New-York daily tribune., 1843-02-04
rhe arails zs. Expresses.


Bill, as presented il the Express Of last evening
are so odious and contrary to the spirit OF cur IN
stiturions, as to call for general disaPProsaton.
+ The bill seems TO have originated in some quar-
ter where there existed malicious desire to sup
press private Expresses, and thereby prevent the
public from having continually before their eyes
proof of the dilatorins.s and inethciency OF The
Mail department
The various sections of the bill are wcrded as
to hsrrass private Expresses, not to protect the
Mails. The originator has overshor the marx
His provisions and penalties are so preposterous,
that they will net receive the countenance OF any
| body Of men, in This country OF competition.
TIE present law with regard TO common car
riers is severe and strict; and for the most part
etiectual Wherever il is insufficient, It's nefhcacy
is caused by the fact, thar its penalties are seo
heavy in proportion to the lnlsdemeanor, and con-
sequently iot enforced.
1t is hard to say which IS most worthy of admi-
ration, the folly the injustice of this new BILL
What would be thought of indolent merchant,
who, lying in bed of g morning until ten O'Clock,
and Ending that ais younger and more industrious
ne ighbors were outstripping him, should petition
the Legislature to lock them in their rooms, and
close their houses, and thus save him from injury
by their enterprise and competition
| Did Mr. Msrrick think to imrnorlalze himself
by thi. one grand ofortl' Would it not have
been well for him to have introduced another Sec
tivn, providing that should laugh at or re-
probate his bantling, under penalty Of FIVE hund-
red dollars
The ignorance shown by those who have had the
concoctng of this precious document, is worthy OF
comment They have stated that one-quarter Of
4 III late ho,u, ,ba is
carried by private expresses. What is the truth
Both express lines between Ncw-York ard Boston
refuse al! letters which are no. connected with the
parcels in their charge.
Some few letters aIe undoubtedly smuggled
through in bundles; but not more than were sent
in the same manner by the old conveyanccs, before
Expresses were started. This is also true of the
Northern and Western lines. Between New-folk
and Philadelphia there no letters sent by Ex-
presses that would come under the title of mail
letters.
The decrease in the revenue of the Department
is occasioned by the pressure OF The times, which
not oRly fewer letters to be SENT but prompts
merchants and others to forward them by private
hand free of expense Not traveller passes over
the routes but carries moro lass letters; and
! this will continue TO be the case until Government
reduces postage price go low that those send
What will the merchants say to this attempt to
suppress the presen. convenient method of convey
ing their parcels, aad transactlng their business
Viii! the Banks and Brokers send their valuable
packages at an enormous expense by the Govern.
ment conveyances, and with the risk Of loss by
official purloinerS? Not until men receive office
as reward for merit and integrity; which may
be expected about the time of the millennium.
Will you not give his sapiency Mr.. Merrick and
his Bill a taste of your cau.tic pen, and confer a
favor on the PUBLIC.
THE SoMERs MuTINY.-SISGULAR STORY
In speaking of the mutiny on board the Somers, the
New-Orleans Tropic of the 20h ult says:
A gentleman yesterday called on US and gave US
some information which may be Important, and
should be made public. He the first mate of
the new ship Gen. Pa.khill, Capt. J. D. Wilson,
upon which mutiny occurred in Feb, 1889,
when at anchor in the barber of St. Marks, Flor
ida. Captain Wilson and his passengers had gone
ashore in two boats, when the second mate and
seven men rose, severely wounang the mate con-
fined him, robbed the ship, and made their escape
in the best boat belonging TO the vessel. Alter
wards the second mate arrested, tried before
Judge Thompson Of the U. S. District Court in
New-York, and sentenced to thirty years imprison-
ment In the State Prison. One of the men was
also arrested and kept in prison for year and a
half, when in consequence of i'll health, and the
absence of the principal witness, he was dis
charged.
The mate of the Gen. Parkh also informs, US,
that he was in New York last summer, just before
the brig Somers sailed. AS he was passing the
Somers IN boat, where she lay, in the stream, he
says he saw and recognized one Of the mutlneers
OF the Parkhil that he mentioned the circumstances
to Mr. Nash, of the New-York Police, and two
Lieutenants of the ship-of.war North Carolina,
who wished him to inform Commander Mackenzie
of the fact. With this view, he attempted to board
the Somers, but the officers of the deck refused to
allow hm to go on board. When he made the
attempt, the mutneer he recognized was at the
gangway. be has no doubt the man he
saw Of the mutineers Of the Parkhill, and
from the descriptions of Cromwell he is certain
he is the man. he was at loss at the time to
account for the refusal allow him to go on board
the Somers, he stated to the officer of the deck
that he had important information to cemuuni-
cate to Commander Mackenzie but he is now
satisfied that Cromwell recognized him, and exert
ed some influence to keep him OF He says that
Cromwell passed board the Gen. Parkhill BY
the name of CAMPBELL that he proessed TO be an
American, but he was in reality foreigner. Is
it not possible tha. midshipnan Spencer was off.
Ger of the deck or the day alluded 10! And may
not Cromwell have given him an nkng of the cha
racter of his visitor? The msse referred to has
written to Ogden Hoffman detailing the facts above
stated.
/ CONVICT kILLED.-A convict in the Penitenti.
ary at Jackson Miss, being ordered by the keeper,
Mr.. John F. Price, ts roll up his pantaoons that
it might be seen if ne had on pair of socks that
had been missed in the establishment refused, and
seiziRg hammer, was rushing upon the keeper,