The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-07-25

"a the o(f;ce. Il Rodnsy csowdsd xiA L.:
and papers unopened, g that yourpdf
for the College are always put in de "a.
mil Bag ,-and that the word Way
ways marked upon your packages for a.
Office. when the balance Of the direct;.s
!. simply aOakland ."-Besides wb,f -
assistant postmaster at Rodney has said M
this latter specification, Mr.. Morton of ~.
Office has preserved number Of Won, !.
velopes, which he will exhibit 10 any ooe
to shew that the word Way IS not to be foun3
once on any one of them. Mr.. Wood si.o
remarked in reference 10 the affidavit. 6,s
all he understood to be conveyed bv ="
word "frequentIy," was, that packages ws,s
found in the Saddle-Baggs among the Den
eral mail at his office, but why, any koc,s
should be attached to the slice at the Col.>
lege for such conduct, would be difficult toe
perceive, for, if all the letters and papers
for this Office be not put into our Baa,s-of Il
the Bag should not como at all, the evils
that grow out of such sunpardonablc con-,
duct' cannot surely be charged to the Of.
fee at Oakland College,-and for this rea.
son, If for no other. The Department Al. !.
lows this office but seven minutes TO chance
the mail, and to do this within the prescr;b.
ed limit, this aforesaid Way Bag is obtain.
ed. The Postmaster therefore of this NJ
fee, has nothing to do with the general mail
and is not at liberty to detain the mail sand
over haul all the packages, to see il ohe,
postmasters have been faithful to their dutv
Again, if even package were intended
for this Office, and in the Way Bag,--buthava
the direction Of another post-ofce, the poa.
master is not at liberty to open it. Tbs
Law to the Postmaster, on receiving his /.
mail, is, to "open every packet addressed
i to his Office and lnone others are to be
topened]," and in case Of violotion of this
Law, heavy penalty is annexed-In view /,
therefore, of all the duties Of the Postmaster
4 at this office,-and from all the information
4 can obtain here, or at the Post Office AZ
Rodney, upon the unprovoked charges.
which you have been pleased 10 prefer a.
gainst the Office at Oakland College, |
must conclude, at least Cor the present, to
remain in as much darkness about the sun.
pardonable and most highly culpable con-
ductn as / was, when first heard of it.
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN PM.
oakland College
(, July the 23d, 1889
Mr.. Editor:
1 SR-In your papcrof the 18th INST,
you reitcrate the charge against this Office,
: which you had made in the preceding pa
Iper; and to your remarks you subjoin an
affidavit of Mr.. Wood. l have no desire to
6 continue the controversy, bu. feel q
. duty to make the following statements.
I lst That very seldom, If ever, does the
q Oakland College sray bag come crowded,
y from Rodney. All our papers and letters,
: with very few exceptions, come through
Port Gibson, except what are made up in
Rodney.
81 I'd. That our way bag was not sent from
: Rodney for several mails, but retained in
!. the office there; and Mr.. Wood informed
Mr.. Matthew Bolls, that no did not know
there was such bag at all, till had writ
ten to that Office on the subject.
: Sd. That our way bag has several times
l failed totome to this Office, exen after had
> written to the post master at Rodney, and
one such failure occurred the week before
: last.
Il 4th. That the Rodney Telegraph Of the
18th inst. was not in the way bag on the
E regular mail day, nor has it yet been receiv-
ed at this Office.
9Th. That the envelope containing the
Rodney Telegraph never came to this Of.
fice, since l had charge thereof, marked
t Oakland College, or away" until the last,
which is the only one so marked, and con-
, tanned paper which has been published
: since the charge was made against this Of
: flee, and the envelopes are in my possession
j. to prove this statement.
:. believe that have now noticed all
: your charges, and here leave this contro
vcrsy.
lam, sir, yours,
+ G. MORTON, Asst. P. M.
) Oakland College, July 23d, 1889.