The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-31

squalls In France and elsewhere. The people
are waking up and organizing, for further decid.
ed movements, all over Europe.
The Post Office Dcpartment--Thc Postmaster
Gcnerai-Maii Arrangements &c. &c. sc.
In the exercise of our duty as a public jour-
nalist, we have been obliged to animadvert fire.
quently the present head of the pc I office de-
partment, and the wretchedly bad manner in
which the mails have been managed since his
induction into Office. We have done SO, not be-
cause we have any private feeling or "speen" to
crafty, but because our own interest and that OF
the whole country, especially the commercial
part of 1t, has been severely injured. Our own
interest has suffered intellectually by it. We
have trunk full of letters now in our posses
sion, written by our subscribers in every part OF
the country, stopping their subscriptions because
they cannot get their papers.
The newspa per organ Of the President, comes
out in defence of Mr.. Johnson, and singles out
one instance out of ten thousand and takes us to
task for doing, what we considered, and still
consider, our duty in the premises
The following is from that paper of the 9th
! instant -
We copy the following article from the Baltimore Sun
1t is Just and defence of the Postmaster
General against the repeated attacks Of the York
Herald and its numerous correspondents The charge
Of In the mail service bet Phiade
phia and New York Is explained In a fewwor There
two railroads between these citesthe Trenton and
Amboy lines These roads controlled by the
corporation The mail is carried the Trenton
line for which they receive thirty thousand dollars
per annuul. The mail line leaves Philadelphia at
O'Clock A M The Amboy line leaves at O'Clock In the
morning, and reaches New York at TO- Philadelphia
papers this line arrive at New York four hours In ad
n% tho Of The nail The public inquire how is this!
that 1t Ia all owing to the Of the Potmas
ter General who unwilling to pay for the Transports
that the Postmaster General has extremely
to have the mail carried this road and the roads
sral urged mail should be carried in the early
train This they refused to do unless they paid
another thirty thousand dollars They also refused to
start the mail line at an earlier hour than A. M In
word, the penuriousness of the Postmaster General
consists in not paying two roads the sum Of
which one line with spirit Of accommodation, might
without difficulty perform.
Now We can tell the editor of the organ that
we know nothing of Cave Johnson, and care no
more for him than we do for any other person
1t is of his acts as Postmaster General that we
complain, and in doing 30, neither the Herald
nor any of its 4" numerous correspondents" has
any private spleen to crafty. AS an individual,
We think Mr.. Johnson is a clever easy going kind
of man ; such a one as would live century
without attracting any especial notice, provided
| he smoked good cigars; but as Postmaster Gene
raj, we have thought him utterly incapable and
inefficient; and of this the aforesaid trunk full
| of letters tended to convince u.s. We thought
we wanted no better nor stronger proof than that
If the organ Does its editor can find it easily in
his exchanges.
In relation to the southern mail, we ask the
organ whose fault is it that the mail is not car
ried from Philadelphia to this city by the early
line-the Camden and Amboy trainl Whose
fault Is 1t that the corporation which is said to
own the two lines is not compelled, by its con-
tract, to take the mail by that which arrives in
this city at ten eleven O'Clock in the morning.
Surely it is Mr.. Johnson's. When he entered
into contract with Them he must have known
that he dealt with a monopoly, and why was
he not on his guard!
To show that we have personally no i'll feeling
towards Mr. Johnson, we publish the above ex-
tract in his defence, and also the following com.
munication from friend of Mr.. Johnson, in re-
lation to the Eastern mail -
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD,
SIR,-As several mistakes have found their way into
the columns Of the Herald relative to the relations ex
isting between the Post Office Department and the
prietors Of the steamboat line the New Haven route
will you please give place to few plain facts which
quest you will no doubt, readily comply with in justice
tn all concerned These facts are from an official
source and cannot be controverted reference to the
law and the aes of the department will show that the
statement now offered Is the truth and nothing but
truth.
By the Act of ls45 the Postmaster General is directed
TO classify the railroads and steamboats, with
them according to the weight and Importance of the
mail matter. and the speed with which It is taken and
by the Act he is limited to the following rates in
making payment for such services First class road for
daily service $a37 so mile double
daily service or oft.ner. $500 Per mile per appum
class routes for daily service 500 per mile per
annum and for the third class routes for daily service
500 per mile per annum; As steamboat service had
always been considered inferior railroad and supe-
rior to coach service the maximum for steamboat
vice was settled by the department l2 per cent less
than that Of railroads The classification and prices
we're made known to the New Haven Company more
than two years ago-and with the knowledge o, all the
facts that the department could not psy more the
boat and railroad owners entered upon the service
az second class route, and have since performed
the service very satisfactorily at the same time
contracts. They have been paid to the first Of
July last, at the rate Of 500 per mile per annum
lsss one seventh for the Sunday trip which is not
performed on this route and which amounted to about
soooo per year The department Is not indebted to Mr.
! Vanderbilt or for mail any other service.
so anxious was the Postmaster General to retain the
services OF Mr. Vanderbilt learning tho as had
been refused that he person 70 New York called
on the contractor showed him the law which governed
course OF the Department and urged him to continue
the service, but TO no purpose The $4,000 must al
lowed or the mails could .ot be forwarded. The only
course left was to seek out contractor, as the
Bridgeport line also refused to take the mails thus
provided for, although under general contract
contract has therefore been made with Mr. w l.
Cullough to transport the mails between this city and
New Haven the arrangement to go into effect Mon.
day the 30th inst.
It is hoped and believed that this will secure to tn,
community on a permanent footing, their former mai
facilities over the New Haven route but II should b,
understood that the Department lie prepared
overcome every obstacle which may hereafter be place.
In the way Of success in Its efforts to the right
and accommodation Of the public this any other
the man routes.
We sincerely hope with our correspondent
that the new arrangement on that route will Sc
cure to the community their former mail facili
ties, and that Mr.. Johnson will exert his infu
ence next session to disprove the charge W.
made, that he is the worst postmaster we evel
had, and has done more to harrass the press ane
the merchants than any other Postmaster Gene
raj, by urging Congress to repeal that par