The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-27
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BATON ROUdE,:AUG'ST ~, 1855.
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p~aper--when Il comes to politacs, mas
az article il its last weeks edition, on
that standing humbug, and miserable
abortion, the U. 8. Mail. The writer
says--and be Is right-that In the
better days Of the Republic. when the
Po.tofics Department Through oil
Il, classes Of venali.y" tremble at the
name Of Mclaue, a contract for the
transportation Of the mail was a thing
Of substance ; Il was simple, plain, easy
to be comprehended. It meant neither
more MOI less than its terms implied.
The stipuls,ious Of the contracting
parties were expected and intended to
be- carried out as expressed in tho in
strument."
& Not 30, now there Is a recklessness,
and culpable negligence on the part Of
all concerned in transporting the mails,
from Grand Dad Campbell, down t.
the very smallest sub-contractor.
The people Oh Red River, have as
much cause to complain, as the people
in any other part of this much wrong
ed State. The average length of time
for the mail to come from any point on
the Red River to this place, is about the
same that j. required for a letter to
come from St. Petersburg.
Il is somewhat astonishing, though,
that the dominant party press should
complain, since every post in the ser
vice is occupied by some minion, who
holds II, for consideration rendered
the party. The Independent says that
where the terms Of the contract, calls
for the mail to be supplied six times a
week the contractor has the implied
power TO furnish it only once a week,
II he deems the business affairs and
general intelligence Of those dependent
upon him for mail matter, sufficiently
accommodated by q weekly mail. It
has been shrewedly suspected by some
that this outside" right ofcontractors
has been used for the unholy purpose
Of propagatiug Rnow-nothingism, and
Il must be admitted that no moro eff.
feotual plan could be devised to render
men know notbipgs than that of sus-
pouding the mails
No doubt. The Know Nothings
are responsible for every thing that
goes wrong. The recent earthquake
10 the Moluccas. whereby 5000 lives
we're lost, is attributed to their agency.
~ Mrs. Webb, a female woman
Of color, Is reading the dramatized I'm
ole Tom to a Stafford house-of what
The Liverpool Journal calls Grand La
dies" What the writer can by
"Graud Ladies'" we cannot divine, IN
less it ha that they Measure nine feet
at the bottom and have to stand up to
keep from showing their awkward
understandings. Hoops are q great
institution in this respect at least , they
serve to mark a distinction between
women, where in reality there is none.
The Journal continues to say in a
moraliziug vein
a did any one think of the London
dressmakers who made the dresses,
and who hadn't got paid FOR them ? Is
the Duchess of Sutherland discreet in
declaring for Abolition, seeing that SO
many Of her class are in the cabinet ?
Mrs. Webb will not take. We are
Is weary of Uncle Tom as of-say the
Kars heroes. Those gentlemen have
overdosed u.s."
AMERICAN GENUS Prof Morse
has been invited to the coronation Of
the new Emperor Of Russia, and, it is
stated, las contracted with the Gov
eminent to establish lines Of telegraph
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