The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-04-15

Journal by our Postmaster and others, re-
latiye to failures in delivering the Eastern
Mail here, by Mail Agents on the Packets,
We are happy to see has produced muss,
which must result in some correction of the
evils. From the Journal we extract the
following communication:
To the Editor ofhe Louisville Journal
GENTLEMEN: In a communication dated
7th, 1853, from Evansville, and published in
the Louisville Journal OF the 18th inst, the
following statement occurs: "On the same
day, March SO, the Telegraph No. 9 refused
toreceive the mail for the East, and it re-
ceive the mail for the East, and remained I'M
til next day."
On Tuesday, the 29th March, nor any
other time did the Telegraph No. refuse to
take the Eastern or any other nail from
Evansville. The Telegraph No. 2 was not
at Evansville on the above named day, as her
day for leaving Louisville was then on Sun
day, and she was never at Evansville on any
Tuesday.
The Telegraph No. 2 has always taken
mails Tor landings which did not belong TO
her day when she had business at said land
ings, and the officers of said boat have al
ways grsnted me every facility in their power
to land mails at any aud all landings.
On Sunday, the 9th ult., the boat was de-
tanned at Louisville making necessary repairs,
several hours, but gained sufficient time to re-
turn at her regular time from ST. Louis n the
next trip.
~ A. A. WILLIAMS, Route Agent,
Steamer Telegraph No. 2.
LOUISVILLE, April ~, 1853.
There may have been mistake in the
date, but none in the communication. The
Telegraph did not lie at our wharf FIVE min
utes-not long enough to transaction of or
binary business, and she did not take the
mail. Travellers waiting for the boat, and
sterling Fl ON the Pavilion while she was land
ing, dit not have time to walk the short dis
lance. before the boat was eff again.
Our Postmaster erred in fixing the date
Of the arrival of the Telegraph on the 29th
Marsh; il tcas April LIST when the Telegraph
No. 2 touched ut our wharf, did not tie q
line, some person on board threw the mai
bags ashore, they were Immediately taken
into the Office on board the wharfboat. BY
Mr.. Jennings, Clerk thereof, who immediate
ly took the Eastern mail bag and stepped out
side to throw il on board, hut the Telegraph
was too far from the wharfboat to do so, he
Uennngs) called to the person from whom
he received the Western bags, who paid ne
attention but walked up the Cabin stairs.
The Journal also contains the following:
pr
lished from Evansville, yesterday, has drawn
ley. the President OF the mail company, il
which he says:
In no instance has one of our boats Tale,
to stop at the point named, up and down,
fully sufficient time for all mail transactions
and to this we challenge contradiction. 1t i
no fault OF ours, il failure occurs with Til
route agent appointed by Government OIL
each boat.
We made no reference to the company
We called on the mail agents to explain
The letter of Mr.. Williams, the agent on tn,
Telegraph, is on the preceding page. HI
says,the Telegraph was not at Evansville oil
the 18th. The writers Of the letter MAJ
have made a mistake in the boat. The agen
on the Pike admits that he failed once to de
liver the mail, but sent it on another boat
few hours afterwards. The agent on thu
Clifton has had no chance yet to reply, as h
is absent We wish the agents to recolIec
that the statement in the letter from Evans
vile was drawn Up by the Postmaster there
To tie Editors Of the Louisville Journal
GENTLEMEN: My attention has been di
rected to an article in your PAPER of TODAY
under the caotion of more Mail Failures,
signed by some ofthe citizens of Evansville
relative to the delivery OF the mails at tina
point. So
j am mail agent on board the steamer Gen
Pike, and state most positively that thi
steamer has never failed to land at Evans
vile an. afford airthe proper and necessar
facilities for the delivery aud reception of tn
mails. On the day alluded to, however,
omitted putting out the mail at the landin.
but sent it back in few hours afterwards
the Lady Pike. The difference in the tim
OF the landing of the Gen. Pike and the rt
turn of the mails by the Lady Pike, did n,
exceed three hours.
afvls JOS. HARDY.
Mail Agent Gen. Pike.
LOUISVILLE, April IL.
If the Telegraph laid hare &c, .,A;c;a,