The St. Landry whig., 1845-04-03
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THE MAIL

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THE MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
1t is bad enough, in all conscience, to be Cut
off with t,go mails a week by law; but when, by
the mismanagement of Postmasters, we fail to
receive them, the thing becomes intolerable.-
The mail due here from New Orleans. has failed
twice within as many weeks; and, if it were not
forthe papers we obtain by steamboats,, through
tho courtesy Of their officers, we would be al
most entirely shut out from the city. We should
greatly prefer that the mails should come regu-
larlg through, as heretofore, only by the old route,
though il does take four days to reach us, than
that, whenever it suits clerks or what not to see
the mail on board Of some boat for our Parish,
we should receive it in two days or, if missed
by the boat, we shall wait for it eight days, as
has been the case! This is beautiful and regu-
lar irregularity! We trust the Postmaster in
the City will have this nuisance remedied at
at once-and that WI may have a regular mail,
if not a quick one--one that we know when to-
expect, and are not usually disappointed in its
arriving.
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GLast Saturday mail brought us city dates
rs late as the 22d ult. We had received papers
by the boats, three days previously, as late as
the 24thl The same mail brought us the .Con.
|cordia Intelligencer'' of the 9Th ult.-nearly a
month getting over-or quite twice as long as it
takes adyices from London to reach New York /
The neUs BY this arrival was very tired!
IW#@M&&ES E Isl
or Sergeant Halle, ofihe P@fqnter's Gazette,
and Of Plaquenine4n not Of tall sSoling notoriety,
but Of curious eanpo--thus hits an unmerciful
wipe atsOms q grave and reverend signors,
ofshe coagentioaS
"0nr opEaaa IS and always has been, that
New Orleans i s best place for The seat of 90.
%vcrnments but, If it Is to be taken from there. It
should go to the most central point (for convent.
ence) in the State, and that point is Plaquemine.
The country seems afraid ofthe evil influence of
the city people on our Legislators. Let the coun.
try send men Of talent and of sterling integrity
70 the Legislature, and neither city peopse nor
city members can pull wool over their ESyes !;
but SO long AS we send fools there, we must en-.
Ipect to have our interests suffer, let the Legisla.
ture sit where it may. Men Of sound sense and
good address, win carry the day if that body.
even though It hold lis sessions a cypress
swamp"
"Them's our sentiments exactly. y Reason.
ing from the reasoning Of the wiseacQIs of the
Convention-and we like to reason frdffn analo.
give shall have a corrupt and misdEable in.
strument of organic law !-.-we can see no other
good reason for the Convention adjourfIin from
the country TO the city, than for the Purposes Of
being corrupted-according to their own ideas
Perhaps, however, our Co~nventionists believe
themselves made of Z. kferner afufr,, tha.. !. -
possible for Legislators 70 BE- composed Of! and
that after ell, we shall have i good Constitution!
In but one point do we disagree with the Ser.
geant. He wants the seat of government a,
Plaguemine, Eberyille PaFish-because he think,
il about the middle Of the State. Now, taking
the population as our basis, me think that Pla.
qaemines, below the city, by her immense in.
Grease. can sooa claim the honorl But her
position in the country, where Utlea corruptiou
certainly cauaol gain a foothold, entities her ia
very great constellation What think you, Mr.
Halle I
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