Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-20

the postal law. Again, it is made the duty of the agent ors eonract0r, 'ln on
 each route where the mail is carried on a stoambost, to delivsf st1e- gail pegss not at the Post Office, but INTO the Post
 Office, psHvidsd fly cNfss < c0ffise De
 within oht quarter 6f h nff1e of the
 landing or port; and beyond one quar-
 ter of mile, and to the distance of eighty rods, the contractor may appoint aimail mdisengerfo pack, and dalivsr, and receive the mail bags, See postal
 laws and regulations, page If, chapter fl, sections 40, All. This part of the law has not been observed and carried ont by the agent on the Des Arc or Commercial,and espscisliy ghpsyit not been done at Dcs Arc, or the Post Of flee at this place; But. instead of, the agents bringing tlie mails to the Post Office, or having, it done, the assistant Post Master has, for m8nths, packed the mail bags down to the boats, carried them aboard, delivered them, ana re- ceived the other mail bags, and packed them back, oftsM yhreaxh vme fA{i} Sand mud, and oftener in the night, Nor. is this all <; frequently. lfttersa and papers coming from Memphis and other dis tant points, plainly addfesscd tot Des Arc, are carried up the, rivetto Angus ta, Jacksonport, and ether points, and remain awhile and are sent back here. Now whose fault is this {? sss
 It is understood thsta contract wps entered into between the government and the Captain of tho Steamer. CoIh- mercial, in the montasef Dccenl6 rlaSt, to carry by steamboat, the naails &n White River, above Devall's Mrf so Jacksonport, for ths--aonsiderstion pf one thousand dollars. The Steamer Des Arc has been aoiing as mail. .boSt,- in conjunction withstte Steamer Com mercial, before and since the date Of' said contract with the government; and both boats haves~Seen punctual in their arrivals and d6uartures, 'toS aud. from this splace-in ~fact, these two boats have been, for months, the favor ite boats on White River-everyboty preferred to travel and ship up0n thsei Steamers,
 sFor several montlss these bdsts have left our city, going down the liver, pt at about o'clock, A. NJ on ev%y, Wednesday and Saturday, &ld our mail matter was made up from week 10 week. in reference 10, thH particular time, but op tie nigttof tie l6th inA., the S,camef Des Arc, on hF trip down the riverswhistlcd -four landing, at about 3 o'clock: h tho -nor1ing,5and fe-. mained but few minutes sandsshoved out before the Asssssant PostE- Master could get up, dress and gerto the boat, with the mail bags, which were ready locked to be put aboard. She left at 3 o'clock, instead of a< {. o'cNck, her rag ular time. ,Theresult wass24Os lettefs, many of them busilfess letters Of im- portance, wereleft fo-awnt tAc nkt trip of the Comlhcrcial.~ The Post Master at Des Arc, skpews nothing sof this, change of time scr scEetafe, until informed by the agent of thc Steamer Des Arc, gon the next day. Whether this change of time, ,-sea auiripg us to dc- liver, the mail and receive it. at ! o'clock in the night is'sto be, permalient, Ee know not.s rJUSTUSs
 Bsg~ The statement published recent- ly concerning the pecnniary condition of Jefferson Davis has called out rc- joinder from aeentfeapan of high ch{r- acter, in which he, says: If Gsa. M ikcs received remittances for NH Davis to the amount of S25,000.sas reported, the fact1was concealed ffom -Mrs Davis. It is not true that all-restrictions uppn Mr. Davis lcorresponaence hsye been I aAq I | Ek