Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-03-16
Our Mail Facilities.


the ("l"mb;un of April, 1853, may not
be embarrassing to our readers. An
unrctlectivc mind would hardly apprc-
ciatc the condition -four "oldsettlcrs,
who have been for three months with
Leut-a-mail from the Columbia river,
in the winter season, and not untrc-
q%ucntly from three to six weeks in 9TH
cr seasons. But even now with ournu-
mcrouS and superior routes, we have II
practical demonstration that mankind
is never satisfied. We have heard
complaints that there is Il day in the
week ON which no mail is received, and
Il few old "fogys'' maintain that the
~,m:mo"thy ocean service is preferable,
but here is the extract:
:. We have before stated that we have
but n mail route in all Northern Ore
CON. and that one is from the mouth of
the Columbia river to Olympia. We
have not complained much about the
manner in which the mail has been car
IitU oNCT tulS outC, OItiiotSu tIit w.
pratcd failures durin-tllc winter, when
it might have been carried through,
was sufficient cause for l6nd complaint
When the people on the Sound are
treated rs they have been this week, we
think it is time to speak out intllrirhc
half. Accordin" to law, II mail is to
leave this place every Tuesday morn
~ ..L. MI, l,,, . ,,,.l,.
violated ON last Tuesday. The mail
carrier, after taking the mail from the
office, concluded to have Il spree before
leaving town. and accordingly got
drunk,' and did not leave till in the AT
tcrnoon. About an hour before he
started, he turned the horse loose upon
which the mail WIS dashed. When this
horse was last seen. Il few miles from
here. the saddle was turned aud the
mailbag was danglingat his feet. The
probabilities are that the mlil mattcris
entirely DESTROYED. Latte in the even
ING. gentleman came in from the pral-
ric who informed Us that he met The
mail carrier about eight miles from here
riding ~tirinusly towards the Cowlitz.
i't ! 'Nt''i"H'Ni a" tlS Ihu't. .Ni.
Moore. on receipt Of this information
Immediately dispatched Il messenger in
search of the lost mail. with orders to
carry it through If he should find it.
This mail continued Il large nuilbcr OF
letters. many of them Important bust
ness letters. If this state OF thing, Is
to continue, people will no longer trus,
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mail. but will be compelled to send
them to the Cowlitz by private convey
ance. VIZ hope the contractor will be
made t. suffer to the tune OF $1,000 for
this violation of contract OH the part OF
his 'mm Fridav.''
The SOUTHERN MAlLs.--Latc Pony
Express dispatches inform lis that the
House of Representatives, have passed
the bill su-pcnding llc mail and postal
laws in the seeding states. The ). i.
Tines, speaking in relation thereto,
says: 'This is one step in the right
direction. 1t will begin to bring home
to the scccdcrs one Of the inevitable re-
suits OF their disunion. They will feel
it, and probably call it a commencement
of war. Let them. Had they the SEN
%tilncnts of decent independence they
would have declined receiving the lar
yest of Il good and to them cheap sys-
TEN of mails from the Government
they r%evilc, insult and defy, when they
decide to secedc. 1t is ~disgracetul in
them to accept poor-housc assistance in
the form of the postal system of the
Federal Government. A wife running
away from her husband with Il para
mour would act as h%onorabIy in receiv-
ing her pin money from her deserted
lord"
The CHARGE OF JUDGE MCFADDEN
TO THE GRAND JuRY.-Thc portion of
Judge McFudden's Charge to the Grand
jury relating to the present National
convulsion will be found in another
column of this paper. 1t cannot but
find Il grateful response within tho
breast Of every American citizen inthc
Territory. The Judge holds that all
who arc cndeavoring to create civil dis
s%ention arc guilty Of TREAsoN-thc
highest crime known to the law, and if
that act is not overt-if it is not such
as can be reached by the law, an indig-
mani ,,n,,,lov on,<s~ ,1o,,11 ,,oA ,,t