Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-23
Our Mails Again.

we were SlOWu last week the new SCHeuult
for regulating the transportation Of the mails
between Portland and Olympia, which had
just been received from the p. 0. Depart
ment by our Postmaster, and Mr.. Winsor, the
contractor between this place and Monticello
1t is as follows: Leave Portland on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 o'clock A. NJ
and arrive at Monticello at p. NJ. same days
Leave Monticello on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 7 o'clock A. NJ. and arrive al
Olympia at p. NJ. next days. Leave Olym
pia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at
7 A. NJ. and arrive at Monticello on Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays at o'clock T. NJ
Leave Monticello on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and SATURDAYS at 7 A. NJ. and arrive at Port
land p. NJ. sa,.,e days. 1t will be observed
that this schedule c. mpels the mail both ways
to remain at Monticello tlirty-six hours, fol-
it arrives there on the sam. days Gtfer it has
left for Olympia and Portland.
At the beginning Of tho present Admins
tration, we had daily mail, which was car
ried with commendable regularity in thirty
six hours from Portland. About eight
months ago, the service was reduced to tri'
weekly, and for while was received with
regularity in tlirty-six hours from Portlsnd !;
but for the past two or three months the mai.
steamer has failed to arrive at Monticello
within the schedule timc-1 o'clock L. NJ
thus keeping us out Of our mails two whole
days, Just at the time we were expecting
an order from the Department compelling a
compliance with the terms Of the contract, we
receive notice that we must hereafter wait four
days for our mail twice week and frc days
days once week.
We were charitable enough to conclude.
until we read the article of the Orcgonian to
he found below, that the Department had un-
willingly make mistake in making out the
schedule, but we are now inclined to believe
that the change was deliberately made. 1t
would have been unjust to Oregon to double
the schedule time from Sacramento to Port
land without doubling it from Portland to
Olympia, and to avoid this implication, the
schedule is so arranged as to dctain the mail
at Monticello twenty-four hours longer than
if the stage and steamer were, permitted to
leave that Postoflicc the morning after instead
of few hours before its arrival.
We have for some time past believed that
deliberate purpose was manifested by tho
heads of some Of the Departments at Wash
ing,on to render the Administration of Mr..
Lincoln as odous us possible in this Territory.
1t now appears they are trying to accomplish
the same object elsewhere, and if the Post
master General persists in his proposed re-
duction, he will as surely defeat the Adminis-
tration candidates in the approaching State
election in Oregon as was the Union candi-
date for Congress defeated in this Territory
by the "becf embargo" The President
promptly restored our trade with British Co.
umbia when his attention was called to the
outrage by Congressman Mcbride, of Oregon.
We are confident that he will intcrpose in our
behalf to the full extent Of his power to secure
lis Justice in this matter Of our mail service.
We have never complained of the reduction
of the daily to tri.weekly service, for we
were willing to bear our full share Of tho bur-
dcns imposed upon tho country by the war.
All we now ask is to DO assured our mails
regularly three times a week, within the old
schedule time of thirty-six hours from Port
land, and seven days in summer and twelve
in winter from Sacramento to Portland. The
daily overland mail was given us by the Ad-
ministration of Mr.. Buchanan, and before the
development of our rich gold fields. Now,
when our population is rapidly increasing and
wo are sending from twenty to thirty millions
of treasure to the Atlantic States annually, il
is proposed to reduce it more than one-half
We agree with the Oreg0nian, that "it is the
first instance in our nations history Of reduc-
ing mail facilities" On the contrary, it has
been the uniform practice to increase them
every few months in the new States and Ter
ritOries.
We ars informed by Mr.. Wi sor. the con.
tractor On the route between Monticello and
this place, that he has not asked for this o,
any other change of schedule time, and that
if permitted to do so, he will willingly, as an
accommodation to the people of Olympia and
the Sound, wait for the steamer from Port
land, provided it will arrive regularly at !
o'clock, and thus give US our mail in thirty
six hours as formerly.
The Oreyonian says:
The Postmaster General has called for pro-