The New York Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1870, Page 4

POSTAL AFFAIRS. Between daily servieo Annual Report of Postmaster | tinea dur Goneral Creswell, Post OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Wasninaton, D, O., Nov. 15, 1870, pim—The ordinary revenues of this department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1870, were $19,772,220, and the expenditures of all Kinds $25,003,837. For the year ended June 89, 1869, the ordinary revenues were $18,344,510, and the expen- ditures $28,698,131, ‘The inerease of revenue for the year 1870 over the year 1869 was $1,427,709 or 7.78 per cent, end the tinerease of expenditures $300,705 or 1,82 per cent, showing a net increase in revenue of $1,127,003, The tnerease in revenue for the year 1870 over the year 1868 was $3,479,619, or 21.35 per cent, and the increase of expenditures for 1870 over 1868 was $1,268,244 or 5.57 per cent. The increase in revenue for 1870 a8 compared with 1869 was less than the increase for 1869 as compared with 1868 by $624,199, and the increase im expendl- tures for 1870, compared with 1869, was less than the imerease fer 1869, compared with 1863, by $666,852. If, in addition to the ordinary revenues, the De- partment be credited with $700,000, appropriated for free matter and the amounts drawn and expended Jor subsidies to steamship lines, 1s will appear that the deficieney provided eut of the general treasury for the year 1870 1s $2,614,116, as against $3,970,287 for the year 1869. ‘The accompanying report of the Auditor fully sets forth the detaus Of the fluancial operations of the Deparemeant. ditures for the endi Pius BO, LPS, Are sence c sn 85 496,008 per ceut in- The revenues estimn: crease over last year. - G20, 767,316 Standing appropriations for free mat- ters. 000 ————_ 01,467,315 Leaving a deficiency of-....+0+++ ‘The foregoing estimates do not Inctnde the follow- ing special appropriations im the nature of subsi- die For mati steamship Japan and Chiu For like betwer vice between San Fran- . 8300,000 cy appropriated for the ‘ded at the clots o! Deaciency A total of........ Of this sum there wa eur and used to make the es. jrawn during the inst fiscal revenue equal the ex- ‘Trasury unexpended the sum of... B47 ich there are chargeable sundry uniiqui- ccounts, estimaced as follows Oren countricd.-..+« $817,500 uuder contract and not elopes and news- of the aggregate a 916,456,782 creas the a stamps, nd wrappers ate exhibited 1n an appended ta! ‘“he increase for 1870 ever 1869 WAS $1,395,968. » Value Of postage stamps and slumped envelopes lest ia the Malis Was §vi8, beng 1569 stamped ¢ eof the Department on 5 contraccors for the trans- There were in t the 30th of Ju portation of the mai Of mail routes gating fon, 97,02 ation Unere were 8,861, aggre- miles; in annual transpor aud in annual cost, $10,864.6 sation OL Tailway’ post ott val agents, ali messenger we masters in amounting to annual cost was ed as follow: 7 miles; annual Miles; anuual cost, 3 cents pe routes—Lengib, ;, annual n aunual cost, red to be vit “celerity, certainty and security’ — 165,S10 miles; adnnal trausportation, 45,350,- ; annual cost, $5,049,498—about 11.13 cents per mile. There wa length ol ates of 7, tation, 6,201,008 mile $478,152, Adds ing the iacreased cost for ri post oflice clerks, route, jocal, aud ether ageuts, $190,663, the total m- twas $675,910. enients of distances and costs ice lor ‘spectal’ offices, There the year 2,169 of these, each with an Increase over the preceding year In iy annual transpor- do nof include were a mail ed the net postal yield of the peciul’’ routes and their carriers are in- ciuded, however, in the number of contractors and Toutes 48 given above. READJUSTMENT OF PAY ON RAILROAD ROUTES. The attention of Congress is again called to the necessity of a revision and iow g ment sae orthe rates of Compensation established by law for the transpor- tation of malls on railroad routes. The managers of Tauroads insist that the pay awarded them under the Operation of the act Of sd March, 1845, is inade- quate Co the service required, and many ef them have refused, and stil refuse, to enter into contracts With the department, alleging that they will not bind themselves by a permanent arrangement at the present prices. ‘the consequence 18 that on many of the Most Important reads the malls are led as sults the convenience of the companies, and with but Littie regard te the public interest. Many com- plaints of meficient service, and in some instances of gross neglect on the part of raliroad companies, aye been imade durimg the past year by some of the leading newspapers of the country; but, not- withstanding the most active and persistent efforts to remedy the evils complained of, very little, if any, improvement Ras as yet been erected, the depart- ment having no legal control ever the time or man- nor of running trains, except in cases where con- tracts have been regularly executed. After a care. fui cousidcration of the subject, 1 am satisfied that the compensation fixed by law is not a fair return fur the important services rendered by railroad companies, aud hence | repeat my recommendation that @ readjustment of their pay be made by law, and that, at the same time, they be required to enter into contract with the department as a condition procedent to drawimg aay increase of compensa- tion. Yhe preparation and publication of the series of post route maps of the United States have beengcon- unued during the past year, under the supervision of tue topographer of the departinent. The maps aveady completed, embracing nearly all of the wer of the Norimera States, are, a8 usual, issued to ail where the demauds of the service require €, and testimonials to their value centinue FINES AND DEDUCTIONS. The amount of fines imposed on contractors and ductions made trom tueir pay on account of ves and other delinquencies during the last was $100.75, aud tue amount remitted the same period $28,753, leaving the net amount $71,622, This shows an increase in the pet amount of fiaes and deductions ever the year 1869 of ;57%, and @ decrease in tno Amount of rei § Of $15,197. The increase in the fines and deductions 18 not attributaple to in- creased delinquencies, but to the fact twat since the 1st April, 1569, the provision in mail contracts for a forfeiture of the pay of & tip wien the wip is not made has been eniorced, in conformity with the act of July 2, 1636. Since the adoption o: this ruie con. tractors ‘have evinced @ much greater amount of energy in their efforts to carry we walis turough to the pomts of destination, " MAIL BAGS, LOOKS AND KEYS. ‘The total number of new mail bags purchased and ut into service was 63,960. Of these 54,000 were ‘or the transmission of printed mater and 9,960 tor letter mats. Their aggregate cost was $103,197. During the preceding yeur we total number of mall bays purchased and issued was 65,400, of which 47,000 were lor printed matter and 5,400 for levter malls, and their aggregate Cust Was $59,420. TdkOUGH MAILS—NEW YORK AND SAN PRANCISCO— NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS, The through mail tables herewith submitted make a favorable exiibit as to the average speed and regu- larity with which the mails Raye been conveyed over the lime—3,307 miles lung—between New York and San Francisco, daring the year ending with the mouth of September, 137. They show tat of 713 mails carried through, for the whole period, Wo San Francisco irom New Yo. k, 573 were conveyed within &-shedule me and enly 145 behind time; and Ghat of U62 miles carried through to New York from San Francisco, 290 were conveyed within the sche- dule time, 72 betind time, and only 34 of these 8 day or more beliind ume. ‘the average Ume going west was 175 hours, 52 minutes, or7 days, 7 hours aud 63 minutes; golug cast, 172 hours, 44 minutes, or 7 days, 4 hours and 44 minutes. ‘The shortest time going West wus 14 hours 49 minutes; going east, 159 hours 10 minutes. The records rem whick these tables are compiled shew that, generally, three mails @ day are despatched from New York tor San over the Southwestern ‘asl ey D. ©.; Lynchburg, Va., and Knoxville, Tenn,; an the other over the Western route, via Cincinuall, Ohio; Loutaville, Ky., and fumboldt, Tenn. The tublea show that of 363 mails carried through, for fag w period, to New Orleans from New York, by sched western ronte, wid were conveyed in seat Se tha benind ume, the average tT excess of hours 40 minutes—ao the ! 4 avout 6 hours 30 minutes over schedule time; and that the pong South was 84 hours Of 363 mais carried through by the same route, to New York from New Origaus, 221 were conveyed aver me in schedule time and 142 benind time, the average thine being 96 hours 30 minutes— an excess of about 10 hours 80 minutes over the average schedale time; and the shortest time going north was 36 hours 80 minutes, On the Western route, ef 356 malis carried through, for Lhe wuole period, te New Orleans trom New York, 121 were conveyed in schedule time and 235 behind time, the average time being 89 hours 40 minutes—an excess ot about 8 hours 40 minutes over the average schedule time; and the shortest time going south Was 76 hours 45 minutes. On the same route, of 408 maus through, for the whole peried, to New York from New Orleans, 126 were conveyed 62 behind time, the average an excoss over the average scheaule time, and the shortest tume going north was 77 hours, Compared with the showing for the period frem March to September, 1869, inclusive, in the last annual report, the prea- ent returas make the average time the Suutn- western route to he greater than it was then by 3 hours Lt minutes going south and 6 hours 31 min- uses geing uerth, by the Western route less than it was thea by 3 hours 33 minutes going south and 1 hour 68 minutes going north. The former is sill entitled to the credit, however, of oarrying through the greater portion of mails within its sche- dule time, and, when in time, its mais going south reach their destination simultaneously with shose. which are a train behind tume (nearly two-thirds of the whole number) on the Westero route, with the advantage of a departure several heurs later from New York. MALL DRPREDATIONS, During the past year 3,071 cases of loss by mall depredations, of which 1,574 were ef registered tet- ters, were reported to the department, invoiving losses 1a bonds, drafts and money to the amount of $1,393,768, @ considerable pertton of which has been recov ‘The number or arrests for violations of the postal laws was 143, and the number of cenvic- tions of tuose Who were brought to trial 64, tue remainder belng released on bail, acquitted or held for trial. The department is ntly availing itself of ali the means within its reach to give per- fect security to the mails, and te bring justice any of its employes who yleld to the temptation to violate the trust reposedin them. RAILWAY POST OFFIOES. The statement hereto appended slews that tho Dumber of railway post eifice lines ta operation on the 80th of June last was 41, extending In the aggre- gate over 8,252 miles of railroad and steamboat service—an Increase ef 4 lines and 1,061 miles over the preceedi year. The number of clerks em- ployed was 375, at an annual cost of $442,600. The number of clerks employed duriag the pre- vious year Was, 324, and the amount expended in compensation was $884,300, Upon 1,571 iniies this service is performed twice daily, making @ total equal to 9,823 miles each way daily. ‘This gives, counting both bir an aggregate service of 19,646 miles daily, and 6,296,075 miles annually, This is exciusive of the Unton Pacific Railroad Ime from Omaha to Ogden, although, prier to the close of the last fiscal year, arrangements were made with the authorities of that line for the introduction of the sysiem, im pursuance of which it was prac- tically put in force, te some extent, durimg the year. The arrangements have been consummated recently, and tue line 1s now in full operation, it 18 1,052 miles in length und service is performed seven umes each way weekly, making 4,064 miles daily aud 753,360 miles annually, The number of clerks employed on che line 13 30, at the annual compensa- un paid to clerks Ou the principai imes. In addi- lien to this arrangements for this improved service have been made. with several Jeading trunk lines, embracing, in tue aggregate, 2,949 miles, upon some of whica the service 1g now being iatruduced. The railway pest oflice system sprang irom a necessity. it Was established to insure the transmission of the mans with the greatest possible rapidity by assort- ing and distrivuting them while in motion, thus avoiding deay in iocal distrivating pest oilic ‘The system has been found, in practice, to accon plish ali that has been Claimed for it, and its useful- hess Nas been clearly demonstrated by the test of experience. FOREIGN MAIL SERVIC! It 1s confidently expected that the recent reduc- tions of pestage rates, with discriminations fa ing prepaymen, wiil induce a more generat p lice of prepaying postage abroad, thus equauzing internalienai pestage accounts, and relieving this department of the heavy expenses paid in tins and sormer years for premium and exchange in trans- mituag pestal balances in the money of the creditor country. The amount paid for the transportation of the maiis to Great Britain and countries on the Conti- neat of Kurope, Was $822,291, the steamships em- ployed receiving Ube sca postage on the mails con- veyed as 1ull compensation tor the service, ‘The cost of the transatlantic mail steamship ser- vice during the three preceding fiscal years was as fellows:— For tiseal year ended June 80, 1967 1 For fiscal year ended June 80, 1869. 886,207 From Jaty 1 to December 31, 1869, the transatlan- tic mail service was performed by steamships of the Hamburg, Cunard, Bremen and Inman lines, sailing from New York on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays of each week. The agents of eacn of these lines naving declined to transport the mails for the reduced rates of sea estab- lished by the additional postal convention with the United Kingdom, which went into opera- tion on the ist of January, 1870, the service was for a short time interrupted; but new ar- rangements were speedily conciuded, on the basis of tne reduced rates of compensation, tor a regular semi-weekly conveyance of mails to Europe by the steamships of the Liverpool and Great Western Company (Willams & Guioa, agents), on Wednes- days, and by the steamships of the Nurth German Lioyd, of Bremen, on Saturdays, which were soon foliowed by an atrangement with the Hamburg- American Packet Company for an adaitional weekly service on Tuesdays on the same terms, thus secur- ing a tri-weekly despatch of mails by steamers of average good ‘speed. Formal contracts were exe- cuted with each of these companies for the convey- ance ot the mails during the term of two years, com- mencing Jaauary 1, 1870, and ending December 31, 1871, copies of which are annexed. In_the tnonth of July last the steamships of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg ltues were witb- drawn from service on their respective routes, and & temporary arrangement was made with the agents of the Inman line to convey the mails from New York on Saturday of each week, supplying omitied tripa of the North German Lloyd line: and after a period of nearly three montns had elapsed, with no prospect of an early resumption of service by the steamships of the North Geman Lloyd, of Bremen, I was constrained to annul the contract with that company ior repeated failures, and to make a per- manent contract with the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Steamship Company (imman iine) to transport the matls from New York, on saturdays, for a term of two years, commencing October 1, 1870, and ending September 30, 1372, @ copy of which is also anuexed, At present three weekly mails are despatched from New York to Great Britain, by steamships of the Liverpool and Great Western, Cunard and in- man lines, satling on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with an occasional extra mail by steam: ship of the Cunard line, satling on other days of the week. When the Germau sieamships of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg lines resume their regular trips, and the new steamers,tof increased size and greaispeed, which have been tendered by vhe Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, ol Liver- ool, for the conveyaace of the mails Irom New ork on Mondays, are placed on the route between that port and Liverpool, there will be at least six first Class weekly lines of transatlantic steamships leaving New York for European ports, suMcient to establish a regular despatch of matis to Europe on each week aay, provided the sailing days of the re- spective lines can be so adjusted as to secure that desirable object. The United States postages on the mails con- veyed to and from the West Indies, Mexico, Punama, South Pacific and Belize (idouduras) amounted to $120,951 and the amount paid for the sea conveyance tllereof was $72,450. ‘The contractors for the mail steamship service from New york to Rio Janeiro (Braz), and from San Francisco to Japan and China have periormed In @ satisiactory manner the full service required by their respective contracts of 12 round trips per annuum; but 10 round trips only have been made by the steamships of the Valilorniay Oregon and lexico Steaniship Company, contractors for the monthly steamship service Letween San Fiaacisco and Honoluin (Uawailan Islands.) I respecitully renew the recommendations made In my last ieport for an Increase of mail service from monthly to semi-monthly trips on the mail steamship route from San Fraucisco to Japan and China. Impressed with the great national iumpor- «ance Of maintaining this line of American steam- ships and the necessity ef providing increased facilities of Commanicauon with those ceuntries in order to retain and extend the commercial aavan- tages already gained by its establishment I felt tt my duty to address a special communication on the subject to the chairman of the Seaate Commitice on Post Offices and 1’est Roads, under date of Aprii 21, 1870 (Sendte Mis, Doc. No. 125, 4ist Congress, 20 ses- sion), in Which statements were presented, obtained from’ oificlal sources, saowing the growth of our trade with Japan and China since this line was e3- tablished, the amounts of correspondence trans- ted and the financial results of the enterprise. Beg to refer to that communication for the special consideravions which render it expedient, in iny Judgment, to sustain this important natlenal enter- prise, and to express the hepe that Congress will promptly the bill reported by the Senate Com- mittee on Post Ofices and Post Roads at the last co—one i the morning and two in tue after- Prony tae ave! schedule time of the alternoen mails being nearly 7 days, and o: the morning mail nearly 74 days, @ single train a day being run west of the iri river, the departure of which ts ar- ranged to connect with the train making the latest afternoon departure from New York. From San }rancisco but a single mail a day is despatched for New York. of which the average schedwie time, session, authorizing an merease of the service to semi-monthly trips, under the same terms aud con- ditions as the present monthly service. ‘The recommendations made in my report of last year relative to the necessity of some legisiation to encourage the re-establishment of American lines of transatlantic steamsuips for the transportation of our mais to Kurope are respectfully renewed. have boon taade uring. the oar, ig all of muss tail to different countries pre Aa oe na er! Bouthainpton, 17; Austria, ‘Gerinan. mail. dicot ; Austria, German mail, Ei 4; Ohile, via 4 vin, ry 17; Chine, German mail ‘Sireck, 31 mati via England, 5; pene ‘Ceriaan 8; Dovmal a 0 kingtand, aica,. vik Esdhammich uf mati direet, 31; Kast Indies, German tend, 32; Ecuador, vie Panama, 1: Southampton, 17; Bayne (except Alexan: man mail direct, 18; Egypt nae German mail via England, 15; Alexandria, German mail direct, 18; Egypt, Alexandria, German nai! via England, 20; German States, German mail direst, 8; German States, German mail via Kngland, 18; Greece, German wall direct, 20; Greece, German mail via England, 20; Holland, 17; Italy, 30; Japan, via Southampton, 17; be yg) an mall direct, 8; Japan, German ‘mall vi England, 82; Java, via Southampton, 17; New Zeal via South. ampton, Norway, German direct, 13; Norway, Gorman mail via 23; ; Peru, via Panama, 12; Portugal, via States, German malt rman \d, 32; Turkey, German mati direct H Bae German mail via England, 20; United King- dom (i:ngiand, Ireland, , Wales), 18; Uru- guay, 7; Vancouver's I Since the Ist of January, 1870, all direct postal in- terceurse with France has been suspended, in con- sequence ef the abrogatien of the postal convention with that ceuntry, and ne progress has since made iu the negotiations for a new cenvention. Jt 1s hoped, however, that a satisfactory a ment may be agreed upon with the government of France when peace shall be re-established within her APPOINTMENTS, ‘The report of the Appoimtmcat OMve shows the following:— Number of offices catablished during the year. 2,359 et 37,095 493 Number discoatinued Tncrease........... Number im operation on Juve 30, I! Number tn operation on June 80, 1871 Number to be filled by appointments Number to be filled by appointments of General, Total appointments... Number of cases acted on during the year. The number and aggregate compensation of special agents, route agenis, mail route messen- gen. Tallway post efiice clerks and joeal agents service during the year ended June 40, 1870, were:— eeeceee BL 223,950 FREE DELIVERY. The free delivery system has been in o) during the year in fifty-one of the principal with the follewing aggregate resul! Namber of letter carrier ration cities, This shows the following increase as compared with last year:— Letter carriers. 118 ist 11,140,7:8 7,082 1 5ais)135 Letters collected. . 7,906,087 Amount paid pensen..... <0) 946,164 Postage on local matier. 15,697 READJUSTMENT OF POSTMASTERS! SALARIES. Tne second section of the actof July 1, 1864, directs the Postmaster General te review and re- adjust the salaries of all pestmasters once in two years, and in spectal cases us much ofvener as may be deemed expedient. In accordance therewith the salaries of 24,492 postmasters have been reviewed and readjusted for two years from July 1, 1870. Tho salaries a8 thus readjusted make a yearly agaregate of $4,981,753. The establishment of new offices and the readjustment in special cases will increase this amount somewhat, but, it 1s believed, not 80 much ‘as to exceed the appropriation of $5,000,000 for the current year ending June 30, 1871, DEAD LETTERS. The number of letters, domestic and forelgn, re- ceived at the Dead Letter Oilive during the last fiscal year was as tollows:— Domestic lettera classed as ordinary, 2,882,863; drop, 475,300; ummailabie, $84,190; hotel, 27,410; Neutious, | 86,663; registered, 6,153; returned from foreign countries, 69,46); total domestic letiers, 3,982,040; foreiga letters, 220,415; whole number, 4,152,460. Of domestic letters unregistered 19,783 contained money amounting to $72,540, in sums of $1 and up- ward; and of the registered letters 2,588 contained $2u,327—making a total of 22,321 letters, containing $92,867. Of these 18,260, containing $77,116, were delivered to the writers or persons addressed 68, containing $9,619, were filed for reclamation, and 1,608, containing $6,151, were oOutstauding. ‘the number enclosing sums jess than $1 was 22,944, con- taining $6,793; of which 20,366, containing $5,058, were delivered to the writers, and 2,638, containing $784, were filed for reclamation. The number of letters containing bank checks, dratts, deeds, &0., was 17,800, 01 the nominal value Of $3,076,544; of which 16,886, of the nominal vaiue of $2,963,400, were degvered to the owners, and 992, of the nominal value of $112,144, were outstanding or filed for reclamation. The number of Lage and letters containing jewelry, books and other property was 6,921, of which 4,740 were delivered and 2,181 were filed for reclamation, The number containing photographs ‘Was 38,009, of which 32,978 were delivered and 6,031 were filed, The number containing receipts, bills of lading, &., was 27,464, of which 24,200 were de- livered and 3,254 were filed. The number contain. Ing pogtage and revenue stamps and articles of small value was 45,457. ‘The number of letters without enclosures rematled to the writers was 1,842,325; of which 1,487,021 were delivered and 355,304 were returned to the oftice and destroyed. The number in which the writer’s name and local address were omutted or were illegible, and of letters found to contain circulars, &c., and con- sequently destroyed, was 1,908,704. ‘br the unmailable jetters, 312,684 were detained for postage, not being prepaid, as required by law. They were either wholly unpaid, were not prepaid one full rate, or stamped with illegal or revenue stamps; 68,128 were misdirected, the post ofice, State, or some necessary part Of the aduress being omitied; 3,016 had ne address whatever, and 367 were ad- dressed to places where there was no mail service. ‘The number of applications for dead letters was 7,174, and in 2,223 cases the letters were found and forwarded to their owners. The amounts deposited in the Treasury were:— For unciaimed dead-tetter money, $6,270; for pro- ceeds of sales of ,waste paper, $2 total, $23,017, POSTAL MONEY-ORDER SYSTEM. The number of money-order offices in operation during the last fiscal year was 1,694, of which nine tablished May 2, 1870. On the 1st of August, additional offices were created and four 8 Were discontinued, 80 that the whole number DOW in operation is 2,076. Most of these new oilices Were established in the Western States, where the constant increase of population and material re- Sources preduces a correspouding demand for tbe facilities ariorded by the money-order system for the sale and expeditious transier through the mails of smail sums of money. At the four offices that were abolished, the amount of business transacted had become so small as to render their continuance unnecessary. Tne number of domestic money orders issued dur. ing the year was 1,071,253, of which the agaregate value was... i c (531,054,184 orders repaid to the remitters Excess of issues over payments, ...06 + ‘The amount of fees er commissions received by postinasters from the public for the issue of orders was $235, During the year 1869 the aggregate amount of orders issued Was $24,848,063; of orders paid and repaid, $24,654,123, and of [ees received, 176,190. bj A comparison of these items with the correspond- ing transactions of the last year shows an increase during the year 1870 of $9,206,125, or 36.6 per cent, inthe amount ef issues; of $9,273,801, or 37.6 per cent, in the amount of payments, and of $69,044, or 83.5 per cent, in the amount of fees. The average amount of the money orders issued during the last year was $20 37, being 72 cents more than average of the preceding year. mber of dupiicate orders drawn was 7,175, ich 7,053 were issued to replace originals lost or deiayed in the malls or otherwise, 97 were in liew of orders rendered invalid because not presented for payment until more than one year aiter date, and 20 Were substituted for orders made invaitd in con- sequence of having, contrary to law, more than one endorsement, ‘here were 1,646, or almost 30 per cent, mere dn- plicates issued last year than during the previous year, an Increase nearly proporuenate bo that of the entire money order business. ‘The receipts and expenditures of the last year, as adjusted and reported by the Auditor, were as [ol- lows, viz.:— Fees received for money orders issued $235,235; amount received for premium ou drafts, $521; total, $236,557. Commissions to postmasiers and aliow- ances for clerk hire, $158,138; allowances for re- mittances lost in transmission by mall, $5,160; in- cidental expenses for stationery and fixtures, $2,077; total, $145,382 Excess of receipts over expendi- tures, being the amount of revenue derived from the transaction of the money order business, $90,174. ‘The magnitude ef tho operations of the money from to $5. paid to Le aeraeaternsuoo of tho: well tenden: remit money trom the smaller to jt oe ders shan they pay, and iarger oftives moony ot a thoy iasae, HO onabie thee ation co is generally the Oase at emall post offices, During the year zsrewilttances,to the amount of $8,168, sent in registered packa, we beou reported as fot scam Oe cal amount ue cua of Bove (postin whe wattad“as tas itera rough feveneaton romittes 1e 3 lon had, been made of each case by a special ot the department, and proof o that the lost remittance which credit was claimed had been duly ut up, properly registered despaiched in a focked ‘pouch, 1 presence of s wit ‘The sum of ‘Wasaliowed al! ‘mi- pation of the last year and w li be fncindes fa tho o opeeerey? 689 were ‘uallowed, and the re- unt of ty the amot 5 funy aro matning sum of $4,143 yet pending, The total unt allowed to post- Masters during igh r remittances lost tu the mais, was $5,166, of whloh the sum of $2,664 was on acceunt of losses during the eding year, ‘The less of these registered ages containing remittances of sory money order funds causes no detriment whatever, elther to the remitters er to the payees of money ordera, It 1s the department, and not the public, that suffers the loss resulting from the 1auure of such remittances to reach their destination. It will be observed that losses of this mature 1orm 8 consideraole item in the annual ex- pen-es of the momey order system, although the total of such losses—$8,163—is very small im com- par iepouts during the yeat, Vit. S2UM4 aT Jor de, > Videy + Postmasters atcertain money ‘onde? ones where the payments are largely in ex: of the amount received from orders issued, and from deposits from other oitices, are allowed @ credit toe a ted amount with the postmaster at New York, which is drawn by instalments according to the requirements of their money order oe owe ra of = dralts drawn against such 1 uri he last year was, As stated above, $3,430,581, Out of 1,676,228 domestic money orders paid during the year it was clatined that payment of 19, of the aggregate amount of $637, was traudulently pro- cured through forgery of the payee’s signature, or by false pretences. After o full investigation the payin postmasiers, in six of these cases, javing beea found at fault, were directed to pay to the proper owners, respectively, the amounts of the several orders, tue total of which wag $204, In sever cases, amounting to $178, the paying postmasters were not considered a3 justly responsibie for the improper payment, and tho department paid that amount to tue ‘true payees, The remaining six oases, amounting to $159, are held for examination and report by special agents. The sum of $1,320,260 was transferred by post- masters {rom the postage to the money order ac- count, to enable them to meet orders presented for payment at times when their money order funda were exhausted, The transfers, on the other hand, from the money otaer to the postal account, amounted to $1,327,153, showmg at the close of the year @ balance against tho. latter account of 68,002, In my last annual report additional legislation was recommended to authorize the extension of the money order aystem to the stations or sub-pust oftices in the large cities. A bill containing a provi- sien to that effect was introduced inte the House of Representatives during the last session, but was not acted upon. The reasons which tuduced me to make that recommenaation have already been stated, @nd it is mot meceasary to repeat them here. The establishment -of the money erder business at post office stations would undoubtedly prove a sub- btantial advantage, as well as a great convemence, to residents of large cities and their correspondeuis. I therefore renew the suggestion that the law relat- ing to the money order system be 80 modified as io permit the postmaster of any city which the Post- Taaster General may designate to issue aud pay money orders a the stations or sub-olices in the same Inanner as the main offices. An international money order system for the ex- change of postal orders between the United States and Switzerland was put into operation September 1, 1869. From that date to the close of the fiscal year the number of orders issued in this country payable to beneficiaries in Switzerland was 828, of the aggregate value of $22,189; and the number of orders paid in tnis country for sums reroitted from Switzerland was 665, amounting tn value to $20,450. The fees received anounted to $527, and the ex- penses to $14, leaving a net revenue to this depart- ment of $432. Negotiauons are now in progress for the estav- lishment of an international exchange of postal orders between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is hoped that a system of that kind will soon be in- augurated, (and that tt will prove highly advanta- geous Lo the people of both countries, MISCELLANEOUS. Under this head Mr. Cresweil refers the wonder- fuily rapid expansion of the postal system as strik- ingly displaying the wondertul growth of the United States in population and wealth. Among other illustrations of this kind he refers to the fact that during the first year of President Washington’s ad- munistration the number of lettera transmitted in the matis did not probably exceed 300,000, and the annual transportation was about 350,000 miles, During the first year of the present administration the number of letters Carried tn the mails could not have been less than 590,000,000, to say nothing of the immense amount of printed matter, and the aggre- gate of distances travelled amounted to 97,024,096 Iniles, These comparisons are suiticient to exhibit the great advance which the United States have made in the short space ef eighty years. The re- suits are so astounding that it seems impossible, even a: this day. to predict the development to which our country will attain by the close of the current century, of which only thirty years remain. FRANKING PRIVILEGE. In my annual report of December, 1869, and in my letter dated February 26, 1870, addressed to Hon. Schuyler Colfax, in reply to two resolutions of the Senate asking for information, 1 had the honor to present my views at length cd roing the frankin privilege. In both those communications | argued against the longer continuance of tnat evil, and earnestly recommended its immediate and absolute repeal. My experience in the administration of the Pest Office Department for the past year has strengthened my convictions, ana has intuced me again tocalithe attention of Congress to the great es which have grown to be a part of the system, and to the uncompensated bur- dens which it imposes upon the service, I am thoroughiy satisfied that if the franking privilege were Tepealed, and all matter passing through the mails charged with its fair share of postage, the Department would in ashort time become self-sus- taining. ‘This assertion, when made heretofore, was warmly denied, and nothing was left but a resort to a demonstration by figures. As has becn already stated, the deficiency for the last year has been reduced to $2,514,116. Accurate accounts of the cost of free matter despatched through the mails were ordered to be kept by all postmasters for the six months beginning 1st of January and ending 30th of June last, and the returns which have been received are now being arranged and tabulated for submission to Congress, Te- gret that, owing to numerous {naccuraie and incomplete returns and the failure of many postmasters to make any report, it has been impossible, with the limited number of clerks ew- ployed in the Department, to present the results in detail with tlus report. Enough ts known, however, to enable those who are moat familiar with the work to express the opinion that the actual returns will show the aggregate cost of free matter for the year to be fully equal to the above mentioned deficiency. ‘The term during which accounts were kept was con- fined to the tirst half of the year, when few elections were held and when ouly a sali portion ef the pub- lic documents are transmitted. Sould the amount of franked matter be accurately ascertained during a Presidential canvass, und subjected to the postage charged upon other like matter sent by private indt- viauals, 1am convinced that the average cost per annum would be greatly enlancea, m My anxiety to inake the Department Pabepsralaing arises from a strong desire to reduce, equailze and make uniform the rates of postage. During the year 1370 the amount derived from letter posture was $16,771,928, and the amount from newspapers and pamphlets was only $934,382; and yet the weight and bulk of newspaper matla are at least nine or ton tUmes greater than those of letter mails, This shews that while newspapers are charged much less than the cost of their manipulation and transmis- sion letters are charged muci more, and that the postage on letters should in fairness be reduced as soon as the finances of the Department will per- mit. If letter postage could be reduced from three to two cents, I am sure that the in- creased correspondence thereby stimulated would in a few years compensate for any temporary Joss of revenue, and that many mistakes and vexatious de- lays would be avoided by the uniform rate for all dis- tances which would thus. be established. 1 despair, however, of securing any turther reduction of lever postage as long as the franking privilege shail bo -permitted talker, upon the Department an irre- ediable deficle ney. mt is not iniended to intimate that there shoutd be an increase @f postage on newspapers. On the con- trary, it-is the duty of government, as part of tts work of beneficence, hadi! ne Seen as elevation of the peo yy carrying newspapers a: cheaply as poosk le: and hence I am of opinion that the present rates are not too low. or doL ebject to the free transportation of news- papers to regular subscribers la the counties of their publication, a now authorized by law. Their conveyance Without charge does not interfere with the speedy and regular transmission of the mails, ‘They are usually despatched at the hag ed towns, and always stop within the boundaries of their own counties. They are 80 evenly distributed over the whole country that practically they cause no incon- venience, or injury, or delay. There ts bat one change thatI deem. desirable in the treatment of newspapers, aud Liat applies only to those sent to points outside the counties of their publication. Would require the postage on priuted matcer, in all cases, to be prepaid by stampa. ‘The law allowing the postage to be paid tn money by subscribers at the office of delivery ts departure from whe the address, and stamp. On the reverse side there i room ‘Or message, which Ope, are ‘poctaliy adapeea. for circu com! and are furnished of pos . The advantages Claimed by their in increased celerity and ease of business and social intercommunication, by j . rh rt Feo in aes treet, Fine a jouroe! n whore pe paper and our Velopos are not noceasible or really ‘obialnable—the for & letter. ‘For many messages where the plenary. ni tens, 11 ee or B01 leo—these cards would ve welcomed by tie uw ‘They would oreate anew business, augment the number of corre: Spondents, aud greatly multiply ‘the occasions and for wi The want has been oppei lor . long felt of some such prompt and easy mode ot communication by ‘mall adapted 10 the conveni- ence and habits of business mon, as well as of that large class of persons who have not the time or the inclination to write formal and therefore seldom make use of the mails, loving that the employment of taeae cards would be beue- ficlal to the public and result in a large increase of correspond . I respectfully recommend that authority be given by law for lntroduction inte our postal service, #t the race of one cent each, in- Cluding the cout of the card, a8 & Arst step towards a general reduction of our domestic letter postage. CODIFICATION OF THR ‘AL LAWS. and amend the Tho bill ‘te revise, consol statutes relating to the Post Office De; ont,” in- troduced at the last session by Hon, Joho F, Faroe worth, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads of the House ef Kepresenta- tives, 18 recommended to the favorable cousidera- tion and action of Congress. This bill contains tte revised code of postal laws, as simpiifica, arranged @ud consolidated by the commission appeimted to revise and consolidate the statute laws of the United States, with such necessary amend. ments as were 1 by the committee of expe- rienced postal oficera ated by me wo make a caretul and taorough examination of the repert of the Career eS verlly its accuracy, @nd to har- monize its det with the practicul workings of our postal system. The code, as revised and ainended, has been carefully examined and approved by the House Committee on tue Post Oflce and Post Loads, Gud it ls expected that the bill containing its provi- sions will be up for action at the earliest ep- portunity after the assembling of Congress. Its pre- paration has been a work o: great care end lavor, and iw enactment by Congreas will furnish a con- densed, simple and convenient arrangement of the laws. to the Post Oftice Department. [ con- sider it very important to pass this code at the com- Mencement of the next session of Col In order that, if any additional legislation may be found necessary toperfect its practical operation, tt may be seoured before the close of Lhe session, ‘The report also refers to the matter of adhesive postage stamps, but it contains no information other than what has already been published, He also refers to the unavoidable accumulation of copper and nickel coina im the poat oitices of the country, ald aaa remedy he recommenda the enact. ment of a law authorizing postmasters to transmit per and nickel coins, in sums ef to the Treasurer of the United ‘States or to the nearest assistant ireasurer or depesi- tory of pubilc moneys, and to take credit theretor for account of the Post Oftice Department, the ox- pipes. of transmtasion to be borne out of the general ‘reasury. ‘I'e prevent abuses a provision ought to be inserted (unless the same privilege of conversion is given to private citizens) requiring each postmas- ter to make and forward to the Treasury, Sub-Trea- sury, ordepository to which the remittance may be made, an affidavit setting forth thas the copper aud nickel Coins so transmitted were ved Tor pos- tages, siamps, envelopes or postal dues, in the regu- lar course of business, ASSISTANTS AND HEADS OF BURRAUS. dn conclusion it gives. me pleasure to commend the efticient labors of my assistants aud heady of bureaus. During the past. year they have uevoted themselves with becoming fidelity and energy te tae arduous duties of their several positions. 1 acknow- ledge their services with thankfulness, and as a mat- ter of justice 1 renew my urgent recommendation for an increase of their compensation. In my judg- ment the three Assistant Postmasters General, and the superintendents of foreign mails and of the money-order system, should each receive aa annual salary of $5,000. Lave the honor to pe, witn sentiments of high regard, your obedient servant, JNO. A. J, ORESWELL, Postmaster General. Tuk Paes IDENT. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The Uhamber of Commerce held its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, George Op- dyke occupying the chair. The following named gentiemen were elected members of the Chamber:— Henry Adams, Charles liven, Hiram M. Cool, Wil- Mam H, Dannat, John E. DeWitt, John F. Henry, 8. 8. Packard, William J. Peake and James Turner. Charles H. Kussell then offered tae following reso- lution: Resolved, That Committee No.6 be requested to inquire into and report ta the Chamber at ita next regular movting What legisiative action {a respect to the caunis is now re quired by the interests of the cliy and State of New York. Mr. CONKLING said that the day of cauals haa gene by, and railroads were the only modes of transportation to be adupted by a civilized commu- mity. ‘The bul had been denounced in a voice of thunder by commercial men, and he should most decidedly vote against the resolution. Mr. S. B. Ruaaies declared that Colonel Conk- Iing's statement was absurd and that commercial men had peen outvoted on the question. Mr. LEOPOLD BIERWIRTH, Chairman of a commit tee, read a report in favor of preserving tre inviola- bility of private property at sea, and denouncing privaveering. He urged the goverument to take steps to avolisn privateering. Mr. RuaGugs said he was in favor of the principles laid down in the report if they were possibly prac- tical, and referred to the destruction of private pro- perty by General Sherman on his march which de- stroyed the rebellion. Ths report was then adopted and the Chamber adjourned. YLUM FOR ISDIGENT FEMALES, Annual Meeting and Reports. A large number of ladies assembled yesterday at this institution who belong to the Assoelation for Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females for the purpose of listening to the annual report of the institution. The meeting was held in the chapel of the building. The Rev. Dr. Haight, of Trinity church, presided, and, after reading a portion of Scripture and a selection of prayers of the Episcopal Church service, proceeded to read the fifty- seventh annual report of tho institution, Tne annual report stated that tho intense heat of the past summer caused more than the usual pum- ber of deaths. Ten of the feeblest died, and in one day three laid dead there. Their ages ranged from sixty-two to eight; ven. The institution ts at pre- sent in a heaithy condition. There are only a tew cases ef chronic and incurabie disease. ‘fie aver- age age of the inmates is seventy-seven. ‘There aro between seventy and eighty {n the institution at pre- sent, The amount of subscriptions and legacies during the past vear, together with the State appro- priation, was $93,771, and the disbursements $16,415; invested in bond and mortgage. $41,500, leaving a balance in bank Of $35,856. The reverend gen- tleman then delivered @ brief address. He com- plimented the managars on the satisfactor report. He spoke ol the great benefit of suc an institution, and of the peculiar gratification which must be experienced by those who ald in pro. moting its benevolent purposes. He referred lo the vast amount of money that is expended in this city tor such purposes. He Qeprecated the strifes— moral, intellectual and pecuniary—which existed ever among Christian people, and pointed what vast benefits couid be aciueved if these were to cease, aud all should unite in promoting the com- forts and happiness of their fellow creatures. ‘The Speaker made some touching remarks on that portion of the report which referred to the mortality of the present year, and spoke of the lesson It inculcated, ee all to be preperea for the solemn event, and he closed with an earnest appeal in behalf of the new building in course of erection for this institution, which will stand as 2 memorial, he said, of the high thoughts and Christian purposes of the New Yorkers of the present day. The following is the Board of Management for the ensuing year:—Mrs. A. Gilbert, first directress; Mrs. W. M, Vermilye, second directress; Mrs. W. E. Ver- milye, secretary; Mr. Edward 8. inves, treasurer; Mrs. A. T. Anderson, assistant treasurer; Mrs. 8, M. Beckly, register; Mrs. &. barte, Mrs, K. Goldsmith, Mrs. John Lowery, Mra. Warren Carter, Mrs. Samuel A. Church, Mrs, B.D. Morgan, Mrs. 8. W. Anderson, Miss M. G. Brinkerhott, Miss ©. B. Hicks, Mrs, James Suydam, Mrs. Charles Minton, Sen.; Misa A, A, Rockwood, Mrs, B. 3. Innis, REAL ESTATE MATIERS. hauge Salesroom. AS we approach the nolidays the slight activity heretofore noticed in real estate circles begins to fall off. To-day there were no sales at the Ex- change, and the offerings for the balance of tho month are exceedingly light. The same stagnation tn respect to dealings extsts on the Stock Exchange, where the long continued ease in money appears to have totally eliminated all speculative interest from tne market, This may seeza paradoxical to many, but the expertencs of the street proves that an active and even astringent S accepted theory of post office management, and subjects tue Department to heavy losscm CORARSPONDBNCE CARDS. order system ts well llustrated by the statemeat that at tne city of New York alone the orders issued daring the last year amounted to $650,258, the ordors paid to $3,871,616, the remittances received: ‘y attention has been directed to the now system Pg! reapondence” or “port cards’ lately adopted by North Germany and by Great Britain for tuciil- money market induces business. The same rule would seem to apply In respect to the real estate market, which exuibits 4 similar tadiference ou the art of invesiora to the Many oxcellent opportun- 1e8 afforded Lor prodtable operations tu property to ‘vals vicinity, THE NEW CENSUS. Snddcn Postponement of the Arrangements. How the Ninth Censas is to Be Taken—Marshal Sharpe's Instructions to the Assistant Marshals Yesterday. As previously announced in the HERALD tt was Intended to appoint assistan$ Marshals and com- mence the work of re-enumerating the popalation of New York on Monday next, and s circular was despatchéd to the various men who had been se- lected to appear at Marshal Sharpe's office, to be “sworn in and receive their commussions, on Thursday, December 1, 1870.” In accordance with this intimation the greater number of the gasistant marshals presented . them- selves at the office yesterday morning, and about fifty were sworn, but at twelve o'clock @ notice was issued by the Marshal stating that those persons who had received instructions need not commence work until further orders were given thom, and those who were net. aworn most wait for @ second notice from him, Consequently the work 1s AT & STANDSTILL AGAIN, As far a8 can be ascertained the sudden directions given to postpone the work emanated at Washing- ton and were, sent on by telegraph while Sharpe ‘was in the actof handing out the commissiens to the men. The Marshal {snot pleased with the rup- ture thus made In his arrangements, as he is most anxious to have the statistics collected immediately, in order to refute what he terms the ‘‘calumnies'? of people who sy he takes) ne active part or m- terest in the matter, In consequence of this work the Untted States Courts building ts beginning to show signs of another siego, as @ great number of men present themselves each day with tne hope of being appointed, and, unlike the’ unfortunate “chal- lengers atid supervisors,” tlese men will be liber- ally and ptly paid for their iabor. ure the dustructions issued to the mew enumerators yesterday, which are to be rigidly adhered to:—All marshals who violate any of these rules, or fail to act in accordance with the tenor or them commissions—containing @ portion of the -President’s_m ‘will’ be ued 4 sum not oxi ig thirty-flye dollqrs; these flues to a out of the amount due for the work accom} and applled tO any purpose, subject to the discre- tion of Marsnal Sharpe. On the occasion of eee the previous census, although many of the ants gressiy violated their oaths and commissiens, the ‘shal allowed them to go off withont infict- tng tite fue; but as the present census is to be taken asa special test of the accuracy or inacouracy of the former statistics ali tines will be enforced. Ovrtor, 28, 1970, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE RE-ANUMERKALION OF THE GITE ‘AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, 1. ‘The Ansistant Marsbals will remember that this is not @ new census, but # re-enumeration of the population. Or the tive schedules only No. 1 will be issued, abd the enumeration will embrace only the particulars of name, age, sex, eolor, gecupatlon and Rativity. Tsp other siatlatice omitted: ‘Tt 1s hoped that by omitting “the a other than those named the work of enumeration willbe reduced from one- baif to two-thirds, and thatan-active man-may be able to through with from 700 to 1,000 names aday. Only one istrict wiil be given ont at a time to each assis ant, aad upon its completion the return and copy will be examined at this Office to test their accuraey, for which considerable means are at hand. If approved ‘another dlatrict will be given to the same assistant, so thattie most ellcentand accurate assistants will recetve the fullestemployment and remu- neration, 2. The one fact to be held constantly in mind by the assistants is that they are only to take those persons who, on the 1at of Juno, 1810, -bad their usual place of abode withia city and county of New York. New territory will ta caso be to each Unirev States Mansur’ New YoRk, Nov, every ‘assistant, and ne work will be approved which comprises any portion of a district hero- tofore taken bythe same ase! It is ws hoped that = proper pride in our great metropolis will stimulate the assist- ‘nts to wery 0: to correct all omissions which may have occurred in the late enumeration from any cause whatever. To thisend particular attention muss be paid to tye hotels and boarding houses where a residence ts claimed by those having no olor usual placa of abode, and whoy having left the city prior to the Ist of June, have now re- turned, provided, during their absence, they have not been enumerated elsewhere ; but in all cases the enumeration will be sirictiy contined to ‘persons who, on the Jat of June last, had the city and coanty of New York for their usual place o abode, and should any person claim 1o bave been enumerated eisewhere & rernark to that elfect wili be made across the un- occupied columns of the schedule, ‘3. Tue election district aad ward will be stated as hereto- the top of the page. The street numbers of the houses will appear in column No.1, aud the name of the nd the streets between which will appear in column ts wil Jeave a vacant 0. 2 an line where the numbers run over intervening streets, From this it wiil be seen that the houses and families aro not now to be numbered in the order of their visitation, but accord- ing to atreets, house numbers and blocks; and the recapitula- tion of dwe'lings aod inhaoitants will oniy be made on the fast page of each district. In column No. 6 the letter *C" will be written azainst the names ot all peryons of color where nothing is, written “white” will be uaderstood. Im coiumn No. 4 only au approximation to the age is desired. Round numbers a be stated, such as 80, 70, 60, 60, 40, 00, 0, 18,10, 9 and 1, Une object being to Identify the por- son as wh infant, child or adull 4. It is desired that the Assistant Marshals. shonld, get through the work of enumeration raptdly. Only one copy will be rejuired with each original reiura, but care must be taken that the same be very distinct and ‘legible. Kach axsiatant may employ ono or more persons of clerical experience to do the copying, aud this, work will be paid as heretofore; Dut the assistant must sign his own name to each page as well of the copy as of the original, 5. The hpraviens instructions issued from the Census Bu- reau at Washington are in force, wherever the same are not hereby modtred, and the fullest ald will be given by this Office to make this re-enameration ace:trate and complete. Representations made here in writing in regard to any sup- posed detictencies, when the same are accompanied by name 4nd residence, or in respect to the conduct of the Assistant Marshals, will recoive full attention; and the co-operation and assistance of all ofiicials and private persons are respect- fully requested, {a order that the objects of the re-enumera- tion may be obtained, and that full justice may be done to the city and county of New York. GHORGE H. SHARPE, United States Marshal, Toke FORTUNATE KELLY, His Body Identified by His Wi'e—Testimony Before the Ooroner—Sensible Recommenda- tion by the Jury. ‘The body of the man run over at 100th street and Fourth avenue, on Tuesday evening, by the Boston express train, was yesterday recognized at the Morgue by Mrs. Mary Ann Kelly as that of her hus- band, Thomas Ff. Kelly, with whom, hewever, she had not been living for over a year. Coroner Schirmer heid an inquest in the case, in which the following was elicited: — Andrew Finnegan, watchman in the employ of tho Harlem Railroad Company, deposed that on Tuesday he saw deceased, who had come through the tunnels he told the witness that he was going to Springfield, and was told what he could not reach there that night; Kelly then remarked that he would go as far as Bridgeport; he talked inconerently, which in- duced Finnegan to suspect that he was not in his right mind; Kelly was warned to keep off the traok, on which the up train was soon expected, to which he replied that he would not be caught by the train. Mrs. Mary Ann Kelly, widow of deceased, living in Stixty-second street, testified that she had seen the body of deceased at tne Morgue and recognized it as that of her husband; she pad not lived with bim for more than a year past; he drank pretty hardé and she took her little daughter and earned @ living for herself, she being @ seamstress; the witness had not seen deceased sincé the sth of July. The engiuveer of the Boston exprete train, which ran over deceased, testitied to seeing the inan on the track about one hundred.and fifty feet ahead of the locomotive and gave tne SIGNAL TO BRAKE UP, but {t was impossible to stop the train and save his Lf fe. Deputy. Coroner Joseph Cushman testifled to making an examination of the body of deceased and found compound fractures ef the skull and feet, from which lojuries death ensucd. The jury found that deceased was killed by being accidentally run over by @ train of cars belonging to the New York and New Haven Ratlroad Company, and the jury recommend the company to instruct frend empieyes to keep people irom walking on the rack.” The widow. of deceased and her friends took charge of the remaius ior interment. \s iT A MURDER? A Man Found Lying on the Sidewaik with His Bead Battered. Coroner Rollins yesterday afternoon was notified to take an ante-mnortem siatement at Bellevue Hospital in the case of John O’Brien, a man filty years of age, who is lying tn that institution dan- gerously wounded. At a iate lour on last Sunday night O’Brien was found lying wider the window of his apartments, in tno tenement house 41 Park street, in an msensible condition, from the effects of violence. At intervals ko has been conscious, on which occasions O’Brien las been understood to say ho was atiacked by three parties, to him unknown, and beaien on the head With a slungsuot or other deadly weapon, O'Brien's statement will be taken to-day. As yet Captain Kennedy, of t 6 Sixth precinct, has been unadie to learn by Whom O'Brien was beaten or the motive prompting the assault. REVOLT IN THE JACKSONVILLE, FLA., PAISON. JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Nov. 28, 1879. About one o’ciock to-day, during @ revelt among the prisoners tn the County Jail, Denis Jenkins, on guard at the time, fired and killed ® prisoner named Cathoun, and mortally wounded another named Brooks. Brooks {s yet living, but cannot : . ‘They were both colored. They were awaiting trial Yon the charge of larcen ie sro markabie that but one suot was fired, and thal passed through the head oi Calnuun and lodged tof Brooks. ‘ibere {3 Considerable exclemem here among the colored population,