The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1846, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Wty Ala es En Whale NowAiGln NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1846. , the new and improved service, exclits | 1345; and yot the postmasters are loft for their compensa- f upyer ‘ i } " F en 7 ! REPOR g¢ : Frat placed by the menaced hostilities on, the part of | enced in the work on the dry dock at ey ors, have | REPORT to about $45, M ‘0, Commodore Conner fully sustained his reputa- | retarded its progress, but its practicability | aive of that in Toxas, amounts to sbout $72,000, of which tion and the expenses of their offices, to the per centum | tion for Sree tit in the performance of his Tuty. and its great importonce to the navy induces me earnest. | $31,000 in the cost of the new routes put in operation sllowed by the act of 1825, deprived of the {ranking priv- OF me | On the 8d day of May, 1846, he received intelligence fe recommend the appropriation of the required funds oF THS | under the post route act of March 3d, 1845. Roge, and unable even io-secelve official lettet tres, HE NAVY. at Vora Cruz, which left no doubt en his mind that or- its prosecution. | TER GENERAL It is the saving effected in the reletting of the con- | without the trouble aud expense of returning them as SECRETARY OF T ' ders had been given by the Mexican government to| ‘The importance of Pevaacola os a naval station,with the | POSTMAS . tracts in New England and New York, that produces | vouchers, accompanied by an effidavit to the Auditor for Gen, Arista to attack the American army east of the Del | necessary facilities of repairing and refitting sbi of | the reduction in the cost of last y service ; and also | settlement. [tis of the ‘utmost importance to the com Navy Derantwent, Dec. 5, 1846. | Rae wi ie occas Notes his command. On the 4th, war,hasfor many years been pressed on the consi Sin :—Since th@lest annusl report, no naval furce has been maintaine| in the Mediterranean. Under the earnest request of the Spanish authorities, the depot at j the amount that the new and additional service cost muoity that the offices, distributed as they are, in every ith the principal part of his tion of Congress But at no period bas the public in- | Post Orrice Deranrent, } over and above the retrenchments ordered during the | naighborhood, aud intimately convected with every int terest so imperiously required that improvements should December 7, 1846. y | rest, should be under the control ot men of integ ° | be made at that place as at this time. Alargenavalforce | 8tn—The general interest felt in the operation of the nd Iam gratified to state that ring in a ratio | qualitied to discharge the dues wit accuracy ty fi Although too late to take part in is employed in the Gulf of Mexico, exposed to injury 2¢t of the 3d of March, 1845, on the revenues and expen- | equally as great is effected in th tting of the mails | promptitude. It cannot be expected tht such mei it Port Mshon has edict hdl up, the measures taken to | the arrival of the equadron was most opportune, and ef- | from tempeuis, and engaged in hostileoperations. Ifany | ditures of the Post Office Department, induced meto di- | in the northwestern and southw States and territo- | give their time an! attention to the discharge of these remove the Cores, Aad wit ited 1 officers in charge | fectual security was given to the depot at Pomt Isabel, | of our vessels become materially disabled, they cannot rect the Auditor to prepare a quarterly statement of them | ries, the service under which has gone into operation | duties without a reasonable compensation Tbe omission ofthem, It is proposed in the coming year to send a | by Jending five hundred seamen and marines under Cap: | be repaired without e ing the station, and coming as from its re organization in 1896, to the 30th of June last. | since the close of the last contract year. Comparing the | of the act of 1840 to provide an increased compensation, suiteble force to that station. tain Gregory,gf the Raritfn. 4 detachment under Cap- | far north as Norfolk; and in the voyage ost serious | The tablesaccompany this report, marked A and B. cost under the present contracts in that section of the | proportioned to the increased labors, has deprived the After with ad officer tain Aulick, ofthe Potomac, proceeded up the river to | disasters may befal them, | From table A it appears that annual ave: income, | Union—stated by the year—with those that expired on | tment of the services of mauy of its most efficient Pur ‘ccsesareona cia Burita, aud aided in establishing ® military post at that} A dock with suiticient capacity to receive vessels of | from the lst of July, 1836, to the 30th of Juno, 1845, | the 30th of June last, there appears a reduction of $323,. | i cases, individuals Jace. the largest class,is an i; dispensable improvement at Pen: | amounte to the sum of. ......... ... . $4,864,624 65 | 901 per annum, being asaving of 33 per cent. This, as from accepting Poor these prompt and gallant movements the Commo poem Leatnestly recemm-nd that ‘an appropriation | Whilst the income for the year ending the = inthe case ofthe New England and New York contracts, | them. . dore, his officers and men, received the thanks of the | may be made for that pu} 80th of June, 1846, the first under the new fouek produend by ihe curtailments ofthe service, but by | Itis a duty which I owe to the public to call attention luction in bas an ‘ipeennes, the ships under his eam visited various important points in the nt the month of May or June, rpore. President, through this de] jent. A fever of the most malignant form has prevailed in| Jaw, amountedto........++eeeee+++ 3,487,199 85 | the rates at which the contracts were | te the express which has heretofore been run, and will Pegeeies Sparen bee Cantos ke onthe ish of May, tho, Secretary of the Navy in- | the hospital at Pensacola du the season. here: a loss of revenue the first yearun | {Ket 89 far from lessening the amount of accommo- | probably be again during the business soaton,' at New ‘med him that Con; astate of war | with transmit a copy of a rej of a joint board of arm: dation w! mi nsed, except in reduci e cleans. At seasons of the year, when much advan valuable service tobe expected from an officer of his | exists between ited States and the republic of | und navy surgeons: who wore directed: to. investigate the new law, when compared with grade, from coach to horse conveysace, whenever re- | can he ‘derived. from the exclueive possostion of eetly experience end ju: nt, bygneking our country, its | Mexico, and ordered him to exercise all the rights that | the causes. Their opinion is, that the place willbe res-| the annual average of the nine pi uired by the special provision in the new postage act | commercial intelligence, a pri ‘express is run over resources, and its friendly disposition towards the people Bolonged to bia ‘asthe commander-ia-chief ce bellige- | tored to its former salubrity, by removal of local causes | , Years, of. .... o e 1845, "he dopartment has, in the new ptlaiewo in-.| that part of the mail route which is covered by coach inhabiting those remote regions, more favorably known. | rent squsdron. Under these orders, he declared aad en- | of discase, Estimates are submitted for this purpose, | And maki e first year creased the frequency and despatch of the mails. conveyance between Atlanta, in Georgia, ard Mobile — He has ey, returned to Macao sbout this time, and | forced'a blockade of the principal ports ef Mexico onthe | By the act of Congress of August 10, 1846, the appro-| der the new law, as compared with the The ave been ¢: lited one business day be- | The matter to be conveyed is forwarded from New York in the monto of Januaty or February, the Columbus and | Gui, ‘tho enemy had no abips of war which he dared | priations for the navy yard at Memphis for tho current ppreceding ork city end New Orleans, and twenty- | through the mails to Atlanta or Montgomery, in Alaba- aesssesess $802,642 45 | tween New Y Vincennes will commence their eruise homewerd, by | to how on ihe open sea; and determined on commencing | year. are to be confined in the expenditure to the con. | The revenues, as d. include the four hours from Washington to St Louis and Nashville, | ma, and is despatched by @ relay of ba Ay tie ciency «, | Wat; precsution had been taken, in advance of the mode | struction of a rope wall. Tropet meagui been| postexe paid on matter, which went free of Lonisville—fifty-five hours to St Louis by | than double the expedition that can a the 6th of January last, orders were sent from this | tated atiack, to ploce bit public vessels in situations | adopted to conform to this restriction. T' o| through the mails prior to the passage of and Dayton Daily lines have been estab: | stege conveying daily department to Commodore Biddle to proceed with the | where, froui natural obstacles, they could not be reached | prepared with this view. If i le | the late law, of w! no account was lished between Montgomery, Alabama, and Vicksburg, | time the mail couche: busto the northwest coast of America, and 9% | by the'ships of our squadron. "As soon as authority was | to make this yard a place of construction, and in view of | keptpriorto the commencement of the by Jackson ; from the end of the Georgia railroad to | from Montgomery, o ; sume thgcemmand ‘cf the naval forces of the United | given by tho appropriations of Congress, measures were | its great ad es in the building and outfit of steam-| last fiscal year. This diminution of the Memphis; by ‘Tuscumbia and Holly Springs ; and to | day, gai 4 hours ; if from Atlanta, gaining 48 hours, States on thet station. No acknowledgment of the order n by the department to purchase for employment in | eras may hope that the original purpose of the revenues oi the department arises princi. Nashville, by tho way of Huntsville, and a tri-weekly to in the mail boat to New Orlean: has been received, and there is no reason to doubt | the squadron small vessels oF suitable draft of water to | blishment will not be abandoned, it will be advis not} Pally from the loss on Totter pategs wiih, Knoxvillo. ‘A similar increase in speed and frequency of taken generally, consists of news that he had left Macao before it reached that place, | cross the dangerous bers which guard the ports of | to continuo the restriction on the appropriation for the | When compared with that of the preceding trips has been given to other sections in proportion to the e of the foreign markets, rb a2 pn ada ace yag nape tee Mexico. Three schooners and two soll steamers were | next year. year, amounted to .....eeeeeeee ree 778,583 64 importance of the routes, which is suffi pay shore b ish a, a it A urchased ; but the last of these did.not report tothe | Tha piece of ground ealled St. Helena, opposite to the |___. : ————— | the increase of transportation over a million ands y xpress, vious tho squadron on the coast of Africa inthe month of June Piercy from uncontrollable causes, until carly in No- | navy sare ‘at on ort, has been bought, by virtue of au-| Being theentire loss sustained by the de- of miles during the year much more may be secured by using the telegraph to last by Commodore Read. Our navel forces on that thority given in the act ef 10th of August last. When | Pattment, except........ ;+:++ $24.108 81/ ‘The operation of the act of 1843, has been favorable | Washington, from which place the intelligence may be vember. sis aah station have been actively and successfully employed in | “On tha 7th of August, Commodore Conner a; red off | the State of Virginia shall have consented to the said | Noinconsideradle portion of this deficiency in the re-| to the revenues ot the department.by a reduction in forwarded before aay portion of the mail by the foreign the humane daty of suppressing the slave trade. The | tho bar of Alvaiade, with a. purpose of attempting the | purchase, an ectimats will be submitted cc make the ic | venues of the past year may be traced to other causes | ‘Set'ef transportation in the two sections of the Union | steamers can be delivered evenin New York. Po ie Consiats of the trigate United States 44 + sloop | capture of the enomy’s vessels of war in that river. ‘The | provements which were contemplated when the au-| than reduction ef the rates of postage by the act of | let to contract under it. The regulation of the depart-| ‘The department has been urged, with much earnest- mn, 16; brigs Dolphin and Boxer, 10 each; and store | return ef hal ther, endangering the small vessels in | thority te make the purchase was given. the 8d of March, 1! , ment which compelled an under bidder to take the stock | ness, to establish a government express over that part of ingen the open road ani the rapidity of the current irom | ‘The system by which clothing is furnished to the na- | First. Expresses still continue to be run between the | of an old contractor, wea rep duieny sai tha conisaces ware | the suAbnenis he judicious measures adopted have secured to the | thy swollen state of the river, induced him to abandon | vy has realised the expectations of those who devised it, | Principal cites with aa much regularity as the mails, | directed to be givento the lowest’ bidder without regard | coaches. Thi officers and men xtraerdinary degree of health in | }i, design and to withdraw his fo The supply is abundant, of excellent quality, at a cheap ‘and, it is ed, collect and transport letters for pay | to the moans of transportation other than what was ne- | the private express can be B gph tal becauso it abstains that inhospitable climate. Its effects are, however, so On the 15th of October he made another attempt to | cost ; and no apprepriution is asked for the next year, or out of the mails in great numbers. 1 penalty provided | cessary for the “ due celerity, certainty, and security of | from the transportation of written matter, for which injuriou, that the cruises have not been, and ought not | enter the Alvarado river for the same . nen | without some great disaster, will ever be required | DY law for the commission of such offences can rarely | the mails” These provisions onlarged the field of con- | alone the owner or carrier can be subjected to the penal- te be, so ‘on that as’on other stations. The prizes | Goayering to cross the bar, one of the having | egain. ke enforced for the want of sufficient proof. The writer, | petition for the service, and caused a reduction in the | ties of the act of the 81 of captured 1 gona adic oa some thousands | in tow the priacipal division of tho attacking force,} In supplying our squadrons abroad, depots or stores, receiver and the carrier refuse to testify against | cost. While th ’@ been | of of Pam patie: Lara ae nunder Commodore | rounded wpe beeeine entangled with tho vessels in tow: | in which provisions ary collected in ail pda of the | eechother, because by so doing they may subject them: | benefitted by these provisions, the service has been oc- R u has been reduced by the return of the frigate ‘The current could net be overcome in the state of the | wants of the vessels, are indispensable. I concur in the ves to a similar penalty. The agents of the depart- | casionally greatly impaired. The rtment has been | for a year was paid, it would not equal the expenses of . wind without the aid of steam; and the commodore had | recommendation of the chief of the bureau of provisions have wo authority to ar 1 offenders, and Lied, in many instances, to reject the bids of con- | such a line for a single day. Its effeet on individual in- Raritan, Captain Gregory, and of the sloep Plymouth, | the moriifeation of being compelled to retire. and clothing, that the sot of Jane 17, 1844, requiring the Cc. Tn seize upon their bags or trunks, and have them exami: tractors of established reputation, well. knewn to it for | terest is far at. It gives the speculator undue ad- Commander Henry, and the detachment of the sloop | “On the 16th of October, Commodo! ith | Secretary o! Ni ommissioned arrant | before a proper tribunal, though morally certain that | their energy and efficiency, as well as ability to perform | vantoge over the regular Seater. “It enables the purcha- Saratoga. Commander Shubrick, ior the Yacific. The | the steamer Mississippi and the Spall ais. iy pe aes ey I ety er stun naval cone ne they contain letters ; and hence convictions seldom take the service, and ccept in lieu of them ew aud luespe. ser to defraud the seller in open market by ype his frigate Columbia and pal Bainbridge remain on the squadron at Lizardo, and sailed for Tobasco. On the | foreign squadrons, ought to be modified. ‘The compen- place ; and if they do, a recovery of the money after | rienced ones wholly unknown to the service, and of | commodoities at less than their value. If the it to station ; andalthough this torce is small, it has secured | 944 he arrived olf the bar, and with great judgment and | sation allowed would command the services of compe- | JUdgment, from inability of such oflenders to pay, is as | doubtful means, when there was but a difference ofa | take a newspaper over mail routes out of the mails for protection to American commerce within the limits of its | Pajianiry captured,the town of Fronteira, with the en- | tent and experienced persons in civil life. It is a duty | Uncertain as the convictions. Ma few dollars in their bids. ‘The provision of the law in- | such purposes be secured to the citizen by the act of the ‘operations. x emy’s steamers and vessels in port, and procoeded up | which but few officers desire, or aro qualified 1 it | , Second. Advantage is taken of that provision of the | troduced a species of bidding and contract watil that time | 3d of March, 1845, ue is claimed, it may be questioned ‘Tho Constitution, Captain Percival, has return- | the river a distance of seventy-four miles, Be" the inte. | does not appear proper to require of an officer t ter | Jaw which limits the weight of a single letter to half an | unknown tothe service, by which the bidder preposed | how far the government should interfere in its exercise nited States, having mi @ vo! around rior of a settled country, and appeared before the city of | into bond to je duties under orders. From the ex. | 0Unce, to cover the correspondence of third Persons; and | to take the mails with ‘'d lerity certainty, and securi- | by oe {a competition against own citizens in the world. The special duty assigned to Captain Perci- | Tahesco, Ho captured tue vessels in the port; and, at | perience had of its | , [have no doubt that money | VM packages of letters addressed to different individu- | ty,” reserving to himself the right to use any mode of con- | their lawful pursuits and enterprises. If it be not se- val has been satisfactorily performed. the earnest request of the foreign merchants, humanely | would be saved by allowing the appointment of civilians, | #18 are collected together and placed under a single | veyance that his interest might require; thus taking from | cured, them it should be #0 declared, and the practice Ee ne mnciac ocona tye naval forces of the United | determined not to involve thom in ruin, by destroying | with the advice and consent of the Senate, and thus on. | COVer, and directed to some third person for distribution, | the department the right to, prescribe a specific mode of |, euppressed, by the impesition of penalties suficlent to States, under command of Commodore Jehn V. Sloat, the town. iu dropping down the river, ‘one of his prizes | large the sphere of selection. 4 by which means one hundred letters thus enveloped, | transportation which lad always before boen exercised. | accomplish the object SR Cimanths Laven? Warton eet gate, Savannah, | grounded, and a large body of Mexicass opened a furious | ‘The act of March. $4, 1943, requiring supplies for tho | Weighting eight ounces, are charged under 800 miles 96 | Inmany instances the department was constrained te ac- | "if such a line should be established by the government tr'sherk and tore ship nti, ereer and Cyane, schoon- | ire on her, wisich was promptly returned with great | navy to be procured by contract, on advertivoment, with | Cents, aud over 300, $1 60, when the department is enti- | cept that form of service, especially from old coatractors, | it must necessarily be for the transmission of sutelligence Marte, S80 Store ship » ri m effect the stranted vessel was got afloat, and the Mexi- | the loweat bidder, has not been Construed to affect con. | ‘ied t0 recoive, under the law, five or ten dollars, accord- | who had their stock on ths road, in consequence ofthe | similar to that taken by the private express, and must be ‘They been reinforced by the frigate Congress, | Cans beaten off But in this treacherous attack, one Ame: | tracts executed prior to Its enactment Contracts tor the | ig to the distance. These practices can seldom be t difference between that and other bidswhere a speci: | epecial and conclusive in its character, and limited to the loops Saratoga, Dale, and Preble, and the razee Inde- | icon seaman was killed, and Lieut, Charlee W; Morris | cupnly of cheese and batior ies ate pete gta a cates | toctod, and when detected, the only penalty isthe pay- Goiradaal aanpesunce waa prapessh, The attest bie cose:| an.et "OF it would be ibroken down by its own petperiy has they retary is on her return home, abd | andtwo seamen were wounded. Liout. Morris survived | of execution at the dato of the passage of this law, and | ment of the true postage. ‘The department is thus com- | frequent failures to execute contracts as required, or to | weight. would then be two mail lines a mi ne 1e vannal Y s lied to for the transportation, whilst those who i ond Warren, the time for which the crews cf tnece vox, | until the 1st of November, when he died of his wound, | will expire, 01 pel pay Sct Sy phan Dy put the lines in ope: ere the service is now performed in epresented as the only mode by which renues of the department hi of the department are not Sg {1 the whole postage on the matter mn by it ion according to their propositio over the same route—one going with the utmost despatca ual id of in December, 1846, ani one in May, “haga 4 bi A ” " 3 | collect and distribute and when put in operatioa, an inability, in some instances, | for the benefit of a few, the other with tho us dole enlisted having expired. Commodore W. Branford | fa ad 8 BoA ent a tia orth ot ls bate stone | Te iy eee J sq Thiti: Advantage js taken of that provision of the | to keep ip the service, aud changes and uncertainty in | travel tor the community at lar ubrick went out in the Independence to relieve Com- | officer, whose untimely death is a severe loss to the ser- | lity of the ration greatly improved by this mode of con. | }W Which authorizes letters | prcon tg the cargo ‘0 | the mode of transportation, These have produced fail- | not say what portio: bm e ‘modore Sloat, under orders issued in August last. vice. tracting. 1 respectfully invite ‘attention to the recom. | b¢ taken over mail routes free of postage, to cover ,cor- | ures and irregularity in the delivering nt with great despstch, and sone creat 1e nesmare ne pow i Seminal pd The objects of the expedition were fully accomplished; | mendation on that subject. ree relaten et a eaten ey ae id Sanaing po Korn goat fer teins visinod tind coun- ae pommen we on Leer My a y 7 ag try, aret Toul expense dore Sloat’s “attention particularly to the present aspect | *nis,0y Ure capture or destruction of every vessel and | | The naval school, during the past year, has been con- | tisn tq the cargo”—free. Agents are unable to detect the | trike denatment forore Doe cet eae epeNe matter taken with great spee 3 teamer of the enemy in tnat important river, a check has | tinued under the judicious su; itendence of Command: of the relations between this country and Mexico. it is | heen given to a opeiatos, by Phich, no ‘doubt, muni- | er Franklin Dociens and gives renewed promise of use- | 1 = soreergs 4 ror gi erecta) Ginee engaged ne Practice fefties Bo ree tained. neve evils Sand more meubly felt st the re thee: whieh je kan with a, Tea Postag earnest desire of the President to pursue ‘s close the facts, e carriers are themselves often ig- lettings, use of tl ‘reat distance of jons of | of the 3d of March, iJ le uniform. of peace, and he is enxiou ‘you snd every part of i Me te Conte Teen Ee el eee subject of NO pastel stenericeeeTest: | norant of the truth of the caso, and the offenders ascape | tas saction troas due. aaah of peverntmect, oh the une, | Line should De Gelabtisuel, tho chaos Mf these urging it your squadron should be assiduously careful to avoid | oaeers dud men under his commen fer wk fission was given to apply’ limited eam (928,600) | With impunity, If that privilege had been restricted to | yoidable delay in sending through the mails the accep. | could not bo accomplished. ‘Tho uso of the telegreph any act of aggression. Should Mexico, however, be re- | Meat and courage manifested throughout Sas ee tions to.“ instructions, in | the bills of lading or open letiors relating to the cargo, | tancos to contractors, receiving their replies, and making | being under the control fof private individuals, would tolutely bent on hostlition, you will be miudfal to pro. age ia p rovements, and fepaire at Fort Severn.” ‘This moderate | Much abute would hare been avoided on the principal | provision for the now service in the casos of failure. © | enable those interested to communicate intelligence in tect the persons ind interests of citizens of the United | | On the 19th of November, Commodere Conner sailed, | Proviionin tonaniea tne. ay mat to make. some ne- | Tuilroad and steamboat routes. Notwithstanding the inconvenience to the department | New Orleans a day or two in advance of thé letters States near your station: and should you ascertain be- | With a large portion of his squadron, and on the 14th, the — ‘additions to the bre sminss rd ‘of the a beal Fourth. Transient newspapers, advertisements, print- | experienced in putting into operation these provisions of | brought by the foreign mails, with the utmost speed that yood a doubt that the Mexican government has declared | town of pico capitulated unconditionally, without | S01'ht) been found suficient for ite economical support, | 1 °F lithographed circulars, in great numbers, are ad- | the law, and the complaints produced by it, they are | could be given them. would be n» increase of the ‘war against ué, you will at once employ the forces un- | Fesistanc: ‘htee fine gun-boats and other public prop- | ft'i honed that a, similar ile eine tae Yor | dressed to postmasters and others not ordering them, | wis and salu in counteracting, to some extent, a | postages by its establishment, whilst the increased ex- der your command to the best advantage.” ‘The great | erty fell into the hands of the captors. The enemy, anti the yee clade Lash of affording to midahi which are not called for, and if called for, refused to be | spirit of monopoly, and in Eeeping (he expenses of the | penditure would not fall sho:t of fifty thousand dollars distance of your squadrom, and the difilculty of communi- | cipating an attack, had withdrawn the garrison, removed TORE, ing that knowledge S bich is ep. | ‘aken from the offi department within proper bounds, ‘annually, to be paid out of the treasury. ‘ i The | the guns, and destroyed his munitions of war. The suo- | Me2 the means of acquirin, nd similar practices to tof ractors il. estab: Sere Wee eon chins manrracoen ere ae Ges og ute | Gousat thersantixpriie s.8f. great tek sential to the skilful dischatge of their professional duties | Thete and similar pract evade the paymen he deductions from the pay’ of cont for fail-| If the department hed the power to establish such a importance, and the | Peo! i postage, with the immense mass of dead letters, averag- | ures and irregularities in the performance of mail ser- | jine, and hed yielded to the urgent soltcitations for tyadtSe coup nrc nea me'saytnunhs | El” Armangemenn ha bcn ede tbat |frpemuous foc inns on ardour hie of war | uur tees, dahl we lige fs | Set erghe Sexe endng Oh June any ancute | smi spearour ben mde tba fet i i a ution of a ike purpose, a naval s~hool, it is “¢ “ amportant comme: ints, and could not, wi jas- ed ; ope bts Pett sage EH Poo uem aril sige om Coase ‘mol coger Dallowad qrill bo Remon ter nad tank te the. "cost of the | S37 Pro t to the department. Tho service in Texas has not been satisfactorily per- | tice, havejbeen declined; and thus the department would a } } Y remedy these’ evils, | respectfully suggest that the , ! {the act of bss, Sloat received satisfactory tnformutioa, through Mexico, | eon, and resume the operations of the equadrou. ‘addi. | Present defective system, while it cannot fail fo be attend. | ,, 7.9 remedy these evils, | teanect(ully Lr iining vost tobtor fe Tesay, the ais dose et’; | have heen involved in heavy expenditures, which its -. ed with the most important benefits to the navy. ' ingle letters weigh | establis ites in Texas, the late present revenues would not justify. iy eae sins “eterna harass | go oscar oie meemye ven Taues | omen te Buea of Crimean Hrd | 7 egg cin ef 0 ansehen eee | Cate ae ye a cheery aed | "ee dy fh, eprint ire hp at territory of the United States north of the Kio Grande, | #04 at Tampico ; and the prizes to the navigation i sh et ereene | upon a single sheet of paper. roper instructions, to put the routes in operation, and crthgee ge blog Sttompt- and had attacked the forces under General Taylor, andi | of the mouths of the rivers along the coast will be oquip- | ti? Lo faye rn ict gem ileeoB foey ty of | "That the same power bo given to the post office depart. | Superintend the service generally. A contract was nade tog a speed which all must ace cannot be maintained as thet the squadron of the United States wero blockuding | Ped and usofui yon ved as Cruisers. before purchase, rate chronometers, and aupply our | ™e@ to prevent a violation of its revenue laws, as is | with Charles Morgan to transport the mails from New | the now angae. ry omen iy under- the ports'6f Mexico onlthe Gulf. He properly considerea | , The political condition of the State of Yucatan had in- Pp 2 J 1a now given the Secretary of the Treasury against mnug- | Orleans to Galveston aud‘back, once in every five days, | ‘ken un! 1 aera rater er thd aco ad “these hostilities tify ing his duced a course of conduct towards her which exempted | “0d Cruisers with the nautical books, instruments, | Piers" . The Galvestor N the telegraph, Postages eo Se tee ear ae tne ee te Ek a an | bar from the ovile of ‘war. Elasinpireocived eaeeactire maps, and charte necessary to their safe conduct at vex | ©'o.a4 su jeiters passing over mail routes which relate | ocean steamers. the Galveston and New York wers | Kens) exclude from the malle moh of the watler siiled in the frigate Savannah Savvis Goleta Calin’. Jrhleh Juatited the belt that thie generous course on i aalpenen rg ene Tolispeneatle ide" inay ~ tothe ee eee lan heaton ey 9 he New York was lost in astormon the gulf. The agent bd nel lg i ‘<e f e ing) ion of office agent rat _ ‘i were made partment, during po HA gas ercived an soomiarty pene snersaly, of Octeber last, | instructed the commander of the equed- | Telied on. ‘The observations made and published are | Susrscted ssa peeing ge tei ig Pore ged the lost seasion of Congress, for the suppression of an ex- pect ‘ pod | the 7th di ded “A " ron that “‘the President has given to the new position in exclusively the work of paval officers,and are highly ‘And that the on net ra be so adjusted as | for the department. ‘The oth. 1, (the Gi t | Preasline then in operation over the same part of this im- This wes evaded, and en edequete force; landed from the | which Yucatan ix placed by the pronunciamiento of Me- ie aersae,gueainementa, There ca be | io approsch more: wectly tha Cost of trumepertaion and-| eas decteed. kay bane etek eee the tratenor, | portant route. Instructions iven to the of giv squadron, took possession ot the to 1 raised the | tida,acareful consideration, and directs me to i Wf | delivery, and be made more equal and just between the | tation of ‘and supplies tothe Rio Grande. I | the department to refer the to the district attorney, the U: States without opposition or bloodshed. | You that the state must be regarded as an integral part | might produce endleb car iorsan ontioes, is, for which publishers. This may be saplished without any | farity ‘in the delivery ef the Tails at Galveston ensued. | {OF Prosecution. For the r asons astigned in this report, On the 9th, Commander Montgomery of the sloop Ports. | of the Mexioan republic, her people asa portion of | Voici Our shite that are abroad could net ind their way | Material interference with the policy of disseminating | Independently of this, great derangementof the mail ser. | N° Prosecution wasinstituted. The whole subject was the public enemies with whom we are at war; and you d intelligence among the people by their general circula- | vice existed in other parts of Texag, and was justly the | then laid before tl propriate committees of Congress. took postension of Francisco and that part of the coun- | will set, towards her as towards, other portions of | bome, nor thove st home veniire out of sight of oUF | tion, “Wien this Policy, was first adopted, newspapers | cause of much complaint. "80 400i ts the doparrment | FOF eee sentane 1 havo declited establishing the om Skt Purser Feontletey with'e Gewchmeet ana cans | "These instructions will be cartiod into effect to accomplish the object ; and it may well be anticipated | Tort40" urtayus eegmed neccesary to neta ce eee a eye een Bet, thefoiticens of Now Orleans — siuas Mission of St John’s to heist the flag of Daring the past season, the brig ruxton, has been lost Shot the expenditure would be returned by supplying our | and the rates were fx tched to Texas with proper instruc: | The contractors for the transportation of the mails be- "el 4 ba been by great ex: was poceiienes! he ‘thi ject; | was great without much regard to the size; | cond agent wes States, and to recover cannon and munitions which had ig or weight, or the distance they were te be transported; | tions for the regulation of the service, and the postmaster | Ween New York and Bremen by ocean steamers, are been buried by t! ~ On his ertions of nant-commanding Blake, got to Key | ©%t- _ 4 whilst the letter e was made high, bo as to cover | at New O: directed to forw: ils to | T4Pidly progressing with the construction of the first the Ret hont ‘captured on. bone er erat peau Went, and will be brought to Norfolk for Tho ef | , Linvite attention to the report from the Bureau of | ihc’ expense al trncsportation of beth. The reseone | i NOw, Orleans was Opportunity occarred under the | verse {aid But litle doubt fs entertained thet the service by Lieutenant Col. Fremont of the United States army, | ficers and crew ofthe Truxton became prisoners to the | Medicine and Surgery. The authority to appoint @ smail | yn whieu this policy was founded, have, in some mou} provisions ofthe 17th and Isth sections of the act of 1925 | Will be commenced early in the spring. From the re- With whow he returned to Monterey on the 1th," | Mexicand. “An ioquiry will be had ta to the causes of | number of assistant surgeons it necematy tothe public ate, conmed, Newspapers are now ‘published. in tho | Ihe fate of the cate did ot_seom to warrant an annul: | Pert ofthe egent appointed to inrpeat tinber Montaeay ei Comedie Seto rats aerired ot |e arrice, | ocweuns due to the offcers and 10 | totnd necessary to employ citizen physiciana in some ot | Principal villages throughout the Union, and furnish the dore lest for duty, oss part of his equadren. On tho | Nogenreal cartel has been established between the | Cur smaller veusols. The Commandant of the marine | Toe |, Justice to written correspondence, by taxing i | Aah eee dt $04 ho was ordered to the command on thors, nad on tha | two governments to regulate the exchange of prisoners prepared estimates for the number of officers | with the transportation of newspapers, has been pa * ‘20th Commodore Sloat found his infirm health so enfee. | during the existing war. A \ Proposition of the Mexican fixed by law. . ry, Ke. the work has #0 far proved most ‘and Se a: lsh eadng at ns promises to add to the high reputation of the mechenies New York, and ceuso the service to bo | of thiscountry, for the Judgment and skillexhibited in ly Hark: rformed. Recent reports from the | " strongly impressed | removed by the reduction of the rates’ of letter potage. gents in luce the Melief that the whole service in’ Teses | The act of 34 of March, 1845, providing for the trane- 0 the dled ‘1 auti overnment to exc! e officers. and crew of the | With the opinion that an incr of the rank and-file| From this act of justice, an injury has resulte AT Py tion, as authorised by the act of | Portation of the mails between this foreign coun- Rime ote permission whieh had bee seed es Eruxton ai Le vers, teh the officers who ~ greatly Prerete ine ficlene +f fost community ‘at inte. by trauaferring the cost of (rane Conk oa ene in operation, 0) y the act o! ies. under which the, contract yas mad Je ih are rd disoretion, to assign the command to odor . | ascompanied prisoners of war in the United States, k P ting newspapers upon the general revenues. No sat- On the 30th June, 1846, there were 14,691 it offices | > J ton, and seiled for Panama on his teturn home. “Afwer | was by yaar direction scceded to, and the exchange hes as field artillery on board each ship, | lractury reason now exists why those who bay and sell | s77 nec’ atives mere establiched dunt the year, and | lishment lines than the one n selected: Various which must include operations on shore, newspapers should have the cost of transportation paid | 459 discontinued, making an increase of 418 offices du- | PFopositions were received, and communicated to Con- encountering much peril and hardship, thi: 8 been carried inte effect. Our officers and men were = oir Be, sant of Soyarameat the | Would derive important aid {rom increased guards of | out of tue revenues collected from the great bedy of the | ring the year. On thia Gay the number is 14,793, meritorious offieer arrived at the seat of government | placed on board our squadron and sent hoi re: harleston, by Hevana, to Cl , im steamers, and early in November last. Mexican officers, being at fall liberty, have been offered | Murine: people. 4 ‘There were appointed during the year 4,958 postmas- On the 25th of July, the Cyane, Captain Mervine, | a free passage in one of our public vessels, and, I have wine g Het Of Angust 4th, 1842, provided that, until other | "ne low postages on papers, without regard to size, | ters, of whom 2,009 were appointed in consequence of re. from Fanssne 10 Drogen in sell or steam vestois, “gi ‘sailed from Menterey, with Lieutenant Colonel Frémont | reason to believe, have from Pensacola for Vera | Wise ordered by Congress, officers of the navy shall | weight, or the distance to be taken, operate unfairly be- | signationa or deaths. ceenue ta ta nétiod the LOR er Samer aeeaanneaeey seemed cotater rg, ara fy Sam Ding | CO sg my ropa the operations of the nu. Fednt net are Ipionervcn om ihe at of Soaaury. | ererh oy Renter threere, snag tows ps | &GV a connequanen of change of seg ofthe omtcee, | aumaningastat rae " 3 4 ry . ; +] pers pul 3 compe 87 t tablishment % ba) Ab iow daye efter, Commodore Stockton esiled in the | Val ovees in the Gull of Mexico, I doom it but an act of | 184%. This restriction has been construed to apply io | Sith the village pross sor circulation ia their respecte | o2, bY wee,cetablishment of new ofces. provides y 5 than midshipmen. The number ‘i ‘ines other object than the transportation of the mails within Congress for San Pedro, and, with a detachment | justice to call your attention to some considerations | WArrant officers, other . ' | Localities, whilst the sending pepers free for thirty miles 4 where commissions expired and were not renewed. r from his squadron, of three bundred and sisty’ men, | hich mast be borne in mind, when forming an estimate | Dede tne’ Saal far the was of theserrice at the | {0m the place of publication counteracts to some ex | Near guecthiri of the afices in the United States, have | he United Staten.” This hes not been req — marched to the enemy’s camp. It was found the | of the results accomplished. The navy of the United | Pig‘ixed. Emberrusement is ofen felt for want of at. | ‘eut this advuntage—each alike unjust to the ether, and | been voluntarily vacated since the passage of the act of mation of the wish of Congress that ne fi ip waa broken up, andthe Mexicans under Governor aged designed for mogies pe feta in therity to edd to the number. {t isa power which has oan te aan asthe burden of both is the 38 of Maina, eae in a great degree. 8 dq for foreign service sh mes Anant tee very never been abused, and as such appointments are re- tribute increased labor in the offices, and the | x further efforts have, ae Copel remote diepponnted se | unhorged OY lan bare een commuted 102° | ards of motrions waman or mechenct appease | giant eric iesice,watmeen, tke publsers thom | dimininad compensant port iejarer snes as Lees Eye SS pra | The outlets of the rivers emptying into the gulf ars pro: | me that the restriction might be removed without detr: | "to tno size or weight ol Papel, CAE the, dictate | prior to the pamage of thst law, ate the department to provide a direct communication with of isn jes from the sea, and entered, without oppo- | tected by bars, which afford but a small depth of water, | ment to the public interest or danger of abuse. to be carried; reserving the right to them of taking their | as n'compensation for theit trv Gat settlements ee Oe i ee i Cali- sition, the Cuided de los Angeles, the capital of the and the navigation oY Sie conkned see Je sxpened ' to (rnd Be nrg ie to mane ber sro hen ie Bae own papers eat routes out a the mails; and as an | of the expenses of theif offices, including rent, fuel, Re, oe Cmdr won ¢ aunt ‘to add — ‘aiportance, Set ant dsl at Apeeet hd nite | Wile vont arash, contacted wit raft ght | 311640, 1m roped to the sppcinmant a musnhipmen. | cas ‘cqat Gay eteicacp eb ne rece! | Soares kn otien wih tha ranking priiloge, ke | Sow of Congres. Fhe tance Ine deparinent he Slates wee fying, at every oie ht ihe bart oncountons condderaiie tinh, | The justice of the principle wrtablished is unquestione | *2,biEd ts mY, ¥ r uch more valued by many holding the | over, willnot admit of ite establishment without the pre- was fiying at every commanding position, and to cross the bars, encounters D | tle, and ie application has given general salisfaction. rates of postage on letters may make, so as to render sthen the pecuniary consideration allowed vious leg ‘of Ci Seiaseme. secceamindes a eareadl belonged Wy wie mers tony Previously to ita passage, appointments were made with- eer Lewioatant or tke ose Dy others teva them. | This mode of paying the expenses of the offices |" ‘The telegraph between thie city and Baltimore hes + r? a mn commissions 1O' ie rs, ‘The conduct of the offcers and men of the squadron in | would have been almost useless, except to prosecute cue kwill ke ampipomeesnteeaen Heanelitict: | the publishers to the subscribers, as they are usually | the best that could have beon alopted to seenre. proper oath ept rly In operation until the Ist of Decem- these important operations, has been charecterized by | hostilities in her ran tighten 7 hitae tree bat dids any appointment from a State having more than ite | $°¢ in lieu of letters, should be rated higher than other | economy in their management.. The commissions allow- the time cage under the of the Som Sea tha toate ot th oper tees ncn Set as | mvaoshizve boos mode, Gat willbe Santionen | bit nome Proportion. Some, applications for, midehipmon’s war- | Pi intad matter passing through the mails should | © trd'Sustages wore: segulated: were wiesnetle ih ai | ment is herewith marked D. oognd rendered by Lieutenant Colonol Fremont aod the volun- | time has necessucily elapead before they could be provi | Fant have recently been made in behali of sons Grant, | be prepaid, aud all letters be prepaid, or rated with | Libersl pompensation for the sorvices performed by them, | Under the author m at the last setsion of Con- teers under hie command. In his hands Commodore | ded to the limited extent which has been reached. ed on account oftheir residence in gtates not entitled. 1 | Seuble postage. Some such amendments of the late law | particularly in tho Jarger offices. The act of 3d March, | gress, an sernaeaee been made with Messrs. Vail ‘Stockton informs the department he will leave the mili- It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to the chival- law may be so far | 8° believed to be necessary to give the cheap-postage | 1845, abolished the franking pri , and Jef their com- | and ers, the principal officers having of it, tary government, when he shall leave California, in the | reus patriotism which has animated the officers of the vacancies, as they | 8¥stem a fair trial, by securing to the department its le- | missions as by the ect of 1825. The reduction | by which the line will be kept up until the 4th of March hia orders. navy,of alf grades, in to seek be filled at large, gitimate revenues; and iCadopted by Congress, itis con-| of tho ratesof postage increased the business of their | next, for ite, profits, and wut further calls upon the In the novel situation in which both the commanders vieo against the enemy, offer, with the most anx- of the ‘reside in the d believed, irom the reductions which have been offices, in some cases, more than double, and, at the same | treasury, fd forces have been placed, without instruc | jous desire, to be permitted to engage in the most peri | UTe*pect! made in the two sections already let to contract, and | time, diminished the revenue of the offices, ane the com- | _In my last annual communication, I bata Ay 5 inte regulate them in the detail of their cenduct, | lous enterprises ; while those aaa anticipated savings in the other two sections, with «| missions of the {Postmanters; thus doubling their labor | notice this e: inveation of measures to serve social order irksome and Larressing economy inthe other branches of the service, | and diminishing compensation. They were thereb; maintain our authority and td withold from the ene | performed thelr dull and beney task withont murmur, Spree imeem wg {ia} there will be no need of tpon the treasury | deerived of the means of ample ing tho additional assist. than to exobseige, it for aid, after the frst of July, 1818, when the | ants which the increased te of their offices re- be warranted by tue laws of war. Sctive and useful enterprise, however hazardous or dic | gicaaaye, tue honor to be, very pore e creo will be placed ‘ it under the new law. juired, and even of the ability to retain the number, at conduct of both commanders has been marked by | ficult of execution. . ge yt en tk hibite the expenditures quarterly under the | the same price, engaged in {the service prior to the pos. of conciliation, and a sacred respect | By the terms of the annexation of the republic of Texes 4 appropriate heads. From this it will be seen that the an- | sage of the law ; and hence, within the first month alter while the military movements have | as ome of the States of our Union, the public vessels nual average expenditure from the first of July, 1936, to | that law went into operation, four hundred and seventy- conceived and brilliantly executed. which composed the Texan navy were ceded to the Sporting ntelligence. the 30th of June, 1845, amounted to... $4,499,593 58 | seven resignations were received at the department. » the Congress touched at Ho- | United States. On the eleventh day of May last, Hiram | Lovierawa Astociation—Faut Mentinc.—Firrn Day | And the exponditure for the year ending ‘The construction placed upon the act by the Attorney Janded Mr ‘Ten Epek, the commissioner of | G. Runnels, Esq, appointed agent ior that purpose, re- | —Satu Sth December, 1846—Jockey Club Purse e of June, 1846—the first year General, which was communicated oe Conan wits the United States to the Sandwich islands. It was the | ceived at iv from the Texan authorities, the | $990—Entrance 10 per cent added to the purse. Four] under the new law—to the sumof,.. 4,084,297 22 | annual report, enabled the department to increase th fortune of Commodore Stockton to contribute | sloop-of-war Ai mia, teigs ‘Wharton and Archer, the | mile heats. : —-———— | compensation'to the same amount they had received the ly to an amicable adjustment of an misun- | schooner hy weeks, The sloop Austin has been | J. 8. Davn’s ch. g. Jerry Lancaster, by Mark Making a reduction for the first year, » jing year, and had the effect of arresting in some daystanding between our former agent and the king’s to Pensacola, and willbe rebuilt, and form an in- Moore, dam by Johunna,6y0,.......... 8 1 1] under the new law, when compared y ree tne resignations which were going on ; so tuat, es which threatened injury to our commer- sccession to the navy of the United States— | 8. T. Tayl x's m. Fanny King, by imp. Glen- with the annual average expenditure in the month of August, they numbered o: u, 265, and in . The two brigs and schooner, after survey, e found cen, dam 4-4 Richard, 5 RAS sesceteoe 1 2 2 of the nine preceding years, of..,... 415,296 36 | September 228--making 970 resignations in the first quar ‘The home squadron on the 13th of me thee consisted | toe much decayed to been | J. 8. Qughes’s ch. h. Warwick, y Stockholder, _ *| And mn compared with the expendi- ter This order of the department only enabled them to of the frigates Cumberland, Raritan and Potomac; sloops to dam. by imp. Leviathan, sy, Oe cecsee sees 2 dis. tures of the previous yeor, a reduc. continue the same number of assistants, at the com- oso ge fo eempfrvd b=! ll fon = i as ne Time, 7:51, 7:43, 6:08. tion ee erat ee 235,434 77 pense wo, which they had prior to te Passage oe ee j ere ise, orders their governm: certain of ‘* fillies of the late Semi: | The whole ex; iture for the year end- law, which was not greater than ie schooner Flirt, under command of Commodore Conner | of the Texan were in of the vessris irene Pi had tps as age} Jn oa the 6th inst. as | ing ‘he 30th of Jue, 1646, amountedto — 4,084,297 22 | offices required, and wholly inadequate te the perform- Tt has been increased since by the si Albany end | nary when the delivery was 4nd continued in that | follows:~ The income for the same time, includ- ance of their increased duties. An accurate opinion may Roston ; steamers Spitfire and Vixen; brige Perry and | omployment at the request of our agent. They could | Bay colt, 2 y.o., by imp. Glencoe, dam imp. De- the postages paid by the aifferent be formed of the reduced amount of compensation by a Truxton; schoovers Reefer, Petrel and Bonito; and | not be ‘as officers of the navy of the United States: light by Reveller Bouligny, purchaser, $140 00 branches of the executive govern. comparison of the revenues of some of principal of- astoreship Relief. ° but it to be just snd proper, directions have | Bay colt, 1 y. o., by imp. Glencoe, dam imp. ment amounted to. .....--..e00e 3,487,199 36 | fices for a few years past :— WDaring the last two years the menaces of hostilities beengiven to make them compensation for takiog care of Pickle, by Emilius, own brother to Thorn- _—- 1842, 1843. 184 1845. 1846, pti Ray mind CngleEoleg in conte the property. ‘of the United ey at the rate of pay hil—A. Carneal. ... . 00s ve+e .. 140 00 | Leaving a deficiency of hep of. ve 807,097 87 | New kT aan mae at NeLaeh | Sopprsede is w *quedron princi; to the wi was allowed them xas at the date 4 _ se te —F. 8. The deficiency was suj ir i ja... 167, , ‘ w years, Menon sn -. 4 corporation into our Union ip ieoth laagt “Ceo sient! by ye od RP 270 00 | from the treasury es service requi- Baltimore, ..... 91,980 64,122 81.721 81,360 4,038 control hy f March, 1845, the acting Secretary of | Beyond this, I have not considéred that the laws of the Ch. Sone own brother to Beacon Light, by imp. ce) tad np 650,000 00 | . There are no returns made tothe department by which | the the Navy, in a confidential despatch, informed Commo- United States authorized me to make payment to any one te a of undersigned that the pul Ca) eS as well as the red. . Nencoe, dam Gas Light, by imp. Leviathan, Leaving a balance it the increased business of the offices can as. | rata of 4 citizen, iy a thet government dore Conner “ that the President ef the United States is | beceuse of his having been an offic July of the mone: n certained. Some idea, however, may be formed by com get of it, by purchase, or impressed with a belief that itis.a possible contingency | Texas Rane, were sty yee) ee Bay Pillay ty ante Giancoe, isms Betscy ite.” “| trensury during the fiscal year, of- $2,003 23 | paring the weight, of ‘all the Jent from the above | that ite use should be tad ta bp reetraints of law . thatthe government of Mexico may resort to acts of | The estimates for the naval service for the next fiscal y Blocktolder. Qy.o—D. Kenner}... 220 60] The tables submitted by the First Assistant Postmaster | nam: cos, which was taki Entertaining isp Pe ro tes to hostility egainst the United Stats, and has directed me | year have been prepared by my direction, end transmit- Bay Filloy, by, imp, Glencoe, dam imp. Pickle, General, accompany this report, marked C, 1,2, 3, and | 1835, under the order of one of my rs, with | the president — oo4,* Patent Weer comsmasd to jolnyeu at Vere eryssTemiron ander to be a aren Ah Erssesty, scoerding to law. Emilius, ewa sister to Thorvhill, 2 y.o— pie many minute and interesting details of the Le t= [a ne te on ae | eh to Cl rae prectioabie, the ci command J posi- | «| have the honor to present herewith the rts from "3. niGie vies ole 06 0.04 +000 cheese be —— hen w+ Roa eo gg of the Fresident is to maintain the most iriendiy re | the several bureaus, and estimates ia detail for the seve. “Gray Filley by imp Glencoe, dam by Mohawk, 80 00 | ere inail service of the United States, exclusive of | month of May lust :—~ 4. | ee epigamnar gre ait herewith communicated, with the-Mexican republic, and to mevt uny bel- | rai branches of the ‘naval service. They are based on Wrethieec... 135 00 Texas, is performed by 3,030 Contractors on 4,285 post i Pounds, tar ny eo to diepose of the Fight to the tnovement on the part of that republic in the | the employment pending the wir, of ten thousand men, Gray Fille » by imp, Glencoe, dam by Pacoli routes, the aggrogate length of which is 149,679 miles, | Weight of the mails gent from the New York office 7 The = a most decisive manner. You will, therefore, so dispose | a1 aliowed by law, and # number of vessels in commis: ¥.6--D. Keleer.....<.0 2, 7 esses ce 150 00 | Its transportation throughout the year ending the 30th | for one week in Juss, 1838, 19,291 | government, but js Tae ee of the force which now is or may be placed under your | sion to give them employment. A statement of the clas- | Bay Filley, by imp. Glencoe, p. Refugee of June iast, amounted to 37,399.414 miles, and the en- | Weight of the mails sent from | tose eee fatbority feat given by aire epee Beil | ca Pam es ites, EMR, |e one MTP | Reger ce ase ico sin °° | Sahn mci nce eames ¥ 0 a " amoun! 665,078, mails sent from Gnemann on cele, “Weve ween ee oat big Filed, by ia. Leveteingt F410) Kees 300 00 This ‘cee ‘te amount o service, rfadered the pre | "fof one week a June, 180 “+290 | the expanta of kewnig, up the ine, ‘od the q , of is rmanent E to the . — ceding year, row miles, an: rey t | be made by Mexico sgalast the Ucited States, you will | Tdeomit, however, my duty 10 suggest, that aulheriiy | Restasne or Carsaiw Rixocou’ ~The New Orleans | the annual ‘raneportetion of the meas, 145 ‘miles ; Patil pm ar mt cote Topline bempet fag i ye ff Ra pa aged aa to show to her and to the | for building at least four soa-stenmers, cal ot bearing | Piccyune of the 6th says:—The steamship Telegraph | Dut it is less then tue expense of the year by | Weightof the mails sent from the Now York office tailed statements the oferred ta, ash re, sone artes prepares eb vietidow Gea TT Teamament euflcient for thelr own defence, would ox | prought to our city last evening whst of earth reinains {he sum of $202,013. ‘There is, hower 4.808 sxcens | for gue week upon ie ralroed fand steamboat main onthe it of the de department fr the ee J ; interests: service. | of two Maj. Ring, Lieut. Coch- | in Ly enc! of over proced a ‘ and to visit on our public enemies the utmost severities ereat ly of mock reasels in the in Pe | a ear; and about 189 for 434 months 1 rta- gh Very respectfully, your obedient Sesion hence call Le, commeat cach an open Gep.| Side, th Pens, om the const of Africe, and on ths | ceatiomen cere removed irom Telegraph teers | tiou cf mails in Texas, from the loth of February to the | ace ior one week upon railroad routes, . .. + A8ast | ited Beate OENOON: claration, ony commenced on her part, | Brazil station, is by the experience of other | proper escort of Maj. "s artillery, to the rotunda of | 30th of June, 1646, to be deducted frem this difference, | Weight of the mails sent from the Baltimore | To the Parser of the U: - aon energy ;” Soh antes eet August, rt od them. Louis ners thay | which would leave the cost of lat year’s service ‘at the | fice for one week, upon the railroad routes, eati- man as eran, impromed on ‘him by the Secretary af the hye Reeser iat waar oe Malad 532 Soca ‘hut the business in te omer |. Panden ov Da, Brrouyn athe Dunvenss f Navy, © ‘of this government is the preser- ‘reased, perhaps in a greater ratio then the | says Dr. Biegler received his n from Gov. Wright ration of peace it poeede-” Ree TI es terete en an | Mtconlua ponmanters hat “been reduced, in | om Wedneaday, and was liberatod from the Auburn Jo the extremely delicate circumstances in which he said yeor amount, whenatated by their consequence of the low rates of postage under the act of | Prisonon Thursday.