Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-06-08
,cIRCULAR TO PosT MASTERS.

NAV De atlrlUubcu III SOhiC SoScS, W tuS
careless manner in which papers are
preuared for the mail, but, ID others,
they are believed to arise from the in
attention or design of Post Masters. 1t
is feared that some of them are so for
getful of their duty, as to consult thes
convenience of contractors on horse
routes, by retaining part ofthe packets
when the mail is so large that the usual
number of bags cannot Contain it,
Others, it is said, being more culpable,
retain newspapers to read them.--A
moments reflection must convince every
Post Master, guilty of these charges,
that he trihes with the obligation inpo-
sed by the oath of Office, and should TIC
held responsible for such gross violation
of duty.
Publishers of Newspapers and their
Subscribers, as well as Post Masters,
are requested to report to the Depart
ment, all irregularities in the reception.
of papers forwarded in the mail, and an
assurance is given, where the Irregular
ty shall be proved to have been produ-
ced by the negligence or design Of any
contractor, Post Master, or clerk, the
most efectual steps shall be taken to
prevent its recurrence.
1t is often of as much importance to
the public, and always as essential to
the reputation OF the man, that News
papers should be as speedily and as safe
ly transmitted, as Letters, and an indivi-
dual who is inatteptive to the former. is
unworthy of being trusted with the lat
ter. lie is stranger to that high in
centiye to duty, which arises from an
ardent desire to elevate the character of
the department, by giving the utmost eff
Gciency to its operations.
In the post office law, it is provided,
that, eff any person employed in any
department of the Post Office, shall i'm
properly detain, delay, embezzle or des-
troy, any Newspaper, or shall permit
any other person to do the like, or shall
open or permit any other person to
open, any mail or packet of Newspapers,
or shall embezzle or destroy the same,
rot being directed to such person, or not
authorized to receive or open the same,
such offender shall, on conviction there
Of, pay sum OF exceeding twenty doll
lars for every such offence"
At all offices where Newspapers are
mailed, Post Masters should see that
they are properly put up and directed
None should be forwarded in the mail,
except such as are secured by sub
stantial envelop, and have legible SUI
Ifthis injunction were strictly obser-
ved, the number of failures would be
greatly reduced.
Under no circumstances, should any
part of the mail be left on route short
of IFS estination.-Thism may always be
avoided. by Post Masters at the impor-
tant offices, keeping one or more extra
mail bags.
| am, very respectfully, your obedi-
ent servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
b, 0Printers will confer favor on
the department, and probably promote
their own interest, by publishing this
Circular
A young man, by the name Of Albert
Pointer, was arraigned in Petersburg,
on the Goth instant, for alter
ing lottery ticket with fraudulent de-
sign; but as the lottery was not author
zed by the state the Court decided that
The prisoner had committed no offence
against the laws of Virginia, and he was
therefore acquitted The william went
Immediately to Richmond where he
succeeded in palming upon a lottery
broker counterfeit ticket, which pur-
ported to be $50 prize, and returned
to Petersburg, whittier the broker pur-
sued him and arrested him. He now
awaits d trial in Richmond.
The Alabany Daily Advertiser as
serts that 1850 buildings are to be erec-
ted in that city during the present sum-
mer. Among them will be fine row
of dwellings with marble fronts. The
same paper mentions tie arrival of a
splendid boat from the Stale of Ohio: she
brought cargo of Whiskey, Flour,
Potashes. sc. and returned with sixty
or seventy European emigrants, seeking
home in the hospitable regions of the
West.
A young lady about II years old, by
the name of Poine Snyder, arrived at
New Orleans from Indiana. soliciting