Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-01
To THE EDiToRs or THE Wmc.
GREAT MISTAKES SOMEWHERE

Permit me, 8Iessrs. Editors, through the mediu,,
or your valuable paper, to communicate 10 You, ard
others. whom 1t may more immediately concern, the
difficult and responsible situation, w ch am MA
ced, in dischargng the duties of Post Master
Unfortunately, | am situated 81 tile commencement
OF one OF the new Mail Routes recently established
VIZ from Flies Post Office, Goochlapd County, 10
Scotsville Albemarlc County. lam also situated in
of the intersections Of tho crnss.Iinc Headline iron,
Washington to New Orleans all the packages there
fore from every quarter, directed to Colinia Winn's
Tavern, New anton, Mount Israel, Nelson, Warren
Gariands ScottsviIie &c. must -. caYe, sssur. ed
mere from the various arrivals, and put into this new
Way-Hieil for Scasvue.
1t there be, therefore, any failure or irrcguIsrit,
IN the arrival ,t packages the above naed Offices
it is supposed TO originate at Flies Post Office
Now Mr. Editor, you know ii is utterly impnsgi lie
to forward packages, that never cone to hand and
inns is not untrequently the caseand when thew do
come very frequently not on the regular days for
ceivng them.
For illustration, permit me to state case in point.
no longer than Jan 2lt way mail bag from Rich
mond TO Charlottesville, It's way ur, was almost
empty-the neighbors, Some from ditanccj Gockef
ID, eager TO eaten the news-says one, tone OF
some authority, ''where's my Win" slIy Er5,ure,
SIR, IT you please, and third, en- troCb!e YOU for
the telegraph, and Mrs. p. requests 20 take her
Herald along After carefully searching every cor.
ner ct the Mail, not solitary could be found
An immediate change from hope and Joyous expccta
ton to gloom and dis appointment, was visible in
every countcnancc, accompanied with rr,rrmerirc ~,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hat can this mean = il TOO cold 10
set types" sc. But To-. the day following bv
turn mail our mail bag quite full and on nourjD
N 10 contents 10 our-no little surprise and 1ny, our
papers were all berg; and not only ours but all those
mat should have gone up the day previous TO Scots
Tile and tue intermediate Post Offices; also those OF
Goochiand Court House Bcayerdam, &c. But the
difficulty still remains unsoived: yyn,fs .s..ll al
these packages be the day previous
That failures VIII sometimes occur, is unavoidable,
ana ha inc above one alluded to- been solitary case
OF the Kind, it would have been unworthy PASSING
remark; but that so great Mistakes should so frecuen
~ occur, IS truly amen;abe, and is doubtless serious
injury to indTdua's, and the community, as well rs
the Post Office Department, and calls ioudIy for re-
form.
From the preceding remarks, it win appear evident.
!Ilat mere is utterly fault somewh wheel
in this complicated machine is out of p!acc-;I, RI
tins originates, pretend not TO say mpugn no one;
but as complaints have constantly poured in upon
me- from various quarters felt bound, in seyindca-
tom thus publicly state that the cause of failures
does not originate at this Office; and that the blame
may no longer fall upon who is innocent and stri
wing to discharge the duties of his Office, with the TT
most caution and punctualiy p NJ
Flies Post Office, Jan. 27, 1881