, 1860-01-05
bad Mall j Arrangements lit Edwards,
White aud WabaAh C0MntIcks

Bad Mali arrangements Ill EdN'ards.
White and Wabash C0unttcKs
in consequence OF change in the leaving
time Of tic mail train on tie Illinois Central
Railroad. the I'nEss ASr Tn1nrSE packages,
full to reach 0lncy in time for the coach that
leaves there every Friday morning. The consc-
quence is, that the papers Il, left over al O1uey
until the following Wednesday, and llcncc the
delay in tae receipt in those counties Of which
therc il SO much complaint lately.
The WEEkLY PHEss AND TRIBUNE il mailed
curly on Thursday mosuing. The packages for
Edwards, White and Wabash Counties, lcave
Chicago OIL the OILS 4. NJ mail train but this
train does not rcacL Odin. nj tue crossing Of
the Ohio { Mississippi Railroad, until after the
mail train from st. Louis, gning i;ast, las pass
ed that point; consequently, .l,e papers lie at
Odiu until next morning. Dmt then comes
another trouble. When the Friday + traiu from
st. Louis gets TO olney, the ti-wcek1y two horse
hack that carries the rnuil into Edwards, White
aud Wabash Counties; las gnne two or three
hours, and consequently the papers must lie
orer at the Olney Post Office until the next trip
South. Of the Aforesaid hack, which is On the
Monday following.
Now, how is this delay to be remcdied: We
have tried to make an arrangement 10 forward
the packages to 0din BY the Wednesday night
train, but rs no mail III carried on it, and as
there is NO one aboard whose business it would
be to deliver the papers to the Post Master at
0dn, it has proved impraciicablc to effect it.
There nrc two other methods srcmaiuing. which
we suggestto the consideration Of our friend.
in those counties. The first one is, 10 have the
hack wait ut 0lneyy, until the train from 81
Louis arrives. 1t does seem to us very blind
policy for tue hack to 60 off couple OF hour:
before the passengers and mails from the IVES,
and North can arrive. Not only do tLe people
Of these COUNTIES, suffer two or three days dela,
in getting their letters and papers and express
matter, but travellers from the West aud Sortl
going into those counties are detained the SAM
leugtl, Of time, or are obliged to lire. privat
conveyance to reach their destination.
Eut. it the leav,ng time Of the hack can not b
delayed IN hour or two, why can not its days {
starting from olney be changed to Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday? Common sens
shows that Saturday is better day for I'll
hack to 60 10 Albion and Carmi than O
Friday. Ask any merchant or travele,
On that day 1t would bring away all ma
matter that reached Olney for these countie.
up to Friday night from tue West, and satu,
day morning. from the East, instead of leasin
oTer Sunday, two days mails ut that place.
the facts Of tie case were properly representc
TO the Post Otlce Department, there would i
no difficulty in having tie day of starting ftol
olncy' changed to Tuesday, Thursday aud Sa
nrday., N''lnot our subscribers in those cour
ties take some steps to improve their Ycr
cluu,Ay mail arrangelnent1F Certainly II
starting time Of the hack can be delny ed coup
Of hours OF chunged to the next dur. II
public interest would be much protnoted b
either change. =