The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-03-08
MAILS AND EDITORIAL COMPLAINTS.
We take the following from New York pa

per. ~
MAIL ARRANGEMENTs.-A correspondent of the
| Baltimore Patriot with good deal OF justice CON-
plains OF the present miserable arrangement for
! ryng the mails between New York and Boston,
The mail leaves here at in the afternoon, reaches
Philadelphia at IL, rests from the fatigues Of us
Journey till the next morning, and then proceeds
eisurely onward, arriving at Baltimore at in the
afternoon, % hours from New York. Without the
unnecessary delays the route, the distance could
readily be travelled in less than half of the time
| The Patriot states that the rail road company is
willing to enter into arrangement to expedite the
mails whenever the Department at Washington shall
require it, If there is to be reform in the matter,
we trust that the Department will not confne itself
| 10 the improvement in the transmission of the mail
from New York to the South, but will also do
thing for New York in relation to its reception of in
| telgence from the South. The mail which leaves
Washington in the afternoon might just well be in
New York at ten O'Clock in Il e morning at three
O'Clock in the afternoon.
! What are the facts2 Between New Y ork
and Baltimore there two mails each day. If
the editor and the correspondent of the Bati-
more Patriot did not know this to be the fact,
they were not well enough informed TO write
upon the subject.
| One mail, called the 'fhrough mail" from
| Boston, leaves NewYork al 9o'clock in the morn
| ng, immediately upon its arrivsl-reaches Phi
ladelphia by 81 P. M.-leaves Philadelphia at 4
reaches Baltimore al at highland arrives
at Washington city by in the morning, and
leaves for the South at g. This train of cars does
not bring The way mails. 1t only supplies some
of the larger points beside the cities.
The second mail leaves New York al in the
evening, reaches Philadelphia at about IL
o'clock, and leaves Philadelphia next morning
in time to reach Washington city by p. NJ,
(26 hours) This train and mail is run for the
accommodation of the way travel between Phi
ladelphia and Baltimore, and brings the second
mail between those points; supplying the inter-
mediate towns and post Offices.
1t is complained by this Baltimore cores
pendent and the papers above, that the Post
master General does not require the Phadel-
phia company TO start its train at midnight, al
sacrifice of the interests of the railroad, and the
comfort Of the travelling community, in order
that the New York mail may reach Baltimore a
few hours sooner. 1t should be remembered
that this second mail is run for the supply of in
termediate points as well as other Offices at short
distances from the railroad; and, for that cause.
if no other, il is most suitable that it be run in
the day, instead of the night between Philadel-
pha and Washington. Newspaper editors
should remember that there are others be-
side themselves interested in the uanspor-
talion and arrival of the mails. The Pa
triot and Advertiser should not forget, that
| if the Postmaster General were TO order
this second mail to leave Philadelphia a,
IL O'Clock in the night, the Philadelphia editors
might have better cause TO complain than them
selves, because the morning papers in that city
would be left to come South in the evening
mail.
1t is impossible for the Postmaster General in
the time Of departure of mails to suit every body
and he does well to consult the convenience and
interests of the greater number
Ii is not true, as we are well informed, that
the Philadelphia Railroad Company are willing
TO run South from Philadelphia at | ! o'clock al
night. They refuse TO do so-and as sussti-
tute continue their afternoon line, which takes
on the latest Boston and New York mails dur
ing the winter as well as The other seasons O,
the year
Will the papers OF New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, be so good as TO copy
| IL Gen. JOS Markle has been nominated