, 1861-10-17
Postal Arrangement at tho South.

There is very marked dissatisfaction In the
South with the postal facilities which Mr..
Reagen hss ben I'd fo5ssd-by 3D. - elim 1 sxcaeageF
bis critics seem 1nmindfu1of the fact that the
South has never paid more than half its post
age expenses, under out Government, aad
that the grand corner stone Of the Confsderacy
is to keep The people ignorant, Hear, then,
Ehat the Richmond Examiner saws;
The outrage inflicted upon the people Of the
SCuth BY this brutal suppression OF the news
is only equa1ed by the 1aI inflicted upon the
soldiers in the camps for the newspapers they
read. Are the public prepared to believe that
the carriers Eho distribute ueEspspers among
the soldiers encamped at my distance from
our citiee, have first to purchase them Of news.
paper offices, and then to pay the amount Of
the purchase money second time to the Post
Office Department., before. being SLOWED to
transmit them upon the railruade The agent
#ho sends . thousand papers from 2ny Rich
mond effce to Manassas must fIrst pay tTo
hundred dollars for them st the printing office,
and then psy two hundred dollars to the Post
Office, betote they csn be sent to the army. A
greater hardship even thsrt the e3tort1on Of
this sum Is the requirement that the papers
shall be stamped before tranEmissiop-t de-.
10y nssr hazarding the Transmission Of the
The consequence Of the arrangement is that,
Thezeas, before the Post Office levied this e1-
to1tlcEate tax Of two cents, the carrier could
afford to cell neNEpapers to soldiers at five
cents, he is Eow compelled to demand ten
cents-the actual cost Of the pape1, delivered
At the CAMPS, being more than fye cents.
Thus the soldier who wishea to spend the lei
Eu1e hours Of his time In caxnp, ii reading the
latest ~Epspers, is obliged to pay three dol-
la1H each month, out Of his eleven dollars Of
pay, for tbs very harmless recreation. He Is
compelled to pay dollar and a half more per
month tor his newspaper, in order that the
Post Office may reap the wretch FL rittance Of
! e.xty cents.
| The public sre aware that In Ill countries in
the civilized world, except the Confederate
States, neNepspe1s In the mass, intended for
geDe1a! sals, 8re transmitted as freight On the
railroads, without sny postage tax. II the
| finances q me curtederacy we're on their last
legt, u might be excused to this extraordinary
circumstance that tax should be levied upon
their transmission On the railroads, though
lhie Is done At no cost ut all to the Govern,
nent- But when the Post Od1ce Department
dtmaads the who1r price and Gust of fhenewe
! PAPER aS a.mere gratuity; demands a much
for allowing the railroads 10 tFaasmit them at
tier own cost as my 1arge printing eatablIsh'
msnt, conducted 1t great cost, receives FOL
theif manufacsale, tie folly ut the thing, moi
to caA 1t N outrage, &ppea1s 80 mon1troat
ano 1Nksaeetui aS:to Inspire: Il feeling Of pro
tanna contempt for the Dep1rtnaeat Which
proposed md enforced the MEASURE II is bad
euotgh tlat the Governments. rreat Office O.
intelligence should seem to ds9ot6 il fecul
ties 70 the suppression OF information; hu1
when It assumes to demand fhe whole cost O
EeWHpapen-the 1e4dtng an1 most codtl1
agency Of gxatuitV, fcr mere
| y Allowing the railroads 70 ca1yit Ut thei
own expease, its seafstunfaeaio1 Is naelau
t@eaoi5.