding session. eight thons- sBAve been paid to the treasurer. and five Mundred and five dollars a firey-rh ree = have been expended by Dam upon "Re order of the trustees in repairing Sndfarnishing (he temporary building upon the government farm. in an attempt to render ft for the reception And detention. fer the time demng, mile offenders jour fitty-seven dollars fave been spent im the employment of « watchman ed for other purposes. of which Re repor: o: Be Board dos uot furnish «pecitied intorma- ton. The trustees are of opinton that the weilding now occupied cannot be adapted apy permanent use. For the erection of ous sUch as is required. they suggest that an ap- Propriation of one hundred theusand dollars ie mecessary. and they request an addit, oasand dollars to mpenses of the iustitution furnished no det Ssen for the how: ret eration ‘The Secretory arse: the views expressed im the last acuaai report of Wes department, toucbing the Inw direct the imprisonment of juvenile offenders sa tencad by the federal cr A modification of st provisions is indispemsable to give it Practical effect im many parts of the country. The Metropolitan Police force consists of = m, Of whom six e detectives, The =. ry company of the police have beer actively employed, and with evident advan. tage to the Beaith of the city This department suggested. in the Inst an- neni report, the expediency of creating a court for the ‘rial of offences of @ minor grade, and Be sudwet Ws Sgdim presented tor cousidera- non Daring the year ending Wrth of June, | es At@ntion to ¢ hundred and nine pa- Rom eizhty-eigu' were males Thr wdole bumber wuder mreatment was three bandred snd niwety, of whom two hundred anc seveaty-tbree were males. The namber GucBargrd was seventy ¥ sux were mairs. The number of d Bany-iBree, Of Whom uiner The whole der under 1 the cmemt ar close of tue fiscal year was two hundred and eueBty. of whom one Bundred and eighty-ezat wr males. More than half of these were vil Lie There have been two thoa- ree bhuodred and iteen persons treated siner the ine 8 Wa- Opened, one thousand and +.x:y-four of whom were ves. The Tecetp's during the past year amounted te one Dundred and one (aousand eight bundred and Seventy-oue dollar: and ninety-fiv~ cents, and At its close there was 4 balance of two thoa- sand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents in the hands of the superin- it Congres: will, no doubt, cheertallv lowauce for the support of ihe hospital The Secretary recommends tha An additional appropriation, for which an estimate Ras been submi'ted, b+ made fer tur- pishong, lighting. and beaung the uufiaish 4 Part of the east wing ef tbe mam edifice, aud for the purchase of land contigaous to the present grounds The presen condition of the institution re- flees the Digbest upon the accomplish. od superiniendent Sud those associated with Lim in the Sdminisiration of tts affairs Th- Columbian Institute for the Desf and Dumb is & private corporation Ie addition (0 (be p&y ment of the charges for the education and maintenance of the pupils tated to admission on the order of the Secre- sary of the Juterior, Congress has advanced to ton the sum of two Rundred and thousand and forty dollars aod wigbty seven cents. There are now twenty- three pupils front the District of Columbia, aud three who are (he children of ms in the military service of the United States. By the actsof February and May 29, ior, Compress agreed to pay annually one Baucred sed fifty doliars for the maintenance of enen of sach pupils. The directors reqtest- ¢¢ au appropriguon im gross for the support of the institution, istead of the payment for such pupils per capite. The act aliowing such ebarges should therefore be repealed, as Con- gree made the requested Sppropriation for (Dat aod tbe succeeding year. it bs €or tly teheved they Will evince the same anbe the ensuieg fiscal year. the last session the admission of ten Povils irom Mh» States to the collegiate branch of tbe instiution was authorized, Om the same terms sud couditious as those prescrived by few to the residents of this Distric’. This pro- +ir0b Was Anuexed to (he appropriating clause grantue (wenty-five thousaad doliars for the Ppor’ of We iastiiution aud the parchase of Nine pupils a «of iuue privilege, thereby entailing ae Unexpected burden apon the resources of te matintion. The directors request, on tht- ‘@-rous!. an allowance of ‘Bree cbonsand Gole dare. ‘The Secretary Ras subaiicd ap item Sherefor tm ibe defieucy evimaice ser tbe euriens your. | ommend this request to favorable considera. ea mal ap- | tied to the Goverament Hos _ torn! pot d:*\vered, without addit omal The $ cane OF eRTelopes during tae Ves WAS imerenced 106 per ceni. over tuat of 1616, The yrediction in last year's repors thar the Bee Of such envelopes Wovld tend largely to Ted" ee the sumber of dead le ters bis been Verided. The statistros given, wader Ihe head Of dead letiers, stow IBA! the numer has ili thon during she pas yrar. ano thar tb yiag result ts actribo- fable to the nee siepas with & reqaes for Ue retora to the writers of uaciaimpd fet leon direetiy from the post officeaddressed. Lt eoUmated that fully Atty millions of these envelopes were used during the year, the de- partment sapplying sbon’ one-third of the tomber. The sales of postage stamps and stamped envelopes Onticg the year amounted > $12 @H.19) B, leaving wasoid in the mands f Prevs shall Dave Hiverabiy provided for ws ¥a- olgent dvaf mates whe reside fa this Distric’, oF Are the children of persons a2tualiy i the WALATY or aval service, it will Baye fally dcharged tte gety, sf not exhausted ins ooo- J power over the sebjeot foe pros. mildings sre mere in&a suilicien: for the Aciple accommodation of the government pa The dosrd of directors, iu addition te ool fer the primary branches, desire preparatory depar:ment, where tke { mates of the several States may ba pre pared for sdmieston tn the college prover The stodves tn the latter will embrace a ino- ough and comprehensice 8 course of instra: op in xuctent 8nd moderm inaruaces, and | o tbe literary and scientific Braco. | forpiehed in the best Amerivan collag of pos masters $4!9.0)=.75, The muatesoz ‘he sveral Stites, | F xpariments are fn progreess with a postage who are oprotit by these advan. | stamp printed om embussed paper, which tages, are to be mainteined and instrocced at the expense of the general goveram-at {: certainly was not the original it-ntion of Congress to provide for the gratuitia, in sePUctson Of (Bese AMictad persons. If unanie | seems to silerd good security sgainst fraud. {be Mbres of the paper being broken, caacel- img marks almost penecrace. so tas: they can notessiiy be removed without destroying tne stamp. The achesive properties are also pro- to iDeur the expenses of an edacsion, they | mote. Sud other advautages scared which sbould appeal to !uds vidual mantticence, or to | commend the javentioa to favorab® noc thatot the States in which they reside. Tne be leng'h of rontes has been iucraaw lover f paupers is ac appropriate enbdjec preceding year 2) 304 t * legisiation, And bse never been re. carded ae falling within the province, or con- | $1,706,812: to which add incremsed ‘ating & duty of the general government | way postal clerks, row be argame: jeotity Congress | age ei! makes ta furwisDingeduca tonal privuees for the in- | ¥1.%in 93 iicept deaf muresof @ State would eausi ‘The condition of the overland and territorial reguire ®& «:milar provision for mait routes are faliy and clearly ®& + in me. or those who. witnor he report, and very carefal Lapulir statements ties, desire collegiace {nostra of the rates of pay and weigh!s of 14il on ratl- © ded by their pover:y from oats ning it | road routes are given, Should these views ha regarded asarroaeous, | Qompared wilh the Fecords kep: before the so Wever, aod Congress deem tt tueir comssiu. | rebellion the service on the Southwestern sonal duty toestablish andpnsintsinGustous! | route exhiois & marked improverwent, both SI Mate colieze, the United Siwves smonid iste and be wasted with @ titie to the founds parchased by their meane for ita nies. ci > boldinge required for the transportation, 7,144, and? other regite of wito regard to speed and reaniarity. iue uver- a #10 *80h direcuon b=ing radu a about snty-tWo Boure, and the proportion of trip riorined im achedole time beng in mm about ome. baif the wMole nomoer ¢ arly five-eewenths now, reckonmz pe the Tze omtlay, imdepen- ecbedule time three and absif ca. men whicd, from im to t me, the [sbet June, and af tnree ang fourth ust be advanced to mot the annval expenses Sfter that d3‘e, going south, and at three of the in-titation. The Neca: ure {0 adding tBa:thereis no o: Me country that surpasses this in “ua aoility. zeal, Anc success with which th= 7¥ takes pleas. Shalf days for the whole period going r b United extend- teen railway postal rout nd proiersors dev ing in over fonr thousand toar lectual aud moral training of Rose coma: | hundred five miles. upon elgnt | to their care. hundred amd seveuty-nine miles of whic Congress. by an incorporated 1 Women and Lying-im Asyiom | Sabitemed for the treatment of diseases peen- | Lar co women. and 9s a lying-in seyium, ia | which board, lodging, medicine, and atend- | ance shonic be gratuitoasiy fura’shed to chose | | Umadle to pay therefor. At the dat of the re- | Port Of the hoard of trustees there were 3even- ty one Daring the past yeor four | Hondred one women ootained ad Mi-sion to the a=yiu: nvea from il as- we aud medical treaimea:. Congress, on of Maren Iast, appropriated ten | thousand dollars <o aid im the sapport of thi= | instivntion. The receipts from private doua- ta ioe daily eeryice ts performed, making tol equal to Hive thousaad three huadred aud fourteen miles of railway postal service daily each way. Twelve, twenty-four, and often forty-eight hours are saved im the transmis. of all the mails passing over these 5,000 miies. At the date of the iast annnal report, Tu tion City, Kansas, 139 m: westol Wyan- dotte, and 415 miles west of hi. Louis, Missouri, was the furthes: poiutio whicn a continnous railroad Hue from toe #astera cities toward the Pacitic was completed, a gap existing, east of Omans City, Nebraska, in the line from | Onicago to Kearney This gap bas since been filled up by the completion of the Chicago aud the convention with th ther.aads Imjy, and in each of the other coovertions very low transit charges are estabiis! A peetal con vention, with simple provisioar SYO'ding pcetage accounts, has also been con- eladed with the colonial governmea: of Hoag Kong. Chins, a copy of wDich is annexe. The arrargement between the United Siates and Osnaca for the mutual exchauce of rez vred fetuer s bed extended to letters exchanged wih New Brunsw, Sco's, and Prince Edward's Isian4, respec:- ' ly. The. mail weam:n p service between the Vebed States and Ching, anthorizad by the act of Congress approved Febrasry 17, 1945, WAS commenced on ihe tet of January, 1867, by the deperiure of the sieamehip Colarade from Sen Frincisco wite the male for Japan fnd Obina, end two additional ronud trips n performed between San Francisco, m*, and Hong Kong, by tha: steamel ing from San Francisco On Sd of April 810 étpof July, and delivericg retarn mails at that port on sik June aud 15h September, Fespectively. The Great Keparic and Caina, puilt ex pressly for this service, Rive been placed apon the 1 The contractors expect to bsve ihe Japan, the third steamship building for the tine, reaay for sereica about the iet of Jnly 1-6*, and the fourih steamship, mot yet named, but now on the stocks inastate of forward. ness, will likewise be ready for seryice 1 Jan- airy, 1869. The postat conyention between the United States and Venezuels went iu*o operatioa on the Ist of October, 1F66, amd the Government of Venezuela has, throogn its minister, pro- posed fo this Department the establishment of A direct line of wail packets becween the two wntries, the expense of the service to ba di- vided equally be: ween the two Governm-ute ‘The propriety of an horzing this Departmen: fo Beate With Vevezuels iB establishing sach & line on the basis proposed, i$ respectfaily Tefeared to the consideration of Uongress. The number of pos! offices established dar tug the year, was 1.65, number discontinued, 6111; decrease of offices, 4,226; umber of post ices in operation on the Buta Juue, 1566, in- | cluding suspended offiees in the Southern States, 2938; to al nnmber in operation on tae wih Jane, 166: number of offices sub- ject to aypoint the Presid A Jarge waijo: ontinued are in the Southern States, the service at which Was suspended by the Postmastor General in May, Isl, and were not in operation thereat. ier. but not regularly dizcontiuued. ‘These oftices were reporied by the auditor to the appointment office as having failed to make returbs for five years, and their discontina anes recommended as necessary to enable ib: officer to close the aceoun's of the late pos Masters on the books of Bis office, and for th Feasou it was deemed advisable to formaily discontinue them The tree delivery of letters by carriers has been in operation during the past year in forty- seven of ihe principal cities. The number of carriers employed was 943, at an aggregate compensation of $699,934 34. This made of delivery continues to grown in Public favor, as is shown by the increase of Northwestern Railroad to Council Binits, Jowa, on tbe eastern side of the Mi<souri Tiver, opposite Omaha, and the Union Pacitlc Ratl- road (tbe Plarie route) bas been extended be- yond Kearney 29 miles to Cheyenne, at we base of the Rocky Mountains, 519 miles west of Omaha, and 1,013 miles west of Calengo, ihnois. The Junction City or Smoky Hili rouie, (Union Pacific Railroad, eastern di sion,) bas also been extended’ 153 mules to Hay City, making the length of the railroad route west of St. nis 471 miles The mails are carried daily on these routes west from ‘ions were three thousand two hundred and jelgbty doliars sud seventy-two cents, and | from parients two thousand one hundred and | fourteen dollars and erghty-eigbt cents, making an aggregate of fifteen thousand three bun- dred and ninety-five dollars and sixty cents Congress has always given i!= sanciion, and, Whenever they could be property bestowed. its pecuniary contributions to every well-con- sidered benevolent enterprise adapted to sup ply the wants or promote the interests of the District of Columbia. This institution is a private corporation, and maintains the ~ame Wyandotte and Omaba, and on the Paritic Trintions to tke government as the Columbia side the mails sre couveyed twice daily be- 1% nom for the Justruction of the Deaf and Dumb. The trustees have. however, deter- mined to submit an annual report to the Sec- retary of the Inter: and to antaorize, upon his order, the admission of patients whose in- digence and helpless condition jnstify them in seeking eleemusypary aid PFéw, the instrumentalities which the benevo! of the age has adopted to alleviate human suf- fering oF minister to human wants present stronger claims to public sympathy than in- tutions of this description. Although in its infancy, and with scanty means, this asylam has liberally extened to its beneficiaries skil- fol medical and surgieal aid, aud that consid- erste attention which their peculiar condition required. 4 In consideration of the gooc already accom- | plished, and of the pressing necessity for ex- tending tbe scope of lis charities, the directors strenuously urge that it should be e<tablisned upon s permanen® basis. As that object cannot be attained solely by private bene tons, they | Tequest an appropriation by Congress of sixty | thousand dollars for tbe purchase of a site aue , ibe erection of buildings. The Secretary ree- | tween Sacramento and Cisco, a distance of 94 iles, under contract with the Central Paci. c Kailroad Company. The lines are tnus ex. tending east amd wesi to meet each other: the average progress on the Platte route the past year. Sundays excepted, exceeding one m per day. A continuation of the work with like energy will verify the promise of the rail- Toad Companies by the year I-70 to span the continent, ‘The aggregate amount of postage upon the correspondence exchanged with foreign coun- tries Was =2,141,242 52, An increase of S152("%). over the previous year. ‘The number of letwers exchanged with eigh countries (exclusive of the Britis! American provinces) was 10,29,” 5,312,401 % in the United States. Of this number 9,442,111 were exchanged with European couutries, an increase of ~77.261 as compared wirh the pre. vious year. The estimated number exchanged with ihe British Provinces was 7.50i,000), mak- Ing & total of over 13,100,000 letterr exchanged , in the mails wish foreign countries. Following the notice given by the British Government for the termination of the postal convention of 15th of December, 1#%8, between the United States and the United Kingdom, a | preliminary basis of 4 new convention, redn- clug the International letter postage from twenty-four to twelve cent=, and establishing moderate charges for een and territorial transit | of correspondence in cloved mails, was agreed upon between this Department and the Briush Post Office, the leading features ot which were stated in the lust report. As the details of this Lew convention were yet to be discussed and formally adjusted wiih the Britich office, a fayornbie opportunity was pres | lish enlarged facilities of mail With reduced avd uniform rates of jostage to | the continent of Europe. } tor- North jon: Ut if granted, the orcanic act sRould be | So Smended as to secure to the United tithe to the Teal esta purchased, and an effi | Cnt Comtrol over the inatitation ‘The Secretary say fing “I should | do injustice to the officers of this department were I t to declare my high sense of the very efficient manner in ¥ charged taeir arduoas duties. refer to the views. in regard to their compen- <atoB, presented im the concluding portion of my IAst ABnwA! report, and earnesily invoke for them the iavoranle consideration of Gon- ress.” | REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GEN BRAL. With this object in view, the Hon. Jotn A The revenues of the Department during the | Kaston was appointed a special commissioner fiscal year ¢ i, 1-87, ou bebal! of this department, with instr | to which Id be added amounts wn from the Treasury under the acts mn- king approprisvions for carrying “free mail matter.” =), @ andamow t-faunder the », | Spproprintions for overiagd mail an service between New York and Ci | Sk00.066; steamship service between S: cisco, Jnpan, and Chinn, 11,667: and be- | tween the United States and Brazil, $950,000, (including *1u0 000 on account ef service per- formed during the previous fiscal year, for new mail routes, $150: and to supply aeti - ciencies, $1,500,001; making the receipts from Alleources $19.75,693.4. ‘The expenditures of | all kinds, including toe foreign mail trauspor- i 1 proceed to Europe. and negotia's. in per- On, At the respective post departments. «ub ject to revision and approval by the Postin ter General, the details of new postel conven- tions. in conformity with the general basis of infercational postal intercourse recommended by the Paris conference of 1463—the main points being the reduction of rates on interna- voval mail communications. written and printe:|, ‘he reduction or total abelition of ter. Titorial transit charges on correspon dence in efosed mails; the establishment, as nearly as | possible, of uniform postage rates to all parts of Europe, and generally to <implity au ren- Ger uniform tne rules governing the exchange of correspondence with other countrie:. ‘Mr. Kasson was selected for this important 10m Lecause of his Knowledge of postal tation, and service for Which the sbove spr-ia Appropriations were made. any <1, during the same period. were =i mi 16, wD: excess of receipts over - details obtained during bis connection with tres ons: eINis. - =e the department a+ tirst assistant postmaster The ordinary expenses of the Depariment, general, snd particularly on account of bis Rot swciuding mail transportation provided for by special appropristion. were S1+,043,516 [and “the ordinary receipis, including the emoun! drawn under appropriation for ing free mail matter, were 516,127,026 ing Ou excess of expenditures of <1,906,759 92, | which bas been met by th | Auees of former appropri 3 priation for the past year is therefore needed. The receipts for postages, a= compared with the previous yrars, show an increase of 6 per cent, and the expenditures an increase of 259-10 per cent. The amountof revenue con- Cutrated ty (h@ depositorie. and draft offices $6, 164,725.16: eollected by the avditor, retained by postmasters for com. id office expen: = $6.514,156.55: and rematming in the hands of postmusiers, | swailing ecliection, £61,025 50, ‘The orainary expendicures for the year ending J une 0, i-69, arees- familiarity with the postal questions to be dealt with, which were fully discussed at the Paris confereuce, in which be took promi- Rent parts the delegate from this departmen: Hi cess thus far in accomplishing the ob- jects of mis mission has beem all that I conld ave reasonably expected. considering the dif- ferent internal systems and variety of postal interests to be consulted, and the delays en- connterea in conducting such negotittion i Liberal postal conventions, with general | uniformity of principles and detail haye been | concluded with the Unitea Kingdom of Great | Britain and Irelavd, Belgium, Switzerland, | the Netherlands, the North German Union| | and Lialy, securing important reductions of | postage, and introducing other valuable im. | provements in our postal intercourse with those countries. Negotiations are also im pro- gress with the French post department for a similar arrangement, which it is hoped may timated $21,200,000 terminate with like success. Add tor © i and marioe ‘The leading features of the postal conven- service between New York and tion with the United Kingdom, which goes Oalifornis . 990,000 into full effect on the Ist of January, 165, are Steamsbip service between San 1. A reduction of the international letter rate | ‘rancisco, Ja: *hina 500,000 from twenty-four to twelve cents. mship service between the 2. The standard weight for letter~ one-half United States and Brazil 150,000 | onnee in the Cnited Kingdom, or fifteen Steamship service between San Francisco and the Sandwich [stands .. ; | To supply a defictency im thes vice between the United snd Brazil in thi June 2, 10% | grammes in the United States; with uniform | progression from that basis, one additional rate | for each additional weight or fraction of it, | 3. Prepayment of letiers optional, bat un. | Paid letiers to be subject to 4 fine on delivery. | 4. Prepayment of all other postal packers compulsory in the mailing country, a! rates to be established by each department, within a prescribed minimum for book packets and samples, and the receiving country to deliver | free of cbarge. 5. The postage collecied in each country upon inter, wal correspondence, written or printed, to be equally divided, «n the priuci- | ple that every letter Tecelyes am answer, and the Isbors of each cifice are substantinily | equal. But each country to collect for itsowa | uee the fines imposed on unpaid letters which | it recetves trom the other. 6. The transit charge for letters in closed Mails, one-balt the interior rate in @ach coun- try, viz: one und a half cents for the United and one-half of & penny for Great Britain. to be computed by the ouuce, or thirty grammes on letters, and by the pound or kilo- gramme on other mails | 7. Each country to make tts own @rrange- | rates fiscal year the total estimated «x. ures. Tue ordinary receipts, includiog the standipg appropriation of 2700,000 for carrying free mail matter, are esti ed at. . Add amounts of special appropri- ation for California, Chias and Brazil mails, and for the defici- eRcy above named oo | of . Dedue es appropriations for the depart- cess of expenditures ment Amounting to <es-- 29400, | M@nts for the despatch of mails te the other Leaves the deficieney to be pro- - by well ointed ships, and to pay for the | | vided for from the general treas- transportation of the mails which it des- © Rac natermege aden oece . patches. | 2,575,000 The free transfer of extra territorial | mails in the seaports of the two countries i ‘be conventions concluded with Belgium, It will also be necessary to make J appropriations as follo For overland mai! transportation the Netherlands, the Nort® German Union, | aud mari vice between New Jy, and Switzerland, respectively, contain York aud Obiiforaia, ... 1 900,000 dstantially the same principles and pro. Mail steamship service iween ions as the convention with the United | San Francisco, Japan and China 50,000 , Kingdom, with such slight modifications as Mail steamship service between | were necessary to meet the peculiarities of the | the United States and Brazil. 160,000. postal system of each eountry. And for deficiency on ace The single rate tor letters between the Uni | service between the United States ted Staies and Belgium. vy closed matis | aod Hrasil during the fiscal year , throng! d, 1s reduced from twenty. | ended Juue 3), I568.. 1u,500 | seven to Btteen cente; between the United | Mail steamship service States and Prussia, embraciagg all the Siates | San Francisco and the Sand- | no included within the North German Unton, wich Isiands....0.....-- the single letter rate ts reduced from tnirty to filwen cents, and tue same rate of fifteen cents has been established to the Nethertands, Itary. Bnd to Switzerland, respectively, by ‘closed ls through England, thus securing a oni- rate of letter postage to each of these countries The conventions With Belgiam a the North German Union iso establish 4 reduced international rate of tef cents for letters trans. mitted by regular lines of mail steamships lying directly between Soy port Of tne United Bie and any port in the nora of Europe. The principle of tree transit fof correspond ence tranemitied jn close maile je adop'ed in Daring the year 371,59 646 postage stamps of the value $1i,5.~,607-14,56%-150 pla stamped envelopes represemting >1,2:Aice> 30; 16,05 stamped envelopes bea: sue OF postage stamps, campared with 1OUs year, SLOWS AB increase Of aDOUL > Wing the iesue Of stainped enve- lopes bas increased atmos: 6! percent. This ievrease is attribetable to the latrodaction of Prallng DUBE Cards mua Teguceis for re. | co! | ance of over seven Rundred thousand | the olcer Siates, | Stable, producing, | New channels of postages on jocal matter, the redactions of the bumber of post office boxes, and the large de- crease of advertised letters ir several of the cites where the sy=tem has beer more efficient- ly conducted. Experience, so far, justifies the beliet that it will supersede the present sys. | tem of box delivery, increase correspondence, e=pecially in Jarge cities, and not only pay ite expenses, but yield a revenue to the de. ‘tment. The details of postal service have been revised and carefully analyzed in all their dearings upon the transmission and delivery Of letters to their address. and also upon the means employed for the retarn of dead letters to the writers thereof. The improvements which invesugation and experiment suggested | &re too numerons to be included in this report. Like improvements have been made in the arrangements and labors of the dead letter office. Statistical recerds have been amplified, and now cover all important details. T letters received, and their miscellaneous in- closures. Rave been thoroughly classified. The most approved safeguards of vainuble letters have bern ihtroduced, and all available Measures have been adopted to secure the *peedy return to propor owners of all mail Matier sent to the Department for final dispo- sition. Speciai and constant attention bas been given to the reduction of the number dead let ters. In large cities and thickly populated dis. tricts, improved modes of delivery bave been Attended with beneficial results: bat in general, the obstacles in the way of reduction,trequently mentioned in the anunal reports since 1359, present difficulties which no official action can Temove. These are, in substance, the migra- tory habits of our people, the great territorial Ares over which cur mail service extends, and the pertinent faci that fully three fourths of the letters retvrued as dead become so through circomstances exclusively associated with the rttes immediately concerned. «-Mistaxen ad- Hegible,” " edead,” are Tessons found en tBree-fourths of the letters, tested in this respect by repeated examinations. Itisevident that no efforts of the deparim=nt ean reach euch difficulues; and hence tt follows that the dead letters, from year to year, will retain a somewhat uniform proportion to the wbole number mailed. ole Lumber of money order post ofti- 4, 0f which 455 have hed since the date of the ast an- Dal rej ‘This increas bas occured main- ly in the western aud Southern States, whers the facilities of thesys:em for the transmission of money appear at present to be most needed Excess over expenditures, =26 F To torze or counterfeit & money order madea penal olfence by the acti! May 1-4. But one m-tance of this kind bas hap- pened since the establishment of the system. A late postmastor abstracted, in Jane last, fif- ty-two blank money orders, especially pre- pared and numbered, from the book which he delivered to his successor, filled them up in the usual manner, «o that they appenred to have been duly issued on several postmasters for small sums, and forged upon each the sig- | nature of the postmaster. Payment of twet ty-nine Gf these forged orders tothe aggre; smount of 2 Was obtained on presenta- hon. The traud was speedily detected nnd the guilty person was recently convicted of the crime Of forgery at the United States court at Cleveland, Ohio, and duly sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and hard labor, and to Pay 4 fine of five hunared dollars. By existing law ® postmaster at s money | order office is not Authorized to issue an order payable by himself. Hence money orderoffiees cannot at present be established at the stations Or sub-post offices in the large cities, although im some mstances these stations furnish ordi- nary posial facilities to a larger population in their vicinity than that of many considerable towns. Itisevident that the convenience of residents wtthin the delivery of such stations would be sensibly promoted if they were al- lowed to purchase and receive payment of money orders at these stations, instesa of be- ing compelled, as now. to resort tor such facil- ites to the central post office of the city. The latter would moreover be relieved, to someex- | tent, of & great and constantly increasing pres- sure of applicants for the purchase and pay- ment oforders. It would &lso prove useful im the sparsely settled States where the county town usually has a money order office, through which, under the proposed moditica- tion, small debts cculd readily be paid in any Part of the county by means of money orders le at the post office in the unty town, which Is babitually visited by residents of the county. It is gratifying to be able to state that not- withstanding the increase of expences of the department, growing oat of the increase of compensation of clerks, agents; and employer of tue department, and increase in the extent and expense of the mail service throughout untry und on the sea, the disbursements were not only kept within the estimates for 1867, but there remained an nnexpended bal Mar: 10 be applied towards the expenses of the cu: rent year. So great is the constant demand for :ncreased mail service by the people of the Territories, and to supply the necessities of into fall operation the service im the State- lately involved in the rebellion, Rata consid- erable deticiency is estimated’ for the year S60 Tr camnot be anticipated that the revenues of the department derived from the sale of stamps &0d stamped envelopes, and from sources, indepencent of specific Aappropria- tons, can equal the nece: expenditures of the department, while the service is Deing constantly ‘nereased, at great cost, to meet the wants of the people in sparsely settled Terri- tories. The fasier the now Territories ar. peopled and their material resources deve! Oped, the greater will be the postal revenues eee _ Seri to reimburse the department for «© whole country is well settled by a thrifty pepulation, it can- not be assumed, with ce: ty, that the Post Office Department ean become self-sustaining. ital commur opening every where, and necessary eipenere grow faster than legidmate revenue increases, fucrensed and cheapened, ue they will be in a very few years, the increase of revenues and comparative decrease of carrying expenses willentirely change the relation of the taxes Bnd resources of the ‘iment, present rates of postage, velf-susiaining, but furoish wo inconsiderable revenue to the Governm: propriation of public money w! pack, dieectly and indirectly, so { to the Government and tne peop! aaade In aid of the postal sersice other deparinmentot tp Government gets back A revenue here peng its expenses in re- Jorn for the outlays of public money. Under tbe Lew postal conventions with for- eign countries, and umder the contracts re- vently made fer Atlantic tervice, the large bal- akces against the Department, which have eee sespy voore ‘Will be en- tiraly very handsome derived in aid Of its finances. rerenee ‘The exhibits of tais ble iperevse in the ich S return ae that Only one . sROW @ remarka- ‘importance of the toreign ind So important is it to pnt | fesued at the com- ma ervice, and the fncr aced care aad the original pe vsein airestcharge | meneement ot be BOF 664. = so siibdbiacinilsenel Beside : V. Three ebeets of sretions of tne inet men- The subject of connecting telegraphic | toned issue, corrected and disiridated en the » | mareb. ‘VI The Index sheet, sorle 1.25000 is a gen- <ry lying east of the Ai- nd extending from the ysbure on the aorth, Railroad of Virg:nia, on the soace ndred and eleven drawings of of the respect: ans being forty feet to One loch. The entire portfolio nembers ous han- ehty sheets of Antiquerian, emora- © NE DOL ONty Bll (Be Operations during ihe war system of the couniry with the postal servi Das attragted public attention, and it received, to tome extent, the cousideratioa of my pre- decessor. It has recently transp red that the telegraphic sysiem of Grert Mritain has been pot in charg* of che British yost office depars- ment. It isa mettero! very great impor-ance, and ite propriety and practicability ough: to te thorouphiy iv vestigated by Congress The Postmaster (H+ neral calls artention tothe groes frauds perpetrated upon the dep by violation of the frankiog priveleg Mort all porte of the country. The fac time | Of (he army of the Potomac, trenk: of diferent memb ot O army of J fre a wo cifoutate obscene ' 05! comm pir, lottery circalars, bnsiness Atth battwo ays having Deen made with great nocarscy, aad the topograpBica) features of ibe country dee Jivested on them with great care. WDilstengiged io superiatending the con- struction of ese military mape, | was, in ad- uty. delmiled to carry ou: 4 the Commitiee of Pablic Hailo~ ud to cover al! Kinds of bee ners and domes. | the correrpondenc of persons not authorized by law to iraak marltble mater Unlesssome- thing is speedily by Congress to check this eerions mischie’, the annasl appropriation to cover the transm'ssion of free matter will have to ke increased from seven haadred theusand deliars to at least one million of | solars. To sdvold the continuance of this 4 ous Abure in ihe use rf he nimes of mem- | ters of Congiess withont their knowledge or States relative to ihe selec'son of & *ai abie site for a public parkand presidential mio consent, be gerin urges that the Inw beso sion - . cRanged as requ'r. be written sizniture of The views of (becommit+e were a the person exercising sve frankie priviiigs | by is cualrman Hon Gratz Brown, in seve. upon ‘he ms:ter ‘Boked, and, to rea the ral comma f the vith aad vecn of he Hoa Neoretary of War: Tevuesied that charge of the pr heods of departwen: ond hnreans of great i} ie clerk be sutoorized by department of the government, with the avthor y to frank a1! matter partaia ing tothe cepartuent for which he is so ap pomtea, 1118 to be hoped that Congress will reiiewe sbor and ship-building materisin of tixes and fitiona, =o that onr own ships may be iD Our OWN Waters, to best ourcOommerce | and srry our mails. A® long as subsides are paid by otber gowerments to mid la esinoliehing And maintinivg hoes mers toand cestary Maps Aud reperis for the purpose abeve pamed, wRich, im the lamguage of oe Senete Reselation of the t@th of ike same montd, “sBal! combine con wenines of Bo sud heshotuln ood warer dition to @ Price of said lands. ‘ion of the m: Afers | Deautifal lo- if practioab! csreful »xamii ovean 4 | from Evropean por:s, giving them the com to be found in the vieinity of the Uap:- | mand of tne carrying "wade, comp: tol, sud Dsving caused ge accurate gud de- | thvety Inttte compelision, 1. 18 dae tothe cit cone | tailed survey of its environs to be made, 1 bad of the United S* s tha’ ‘we aid should be | (Be honor to address a commusicanon, dated furnished to American enterdtise, This cau, | Jspasry 29. 1857, to the Chairman ot the Qom- 8 consideration ube Ia comnecue: | tm nin jnegmunt, ve very properiy and prof’. | ably done by =a t | already established, as a conside | rymg the ocesn mails result my img more pis Tequited iaformution aad tae Gvantages of the differen: sections A copy of my is herewith appended, Senate miscelisneous document, No. 2!, second session, Thirty-ninth Qongress, together with reduced pRotograph copies of ihe now complee typograp' accompanying it. It will Ros accumulate words, afer #0 ma written and so ably spoken in adyocatiog an provement so essentia) to the comtor: and easure of every enlightened community. Toe attentive perusal of the very compre- hensive remarks, and beautifaily expressec sentiments detiverea by the bonorabie Cosuir- m&no of the Commitiee on Pablic Buildings and Grounds, im the Seuste of the United States,on the 2th of February of this year, concerning the bill for (be establishment and maintenance of @ grand national park io the District of Columbia, a: the expense of the United States Governmen:, will convince the most prejudiced judgment. 1: will not fail to urge the earliest action of Cougress in carry ing ont the hopes expressed by the honorabie Scuaior, almost unammously concurred in by the Senate, as well as the earnest wishes of ‘hose interested in the adornment of the capi- tal of a great nution, that no unuecessary delay may occur in passing the needfal laws for accomplishing such a id and beautiful dertaking. A copy of Mr. Brewn’s speech, together with the bill reported from the Senate committee, to establish a pabiic park in the vicinity of Washington city, are herewith REPORT OF THE ACTING COMMIS- SIONER OF AGRICULTURE, Jobu W. Stokes, Esq., Acting Commissioner of Agriculture, in his report, expresses j | wish tnat Congress will devise some plan for | | | | facilitating une earty constra 80 | canal for the transpor/ation of western pro- | ducts from the lakes to the ocean, or for tne butiding of a double track railway, open to | all, forwarding ov: equal terms, sud eupported | by an equitahle system of toll | The wool-growing interest, involving a cap- | | ital of hundreds of millions, amd underlying | | the prosperity of American agrictitare in a | degree scarcely appreciated by tarmere th selves, has been saved from threatened anni- | Bilauon by the action of Congress in placiag | A daty upon the foreign article equivalent to | the internal taxation endured by the wool- | growers. The unsettled condition of industry of the southern States requires the encouraging aid 8nd friendly recognition of the Government to restore the people to a state of prosperity and sejf-reliance, so essential to the develop- ment of the great resources of that sectio: He advocaies that the cotton tax be rescind- ed, as it is disastrous and disheartening in the | extreme. ‘The introduction of Asiatics for cotton pro- duction is to be deprecated. Such labor is ui | elilled, and far imferior to negro labor, and | will add to the complications produced by the jealousies and prejudices of races widely ait- ®ppended: the bill the Sena‘e, but was hara Jaid on the table of the House of ta — in cl cter, taste, and traditional cus- ver daring Me Inet Bo ; rine sion. The cattle plague er rinderpest having dis- | By the second m of an act of . appeared in Europe, he advocates the repeal | @PProved March 2, I-67, “the duties here-ofors impored upon the Commissioner of Public Budi B 88 well asthe Superintendent of the Washington Aqueduct, and all the public works and improvements of the United States im the District of Columbia, not otherwise provided by !aw.” 1 bad the honor, by engt- heer department orders dated March i}, 1-67, vo be assigned to perform the duties above | OF modification of the law prohibiting the im- pertation of cattle. ‘He suggests that the compensation by law for the Commissioner of Agriculture is en- trely inadequate, and recommend: an in- crease of the same. ‘The dis ribution of plants, from the experi- mental and propagating gardens trom Jap- wary}, to May 6, 1467, amounted to 42.175, gs are devolved upon the Ehgineer Teaching ev State and Te: in te | Staled,and at once to enter upon their per- pesmnaand ‘The articles, Dave co) ainiy | forma Immediately upon the receipt of of the smaller variety of fruits, of which the | ‘be=¢ iustructions, 1 called upon the Secre- a of the Interior and the Iate Commissioner of Public Builaiugs, aud received trom them All the books, records, archives, and papers rtsining to the office of Commissioner of ‘ublic Buildiogs, and w the padlic works Teferred to im the act cited, and at once pro- ceeded to the discharge of the duties apper- taimiming toeach of them They are of such a diversified character that this report will only Teter to the most importSat ones, and these in | most general terms. 1 shall firs: consider the Works in course of constraction,or undergoing Tepairs, which @re already authorized by different acts of Congress, and will then sug- gest such addition’) improvements in con- nection With the growth Of the city as appear to be eminently necessary and ornamental. The different bridges across the Potomac and tbe Anacostia or Eastern Branch, grape bas been in large proportion. ‘The main Purpose of the garden, that of testing the Tespective merits of new varieties, is still kept strictly in view, and all new varieties are procured 8s early as practicable, and the now ledge gained concerning them embodied in the department report The department building baving been located Dpon the reservation now used as an experi- imental farm, an arrangement of the grounds iu @manner more in Keeping with the sur- Toundings and mew improvements becomes necessary. Asafarm, i: has long been evi- dent that the area is altogether too limited for the requirements of the nation; seeds become intermixed, and the products consequently are unreliable. He therefore suggests that the res- ervation be devoted to the purpose of forming Qn Arboretum Americanum, or grand national arboretum, where the unequalled arboreal | wealth of the country mi y be collected and | Manted im accordance with a strict botanical -ystem, and at the same time exhibit the high- | retdegree of landscape eifect. This has long been 4 desideratam with scientific men bere, as well as in foreign countries, and its import- us would one familiarly known as the is, by actual measurement, four hundred and sixty-one (wet The sections are differently constructed, and of the following iengihs. AU the experimental farm tests of seeds of | eet tend — ew. — cereals and garden vegetables, both foreign Fitth, brace page -* teet. | apa domestic, have been successfally con- | Ns tt Pe ep tinged, thongh the area cultivated is quite too | POTtd by CTIDB..004... 0.44. =+ $52 feet. muted for the best results. aaa toon e 578 varieties included in the experi a ‘i eee 4 ments there were 43 of winter wheat, te of | Fg ll ee oat iS eatantass spring wheat, 5 ot winter rye, 16 of spr ng rye, crete ee Seam a ‘i of barley. 20 of oats, 10 of corn, 2% of grass 284 crushed the bridge at different poiuts, seeds, 57 of sorghum, 9 of sugar bects,35 of peas 6 Of sweet potatoes, and ¥ of melons. T spring wheat was a failure almost necessarily im this climate. Tests should be made in the north aud norihwest. The winter wheat was trated by storme late inthe spring. The ‘ew Branswick oats attained the best results. | 36 bashels of 39 pounds. The greatest yield ot Tye was at the rate of 42 bushels of 35 pounds. Of the thirty-six varieties of potatoes, cluding the most noted and popular of th country and Europe, the resnits of last year are substantially repeated. Those standing igbest were the Goodrich, Orono, and Sama- Titan. Tis season the Samaritan drops to sixth | on the list in point of productiveness, and the firet three are the Goodrich, Orono, and Cole- brook -eedling, yielding at the rate of thres bundred bushels i acre. an the chemical iaboratory of the department. Analyses and tests ha been coustantly made to ascertain the value and utility of catieen pol ven peepee ngpapen taal peng Deets oe ae ran meme nad Abtes, the | Perth (coun ancet te ia eee ee Deuefits of which the country are reaping. /0¥t1D (* Tequires 60 many repairs as to alone: Uorrespondence has been held and sno Traey | nmecessliate the entire rebuilding of that portion sorghum, Attention bas been given tea sole: | AMBOUED, In much better couMition. Iti said, a ay etre erp adic y pete gyre pene wry 0! e Uni ‘States, in which the sugar beet may be town ior ine manufacture of W/RIGr. AU early appropriauon, an estimate | Sugar. and in what respects the climatic pecu I ain ce — pene |, is earnest- Harities of the country, between 25° and 4; JY urged. a8 the work should be commenced oes ss Of Dartnens eames wee beovgrowing | WSs wrdce over tie Pomeans, bom the Latte istricts of northern Europe | mais new building for the use of the Liepart. Falls, is in & most dilapidated condition. Hav | oethereat ae rece eee ee mem TAAY | ee mee ake te mee einen ee . OSS a energy wi! . which the ‘namece Das thus fur progressed pnd Hep eed ge of giving way; the Prith the work warrant the confident belief [Mb@Te Of Most of the spans, especially the | {hat it will be completed under the terms ot {ise nearest the Vitginis shore, are much the contract and within the appropriation. by OTM and decaye idge al | ihe Hirst day of March, or very soon there. ten covered to pro Roop it cound. The fam ater. ° a Farther appropriations will be necessary tor \"& is much worn, atd travel over it nas be- beating, furnishing fixtures, and grading ot Me dangerous, only by the most caretul a: grounds and walks around the building, the (fata noudu, Dart ob the watcnman can acci- ete a thn ces neen sabesitted ta. thpesti. | 20 take themtians asa tee eee mates for the expenses of the Depart. eliaty of theoneret Geet ee the next fiscal year, and will be duly fally prepared and subented” picra rented to Congress for consideration, Techouerern vy-yard bridge and the upper bed aain Geen ome a renmed | or Benuing’s bridge, Over the. ABaccsts or Ypprope:, . Basvern Branch, are now boxh in gosd condi here has been expended out of the appropri, | Lesiern Branch, are now seaentigtremounten, = = archon gi inne «Abd the Jatter substantially rebuili Neitner wa collars. of them for many years will require an leaving a balance of one hundred and thirte.n | Tecive enema ins mec fees wal kane oneend mine, pandned aad two Collars: © | Sus teuusen hem tee Ocoee larae erate mrmensitos the vemsinderof ihe year, | So Sual oc tae yerien cote mar. which is considered sufficient for the purpose. ket, which pass over the several +4 merated, and the necessity for which so mate- Fially interests the largely-increasing popuia- on Of the city, wall surely recommend fav. The appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars euabled me to place itin such repair W travel across it to be resu Work is still required to make it s' until a more substantial, suitable, and arehitectural structure be built t) spam this magnificent Tiver. Ihave been ordered to prepare cial report to the burean in regard to the im- provements of the channel of the river, and surveys are now progressing to show what changes bave recently taken place; the bridge WesLION is 80 immediately associated with the lormer that it will necessarily form a part of the discussion. The first section of the bridge is in very good condition, baving Deen recently placed so; the second (north craw) will bave to be rebuilt, as the tumbers sre decaying, and amore solid sup- port must be subsutated for the t the third is in good repair: the brick side w: 2 REPORT OF BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL N. MICHLER, IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, WORKS, &c. Ojfice of Public Buildings, Grounds and Works, mB pen supervision of these works; Capatol of the United States, WASHINGTON, Oct. | always given Boracces aor ih iker.—General: On the 16th of October, 1966, | tatiefection in out my, tnetrecone | Lad the bonom to submit my anaual ort ‘The fence for the fiscal year ending on South of June | been advanced as far as the: ofthat year. Atthat time it was stated that adm: ry | ans of the military o; in front of sre finished. The up; } Petersburg and Richmond, lading detailed the lower of brick; the Teste Grawings of forts, redo batteries, ana foundation, and is covered witha Ree mes, and topogrnphical sketches of the va- | Howe battle-Getde frou the Rapidan to Ay | mattox = ee a, { ber of mi country ex! the Times of march of the contending armies, Sere ™m course of constraction. The surveys cover an areaot nearly fifteen buudred aquare miles. river e following brief recapitulation will show | improvemen: the wumber of shorts, tbir aiterent Seaee oeuiy oa and the several sections Into which the whole A held of operations is sub-divided ted by the I. The general mape, two inches to the mile, the garden, represent the coun'ry between Cold Harbor of the lower and Sp ooreminad Court House, comprising tensive sewer. thirteen 3 d IL. The detailed maps are on a scale of eight tha many viaitors inches to the mile, tweary-uine in number, of rich ang eight illustraung the entrenched position m Alive plants, mere front ot Petersburg, and the remainder the special hnes of works aromnd Richmond and al ys the James River above its junction ‘with the a4 “PPM ten sheets, scale of four taches to the bese Arne ‘e] ne. sc! o! ur - mile. exhibit (he most important. battle felde, ery Uspilot of ine comprising the eseatess Spotteytwanis ‘same system Court House, Tolopotomy, » Five covering from sight and Forke, Jetersville, Sailor's Ureek, Farmville di'ch of water styied the and al tox Uonrt Hause. mee JV. Tdirteen sheet, Ong inch to the mile, ‘OABAl yyill be referred tp ia iy than words | bad been rendered impassable for some months. | H 3 fequene part of this report It ts to be 9 Much regretted that ins culver: camee completed tus year, owing iv the loud me sen band ‘Of the sppropristion tor tae fe at ing the 20/h of Jaae, Ins dollars was applied to o Com ra year end. ‘ OFT seven tho: T WOrks by ¢ er of Pabitc Baildiags, and of Trending June 163, tae ae been expended. witnou. ta bing it. An estimacefor eabiing ms ts ao FO le submitted. Owe t0 the large eatent -? land G) sed by te T Siapces are Washed down e bed of ihe stream throughout iae who. jemath of the culver! and inie the Action *bould be take from where ai crosses P. the exireme worther syi vanes avenue to limits of the city: che same reasons apply URS. have vee given fo covering the ower portion. Le ad dijon, ome system Of gravel pits and dams, (or caliec pe che wash, be soil, should be arranges St different points, Aud tbe bans pro ecied DE OF Waeon4r; The mapacemen * Ticer mast be treated In tbe light of @ maa sewer for a large and growing s-ctlon of tie ty, Sod all improvements projected wit object mn view. During he secood seseion of the (airty-nin i Congress ail gras in Quced ip (he Semave of We Uaied Sa: Larch Tiber creel The pavemen Penosyivenia in front of the Wars forms one o tes dud must weeded provement: in tas: pornos of tbe city; & Riven Most geweral -xuisfaction, and sba | *01 farther -x'euded along the sireet iowards | Aud ground ‘he soath frou: of the President's grounds. Several very imp rtan: remowadvr deen atieaded to duricg tae +eammer « secutive Mansion, andthe buikiimg i very eacelien: order. Tbe conver vs— large pari of which was destroyed by Od (be rewsinder of ibe (rame work ae- e beeing + bas bere Simost enurely reasit, be wing of the wai reB to & | tRoronghly overhauled. It is tobe regrected | that larger appropriation was not made i» r that ihe gtoon bi use migh: Dave been re- ted fing #:0mes, venue aud Seventecath sirmm Navy Deparimenis, im- 0: of Which so pleased and gratified th the Many y store from every par: of | the coam:ry, were de-"royec by the Gre wD or nearly copsumed the building: to replace Dee and to make impertan! addi: us to them, will Tequire an expenditure of several thousant | doltars, p the Hiberalicy of Com gree w. . ‘The tarnace of thy Exec- Give Mansion has been ‘boreaghly exm: Bhd repaired, and some vesded © in the apparacns for betier regulating ¢ trAbBciOR Of the # Deaumg. The roof of the mansion 1s also Deve placed im better condition, avd many raiwor matters sctended to, A larger appropriation ts asked for a: BUS! Tepaits ior (be next Hscal year, as expe rience bas taught me tha! the presemiope is enurelp iuadequate for su extensive ® build. ang. UNLIC *QUARES AND RESERV ATION The pian sdopted by General Washington for jaying out the city of Washington consis Of wide streets and Avenues intersecting each Other; the former running from north to seuth, designated by numbers, Bod from east to wes catled by letters. cross each otber at right a0- gles, Qnd are again cul diagonally by avenues Dearing the uames of the different States of the Union. In consequence this sy-tem many Public places Baye been formed, consisting of circles, triangles and squares, in different Parts of the city sections are set apart as reser ‘Vauons for the benefit of citizens and for pab- lic buildings. Many of these have siresdy beep beautified, and (hb: remaining Ones sBouid be improved as early as possible; whilst ada- 4Bg 80 much to the appearance of the cut; they at the same time largely contribute to the health, pleasure and recreation of its imbani- be gro immediately about the house are ip excellent condition, and been a favorite resort for many. The Teservation to the south, aud extending to the canal, generally known as the « White Lot” — the scene of so many games of bali—sboula now be Inid out apd inginded in the above. the work on the Treasury extension is dra' ing to 8 close, the workshops, which have beretotore interfered with this improvement, can be remeved, and the pisos of adornment be extended. One of tbe most charming piaces for recreation is Lainyetie square; H Ras bees made very beautiful, bol owing to (Re groand being so level there is defective drainage ; by adopting & system of under-ground “draine leading towatde the southwest angie, aod thence connecting by ® sewer through the Avenue with that on Seventeenth street, thie objection can be remedied. A very marked cbange has taken pince in the ot clin square, Dnt *tili more has to be done. During the fail months it is proposed to eet outa large number of deciduous trees, to further ornament the beds: a large namber of evergreen: e already been pianied, and and are im a flourtsking covcition. Tae square bas Giready been unuderdreined, and the paths Dave been substantially inid. Ti ¢ircle at the intersection of Penasylvapia and New Hampshire avenues ana kK street west, | also present @ more pleasing feature to tne gaze. The grounds wes! of the Oapitol are in excellent order, and form one of the grea: points of attraction both for citirems and Strangers; those to the east have been very Fenerally resoried to, large crowds coli+. from time to Gime to listen to the music of band which weekiy performs there. In ali of bese comfortable lodges Bae been but be wuchmep. The eularrement of che grounds north and routh of the Capitol are being made T the imMediate direction ot the architect of the Capi‘ol Extension; the roadway snd paths on the east front should be handsomely paved. A recent and very iu. teresting letter trom Gen. Meigs, no’ ling in Puropr, describes, in great | style ef pavement in use for publi | several of the large cities. and shoulda be Adopted in our own capital a copy of the | letter ts append: Mort of (be triangular pices along the main enues have been enclosed. and some of them very prettily ornamented with trees and sbreb- bery. A great deal more in the way of sim.ar improvements should be attended to as soon as practicable, as they not only very muck en. oe bo yee or | ay ome bat afford tor Tich @nd poor the means of enjoyment. Particular attention is called to Lincoln Square, which Das bees simply enclosed ve pling fence: the beds and paths bave still :o inid out, (rees and shrabbery p'anted, and other important changes to be made. It is the eniy square in the eastern part of the city, aod it ip due to the increasing growth of that sec- Uon that steps should be taken at onee to 0: namentthe grounds. The vacant places at the intersections of Pennsylvania avenue with North and South Carolina. (bose where Geer gin and Virgini avenues cross each other, and tLe equare formed by tbe meeting of land ap husetts Avenues, should be enclosed &nd improved. These are ali east of the Capitol, @ Bitberto much neglected portuon of the city @s far as the general government is concerned. Extensive changes bave taken piace there in the last few months: street« been opened and graded, gutters paved curbs set, pavements laid, and maay houses are being erecied Passing to tbat part of the city to the west of the Capitol the following suggestions are offered in regard to future improvements: The two trianguiar spaces on Vermoni avenue, between I and K streets. Rave been united an now form one square, making a able aiteration. itis proposed to make @ cor- Tesponding square on Connecticut avenue, between the same streets, - soon as the frame buildings of the Freedman’s Bureau, now oc- cupying the public space, shall be removed Circles should also be Inid out on Vermon: avenue where it intersects Massacbusetis and Khode Isiand avenues, and also at the inter- fection of Masssckusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire avenues. ‘fhe value of thee improvements can be scarcely realied. The feservauion, known a+ Judic! attended to when the frame suila the Medical Department of the army are taken down. It is to be hoped that they can soos be dispensed with. Several prominent citizens among others the General commanding t: United States army and the Mayor of the city. ve urgently requested (hat new square he opened on New Jersey *, between HW reets north. Tis i besnurad commanding part of the city, and many z “ H t / 2 F z i 3 | uy E i He +! ; E H f 1 4 i 5 fs i t £ i j H F i H