The national Republican., 1861-11-15

way bstween III" N"r'h aud W"sh!"n~
ton.
A depuDu joo oI Influential g"ntlrmrn ''"m
Wa .hington snd &c rgetown ycst raay morn
ing waited upon tie Mayor Of Wushnglcn and
the Postmaster General, by appointm"n'. 70
oh ain their official influence with Congress 10
procure some am lioration OF the suffering
and Inconvenience produced by the defective
railway ~ d mai communication through Bal
timore and philadelphia 10 the n rth.
The deputa,on consisted Of Mr.. Alderman
scmnss, Mr Emile Dupre. Mr.. George Parker.
Mr. Pliny Miles. Col. Peter Force, Mr. Perry,
Mr. George Lowry. Of Georgetown, Mr. Jones,
of tue Naiorat Hotel, Mr.. Van Vluct, Mr.
Hudson Taylor, Mr.. Riley, &c.
Mr.. waach the Mayor, entered fully in'"
their views. and aIreed with the deputatt'''
that the time bad arrived for some public ar
Iion On the subject. Washington was not -
large a commercial city as either New York,
Phiaderphia, or Baltimore, but the citizens h2t
heir rights, and II the present time, both L.
the C;hvcrnment and tho public, the wsn' OF
..re It national highway a-lweem ths conm"r-
,ial and tn" vol t.ral capital OF the country Was
severely felt. ,.. ,,
lions, and the mcrck,...lo md citizens Of Wash
ingtuu and GenrEet'w wn we're now eXpendln2
| tens If thousands ev y wceE in freights am
| an advance of prices nn all tie necGssAries ft
life and all for wan! ot good railway =! stem
| a continuous steam rtcH between Na'hugi"n
and New York. Between here and Manhattan
| Isl,rd WAS simply Il lrk-and the most i'm
| n ,rtunt une-,,f two huudred md forty nilr.
| IN The great highway between the NortheaS'
| and the Southwest. So long AS we waited on
| the magnanimity, the spirit of fairness, and
| ,he neighborlv good will of the cities of Balt
| ,l In'n az
If our rights and our legal, rightlul, cons'itu-
| ,loua national privilpgcS-'ho right OF an un
nbstructcd highway. For every dollar ofprGht
| wrung from retHclHh' irtNtlitrs ana uhiof.
Baltimore acd hiadgl, hia, the pubic were
taxed and Inconvenience d at least twenty per
cent But, standing IN the gateway of com
mercr, md backed by plant Legislatures, they
| drNed the whole outside world, aud pocNcled
ileir prnns, whNo the people gr'aned with
| main and ycXation. Thrsy werg the sentiments
that were freely expressed, and ihe question
was that representation could be made to Con
| yress--fnr evidently no other power wCuld
ever grant reef-t6 induce that body to act VI,
he matter. l. was competent for the National
Leg stature to take II up, either rs postal a.
a military measure, or both.
An appointment having been made with
Judge Bar, ,tge Pyslm S'Cr Ganrral, at twelve,
The entire dcputa ION, inc'sGirg the Mayor,
went 10 The office uf le chief of this imp rrtaut
| d .partment. Mr.. B!.ir received the ioputl.
/, rion with great rprulillllF, ana hnhri their
views which we're explained n sOnc length by
the Mayor, Mr.. Miles. NJ. Aldermen Semmes,
lnt othCrs. The C"uVorStton was very much
Of the Same character hni import of tdat held
with the Mayor, with mo particular 'nconve'
nienCa brought INFO prominent view that We
had a most wretched mali and postal route to
the entire NORTH. Yesterday there was no
New York mail till about noon, and now, al
| past twelve, the mail had no. arrived. To write
, 10 New York and .et an ..lSwct t. a letter II
| tort fr n IN nj m,
to WASHINGTON from New York and have ~
answer returned it often took three days, As l.
= many instances letters did not arrive it, tht
= morning in time to be anSN erCd hy the clCsiM.
Of the mail at one p. II. Promises of bette
time ard more favorable schedule were made
= bat We all knew what such promises wert
d worth, and how little could be effected so Ion!
? as Philadelphia insisted on all communicable,
being delay ed from AN hour and half to tw,
hours in the city of brutherly love, (and sci
fshness;) and a similar delay occurred in Bati
more, and all in consequence of the two gap
q in the railroad that never should exist.
In no country in the civil zed world. and owe
no route of half the i'm npUrtance of this one. die
such Il state Of things exist. The question wa
whether millions Of people should be put Il
daily Inconvenience iu.tf'r the prodt Of few
Creating such railroads had been called " pea
I nut legiSation;" and few years ago there
0 was n "pea-uut war" at Erie, Pennsylvania
T. the outraged public ohiectlng TO be delayed by
gap IN ne railway over that small arm -
pet-nN
II! pedars ANA Other small huoksters and hotel
r keepers.
= Ono merchant said lie was paying ont at tn
II rate Of 50 600 year ia freightS, AT least 81 80
Il bnlug an extra tax I express companies whc
Il would never nave been required had we
i complete railroad to New York. Another mel
/ | chant who ':'d Il very large trade (Mr. Lowry
Z with the Elst, had not received II packas
Il If freight from New YORK in more Than thrc
? weeks.
- Tue Postmaster General lad II reminisccnc
K of this beautiful system in his last journe
T.. from New York, having his pocket picked
- one hundred aud iifry liars a. the petty git
|. at the Camden station, whore the Philudc
= phians have Il tollgale, drive The public into
IT, narrow lane, as sheep are driven, and iheg
!" shear them, by levyng II tax on all Out.d
barbarians fer thotr special benefit. Judg
.. Blair paid IA tax OF $50 The levy IN most casc
Ds is not So large, though AL the taxed lock un
" AS one form of robbery.
Il. The p sma>ter General said he should tax
of the views Of the dCFuta'uI into fIl; cunside
I'd alton, and see what influence he could use
20 abste the grievance complained of. Thank kil
p him for his courtesy and attention, the depul
ID ton then withdrew.