The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-01-12
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Wednesday. January az.
THE MAILS.

lmE HALLS.
The Charlotte Wing trinss up . z1ssg CON
plant against he Posi- Masters in wessern Nenf
carelina Coz negleei in The duties .f ihrir Office
and the consequent dissppoinln~ni 90 rs subsrri
ber in the non-r~ceips af their psT~rs. The Rs.
leigh Standard copies the complaint Of the Wig
and sppends lis own grievances. CONCLUDING win
holding out 10 rs readen The eonsslias hope thai
when President Pierce goes isas ofics better
state ofihings viii be effected.
The Mil;ss Chronicle also mentions inzisn-
crs q gross earslessness, BY which In frequent
instances thar paper has failed % reach iis sub-er-
bers; and further. the Chronicle says; " Within
the lat Fur weeks We have hetn seled by the
manner Of receip, ofsui Raleigh papers via Greene
borough. We recrived the Standard and Regis.
Ter Of iho eed On shout The 30ih; and on the Isl
inst. ihrs<: papcrsefthe 18th uli. cane iohsnd."
But the position Of the editor Of the Chronicle
has enabled him To make mote extensive ohservs-
tons, We happen TO be 50 situated be says.
"as 70 enahle Us iosee The syie and manner in
which mail matter Is treated. Suffice il 10 say,
scarcely week passes that wcslo mol d.,cci Of
least fifty packages, composed Of leliers and ra-
psrs, that have no more business passing through
this office Than The man in the moon"
These complaints afford nothing new in eliio-
rial "reminiscences. Causes Cor them have exist.
cd ever since Ne have bad any connsciian with
the press. They are great evils; hut i there any
probability that they will be greatly Iessenrd by
carrying Outih Standards suggestion and rinos-
ing Wing incumbenisi
Some fony-ise or fifty Offices on the James
town and aher routes are supplied through the
Post Office q. Hi.lshorough; the Post Master 81
Hillshorough is therefore made 10 hear pretty
much all the blame Of the failures al the Offices
on those routes. -Four OF five weeks ago we
received letter from friend. Postmaster IN
Alamancc county, informing US Of the irregular
arTivslof the STANDARD, and the consequent CON-
plant. Where the fault Vas, whriher II The
Printing Office or at the Post Office Of Raleigh,
we could not say; hut this We eoud say, as the
Postmaster at Hillsborough gave 10 the duties Of
his Office his constant and careful personal alien.
tion, the FAULT was no, here. We believe that
The Postmaster Al Raleigh is careful IN lie per-
lormsnce Of his duties; hut lie has more 10 do
than he can perform himself, and is obliged in !
some degree 10 trust 10 agents. DO they moi
make misiakesi No letter mail
vas delivered here on tie sih; ult. though inqui.
y was made Of the drive. fol il. We expected
/ would be returned from Grcenshoroueh; bu,
/ went on, we don't know Low Ear, and reluln-
ID TO Rarigh, from whence VIC recri,cd il ON the I
9TH. As that mail contained The Fayetteville
Observer and Ralsigh Register, u weeks delay
vas occasioned TO all The subscribers on the
jamestown route. So on tho night OF the 9Th
INST. canvas Jag containing most Of the papers
lue here. was served in the same way, again oc-
'aslonIns weeks delay on all the cross routes.
hese failures may not be the consequence of
ny Encouragement al the Office in Raj. igh bu,
here was no want Of diligence or attention here
That mistakes DO sometimes occur in The nos, .
iiice at Raleigh. we need go no further back !
nan 10 Monday nights mail for proof. Four {
ackagcs came up. three Of them letters. which :
az no business This side Of Raleigh. Bu, are ,
\
ot The publishers in Ralcigh IN some degree re.
ponslhle for The irregular lr,nsmi-sion Of ,beT,
aPers! DO they deliver them at the pos, office
separate parcels, each aail Ly itself, as il is
lelr duty to dol A practice has for some linn. h
zen ~ operation Al the office Of the Fa,e,,e,ill ~
hservei, which might b. adopted 10 ADVANTAGE \
The brethren al Raleigh. All the packages for b
e offices on the jamestown rou,e are M, -, =
TN the package for This place, and together a,
nm bundle too large tohe sv, ,hck,d. If,bi. q,
ac'ice was flowed IN all practicable cases 8,
doubt The causes Of complain, would he great. II,
lessfncd. And i no, the object TO be obtain. D.
worth the trouble,
hese mistakes are mil confined 10 The mails s.
ming up. We not unircquenlly receive. mack. IN
Is by The way,pf Raleigh which ought to come al
The way mail from Gresilsbofough. Some ,w., in
'hrce weeks-ago, the Glccnsborough Pa,rio, ~,
here on Saturday, Will lie whole mail fan,
'cns!oroasA took that: direction. NO
y some of the lesser o.li.cs nm inex,,sa,,o ~,
'iscncc prevails. We can take up the com. mi
~ q 'he Chronicle aud say. that no week ,
'ea in which many Packages are not s,opped "a
winch ought to have been retainr, i, Office. n,
&c whether through ca-elessness or i,,no,,n ~,
were sufi;ied 70 pass we cannot saw. on,
lie hurry inwhich much of the post ofl;,. 6s
ness must be done, i would be wonderful !,
Mistakes nerc made; but no sufficient, . cnso &
PC given Tor = large portion Of those which to /
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he Cnban Question.-In ,o.,l,, M. WI
s''' ne found an Interesting notice Of reccu, ob
'e IN the Senate of the United STARE.
% 'ne acquisition Of Cuba by this Govern W.
Our readers will.be gra,iied to SIC The lu,c
'rSa'lVe stand taken by Mcssrs. .cass and In i
IN nm this ouos,..x.. " N