Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-11

IO' VI Iiic y pNS III ~SoJ ~ pei mile:
h1r. MEADE said ina! the proposed measure
would prove Ia be nul.ily. II would be rer.
icciiy Idle 10 pass The resolutions OF the commit
Ice, without knowing that The Richmond Rail-
read Company would accep. The terms. We
would simply dEeci the Postmaster General to
offer 10 The company The same terms il mas here
loiore rejected. The object al lhe substitute
which he had offered yesterday, and which was
read Tor ihforma ior, was 10 relieve the present
law OF is amb sly. II he Understood the re-
marks Of his colleague, (Mr. Bous he percev-
ell no difference between hin and he Postmaster
General in their cOrstIrc, ion OF The law The
Only difference between them was about mat.
Ter Of Tact, 10 vii: What would il cost to lrans-
por; The mail between Washington and Richmond
10 staae-coachesl The Postmaster General has
aarped, as his rrle. IN Pursuance OF The opinions
r. paid 10 sase.cuechcs, which is $50 per mile
His colleague thought il would cost much more;
how much more, was mater OF conjeciure.-
He says The read between his city aud Richmond
is The worse road he ever saw presume (sad
MIR Nj that he never travelled between A lalania
| and Montgomery, or between lie !aHer place and
Greensboro, in Alabama. On these routes SAC,
CT less, per mile, is paid The object OF The SUBJ
Sliiule which | propose 10 oneI is 10 render the
rule certain, and relieve the department. oil all
doubt hereafter! Ii The Postmaster General has
con!mi!ie.! al error. II was IN making joint
contract with The railroad and steamboat COM
panies. He could, think, have agreed with
The Richmond RaiI;osd Company al S237 SO
per mile lie then ought 10 have advertised
for competition On The river, and might have
By hat means lessened The cost Of transportation
between Washington and Aqua Creek some
four or five thousand dollars. The misfortune
was, however that the principal owRer OF The
steam! oal company bad, as have under
soyd, also controlling Influence on The railroad
company, ard, by combined action, secured
The contract 10 both companies Ii is known to
The representatives from Virginia that The Rich
moGd Railroad Company has no authority 10 con-
nee, itself with another company; and in all future
contracts, this difficulty may be avoided by The
Postmaster General making a separate contract
with the railroad company, and Inviting compeli-
.!un on Inc iiver. regard Inc price offered by
the Postmaster General as high enough and |
nave no doubt the railroad company would ac-
cept il. Public option would force Them To ac-
ccp, il; for have learned that the people OF Rich
nonh themselves usiain the Postmaster General
10 this controversy. Sir, the Inconvenience 10
The public is not extensively fell. The country
between This and Richmond may ieel the change,
and perhaps The people OF Petersburg, in some
small degree. The northern mail arrives cow al
Pclersturs only Two hours a'cr Than did before,
and this time is MADE tip before j, arrives in Will
miIson. The steamboats, from that place leave
,eif What. Al The same hours they did before this
change
HJy colleague has, uninleniionally ] have no
doub:, misie7;esented the presen, am"an, paid
Ivy The Postmaster Genera. When The mail is
taken of the road between R;chmcni and Peters
hurg, there will be a saving, and il viii not in.
voive delay OF twenty-icur honts. 10 a few
days the City POM road viii b, in or:raiinn-
The mail from Richmond Will ts deposited there
mi in thirty minutes will be in Petersburg.
The miscarriage OF letters spoken of by my
colleague, must have been owing 10 other
causes 10; &c know The steamboats, have ger
formed their trips with great reci!ariry, and the
mail from Richmond in wagons arrives here re-
gnafIy once day. Mr.. N. would tc said, add
another resolution 10 The substitute which he had
proposed. and would real il iGi ibc information Of
lie committee. This substitute would be as fol.
lows:
Be i, resolved by the Senate and House Of Re-
;resenMives .. Inc UEitet States o: America in
Congress- assembled T'ha. the Postmaster Gene.
ral tc, aai he = heretY, authorized in lulure TO
contract Viii +" Railroad Companies Tor the
transportation C.! he mail oI the first lass, ata
Price nol exceeding two hundred and twenty
seven ard hail dollars rer mic for transporting
Ire mail oEce day, aud three hundred dollars
Tor Transporting the same twice 4 day: PTOrded,
Eha; 60. sach service performed in The night time,
an aCti'ioDal compensation, not exc. eding fifteen
per cent. On those sums, NAV b. given.
Resolved, Tha,iIr Postmaster General be, and
he is hereby, required to cause the great Northern
and SouIhefG mail 10 he transported ~ Steamboat
and railroad on IL Us;ial r0alc until Otherwise
direc'ei by law: I50ri+ed J h. same can lie done
Tor he p:iccs hc,rin piosciibet aud ne shal make
.uch compensation, b; way o damages 10 The
Bay CO pany tor Withdrawing from his con-
tract, as TO him shall apo"ar JUS, and reasonable.
a Committee oil the Baltimore Wings having
waited on Mr.. Clay and Informed him OF the
desire OF The Who's Of the city generally 10 pay
their respects 10 him in a public manner, Mr..
Clay according 10 the American, "whi!st ac-
kncwedsing his appreciation of the high con-
sdera,ion which had ever been extended 10 bin
by the Wings Oh Baltimore, the continuance OF
which was evinced by The preeent movement
stated that, imrclied by The impaired state OF bis
health, aud 0.:cr wcigAy considerations, he had
lately uniformly and firmly declined al! public
manifestations ard that while he could assure
his Wing friends hat he was with then in heart,
he hope! they would excuse him from making
This an exception 10 The general course in regard
10 ihi: mater which he had found i; SO necessary
10 adopt"
An.Irew Kennedy, ESD Tor many years mem.
Der OF Congress from Indiana, we regret 10 hear,
died Of smallpox at Indianapolis, on the 3lsl u
limo. He vas man Of strong mind, vigorous
cloqueDce and generous character.
FREMONT COURT MARTIAL
Wednesday last, Lieut.. Col Fremont was called
10 The Ear and reprimanisd for asking what was
deemed an impertrent question. So says The
Baltimore Suo.
The Anniversary OF The 3 oil January was
celebrated on Saturday las; ty parade OF Capt.
Dimuocks State Guard. who fired salutes, &c.
RECEPTION OF COL. GARLAND.
Yesterday (says Thnrsday's Lynchburg Vir-
sinian) was quite gala day in our town, hav-
ing been devoted 20 the public reception o! Breye:
Colonel John Garland, Of line U. S. Army.
As our readers are aware, this gallant and me-
ritorious officer has heen expected here for some
days past, his arrival having been deferred BY The
STATE of The roads and the interruption OF The ca
81 navioal;nt On JnPsiav uioht he came 10