The true Democrat., 1857-04-21
Napoleon and Little Rock Mail Route.

The mail route from Little Rock uia Pine Bluff to Napoleon is barely nominal one- The mails have not been conveyed through by stage for nearly two months; and the route, in lieu of being one of public utility, is, at this time, a source of disappointment to the people and unnecessary expense to the government. Had the contract provided for transporting the mail by the river, when the connection by stage was impracticable, as formerly, we might receive the mails occasionally, if not regularly. But so it is, mail route which ought to be of great service to the community, is a grievous ineonvenience-Itue Demoercrat.
 The history of our roads and river will show that, as general thing, wh roads be- tween this place and Napoleorg ae mpassible, the river is navigable for respectable packets; and, hence, the contract for the transportation of the mails from Napoleon to Pine Bluff and back, should make it the duty of the contrac- tor to transport the mails by way of the Ark ansas river, at all times when the roads shall be impossible, and his forfeit should be very heavy, for every time he should fail and to provide against failure on his part, a mail agent for this route especially should be ap- pointed, whose duty it would be to see that the mail never misses transportation; or this duty (with proper compensation in consideration thereof) should be added to those already de- volving on the U. s. mail agent at Napoleon Pine Bluf Democrat.
 The wants of the public demand an imme- diate change in the transportation of mails on this important route. It should first be satis- tactorily settled as to the best mode of convey ing the mail, and whether it shall be tri week. ly or daily. We advocate the establishment of daily mail between Napoleon and Little Rock; we think the necessities of the Arkansas valley demand it. The difficulty ill letting a route out to contract, so singularIy besieged with impossible roads on one side and low wa ter on the other forms a serious obstacle, if offered without any especial provision for over- coming these barriers. By giving to the Uni ted States mail agent at this place a super vlsorship of the route, with full power to send the mail by boats whenever the roads become impossible, we shall be enabled to realize the pleasure of mails approaching somewhat to the character of regularity.-Napoleon Pya,ater.
 We find that our sentiments in regard to the sham mail route, alluded to in the above extracts are fully corroborated and more than endorsed by our contemporaries at Napoleon and Pine Bluff We are encouraged with the prospect of a change, salutary change and a
 
 radical improvement on this route, and to this end we now most earnestly ly commend the sub- ject to our liberal and magnanimous Postmaster General. We know that he will "hear us for our cause," and we are confident he will ren- der us justice. The cause of complaint is the lregularity and the frequent failure of the malls on this route. These result without doubt from the extraordinary character of the contract, which is to all effect so given as to compel the contractor to convey the mails only when 1t is convenient, or as the State of inc weather may permit! We need contract that will compel by the penalty of heavy fine the transportation of the mails regularly. on this route, at least as often as three times week and unless we do have it the daily mail lines diverging from this city, south and west, are merely nominal and useless, because they de- pend as much upon the route in question as they do upon the one from Aberdeen to this place. or any other. The importance of supervisor on this route has also been suggested, and we nope such an appointment will be made with far compensation to the appointce, to insure a vlgllant supervision of the route