The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-02-08
Firm the South Carolinian.
THE MAILS.

THE MAILS.
As much complaint has existed on the
part of some of the Northern papers, in
relation to the arrangement OF the mails,
particularly those between Washington
City and New York, we extract, from the
Correspondent of the Baltimore RePu6-
ican, the most brief and ineligible ac-
count Of the causes, that we have seen.-
We perceive no just grounds for the bitter
and violent abuse that has been heaped
upon the Post Master General, by some
of the Wing presses, for the course ne
has pursued in this matter -or why the
Government has not equally as much right
to pass an agent or baggage upon the Phi
ladelphia Rail Road, as private individ-
ual. Indeed, the Post master General
pursued the only course left him in the
emergency, as the Company had refused
to carry any of the mails, unless paid up
ward of $4,000 per annum more than the
law authorized him to give. 10 force the
Government to pay this exorbitant charge,
was no doubt the cause of the denial to
its agent, and his baggage, Of the COM
mon rights Of the traveller.
Since writing the above. we have read
the very interesting letter of the Post
Master General, TO the Post Master al
Baltimore. on this subject, and will endea-
vor to publish it hereafter.
ain the year 1858, Mr.. Kendall, sue
ceeded in getting the mail carried from
Washington to New York, in about twen-
.y hours-a despatch unexampled in the
history of the travel Of the world. BY
this arrangement, the mail arrived at New
York, at a late hour of the night, and
could not be assorted till an hour in the
morning quite too late, to render it ac-
ccssable to the morning Press. This was
unavoidable, and nothing but time could
alter it.
At this iuncture, the New York Cou-
rier and Enquirer, and the Journal OF
Commerce, in common with several other
napers, petitioned Mr.. Kendall for re-
mcdy; but, how remedy was 10 be efFec-
ted, they did not undertake to say. The
Post master General, ever anxious to
oblige the public, put his head to work to
discover how the evil could be remcdied.
At last, he hit upon a plan. lie ordered
the making up Of AN "Editor's MAIL" Sc
parately from all the rest, and gave in
slructious that it should be assorted imme-
diatcly after its arrival in New York, thus
enabling the New York editors, TO get
their Washington dispatches in time for
their morning papers!
This "Editor'S Mail," was kept up.
till the Philadelphia Rail Road refused to
carry any of the mails, unless it could
spunse the public out Of the sum of $50
600 per annum being upwards of $4,000
per annum more than what the Post
Master General was allowed TO pay BY
la1r!
After the refusal of the Rail Road, to
carry the regular mails, an order was is
sued, that the Editors Mail" should
be carried through by special agent uia
the Philadelphia Rail Road; and the agent
who conveyed it, paid for its transPorta-
ton previously, as all other passengers
pay for the transportation Of their bag
gage.
The special messenger had not been
employed in this way more than a couple
of days before he was stopped by the Rail
Road, complaint being made 10 it, as is
stated here, by some one attached to the
Baltimore Patriot. If this report be un-
true, the editor OF the Patriot will be plea
sed to contradict it. For his credits sake,
I hope it is untrue"