The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-15
From the .Niw York Evening Post.
Gross Announcement Of the Mails.

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From the .Ntic York Evening Post.
Gross Mlsmanagement Of the Mails.
II the members of Congress who have be-
stirred themselves so briskly to get the land dis
tribution bill through the House of Represent
atves, would but give little of the same activity
to the task of discovering what is the reason
that the government mails do their work with
so little punctuality and regularity, they would
perform service concerning the value of which
there could be no difference of opinion. Per
haps. .E.r.. ....... ........
Now that the rage of hunger is appeased )"
now that they have done all that appertains to
them, in parceliing out the resources Of the fed
eral government among the States which they
represent, they may find little leisure to at
tend to matters within their constitutional pro-
vince. ......... ....
Complaints concerning the negects, the de
lays and the Irregularities of the mails, were
never, il strikes Us, SO common as now. The
! more extensive we make our mail service, with
the less exactness it is conducted. The private
expresses, where they are established, are the
only conveyances which can be relied on for
punctual and sure communication between the
different parts of the Union.
We frequently receive letters from subscri Jers
for the weekly and semi.weekly Epening Post
in remote States, informing us that they must
give up the paper because they cannot r. ceive it
regularly. And yet the weekly and seul-weekly
editions Of eur journal go to the post otfee with
perfect regularity, at the same precise time on
the days when they are published, never varying
so much as an hour; and we are very sure that
they are duly despatched from the post Office to
the interior One of our correspondents writes !:
70 value your psper part with il very reluc
family but do not receive IL with any regu-
larity. and some numbers do not reach me at
all. | know The fault is not yours but the
fault of the bad administration Of our mail sys-
tenn" While we write, two letters are laid be.
fore US, one Of which, from Ohio, brings a com
plant that one of ours subscribers does not get
the paper more than half the time; and the other,
from De Kslb county, in Illinois, contains the
following complaint:
, Your paper OF the Sd OF June arrived here on
the 18th. thirteen days after date. Your paper
of June 10th arrived here the 18th, eight days
after date. Your paper Of the 18th ought to
have been hsre before this time the letter is
dated June 25th,l but il has not come. | am
unable 20 sccount for this irregularity II should
not be m,re than four or five days in coming at
: most have read articles from your paper n
{ the Bradford Reporter, Ia Pennsylvania journal
; before your paper arrived here"
Since the government DW carry the mails, IL
ought 10 carry them with at least moderate reg
ulsrity and despatch. The post office depart.
ment ought 10 deliver our paper to the subscri
beers in Northern Illinois in four or five days
from the time Of publicsiion--we are willing TO
allow il seven, bat il takes thirteen. No care Is
spared I; no attention, no punctuality IL wanting
on our part, but the moment our papers are in
la. a. - 10 ~ ,pH ha aft
city, they get lodged on the way they are scat
tered on the counters Of Averns and stores;
they come o. the subscriber, three or four week.
ly papers together or never reach him at all.
A most shameful system Of irrrsponsibility and
neglect have grown up, and nobody takes the
trouble Of setting IL right; no agent Of the post
office department j. employed TO inquire into
the cause Of the abuses that prevail, with the
view Of applying remedy, and Congress pays
no more attention to the matter than IL Il was a
question Of the domestic policy Of the Chinese
empire. Congress has fenced the post office
round wit prohibitions and penalties making
il q monopoly; Congress has framed foolish
and inconG enent tariff Of the rates Of postage,
and having done this, seems TO suppose that il
has accom- plisisd its duty, and that the machine
will work we'll without being watched.
II we lave really more money than we know
what 10 DO with; IL the revenues from the pub
! lie lands Cypress the treasury, 90 that We are
obliged 10 get rid Of them In some summary
vay, let part Of them be expended in making
the inquiry what Nathan X. Hall, the Postmaster
General and his creatures are doing how they
, conirive 70 msDsge 30 badly well paid business,
e protected 90 carefully from all competition
e Commissioners, not nominated by the admins.
z tration but men Of character, unsupported in.
! tegrity and proved sagacity in matters Of bust.
: ness, might be appointed by some coordinate
, branch Of the government, under authority Of
e an set Of Congress, 10 examine into the affirs
/. Of our posLofFice and determine 10 what cause
. tits enormous lOoseness in its management il
. owing. A board TO investigate the negects oil
the postoiice department is at present infinitely
more wanted than board Of agriculture, ard q
few thous'nds judiciously applied in this way
: might bring about reform Of which there
!. seems nov TO be no hope from any other means
. UsRULY BRrrIsH SUBEors-Severa person.
n were arrested at Sc Cathsrne's Ca. for ceebra.
ting the 4th Of July eith public displays Of fire
works and discharges Of fire arms. The 81
Catharines Journal says:
? @The flag Of the United States Government
floats in silent majesty through our waters on
e that da1, without insult, as il ought. and this
: should be perfectly satisfactory 10 the most ar
! dent admirers Of the neigbboriug republic
y Let the lion sleep"
The japanese Expedition has called out me.
morsl from the Protestant Alliance in England
TO the American Minister, Abbot Lswrepce. A
deputation, consisting of Lord Shaftesbury,
Rev. DR.. Thomas and J. Macgregor, Esq, pre-.
!, scented IL They ask that in any treaty formed
{ with Japan we shall exact perfect religious
, freedom and federation. Mr.. Lawrence promised
. TO transmit the memorial 10 the Secretary OF
State and the Protestant Alliance in the United
. States