Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-30
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The mails of the United States for the last nine months
have been carried with safety, ceerlty anu regularity maj
surprsur consds that the posinteiers have al been
turned out and Of all the offices have been chang
ed Great complaints il was expected woild arse, and
greater of complaint were eXlcrie 10 eAs ol ""
rr 10 the iniitabl tact of The Second Assistant Postns
tor General which we'll Developed IN Iowa before he
here and, of course, after he left Massachusetts for
Massachusetts good in hurry, the system ms been made
10 work admirably This has been mainly owing 10 the new
lacr of making mp mails in the lump That L. having asccr-
tanned the weight aabc matter that usually Sent IL each
Office each office the posiascrs all around The cont
have been instructed without regard To The sprscr
lions on the letters throw the whole contents OF the mails
upon their distributing tables. and thence weigh ou hap
hazard the proper weight of matter Tor each office in
ion herewith By this arrangement Is true, many letters
90 wrong but as they all finally into The Dead Letter
Office al Washington occasions only quarters delay
which s rainq matter in these heroic DAYS By these
means has been deemed difficult matter 10 rob the mail
UNDERSTANDINGS for ono knows when he opens BAG what
mail he is agong find Within and so lets them all pass
unopened and unspolled
An express mail by camcls the American continent,
with telegraph attached the tail oeach animal would
be magnificent affair and would insure not only safe but
constant communication with The gold regions every DAY
despatch could be sent BY The mysterious lud. and
the operator the telegraph office raped ont the words The
macr on the desert could tell by The vibrations ot his
cames ro the puport ri the and like Captain Cutie
make note Of il The first despatch sent in that manner
would be experimental and might therefore be called Nai
The practice Of making with individuals for trans
porting the mails is Extensively exclusive and slvor strongly
OF monopoly We recommend thar the mail contracts all
annulled and that every body-back white, and rrevLa
authorized carry letters from end Of the country the
other paving the highest o; postage wo cents 10 the
thar arrive the post office first and the lowest rat.
ha The fellow that in last: postage 10 be
prepaid and all letters be taken Of the post oifcc by
the who bid The highest for them, noS b0iS and no
questions asked.
very great loss arises every from The free o
oohsomc paste in making up packages IL is calculated
that third of the large packages eaten by the
in each office per This is peculiar money let
and nobody steals now iii the offices
know iha, the blame. and 10 else bull
terrier approved blood will therefore b. required for each
small Office in h Union and whole liner Of active puppies
for The ar' distributing Offices By mixing aocs and
ME IN The paste addition the above safeguards. il
plausible that this evil would be- remeed We wonder why
our predecessors thought of this matter.
The railroads of the United States like all other copora
tons keep all they get and all they The quality of
American conscience deprecated fifty per upon the
adjustment of these legal crons in the Union and that
rice is down par with that of European growth
IL has beer suggested BY agent and correspondent
Mercury, employ pigeons in carrying express et
tiers the United States offset railroads and ee
graphs BY making il crime punishable with death for
any ci.en those birds outside of the mail line and BY
business might be KEPT entirely Ghin The department and
the great nionopoea would be killed off in The rwnklng Of
4 maring spike.
The Unite! States feathered express would nothing
Tor transportation allowances and each pigeon
would have ed perehd pouch damage could arise from
rain snow; besides there could be cutting of wires
running off the track and lost connexions in this branch
OF the mail service. The propriety of permitting the fani-
lies of special agents free all mail is sugses-
led on The of economy; besides where has his
family nlcag with IE lie better than when he .ces
alone excursion after robbers pick pockets
lhe number OF special agents III eeconeorng times
small We had barely enough 10 carry Vermont al the last