Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-25
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

wAsaIHaT0N NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Tbs Rivs,s.-"The Washington Star, al.
though the hand organ Of the Administration,
aatsy published the following paragraph;
"'QulcK 1EAvI.IsG.--Ws have for some
days past been indebted to TIE agents Of tac
Fredelicksburg. Richmond d Potomac Stssr,
boat and Railroad Inns TOR the Richmond jour-
mails OF the day, two hours and q half in ad-
vance Of their receipt here by mail, and we
fsse this means of acknowledging their cour.
tssy and compiimenting their time of running
the roule = .,5z .
"Two hours and half, And woy not! If
epy ore were 20 start 10 90 from the txchar ge
Hotel 70 the Capitol, he could, of course PCT
there sooDeE by going strai, ht up 5yths Wig
0thoe, thar # be went round by tie African
Church. II n. Cascpbell will overhaul his
Euclid or his LegeDdro, be will discover that
sstr0tyat iins Is The shor.est oist ancs between
two polats. Perhaps be has uever given much
attention to mathematics. Let him dust his
Old EEo,id, and go a. il forthwith "-Rieh-
sHohS NaftoHot american, Dig. II.
1t aprearc from the above that the Natiouay
As:srioan IS, 1T times, hard rushed for a peg
o. WHOM to hang groWl NJ soma member Of
the Aan!nistra.iou. Flat jourpsl, judging
from the article we quote, has thrown aside
the consideration of the pubic interest, and
treats ths sl5jsct on which It comments as a
partisan OF ths particular corporation, whose
cause 1t las evidently espoused. In writing
the original paragraph, We did no 90 such
thing, nor do we now propose to subservs the
interest Of either Of the rivals. Our object was
simply 10 acknowledge An act of courtesy in
bsooming terms So, we took the statement of
the agent Of the lower route without question,
and gave him and his employees credit for
their enterprise, as thus manifested.
Finding, however, that the Ri.hmond paper
essays to use cur para graph to create a false
Impression as to what the Post Office Depart.
msnt has felt called on, by its views of the
public interest a. involved in the contract for
carrying the mail between Washington and
Richmond, We hare taken occasion TO make
due inquiry into the matter, and find at the
city post ofise that, had we despatched our
messenger thithes for our Southern mail in
due season, We might hsvo received the
Aictmond papers coming by the mail line
almost a. coon as thus brought to our office di.
rect from the Southern boat by the kindness q
fhs agent of That line, tie difference in time
being C1'y at0ut the time requisite TO assor,
the Southern mail for " asbington; both line,
arriving hero nearly together, as Is marifsst
In the fc: that the q all is usually crossing the
Potomac bridge as the bos. is nearing bel
wharf. 30 W. are informed by the nall agen,
who travels With that particular mail. tn,
distance under the nsw contract, though Ion
ger, requires no additional time On the mai
schedule, because river navigation. Is who'll,
dispensed with upon the new route; wherea.
there was stretch of sixty miles Of steam
boating-and capital steamboating, too, b,
the old route. We learned, further, at the
city post otiee, from the same mail agent, tina
there - also no practical difference In the
lime taken IN running the two routes going
South. --... ... =
lis, therefore, de to truth end ;asti.e TIA,
We should state these facts. And, further
fast wo should respectfully ask the National
Ameriesr 20 tell 10 leaders that the change
Wa nade % AVOID the veaatiou. ds.ent,ons Of
tie sfsa. Southern mail, 80 frequently occur.
ring from .os IN TIE Potomac during the win.
Ter, which FOR many years past have been SC
universally and bitterly complained of as &c
satisfJ ell reasonable men that there is really
more In them (the ccmpiaints) than simple
indulgoD-e IN the 60 universal American ne wa.
paper habit Of grumbling A failure of the
mail on ths Potor1ac is national vexatior
aud poth5raiicn, as it is failure of tie great
Atlantic coast mail, III the regularity Of which
more pe-S5r5 and property ara Interested than
IN the Eu0ctaality Gf tho transportation ol
any C.he- hail Whatever. We understand
that 1t eo5is the Department difference c!
some $4,000 enly, to obtain the insurance
against all tutars mail failures from ice on the
Potomac; a desideratum that cannot fail 70
be appreciated By all engaged In commerce,
from Portland to New Orleans, i; cot by the
conductors OF tee National AusyIeaa.
Both TIE Lies in question are Of groat i'm.
portanee and value ~ the public, and we re-
greet exceedingly 20 find the Richmond paper
usins our paragraph to Greats sn impression
IN this connection not fairly doduc!ble from it.
The Hon. William &. Smith, Of Alabama.
The C"f0m in summing up the results Of tie
August elections, presents the following SUM-