Conf Pam 12mo #139 DTTD2fl3E3- R E r R T POSTMASTER GENERH PRt^.sij)i»H[: P^JKBIiXJ^IlY 28X11, FICE DEPAR^TMENT,/ Sir:_I have the honor ■tt^-s«}:umLJtila-^oTTo^vlllg report ot the condition' and progress of business of the Post-0fl5ce Department : "The eighth section of the first article of the Constitution provides "^that Congress is "to establish post-offices and post-routes ; but the expenses of the Post-Office Department, after the first day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its ovrn reve- nuest" As stated in my last report, the total cost of the postal service in the Confederate States, exclusive of the States of Kentucky and jMissouri, over which our postal service has been but partially extended, was, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1860, four million two hundred and ninet^^-six thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars and seventy- eight cents, ($4,296,246 78). The total receipts of revenue derived from postages, for the same period, were one million five hundred and seven- teen thousand five hundred and forty dolhirs and fifty-^ve" cents, ($ 1,517,540 bb). The excess of expenditure over receipts, for the same time, was two million seven hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and six dollars and twenty-three cents, ($2,778,706 23). Among the means adopted by Congress to enable the Post-Office Department to overcome this large deficiency, and to render the Department self-sustaining, was, the abo- lition of the franking privilege ; the increase of the rates of postage on all descriptions of mailable matter; the prohibi--^ tion of the carrying of newspapers and other mailaide mat'- ter over the post-routes as freight; the providing that all contracts to be made for can-ying the mails should be let ta jfche lowest bidder, without reference to the mode of convey- -a^e ; the clothing of the Postmaster General with power "to annul contracts, or to discontinue or curtail the service and pay on them, when he shall deem it advisable to dispense with the service in whole or in part," on the conditions spe- cified in the law ; and the reduction of the rates of compen- sation to jailroad companies. CONTRACT BUREAU. In order to prepare the Department to meet the require- ments of the Constitution, that it shall be made self-sustain- ing after the first -of March, 1863, and in execution of the laws, and to carry out the policy of Congress on this sub- ject, I have, from time to time, curtailed the service on such / routes as would admit of it, and wholly discontinued it on others where this cculd be done without material inconve-, nience to the public, and where the cost of the service was grossly disproportionate to the receipts from postages. I have also discontinued the service of such route and local agents as could be dispensed with. In addition to the reduction of the cost of service by cur- tailments and discontinuances, above referred to, the per- formance of service has been prevented on a number of steamboat and steamship routes, by the hostile fleets of the enemy. Tabular statement marked A, herewith submitted, exhibits, in detail, the several routes on which the service has been curtailed or discontinued, and the reduction of annual ex- penditure occasioned thereby, for the present fiscal year. 3 P= The reduced expenditure, by curtailments of service, by this statement, is $261,716 64 By discontinuance of service, by order of the Depaitment, 129,785 98 By discontinuance of service by the block- ade, 340,2.50 00 Making a total annual reduction of the ccst of service, of $731,752 62 In accord^-nce with the requirements of the Act of Con- gress of tlio 9th of May last, I have divided the railroads of the Confederate States into three classes, and assigned the compensation to be allowed to each for carrying the mails. Tabular statement, herewith submitted, marked B, exhib- its, in detail, the present annual cost of the railroad service, as compared with its cost for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 18(i0. From this, it will be seen that the railroad service, for the year ending June 30, 1860, cost $1,036,998 33 And that, for the present fiscal year, it costs 900,625 25 Amount saved to the Treasury by this re- duction, 136,373 08 Add reductions of expenditure by curtail- ment and discontinuance of other branches of the service, 731,752 62 Giving a total annual saving to the De- partment, of $868,125 70 It will be seen, by reference to tabular statement B, that there were seven thousand and nine miles of railroad in operation in the Confederate States in the year I860; and that there are now eight thousand two hundred and sixty- five miles in operation — showing an increase of twelve hun- dred and fifty-six miles. I would state, in this connection, that, owing to the completion of a number of railroads since 1860, and the perfecting of new and important connections thereby, the rate of compensation has been increased on them ; and the aggregate cost of the service has been in- creased, under the new classification, by the additional num- ber of miles run. From this it will be seen that the rate of redaction of the cost of the railroad service is greater than is shown by the aggregate cost of the service at the two pe- riods above named. Several of the railroads now" carrying the mails under contract with this Department, heretofore carried them under sub-contracts with other contractors; and the cost of that kind of service has not been embraced in any statement of railroad service heretofore exhibited. At the date of my last report, there were ninety-one railroads and branches known to the Department, and but fifteen of them had entered into contracts with the Depart- ment for carrying the mails. Now, there are one hundred and nine roads and branches, and fifty-five have entered into contract. And these embrace nearly all the important rail- roads in the Confederate States. At the date of my last report, thirteen hundred and seventy-two contracts for carrying the mails had been pre- pared in duplicate and sent out for execution; and eight hundred and thirty-three of them had been executed and returned to the Department. Up to this date sixteen hun- dred and twxnty-five contracts have been prepared in like manner and sent or.t for execution ; and thirteen hundred and six have been returned executed — leaving three hundred and nineteen outstanding, which have not been executed, as will appear by tabular statement hereto annexed, marked C. The contracts for carrying the mails in the States of Ala- bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri, will expire on the 30th June next; and advertisements have been prepared and are being sent out, inviting ]\ropo3als for carrying the mails in all of the above named States, except Kentucky and Missouri, for four years from the first of July next. Owing to the occupation of a large portion of the territory of the two States last mentioned by the Federal troops, it is not practicable, at present, to relet the service in those States. By the twenty-third section of '^ x\n Act to change the organization of the Post Office Department, and to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts thereof," approved July 2, 1836, it is provided "that it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General, before advertising for pro- posals for the transportation of the ma' Is, to form the best judgment practicable as to the mode, time and frequency of transportation on each route, and to advertise accordingly." I have endeavored to comply with the requirements of the law above quoted hy making a careful revision of all the routes established by law in the States of Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee, by deter- mining the time and frequency of transporting the mails on each route, by omitting to ask for a renewal of service on such routes as were deemed unnecessary, and by taking the requisite steps for securing service on new routes where it is re({uired. The mode of service is determined b}'' our statute, as stated in a former part of this report. Tabuhir statement, marked D, hereto annexed, exhibits, in detail, the number, termini and present cost of service of all the routes which it was deemed advisable to omit in the ad- vertisements heretofore referred to. From this exhibit, it will also be seen that the present cost of service, on the routes omitted, and which have heretofore been in service, amounts to four hundred and ninety-four thousand one hun- dred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents. This exhibit will also show the nuniber of routes established by law, which have not heretofore been in service, so far as this Department is advised, and which are not included in the advertisement for service for the next four years. In revising and systematizing the routes in the States above named, it became necessary to advertise for service on some routes not heretofore established by law, in order to promote efficiency and economy in the service. A descrip- tive list of these routes is hereto annexed, marked E ; and their establishment as post routes is respectfully recom- mended. The transportation of the mails constitutes the chief item of the expenditure of the Post-Office Department. The total cost of transporting the mails in the Confederate States, (excepting Kentucky and Missouri) for the year 1861), was three million four hundred and thirteen thousand two hun- dred and eighty dollars, ($3,413,28'J.) Looking to the ne- cessity of rendering the Department self-sustaining, thefol- loAving reductions have been made in the cost of this branch of the service, to wit: By curtailments and discontinuances of ser- vice on routes as stated in a former part of this report, $868,125 70 By cost of service on routes which will be discontinued after 30th June, next 420, o71 o) Making a total reduction of $r,288,G97 20 .6 In addition to these means of reducing this item of ex- penditure, under the new service to be commenced on the first of July next, the number of trips on a hirge number of routes has been reduced, and long routes have been, in many instances, broken up into shorter ones, so as to induce greater competition by opening them to a greater number of bidders. These measures, added to the letting of all contracts an **star bids," should produce a considerable reduction of the cost of mail transportation. But this may, in a greater or less degree, be counteracted by a reduction of competition in bids for the new service, on account of the large number of our citizens ,who are in the army. And if it shall be found that the price of animals and vehicles, and forage and subsistence is increased by the existence of the war. that will also increase the cost of the new mail service ; and, to that extent, counterbalance the anticipated reductions of the cost of the service. It is also to be remembered that the postal service in a considerable portion of Western Virginia is not under our control; and this will reduce the cost of the service during the present condition of that section of the State. This will, also, diminish the revenue of the Department — but there will, nevertheless, be an augmentation of the current reve- nue, without reference to this part of Virginia. The reduction of cost of service, by curtailments and dis- continuances of service on routes, has been more limited in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Floriostages, which will be exhibited in another part of this report, will furnish the information now in possession of the Department upon which to estimate- the probability of its being rendered self-sustaining by the time prescribed in the Constitution. The tabular statements above referred to, have been pre- pared with great care and labor by the Contract Bureau, and exhibit a large amount of valuable information, in detail, in relation to the postal service, in addition to that heretofore 7^ specially referred to in tliis report; and attention is respect- fully invited to them. APPOINTMENT BUREAU. The whole numher of Post-Offices in the Confederate States, at this date, excepting those in Kentucky and Mis- souri, and including those in Western Virginia, is 8,389 Number established since June I, 1861, 1 16 Number discontinued since June 1, 1861, 257 Number of Postmasters appointed since June 1, 1861, ^ ^ . 7,009 Number of Postmasters commissioned since June 1, 1861, 5,266 Number of Postmasters who have resigned since June 1, 1861, 807 Number of Postmasters who have been removed since June 1, 1861, 265 Number of Postmasters who have died since June 1, 1.^61, 80 All of which will appear in detail, by reference to tabu- lar exhibit, marked F, herewith submitted. No material changes have been made of Postmasters sub- ject to Presidential appointment, or of special, route, and local agents, since my last report. In answer to the advertised proposal for printing Post- Office blanks, for the use of the Department for the next four years, since my last report a bid has been accepted and a contract sent out for execution, on terms favorable to the Department. The whole number of requisitions from Postmasters, for supply of Post-Office blanks, wrapping paper, and twine, since the 1st of June, 1861, is 8,140 The number of requisitions supplied in full, 6,769 Number of requisitions to be supplied, 1,212 Which will appear in detail, by reference to tabular state- ment marked G, herewith submitted. This Bureau has been prevented from promptly and fully supplying all the demands for blanks, &c., for Post-Offices, by the difficulty which has been encountered in obtaining paper and having the printing done. But, it is thought^ this difficnltj T\'ill soon be overcome, and the supply be made equal to the demand. FINANCE BUREAU. In order to give a full view of the operations of the Fi- nance Bureau, I will present its condition, as shown by the Chief of the Bureau, on the 19th November last, as exhib- ited in my last report, and its operations; as shown from that date to the present. The books of this Bureau show that Postmasters who are required to deposit the revenues of their offices, deposited in the Treasury and its branches, between the first of June and 19th Novcniber, 18G1, $ 75,G05 70 Between the 19th November, 1861, and 27th February, 1862, 433,052 93 Making, since the 1st June, 1861, 508,658 63 The amount of grants from the Treasury, in aid of the revenues of the Department, was, by the act approved March 16, 1861, $320,060 36 And by act approved 29th Au- gust, 1861, 500,000 00 820,060 36 Total of deposits and grants, $ 1,328,718 99 Between the 27th July and 19th November, 1861, 337 war- rants were issued upon the Trea- sury, in payment of postal ser- vice, amounting to 225,434 96 And between the 19th Novem- ber, 1861, and 27th February, 1862, 610 warrants, amounting to 750,584 21 Making, in all, 947 warrants, amounting to 976,019 17 Leaving undrawn and subject to warrants, 352,699 82 9 Six hundred and seventy-five drafts were is- sued on a class of offices styled "draft offices," previous to the 19th of November, 1861, in payment of the postal service, for sums amount- ing to 40,388 36 Eight hundred and twenty- eight drafts have been issued between the 19th of November, 1861, and the 27th February, 1863, for sums amounting to 58,220 33 Making the total number of drafts heretofore issued 1,503, araoimting to 98,608 69 Add amounts paid by warrants, up to date, 976,019 17 Whole amount of payments to date, $ 1,074,627 86 The number of dead letters received and opencil, up to the 19Lh November, 1861, was 88,682 Number received and opened since that date, 85,724 Making, in all, 174,406 Number of drop letters to^l9th November, 1861, 8,512 Number from 19th November, 1861, to date, 4,617 Making, in all, 13,129 'o' Number of letters held for postage, up to 19th November, 1861, ' 7,818 Number from 19th November to date, 6,984 Making, in all, 14,802 Of these letters, 1,331 contained money, amounting to $9,392 25 And 2,411 contained drafts, bills of ex- change, notes, and other valuable papers, amounting to $ 1,612,904 38 That portion of the above named letters, with the bills of exchange, drafts and notes which they contain, belonging to citizens of the United States, have been placed in the hands of the proper judicial officers for their action thereon under the Sequestration Act. All the letters, 1331 in number, which contained money ^ 10 amounting to $ 9,392 25, have been sent out to be delivered to their proper owners. Of this number, ninety-one, con- taining $ 482 30, have been returned to the Department unclaimed. At the request of the French Consul in Richmond, all dead letters for France have been opened, and those which contained valuables delivered to him. Those for Great Bri- tain have been delivered to the British Consul unopened. The first postage stamps were delivered to tlie Depart- ment, under the contract by which it is now. supplied, on the loth of October, 1861. Since then 9,^89,400 five cent stamps have been received, equal to $ 4G4,470 00 And 902,100 ten cent stamps 90,210 00 Making in all 10,191,500 $554,680 00 These stamps have been distributed to such post offices as were in the vicinity of military encampments, to the large cities, ,and to such of the principal and smaller towns as the number furnished by the printer has enabled the Department to supply. The Department, however, has just received from Europe, under the order referred to in my last report, two millions one hundred and fifty thousand (2,150,000) five cent stamps, equal to one hundred and seven thousand five hundred dollars, ($107,500 00,) which, added to the number above stated, makes the total number of stamps re- ceived twelve million three hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred, (12,341,500,) amounting to six hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred and eiglity dollars, ($ QQZf- 180 00.) This number, together with those being furnished by the printer in this city, will enable the Department, in a very short time, to furnish every office with a full supply. Two cent stamps have been much needed, and it is believed the Department will be able to supply'- them soon. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. As shown by my last report, the total expenditures of the Department for the fractional part of the quarter which ended on the 30th June last, were two hundred thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents, (200,937 97,) and the total receipts, ninety-two thou- sand three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents, ($ 92,387 67,) leaving an excess of expenditures over 11 receipts of one hundred and eight thousand five hundred and fifty three dollars and thirty cents, ($ 108,553 30.) By the report of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Ofiice Department for the quarter ending 30th Septem- ber, 1861, a copy of which is hereto annexed, marked 11, it is shown that the total expenditures of the Department for that quarter amounted to six hundred and sixty-nine thousand six hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-four cents, ($ 669,612 84,) and the receipts to four hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-four cents, (414,155 74,) leaving an excess of ex- penditure over receipts of two hundred and fifty-five thou- sand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ten cents, ($255,457 10.) This shows an aggregate of expenditures, during the first four months of the operation of this Depart- ment, of eight hundred and seventy thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-one cents, ($870,550 81,) and an aggregate of receipts, for the same period, of five hundred and six thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and forty-one cents, ($ 506,543 41,) leaving an excess of expen- diture over receipts of three hundred and sixty-four thou- sand and seven dollars and forty cents, ($364,i)07 40.) The total receipts of revenue from postages for these States, under the Government of the United States, for the fiscal year which ended June 30tli, 1860, were one million five hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred and forty dollars and fifty-five cents, ($ 1,517,540 55.) One fourth of the above sum, equal to one quarter of the yearly re- ceipts, is three hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars and thirteen cents, ($379,- 385 13,) being thirty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-one cents, ($34,770 61.) less than the amount of the receipts for the quarter which ended on the 30th September last. The report of the Auditor, for the quarter ending 31st December last, cannot, in the order of business, be made before April next ; so that I am unable at this time to pre- sent a statement of the receipts and expenditures for that quarter. It is fair to presume, however, that the receipts of that quarter will considerably exceed the amount of the re- ceipts for the quarter which ended the 30th of September, on account of the fact that postage stamps were distributed for use to a considerable extent during the greater part of the quarter, thereby facilitating the payment of postage, 12 which liacl been rendered difficult during the preceding quar- ter from the scarcity of specie. The Department experienced some delay and difficulty in the collection of its revenues, during the first months of its active existence, by not having a large number of the post- masters appointed and bonded and under its efficient control, as well as on account of the fact that but few of the mail carriers had entered into contract with this Government, and therefore could not be furnished with collection orders, so as to act as the agents of the Government in collecting balances due it in the hands of postmasters on their respective routes. These difficulties are being removed by perfecting the organi- zation of tlie Department and b}^ the increasing efficiency of the organization of the Auditor's Office. The Department, therefore, confidently relies on realizing the grea.ter portion of its accruing revenues to meet its current liabilities. Assuming that the receipts for the quarter v/hich ended the 3()th September, will not exceed the average receipts per quarter for the year, which I think may be safely relied on, the receipts for the current year will be one million six hun- dred and fifty-six thousand six hundred and twenty-two dol- lars and ninety-six cents, ($1,655,622 96.) The total receipts in the year 1860, were one million five hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred and forty dol- lars and fifty-five cents, ($1,517, 40 56.) The estimated increase of the receipts of the present over those of the preceding year, is one hundred and thirty nine thousand and eighty-two dollars and forty-one cents, ($ 1 39,082 4 1 .) The amount of the fines and deductions imposed on contractors for failures and irregularities in the service are also to be placed to the credit of the Department. The fines imposed on contractors, up to the 31st of December last, were seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and six cents, ($764 06.) The amount of deductions to same date, was thirty-one thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirteen cents, ($31,283 .3.) Making in all, thirty-two thousand and forty-seven dollars and nineteen cents, ($32,047 19.) I assume the expenditures of the year ending June 30th, 1860, under the Government of the United States, as the safest basis for an estimate of the expenditures and liabilities of the Department for the year ending June 30th, next, as our present expenditures are being made under contracts then in existence, except as they have been modified by this Department, by omissions of contractors to perform service, 13 or by tlie occupation of parts of our territory by the public enemy. The total expenditures of that jcarwere $4,29d,24G 78 Subject to the following deductions : Cost of service on routes discontinued by the blockade $ 340,250 00 Amount saved by curtail- ment and discontinuance of ser- vice on routes, by order of the Department 391,502 62 By curtailment of cost of railroad service 136,373 08 By amount of fines and de- ductions to 31st December 32,047 19 ' §000,172 89 Total of estimated liability, $3,396,073 89 Amount of estimated receipts for cuirent year, based on ac- tual receipts of quarter ending September 30th $1,656,622 96 Amount of appropriation al- ready made from general Trea- sury 820,060 36 $2,476,683 32 Leaving a balance unprovi- ded for, of 919,390 57 Which will have to bo provided for by Congress from the general Treasury. In making the foregoing estimate of receipts and ex- penditures, I have not included the month of June last, which was the closing month of the last fiscal year, as we now reckon the fiscal year. The excess of expendi- ture Over receipts for that month, w\as one hundred and eight thousand five hundred and fifty-three dollars r.nd thirty cents, ($ in8.553 30,) which would be so much to be added to the above sum to be provided for fiora the general Treasury. But as the Department has not been charged with the expense of the service in a considerable portion of Western Virginia, nor in Tennessee, until after the 8th day of June last, nor on a number of routes else- where, on which the service has been abandoned, it will be 14 safe to omit the expenses of tl\at month in the amount to be appropriated from the general Treasury. From this it ^vill be seen that the estimated excess of ex- penditure over receipts for thirteen months, ending the 3'dth June next, is one million seven hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars and ninetv-five cents, ($ 1,739,-:15'J 95,) -while the deficiency in the same States, under the Government of the United States, for a like period, ending June 3()th, 1860, was three million and ten thousand two hundred and sixty-five dollars and ten cents, ($3,010,265 10,) being an excess of deficiency of one million two hundred and seventy thousand eight hun- dred and fourteen dollars and seventeen cents, ($ 1,27;>,814 17 cents,) more than the estimated deficiency under the Confederate States. TELEGRAPH LINES. Under the several acts relating to the construction and control of telegraph lines, the sum of seven thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty cents (7,121 8')) has been expended between the date of my last report and the 3 1st December last, as v/ill appear by reference to the Auditor's report, herewith accompanying. A supplemental contract has been made with the Texas Telegraph Company, since tlie date of my last report, ex- tending the tnne for the completion of the line of telegraph from the City of New Orleans to the City of Houston, to the fifteenth day of May next. And on the 2 7th of Febru- ary, inst., the Department issued an order to William S. Moi-ris, President of the Southern Telegraph Compan}^ to build and put in operation a line of telegraph from Weidon, in the State of iNorth Carolina, to Suft'olk, in the State of Virginia, which, it is expected, will be completed in twenty days from the date cf the above order. A line has also been built from Dumfries to Evansport ; another from Manassas to Centreville, and an additional line from Stafford Court House to Brooks' Station, in Virginia. For a full account of the action of the Department on this subject, reference is respectfully Aade to my last report. EXPRESS COMPANIES AS MAIL CARRIERS. Under the seventh section of *^An Act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and 15 for other purposes," approved February 23, 1861, express and other chartered companies are prohibited from carrying any letters '' unless the same shall be prepaid, by being en- closed in a stamped envelope of this Confederacy," and a penalty of five hundred dollars is denounced against any such company for violating the statute. By the fifth section of "An Act vesting certain powers in the Postmaster General," approved ^larch \5^ 1861, it is provided " that it shall be lawful for the Postmaster Gene- ral to allow express and other chartered companies to carry letters, and all mail matter of every description, whether the same be enclosed in stamped envelopes or prepaid by stamps, or in money ; but if the same be prepaid in money, the mone}' sliall be paid to some Postmaster, who shall stamp the same paid, and shall account to the Post-Office Depart- ment for the same, in the same manner as for letters sent by the mail : and if prepaid by stamps, then the express or other company receiving such letters for delivery, shall ob- literate such stamps, under the penalty of five hundred dol- lars for each failure ; ****** but if said lotters or mail matter shall be received by such express or other company, not for delivery, bat to be mailed, then the matter so carried shall be prepaid at the same rate that the existing law requires it to be paid, from the point where it may be received by such company to the point of its destination ; and the Postmaster, where such company may mail the same, shall deface the stamps upon the same." By the sixth section of the foregoing act, each agent of any company which may carry letters under its provisions, is required " to take an oath that he will faithfully comply with the law of the Confederate States relating to the carry- ing of letters or other mail matter, and obliterating postage stamps." These three sections embrace all of our legislation on this subject. By the ninth secticn of "An Act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use, and correct the abuse, of the ^ franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post-Office Department," approved March 3, 1845, private express companies are expressly prohibited from carrying "any letters, packets or packages of letters, or other matter properly transmissible by the United States mail, except newspapers, pamphlets, magazines and periodi- 16 cals;" and a penalty of one huuilred and fifty dollars is denounced against any violation of the law. It has come to the knowledge of the Department that nu- merous frauds have heen perpetrated against its revenues by what is known as the Southern Express Company; and pro- secutions have been ordered against it in a number of cases. But from supposed defects in our legislation on the subject, it is regarded as doubtful, by some of the law officers in charge of these cases, Avhcther the prosecutions can be sus- tained against the company, and especially in States where .it has not been incorporated. It w^ill also be seen, by reference to the fifth section of the "Act vesting certain powers in the Postmasier Gene- ral," that the only penalty provided b}^ it is against a failure to "obliterate postage stamp-" on letters prepaid by stamps. And no penalty has been provided against any person connected with, or employed by, an express company. The Southern Express Company is the only company car- rying mailable matter, so far as is known to the Depart- ment, and the number of frauds being perpetrated by its agents upon the revenues of the Department Avill render it necessary for me to refuse to allow it to carry mailable mat- ter, except such as is provided for in the seventh section of the Act of February 23d, 1861, above referred to, until some scheme can be devised for the better security of the revenues of the Department, if Congress shall tliink it ne- cessary to attempt to provide such a scheme. POSTAGE OF AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. I must call attention to tiie recommendation made in my last report, that Congress provide some means of relieving special, and route, and local agents, and contractors, from the payment of the postage on their official correspondence. The agents are required to correspond with the Department and with postmasters and others on the business of the De- partment. The correspondence of the special agents is voluminous; and contractors for carrying the mails are re- quired to make frequent responses to communications sent them from the Department in relation to the service, and to return to the Auditor, quarterly, the evidence of payments made them for such service, and to report to the Depart- ment the cause of every failure and of all irregularities in n the service on their several routes. My recommendations on this subject were not acted on, and I beg respectfully to renew them, and to call attention to the reasons stated in my last report for requesting this action ; and also to renew the suggestions contained in that report, as to the modes of remedying this defect of legislation. COMPENSATION TO CONTRACTORS FOR PAST SERVICES. The condition of those contractors for carrying the mails under the Government of the United States, who continued to carry them in the several States of this Confederacy after they seceded from the Government of the United States, and before this Government took charge of the postal ser- vice, on the first of June last, lequires consideration by Congress. But few of the contractors in all these States received any payments from the United States for their ser- vices after the secession of their respective States. This Government has made no provision for their payment, ex- cept to direct the collection of bahinces in tlie hands of post- masters on the first of June last, due to the United States, and hold the sum so collected for pro rata payment to these contractors, after ascertaining the amounts due them for such service. The Auditor is unable, as yet, to report tO' me the amount of the outstanding balances in the hands of postmasters, or the amount of indebtedness to contractors ; and I am unable to come to a correct conclusion as to what success may attend his efforts to collect these balances. Bat, at the best wliich can be expected, the amount to be collected from postmasters will pay but a small part of the amount' due to this class of contractors. These contractors are entitled to gre t credit for having continued to perform this service, without any certain assurance as to when and how they were to be paid. If they had determined to abandon the service on the secession' of their several States, (and there was no power to compel them to continue it,) the result to our country and cause must have been deplorable, while the difficulty of putting the service in operation under our new Government would have been greatly augmented. And though the Government of the United States received a part of the revenues arising from postages in these States after it had ceased to make payments to contractors, and only gave them notice of the discontinuance of their contracts under that Government, 2 18 from and after the 31st of May last, this does not weaken their claim on us for compensation, as their services were chiefly beneficial to our people. It is to be remembered, too, that they continued, in most instances, to perform this service under this Government for a considerable length of time after it assumed the control of the service, before the Department could command the information necessary to enable it to make payments to them for the current service. The whole subject is respectfully submitted for the consid- eration of Congress. REDUCTION OF THE RATES OF COMMISSIONS ALLOWED TO POST- MASTERS. I would respectfully call the attention of Congress to the necessity of a revision of the *'Act regulating the pay of Deputy Postmasters," approved June 22, 1854. Under that act they are allowed, as a compensation for their services, commissions *'on the postage collected at their respective offices in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion for any period less than a quarter, viz : "On any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, sixty ■per cent. ; but any Postmaster at whose office the mail is to arrive regularlj^ between the hours of nine o'clock at night and five o"clock in the morning, may be allowed seventy per cent, on the first hundred dollars. *'0n any sum over and above one hundred dollars, and not •exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent. <'0n any sum over and above four hundred dollars, but not exccding twenty-four hundred dollars, forty per cent. "And on all sums over twenty-four hundred dollars, fif- teen per cent. "On the amount of postage on letters and packages re- ceived at a distributing office for distribution, twelve- and- one-half per cent, commissions may be allowed." The rate of postage on which the foregoing rates of com- missions Avere allowed, was, for any distance embraced within the limits of the Confederate States, three cents; whereas the same rates of commission are now allowed on the follow- ing rates of postage, viz : For every single sealed letter conveyed, not exceeding five hundred miles, five cents ; and for any distance exceed- ing five hundred miles, ten cents. Under the former low rate of postage, a Postmaster would mail three thousand three hundred and thirty-three letters for seventy dollars of compensation, whereas he now re- ceives that sum for mailing two thousand at the five cent rate, or one thousand at the ten cent rate of postage. If, therefore, the former rates of commission were an adequate compensation for the labor performed by Postmasters, it is manifest that their compensation, under the present rates of postage, is disproportionate to the service performed, and could with propriety be reduced. I therefore suggest, for the consideration of Congress, the following rates of commissions in lieu of those now allowed: On any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, fifty per cent. ; but to any Postmaster, at whose office the mail is to arrive regularly, between the hours of nine o'clock at night and five o'clock in the morning, sixty per cent. On any sum over one hundred dollars, and not exceeding four hundred dollars, forty per cent. On any sum over four hundred dollars, but not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent. And on all sums over twenty-four hundred dollars, ten per cent. On the amount of postage on letters and packages re- ceived at a distributing office, for distribution, eight per cent. These rates of commissions on our rates of postage, will give a more ample compensation to Postmasters for their labor than they would receive by the present rates of com- missions upon the former low rate of postage. And while these rates of commissions would afford a just compensation to Postmasters, they would save to the Department a con- siderable amount of the current revenues, and, to that ex- tent, aid in rendering it self-sustaining. I have the honor to be. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, JOHN H. REAGAN, Postmaster General, The President. SI (A) ALABAMA. Reports of Curtailments made in service qnd pay of Contractors from June 1, 1861, to June 30, 1862. No. ROUTES. CONTRACTORS. Compen- sation. Serrire Cattailed. Am-ttBl Cartalled, 7119 7097 7029 7122 712^ Jasper to Joneshoro', Rocl£ Creek to Dlck'«on, DeS'^toto Clan-^hichfe, Tu caliosato Greensboro',... Trmn to Fllvt on Th im'\8 Brown, George Srygley,. .. E A. Doiier Hill A Taylor, 8 Garner, $ 8S5 < 90 00 19; 00 2,470 00 5:^3 33 890 00 567 00 1.500 00 1,.594 00 65,000 00 Discontinu'd Curtailed, ii $885 00 90 00 192 00 1,235 00 26fi67 7059 Bennettsville to VanBoren,. . . H. Little, 195 00 719S Hill A Taylor, T. Pf»rtridge, . T. J. Adams, Powell A Ellsworth, 189 00 7170 7144 7002 Stare Line Station toCofifee'lle, Linden to Coffeeville, Montgomery, Penaacola (Fla.) 500 00 ^31 as 14,809 00 118,893 00 Routes curtailed, 7. Routes discontinued, 8. NORTH CAROLINA 5109 6293 5108 Payetteville to Raleigh, Castania Grove to Brevard De't Fayetteville to High Point, . . . D. G. McRae J. Abernethy, H. H. WebD, e« curtailed. 3. 1,167 00 210 00 2,885 00 Curtailed. It Sa'dbyAd'g 583 50 105 00 905 00 1,593 50 SOUTH CAROLINA. 5702|Unionville to Gowdeysville, . . John Tolleson,. 6727 Hodges to Calhoun, J. M. Vandevtr, Routes discontlnned, 9. 88 00 145 00 Discontinu' &3 00 143 00 f2S3 00 22 (A) — Continued. ARKANSAS. jReport of Curtailments made in Service and Fay of Contractors, from 1st June, 1861, to SOth June, 1862. No Routes. Contractors. Compen- sation. Service cur tailed. Amount Curtailed. T31S I'ine Bluff to Camden W. p. Brr roughs. .. 506 99 Disconlin'd. 596 99 1-^27 \uitin to Pine Bluff J. C. A.t^kiUem 675 00 t( 675 GO Tar.5 lacksonport to Osceola .■^tone Point to Quitman .lacksonport to Oaiiiesviile. . . W. Muns 810 lO 190 00 950 00 fv» J ckson 10 Pilot Hill T. Folenshee T.J. Mellon.... 275 CO 440 00 \i 275 00 TS6S Pocahontas to Poplar Bluff. .. 440 00 7871 Powhatan to Gainesville George McGhehey.. 275 00 " 275 00 7872 fiainesville to Pocahintas B. F. Payne fGS 00 Curtailed. 193 83 7373 Greensboro' to Smith ville. ... W. Evans . . . . , 1,0 '5 00 i* 662 67 7374 RiggsviPe to Searcy C. H. Overton 4.')2 00 Discontin'd. 4"^2 00 787f> RiL'gsville to Clinion Lebanon to Porsvth M Griggs 144 00 319 00 144 00 79<>0 W. A. Wyatt 819 00 790-2 l,ittle Rock to Woodruff C. H. Overton 205 00 n 205 00 7913 Pittsburg to Charleston W.W. Collier 524 OOi Curtailed. 174 66 7*) 14 Pittsburg to Reveille A. W. Crawford W. R. Lee 16J OO'Di.-iCrtntinM 169 00 7T)I5 Reveille to Charl-stt-n Chichela to Rosevilie . SS 40 200 00 me 800 00 " 400 00 604S iacksonville to Perry's Mills . E. Dopsr.n 950 00 " 425 00 6056 Fo't Valley to Knoxville L. 11. Thurmau... 800 00 ■' 400 00 6061 Millwood to VieuHa L. C. Copped je.... 73 00 '^ 36 00 6068: Amerlcus to Georgetown.. .. J. M. Miller 1.200 00 400 00 6069 " Dawson R 3. Cobb 150 00 " 125 00 6082 Albany to Walker's Mill 6060 Montezuma t9 Drayton D, Griffin 3,200 00 t( 1,045 00 J. G. t'mith 575 00 i( 192 00 6092 610' al Folom M. R. Horn 16(1 00 250 00 Discontinu'd 86 00 Pennsboro' to Okanilco 250 00 6103 Hawkins ville to Jacksonville. M. D. Wilcox 900 ) Curtailed. 450 00 6106 Knox villt; to Thomaston J.N.Swift 4^>i 00 Discontinu'd 498 00 6112 Pleasant to Columbus A. L. Robinson 527 00 Curt.ilsd. ♦^6 00 6ll3 0riffintoLaG a .go K. H. & A. J. Dozier 2,500 00 1,000 00 612l!Jonesboro' to Favetteville 8. A. Manguca 234 00 " 117 00 6123 McDonough to Jouesbort,' " 809 00 154 00 6131 Clinion to Macon A W. Gibson 630 CO 315 00 61351 Powellton to Shoals of Ogechee J. T. Andrews 240 00 " 120 00 6140 Thompson to Winfi^-ld J. P Wilsnn 550 00 " 867 00 6158 Cony er.s to Bershiba 616S Atlanta to Harttvell S, H, Dean 150 00 Discontinu'd 150 00 B. Harris 3,770 00 Curtailed. 2,875 00 6194 Ro.swell to Canton Rome to Centre 0. Talb-rt 250 00 238 00 Discontinu'd 250 GO 6201 T. Harvey 23-! 00 622 ; Hiawassee to Blairsville K. Caml 159 49 Curtailed. 79 00 6245 Madison fc'prings to Carnesv'le J. W.Thomas 175 00 Discontinu'd 175 00 110,221 00 Number of Routes curtailed, 20. Number of Rout»s d'sco'-ti' ued, 6. 24 (A) — Continued. LOUISIANA. Report of Curtiilments made in Service and Pay of Contractors, from \st June, 1861, to 30/A June, 1862. No. ROCTToS. Contractors. Compen- sation. Service Curtailed. Amount Curtailed. 81.' ft New Orleans to CarrolUon. . . P. Reillv * 400 00 Curtailed 244 00 bl5H to lUllz- M. D. Kadvick. ... 4.500 00 Dis ontinu'a 4,5' lO 00 8157 " to Covin. ton... J. W Hoffman 2' 00 00 '« 2,50n 00 81 SO "linton to Prospect Hill .... White A White. ... 2 200 00 It 2,200 00 Rl 8 TangHp^ho to Pdlevtine Vl^gee 41 Painter 2 '4 00 ti VM 00 8ISt C. Knight 195 00 195 00 8JSft St F-ancisville to Red River E.Leet 1,000 00 «i 1000 00 81Srt Bayo 1 Sara to Point * oupee. . 1. B. Dahois 349 00 «' 849 00 81'.>1 Ne*v Iberia to St Ma-ti isville A. '-Jreiienigo 250 00 Curtailed 125 ( 8192 Thiiodeaaxto II«uraa B. R. Holden 750 ' ',50 i»0 819.) Plaqu' m lie to Charito!' R.Miller 2,0i'O OU " 1/(10 0» 820o fVlexandria to Naoogdoch»^s. . vf Tavlor 17 000 00 II 2,500 00 K-/nfi " to Harrisonbu gh... R L. Fox 1,4 w II 466 00 82(iS " to Burr's Perry " to Marksville < L Fox 900 Oil 4. .5 . olscontinu'd WOO 00 8209 R. L Fovc 4"5 00 82 Natchitoches to 'hreveport. .. M N Swaff.rd. ... 898 on Curtailed 660 00 82:2 " to Milam VV. H. Edm ndson. 775 Dis ontinu'd 7-5 00 8215 ^imsport to MoreHUville '.J B. KPk 54.1 00 -'■ 510 00 %i 7 Vermil ionville to Mermentou V. T. Landry 300 00 " 300 00 8220 Opelou3d8 to Bullew's Ferry.. A. Clifton l,'>t'0 00 Curtaihd 1,012 'to s-?yi \lbany to Shrev p in Mansfield to Pulaski R L Fox 399 (XI D'scontinu'd 8 9 00 8225 G. W. P yfon .... 89 > (0 395 00 822S Kaichie to Nac gd .ches B. T Huston 1 500 0(1 u l,5(i0 00 8230 Pine Hidge to Q iay .J. Lay 4 5 " 4^5 00 82:32 Burr's -erry to Columbus J. M. West 4'Ui 00 " 400 00 8288 Mill Creek to Bear B ne.... L W. Sra-^rt 72 OU 7-25 00 8-?.S(i Hudd'eston to vianuv L W. Smart ). P. Go-ch 2'5 CO 20. t (Id II 275 00 8287 vlanny to Burr's Ferry 260 82 -iS to »>. H Dillard's.. Rain.s & Rains 345 00 '• 345 00 8289 Grand Gulf to Red Kiver Landing J. IL Gillespie 1,9^0 OM " 1 900 00 8248 Tri ,ity to Tooley's \V. R. White 615 (10 " 645 00 824 Ri.hmond to G and Gulf .; M. Cartt-r 1,776 00 Curtailed 99.1 00 825 ^ Columbia to A lexandria \ Morrison 787 0' Disconliuu'd 787 00 8254 " to Ton vJ W. Gray 7; 3 on *' 798 00 82 fi Columbia to Harrisonburgh. !. W. Gibson 895 00 Discontiiiu'd 895 00 8y.r.9 C. A. Pheps i. R chart .'90 00 foo on u 690 00 82ti> 01 nion to Stony Point 800 00 8-68 Harrisonburg to Na chitoche \ F. SwaflFord 2 491 .0 Cu' tailed l,6i.O 00 82rt( viinden to vianrnolia Y. Fie- Cher 499 00 Discoi.tinu'd 499 00 8271 L,aktt Providence to Deerfieh 1. G. Tompkins. .. 1,4(10 00 Curtailed 622 00 f-272 " to lUstrop r H. Stevens fOO 00 Discontinu'd ( 00 00 8278 Pecan Grove to M >nroe !. B. Hendrick... . 1,490 00 " 1 490 00 827 + to Kloyd . D. Oliver 675 00 675 00 82s 1 Grand Lake to Rchmond .J. VV. f. raver 1,990 00 " 1,990 00 829 N. Orleaus to Jefferson City . . vl Reilly 240 00 240 00 39,395 00 Curtailed, 11. Dis ontinned. 34. 25 (A) — Continued. MISSISSIPPI. Report of Curtailments made in the Service and Pay of Con- tractors from \st June, 1861, to 30^/i June, 1863. No. ROUTlS. Contractors. Compensa- tion. Service curtailed Amount ccrtail'd. T402 Vicksbur' to North of Cold Water Holm' s& Leathers a4,S75 0.. Se'vlce discon- T418 Canton to Artesia. . .. j Kosciusko to Goouman f !lill& Taylor 12,010 00 tinued .Service from Kos- ciu-ko to Artfsia reduci.'d to three times a week , and irom Kosci- usko to Go d- man three times a week $14,875 00 4,915 67 T41S Canton to Verr on A. H.Terr 11 999 00 Service reduced to th ee times a Kosciusko to Lex'ngton. rhomas Ely 913 00 week 4P9 50 T427 Service between West's Static n and Lexington disco nti nu t d, and reduced on lemainder to twice a week... 559 52 T433 Carthage to Union J. H. Caldwell ... 400 00 -ervice reduced t one trip per week 200 00 7439 Macon to Carro'.lton Nath'lWoodward. 6,063 00 Service between iMacon and \M- nona red uce d one trip per week 1,527 33 7443 Wett Point to Houston.. Thos. N. Martin.. 825 64 Sei vice reduced to twice a week. .. 275 21 7451 Yaz^o City to Dover.... lohn Brumfield.... 750 00 Service reduce d to twici a week.. . 250 00 7453 Gray^portto Hopewell.. .\lbert G. Barton.. 469 00 Service reduced to one trip a week. 812 67 7455 Grenada to Delta Samuel N. Irby.... 1,2S0 00 ^^rvice disc on tinned 1.280 CO 7457 Grenada to Okolona J.J.Gallaher 2,850 00 Serv ce between Housto n and Okolona, eeven- tetn miles, f.is- continued 605 62 7461 Grenada to McNutt .... Pleasant Irby... . 590 00 .Service discon- tinued 590 00 7462 Coffeevilleto Pittsboro.. lacob A. Tally.... 1,840 00 ."Jc-vice reduced to three trips per week 740 00 7463 C^fifeeville to Pontotoc. Xathan Lamar 1,190 00 Service reduced to one trip per week 396 6T 7464 Coffeevll e to CharlestoD \Vm, H. Payne.... 575 CO Servic-^ bet we en CnfTeeville and Oakland discon- tinu'd, and spr- yice increased on remainder to six times a week 276 00 127,303 19 26 (A) — Continued. MISSISSirPI— Continued. ROOTES. 74G8 Egypt to Uouston . . . T471 Eastporttoluka,... 7474 Okolona to Sarepta. 7474 Okoljna to Earepta.. 7475 Okolona to Ellistowa. 7477 Pontotoc to Pocahontas Tcnn . 7478 Pontotoc to Bu-nsville. I 7479 Pontotoc to Fult.-n.... 7482 7484 7485 7490 7491 7492 7494 7495 7593 Oxford to Panola . . . , CONTRACTOBS. Oxford to Okonola WestPJnt to Fame. Geo. W. Tittle John J. Galaher. William Mayers.. William Mayers... William Mayers. . . S. R. Speiiiht Sam'l G. Champion Nathan Lamar Antl'w M. Raburn Hill & Taylor James R. Trimble. C0M<*KN8A TION. SeKVICS CDRTAI' KD Amodnt cdrtail'd. New Albany to Fredonia W. P. Smith Greensboro to Pontotoc. Waterford to Tyro. ... H.l'y Springs to Panola. noUy Springs to New Al- bany Coilath to Jacinto. 7599 Corinth to Hamburg, Tenn 7601 Ripley to Rienzl John C. nolliday., U. G. Barber Moore & Lane W. "VV. Bonds B. n. Estes Jefferson Burnett S.R.Speight 62,262 00 Serv'ce reduced to three trips a week 400 00 Serv ce red uc ed f ur tr ps per Week 364 CO Service Irom R ch- land t> Sarepta discon ti n ued , and service on rtraaincier in- creased to twi e we' k 312 00 Service r^du c e d CH'* trip per week 864 CO Serv'ce discon- t uued 1,175 00 Service reduced on-; trip per week 1,C00 00 ■'ervio- disc on tinued ;0 00 Service di scon ii.ued SOO fO S rvlce rcdu ced one trip per we k 4.9S9 00 Term'nus chmge to Verona ledu' ing d stance 2o miles C03 00 Terminus changed to Tibbi Station reducing d i s tance 3 mile". .. 170 00 Se vice reduced one trip per week 1,097 00 -'ervice reduced to one trip per week 514 00 Serv ce reduced to one trip pe week 889 00 -ervice reduced from Holly Sp ings to !: dis one trio per week, and dis continued from Sardis to Panola 743 00 Service red u c e d one trip per wf ek 480 00 Service red u c e d one tr) p per week 194 0(t Service reduced to two tr i p s p e week "5 00 S rvic-^ reduced to one trip per week $1,131 00 265 67 237 50 18,041 09 27 (A) — Continued. MISSISSIPPI— Continued. No. T502 75C7 7W)9 T512 7514 7515 7523 7529 7584 753T 7542 Routes. Ripley to luka Lamar to Riply Charleston to Helena Danville to Corinth. . . Salisbury, Tenn., to Ca naan, Miss Rossville, Tenn ,to Holly Springs Hopew'llto Short Branch DeKalb to Macon ... Tacaluchee to Corners ville Contractors. ^'^^["J^""^' Service cdrtailkd Sam'l G. Champion A. C. Crawford. . A. W. Eayburn.. . Burnett Burnett... B. Q Barber. H. G. Barber. LouisTille to Philadelphia Union to DeSoto 75501 Herbert to Lauderdale Station 7551 7C53 7555 7558 7560 7561 Herbert to Enterprise. Jackson to Yazoo City. . Gallatin to Pine Ridge.. Brookhav'n te Monticello Natchez to Woodville Natchez to Fayette. . . William Hanna. . Daniel A. Clark. Samuel Johnson Geo P Woodwards W. H. Edmundson. Hill & Taylor.. B. B. Thompson... Wm. J. Taylor George Rea... Anthony stamps. Geo. E. Putnam.. Thomas M. Pettit. Amou.nt cdktail'd. 1,025 to Service reciucc'-l t" one trip p e i week bpt ween Kipley & Rienzi. 00 Service redaced to i three trips per I week 1,200 CO Service d i s c o n- I tinued 153 00 Service redm^ed to 1 one trip per I week 168 00 Servce reduced I one trip per I wp' k 1,154 CO Service red u c e d from RossviUe to Noith Mount Pleasant three trips per week and discon- tinued from N Mount Pleasant to Holly Hprings 47 00 ?ervice disc o n- tinuei ],15"t CO !^t-v ce reduced to one trip per Wf-ek 156 00 Service reduced ore trip per week 425 00 Service >educed one trip per w ek 8,S50 00 S'.rvic3 reduced to thee trips per wetk 3,900 00 Service reduced to two tri p g per wee'< T25 00 Serv ce bt-twe Herb e r t and C. unky reduced to on- tiip uer week, and dis continued froaa Chunky to En terpris'? 2.348 00 Service discon- tinued . 4C0 0"' Serv'cer*du.eH to two tips per we<'k 1,040 00 Service reduced to three trips per we-k 1,800 00 Service reduce 1 to two trips per wee'c 800 00 Service disc on tinued 266 23 1,750 CO 1,200 €0 102 00 C2 67 935 63 47 00 525 00 52 CO 212 50 1,925 00 2,600 00 451 11 2.848 00 133 J3 520 00 600 00 800 oe 114,530 52 28 (A) — Continued. MISSISSIPPI— Continued. No. RODTKS. COSTBACTOHS. COMPRNSA- TION Sbrvick curtailed. Auovwr cortail'd. 7562 Natchez to Osyka R. M. Nelson 2,827 00 Servic-, reduced t^ one trip per week from Na'ch z to I.ib- ertv, and dis- continued from 7667 Edward's Depot to Gal Lbe ty toOsyka 2,198 78 latin George Rea 1,490 00 Si.rvl'-e f om Ed w .rd's Depot to Utica d 8 CO n t'nuf'd, and ser- vic-' f om Ut ca to Gallat'n re due d to two trips pe week.. 955 1« 7569 Raymond to Terry Depot William D. Terry. . 1,275 00 Servic reduced to two trips per Hazlehurstto PortGibs'n William D. Terry. . 1,912 50 week 910 73 7572 Service reiuc^-d to one trip per week bet we en Gallati n and Port Gibson 1,178 00 7578 Port Gibson to Hamburg. Peter Schmall i,;:oo 00 Servi. p d i s c n- tin u e d from Fayette to Han bug 673 47 T574 Natchez to Brookhaven . W. A. Kilpatiick.. 8,000 00 Service r -duced to t'sro tips per week 1,100 00 7576 Holmesvllle to Magnolia R. Willoughby... 740 00 Sc-vice ed ced to thr^e trips per wfKk 870 00 7578 Liberty to Fort Adams.. R. M. Nelson 2,140 00 Service r duced to two tiips per week 718 83 7580 Meadville to Summit.... Jas. B.Wilkinson. 775 00 Se vice reduced tr> one trip per week 516 67 7585 Wcstville to Raleigh Jacob Grubb 599 00 S«rvice reduced to one trip p er we k 899 88 7600 Paulding to Enterprise.. Wm. Lawless 495 CO S-^rvic- reduced to two trips per 7620 Gainesville to Pass Chris tian we"k 16: 00 John P. Davie 700 00 Service discon- 7635 Waynt-sboro to Nichol- t mied. 700 00 son's Store, Ala, J.H. lledrick 825 00 Service reduced to two trips per Armltage to Mi con Geo. Y.Wood ward 490 00 wt'ek 275 00 7637 "Service discon- 7643 Lauderdale Station to DeKalb tioU'*d 490 00 Geo. Y. Woodward 790 00 Service r duced to one trip per Ulica to Terry William Rigan.... 950 00 week 526 67 7658 Se "Vice '-educed to one trip per 7671 Cotton Gin Port to Oko- «eek . 816 67 lona GeorgeTubb, Sr. .. 494 0'» Serv!c« di SCO n- tlnued 494 00 $11,977 76 . , , Grand total |61,«52 66 Namb'^r of Routes curtailed, .'7. Number of Routes discontinued, 12. 29 CO CO ooooooocoooooo 0l0 = 000000=:00 Tt< ^ CO s£ CM a: ■* a-j a -J 00 w. t- cc oooooooooooooos O O O ! — 2 O o: Tf o o oo OO OO <= C ■» o o GO I CO 00 <4J * *^ "^ " 12 ^^•Sp.-S « _ fe c fe t fe ^ «r ca r •So: «> - U V V. ■ 4> i- • -^ca^cLQseeeq oj * 3) »> Wj — a> ru -r; 4> ID o c c 1. c t: ": c o ~ .2 it .=■ c "i- r c c I- >- ; r ^ i a> 0) . C u .. C C o _ O O O y T r c c 'E: C o '- c c o « " = = -^^ "= ® -5 ,<£, ^ rvi ^ Co ^ « ; 05 o 00 'f ifi CO ■ -to ~ t~ o> o 00 ■* !M 05 0< --I eo':c(»>-o(no»o>cr(rjocowcoo»ooi0>oo«'00000 I— e^ -oocit— -x-NC. r-ir:t--NOJt-oti'V»rto050po«o i01<>l T- CO: • eo -Tt 0^ t— »/ 1 > 4. > :£ : a^S : 1 : f^^^ - £ ? "o , iij - ■ > ^ s i = i 5' 2§ J; O D ^ = C j; -^ iJ ia c c e -:= ^'^C"'^- ="- £f^ llirll.55i.l2H K 3J V 1> 1> 00 ^4 ^=i- 4II: O in • -^ "M • 5DlCeOK-0>CO.*>COcr>'*0>'-"M-fOQf)350lCOOO lwdoOO'-T-Cr-lr-.rH'MM-» ■ OOOOO "OOOOOOOOOO 30 3 a O S3 f3 -*-3 o 1 -»J O ^ o w 1 r/:> 1 r/"? ^ H EH C;e<-=.-'ro-l'-r C'Mr-o-tc-tc:— cc=©»JO«-eo-^-to > 1 •-! Q •-» It*-- r-X- , 22 « ^ ;5 •_ I' - - T£ "^^ S^ 3 D te r '., I. o ;:=QO C o' : Be ^S^li^ «|ss2rt " S i; !« = '-i ■-" O p; c o o K S e. Q a a ^ . ■ B £=■ • o c -o --0 --5 -i r- 1- I- I- I- f/: >& -•/) /■ X OS 5s o ^ - 1. 1- ._ , ; ii, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 31 (A)— Contined. TEXAS. Report of Discont'muances and Curtailments made in Service and Fay of Contractors f rem June \st, 1861, to June 3()M., 1862. No. ROUTliS. CONTRACTOR.-^. Co npen- Service Amount sation. Curtailed. Curtailed. 8512 Houst'in to Austin F, p. Sawyer, $12,98' 00 Curtailed $ 7,058 00 8515jH'>uston to LaGanue, W. E. .Muntrer, 2,475 00 Re'dto 2a w 1,751 f'O 8517 Ht-mp-tead to \\ ;.cn, .-^awyer & i; sher, .. 7,923 5.' K^'dto3aw 1 637 0') 852r, Brenliamio Kichm.,nd Sawyer & Kishtr,.. 1 950 Oo Serv'ecurt'd 650 00 ^526 VVashini; on to Livingston. . hoger P rsons, 3.30'i 00 H it 1,135 00 8529 Richmond to Veasco ' J. Roberts, 2,200 Oo U It 1 00 00 8531 Allfy'oh to Sin Antonio, .. Sawyer & i isher, 11 878 OO a c. 6 787 00 8534 Alleytf.n to Laftrarge, . .. . Sawyer & Risher,.. 3,500 00 n u 2 o(,0 00 8535 Alle.\tO'. to Round lop,... Hen'y Mersberger, 359 00 Discontinued 859 Oo 8541 Bas'rop t.) S- g in, .1. Harring'on 1.17(1 00 Cm tailed 570 00 8547 Gonz;iles to Goliad,,.. J. R. Bramley,.... 447 00 Discontinu'd 447 t 8553 Austin to Wac", J. O'Riby, 850 (Ml 4,533 00 Curta led 850 00 2,377 00 « 29 00 8554 Aus'in to Victoria, Sawyer & Risher,.. 8555 xusti'i to Cameron, .1. HarHrgton 629 Di^continu'd 855^ r'an Antonio to Indianola, .. Sawyer & K sher,. . 6,965 0" Curta led. 3 738 00 85G3 >^an Antonio to Victoria,.. Sawyer & R'sher,.. 3 150 (jO 2.'A50 CO S5(i7iS;in Antonij to Bandera... J. Ilarrirgtnn 5'.-9 00 Discontinu'd 599 <'0 8570|EHgle Puss to Kort Chirk,.. Lorett A M«lthy,.. 1,180 00 Curtaile.l 590 00 8597 (toUkI to S;in FaT'cio I>. 0. nochnr'y, l,'i50 1.0 D.scontinu'J 1,250 00 8603 Sandy p. in', to 8ugar Land. Geo. H. ^ro^t 260 0'.. '■ 26o 00 8606 B ownsville to l.aiedo,... C. BenHv'des,.. 2,295 00 " 2 295 00 8607 LMftdo to Eifjfle Pas'^, S. BeuHvides 720 00 Discontinu'd 720 00 8f>0>^ Liberty ts' FJluEF Nelson Taylor. 2,800 00 Discont nu'd 2,800 00 8022 Bunn^' Bluff to Gum Spring, (•a) 0. Vyarner, 400 Oo Curtailed. 200 00 8623 Weist-' B>uff to Nacogdo- ch.s L. Taybr 4,000 Oi «' 1,009 00 8625 Holl.ndale to Wnxahacliie, Sawyer & Ri.he-... 4,30 50 " 2 020 00 8H36 Brenham to Waco, K. P. Sawver 18 " 1,1S9 00 8642 Nacngfioches to Waci,. . SaTKyer & Risher,.. 9,400 Oc «' 1,671 00 8643 .N'acd. dochts ti Ca thage.. T. J H^n.son 40o Oo Discontinu'd 4' 00 8645 Nacou'iioctMs to B enhatn... lawyer * Risher,.. 9,5vf8 0- • urtailed 2,312 00 864i» Shelby vilif- to Natchitoches, H. Truit 478 0<' Di.vcont^nu'd 478 (.0 8 50 San August ne to Marshall J T. B ker 3,4' 9 '0 1 urta'led 2,359 00 86ol San Au','ii. Doupl iss, A Jor.es, 160 .0 '« 160 00 86S6 Linwood to llnncock-.. .. D. A. Gat. s 36.-) (,0 •' 365 00 81589 i'alesiineto Ala Springs,.. C C. Ilnrn, 575 (0 «' 575 00 8691 Henderson to Waco, J R. Allen 6 460 K 600 f'O Curtai'ed Discontim'd 3,297 00 600 00 8693 Henderson to Laiissa, N. M. Fain, 8695 Buena Vista to Mt. Enter prise S.White, 2^0 00 " 200 00 8693 Wallinps 1-erry to Header son, B Bopgers 298 0'^ «» 29S 00 8P97 Tyler to Paris, H. V. Fowler 54 Curtailed 8,960 00 869S Tyler to Gra-.d Bluff, Wheeler* Rush,.. f 27 00 Discontinu'd 5>7 00 870';^ Ar.' ens to Waxahatchie, . .. W. Fdiunnson, 733 00 733 00 870S Dallas to Austin, Herndon & Comp- ton, 8719 2,434 O'^ Discontinu'd 2,4^4 00 FarpsvilletoFredonia, J. G. Iler.dc'son,.. 125 0(. tt 125 00 8T20 Jefferson to Ful.oj, (Ark.) R. W. Kesmith,.... SjO 00 tt 800 00 32 (A) — Continued. TEXAS— Continued. Report of Disconiinuances and Curtailments made in Service and Fay of Contractors from June \sty 18CI, to June 2>Vth, 186J. No 6723 872.1 87v;6 87:3(1 8781 8730 8737 S73S 8743 874. 8745 8740 876'! 8763 870r) 8706 87>9 8799 8Sii(i 88^J>^ 8St9 88 1 "2 88iH 8u7C .J-fferson to Powellton, Gilmer to Tylt-r, Giliner t.. Callaway, Kemp to Greenviie Itrksville to Dnaksviile,. Cla ksville to W a<'o, Ola ksvilie to Tana .t,. I'larksv lie to Quitman,.. . Bonham to Montague, 'i..nlinm to Qaiimau, Bout. am to \V»-ston, irairnf^ville to Da'la^, Grt-enville to Mi Kinney,.. tcKiuney to Pilot I'oint, .. VJcKinney to Denton \la shnll to D?»las, Ce'itreville to Magnolia,,.. Larissa t > Athei/S, L ignnsp'/rt t > ^acodoches Post Oak Island to (ame roil Georgetown to « ameron,. Ketreat to Cau ttiey San August n" lo Hamilton San Antonio to Saa Diego (Cal.) CO.NTR ACTORS. Netmi h & Booth. . . I VV. Davenport,. . S C. Nt-wmat),. .. \Va'kins& Mcllrath H Delavan, Sawye & Rislier, .. (iairett A Goooraan J. P. Douglas, S. Brown, S W. Marsh, II- P. Dyer, Hurnev & Fuller,. . D C. Ha.vn.s Burney & F 11- r,.. S app & L we 1 Dg Geo. W G.anr,, K. T. Harper, W Habrough,.... r. J. Heuser, .... J. Havington, J. Harrington, L. I an e IV W. Downer, G. H Giddings,.... Compen- eat 100. $ 800 8(10 lo9 4ls' 93G 13,'i C (i3(5 639 l,8nu 1,750 8.II 999 4U.> iiOS 399 l.SlKI S45 343 445 400 00 4ii0 00 2 242 00 250,000 0( Serv'ce Curtail- d JlscoLtinu'd Curtailed D'scontinuM Curta led Discontinu'd Curtail'd Dltcontinu'd Curtailed Oiscoutinu'd Curtailed Amount Curtailed. $ SoO 00 bOO 00 139 00 4'^o 00 •MA 00 2,2 '9 (.0 3i)l 00 C39 00 .'99 00 1,275 00 515 00 594 00 41 '0 00 20S 00 104 00 l.SOu oO 845 00 343 t>0 445 00 445 (lO 40O 00 100 00 200 00 242 00 115 000 CO J309 263 00 Number of Routes '^urtail^d, 36. Number of Routes Discrjtinued, 40. 33 (A) — Continued. VIRGINIA. Report of Curtailments made in Service and Pay of Contractors from \st June, 1861, to SOth June, 1862. No. Routes. Contractors. Compen- sation. Service Cur- tailed. Amount Curtailed. 4127 Richmond to Gloucester Thomas Rouse 900 00 Re-let. 12 00 4177 Franklin Depot to Pleasant Shade 0. Moore 640 00 Curtailed. 94 81 4209 Keysville to B< ydton George D. Moore... 839 00 " 291 82 4'2iy Clovtr Depot to Clover Depot " 441 00 Re-let. 66 50 4204 Jetersville to Cumberl'd C. H. H. C. Wade 497 00 Curtailed. l^l 26 421?5 Whitehcuse to Blue Wing, N C R. H, McCleave.... 219 00 Re-let. 69 00 4260 Brandy Station to Kellysville. 110 00 35 00 4^12 Rocky Mount to GreeoBboro' N. C A. G. Waters 1,995 00 Curtailed. 641 25 4886 Mechanicsburg to Croftsville.. S. T. Gibson 220 00 " 81 31 4^46 Prince on to Oceana Wm. N, Cook 2:^9 00 Discontinu'd 239 00 4372 Lebanon 10 I'attonsville S. H. Montgomery.. 374 00 Re-let. 24 00 44il Huntsville to Butler C. H J. A. Holden 411 00 Curtailed. 137 00 4457 Monterey to Mountain Grove. R H. McCleave. .. 219 00 Re-let. 24 00 44.. -3 Confluence to Miildale •« 828 00 53 00 4484 Lee-i»>urg to Point of Rocks, (Va.) 2C0 00 238 38 4486 Waterford to Point of Rocks, (Va.) J. Lemon 818 00 280 90 t2,<39 18 Number of loutes curtailed, 15. Number of routes discontinued, 1. S4 (D) A Statistical Report of omitted Routes iJi the State of Alabama, and the Compensation Jieretofore paid for service thereon. No Route. 7012 7014 7018 7024 7029 7030 7041 7058 7060 70G3 7070 7080 7082 7084 7091 7097 7110 7111 7116 7119 7121 7128 7131 7143 7153 7156 7158 7162 7169 7173 7178 7182 7187 7196 7198 7207 7216 7221 .7222 Wetumpka to Randolph, discontinued, Mount Meigs to Line Creek, Tuskegee to Society Hill, Columbus to Oswichec, DeSoto to Clanahatchie, discontinued, West I^oint (Ca.) to Chambers (Ala.) not let, Horse Shoe Bend to Goldville, not let, Springville to Violy, Bennettsville to Ashville, Woodville to Zachary, Stevenson to Jasper, Whiteburgh to Clarksville, not let, Fertilis to Athens, not let, Athens to Elkton, not let, Rogersville to Gilbertsboro', Rock Creek to Dickson, discontinued, Fayette C. H. to Moscow, Fayette C. II. to Dublin, jNIexico to Democrat, discontinued, Jasper to Jonesboro' discontinued, Bridgeville to Fairfield, Blockers to Centreville, Wilsonville to Harpersville, Demopolis to Livingston, Cross Roads between Manack and Benton to Hayneville, Greenville to Sparta, Greenville to Oaky Streak, Buena Vista to Bell's Landing not let, Winchester (Miss.) to Linden, discontinued, St. Stephens to Citronelle, not let. Burnt Corn to Andalusia, Wellborn to Old Town, Skipperville to Newtown, Millville to Andalusia, Burndidge to Victoria, Perote to Monticello, not let. Steep Creek to Letohatchie, discontinued, Elba to Wardville (Fla.) not let, Gadsden to Esom Hill, not let. Amount carried forward, Compensa tion. $ 900 00 125 00 100 00 133 00 192 00 74 00 77 00 73 00 98 00 85 00 90 00 12S 00 97 00 100 00 250 00 70 00 154 00 140 00 490 00 490 00 3 00 374 00 1,790 00 640 00 100 00 110 00 234 00 210 00 80 00 7,744 00 35 (D) — Continued. A Statistical Report of omitted Routes hi the State of Alabama, and the Compeiisation heretofore paid for service thereon. No. Route. Compensa- Route. tion. Amount brought forward, 7,744 00 7223 Goshen to Reavesville, not let, 7224 Greenville to Leon, not let, 7225 Handy to Jasper, not let. 7227 Houston to Ilanby's Mill, not let, 7228 Indigo Head to Victoria, not let, 7230 Jefferson to Brewersville, not let, 7231 Larkinsville to Guntersville, not let, 7233 Lyonville to Nickajack (Tenn.) 300 00 7235 Morgan to Columbia, not let, 7236 Alexander to Warrenton, not let, 7237 Oxford to Fife, not let. 7239 Somerville to Valhermosa Springs, 75 00 7240 Talladega to Crosswell, not let, 7241 Uniontown to Linden, 900 00 7243 Blue Pond to Guntersville, 399 00 7246 Greenville to Cokerville, Total, 600 00 $10,018 OC 36^ (D) — Continued. Statistical Report of omitted Routes in the State of Arkansas, and the Compensation heretofore paid for service thereon. No. Route, 78" '5 7808 7t09 7^1G 7618 7822 7825 7b2G 7b27 7c^30 7836 7-^37 7839 7841 7643 7844 7845 784G 7849 7-55 765G 7s57 7861 7^62 7803 7^64 7868 7y7l 7874 7875 7b78 7:82 78R4 7885. 7902 '?9'.7 7914 7115 Little Rock to Searcy, Little Rock to Paris (Texas) not let, Little Rock to Hot Springs, not let, Florence to Mars Ilill, Pine Bluff to Camden, discontinued, Pine Blulfto Aberdeen, Augusta to AVattsburg, Arkansas Post to Crockett's BlufT, Austin to Pine Bluff, discontinued, Des Arc to Brownsville, Stony Point to Quitman, discontinued, Duvall's Bluff to Surrounded Hill, Helena to Sardis, not let, Helena to Witsburg, [Taylor's Creek to Clarendon, discontinued, 'Langville to Jones', not let, Marion to Hickman's Bend, Memphis (Tenn.) to Aberdeen, not let, Batesville to Smithfield, Jacksonport to Oceola, discontinued, Jacksonport to Pocahontas, discontinued, Oak Ridge to Oceola not let, Jacksonport to Gainesville, discontinued, Jacksonport to Wild Haws, Jackson to Pilot Hill by Red Bank, not let, Jackson to Pilot Hill by Martin's Creek, dis'd, Pocahontas to Poplar Bluff, discontinued, Powhatan to Gainesville, discontinued, Riggsville to Searcy discontinued, Riggsville to Clinton, discontinued, Carrollton to Rock I^idge, (Mo.) Yellvillc to Alveus Gordons Ferry, discontin'd Huntsville to James Fork of White River (Tenn.) not let, Huntsville to Washburn Prairie (Mo.) disc'd, Lebanon to Forsyth, (Mo.) discontinued, Little Rock to Woodruff, Fort Smith to El Paso, not let, Pittsburg to Reveille, discontinued, Reveille tO' Charleston, discontinued, Amount carried forward, Compensa- tion, .s 750 00 275 00 590 99 598 00 450 00 400 00 C75 00 244 00 190 00 120 00 2,000 00 799 00 550 00 250 00 840 00 8,500 00 950 00 G35 00 275 00 440 00 275 00 452 00 144 00 440 00 275 00 289 00 319 00 205 00 169 00 88 40 I 22,194 39 37^ (D) — Continued. Statistical Report of omitted Routes in tlie State of Arkansas, and the Compensation heretofore paid for service thereon. No. Route. Route. Compensa- tion. Amount brought forward, $22,194 39 791.0 Chickelah to Roseville, discoutinucd, 200 00 7922 Hurricane to Dover, discontinued, 105 00 7923 Clarksvillc to St. Paul, 270 00 7924 Clarksville to Osage, discontinued, 294 00 7927 Lewisburg to Clinton, 249 CO 7929 Waldron to John N. Slosson's, 148 00 7930 Ferryville to Cedar Creek, discontinued. 375 CO 7933 Brownsville to Taylor's Bluff, not let. 7934 Burrowsville to Dover, discontinued. 299 00 7939 Arkadelphia to Hot Springs, discontinued, 256 CO 7945 Washington to Fulton, 295 GO 7951 Fulton to Rocky Comfort, discontinued. 598 00 7953 Fair Play to Owensville, discontinued, 93 00 7956 Hot Springs to Paris, discontinued. 1,399 00 7958 Amity to Hot Springs, discontinued, 19S 50 7961 Dallas to Caddo Grove, discontinued. 110 00 7962 Charleston to Sugar Loaf, discontinued. 167 CO 7963 Chickelah to Hot Springs, discontinued. 365 00 7972 Rome to Beech Creek, discontinued. ICiO 00 7973 Rockport to Murfreesboro, 474 00 7978 Wilmington to Gravel Ridge, discontinued, 175 00 7,980 Wilmington to Marion, not let, 7988 Holly Point to Monticcllo, not let, 7993 Hamburg to Berlin, not let, 7994 Hamburg to Columbia, discontinued, 1,250 00 7996 Columbia to Lake Village, 300 00 7999 Brownstown to Doaksville, not let, 8000 Paraclifta to Shetuckett, not let. 8001 Princeton to Locust » ottage, disc'd and not let, 8002 Fort Smith to AValdron, not let, 8004 Mill Bayou to ^hilleceaux. Mo., not let, 8005 Lewisburg to Dardenelle, not let. 8000 Memphis (Tenn.) Jacksonport, not let, 8007 Jacksonport to Batesville, not let. 8008 Little Rock to Searcy, not let. 8009 Searcy to Cadron, not let, 8010 Augusta to Jacksonport, not let. 8011 Marion to Walnut Camp, not let, 8012 Lockport to Monterey, not let. Amount carried forward, 29,914 89 38 (D) — Continired*. Statistical Report of omitted Routes in the Stale of Arkansay and tJie Compensation heretofore paid for sei-vice therein. No. Route. ROUTF. Compensa- tion. « Amount brought forward, $29,9X4 89 8013 Liberty to Murfreesboro', not let. 8014 Powhatan to Pilot Hill, not let, 8016 Gainesville to Greenville, Mo., not let, 8017 Fort Smith to Albuquerque, not let, 8018 Marion to Walnut Camp, not let. 8020 Brownsville to Lake Bluff, not let, 8021 Centre Point to Ultima Thule, not let, 8022 Brownstown to Doaksvillc, not let, 8023 Wild Haws to Northfork White River, not let, 8024 Paraclifta to Shetuckett, not let. 8025 Washington to Clarksville, not let, 8026 Clarksville to DeKalb, not let. 8027 Antoine to Paraclifta, not let. 8028 Rockport to Murfreesboro', not let, 8029 Monticello to Wolf Creek, not let, 8030 Hamburg to Berlin, not let, 8n31 Little Rock to Hot Springs, not let, 8032 Pine Bluft^ to Warren, not let. Total, $29,914. 89 39 (D) — Continued. A Statistical Statement of Omitted Routes in the State of Louisiana, and the Compensation heretofore Paid for Service thereon. No. Route. Route. Compensa- tion. 8151 New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., $36,500 00 8153 « « Shreveport, not let, 8156 « " Balize, discontinued, 4,500 00 8157 « « Covington, 2,500 00 8158 « « Lafayette City, 245 00 8159 « « The Chenice Caminada, not let, 8160 « « Saint Bernard, not let, 8162 " " San Francisco, Cal., 250,000 00 8163 « « Cairo, 111., not let, 8175 Mount Willing to McCarstell's Store, not let, 8176 Gross Tete to Livonia, 800 GO 8180 Clinton to Prospect Hill, 2,200 00 8183 Tangapaho to Palestine, discontinued, 224 00 8184 Franklinton to Davidson, discontinued, 195 00 8185 Bayou Sara to Red River Landing, ],000 00 8186 " " Point Coupee, 349 00 8191 New Iberia to St. Martinsville, 250 00 8193 Thibodeaux to Lockport, not let, 8199 Cheneyvile to Iluntsville, 20,500 00 8201 Red River Landing to Fort Adams, Miss., dis'd. 600 00 8209 Alexandria to Marksville, discontinued, 405 00 8211 Natchitoches to Monroe, not let, 8213 Simmsport to The Mouth of Bayou Rouge, 425 00 8215 " Morceauville, discontinued. 540 00 8216 " Point Coupee, 510 00 8218 Holmesville to Morceauville, not let and dis'd. 8219 Morceauville to Marksville, discontinued, 295 00 8221 Albany to Shreveport, discontinued. 798 00 8222 Sparta to Iverson, 250 00 8225 Mansfield to Pulaski^ Texas, discontinued. 395 00 8230 Pine Ridge to Tenyville, formerly Quay, 425 00 8232 Burr's Ferry to Columbus, discontinued. 400 00 8233 Mill Creek to Bear Bone, discontinued. 725 00 8237 Manny to Burr's Ferry, 260 00 8238 P.H.Dillon's, 345 00 8239 Grand Gulf, Miss., to Red River Landing, 1,900 00 8243 Trinity to Tooley's, 645 00 8248 Ringgold to Fillmore Bossier Par, not let, Amount carried forward, $328,211 00 40 (D)— Continued. A Statistical Statement of Omitted Routes in the State of Louisiana, and the Compensation Iieretofore Paid for service tJiereon. No. Route. Route. Compensa- tion. Amount brought forward, 328,211 00 8250 Columbia to Alexandria, 737 50 8254 " Ton, discontinued, 793 00 9259 Bastrop to Ashton, 590 00 82C0 Clinton to Stony Point, 300 00 82G6 Minden to Mansfield, not let. 82G7 " Magnolia, Ark., 499 00 8273 Pecan Grove to Monroe, 1,490 00 8274 Floyd, 075 00 8275 Deerfield to St. Josephs, 1,300 00 8281 Grand Lake, Ark., to Richmond, 1,990 00 8282 Lewisville, Ark., Orchard Grove, La., 388 00 8284 New Orleans to Vera Cruz, Mexico, not let. 8285 Baton Rouge to II F. Bennett's Store, not let, 828G Paincourtsville to Belle River, not let, 8287 Livonia to Point Coupee, not let, 8288 Goodwater to Vernon, not let. 8289 New Road to Siramsport, not let. 8291 Shreveport to Mansfield, not let. 8292 Ville Piatt to Hickory Flat, not let, 8293 New Orleans to Jefferson City, 240 00 8294 Belleview to Vernon, not let. 8295 Mansfield to Bossier Point, not let, 829G Ringgold to Fillmore, not let. 8297 Natchitoches to Monroe, not let, Total, $337,213 50 il (D) — Continued. A Statistical Report of Omitted Routes in the State of Missis- sippi, and the Compensation heretofore paid for service thereon. No. Route. 7402 7403 7404 7411 7416 a 7419 7420 7421 7422 7425 7428 7431 7535 7437 7438 7441 7442 7450 7452 7455 74G0 7461 7465 7466 7475 7478 7483 7489 7490 7493 7497 7509 7510 7512 7519 7523 7526 7528 7530 7531 Route. Compensa- tion. Vicksburg to Mouth of Cold Water, discont'd, Vicksburg to Deer Creek, Vicksburg to Brunswick Landing, not let, Canton to Oxford, not let, Canton to Madisonville, not let, Napoleon, Ark., to Glencoe, Miss., not let, Napoleon, " to Victoria, not let, Princeton to Point Worthington, Lexington to Chula, not let, Lexington to Railroad Depot, not let, Kosciusko to Carthage, Goodman to Ebenezer, Lauderdale Springs to Greensboro, Macon to Crawfordsville, not let, Macon to Pant's, not let, Cooksville to Schooba, Macon to Herbert, Ebenezer to Chula, not let, Greenville to McNutt, Grenada to Delta, Lexington to Durant, Grenada to McNutt, discontinued, Cotfeeville to Graysport, Panola to Coffeeville, Okolona to Ellistown, discontinued, Pontotoc to Burnsville, discontinued, Tyro to Memphis, Tenn., New Albany to Turkland, New Albany to Frcdonia, Watcrford to Pink Hill, not let. Hickory Flat to Riple}', Mitchell's Cross-Roads (no office) to Helena, Arkansas, discontinued, Charleston to McNutt, not let, Danville to Corintli, Fulton to Thompson's Store, not let, Hopewell to Short Branch, Coila to Middleton, Daleville to Scoobn, discontinued, De Kalb to Norkota, not let. Enterprise to Daleville, discontinued. $14,875 00 1,256 00 Amount carried forward, 31,400 GO 461 00 800 00 900 00 900 00 990 00 790 00 1,280 00 1,120 00 590 00 200 CO 845 00 364 00 1,600 00 950 00 73 00 170 00 208 00 1,200 00 153 00 47 00 185 00 390 00 580 00 42 (D) — Continued. Statistical Ruport of Omitted Routes in the State cf Mississippiy and the Comp nsation heretofore paid for Service thereon. No. Route. Route. Compensa tion. Amount brought forward, $31,400 00 7533 Olive Branch to Mt. Pleasant or Holly Retreat, 208 00 7535 Lafayette Springs to Cornersville, 150 00 7538 Louisville to Gholson, discontinued, 247 50 7540 Good Hope to Union, 221 00 7541 Black Hawk to Wheeling, 468 00 7543 Pensacola to Laurel Hill, 125 00 754G Ilillsboro to Garlandsville, discontinued, 270 00 7547 Hillsboro to Marion, discontinued, 749 00 7549 Camden to Hillsboro, discontinued, 320 00 7552 Jackson to Gallatin, not let. 7553 Jackson to Yazoo City, discontinued, 2,348 00 7556 Gallatin to Covington, not let, 7557 Union Church to Hargrove, 349 00 75^1 Natchez to Fayette, discontinued. 800 00 75G4 Bovina to Claiborneville, not let. 75G5 Fayette to Pisgah, (no office,) not let. 75-70 Holmesville to Magnolia, 740 00 7577 Liberty to Magnolia, discontinued. 1,200 00 7581 Utica to Line Store, discontinued, 800 00 7582 Terry's Depot to Columbia, 980 00 7583 Malcolm to Meadville, not let, 7584 Westville to Monticello, 239 00 7586 Monticello to Palestine, La., 495 00 7588 Mayfield to Smithdale, not let, 7589 Old Hickory to Williamsburg, 250 00 75.90 Old Hickory to Mt. Carmel, 234 00 7591 Old Hickory to Brandon, 439 00 7595 Williamsburg to Raleigh, 220 00 75^98 Columbia to Mississippi City, 670 00 7599 Columbia to Augusta, 540- CO 7603 Paulding to Okohay, 370 00 7606 Augusta to Citronclle, Ala., 498 00 7607 Augusta to Mississippi City, 588 00 7610 Brotherton to Red Hill, not let. 7614 McLeod's to Brickley, not let. 7615 Winchester to Miltonville, discontinued,. 204 00 7618 Biloxi to Americus, not let. 7619 New Orleans, La., to Gainesville, Miss., 3,000' 00 7620 Gainesville to Pass Christian, discontinued. 700 00 Amount carried forward, 49,822 50 43 (D) — Continued. Statistical Report of Omitted Routes in the State of Mississippi, and the Compensation heretofore paid for Service thereon. No. 'Route. Compensa- Route. tion. Amount brought forward, $49,822 50 7624 Panola to Grenada, not let. 7627 Fulton to Thompson's Store, not let, 7628 Black Hawk to Wheeling, not let. 7680 Shuqualah to Canton, not let, 7631 Kosciusko to Greensboro, not let, 7632 Canton to Beatties' Bluff, 450 00 7633 Meridian to Herbert, not let, 7634 Corinth to Okolona, not let. 7636 Kosciusko to Goodman's Depot, not let, 7637 Armitage to Macon, 490 00 7638 Grenada to Goff's Landing, not let, 7639 Canton to Enterprise, not let. 7641 Grenada to Macon, not let. 7642 Kosciusko to Taylor's Depot, not let. 7643 Lauderdale Station to De Kalb, 790 00 7644 Benton to Vaughan's Station, not let. 7645 Okalonato Grenada, not let. 7646 Mayfield to Smithdale, not let, 7647 De Kalb to Daneville, not let, 7649 Charleston to McNutt, not let, ^ 7650 Waterford to Pink Hill, not let, 8651 Panola to Grenada, not let. 7652 Napoleon, Ark., to Glencoe, Miss., not let. 7653 Greenwood to Mouth of Cold Water, not let. 7654 Vicksburg to Garvin's Landing, disc'd. 1,526 00 7659 Battle Springs to Jourdan's Station, disc'd. 180 00 7662 Harrisburg to Ripley, not let, 7663 Brookhaven to Natchez, not let. 7664 Raleigh to Augusta, 681 50 7665 Miltonville to Railroad Depot, not let, 7666 Mississippi City to Americus, not let. 7667 Morton, or end of R. R..to Enterprise, not let, 7668 Columbia to Shieldsboro, not let. 7669 Okalona to Fallabinela, not let. 7670 Smithdale to Railroad Depot, not let, 7671 Cotton Gin Port to Okalona, Total, 494 GO $54,434 00 44 (D)_Continu|i. A Statistical Report of Omitted Routes in the State of Tennessee^ and the Compensation heretofore paid for service thereon. No. Route. Route. ^ Compensa- tion. 10001 Nashville to Bowling Green, not let, 10002 Nashville to Glasgow, not let, 10003 Nashville to Russell ville, 550 00 10010 Nashville to Cairo, 111., not let, 10017 Lebanon to Albany, Ky., not let, 10019 Three Forks to Carthage, 80 00 10025 Carthage to Clcmeutsville, 194 00 10027 Double Springs to Glasgow, 299 00 10047 Sparta to Danville, Ky., not let;, 10070 Si)arta to Anderson C. H., S. C, not let, 10073 Mossy Creek to Warm Springs, N. C, 400 00 10075 Clinton to Concord, 143 00 10078 Clinton to Jamestown, discontinued, 343 00 10079 Wood})ourne to Clinton, 105 00 10082 Speedwell to Boston, Ky., 167 00 10084 Jacksboro' to Whitley C. H., Ky., 200 00 10087 Concord to Robertsville, . 119 00 10088 l^hiladelphia to Kingston, discont'd, 87 00 10091 Talbott's Mills to Rutledge, 135 00 10101 Ruperville to i^ristol, 60 00 10105 Baker's Gap to Dagger's Ferr}', discontinued, 72 00 10110 Russellville to Sneedsville, 150 00 10117 Sycamore to Sneedsville, 117 50 10119 Dandridge to Morristown, 100 00 10123 Newport to Sevierville, 133 00 10124 Trundel's X Roads to Marysville, 75 00 10125 Marysvillc to Benton, 399 00 1012G Marysville to Athens, 245 00 10127 Tellico Plains to Murphy, N. C, 248 00 10129 Athens to Coghill, 75 00 10134 Cleveland to Chattanooga, 388 00 10138 Mount Vernon to Springtown, 65 00 10140 Washington to Chattanoo^ga,' ; 445 00 10145 Normandy to Rowesville, ; 100 00 10150 Winchester to Decherd, 300 00 10100 Columbia to Iluntsville, ■: 6,7.00 00 10163 Spring Hill to Williamsport, ' -•"•' ; 11)9 no 10173 Waverly to Chase ville, ; "liuiL 10189 Lanciield to Masdn's Grove, ' ^(m 10190 Dyersburg to Trenton, discontinued, G2TW 10192 Trenton lo. Hickman, Ky., ^H^ Amount carried forward. 1,000 00 X $14,792 50 4$ (D) — Continued. Statistical Report of Omitted Routes in Tennessee-— Qonimu^di. No. Route. Route. Compen- sation. Amount brought forward. $14,792 50 10193 Trenton to Jackson, 490 00 10196 Brownsville to Dry Hill, 100 00 10199 Jackson to Somerville, 450 00 10201 Jackson to Lexington, 263 00 10202 Dccaturville to Pcrryville, 56 00 10207 "Waynesboro' to Linden, discontinued, 192 00 10216 Somerville to Sharon, " 150 00 10217 Somerville to Brownsville, " 875 00 10218 Somerville to Medon, " 274 00 10223 Dyersburg to Booth's Point, " 150 00 10225 Athens to Sulphur Springs, 400 00 10227 Turtletown to Ducktown, 49 00 10228 Dyersburg to Brownsville, not let, 10230 Franklin to Charlotte, " 10231 Franklin to Lewisburg, " 10232 Granville to Chcsnut Mound, " 10233 Jackson to Purdy, discontinued, 725 00 10234 Knoxville to Maynardville, not let. 10235 Knoxville to Wallace's X Roads, not let^ 10236 Knoxville to Jamestown, •• 10237 McMinnville to Pikeville, " % 10238 Maynardville to Speedwell, " 10239 Maynardsville to Loy's >• en •3 v s s 8 1 7 3 5 7 8 8 10 15 a I ■< 671 443 161 837 811 641 808 549 689 682 1217 i II a; go II Alalama. Arkansas Florida Georgia LouiBiana 829 609 161 847 340 611 1050 643 984 723 1592 83S9 11 12 4 12 6 12 11 4 20 S 16 1'6 25 12 11 24 12 30 28 20 58 13 24 77 40 20 109 41 87 92 57 77 85 122 28 10 4 24 19 27 20 13 46 27 47 51S 291 97 658 203 424 657 457 556 423 992 Misslifippi . Nort': Carolina South Carolina .... Tennessee Texas Vir-iula 2.'>7 1 807 1 265 1 80 7009 5266 Respectfullj submitted. B. N/ CLEMENTS, Chief of Appointment Bureau. PoSTOFFicE Department, Appointment Bureau, Feb. 27, 1862, 53 (G) Confederate States of America, J Post-Office Departme7it, Appointment Bureau, ^ Richmond, February 27th, 1862. ) OPERATIONS OF THE BLANK ROOM. STATB3. Number of requisi- tions fromPovt-Of- fices for Blanks, Wrjipping Paper, and Twine. • Number of requisi- tions from Post-Of- fices for BlarkF, Wrapping Paper, «nd Twine supplied in fuil. -oil Virginia - North Carolina South Carolina 1,930 1,1S2 657 1,033 887 154 564 290 370 677 396 1,330 792 653 992 864 145 664 274 839 600 375 600 390 4 41 Alabama 23 Florida 9 16 Arkansas Tennersee 81 77 21 To'al 8 140 3 ^ 10.448! 38.859 ( 26,897 091 SS I e z 3!f 5,168 99: 151 2,200 ISi 15,476 00 29,4()6 00 1,561 00 8,482 00 25,863 00 11,175 00 95,000 00 i 170,130 00 15,476 00 65,966 (to 1,561 nil 103,482 00 195,993 00 11,175 00 141 1281 512 1,055 47 1,593 50 .>,917 00 9,929 00 ^,060 00 972 00 3,275 00 2,045 50 15,612 85 41,059 IS 61,852 56 1,593 60 18,393 00 75,895 00 10,221 0(1 104,404 00 869,268 00 88.220 50 ROLTKS D13C0XTI.SIHD BY TIIK ULOCKAPi. $129,785 981 $340,250 Ool $47^,035 931 20:-! $-261,710 64; $781,762 62! 162518061 109 56 111411, 9 4149, 2,4159, 3.4593, 6 2'65iil 17 6575, 1 ...'8151, 6 ,8501, |8602, 8503, '8504. VIllOIXfA. Washington to Acquia Creek, Norfolk to Baltimore, Norfolk to 01(1 Point Comfort, Wheeling to Parkersburg, FLORIDA. Fernandina to Charleston, New Orleans to Key West, LOOISIANA. New Orleans to .Mobile, TKXAlt. New Orleans to Indlanola, New Orleans to Brazos Santiago, TSrashear to Galveston, Brashear to Indlanola, 16,660 18,000 1.490 2,480 86,1)00 59,000 36,500 .^6,000 26,180 45,000 46,000 1840,860 Recapitulation of service discontinued and curtailed, viz: 141 routes discontinued by order of the Department.,.. $129,755 98 11 " ' "Blockade," 840,250 00 203 Routes curtailed by order of the Department, 261,716 64 ^otal, $781,752 62 Respectfully submitted. Post Office Department, Contract Bureau, } February 28th, 1862. \ II. ST. GEO. OFFUTT, Chief of the Contract Bureau, Hollinger Corp. pH8.5