Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-11-04

the mail department will probably be for editors
to commute with him for the privilege Of sending
their papers as they please to their customers. If
he should be successful in his levies what branch
of the mail department will it come under Seri.
ousy, is it not too bad that lawyer should be
placed in situation, to ruin the post Office and
muzzle the Press because he is too narrow mind
cd TO understand the true interests either of the
department or OF the public in their connection
WIN IT! II, as is the case with franked papers
from Washington, the mail was made 20 do the
WORK. and was surreptitiously deprived Of its re-
nuneratlon there would be some ground of COM
paint Postmaster Niles, in his report for 1910,
s,a'ea WH, that the printed matter sent free from
!" "shihs'on, In three weeks, weighed 80 $50 lbs
VI s'aieen and haf tons equal to l6O tons for
ne session, tor which the Department no, only got
lo.ihs' but paid out two cents each for delivery
aooa ,he Poslnasters, making $95, ,627. This was
SIa SGr ground OF complaint. But what is the COM
done WHY no% why, not that the post Office has
papers a ra .or which it received no pay, bu, that
Harnder 3, nor put In the post office. He sues
to POSI- W no; 40, ior carrying bundle of papers
~ lNs!on. Why not sue him for corrvno npck.
kers o. goods also Why not sue the M ner mn.
A n,. of sehu,ng tho paper ovor the railroads -
with ;.y may orlng rean Of paper to New York
but If he opens it, passes il thronoh
b,cL ;.t anu nes 1t up again, he cannot cnrrv i
Wbere;n - oeihS :ined by Mr.. WickIiffs i
/, ~ uoes this differ from the "s.amn act .,
from ono city to the other. NJ ' W;'.,,,G carried
now established "city despatch posi-, in ,h;s I's
ciy. is he gong to order that there is to bo No
moro paper carriers ? That all papers m,s, ho ho
Circulated through the despatch post He n.y.,
DO It with quite as much roason. as 10 order q,
they shall not circulate out of tho citv oxa". .a
through the post. Let him try the cxnerrnen,
I" the dear people" are very patient, and will bca
a great deal from an illustrous statesman.
Havdna.--The comments Of the Havana nress
on the late revolution in Spain arc very hr;,,f
They recommend, in the Same spirit as the vale.
dictory addresses Of Gov. Valds, and prohahIv
with truth. the utmost fealty and submission to the
Home Government, in all vicissitucics. a. the
sheet anchor of the prosperity of Cuba, and a,
the same time congratulate the people of this island
that their remoteness from the Peninsula protects
them from the factions whose mutations dist ract
The mother country.
The Prenoa says: The retrospect is truly mel
ancho'y, and we cannot refrain from tears when
we con!emp! !a.e tho career Of our country for
some years back. But in the midst Of our sor-
! rows, one idea consoles and fills us with pleas
ure and admiration. ltis, that the Spanish colo
MES, satellites of the metropolis, continue tran
gull and pacific, under the protection Of system
OF Government which shields them from the con
vulslons of the parent State; whose situation may
| atfiIct us, but cannot change our condition.
An aPology.-An Albany paper apologies TO
its readers for not having the usual amount of
crimes in lis columns. 1t says" We have TO-.
! reign news, an account Of the National Repeal
Convention, accidents, and parag phs relative to
large grapes. squashes, sc. but 10. much, if any.
rascality! The Philadelphia papers are, for a
wonder, dull in this par;cular-,hey have no,
even single firemen's fight, and we hive read
them through in vain for murder or seduction
case.'