Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-09-21

occupy one clerk LOT moro lnan ten minutes, as we
learn from reliable source But we will make the
Post Office Regulations answer, and refte the Post
Masters card. Here they are, as published in the
Democratic Press:
MAI. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS CITY.
Northern Mail closes daily at IA. NJ.
Eastern Mail closes daily at 8 P. NJ.
Fayetteville Mail closes daily at P. NJ.
Western Mail closes daily at a. NJ.
Except Sundays.) then at 8 p. NJ.
Roxboro' Mail closes every Friday at 70 NJ.
Nashville Mail closes Mondays, Wednes-
DAYS and Fridays at 9P. NJ
~ Persons wishing to send off letters by eth
tons.
Here we see that the Eastern mail is actually
cloxed at p. m., and we should like to know how
its "closing" can interfere with the delivery of
mail, which according to the Post Master, doesn't
arrive until one hour after it has been closed
But, says the Post Master, 1.-The Northern mail
arrives at the depot at halfpast O'clock and gets
to the Post Office at about o'clock" Ii this is the
case, at whose door lies the fault of this delay in
carrying the Northern mail to the Post Otficcy The
DE rot is but threefourths of mile from the Post
Office. If proper diligence exercised this mail
could easily be delivered at the Post Office in Is
minutes after its arrival at the Depot. and we wish
to know whose fault it is that this due diligence Is
not cxerciset-that of the people of Raleigh, who
have no control of the NATTER or that of the Ost
Office. which has sole control of it? But the Post
Master alleges that the delivery Of the Northern
mail is in time for business men to answer their let
tiers without the aid of candle light. Of course the
Post Master that those letters can be answer
ed by return of mail. 1t may be violent presump-
ton on our part but We cannot help suspectng that
this Raleigh Post Master has read his Bible, and is
about to try his hand IL Joshua, in stopping the
sun in its course. By the first day of November
the sun will set at II minutes after o'clock, u
minutes before the Post Master delivers the North
ern mail, unless he should stop him at an earlier
PERIOD and We should he glad to know how business
men can read their letters and answer them by re-
turn Of mail without the aid of candle or some 9TH
err artificial light The difficulty of doing this will
increase until the very shortest day in the year, and
if the Post Master perscveres in his practice of de-
laying the delivery of the Northern mail until the
Western mail arrives business men and the citizens
of Raleigh. generally will not before very long get
their Northern letters until candle light. Besides
this, it would be exceedingly inconvcnient to many
of this wideiy-Scattered population to turn out at
night and in all sorts of weather, for the purpose
Of getting their letters and papers.
Having thus answered and exposed that portion
of the Post Masters card which relates 10 the dev-
ry of the Northern mail, We have a word to say to
him on our own account The dignity of that NIGH
ty official was so offended at the complaint which
termined to wreak signal vengeance upon us. So
two bundles of misdrcctcd papers were sent back
to this Office one of which the following imper
tinent endorsement was made:
"Your papers do not reach their destination, do
they Mr. Syme? Where should this go?"
We confess to have been somewhat taken aback
by the reception of these packages, but were speed
lily relieved when on opening them we found that
they were numbers, of the Register, but of the
occGoxY n and ho
same time the lmpotent vndictivencss of this Gov
ernmcnt official and the carelessness in his office in
distributing mails. But this is not all. Soon after
we received the packages with the aforesaid endorse
ment and before the Post Master had found out the
mistake we received from him the following note !:
"JNo. W. SyME, ESQ.
send two packages of your paper misdirected.
which is not an unirequent occurrence; so that in
stead of the fault being that of the p M. here or Of
the R. R. Agents, it is at your office. CAN inform
YOUR subscribers if you cannot correct.
Most respectfully,
Raleigh, N. G., 9th Sept, 49,"
Here it will be seen that the Post Master gives a
distinct threat that he will inform subscribers
that we are inattentve to the mode of putting up
our mails which information, when conveyed, will
state any thing but the truth. Although mistakes
will occur in every office, they not of frequent
| occurrence in this, as we can prove by the Post
Masters predecessor, that during his administration
our mails were directed with great accuracy. and we
know that since then great pains have been taken to
put up our mail accurately, inasnuch as constant
complaints from subscribers of their failure to get
their papers regularly, caused the persons in our
employment to be particularly attentive in SO putting
up the mails as to leave no fault to be found with
this office To show further the petty spite of the
Post Master the last mail sent to the Post Office
diligently searched to find out instructions, and
two papers in single wrappers returned to this office
on account of misdirection. And reader, in what
particular do you suppose the mistake consisted ?
One of the papers was directed to Prospect Hill,
Bladcn county, N. Co." when it should have been
directed to Prospect Hail. Now there happens to
be no Prospect Hill Post Office IN Baden county,
while there is Prospect Hall, and the Post Master
knew the destination of that package just as we'll as
if it had been directed to Prospect Hall instead q
Prospect HILL as is proved by the fact that he had