The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-09-19
THE CAM DE N J0URN AL
Wednesday MGR hing, september Ie. Is49
v. THURLow CAsToN, EDITOR.
NEW MAIL ROUTES.

A call for public meeting to be held at Winns-
boro, on The lst Monday in October, appears in the
Fairfield Herald. 10 take steps to improve its in
terna Post Office arrangements, and its corres-
pondence withthe Districts of Lancaster, kershaw
and Newberry, and it is respectfully suggeEted
by the Notice, that the citizens Of those Districts
take some appropriate action on the SUBJECT look.
ing to their mutual accommodation.
We learn that it is contemplated to petition Con-
grsss for route from this place. by Longtown'
Winnsboro, and on to Newberry. We assure our
neighbors of Fairfield, that our citizens will give
them hearty COOPERATION. No where Is there
greater necessity for additional mail facilities than
in this section of the country portion of this Dis
,rct is virtually cut of from all the benefits OF ex-
isting arrangements and it is rather surprising
that the neighborhood Of Longtown, distant from
Camden no, more than IL 10 20 miles, and whose
letters and papers from this place make circuit
of about 100 miles, via the Rail Road and Columbia,
should have borne this great Inconvenience SO long
1t is high time for our citizens TO move IN this mat.
ter. Other sections are erecting new otflces and
creating new routes, and why should not we! A
general re.arrangement of our mail commun'ca-
,ions seems necessary, aud now is the time 10 effect
1t. The growing Importance Of our Town, and
the heavy mail bags that daily arrive at our Post
Office. demand it. Liberty Hill, an important and
popuous region, is supplied, once week, with
small horse mail. sufficient compensation
should lie allowed to The contractors of the stage
line to Charlotte warrAnt running their tr week.
lv stages through that lhckly settled region to
Lancaster. Such an arrangement would be ~ ost
wise, and convenient to our people. The commu-
nicatlon too. between this and Darlington should
be improved. That wealthy and populous District
labor under many inconvenience from the present
system. A sulkey mail to Cheraw is their only
mode of conveying the immense number OF news
papers, which, we are told, passes through this
Post Office, to subscribers in tina: District Would
not Darlington readily co-operate in procuring the
establishment, Of route direct 10 her Court House!
The advantages would be incalculabe 10 her ctl-
zens, as doubtless some two or three Offices would
be erected on the road. Such has teen TIE in
crease OF business and communication iii that d.
rec,ion, sin the completion Of the Rail Road,
that some of our citizens. in con njuncion with
others of Darlington, have been seriously consid-
ering the proprieiy of running trl-weekIy hack
on that line.
IndiviJuals,fwe are assured, are readj 10 put in
lo,o bids at once for the mail direct 10 the Court
House, and arc prepared 10 commence running
hacks al the shortest notice. We are persuaded,
that our citizens feel the livelicst interest in these
movements; but will the example Of Fairfield, in
holding public meeting, he followed? We say,
by all means, it should be. We know that it is
the opinion of the Hon. J. A. Woodward, who ha'
taken deep interest in the Newberry route, that
resolutions passed at public meeting would have
more weight and influence with Congress than
number of petitions signed by individuals. 1t is
thu most imposing and potent way for citizens to
speak out, and indicates more fully the necessity
of the demand and although opposed to calling
public meetings oil every subject, so common in
this day, vet we believe this is one of The cases
that requires it. What say our citizens! Let
move be made to secure to our Town all the mail
facilities which her increasing trade demands.