Show mr strong in in ins IMS ill iii in the house of congress upon tile the naval appropriation bill say saya says the sum stin tile the government has already co con 11 ap to he be paid for the cacan J inai inal mail mall 1 I steam packet service is is ong one one million three thice hundred and twenty nine thousand six hundred dollars for a single year m more ore than half as much as is paid for the tran tation of the mails malls all the post roads roads odthe of the country the number of letters forward cd ed in the foreign maits mails lils last ye year a r was OSO or proportioned to I 1 I 1 the do domestic mestie letters about one to sixty tho government pays more than one dollar forthe for gor the transportation por tation of every eveia letter which chichi comes to our shores from foreign lands the amount for the tf C next ten years would mould build thirty war steamers of which the tiie government would he be the absolute owner and which aou would id be tile the better suited sailed to ita its wants i |