The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-18

The FosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT Mr. Wicklifie
has unwarrantably anogated to his Department the
exclusive right 10 claim the carrying business in
newspapers, throughout these United States, and il
might reasonably be supposed that the monopoly Of
the business would enable that Department set pr.
vate individuals at defiance; but the opposite is the
lamentable truth. The result, them is, that Mr.
Wickfie claims the right TO subject the commune
" to a series Of vexatious delays
The Neo York Am1ican has published the fol-
lowing paragraph on this subiect:
Illustration OF Postmaster General Wickfie's
crusade against the press
JAMAICA, Oct IL, lS43
DEAR SIR--lt affords me great regret to he under
the necessity OF disseminating the American, to
which, ss an old friend, we have become much at
tAcheo; but since The late arbitrary edct of the Post
iregularity aud uncertainty that il Is OF little to
send them al all. You will be pleased 10 discontinue
my subscription from this date.
a. Respectfully yours.
From The Journal of Commerce we copy the fol-
lowing:-
MEssRs. HALE & HALLocK
GENTLEMEN-
What can be the matter with your post office!
Whilst your paper of given day has until recentiv
invariably arrived here within tweRty-four hours
from the date of YOUR afternoon edition. letters mail
ed at your post office from two to five days in
accomplishing the came distance.
Within the year have received by mail seventy
eight letters that were mailed at the New York post
office; OF these, but two arrived your paper does
the next day; twenty-seyen were two days IN their
transit, thirty three days. niue four DAYS,
and eight accomplished the feat in five days. All
these are counted from the date OF the post mark,
and not from that OF the letter, which generally
day earlier, to the day OF the arrival, including the
one day and excluding the other, making the time
full as stated. That there was great wrong some
where, has been evident for long time; but I'M
I'll recently was not aware OF the fact that this
was entirely due TO your city. post office. II
has been found, upon examination, that the let
lets remain Ell your office for days, as appe ars
from the discrepancy between the date of the post
mark on the letter, and that of the way bill accom-
panying it. For instance, The package that arrived
here on the 10Th, has all its letters stamped "New
York, May T." while the way bill bears date May
the 9Th One of the letters above stated as having
arrived here regularly on the next day, was marked
'U. S Express MALI and was left at your city
Office, ichio prob by accounts for IT'S arriving In due
season. How the other happened TO blunder through
IN time ls mystery, If not a miracle. Really. the
Post Office estsbli shment has gotten to be public
nuisance and thiaking men will oppose any reform
of system having no redeeming features and
which is made up OF the most arocious abuses, and
will demand its entire abolition and thus leave the
transporaton OF papers and letters. like that of all
other commodities, free 10 all Who doubts that
In such case, the business would be done better,
quicker, and cheaper?
The Savannah Daily Republican of the 18th inst.
has the following
The NORTHERN MAn.-On Tuesday evening we
received New York papers of Friday and Saturday
morning, BY the steamboat from Charleston BY
the u ;. Mail, yesterday, the latest papers which
came TO hand from New York, were those of Fri
day,wnie the letter mails of both days were receiv-
ed. How does this happen We are told by a
gentleman who left Charleston on Friday, that the
Wilmington Boat with the Northern Mail arrived
aoout7 O'Clock that morning, giving sufficient time
70 assert and send every thing for Savannah. Per
haps the mail bag containing the papers were left
somewhere the Other side OF Charleston. Indeed
tnis 10 the most probable, the Post Master OF
Charleston Is very prompt IN sending mails
when they reach him In season, and we may as
well add, that The contractor on the line, is as
prompt IN delivering them here