The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-02-11

nalist we feel called on sometimes to
"show up" public NUIsANcEs, and in this
light we hold the Intensely jealous stick
lers" for home industry, the BALTI-
MORE-Norfolk Index. We are not the
only persons however, who view that
foreign production as nuisance and a
humbug The public take that view of
it, and so do many of the advertisers in
its columns who were whcedled into its
support by assurances that the paper was
to be printed in the city of Norfolk, in
stead ofin Baltimore.
A vile scribbler in the columns of the
Index of yesterday, in a very scurrlous
and abusive article attempts to cast odium
on us for simply performing an act Of
justice to the outraged laws of our land.
The proprietors Of that illustrious 'three
cents a year. production, have heretofore
been in the habit of sending their 4gri-
c'diu7uz- implement Adte1tise7 through the
United States mail, without preparing the
postage, as they were by law bound to do,
and having been brought up to "taw"
about their evasion, they can do no better
than devote column of their "Billings-
gate" against the Day Book and its pro-
prctor, for the amusement Of its very
respectable readers. Well, we are sat
isfed, and should not notice their con-
temptible illusions, if it were not for the
purpose of setting ourselves right before
the public.
One would suppose after pcrusing the
trashy production, alluded to, that we
would not feel in any very amiable mood
towards the embodiment of wisdom that
presides over the columns of that sheet
| Amia bile, -forsooth /; we always feel am
liable when we can be instrumental in
ferreting out and bringing to punishment
any such transgressors, or beneftting the
public in any other manner. Though we
can imagine the feelings of the wrong
doer on being drawn up in such way
to be anything but amiable towards our
selyes,-even if they had not furnished us
such strong evidence as they have in the
TRADE of abuse we haze referred to.
The facts in regard to the complaint to
the P. 0. department are simply as fol-
lows: Sec. 100, of the Post Office regu-
lations, says:
''Sec. 100. Publications borrowing the
name, having the form and some of the cha
racteristics of a newspaper, printed for gra-
tuitous circulation, and depending on their
advertisements for support cannot be sent by
mail gratuitously to persons not actual and
| bona fde subscribers upon the footing of
newspapers "sent from the office of publica-
ton to actual and bona flee s~bscriJers."
Now. could any man laying claim to
particle of understanding Of the English
language wish a palmer case of trespass
than this. Here was the case of this pi-
tactical, misunderstanding sheet, an
swering to the very letter of the law as
here laid down. With this law in our
hands we approached the Post master of
this city and he said he would send the
complaint to the Genl. P. office Depart
ment. He done so, we presume, and the
Department justified our view of the mat
ter, and decided that the paper could not
go through the mail without being pre-
paid
AS little as we know of law, we are
fully convinced from observation that no
law can be formed to entirely exclude the
possibility Of evasion in some way or
other. So these 'sapient' individuals,
with the assistance of the Hon. John S.
Millson, they say, have discovered a way
to render null and void the very plain and
simple regulations laid down as above,
and intended to protect the postal affairs
of this country from depreciation. What
an achievement for such combination of
wisdom and talent
Now, we do not profess a very intimate
acquaintance with Gen'l. John S. Millson,
though we have heard enough Of him to
believe his goodness Of heart would, in
such an emergency urge him to lend a
helping hand to erring humanity to lead
it in the paths Of rectitude. If he has
knowingly done what he is accused of in
the Index, we are mistaken in the man.
That's all.