The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1849-11-16
The Ouestion YieIded.

ISMr. Sanders seems determined to show
his legal knowledge, and we wish him to DO
so. Assertions are not facts, until proven to
BE such. Now if he can quote the = author
lty, that gives any post master the prvi-
ege to tear enUeIopS off Of regular daily e.c-
change papers. turn them inside out, and
read them, he now has the privilege. Dan
ieL come to JUDGMENT is 1lO1lSenSe-not ar
gument. Sanders has proved himself to be
lust what we eXpected-never bringing any
argument to an issue; but doging every ques-
ton. We have no disposition to carry this
subject any further. Let him become 'des-
perate" and show the people the law, sane
ton, or custom of the department, that gives
any post master, the privileges above stated,
then, we will yield the question: CONNER
ciaL.
We shall then prove to this man of much
reading, that his charge against the Post
master Of infringing upon the Editor Of the
Commercials rights, by tearing the wrap
pers from his papers, was as unjust as every
body appears to view it ridiculous. Any 9TH
Ier editor of ii daily ever we saw, would have
thanked the Postmaster for sd ing him this
trouble; but il Is doubtless a pleasing novel
ty to Mr. Stinson to perform this disagreeablr
job HIMSELF and he does not feel in the humor
to be deprived of the pleasure. He docs not
like the idea either of his papers being turned
inside out Where the injury Of this is con
ceaIed, we are at a loss to determine. We
have read notices from Editors of city dailies,
asking as favor that their country cotempo-
raries exchanging, would fold their papers
editorial side out. Mr.. Stnson doubtless has
time to read the miscellaneous pages of lis
country exchanges, but we have not, and care
precious little about seeing the outside OF an
Exchange paper. Our miscellaneous extracts
are taken near as we can get them from the
mental mint where they are coincd-and this
is generally IN the city daies, which can at
ford to pay for wit and fiction. The fact is,
Ben is not mad at ALL He is. as we know
personally, a good humored, pleasant-fellow
but he or his office has probably little
spite at the Postmaster, who attends to his
duty so faithfully that no greater fault than
the above could be found for malice to pick at.
But rs our friend 11iH have US quote, and
we wish him to ''yield the question" here is
an extract from the Rules and Regulations of
the Post Office department, not yet found
probably in his extensive legal readings ItI
forms the 253d section, Chap. 35.
The wrappers of all newspapers. pamph-I
lets aud magazines, received by mail for de
livery. should be taken oil. Frauds are very
often attempted, by conceaIing letters or me-
moranda in these articles A wrapper forms
40 part OF the paper o. pamphlet; neither is
postage paid on it as such, and it is us much
the duty OF poStmastcrs to take the wra ppers
from transient papers and examine them in
reference TO frauds on the revenue. as to as
certain whether the postage tie correctly
charged. Nothing can be more uniust than
10 censure postmaster for vigilance in Ibis
branch of his business. Newspapers pam
phlets and public documents legally ranked
are not included in this regulation -
But this is enough. The whole affair is so
excee 'ingly silly, that we apologize for occu-
pying room with it. Other Editors will laugh
at the charge, and at him who made it. But
there Is a good joke attached to the af,r al
last. Three lOurths Of the wrappers have
been torn from the Commercials exchanges.
by person belonging to that office We
learn that the boy who generally gets the
mail from the Post Office, stops in OCCASION
ally at an establishment on the way, and fur
nlsles it with late pnpers in exchange for
trade He tears off the wrapper to find Ger
tain papers, He it is, the young varmint.
who has been infringing on the dearest
rights" and most estimable privileges ofhis
esteemed boss-and on his inky head has fall
len three lourths the anathemas intended to
crush our worthy predecessor, now in tte
Post Office. The "devi " has at last got
= his due, " and we hope he feels bad
GEO. INTERNATIONALLY Washington
was here yesterday morning, with her lar