The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-06

The Reduction OF Mail Service.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press says:
alt seems, or at least it has been alleged,
that the discountenance of post offices and
abolition or decrease of mail routes in the
quarters mentioned, viii, on investigation,
be found to be mostly confined to those dis
tricts where the members OF the last Con-
gress were anti-Lecompton men! or voted
against the post Office appropriation BILL
There are also several cases in districts in
which Lecompton and Administration men
were defeated at the last election"
Such has not been invariably the case in
this region, unless in executing vindictive
prescription upon one opponent they have
been willing to injure two friends. The
ever-faithful Warrick and the subservient
Perry have been deprived of privileges to
punish rebellious Spencer. But Posey, that
supported rebel Hovey, has lost half of her
mail favors, and suffers rs much as Repub-
hcan Gibson.
But what makes these deprivations Of
mail facilities hard to bear, is the fact that
while our most important land mails are
stopped, the expensive river mail that does
no service to any one except to route
agents, skeptupa tan expense ofover $50, 900
per annum, which is five times the amount
of all that will be saved by Mr.. Hollis re-
auctions in the First and Second Congress
sional Districts. The people of these dis
tricts should demand, on the meeting of
Congress, through their faithful Lecompton
Representatives, Judge Niblack, and Hon.
Bill English, the ex-chairman of the Post
Office Committee, why this worthless and
expensive contract is maintained with q
Louisville company, old friends of the Post
Master General, while he is searching into
the accounts of every country Post Office in
this part of the State to see II itpays within
dime or two the expenses of carrying the
mail TO it, If he viii look into the receipts o
his river mail from Louisvill to Memphis, b,
win see that it don't pay one dollar in on,
hundred of its costs; and yet there i, nc
notice to quit.
The saving of $3.50 per annum on tn,
Rockport route was an item of sufficient
Importance to justify the reduction Of tina
service one-halG to the serious damage o
10000 persons; but an item of $50, 900
which affects the interests of few of hi:
old neighbors is entirely overlooked by the
economical head OF the Department.
And while the enquiry is being made, il
will be well also to ask, on what ground:
the sum of $4,000 was paid to this Louis.
vile Sherry Steamboat Company, not many
months ago, when the revenues of the De-
partment were SO depressed, for forfeitureS
that occurred four and five years ago, I'M
der Mr.. Campbell, to which it had not the
shadow OF a legal or equitable claim. This
Company obtained, not long ago, as we are
informed on good authority, fnll pay for
carrying the mail from Louisville to Cairo
in the low water seasons of ls54-55, ant
1856, when their boats were tied up at Port
lanu, ana never moved wheel Tor months
at a time. The deductions made by tn,
Pierce Administration for this failure to per
form the service, have, years after the ad
justment OF the accounts by Mr.. Camp
bell, been paid up by this administration, a
we are, on the best authority, told. Will
the Department can't afford 50 bill to kec
up horse mail for country town, it Law
ishes $4,000 upon magnificent steamers a
gratuity, for lying idle at the wharf. !
respectable correspondent who has had a
opportunity TO know the facts, desire us I
commend this case to the attention of til
Representatives from the First and Secon
Congressional Districts.