The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-20
We are not little surprised at finding in a
paper so uniformly correct as the New York
Sun, The following article:
THE SOUTHERN MAIL.


THE SOUTHERN MAIL
The discontinuance of the day line from the South
to this city, is of that kind of punsmenis which
are sometimes inflicted by Government upon a COM
munty or section of country, for which it is diff
cult to conjecture the cause, arrive with any de-
gree of satisfaction at the probable aim object
Certain it is, that to this community it is the very
worst and most oppressive change that could posi-
bly, have been made in regard to our communication
with the South. The dscontinuance of the night
line Gf for her sins, New York city must be de-
prived of one of the mas) would have been infinite
ly preferable to vast majority of citizens, whe-
Their in regard to individual or general communica-
ton. What could have induced this measure on the
part of the Post Office Department wholly at
a loss to imagine and great as is our confidence in
those who now control this matter, must confess
that this new move carries with it very much the
look" of having been made to crafty certain po-
litica editors in this city, the very limited circua
ton of whose papers enables them to wait their
presses for mails till within an hour of the time Of
in the and at the om ,me 10
the city whose popularity with the public has given
it such enormous circulation that it cannot like
all its city competitors, ,cat till morning for the
mail. AS the matter now stands-une planned ex-
cept by probabilities and conjectures-we forbear
such comments on this movement appearances war
rant in the hope that some less discredable cause
and one which will do the Government less injury,
may be assigned for the adoption Of this most lnju-
rous and wrongful infection upon the reading masses
of New York
Now, we learn the fact to be, that there is not
Withdrawn this winter any mail line between
New York and the South, that New York has
ever enjoyed any winter, lat least as far back as the
running of railroad cars between Philadelphia
and Baltimore. From the 10,h December to
lst April of each year, there is but single line
OF cars run over the above road there is of
course, during that time, but single daily mail
sent-and this has been the case ever since the
present con ract was entered into by Mr. Ken
dali near four years ago, and was the case I'M
der the preceding contract. Mr.. Wickliffe has
made the most strenuous efforts, as appears by
The reports to Congress, to effect double daily
conveyance over that road in the winter season
but in vain. That company still refuse, as
they have always heretofore refused, TO run in
the winter, train out of Philadelphia, after
the New York morning cars reach that city in
the afternoon, or TO run out of Baltimore at 7
O'Clock at night after the Washington train has
arrived. OF the fact that no double daily line
has ever been run at this season Of the year
!,
friend Beach cannot be ignorant. Why suffer,
then, his columns to make such understandable
allegations, and ascrption Of dishonorable mo-
tlves to the Government?
Before the foregoing went to the press, we re-
ceived the Sun of the 10Th, in which its editor
does justice to the motives Of the Postmaster
General, but still repeats the glaring notorious
error that mail has been Withdrawn this win
ter between New York and the South, that it
has enjoyed the previous winters. Between
New York and Philadelphia the mail is des-
patched twice a day now as formerly-between
Philadelphia and Baltimore there is no after
noon train leaving the former city after the New
York 9 o'clock train arrives. Nor has there
b, en-, any winter, since that road has been run.
Between Baltimore and Washington there is
now, las there has been foryears, atwice daily con-
veyance ofthe mail. From Washington, South,
there is a single daily mail sent, and there has
never been more. The difficulty lies between
Philadelphia and Baltimore. But, in this re-
spect there is no manner Of change this winter
The same state of thing. has existed as far
back as LIST January, 1S40-ihat is, single daily
service in the winter, and twice daily the resi-
due of the year Prior 10 lst January, 1910, it
was single daily mail the year round. The
idea that there has been any mail taken of now
ANY sum saved-or any thing of the sort on
the great New York and Southern route, is
matter of the merest fiction.
DARING ROBBERY ON BOARD STEA MBOAT
During the passage of the steamer New Haven from
New York to Norwich, on Saturday evening last,
very worthy old gentleman by the name Of Mr.. Lu.
Their ck.ring, OF Greenland, n. H., was robbed of
about $500 in cash. and gold watch, worth 500
more. For the better security, he supposed Of
his money and watch against thieves, he tied them