The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-27

/
som of confidence and friendship, have passed
under strict investigation and the inge-
nuity and industry of the retiring Cabinet have
been unable TO detect one proof, or one fair
presumption Of improper motive.
| An occasional glimpse at the correspondence
of some of our Departments, is found TO be both
interesting and curious, as il may give some
idea of the labor il involves, and Of an organiza
ton, under which the smallest neglect or NAL
feasance of public agents is reported and looked
into, however trivial its nature or distant the
place of It's occurrence. Take, for example, ex-
tracts furnished us, from very small portion of
letters addressed by one mail, from the Post
Office Department, to contractors and post
masters. No well founded or plausible COM
plant Of rregulariy or neglect, fails 10 put in
exercise the powers of the Department, come
though il may, from the humblest citizen in the
land
"INsPEcTIoN OFFICE, October %, 1912.
To- -. Please show why you should not be
fined for not supplying "Medway," on route 22l4
with mail on the Goth inst.
To -. Please inform the Department why
you failed at 81. Mary, route 1884, October 10th and
l4th.
To. Why did you not supply "Gulph" Post
Office, route 2l62, on the 5th of August last
To. Please inform the Department why
you were running route 1912 on horseback instead Of
stages as required by your contract
To. Will you inform this Depart ent why
you did not leave mail at Carsve, and take one
from there, on route 1851, on the 18th Instant
| To - VIII you account for your carrying the
Marietta mail to Parkersburgh, and for leaving the
Parkersburgh mail, route 1945, on the 7th inst?
! To. The Department is informed that the
Temperance Advocate and Magnolia transported
on your railroad, Out ofthe mail You respectful
ly notified to prohibit every person in your employ
from such violation of the Post Office laws, and
quested to cooperate with other agents of this De-
partment, far practicable in discouragng pas
sengers from taking matter for which mail is pro-
vided at great expense to the public.
! To. The Post Master General has been in
formed that eleven bags of mail matter left at
Madison on route 2725 on the 18th instant The
Postmaster there will be directed to forward imme-
diaely, at your cost, any portion of the mail which
may be left nor will that be the only penalty, should
this neglect Of your agents be repeated
To -. Why did you deliver a ,cet mail at
Rome, on route 1851, on the Cd September
To, P. M. You did right in having the mail
transported from Jefferson to ST. Mary, as the con-
expenses send your account the Contract Office of
this Department.
To -, p. M. 1t appears from your letter Of
the 5th, in which you report the carrier on route
4,66 for conveying and delivering letter out Of the
mall that he did it unwittingly. Though it betrays
great ignorance of plain duty. the Pnstmas'~- Co."
--,.,, o'orrooN ms nrst offence Blu. should it be
repeated the highest penalty will be imposed, and
the carrier be dismissed.
To Why have you run route 2,3l7 on
horseback during the last quarter instead of stages
required by your contract
To. The postmaster at Elyton reports that your
carrier route 5,430 refuses take the oath pre-
scribed by law for all persons employed in the trans
portation Of the mail. You required to have him
sworn forthwith, or to dismiss him Immediately, in
case Of his refusal.
The above letters 60, for the most part,
into one of the six geographical districts
into which the Union is divided. They show
the necessity and utility of having registers OF
the arrival and departure of the mails regularly
returned to the Inspection office, from the heads
of all mail routes. In the absence of such re-
turns, it is easy to see into what confusion and
delinquency the service would soon become in
volved. For neglect of that important duly, all
Postmasters reported from the Inspection to
the appointment office, to be dealt with as the
Postmaster General may direct.
Among the newspaper accounts in relation to
Mexican and Texan affairs, il is stated that in
the capture of San Antonio by the Mexcans,
Mr.. Van Ness, Texan prisoner, and nephew
of General Van Ness, was deliberately shot by
the order of General Wall, the Mexican Gen
eral Van Ness was not bearing arms