Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-14
COrrs,pOnde~c. Of the Cincinnati Gaze tie.

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GeRfiemea. This morning at washington. 4 had
an interview with the Post master General and laid
before him. MIR Whirtlcsey and Mr. Hobbie the
suhjeet OF the arrival Of the Eastern Mail OF Cincin
natl. and am happy 20 inform you. succeeded in
getting order issued fr its depar.ure fom yvhsa
ling and arrival ut Cincinnati three hour, ea,li.,
Than usual. IL will hereafter reach Won at I o'clock
M was much pleased with tho or1nptne.s
with which they took I'D Of the matter
dhe excuse th1t the mail cinnDI cross the Ohio
an the night nj Wheeling. is all fudge Very mall
interests often influence and control larger ones in
which The public are deeply concerneJ For in
stance. isquiie profitable for Hotel keepers,o lodge
cup uni breakfast passensers-lnd those at whes-
ling reap This benefit ST The expense OF delaying the
mail there IL or Is hours In the mean time
individuals possesSed Of the latest news of The Easl
srn market. can take passage down the Ohio, and
be IA advance Of the mail OF Cincinnati teaJv In
speculate upon our citizens. The mail going east
crosses at Wheeling at or before A Nat this
season fall hour beiors it is light We crossed AT
D, IN n steam ferry boat. without the slightest diff.
Gully. nnd the river was covered with floating ice
why. then. cannot the maR. travelling west, be
carried overt Another reas IN. I am inclined 10
think. Influences our Wheeling reRds in their oppo-
sIiion 10 the mails crossing west in tie night They
want bridge, and hope the sooner To obtain it. by
advocating the delay Of the mail Tho western
men Of business may favor the erection Of a bridge
at Wheeling bat until that is accompl ished let us
NOT suffer any loss and Than can
possibly be avoided
We regret very much to find the able editors Of
the Cincinnati Gazette admitting such a comnuhi.
cation into their columns and more that one OF the
publishers Of the same SHOULD be its writer II is
very unchartable and very untrue in its whole
tedor and expression. The mail could not arrive
at Cincinnati earlier than one o'clock A NJ were il
forced by the most strenuous exerlions-were the
ri.
night Il now arrives al A NJ. and. with due
Industry must be distributed by The hour cit liens
are generally cut Of their beds. No advantage can
therefore accrue TO any there except newspaper
Pubdishen,ifii is forwarded an lrier hour; buiwe
a. we'll as the writer OF the above, are deairous Of
using all possible expedition in forwarding the mail
YET we wouid DOT tell faLsehood to send il from
Baltimore 20 the Rocky mountains in two days. n
eiieamsiance IN which, judging from the above we
must differ very widely from the writer First. the
mail ptoPrstor for the west reside in Columbus
and elsewhere. and they have no in,erea, in our
hoss nor anyurIher than others in the erection Of
bridge. They therefore. are not accessory to q
delay for that purpose. The postmaster has no
property in town, and his personal interest would
be an no way subserved by il. What then could
Do the inducemcnt IN public officers 10 delay the
mail Tho ferry o~T sn would certainly not find
At their interest 20 have bridge and the landlords
are opposed to il. what interest therefore would
operate TO delay the mail beyond The tim. necessary
None that we can perceive
The truth is, that until this winter, tho boat ha,
been at all times unable to cross at night. A few
weeks since. q steam ferry boat Of great power
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be 'uihc snt 10 s'sn all torrents but il has been
total fElure II has crossed with some ice running
" night but il has often entirely failed, so much SO.
that we were entirely without a mail from the west,
during two days this week. This. certainly. was
not detained 10 induce to the erection OF bridge.
The writer Of The above should therefore be content
TO swallow ell he has said and sndeavor to digest
truth for once