The New York herald., 1851-10-30
N"'' o"ee Heform-The Postmaster
General

Tos' omee Heform-The Postmaster
General, &c.
Inc Reform OF the Post Office Department.
fnould DC speciai object of the next Con-
gress' IL Is true, Whatever law may be enacted.
great deal OF good cannot be anticipated uuder
the present miserable concern of Nathan X. Hall.
FitI Henry Warren & Co.; for they viii mar ands
bungle tho best system that can be adopted. and
make it worthless The prepayment system, sue
the stamp system, under their bad management, VIC
fear are about to fall into disrepute. The Post
Office Department, at the next session, will be re-.
ported as dreadfully behindhand, and all the evi,
consequences resulting from NAL administration
and stupidity will be attributed to cheap postage
and mail steamers. The people must prepare for
an explosion, absut January, in the General Post
| Office. Congress should let the Presidential ele,.
tion alone, and devote fortnight three weeks Of
hard thinking and little speaking, to the Post
Office system, and especially to those who now
have the control oft. The way should be paved
for the new administration, and the ne v Postmas.
ter General who is to come when Hall & Company
get their congo 1t is quite curious to note the re-
sorts of Hall to keep his hold of the treasury tit
MIR. Fillmore gave him. Just now, he and his
satellites and minions (heaven save the mark y
are doing their very best to keep down Webster16
and Crittenden, and Scott, and Ewing, and
win, and all the other whig candid ates in
go as to secure the retention in power OF
Mr.. Nathan X Hall is just now an Gun
par trcelltnce. He is Northern man will
ern principles-goes for the compromises
constitution, and talks quite lovingly to So
wings about his having no prejudices az
slavery, sc. We could not account for Thu
Weeds devotion to Hail. and the harmony
love existing between them, until, day or
since, a friend enlightened u.s. He first referred
to resolution offered by Hall in tbs House
Representatives ofthe United States, on the 26th
February, lS4S, to be found in the Congressional
Globe, page 800, which we annex; and he reminded,
us how intensely Weed hates Webster, and that
Hall is really promoting his ends, as Nh Fillmore
has no chince. Weed is an excellent judge ofhumar
nature. He knows Hall from crown to toe, and that
all his efforts to pjure Webster in New York. and tc
exal and strengthen Fillmore, and secure his coun-
tenance in the receipt fisk thousand dollars year
and pckngs for poor relations will turn out to be
small potato business. The resolution below ex-
plains itself How Hall, after this whine about
his devotion to the constitution, and his support o.
the Fugitive lawl We have some reason to sus-
pect that Seward or Weed wrote this resolution
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, U. s., FEB 2S 1913
and resoutiou:-
whereas there has been presented to this House and
referred TO the Committee the Judiciary pttitior
Of Alexander Hunter Esq marshal Of the District OF
Columbia. praying for the settlement and payment Of
account against the United States for the commit
ment, feeding and r.easement Of persons claimed a.
slaves fugves from service and committed az fuct
to the custody or the said marshal in the jail Of the
UEited States in the District Of Columbia which ac-
count extends through several years and consists
about two hsndryd items amounting In the aggregate &c
$500 co. and whereas appears by the said account
that one moses Thornton kept in said Jail .or the
Of twelve hundred and forty days fo- which such
marshal has charged the United States ...Si2l u
That four pereons designated as "Meades ne
groes," were kept in SAID jail hve hundred and
eighty five days each. for which said marshal
And had been before kept in said jail over fity
days each. fer which the said marshal has
charged the United States 20 q.
That eight persons, designated as "Bnckners ne
eroes," were kept ia ssid Jail four hundred and
sixty. two days for which said marshal has
charged the Unite States 1886 81,
That William burrows and JoseIh Armstrong
were kept in said jail four hundred and forty
three days each. for which said marshal has
charged the United States SOL q.
That Sarah A. Robinson Was kept in said jail four
hundred and twenty one days, for which said
narfha has charged the United States. .... l43 IL,
hanaf,d and rspi s.y n isa & ,sses
Dsrshal has charged the United States 100 IL
And that tive several persons the Of whose
commitment is stated in said accoun. TO be G
petition for freedom, were kept in said jail for
enc hundred aud eleven, one hundred and
t.yeIty two, two hun dred and thirty two, three
hundred and seventy. one, and three hundred
and seventy one days respectively, for which
said marshal has cbaged the United States 4S7 3
And whereas II IL claimed and alleged by, behalf
Of the said martha that the commitment and detention
Of raid persons claimed to be slaves was ans
required by the laws Of the United States and was un
der and by virtue Of orders ocour
or magistrates Of the United States within the District
OF Coumbie and that the United States are Therefore
bound to pay the said account and where's 1t sup-
pos.d that the said commitments and de,eations
establishing the temporary aud perm auent seat Of thu
government Of the Cuits States passed July 1890
by which IL provided that the laws Of the States
within the District accepted for the seat OF
tie government Of the United states should be
feced BY ,uch acceptance until the time hxed for TIE
removal Of the government thereto and until Congress.
tha otherwise by law provide and the II Congress
ititlsd An act concerning the District Of Columbia"
pass. February "a, lsel by which II Is enacted "that
the laws of the state Of vg rs they now exs shall
be and continue In force In that part OF the OF
Columbia which osdsd by said State to the United
states end by them accepted the perms psnt seat
government and that the laws Of the state OF Mary
land, az tn. EXIT ,bs be and continus In force
in that of the ssd District which was bv that
etate u the United 5tstss and by them accepted a
Aforesaid and that the justices Of the peace appointed
In such District by President Of the United stste
shall In ell matters civil and criminal and in what
rtlses 70 The conservation of the peace, hsve all
the powers vested in and shall perform ali the duties
CURED Of justices q the peace individual
BY The laws tefore continued in force In those parts
y atpointe and pbereas such coumitme nts and Dc.
.ntons can only BE- authorized under the sas acts Oh
frg the same and whereas the use Of the public is f
the lnssd States within the District of Columbia
while ownsd ard controlled By the United States ane
nsd at their expense) for the detention aus
tsfe Keeping Of persons claimed slaves or fuetiyes
from ervice Is not required for the full perfect
maihtsrance Of The compromises Of the consttutou.
and whereas the further fer the purposes aforesaid
Of the public jail Of the territory in which Congress has
by the constitution the expres power Of exclusive Is.
.stion IL no Interference with the domestic institu-
usns OF the States more especially the right Of recap
ture by the master bis agent left 20 act With fu
iorce upon the runaway slave fugitive service
ana tucn use Is pugnant TO the feelings Of Is-ge ma
Jorty cf the people OF the United States: Therefore
Received That the Committee the judiciary be anc
tney are hereby directed to report 10 this House vt
al convenient speed bill ang all laws Of Congre
dsbrogstrg so far as they operative or In force
IN the District OF Columbia all laws OF the State Of
Maryland which authorize require the courts Officers
OF nagrates of the United states or OF the SAID Dis
ct within the District of Columbia t. issue process for
arrest or cemm to the jail OF the said District any