Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-01-09

it appear, that Mr.. Clay's late speech in
the u. S. Senate, was total failure. -
Happily, there is now and then one
with enough Of honesty left to DARE to
tell the truth. The Philadelphia Intel
! ligenccr, Ga whole hog Jackson paper,)
speaks of Mr.. Clay's speech (the 'totaI
failure" speech, in the following candid
! manner:
L ".4s a rholc, it will be read even by
Mr.. Clay's opponents with pleasure, #
not with pride. American genius is not
the property of any particular party
The Speech is the nations; and every
American citizen shares in the GLORY
which it sheds around our national es-
cutcheon."
THE MAILs.-Complainis in regard
to the irregularity Of the Mails are con-
tained in almost every paper that comes
to hand. Even the Albany Argus, one
of the loudest for Jackson, Van Buren,
and "reform" is constrained to acknow-
ledge, that "the mails were NEVER
more Irregular" What can be the
meaning Of such Irregularity' The Ar
gus would do well to inquire into the bu-
sness-the public we are certain would
feel particularly indebted to him for any
Information in relation to it. We copy
few articles on the subject.
The Mails. The Albany Argus Of
the 25th, received only yesterday, has
grace enough to acknowledge the de-
rangement Of the transportation Of the
mails northwardly, and even to complain
of it. awe have never known our
Southern mails so thoroughly deranged
as at this moment, (says the Argus. y
Sometimes they come without paper
south of Ncw-York, rs on Sunday, or
two in one day, as on Monday, or none,
as yesterday. Our latest proceedings
of Congress, and letters from Washing
ton, are Of Thursday"
The Boston Courier gives the follow
ing account Of the state of the mail trans
portation in that direction:
BosToH, Dec. 81.
MAILs.--Thc Southern mail, due at
l2 o'clock, has not, at this pre- sent) writ
ing, Friday, half past six, p. M. arriv-
ed. There are now three mails due from
Washington No reasonable cause fer
this irregularity can be conjectured, un.
less it be that the Postmaster General
has not finished his Christmas dinner
p. ST p. M.-Mail arrived. Con-
ents Mobile Register, / Poulson's
United States Gazette,
Commercial Herald, from Philadelphia,
Norfolk Beacon, Washington Tele-
graph of Monday evening, and the Jour
,al Of Commerce of Wednesday, which
should have arrived on Thursday-To-
al I! We have some curiosity TO learn .
What disposition has been made Of all :
he newspapers due from the South,
There must be a pretty considerable I
,;le ofthem somewhere; and as they can s
,e of little or no use to the printers when :
hey arrive, if such an event should take
'Iace, it is hoped that Uncle Sam will
ell them to the shop keepers on the u
QUITE for wrapping paper, and, with the O
rocceds, hire an express 10 run from Il
Washington to Boston once or twice
ear-jnst to let US know how he gets u
n with his affairs at the capital - Cou- n
er.
!S!oppage Of The Jnaiis.--1, is not by Il
'otpads alone, (says the New York u
commercial Advcrtiser,) that the mails, v
bout these days, are stopped in their "
.ogress. The cable and efficient" o
sad Of the Post Office Department, sc
[ajor Barry, has deemed it expedient, te
r the better carrying out Of his new CT
stem Of Bookkeeping, to curtail the OF
dinary mail commune alton, in various tn
rts Of the country. We lately mem &c
med that the usual intcrc curse between hi
maica Long Island) and this city had &c
en- interrupted by the Gable and eff til
ent" operations Of that gentleman - pa
perceive also, by the last Detroit ct
pers, that the inhabitants Of that city, la
stead ofthe daily mail which they have err
EN- accustomed to receive from the dlt
,st, has been reduced to n tri-weekly
e, under the auspices of the Great it 4
This abridgement Of re'
'ir mail facilities, ,--cspe cially when rev
have, or were expected to have, a am
lat surplus revenue, does not seem to no.
very palateable to the good citizens sue
Detroit. But what can they expect
~, tho Had oc o D,,.o.., rps