Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-31


this account, thus made up, will exhibit the con-
diton ofihc Department at the end OF each quar-.
ter.
II has long appeared 10 the undersigned, that
by system Of this Kind, the application of the
public moneys may be shown more specific al
" than by any other system OF specific appropria-
ton.
The efficiency ola department with so many
thousand agents in lis employ NJ, essentially de-
ponds ON the vigilance and energy Of the direct
ing and supervising power Impressed with this
conviction, II is the policy and The effort OF the De-
parncnt To- make the supervision complete, that
every indy dnal in its service shall feel that he
acts directly under the eve of some Of its officers
or clerks
To secure nromp,udc in the rendition Of ar
counts, the po>inascrs. with the exception ola
few at the large Offices have been required 10 for
ward their accounts within two days, by the first
mail, after the close OF each quarter. Asa means
ot enforcing this rcqosition, tho post offices are
divided into four classes, ~ reference to their dis.
lance from Washington, and other circumstances.
For the arrival oithe accounts OF the first class,
ten DAYS allowed ; for the second, twenty for
the third, thirty and for the fourth, forty II i,
made the special duty of clerk 10 note the day
on which eachqmrlerl, returna,rivcs, aud prompts
" call all dclnqucns To account, when the allotted
time shall have expired. This plan Of super, ision
was put in operation at tho commencement Of the
present quarter
To produce an ever active supervision over
contractors, II is made the duty OF postmas'crs al
the end Of all pos-routcs, To keep, aud return Ia
the Department, weekly or monthly according 10
the import nee Of the route, registers. showing the
exact time OF arrival and departure of every mail
with such remarks as the occasion may require. II
is made the duty ot CLERK, in each division, Ia
see tia, the postmascrs, keep and return lrSr re-
eistrrs, TO examine them when returned, and note
all drlnquenoleS oi contractors THIS plan is not
vel IN tull operation.
II is intended to apply the same principle of
strict supervision 10 the return OF receipts l., Post
masters j; 10 lc making Of drposrs by the de-
costing oflcrs, aud the forwarding Of crrlifi-
Gates of dcposile; 10 the printing and furnishing
OF blanks ,ud, rs far ns practical L., 10 all scryl
cc> required h, law, aud tho regulation d the De.
partmcnf.
Snf1ocn, attention has been given by the
drrsirncl 10 the manner IN which the newspapers
and other printed matter are conveyed b, mail. In
satisfy linn that IT is RADICAL, defective. No su-
Provision or power OF punishment, exercised or
possessed h., TIA" Postmaster General, i. adequate
10 prevent, on some occasion the canvass bags Ill
which printed papers are slowed, from Icing lett
lind, So lone rs the, are carried separated, from
the letter mails or on the outside Of coaches and
stages. +" prevent he evil in some degree, il
has been provided IN the contracts lately awarded
on the main ront 10 ihc NcN at on the Out
ward rip no passenger. STALL he carried in the in
side of the mail coach, hu, ,a' IT shall be devoted
exclusively TO the mails and, on similar routes
long the seahcard, the same restriction will be- APP
piled IN both directions. II is believed lal the
toroemcnt of The contracts IN this respect will en-
tie sale ton,CNaICr oi tie Newspaper rs as Ian
as they tIav, on ilcs. ROUTES.
A further inl ro,,ncLi IN tbs respect is aniici-
patod ir m ara, MS n"a III progress, 10 run
s,rarnl oai mails on II q western r,,r>, during the
season OF steamboat ma, ipaiior, and On portion ot
the Mississippi, during the whole year.
il is we'll known thai an in mcnsc corrcspon-
dcncc is carried on during the business season in
steamboats,, upon these waters. So long as the
Department has mails upon the rivers, il is dn-
fcult, If not impracricabr, to enforce the Post Of
fee laws, aud bring TIM letters transmitted into
the post offices. Regular lines Of boats
formed and orn,ing the Ohio aud Mississippi
rivers. contract has been made with he owrcrs
oi one vi thrSr lines TO carr, mail three lin
week between PItt>lu,g and Cincinnati, during
the season of navigation, for 81 500 IA year. A
has been received and accepted IL CON
,ry mail, except WHEN prevented by ice, on the
and 81. LOUIS three iinfcs week. and between
! ouisvillc and New Orleans three times a week
during the business season, and twice a week du-
ring the rest of the year, touching at all the con-
Siderable mi, mo iatc points, for $1ofCO year
for the whole service. 1t is in contemplation To
put tins mall INTO operation early IN the coming
wear. From giving regular river mails to thu bu-
sncss of the Yves, il is expected HAT they will
,cy almost the entire correspondence upon those
waters, aud increase the revenues of the DEPART
men, IN u sum al "aa 'quai to their cost. This
fac lit, being furnished Ia the community, the Post
Office laws can, wl more propriciy, be enforced
in relation I" letters conveyed III other boats. Nor
is it Of the least advantages anticipated from
these mails, tina, they will relieve the land mails,
in the West and Southwest, Of an immense mass
Of mlil-nlilrr, and render its CONVEYANCE the
more safe, az the seasons when the roads ara.
most difficult, and, IN the Mississippi country, du.
ring the whole year,
The multiplication OF railroads will form new
era in the mail establishment. They must soon
become the means Nv which the mails will be trans
ported on most OF the great lines Of Intcrc onniuni
cation, and the undersigned has devoted some al
trnlion to the dcvising Of a system which shall
rerder The change most useful 10 the country.
The cities and large to"ns on the great lines
constitute centres from wl6th the mails diverge TO
prryadc and supply the surrounding country. At
these points, generally, are ihc distributing post
Offices. The great whole will evidently he mos,
speedily and c1cc,ually served, by causing the
mails 10 pass with all possible expedition, by night
and by day, along the main lines, through these
numerous centres, stopping for local object, ard
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