Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-24

922 sq".:c i"eLes a"d 80
o' ": 3: ST. .s.. ;.,,.., 5.a ia
/! IHrse TlI-E were rc3acea onr.l,ai:. ii you'd mol:
material. Is diminish TIC sc The Department. pro-
v!t"a III: cE'iF" newspaper p"s:":" wee rnl IN nd
rumcc. So E!Uat An inn"rall"n w"nia pr"taHy he m
eXprdicai; bat @l"rc editors VII pay in advance IL"
ycsn-c "f rr wi!lr Impression srnt by r'aii, the Post
master. General ui2ht be safely authorized TO accept
on' -hli: % the foregoing a;"s.
S!ngr newspapers arc now extensively used, through
;ar.us GrIic,s and conventional sgu>, 70 Tie
uripse o: letters, and r"aLr Tie payment q: postage.
Il w"u!d check this ahua" ii iiry III al cases sub
jcc;rG t. G2I:.," p0,:agc. 20 Gc paid IN advance.
Tho rates a. ata.e prr:uGica! pamphlets NAV lie
acknowledgement? regulated upon the principles -
n-p srggcsird in newspapers. and reduced 20 tie Low
cs: rae Nnich vii pa: Tor t;e,! transportation II
preference g:"eH lry ir il Sit ,ud be IL ':n:kS
a.icu.tuTr. science. and the mechanic urs. but Tie
t.'c pie Is ,"cA - b" good IN relation 10 Tie
! .,as thu; every l!!ng shall p'y Is o"n Wy.
Iu,::!yc pt'nj9ts iny III propTctv i" INJECTED 90
double .. sts-"S. always p1id ~ advance.
TIE pr'"s revision OF pnsiag"s. taken as Whole,
w' u.G !rGuc" Tie Income OF HE Department rom = 70
'1t..j9 brr:" lis estimated expenditures In! the
pics hand viii sustain Gti the regular O!
rr,. rae wi! cover III" dlii .ence
Tue ri!HnL privilege been ~ ia7 extcIl"i. and
il ~ uusr'urGlu-y used. rs H. constitute
aJ" which requires c"rJrc!'n. Som" il" possess 40
hpsU'c IL" sp"nt. 81 their .rIcn:.-
aud r9rs ~!:l ii!r r#Has, in Greet c0n:ravcntiuH
VI, s ,w. vital vioa'i"a hy i:nstras!crs. when
made kno"i to tic Department, is punished By lm>lan.
though more criminal. caniyt Ec reached by Tie
au,!riv E!l,ins q. The lw IN this respect, b. those
.yl. !nAc. At ObE:tons to SCI cX1".'s ~
obedience Proccps, arc believed 10 DC diminishing.
and ihrrc is ground IL hope thai they vail sOoa
ably cr2.c.
7 amend sent Of the a;v is necessary in reference 90
The uutc &" r!ahi3g contracts wi rsIl road c2t.Ia:".
( Ing law prescribing the 'uann"r of mixing MAJ,
tracts g'crtily pr, surprises the existence 81 cuipct!
ton in L!Gd.nL and Is adapted 10 tie e&'sIing Stale j
linns al where lie mails carried on ho!>"
Lack u. in sages But The reason OF ti!r law IS a,-
p!!catn the most WHERE rill road service IS
iu..cd. because there competition. To advertise
Tor service such lines is miochrry. Either hc d..
pa:tst:! give hat !Ec companies choose 10 d.
!uG, Tie comp" must hc al I""d BY nrrrl.
! lion brinre advertisement or AFTERWARDS P!ac!s2a},
the power c the Postmaster iti"!G Is 10 Inc tln1!nt /"
be pad unlimited, because be IS authorised 10 accept
tic lowest uti,r kgSrYr! c!I7inGs. il Is GC=!Gi!r,
at t:.,s power ,!ia!! BE- limited By law, prescribing
snrr xvd bass upon wh:rh III! such contracts shall
o. made. NJ;.c presents itself 50 equitable a. III
wcg!.t .: l: mias - be conveyed. I'm ACT liking
rrasonar:e rae per pound 'r carrying the mails
given distance. w:u!d upriale restriction ur"i! tee
power u" the Post VI SIR General, Willis: II wOud
d"nbtrsy ilcii;"c the maHirn u ngcInc:'S yYh
ihc raruad c,mpa"na a. rrrs:nl the vrws"! Tie Sc.
u1rn., III aid i!rsi. Il most Il The companies G!.r
widely rs % "a, atnun which ou!t ~ be paid Us 20
ri!rer :Gprcss az" prcscnt p!GiTct q! an Adjustment
i. tic pIcr wr!c tainted Iy il", Iii" Companies w0ud
expect ne more" and The department """d mol refuse 20
pay los the advantages ut Competition ii%T.
It exists TIE practice # Advertising III. De c'rlmur
nnd lie c,.cls as4:LHtd as N 'ii'r cgscs u sir o;-
est hGer a !'w u tr r" road companies have cv!nc-
ed uspuSi.i"n IL carry tie na!is al prices deemed
suuaJ!r Inc irsi inira"l al these Is the Camden
and ArIoy company. lie gers o: that read. justly
considering ltts interest Drs: secured b.;
lng Tic i.gA!'c AG The Government liberal rr!ia.
have uEGr:iakr ~ convey t!r ui4S ana d
: price, winch highly satisfactory. Tie Petersburg,
and Roanoke company have erGnced like disposition,
! as haze others.
10 render Ii" department mcasarably Independent! Of
-,
express na has been Started on the great naII line
hrlwrrG, New York and Neg OIicams. Fion ,trw York
in,i4,!rrhu, amd from M"-l.c 10 New Orleans. it
IiIrr.cd in great r::t cur-. in rai!-!aa
steamboats,. HE grra mai Is twelve days and srvcn
teen hou!s, according 10 CONTRACT IL gang tr"m Nsw
YORK Mobile, aus! IL day., Twelve hJu!s rclurTuT
The express u.nil five nuys seventeen hours gong
fro.n New York to Mobile, and five days. twenty
huu;s returning. Cine Gay Is occupied transporting
! the ulas Between Mubi!r and Ne" Orleans.
The success OF t:lS experiment Is moi doubted; md
the OF the m.a already affords al assurance thai
will produce inconc than sufficient 10 support it.
1ars mail leaves far behind a. news conveyed upon
railroads, or by any oIrr means
1t will give unprecedented activity to commercial
transactions between lAr Nurl ard The S:,Iii New
York miih New orleans III half tie usual
time: all enterprises rxpsded the Whole Ii"rvrn
i'm country aud the F.!ry Of the MISSISSIPPI w feel
the impulse.
The edturs and people Of New Orleans will receive
the :3cws iro!n New York in lrss than l2if the
has heretofore occupied III the lransl The editors VIII
have the advantage "t being the final dispensers %
lhr /" rr subscribers: and the people VIII obu.u
i, through hrir paper, without postage, FIVE six
day than It canrrach them in The New ok pa
prrs, with postage The editors aud the people along tie
whole t"'"; and 10 r right ad ril, will participate
the sam" advantages greater less degree GA The
other mana. IN" circulation IN the South Of newspapers
from the principal cllirs Of The North will undoubtedly
BE- diminished iis injury is more than cuunlrrbaunccd
b. The benefits secured TO the local establishments Gnd
II II wer" mo-" II Is Not 10 1T brought into competition
with the advantages o! an earlier Transmission and DIS.
sennaun Of Commercial and other in,ellgence No
measure should be taken ri view uiufe The rrca,
city establishments; hut it would be Understandable and
mn US, in the Department 10 withhold information f;om
the people OF the South, because it cannot carry with
equal expedition, the cu,Ibrous sheets from the North.
eru newspaper presses IL is, and doubtless will con
Time 10 be- the policy Of The Department to send The
news with less expeditions but 10 bring the whole mail
to the speed Of the express fast il can secure con-
| tinuous rail road or steamboat transportation.
The dersgned confidently halierea will ha E,nna