Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-12-09
circular Letter 10 the Special Agents of
The Post Office Department.
posT OFFICE DEpagrnr,r

November lth. l54I.
"iR;-lhe duties assigned you bv any
former Instructions, as Spectral and Conf.
Denial Agent oI hi, Department. 4 desire
to add, that OF strictly observing Ii, man.
nef IN which the Post Offices are Kept in
The section aud along The lines OF route
5"u may be called 10 iuspec, ard travel.
lie Postmaster General expects that
every Post Ogiicc, whatever may DO lis i'm
Portance, sha!i be attended and supervised
oy the Deputy Postmaster. The PRACTICE
which resre, 10 learn has obtained i'm
many portions Of The United States of ono
man holding The commission oi Postmas-
ter, whilst another discharges lis dulies,
must be stopped; and when such cases fall
within your knowledge, desire that they
shall be made The subjrcl Of special report
Great careessncss in the opeuing and
keeping the mail in insecure places, and
permitting persons other Than The POST
master, or his sworn assistants, 10 have ac-
cess to the same when opening, or after it
is opened, has been charged, in general
terms, upon many Of the Poslmasicrs in
the small lowus and villsgcs. This evil
must be corrected, and when you have ey-
idence nf the laci, IL is expected that you
willmake il known 10 the Department that
tlio aals-efiicient.s .saDA0iu-Sshaysrh .appliad.
I WI HOi continue In Office chose who will
not themselves give their time aud alien
lion 10 tho discharge Of IFS duties, or who
violate or suffer violations Of the rules Of
The Department in opening aud dis,ribu.
ting the mail.
Ii is also desirable that you observe the
department Of all carriers aud drivers of
mails. aud report uuy misconduct arising
from wilful negligence or carclessne,s and
inalteniion 10 their employers aud TO the
Department.
Many complaints have been made a.
gainst the agents or travelling Pos,mas-
ters on rail road routes, you are expected
TO observo tlic conduct OF such as may fall
within ihe range of your supcrvisioD.
Information has been cornmunic ated to
this Department, that drivers aud carriers
OF the mail, on the more distant, ID moro
unImpouant routes, avc in the habit Of
carrying letters in violation OF law, there
by lesseuinS The incumc of the Depart
mcnt. As this may he done in iguorancc
Of the law. you will inform aud instruct
the contractors to charge the carriers aud
drivers not To violate the law in this pariic.
'ular. The act Of lo25. section 20. directs
that all carriers shall deliver such letters,
whether sealed or uuscalcd. to The first
Post Office, at which they arrive after re-
celving them, and the Postmaster is dircc-
ted to rate and charge the postage.
lf you become satisfied that any Post
Office is not Of public utility, aud not re-
uuired for The public accommodation, you
will report that fact aud the reasons for tho
"pinion.
Upon the active cxertion aud vigilant
supervision OF the special Agents OF this
Department. mainly depend the regularity,
security and efficiency of mail rranspoua-
ton, and canno, too strongly impress up
on you the importance und high RESPONSE
biliiy OF your stations. II is 10 you The
Postmaster General musl look for accurate
information upon all ,uhjec's pertaining
III he oui door operations oil the Depart
ment. Give me your riiicicn, aid, aud I
do not despair of making the Pos, Office
Department eminenlly csclul and popular.
Very respectfully,
Your obcdien, servant.
C, 4. WICKLIFFE.