Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-09-21
from the Raleigh Register.l
THE RALEIGH POST OFFICE,

In justice to the Post Master of this place (al-
though we expect that like the Irishman, justice is
the last thing he wants) republish the following
card which appeared in the Standard of Wednesday
last:
Here follows the card of Mr.. Cook, which we
have heretofore published.]
In replying to the above specimen of official ar
rogance, we}shall not be tempted Gf such thing
were possibe( into any imitation of the coarseness
and presumption which the Post Master of Raleigh
has thought proper to exhibit.
We dealwith him in the Register as the incumbent
of public office, in the management of which the
community are most deeply interested and We in
tend so to deal with him, utterly careless of the
wrath which our exposure of his official conduct
may elicit; and so far from making an "excuse for
thus noticing" this functonary, we should deem
ourself inercusaJle if We failed to do So and will
therefore proceed to show that las Excuses utter
ly fail to satisfy the community that he delivers the
Northern mail in reasonable time after it's arrival.
The P. Ms Gard says:
1.-The Northern mail arrives at the depot at half
past three O'clock and gets to the postoice at about
O'Clock. The mail is opened and put up as speed
lily as possible. During the arrival of the Northern
mail and the opening of the same we have the East
ern mail to close which leaves the depot at o'clock,
when the Western mail arrives, which is opened and
put up and the doors opened at 81 o'clock, for the
uellSeIy vi tuc Hdil-SO tIaJ any ono ulSpOSeu 10
look at this matter in an impartial Manner cannot
fail to see that with the hep allowed at this Office,
the mail cannot be given out sooner This is in
time, too, for business men to answer their letters
without the aid of cande-light."
1t will besee that the p NJ complains that we
did not seek an explanation from him before we
published our article. Now, it so happens that be-
fore our article was published, the Post Master had
assigned to the clerk of this Office the very
for the delay in the delivery of the Northern mail
which his card assigns. We knew then that the
reason insufficient, and will proceed to prove
it to be so.
What are the facts :? The eastern" is very
small mail, and all the letters that are distributed
that should be distributed at this Office arc re-
ceired the day before by the Northern and Western
mails although few may come the same morning
by the Eastern mail, but these are missent let
tiers, that should not to Raleigh for distrlbu
ton. Thus it will be seen that the Postmaster has
23 hours to distribute letters intended for the East
and arriving by the Northern and % hours to dis
tribute letters arriving by the Western mail and in
tended for the East 1t is true that Raleigh letters
for the East are mailed at this office on the day
their departure, but the work of putting up ant
closing this portion of the Eastern mail would no
occupy one clerk for more than ten minutes, as WI
learn from reliable source. But we will make TIL
Post Office Regulations answer and refute the Pos
Masters card. Here they are, as published in tn
Democratic Press: