The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-09-10

OUR POST OFFICE-THE MANS, &c.--The
present arrangement of the arrival and depart
ure of the Mails a this point, and the little ac
commodation TO be afforded the public by our
Postmaster-who acts by AUTHoRiTY-n the de
livery of letters and papers after the st of next
month, should induce our citizens of all parties
TO unite and endeavor, If possible, to secure a
better arrangement. This is one of the most
prominent points in the State on the river, easy
of access at all times, and one from which in
telligence could be forwarded to the interior
and through the Wabash valley sooner than
from any other; and yet our mails are so arrang-
ed and so limited to be of no service to us
or the surrounding country. 1t may not be
generally known to our citizens that the mail
passes by our town in Steamboats, six times a
week each way, up and down the River. and
the boats invariably stop at our wharf. " lille
we receive only two mails awetk by the river
and sometimes not so many. Now it could add
but little additional expense to the Government
to provide US with daily mail by the river
each way, the cost of the mail bags and the
trouble of putting up the mails would be all;
while the increase of mail matte;, we believe,
would more than defray the additional expense,
TO say nothing OF the benefit TO the people OF
this place and the surrouning country by more
sure and speedy transmission OF intelligence
w were loath to move in the matter, knowing
that our postmaster was endeavoring to procure
daily river mail, and receiving assurances
from time 20 time that better arrangements were
contemplated by the Department; but matters
are now so bad, and likely TO grow worse, that
we deem it our duty to call the attention of the
public to the subject, that something may be
done to have our mail facilities improved and
increased.
1t will be seen by the notice in another col
umn from our postmaster, that after the lst OF
October the post Office will be closed at sun
down and the privilege which our citizens have
heretofore PARTIALLY enjoyed of receiving their
letters and papers from the North on the same
evening of their arrival is no longer to be ex-
tended to them. The Northern mail arrives,
generally, between the hours of and P. M =,
| and it has been customary to beep open the Of
fee until o'clock for the delivery of mail ma t.
ter, and under the administration of Mr.. Chute,
our former postmaster, who was removed to
make room for the present incumbent, the Office
was frequently kept open until II and Il
o'clock for the accommodation of the public
and mails arriving at that hour of The night
were often opened and delivered. BY whose
request the contemplated arrangement of keep
mails over twelve hours after their arrival be.
| fore delivering them is made we do not know
The public have SOME right to claim accommo
daton. yet one would think, seeing the mann e
in which Office is administered, that the
benefit arising from Its institution was intended
to inure solely to the keeper. We hope our citi
zens will take the subject into consideration
and endeavor to have different and better ar
rangemsnt Let them meet in a body and ex
press their opinions freely TO the Department a