Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-12-30

Ii will be tina; 4. c. Anderson and John serrc,r,
have been nominated BY the President to attend for the u
states at tie Congress of Panama Mr. Sergeant has NOT
gwen sufficient evidence diplomatic lent or attach
me" to the Republican party, deserve such dis mctor
lhe people OF the tli;ed States know him not but as
lawyer not superior to hundreds the country He might
answer t" negotiate for specie for the United States Bank
the only diplomatic service he has dschacedl but
we should scarcely think him qualified to step at once from
the rank and Gle of the people, into the most imporan,
mission that has been despatched from the country since the
Treaty of Client.
Posi-QGcs Coapla;s.ls.-We are disturbed from time
10 tme with complaints from Subscribers of the ire
tia'ty with which they receive their papers. We have
given but one and that is the fault not ours
aud that its remedy is beyond ability. Our directory 5
made out from the PosOnce books, papers are care
fully enveloped directed and deposited in the Post Oc.
IN time for the respective After his oar daty is
discharged and The responsibility failure ought to rest
where the law has placed it, wito Post-Oaicc De-
p7dmcnt Ii Post Masters will put newspaper mails in
the wrong bag, stop packages that do belong to their
Offices and permit every idle ouaga their premises
to take and keep mans ncws per, how we help
1T That most shameful abuses do exist in the Country
Offices, many Of them, doubted; and we
invite our Subscribers who miss their papers, instead CT
writing JerenIiads TO US, to bcstr themselves in their
respective neighborhood investigate causes Of these
abuses and expose the offending officers to the Country
and the PosMasIer General. We know from observa-
ton, that there oilers every Country PosOce
who, too niggarly take papers their own watch the
opening of the mail and pounce upcn some neighbours pa
per, whichis frequently borne OIL When the Sub
icber sends for his paper he that none came and
falling nto great passion, he Immediately lays the blame
at our door, We only have exertcd ourselves TO send
papers with regularity but Lo,o that we have done so;
ana whilst we take pleasure in meeting all fair responsible
ty we feel mortified the criminal negligence Of
0her all our efforts are repaid with grumbIng. We are
ready to aid the public exposing bringing these gen.
He1nen Post Masters justice. is shame tna in this
country any public confidence should
be allowed to abuse and still retain IT,
We it justice to state our belief that the Post,
Office in Richmond is exempt from auy share in this cea
sure The fault is in the Country, and especially the
Distributing ost-Ofces Mr. M'Lean would perform
valuable service to the country in eiting Po-Masers
Know that they permit Migrants to take out pa
pers for which they do not subscribe literally stealing
in the one, and connivng the theft other man
should be Post-Master who does to himself
Many persons accept y" appointment procure an ex
enp'ion from militia duty euusng its duties their bar.
keepers, oyerseers, wives, daughters and servants
Toesiabh what we have said III relation to cur pune
tuality in sending papers from this Office we publish tine
foIo~oscerlidcae from Major Taylor Deputy PostAIas.
ter for this city.
Post offer, Ri~imon9, 93M December, 1926.
An application having been made me by the Editor,
ofte Wing hereby certify the papers Of that oair
have generally been brought this oiee in due time for
the several mails, aud when brought have uniformly
been transmitted by the respective mails to which tbev
were sad to belong But that packages are directed
aud made up into mails the Wing Office and never bav-
ing had OCCASION examine their directions can oul,
state, thai from the general of that Office an,
"noe Tue impression tat they properly directed and
mailed. JOHN u. TAYLOR
Deputy Post-Aiaster.
In this certificate Mr.. Taylor says the papers have been
generally sent in time, but Mr. Taylor was unable to speci
fly an instance OF failure. As the correctness Of the M
ection, there be mistake the various routes were
taken from the books of the Post Office themselves.
Erract from The Post Office La,c sectjoo 70 -ofr,n,
person employed III any department Post Office s 81,
improperly detaIn, delay, embeZzie destroy ar,v pevve
paper shall permit any other person to do the like or
shall open, permit any other pcrsou to opcm any mail
package of newspa pos, not directed to the oC ,h
he is employed, such offender shall, on thereof
forfeit sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every such
offence"
General BrazUre a. Pryor of Hampton MenberoF
he present General Assembly from u,c County of Eli
zabeh City, has been appointed by the President Col
ecor Of the Customs for the port of Norfolk vica
James Johnson deceased We expect that p new Writ
of Election will Immediately issue TO supply The W.
cancy in the delegation from that county occasioned
by Mr. Pryor's acceptance of the Office As This an
Pontment also vacates the commission which General
Pryor holds in the Militia of the State the Legislature
will in few days, be called on to elect Brigadicr
General for the Brigade composed of the Counties of
Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, James City, Charles
City New Kent, Hanover, Henrico, and the Cities Of
Richmond aud Williamsburg: There is little doubt,
but that COL JacqneIn 3. Haryo of this City will BIZ
selected by the Legislature to FIJI this vacancy.
The schooner Eclipse, which has arrived at Charleston
from Havana IN nine days having left Havana on the 7t
inst ant, brings information that Patriot of,yar
brig arrived Oft that port about the IN instant aad sent
IN hAg Of truce. afcl lcl sin u.at ir nm r L Ia.