Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-03
NnYennher First.

This is the day upon which the South Carolina
Railroad Company has determined to stop carrying
the United States Mail, unless the Post Office Depart
me taccede to its terms in the matter ofcompensa-
ton From the tone of the press at different points,
as well as from general survey of the matter, we
are inclined 10 the belief that the Department is at
least three fourths right in the matter. Such is evil
IDENTIFY the view of the matter taken by the Savannah
Georgian and by other papers out of the State of South
Carolina. But for all this, the impression gains
strength that the Department will eventually be for
ced to yield to the necessities of the case. The ag-
gregate business of the Company amounts to some
thing near million and half, of which the mail
psy--Something near about sixty thousand dollars,
forms item comparatively small. 1t is therefore
far from probable that the Company will be induced
10 yield, sustained ii u.s. by the State of which it is
50 important power, while, as the matter stands the
public interests must suffer greatly by any suspen-
sion, so that the game is pretty much in its own
hands.
The Office of Postmaster General is the most pain.
full and thankIess position under the General Govern
ment. The idea that the Department should be self
sustaining borrowed, like many other notions, from
England, however suitable there is totally unsuited
to country so extensive and thiny settled as this
In England, too, the charters of all the Railroad
companies are granted by the Imperial Legislature,
and all, nearly all, contain express provisions in
regard to carrying the mail on favorable terms, so
that the is not liable to be placed
ia any such unpleasant predicament.
By acceding to the large demands made on the
great routes the Department deprived the means OF
extending facilities at other points where they loud
" demanded in the INTERIOR while the appropriations
granted by Congress in aid of the Department are
limited and with the understanding that they are to
be only temporary in their character. Although the
public apt to lose sight of it, yet must be seen
that the minor ramfcatons of the system really form
the basis of the business of the greater lines, as the
busin sof the cities depends upon the countries from
which their trade is derived.-Daily Journal 1t inst
DC A despatch from Kngsville, yesterday informs us
tLat the mail was that morning rendered by the Route
Agent on the Wilmington and Manchester RAILROAD
and refused by the South Carolina Railroad.
AGRICULTURAL SoCIETY--The New Hanover ant
Brunswick Agricultural Society met last night il
the Court House, pursuant to adjournment The
committee appointed at former meeting reported {
Constitution and By Laws for the government OF th
Society which were adopted, and appointed an exc
cutive committee, consisting of R. Howard. Dr. Johr
L. Meares, and Junius Davis. The next meeting o
the society is to be held on Tuesday Of Decembe
Court. The subject for discussion at the next meet
ing is the duplication of Manures" Any person
signing the Constitution and Bye Laws, and paynI
$25 into the Treasury will be constituted life mem
berl Joseph H. Foy, ESQ., presided.-Daily Jour
nal LIST inst.