New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-02
AN ENGLIsHMANs NOTES on AMERICA.

AN ENGLISHMANS NOTES On AMERICA.
7e re Jdito- oy The y. T. T,t1.ze
SIR: As an Epgistman travelling through this ulsg-
nfceit Continent feekng for health and Information
enc licking around ath uneymp athletic feelings TO-
wand the vast progrefs that hsve surveyed ffom Boa
ten to the Bississipt ard fom Montreal 70 New York
you vii peihaps Gnd me email space 10 yo1r wdsly
circulated newspaper fer few Of my Impressions
two subjects Of importance. eha selec. one for can
ture ard one for prsise. The first s Of your pos.a
arrangements. You for behind the mother country
in the Getails Of your PotOfice system and while Of
oourse, it is imposbb'e TO afford the postal
vtniencs in your spsrsey populated States which the
Efgith Poet Office affords TO that debs.ly ,pu.,ei
kingdom, feel sure that wise practical statesnsn
ship could DO greet des than is done for the
welfare ard benefit Ct your people. The ab,ence OF
cey free deli geres 10 your citss tas been ubec Of
great wonder TO Consider the losa Of tims this
arIs.g gtmeLt imposes on the whole Of yoar letter.
waiting population OGe lstet-c srrier engaged
at, cay or srd-a qualter doll,s per day, could
Ell the average eatily del yer the letters fJr
thousobd houses IN tSo hours. Instead OF this one
thousand lepsrbte nesssnxers cispatcted from each
house IN city Ike New Yclk csLuot or tie average.
occupy lefs than half sn Dour each in goirg ID sod
returning from the Gsnoral Poet OFF >e that Is, JJl
busress hours are lost daily where 81 - wo1t pay
fcr TIE iefyice sno all the inconvenience Of tao
pTose1t system If it DC said tha the pos al
cannot meet toe additional expense charge bali cent
for eech .etter delivered erd there w0ud be large
rcresse e revenue 10 the Post, Office aud an immsnse
ctLvebtrce afforded II the public. Anobsr det ~
c.Lnected with the Eoghlh postal eysten would bs
m uDspesksble convenience TO your merchants sud
manufacturers. / al.ude 90 tho Post-Oiii,s M )ney
Oider system. In the United Kingdom there are up.
ward Of 500 Post Offices where any sun not exceed
irg 50 icing paid in with directions to ps7 tse Sans
amount az aIy other OF thtse 1fcsS 70 peSon named
by TIE serGeT it Will lie Gcns al cls of cents for
All sum rot exceeding SO, ard q. cost not exceed
.rg T. cets fol- any SUN between 80 and So. Last
year believe upward of SO coo 600 we're ttus rars
Irited in small suus through the Pos' Offices OF the
Uaeo Kingdom. The help this is to ptoprietors OF
nowspapls the collection OF Their aohuai subScrlp
lions can rsi0y be est n,ted, AID wonder that
al tue newspapers Of tie United States do not unite
in fcin il public opinion in favor of such system
xb ca would not only incsleuably bsneG. tue n, but
would confer Al aimost equal bensf; on al tne d3er-
eut departments Of the tra0iog community waich,
with the American nation, ioims pretty nearly the
wtO'e.
Having new done with my csnaure, l tura with
great ana urmi'gaed pleasure to the efforts have
everywhere seen in behalf of the education of your
people. Oh, thst such system could be imported
and copied 10 my own country We have made rap
i'd advarces in National Education within the last
tsenty years, but how much remains to ba done yet
before we tread upon your heels Your common pri.
mary sud high schools are indeed credit to your
lard to your energy aud 10 your intelligence, and not
coLeLt with training the ordinary YOUTH hod schools
fer the ioiotc and the imbeeie. spsut hours
on Wednesday last At Mr.. Richsrds's Establishment,
Fifth avenue and One hundred and Thirty street.
and was ch struck with the woSdorfa development
Of educational and training powers shown there
children of both and in various stages OF ldlotcy
were pleasing as well painful eight to 10 * upon
-peiLful to see such jnentt disorder and wesk-
refs /; but plessiDg and touching to zee how they
loved Mr.. Richards, and whst cheerful and in
ueoiate obedience they yielded TO his requests
Il has been said tnst the end Of all
glyevnmsLt ia to secure the night man in the riIht
place. How careiuv shoua grea. peop'e cherish
Their great msn-their first men in every department
of life ard society; and such man Is Mr.. Richards
10 the department OF social usefulness he has under
taken. l had rever seen anything OF tlLs kind be-
fore, ard my first impression was how useless to waste
labor on such unpromsipg materials But when re-
fecttd that each child the subject OF fathers
and motberg love- aud that to such love the degel.
opment Cf the Affections and understanding OF their
unfortunate CfspriDg must ever be su6ed OF pie 81.
ure and Thanksgiving. felt that MIR. Hichards had
devoted himself TO noble Gcrl, in which could cor
disliy bid him God speed. To those o! ycur citizens
WIZ have rot seen such an institution and etil' more
especially to those who have offspring in this susring
condition visit TO his establishment could not fail to
give satisfaction ard pleasure of no ordinary kind.
How much human herevolence s now accomplishing
for the unfortunate and distressed Msy the two kin
dred pstCns rival esch other in al sucl useful aud
prsisewOrtty Institutions, and msy it be- the oaly
rivalry subsistiDg between them which can most
efectualy by their respective national ard social in
stitutions bless sud beneti; markind. w. RoBsoN.