New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15

The communication of "a Californian" further
illustrates the faults Of omission and of commission,
in connection with the California mails for which
the Circumlocution Office at Washington is respon-
sible. These abuses and misuses of branch Of the
public service confrssediy the most important to
the popular happiness and welfare Mr.. Tite Bar
pac,e King and all the underDg lite Baruacles ig.
more with degree of frgidlty and red tapery al
mort Incredible. The Post. Office seems to bs just
the place where nobody Can get any satisfaction,
unless it be the satisfaction On this hot weather Of
reading letter which freezes the blood, cn,lis the
marrow, and gives one numb sensation all over.
1t is perfectly ridiculous for any one having wrong
to redress to apply at that shop just look at it
Nobody can doubt that the Postmasters 10 CalifOr
MIA ate in league with certain express men and
Dews men. Nobody in California relies upon
prompt delivery through the Post Office of mail mat
ter directed to him. In the country towns " the
Posmasters deal i'll newspapers, and are the accre-
" dited agents of express companies" Tue abuse
was noticed aud cOndemued by Postmaster Cen
eral Campbell four years ago, and yet there
ia no reform, and attempt at reform.
All that We can get is now and then
trlgoIifc letter, full Of official hens aud haws.
The San Francisco Postmaster still lets the lobby
of the Post Office building at the rate Of $500
uopth to express men and newspaper dealers. IA
they are sure to be first come 80 they are sure
to be first served" and are at perfect liberty to
bleed their customers charging from - to 80 cents
piece for newspapers. How much of TINS goes
INTO the pocket Of Postmaster Weller we do not
pretend 10 say. 1t mas been stated that Al, 900
Eastern weekly and seml-weekly papers ara re-
ceiyed by every mail steamer in California. The
perquisi-es must be very pretty.
That there is gross wrong somewhere may be
Inferred from the fact that Mr.. Collsmer from the
Post Office Committee, reported IN the Senate last
February bill providing THAT Post Offices shall
/" be open for the receipt aid delivery Of letters,
papers and mail matter for all persons at the
same time, and that no practice or arrangement
shall BE- allowed by which any person or persons,
" for any consideration Obtain their letters or
papers earlier at said Office than ali any others
may receive their letters or papers on applying
| therefor" The second section e the nil pro-
,des for the punishment by fine and imprisonment.
| This bill Was framed directly 10 meet the case Of
| tie San Franc.co Postmaster but it was not
reached On the calendar, and failed TO become
| law.
| And now let us present our readers with rich
| and rare specimen Of circumocutl"n, III which We
are We own, somew bal, interested, but which ought
also to interest every citizen Of TIE United States.
| In 1855, the San Francisco Penny Pcst Company
ordered newspapers from New-York, and proposed
| t. furnish them at five cents each-a great reduc
| ton from the ruling exorbitant charges. News
papers of every political shade were ordered, but
| the orders for THE TRIBUNE were by far toe
largest. Tue Company probah, uudrr.tc"d their
business, and sent for what they could dispose Of
The San Francisco Postmaster, with Interesting
wstchfulness for the public in general and the party
| in particular, discovered that there WAS priot-
ipp on the wrappers of The TRIBUNE and charged
| Extraordinarily cents on each number. This
was entirely contrary TO bis former practice, and
| The New York Postmaster had forwarded from
~, GOO to 80 COO copies receiving newspaper post
sge only. Then Weller wrote Of what be had done
~ Tie Bsrnacle King at Washington, aud lite