The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16
Cart.iiaenss II MAN Faeil1siee.


| Col Woodson, Member Of Congress from IN.
Sackson District, vas in this city yesterday. or
a's'Nay TO WeshiDgton. BE sees to that city
TO protest against The recstS order of the p.ss
master General, bs whg6A The daily mail from
Upton 70 BooDsilie, aud to Lexington haa hser
discontinued, and = tri.weekly subett u;ed for i,
daily mail which has been in existence g.,
ten e twelve ysets has been abandoned =, .
aGe whsn the population demands the accom-
msaeion. epd when it has increased in wealth
sod importance, and the Post Oaace in ia rev
snues, every year for the last ten years. We
vsu'cs 1@ss'oe wnat the Postmaster General ia
su.nA.n9 u.l9 eOou1 Whpr he discontinued the
Aissoon river soute, W could upderst.n,l wh,
tnat Vas opnss aud made no objection Ia i. -
when be discontinued one or two oveasna
routes 70 ean Francisco, we made no obiec,;on
70 saas-soe main route being left-bec,use
tnose foutesNere not absolutely necessar, but
NJ oeseomes into Mssouri. and dsnense.
E'.tn Dolly route which has been in eYisfen nc.
tor mose Nan ten years, We propose to talk ,o
0lm about it. We cannot understand whv M,s.
soan is TO be uade the special ground for these
euemPss at economy, even when made necessa.
~ oy tnes~ants OF the Department or the
criminal neglect OF Congress to make appropr,
soons Tor the mail service. As We have said
We ~. 0io not ooJeet TO the dscOntinuauce of the
missouri RIVER mail, for in that case there was
an ABSOLUTE saving ol many thousande of dollars
per annum, nor to the Suspension of the ov.r-
iand routes from Neosho or Independence for
the same reason but when the Department. to
save nve thousand dollars a year, cuts off a
mslishich hss been carried daily for ten wears
past, and reduces the service in the South West
from uaiiy 10 tri-weekiy, We protest against IL.
ne democratic party is going back Dretty fast
10 some other important matters in this State.
threatening. indeed, o land them in . hopeless
minority IN We State election in 1860, and the
POSTMASTER General should not add 10 this
probability by cutting OF mail facilities lust as
the peopiaS have become accustomed TO them |
and appreciate their imporlancs. They will |
not stand II, and We ask Mr. Postmaster General |
holt to review his determination and give ia |
The benefit Of this daily service again.
Ii the Postmaster General is really desirous
d cutting of the excessive demands upon his
We have no doubt of it-let
Vim wi'hn month notify the contractors for
aver service between st. Louis and Memphis.
ana Cairo aud New Orleans, that ne has no
urther 0se Tor them, and we viii put him in a
quarter of n million of dollars every year. if
lot more. As he has to do is to employ agents
II St. Louis ard New Orle ans and they can
mp the mails ~i.htar more regularity than 10
'o~ done Sl00 te $3.50 per trip between the
- ~is.ess ch ROou OOatS. lhS IS about what .
ne mah contractors are paying now. and all 4
ne excess is profit. Ii is true that this genuine
tteDpt 1t economy might interfere wi.h the
ecuniary prospects of good many politicians
mo are directly or Indirectly Interested in
laii contracts, or have obtained consideration !
,r getting them but as Mr.. Hail has manifest.
prniseworthy desire TO reduce the expenses ,
MS department, here is the place Tor him !
begin, We will help him along III ,hs work II
ita great deal OF pieasnre.-Miss0uri Repnb.
can. =
The process Of retrenchment in the way Of {
'a'i facilities has been going on in. Iowa Tor a
'veral months. Where the people were form +
'iy served with necessary daily, they are G
'mpelied now to put up with a weekly mail t
rrice 'ns numerous instances, and other more t
rtunate cases q semi-weekly. This retrench- a
ent is MADE where there is the least excuse 9
r it-where the service was before Inadequate G
ID greatly below the wants OF the people, and
saves next to nothing. The large sinks-the
eat contracts which swallow up the revenues
the Department are left untouched because, :
10 stntima,ed by the Republican, the contrac.
rs and those they represent are hungry poll :
'ians who must be allowed to forage upon :
e National Treasury. The Nor.hw est is snf-
ing severely because Southern Negro Drivers :,
u!d not get Congress to raise the rate of let
postage, and therefore, out Of spite, defeated a.
e appropriation bin. n vii, ell be rish. in i
CO.