The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-18
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL

Correspondence Of the Herald.l

traHsmtssion Of The Maas-IVH the Corporation
MomoPofies be able % succeed in riding rough sod
orer The Peopie,-Scaies aud Balances for the use
of the Post Once DcpasfDient-Report of the Conn
mafee Of Eraminsrs-- Dismissais-Th Circ,.la-
tion ~ me District Papers and the Comtfooi Jour
aai-Ths Richmond Enquirer the ssFashing-
Ton Uason. and The Slapishness of Party Presses
| understand that the Philadelphia, Wilmington,
and Baltimore Railroad Company, TO whose high
handed and outrageous attempts TO control the Post
Office Department have referred in my last two
efters, l. not content with its delaying the mail some
Ten twelve hours during which il lies in Philadel-
pa, bui IN the letter. in which they gave mo-
tce 70 the department that they should revert TO the
old times Of departure from Philadelphia to Bati-
more. also gave notice of an intention on their part
- leavc Baltimore for Philadelphia at O'Clock in
lhe evening, instead Of eight thus making their per-
lornaances much worse and more unsatisfactory than
thfy We're previous Ia Cave Johnsons ehecting the
alterations which have Just been nufed by the ac-
ton 81 the Company. II they 10 persist in this
Intention II theirs. 10 leave Baltimore al Z O'Clock.
nwouid require The mail 10 be despatched from this
CITY az "A O'Clock instead of 81 present; and az
the southern Mail does not arrive here till or 81
the connection would. consequently, be broken, and
"a hours additional tsnr would be required for the
transmission Of the mail between the South and New
York. THIS action the part Of the Railroad Com
pany fully exempiies and enorces the truth and JUS
nee ~ al my remarks relative their rapacity and
shows how necessary II Is that stop should be
put % and they brought their senses
Il n plain prod that they imagine they have the
game IA their own hands, and can coerce the De-
partment into their own terms, which would be pay
mrni nj the rate ri three or Tour times much is
ssid for similar amount OF service by coach horse
II remains with the public 10 show whether after
this Company has shown how the service can be
performed, they Will submit 20 allow these souless
corporations 10 ride over them rough-shod. demand
their own terms. and compel the payment out Of the
public purse 81 most exorbani charge, and whether
they viii sanction monopoly like this, which this
Company think n has got, and therefore threatens
the Department with delay OF the Southern mail
20 the Northern community OF ~ hours; supposng
that by thus creating a great public inconvenience
they can compel the Post Master General to accede
their exorbitant charges for fear OF the odum Of
the delay resting upon HIM. There ~, however, n
u feeling oi Justice inherent IN mems bosoms, and
this Company Will find (as VIII all other companies
and monopies) that the independent press which
| has demanded and enforced reform Of the old and
exorbitant charges tor postage from Congress- will
support the Post Master General in an honest
deayor TO carry out eecually the provisions OF the
new law, and wall not allow Ifs efficiency 10 be inn
paired, IL 10 be rendered doubtful by the
course which railway corporations have seen tit 10
pursue.
The independent press forms and leads public OPT
nion, by presenting facts the people, and corpora
lions which are odious in the best light in which
they can be placed wll find that the public their
masters and had better not increase the odium
which attaches 10 them, by endeay orlng render
eilectua and 10 defeat the cheap postage system
| a system which comes home 10 every mans hearth,
| and upon which public opinion can most readily be
brought TO bear, 10 affect Legislation TO the
tent even Of depriying them OF privileges which they
exert, to embarrass and annoy the people, instead OF
| beneftting them.
The committee Of examiners, appointed BY the
Postmaster General 10 test and report 10 him upon
the respective merits Of the numerous specimens Of
scales and balances for weighing letters which have
been sent IN made their report this morning. They
|
of their not being sufficiently delicate in detecting
differences of weight and their vibration, which
quIres some time 10 settle, 10 indicate the
weight They report also against the " bent levers"
and "penduums, for similar reasons. They re-
port also against scales. which were constructed
the principle Of lifting successive weights" for each
additional half ounce, not being sufficiently deli
cate liable TO friction, and TO get out OF order. They
then approve, and recommend for adoption, the Ro-
man scales, constructed on what II called the steel
yard principle, having flat plate which to weigh
the letters, and a sliding weight To move up and
down on the other side OF the beam Three Of these
scales recommended, first, second and third.
as superior TO all the others in the required qualities.
They next recommend, as next to these, the scales
| on the beam, usually IN service, with detached
weights, not with the scales dependent from the
beam, but with the action reversed-the beam being
underneath and a support standing perIendicularly
from each end on which the plates set,
weights al side, and substances 10 be weighed
on the other. Three OF these recommended, also
in the order OF first, second and third. ] have not
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made his election to which he will adopt, and
who will have the contract tor the 1900 balances
required
/ understand that the "Unired States have dis
pensed with the Services" OF Messrs Tasistro and
Fairchild who, believe, have been engaged in the
customs service on the Canada frontier. Mr. Ia
sstro is the gentleman who distinguished hmsef
| in this city few weeks ago.
| learn that the Secretary OF State has issued
circular TO the owners ct the newspapers IN this
District, requiring statement OF the amount OF their
advertising Of the Department. as ordered by the
| law passed during the late session OF Congress. |
see John Jones redirirns, IN anticipation hereof or
IN relation hereto, announced last evening thai he
had an accession Of seven hundred new subscribers.
| q and tins, too, when only two days ago he had
ugubrious paragraph about some Of their subscri-
bers disseminating their paper when he had not
word TO say about this immense accession 10 their
subscription list, Perhaps, however, these seven
hundred new subscribers are the galvaniscd remains
OF the Chronios, paper which has been dead about
seven years and which hs said a lew days ago had
been added TO their list O Temporal q moves,
suppose that the phllosophlc mesmeriser has under
taken to galvanize" these defunct remains. for n
is the only method by which he would be able 10
put any life into them AT ALL" Mesmersm" 70 evi-
IDENTIFY not sufficient. How long does nervous
motion continue IN galyanised corp~ef Because !
imagine the condition 81 the CosrfJoci Jc~r~ais
very similar
Have you noticed Of laie how the Richme~d E--
qtver has been pastering praise ON the Uasks~sfo~
Un,on :! IL has absolutely been laid 90 with a
trowel-ad nauseani. And from such source.
too. IL rs absolutely sickening. Worsc than All.
the Washington Union absolutely cople- tsess iul-
some audatons, under the head al Elegant En-
tracts"
tits the independent press alone must lcos for
an honest and bold expression q ornion. The
party presses generally the slaves abject slaves.
OF party and OF men-noi the exTonenis oradeccstes
Of principles and truths.
WASHINGTON. May u. lsls
Il Chapter about Men and Things an JvasAsns'os-
Ner and Shaags, &c
Hon. George Rathbun n among us the same T.n.
tleman who so distinguished himself two seasons
In ta.. unusc Of Rnr.rcs1ntat..-z.