The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-08

lant Rostmal,es Gehsgal, which was well dsseIopS( In lowe bessEs hs cans here. and, of csutns. stsl no lef Messeehasetts, spr Masnachusstls good, in harry, the system has been mads to work adsnira. biy. This has been mainly owing te ths nsw man. nsr ol making np mails in shs lamp. That Ia having aseeFtalned the weight Of maiIahie matter that is usnay sent @ each oifias Efom each olsc. The posfinasters all around the compass have hesn instructed. wilhoet fegufd to the snperserptions on the lssters to throw tho whole conssnes of the uais upca their dissribating tables and thence weigh out. hap phszard. the proper weight Of naaftsr for each ofiice la connexIon herewith. By this Ar- Fangement it s tfne. many letters 70 wrong; but as they all finally come lnio the Dead Letser Osee Washington, it occasions only quarters delay, which is tfding matter in these heroic days. By ths meaBs, t has been deemed difficult matter to rob the mall understandingly; for no one knows when he oPens bag what mali he is going to find within. and 50 he lets them all pass unopened and unspoiled
 An express mall by camels across the American continent, with telegraph wire attached tho tall of each animal, would be . maKnlcent affair, and would insure not only q safe but constant com mauication with the gold regions; for every day despatch could be sent by the mysteroas fluid. and as inc operator in the telegraph office Fapped out the words fhe mail-rideF the desert could tell by the vibrations of hseamel's tail tho purport of the same, like Captain Cuttio, make note of 1t. The
 first despatch sent in that manner would bc cxpcri-
 
 practice of making contracts with individuals for transporting the muih Is ofensyely exclusive. and aav0rs strongly of monopoly. We recomme nd that the mail contracts be all annulled, and that every body--black. white, and grey--be authorized to carry letters from one end of the country to the other paying the highest rate of postage 1.-two cents to the ones that arrive at the post office ret and the lowest rate fhalf cent) to the fellow that came In last; no postage to be prepaid, and ell letters o Do taken out os the post office, by the ones who bid the highest for them, nolGs bolEs, and no questions asked.
 A very great loss arises every year from the use of toothsome paste in making up packages. It is calculated that one-ihird of the large packages are eaten up by the rats in each office per annum. This is peculiar 10 money letters; aud as nobody steals money in the post offices, we know that the rats are to blame, and one else. A bull ter rier of approved blood will therefore be required for each small office in the Union, and whole littar of active puppies for the large distributing offices By mixing aIces and arsenic in the paste. in addi-
 ton to the above safe guards 1t seems plausible that this evil would be remedied. We wonder why cur predecessor never thought of this matter.
 The railroads oftlIe United states, like all other porations, keepalI they get get all they can. The quality of American conscience depfeciated fifty per cent. upon the establishment of ihese legal c tons in the Union, and that artice is now down to par with that oi European growth.
 It has been suggested by our agent and cores pondeat, Mercury, to employ carrer-pgeons in carrying express letters in lhe United States, offset to railroads and teegraphs. By making it crime punishable with death for any citizen 10 those birds outside of the mail line. and by hanging every fellow that molests pigeon his route, the business might be kept entirely within the depart ment, and tne great monopoes would be killed off in the iwinkling of marIing spike.
 The United States featheFed express would cost nothing for transportation or extra allowances; a md aa ni0 uffa pouch, no damage could arise from rain or snow; besides, there could bs no cutting of wires, no running of the track, and no lost connexions in this branch of the mail service. The proprivty of permitting the families of special agents to go free on all mail routes is suggested on the score of economy; besides, where man has his family along with him. he acts better than when he goes alone excursion after robbers and letter ick-pOckets. The number of special agents in electioneering times is too small. We had barely enough 10 carry Vermont al the last election. We recommend the constant employment of three thous and local agents al three dollars per day and ouRd and that each (this being military age) be quIred to wear the uniform of captain of the militia with q brass collar about The neck, with these words inscribed in legble letters on the "Eeee Homo Jaeobi. ,"
 The steam mails of the United States are. for the most part, humbugs, as they now car jed. The Navy Department controls the boats, and the Post Office Department controls tine mails, and all hands are responsible to nobody. They up power of money, and the tax on necessaries pays for the whole. There will be required in the Department of Bags about one million of muslin pouches, with Indcstructabie mouth-pieces that are water proof, aud padocks that cannot be opened by the postmas- isrs themselves. Very few persons. indeed, ever cut bag, but almost everybody tries 10 pick lock.
 In the department of niscel elIaneous matter, an appropriation for indescrbabe crockery for official service vii be needed Perhaps India rubber bottles would answer as we'll We have set our Second Assistant to trying them, but shall continue the purc earthen in branch nntil he reports favor ably upon the experiment.
 'lt is his duty to ge before with bottle and bag, While we follow after on little Jack nag" Composed by me. J. C., IL. D., P M. c. The Bitter End.
 In view of the teeming past, we can but congrst- ulate the world upon election. and the trium- phant manner in which we have been sustained by the people at the State elections. Everything has gone one way, like flock of sheep following a sage weather into turap field; aud if nothing else has transpired to crown with imperishabe gIory the fact that our actions have made the U. 1 States unanimous against us will be amply sufii- cient The present rejoices al , and posterity, we have no doubt, will follow in the wake of it's illus trious predecessors.
 i With firm determination to do nothing, and to leave the legislative branches .o do everythingre- posing generous confidence in everybody, and ] trusting to nobody-we plank ourselves upon our ! former glory, and bid defiance to shoulder shot teu sin begotten, shin -spayined, and ring -boncd streaksd wofld-C Composed by I. \ offhe Q. S. s. 1 Given at the repose of glory, in the year one of i ZACHARIAH WASHINGTON. By his Excellency's commando;