Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-01-31
THE MAILS--THAT FAILURE

place on the 3O,h, by which hat paper.
and the entire mail was left here. A
synopsis of our article is given, and that
paper says:
1.-THE editor Of the Times, in the con.
clusion fhis article. demands Of Mess.
Frink g. Co., the contractors, an exami.
nation into the conduct Of Mr.. Steel.
the agent, and his dismissal. Any one
may call spirits from the Vastly deep but
will they comet"
Messrs. Frink & Co. strongly disap-
prove of the conduct Of their sgen,s.
here, bu, whether they will do more
or not, we cannot say.
The Republican continues
1.-THE truth 10. there is not mail ser.
vice in the Union so deplorably mana.
ged as that in this State, portions of
Illinois and Iowa. We do not believe
any combination Of bad management,
could make it worse. We are quite
certain, that i, never ,oil be any better
until new check is put upon the con.
tractors"
And gives the following plan. which
we heartily endorse, and hope it may be
adop,ed:--
"Let the Postmastcrs at every dis.
.ribu,ing Office, or important office Of
divereing lines, and at the ends Of routes
be supplied with blank way bills. With
every mail starting from these Offices,
e, the mail carrier be furnished, by the
Postmaster. with a way bill. on which
shall be entered the number and char.
ac.er of the bags-whelher brass locks
or canvass bags-and then attach a Sc
we're penalty upon the contractor who
fails TO deliver this way bill" and the
bags called for, al the end of his con-
tract, to the Postmaster TO whom it is
notwithstanding in the mail, a, the
same time, a duplicate of the way bill.
In other words. adopt universal com.
mercial regulaiion-make every mail
carrier take with him "bill of lading,"
and hold the contractor responsible for
the delivery of 1t, and ats contents
This Doy bill can be easily made lo
show The mails for every Pos, Office on
any route, and in this way every Post,
master will be a guardian of the public
, interest. and should be instructed ia
repor, 10 the Department every failure
10 deliver the mail. By this means
passengers and oysters will be thrown
overheard, and not The mails, whenever
it is necessary 10 tighten the load
Another advantage would be. TO relieve
: distributing Offices, and Offices wher'
J, large mails accumulate, from the accuse
D ton of not forwarding the mails. Tn
e way bills would be evidence Of their al
f tention 10 their duties, at leas. SO far q
sending forward the mail bags are con
a cerned."
8 In addition to this, the fines for fail
ures, should DO heavier. As the fine
!. now stand, they are the merest hum
J. bugs. only amounting to from one 1
e three dollars. An extra passenger wi
J. pay the fine for leaving The mail mai
= ter, and pay the contractors a profit 70
d carrying. too. Adop, the Republican
). plan. and increase the fines. and W
shall have done with mail failure.
e Until something of this kind is done
and eficien, agents. both for contractor
f and the Post Office Department, or
placed upon the more important line,
and at points where several mails con
meet. the public may expec, TO be an
noyed as they have been, and are now
THE NEWS BY THE FALCON.
The Ala California OF December LIST say
it is established beyond The shadow OF
> doubt, ,ha. minority only OF the voters il
the districts heard r;'om is represented b,
: The official and unofficial returns. 1t est
mates the whole vote polled in lhs State
hardly more Than Is 900. or these SEQ 4