New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-22
the posr-orfICE ILLUSTRATED.

H. February lass 9as advised by letter from re-
latiye in Londonderry. " II That he bad engaged
man 70 work for me sub .ct to IN appfo'ai. imme
diately responded ratfi'g the bargain and enclosing
SO for The mans travelling expenses % this City
Nei her letter nor money reached ia destina ion
AID each party was uraccountaoy puzzled by the sup
p.s,d silence and ioacton of the other. Finally, an
UNDERSTANDING Vas retstabished AID again enclosed
$1c-tbs time dec,ly to the person engaged, plainly
atdressed To him at Carenont y II This lie Ter also
uscarr,d but actually turned W several weeks after
ward having made ! ~ circuit through Canada NJ
shadow # reason Tor lis wandering appeared on the
face of the letter The first letJer enclosing 80 has
never since IL was msicd been heard Of by aly parry
interested
Two weeks 500 I visited O.len.bureh, y. \. and
spent tie 9Th. 9tl and 10Th inst, in tie vicinity,
reaching Oedcnsbur-L tie morning Of Friday the 9Th
and leaving on the morning Of Monday tat litn. left
directions at this Office that any letters received here
onthe eth or eth requiring my prompt personal aten-
ton should be rema.led TO me at that place. Let
teis were 20 mailed &c me on ThuI.day AID Friday a.
well as one by another party 90 the nh None of them
reached Ocder burch during my stay there though
mailed on Thur.da, and Friday being in season TO leave
by the af emoon mail. Of those days. certainly ought 70
have done so When left Ogdengs0urgh the first OF these
letters had been hours the way g. unless un-
lust iay detained u our Pos Office; and yet passen-
gers from our City d. anith- Mails ought to. reach o.
dcusluIgh within J., hours. T.. consequences 90 these
Mail failures were Injurious not to me only, but to
others who bad written expecting 10 find me in New
York and who sullerd from their inability to hear from
ne stopped more tlan two days in Vermont on ny
Way home and then arrived the day before my letters
tracked BIG aehfrou OgdensbIrgh. a. had directed
There is an almost direct and expeditions Railroad
connection between this CRY anl rhe Counties Of St
Lawrence and FranAln b, way Of the Rutland and Og-
densburgh Railroads Some Of the St Lawrence Mails
tfsyel this way bur the greater Part, including o.
densburah, supplied by way Of Osgego-aidng
largely tie distance aud requirnga shift from Rail
road TO steamboat No one bur d Government sOuld
send Mail that way.
The UL.r,5 sratcs claim a monopoly Of le,,ercarry-
pe within their borders Yet refuse take any IespOn
siJty for the safe delivery of the letters carried
tloue hey enforce such responsibility as against others
L Job Walker puts letter INTO the M4l-Which tue
law requires Lin to do If be sends it by any established
convey ance-he lake his chance OF It's safe deliv
cry: but tbe Government should employ JOB TO carry
Just such packet he must deliver il safely aud
promptly or Uncle sam "a Us down upon hun in all the
kcrfOls OF UIOhtu Nlolhitl law dlu nc
must pay 10 The utmost farthng Is this fair
TIE establishment Of the first Mail was great stride
toward civilization and Government Mails desp ite their
abuses have unquesonaby been greatly Instrumental
IN dihusins intelligence and aiding business Yet al
this does not prove that this country has not nov out
grown them as many judicous men undoubtedly be-
ieye. 4 good deal may undoubtedly be said on bogh
sides Of this question That tie time 'clN come when
the Government msy wisely and properly resign the
whole business Of Letter carrying into private hand.
fully believe. For tie present would have il accord
uoIe and more freedom and encouragement q the CON
petition OF Private Exprescs These Ought % improve
-he freedom accorded t..n Dr. extending on every
side thr.r business g. earn lE u-ssp4pers. Prob4J.,
5000 daily papers leave this City every mo-an- by the
Railroads running uorthWard and westward from our
CIV two-thirds Of which -luirej in the various
cities and villages within two days travel Of our CITY
Expresses locking especially this business nj serve
these papers 10 subscribers in Montreal Niagara BuFa
TO- &c On the evening Of their publication and in o.
deusburrh. Kingston Toronto. Erie, Cleveland &c. by
sunrise next morning Pittsburgh Columbus Toledo
Cincinnati &c would be reached few hours later The
bushes. Of serving might be RENTED entirely TO men
and BOYS who should get up and order the papers
requisite 10 serve them agreeing 10 do within an hour
after the sheets come 70 hand In this way By method
ard puuc.uahy. the business AMI reailg puzzle u. 10