The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-16
The Po.t Once Av.,n-Dusy Of Congress.


increasing and multiplying every day. From the
very moment in which Mr.. Wicklfie and Mr.
Nelson sat down, like two miserable pettifoggine
sixpenny lawyers. 10 constue the liberal laws OF
Congress, in such way as TO make themselves as
ridiculous possible, and as oppressive to the pub
lie as they possibly could-from that moment W
TO the present, step by step, they seem more and
more getting into the morass, more and more
covering themselves with the contempt and ridicule
of the country.
One OF their more recent and ridiculous acts, and
one clearly illegal in every point of view, to say
nothing of its other characteristics which they
have lately performed is TO be found in the follow
ing announcement, which we perceive in penny
paper of yesterday morning
PuBLIsHEas' MAu.-Uned States Great Britain Ire
land and Canada, Express outside Mail ngement,
with the Great Seals of the United States and Great
Britain at the sun Office for the transportation OF News
papers, Magazines and Pamphlets by the Express Agents
OF the United States and England.
The undersigned having made arrangements, is now
prepared to forward Newspapers Magazines and Pamphlets
by Express, the following Mail Routes, viz -
From New York to Buffalo and back via Albany, Troy,
UTICA Rochester Syracuse to Buffalo, on the mail routes
Also from New York to Boston, via Hartford Spring.
field Worcester and Boston and all intermediate places
this route.
Also, from New York to Washington City, via Trenton,
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del, Baltimore and Washing
route.
Also any part of England, Scotland ireland and the
Notice is hereby given that bags will be made up on
and after this date for the above places All matter to be
sent must be prepaid The number sent must be marked
on the package No correspondence will be sent other
than that relating to the package 1t must be understood
that no letter or private correspondence will be received
Packages sent by the Publishers Mail will be delivered
at the door of the to whom they sent and in
advance OF all other mail arrangements
O 10 ish-
ers their agents and the community generally, it
bes publishers to forward their works in small large
quantities to remote towns and at very low rate to
BILE vendors in the most remote places, to sell al the New
York prices.
New York City, Dec llth lsas
MOSES Y. BEACH, Sun Office,
Cor. Nassau and Fulton streets.
For further particulars relating to terms, sc. inquire at
this and the offices of our agents in almost every large
towr and city in the United States and Europe.
Here is Mr.. Wicklihe, the Postmaster General of
the United States peddllng privileges authorised by
the law of Congress, to men who are without cha
racter, without reputation, without responsibility,
moral responsibility of any kind! And peddng
them out, too, contrary to the laws of Congress,
contrary to the intentions of Congress, and with
view merely to expend their miserable spleen and
jealousy towards the press because II does not sup
port this benighed and miserable administration.
We would ask Mr.. Wicklifie, and Mr. Nelson,
his adviser where is the law that authorses any
such proceedings as this announcement would seem
TO indicate If they point it out by any sort of
WITHDRAWING, let them do So
But that is not all While they are peddng out
the privileges of the people in this way to partcu-
lar individuals, it only the other day, by the
orders of their agent, Captain Stockton, (who, TO
do their bidding gets steamboat contracts) of the
Jersey Railroad, that they prevented and interdict
ed the transmission of HerdHs to the little town of
Trenton, where probably there were several hun
dred persons who have been in the habit of read
ing our paper for years. until this abomnable adj
ministraton degraded themselves so much as they
have done. And this is the justice of free and
liberal government, peddling out at half price the
privileges of the department TO some, and denying
others the right of sending out their paper the
people who want TO read it
A more garing act of injustice, of arrogance,
perhaps was never exhibited to the world and
we trust that the members of Congress will not be
long Unlocking into the whole transactions of this
atrocious Post Office Department.
But this is not all. What sort of man, what cha
racter has this man, to whom they have peddled
out these important privileges belonging to the
whole people of the country! Here is man, well
known in this community for all sorts of specula-
tions, who has made many attempts TO issue shin
plaster currency and to shave and luxurate over
the community in every possible form-who is a
speculator in every thing, women included whose
moral character is beneath contempt whose pri-
vate life is recorded upon the documents of the
Court of Chancery in the most abomnable and
atrocious manner who never exhibited single
principle of honesty or integrity in his whole life
and who is at this moment trembling upon the
| oT. tba Of Sos
sions of this city will do its duy-this is the man
that they have appointed to the responsible duty OF
being the second Post Office Department in the
United States
This Sun establishment, upon former occa-
sion, has been convicted and punished for waylay-
ing expresses robbing the agents of their contents
and breaking open the seals of other peresons'
packages This said establishment has been sig
nalized, during the last few years, by all sorts OF
invasions of the rights of property and feelings of
others II has been exhibited to the world as with
out the slightest principle Of morality or decency
in any of its dealings and yet, we see that II
stands, side by side, upon the same moral and re-
sponsible level, as the second Post Office Depart
men of the United States, appointed by MIR. Wick
life, counselled by Mr.. Nelson, and probably con-
firmed by Mr.. Tyler himself
We beg the members OF Cangiess at once to
take up the subject of the management Of the Post
Office Department, and make searching investl-
CATION into the abuses, and folly, and msmanaee-
ment which have marked it during the last year or
eighteen months. 1t is full time that this should be
done Let us have a new system at once.
TuEATRIcALs-DECLINE OF THE DRAMA ne
result of our own experience and observation du
ring our late tour in England, and also in this city
since our return, quite convnces us of the decline
of the drama. During the last week Macready,
acknowledged 10 be the greatest artist in the line.
has been playing to three or four hundred dollar
houses-meagre, empty, cold, cherries, nhospita-
BILE houses. And all this, whilst the great must
clans, and the vocalists of all kinds, are making
their thousand and two thousand dollars "a night