The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-02
The ROckpOrt Mail.


Editors Journal: q - 8rstss
GENTLEMEN: In your issue of this
morning, [ find the following COM
plant of mail irregularities, clipped
from the Spencer County Journal,
which demands some attention on ae-
count of its innuendoes against this
Office: a-.TS eIhee
THE MAIts-From Friday until Tues
tiav evening last, we were without mails
from below, nd then the JoURNAL.of Sat
urday reached as by the Palestine coming
d01Cn. When snail such outrageous care
lessnesS on shaInele neglect have an end?
Evidently the Postmaster at Evansville,
or the mail agent-we don't know which
is most to blame-does not know where
Rock port is, or Sc he thinks it a matter
of little consequence whether or not we
get our mail matter in due time. If this
had been the first, second or third instance
of gross neglect, we should complain less.
But the thing has been repeated SO often
that forbearauce is nolonger possible, AID
unless there is an Improvement soon in
the management or rather mismanage-
ment of this business, something more
than mere talking will be resOrted to-
Spencer CottIatJ-sJ0Gtf7ldt.
During the time [ have had charge
Of the Evansville Post Office, / have
made special efforts to accommodate
the people at Rockport with their
mails, but the unusually low stage of
water in the river this Summer has
almost destroyed the usefulness of
that route, and the only reliable
means Of communication has been
by the stage mail through Boonville.
Since the Louisville packets have re-
sumed their trips, [ have been espec-
tally anxious to send as many mails to
Rockport as possible, but my efforts.
have not always been successful. The
mail of which the journal complains.
having been delivered on the down
trip of the Palestine, was taken from
the Evansville Post office, by the
regular packet; owing, however, to
some inadvertance, it was not put off
at Rockport, but carried on up the
river till the other mail boat was met.
So the Route Agent stated on his rer
turn trip. On the next trip, the boat
arrived at Evansville at half-past two
o'clock at night-about one hour after
our work in the Office was finished,
and all the clerks had gone home ex-
cept the one who sleeps at the Office.
The Route Agent reported that he
would return at daylight for the
mails Mr.. Refs got out of bed, and
put up the mails, working. nearly all
night to do so, as he had no help
The mails acre not called TOR, and I
learned next day, that the Louisville
packet had returned up thu river
about 3 o'clock, instead of waiting
till morning Through the aid of
Capt. G. r. Rudd [ succeeded in send
ing the Rockport malta. little before
dinner time, ION a transient boat Mrs..
Smith, Clerk of Spencer County, was
present when the arrangement was
ma lie. at7 a'.ss
The Spencer Journal speaks of
.resorting" to something more than
g talk" Let him resort" and when
he does so he will find that L have al
ready made, an application for, the
right to detainL the Saturdays mail
boat until after thearrival ofthe mail
train on the Z. & C. Railroad, SO that
the good people sof Roekport may
receive, on Saturday morning, a
mail they otherwise would not get
till. Monday night. This may appear
IKE " gross neglect" to the editor Of
the Spencer Journal, but ordinary
people viii Scarcely feomplain y
about it. ID rs 1noM
There are a good many othersthings
[ would like to say 10 connection,
but as / have already trespassed on
your columns | will refrain. -aTrod
.-No'l Is Yours, truly asA
A. T. WHITTLEsEY,' p. NJ. 5
Posi- OFFICE, EVANSVILLE
= November 3d. 1867 r.