The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-13

MIsMANAGEMENT IN THE New YORK PosT OPP
FIcE.-We desire, for the twentieth time, to call
the attention of the public and of the Post Master
General, to the manner in which the affairs of
the New York Post Office are conducted, and to
the manner in which our attempts to obtain late
news for the benefit of our readers are frustrated
On three several occasions within a few
months, intelligence Of the most vital importance
to the commercial community of the whole coun-
try, as well as to our citizens, reached the post
office, directed to this journal, by the southern
mail, which arrives here every afternoon. In
stead Of receiving these dispatches in the even
ing of the day on which they arrived, they were
permitted to remain in the post office all night
and not delivered to us till next morning One
Of these dispatches contained an important de-
bate IN Congress-, which our citizens were most
anxiously waiting for.
On Sunday last, at about two O'Clock in the
afternoon, dispatches containing the prime ipal
part of the very important news which we pub
lished in the Extra Herald yesterday afternoon,
reached the Post Office here, and yet they were
not put into the customary place, but were per-
nlltted to remain somewhere beyond our re Ach
oil night, and were handed 10 us yesterday morn
ing These dispatches contained further parti-
culurs of the capitulation of Vera Cruz and San
Juan de Ulda-a list of the killed and wounded
of our army and navy-a complete list of the
vessels that were driven ashore by the norther
in the Gulf-the information that Alvarado was
about to be attacked-the intention of General
Scott to push on to the interior, and other ex-
tremely interesting and important intelligence.
All this we should have published in yesterdays
Herald but for this mismanagement in our CITY
Post Office
This news was obtained by us at great ex-
pense, and after all our exertions to serve
the public, without reference to cost, had
succeeded and were crowned with success, the
cup was dashed from our lps, and all that intelli-
gence 80 important to the mercantile COMMUNE
ty in business point of view, and 20 interesting
to them and the people at large, was with
held from them. We ought to have received
that intelligence on Sunday afternoon. If we
had received it at that time We would have pub
lishcd it, and sent it over the whole country,
in our regular edition yesterday morning
II really is too bad that we arc compelled to
speak so much Of the bad management of our
post Office. 1t Is not our account that we care
SO much as we do, neither is it the Herald that is
injured so much by the Encouragement of the
mails. We arc, TO be sure, affected by it-but
not 1.-THE so much as the merchants arc When
will VIC have things rcmcdedl Mr. Morris as
surcd us on late occason-twice, indeed-that
an omission of this kind should never &C.
cur again; but here we have had repeti-
ton Of it. Will it ever occur again, If il
does, we shall be compelled to employ special
messengers TO bring our dispatches direct to our
Office, and not depend upon the post-office for
their early delivery.
If we had not run an express from Mobile TO
Montgomery, the public would not have had the
intelligence Of the capture Of Vera Cruz till yes
tcrday whereas they had 1t spread before them
early on Saturday