The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-07

require but which Won have seap AZ IN withhold
important and has been far better performed thsn
that ~ several Southern 70 which YOU 'ow tns
maximum rate Of compensation authorized ~ ''' ="
Thu classification which you adopt IL self imposed
rsstric.on which be modified at eli In, NV
discretion You are moreover. express'v s"'h"r -
law 70 allow snv sum not exceeding three hnndre.
dollars mite snrum for nrst c.sss u tbe ann
Won were therefore entirely at liberty 70 rsy us ms r"
r.oured GO GOO per spnum without any shadow OF a
foun for any charge that yon hna l'o guo y
own words, been " worried into a violation ofsw a"
~ v osssrv vas 10 alter discretionary class'6
cation which shown tn h've M iounna''on ~ ,us
W. n. We sl.o performed half OF the service IN
tbe nyht which the law permits you to make
can addition Of 25 cent This Won have steadily
horne in mind that have carried two daily mails
when Won declared your intention to pay for one only
Irnder vour rules established In your circular Of
June 9th is,s entitled to additional pay fer
that extra service.
Mr. Johnson then receives knock on the
knuckes which will make him vince if he has
any sense of feeling.
And what substitute have You provided for the fac
ties afforded tn the rublic under the former
ment? You have undertaken IN have that mail
rerfrrmed by boat MAILING but daily trip between
New Have" and New York and the unavoidable result
is that all Interchange NJ correspondence between
Sp-invNe'd Hartford aud New Haven aud New York "a
subjected tn de'sv o2 hours Whether this experiment.
arises from mistaken economy an anIighted regard
for the public interests public determine
I, might be added that this is the arr ,ngment
which Mr.. Johnson made in person here.
Nevertheless this comnsmv have not demanded the
maximum rate NJ pay $500 mile but have required
half ofand have any tn alter their
views wieh espeOt tn the and moderation
OF that demand You have not at to allow it. and
the materially dimnished rate Of compensation,
which has been conceded has various preteuces
pany have paid the more than TWO thousand
dollars mile for the duties their iron rails the in
crest Of -hch pavment more than $40 mile per
taunum for each mile their road while other companies
to which the maximum rate Of compenaation Ia allow
ed have paid nothing We therefore furnishing to
the government nearly gratuitous mail service
AS to the allegation that this company is a
monopoly, the article proves decisively the
reverse to be the case.
Anv man or set OF men are at liberty to establish
steamboat line between New Haven and New YORK and
between Hartford and New York bv Connecticut river
II this have exclusive privilege the water
still they endowed with one upon the land
this state chartered line Of railroad from New Haven
the north line State running parallel with their
road ary whole length at average distance Of
six or seven miles IT, and portion Of this road Ia
already In the Of construction II another app
be made the next the charter Of
another road IN still closer proximity their there
not the slightest to doubt that such application
would be granted
Having faithfully accomplished the main purpose for
which railway companies are they claim the
right accorded to them all questions connected with
their business judge Of the OF COM
pensaton which be rendered to them by the Post
vice and they beiev that they have in this letter
signed sufficient reason to show that under all the CIR
Of the the remuneration required FOR
this service has not been unreasonable sxorbitan
Now Mr. johnson can reflect on this.
While he is doing so we would ask him,
what becomes of all his allegations, about
the classifcations, the law, the routes, the
monopolies, and every thing else that he has
resorted to for the purpose Of concealing his
own inefiiciency for the Office of Postmaster
Generall
Another word, Mr.. Johnson. You have made
terrible outcries against the Camden and Amboy
Railroad Company, and against the New Haven
boats and railroad Sound, and the New England
routes, and you have made tremendous exertion
through the newspapers and otherwise, to prove
if you could, but which you could not, that you
were not to blame for the failures on these lines.
Now we would ask you how will you get
over the failures that are daily occurring on al
most every other route in the country? Is every
steamboat, railroad company. and stage coach
in this vast Union a monopoly, or are
you the twelfth man whose misfortune it
was always to be jury with eleven
obstinate jurymen, with whom he never
could agreel Or again, do you wish to concen-
trate the attention Of the public on these two
routes alone, ana QlVeTI IL lIom al otHcIs'
Mr.. Johnson, it will not do. You are Gle
yer enough kind of man, individually, but
as Postmaster General, you are not the mani
and be assured that in telling you SO, neither
the Herald nor any of its numerous correspon-
dents has any private spleen to crafty. Give us
better mail accommodations than we have ever
had, and we shall say that you are the best Post
master we ever had, but give us the worst as you
do, and we shall call you the worst, as we do.
AS evidence that you not the thing, we refer
you to the Mail Failures" we are publishing in
this paper from day to day.
We have now done with the Eastern Mail.
| News FROM BRAzIL.-We are in receipt Of
files of the Rio Janero Jornal do Concrete to the
2lst July.
The Ministry was completed, Senior F. de Paula
Souza Mello, Councillor of State and Senator
of the Empire, having been selected as Secretary
for Home Affairs 1t was said the same gentle
man would be made President of the Privy
Council.
VERMONT ELEcTIoN.-The gubernatorial cleo
ton takes place in Vermont to-day. The follow
ing are the candidates.