Daily American organ., 1856-05-02
CITY INTELLIGENCE

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The CIrr Posr oyyIoE The Post Onice at this
point one might reasonably expect 70 be model
for the imtaton-of other cities in point of loca-
tion, form of building, accommodations for the
clerks and for the public, and in fact all that dis
tinguishes good from bad office, "a ID is direct
y under the eye of the great body of all our postal
arrangements. But reasonable may be the ex-
pectaton, it has proved unfounded In point OF
public accommodations Post Office is far be-
hind the arrangements of many smaller cities, with
not one-quarter the amount of work to perform.
The clerks, so far we know, have always
showed themselves to be gentlemen, even in sit
uation so trying to the temper as that OF answer
Ing to the calls at the various windows must be-
Within few years the building has been materi-
ally altered that the public instead of standing
one behind the other like men at the polls waiting
TO vote, in the sun rain as the case may be,
waiting for the mails to open they now have the
accommodation of long open corridor, which
protects from the weather all who choose 70 wait
for their letters And we suppose that s.il better
arrangements will be made when the Post Office
IS moved from its present location, as ID must be,
TO give Dom for the progressing improvements of.
the General Post Office, before great while
But still there is one evil that can be obvased at
small cost to the Office and which will increase the
public accommodations in heavy ratio il is ar
ranging barrcade tables, so that but one person
can approach the window at time At present, a
large crowd is always waiting for the opening of the
iuail. When the opening of the windows shows
TINT all is ready, each place of delivery Is sur
roun ded by throng, each member of which is in
tent OF getting his own letters as soon as possible
and as the " first come first serve rule is practis-
ed, the struggle is hardest to get first to the win
dow. The frst man gets his letters and is ready
to retire bu. he can't; no one will give way, then
comes the tug ot battle. The man who wishes to
get out, pushes and jams and crowds and treads
on lavorite corns, and steps on little boys and
tinguishes little dariies and kicks little dogs, and
finally extricates himself after he has lost his tenn
per- and may be his coat tail in the struggle dur
ing which a chorus Of screams, barks, curses, and
various other discordant voices attend his passage
BY the time he is out, another must 90. through
the same ordeal and another and another When
the little fellows turn comes, after he has got his
letters, he must creep between the many legs which
surround him, unless some strong arm will pass
him over the heads of the crowd.
But the most serious part of the matter at the
newspaper window. Here many servants are sent
for their masters papers, and the porters of the
various hotels come here for the mails for their
respective houses. When the night mail ia opened
the crowd is the largest, and we know from expe-
rence, that it is not the most pleasant situation,
especially in warm weather, to be 80 crowded by
the darkies.
But the worst of it is for the hotellet The
porters stand as near the window rs possible, and
when il is open receive their large mails, which
are. handed into the window, from which they
must instantly take them, without being allowed
to bag the letters, when they are hustled away to
make room for Others. In the hustle, they fire.
quently drop letters, which are recovered or not,
as the case may be, and any loss thus sustained is
thus set down to charge Of the postmaster.
Every one will see at glance that this trouble
is all owing to the opportunity given to 80 many
TO approach the window at one time. The barri-
cade tables before each of those windows, around
which every one must pass, and behind which but
one person could stand at one time, wonld obviate
all this difficulty, and cave much wear Of clothes
and temper, as well the loss of many letters by
the difficulties to which our proverbialy careless
servants are subjected. Such tables would cost
but little, and would expedite business in great
degree, and would make it much more pleasant.
Every other city of any pretension has such ac-
commodations and without this, the improvements
which have been made heretofore are of little avail
Let us have the tables or some similar contrvance
that will answer the same end
The OPERA.--The time-honored nursery legend
OF Cinderella, set to music by Rossini, and ac-
companied by all the tricks trappings, and trans
formations Of the story, was produced last night,
with great success at the Opera. We ewere about
to say that Miss Pyne gave us more pleasure in
this style of music than in any other But as we
feel this sentiment each time she changes her style,
we have come to the conclusion that she so good
in all that the last hear is always the best there
fore no invidious distinction will be made by COM
parison.
Mr.. Harrison and the other leaders of the Troupe,
as usual, did we'll Some complain that Harrisons
voice has deteriorated in quality of late, but had
those critics heard him in some of the exquisite
passages of last night, they might have changed
their opinion
Credit is also due to Mrs. Germon and Mrs
y, or uly f,rt tho;r anfip INIT tha,r
singing. The duet which they opened with SIM
pie and easy as it was, had sweetness about it
thatdrew applause even while the Prima Donna was
on the stage.
Jefferson was perfectly at homo In his part and,
as usual, his interpretations upon the original text
seemed to convuse the house.
Cinderella Is repeated tonight. If the audience
was large last night, in spite of the rain what
chance will there be Of seat to-nghtS
PoErIcAL READHes.-Mrs. Emily p. Lesdernier
gives readings from the poets next Saturday night
at Carusi's Saloon As an elocutonist, she has
deservedly high name. One way to account for
her success is, that she is herself poet Of some
standing, and accordingly enters into the spirit of
every thing she attempts Her conceptions, as a
general thing, very correct and her renditions
Of the various parts she attempts accordingly good
We are glad to see that she appears before us
In all the dignity of matron, eschewing the prev
alent nonsensical custom of coming before us as a
Miss. And this shows that she belongs to the
higher class of artists her performance viii full
ly prove.
CoNcERT.--The Union Choir Association give
their second Concert on next Monday evening at
the Lecture Room Of the Smithsonian Institute
All who are acquainted with this society know
that IL is composed by a union of most of the
choirs of our city churches for mutual improve
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