The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-06

tish steamer, south Of New York, Would arrive at
Springfield st9 p. NJ, Thursday, by the Telegraph
line aud 10 prevent any delay at that point. uisdp
ssrsngcussn,s TO send ne lssior uaik through -
Boston by sIpvess M hch ctse they would reach the
city before the departure Of the steamer. Unfouu-
natey, 10 mails arrived al Springfield FROM beyond
New Haven
Al IL o'clock, A. NJ, On Friday, ,hs baek myiIs
IRON tie sou,h reached Hartford, The energetic
with, eommenJsbe pro~pioess, a@edaisly sent
them forward TO Springfield in extra coaches; aud
wrote the Postmaster Of Springfield to forward them
to Boston by railroad express II it could be Obtained
upon reasonable tsgmsif not, 10 despatch the prin-
cipal letter mails BY horse express.
Upon my arrival at New Haven Friday, found
that the Northern and Eastern mails, which had been
accommodating for three days at that point, had not
been sent forward ill the day previous, Thursday y
the Postmaster hesi,sting TO become resi- onsbe for
the expense without an express authority from the
Department.
During the night FRIDAY very heavy mail from
New York, weighing more than two tons, arrived at
New Haven, and upon going to the Post-oflcc, Sat
urday morning, found that the railroad cars had de,
parted, leaving about onchalf of this mail behind.
Whether this was the fault Of the railroad agent, or
the mail messenger of the Post Office had no time
to ascertain Finding several important letler-bags
among those eft and one labelled as containing mat
ter for the British steamer, Immediately despatched
a locomotive with the mails which had been left with
q letter 10 the Postmaster of Hartford, to forward
them to Springfield in season for the afternoon train
10 Boston, thinking they might possibly arrive before
the steamer would be able to leave the Boston har-
boz,
The expense Of running this locomotive from New
Haven $3.50 is to be paid by the Department, unless
the mails left through the negligence fault Of
the Railroad Company
The mails, since Thursday, have been carried reg
ularly between Boston aud New York by the land
route in doing this, the contractors the New York
and New Haven route have been obliged to put on a
line Of four horse coaches; and the mails partcu-
lary going East, have been heavy that they have
been compelled to refuse all passengers, though their
coaches might easily have been filled at the fare Of
3d. passenger
The Postmaster Of New Haven, on Wednesday
evening, made arrangement with Mr. Camp Zone
OF the persons interested in the rvute) to pay him
S25 for carrying The mails, then in his Post Office to
New York, and the same sum for bringing the back
mails from New York to New Haven. In addition
to this of SO for the sportation of the back
mails, agreed with the contractors that they should
be allowed by the Department $50 per day exclusive
of Sundays) for transporting these extra mails du-
ring the suspension of the Sound navigation. This
considered very reasonable, when the same stock
would have earned them more than double this
amount, if employed in conveying passengers.
am happy, however, 10 say that the steamboat
navigation in the Sound will be resumed on Monday,
and that it will no longer be necessary to convey the
mails over the land route.
II has been fashionable Of late to find fault with
the Post Office Department and every one connected
with it, that have thought it proper TO make this
particular report Of my doings for the last three
four days. The extra expenses in forwarding the
mails, which thought it proper to incur, wiihou,
the express authority Of the Department, werc in my
opinion, required to meet the reasonable
Of The public ank knowing the anxiety of the Post
master General 10 remedy all irregularities, and
guard against all Interruptions Of the mails, do no,
doubt he will sanction my proceedings.
Very respectfully your obedient servant
l.. T. BRIDGE,
Mail Agent p. o. Dept
Hon $. X. Hosri.,