Demoine courier., 1854-07-20
The Mails,

Since the accession Of the present adj.
ministraiion 10 power, and the appoint
men, of Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Pierce,
Pos. Master General, complaints lone
and loud have arisen, from oil quarters
in regard to the manneri in which that i'm
portant branch of government, the 2,
O. Department, is managed. And these
complains are not made by Wing pa.
pers onlJ, but by Democratic papers,
and the masses Of the people Also
These complaints are particularly loud
just now, since the last mail letting; and
it seems as if many places in Iowa has
not had justice done them by the De
psrtmen, in the way of mail facilities.
The Reporter and Republican. of 10,
wa City, are down on ,he p. NJ. Gene.
raj because of The change in the mail
arrangement there; they having had a
daily mail 20 the mississippi, and now
they only have a tri weekly, which runs
in such a manner thar letters from The
Mississippi towns. 40 miles distant, can,
po, be answered by the mail that brough,
them, but must wal. two DAYS after they
are received.
The Reporter is particularly indig-
nsn,, and asks why il is that Iowa City
is '.literally tramplsd down and cpl, up
on by the ignorance. freaks or blunder.
headed policy of men, whose official du
,y compeis them 10 consul. local interests
carefully and always. in the distribution
of public conveniences and favors?'
1t then appeals to the public in the
following style, which clearly shows
what it thinks abou, the way the p. O..
Department. is managed:
"Come then, one and all, and let us
memorialize the powers that be, to re.
trace this retrograde step and redress the
consequences of their blind and equity
I"Old Fog
Blu. this is not all. Some places have
no. even tri-weekly mails. And Dab
!onega and Kirkville, in this county,
both Of which are thriving villages sur
rounded by rich and populous neighbor.
hoods, and ought TO have at least a semi-
weekly mail, haze none at aH! This
is too bad, and is a great biunder in the
p. NJ. General. We were informed
that they were TO have a ,ri weekly mail,
but understand they have had no mail a,
all since Is. OF July. This ough. to be
lemedied, and we hope the citizens Of
those places will raise such q clamor a.
bout the ears of the head Of the P. o.
Department, that this evil will be RENE
died Immediately.
There has always been a great ado
made by Democratic papers and 2olii-
clans, about the derangemen, of the
mails. whenever we have had a Wing
administration: but we think all will ad.
nit that the mails were never so badly
deranged as they have been during the
existence of the present democratic ad.
ministration. And, while we are talk,
ing of mail matters, we should like 10
know why the mail from Washington
via Lancaster Waugh's Point and Dab
lonega, 20 Ottumwa, has been ~discon,in-
ued' Ii used to come semi.occasion.
ally, but Of late i. has n run at ALL
That route should be kept up, as i, would
afford the central and most densely pop
ula,ed part of the Demoine Valley, with
a direct communication with Iowa City
and the Northern part of the State, and
if stages were run would DE the most
direct route to connect this Valley with
the Rock Island and Chicago Railroad.
The citizens of Ouumwa. Dahlonega,
Lancaster and Washington, ought I o pc.
ti.ion the Department to pu. this line in
operation again.