New-York tribune., 1872-01-29

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Mr. scudamore as Second Secretary OF the Postohce'
,,oA ond exercised the right TO stop kilograms which
sae,ned "a him detrimental TO the public SERVICE lie ala
~ In at least three cases which have become public III
has been alleged and not denied that ne mas done u III
many other cases. At and about the tme wneh 'e nost
hagrant Of these occurred MI scudamore was
writing frequent letters the newspapers on matters
relating 70 his administration Of the teegraphs explain
ing and usyng other acts, or denying other charges
Rnt neither then nor since, though often challenged
has he denied OF explained regretted or In any way
referred 10 his tamperng with private dispatches; nor
han the General, any officer OF Govern
ment dayowed the act Of this subordinate The ohense
being thus admitted the offender is now rewarded with
anparenty new office, certainly new title. and prob
aby an increase Of salary He is not only screenedhe
s susained and not only sustained, but promoted So
far as the public knows has any means OF knowing
censorship over the telegraphs actually exists, and 1t
for Mr. scudamore to say what We may be permitted 10
seud over the wires Would you be any more secure in
America with the teeaphs in Government handsf on,
but such things will be forbidden by laws No doubt
and so they are here and Mr. Scudamore is b. eved to
have rendered himself liable to criminal prosecution
and years imprisonment. But who Is going 10 prose-
cute and with the Government to back him. what does
he care II anybody does and what chance would there
be Of his conviction or punishmenti
ButMr scudamOre great administrator and couldnot
he SHARED from the Post Office, say his apoogsts. Well
have from time to time pointed out Of the results OF
his pecuar administration of the telegraphs and Will
not 90 over the old blunders But let MS take an exam
ple in the PosOce itself, for which we Will look no
further back than to-day. The Inman mail steamer CITY
of New York arrived yesterday noon-to be precise at
seven minutes past l2-at Queenstown. She was very
late-l3 days from America. Mr.. Scudamores Faculty
OF administration has led him TO ordain that the mails
shall be landed at Queenstown and forwarded thence,
via Cork by rail to Dublin and Kingston, steamer TO
Holybead and rail again to London. Inc whoie 'lmo
from Queenstown to London is some 1s hours so that we
might expect that yesterdays mails would nave
been distributed in London this morning. But IL
happened that the City OF NewYork reached Queens
town about half hour after tine morning train lad
left Cork The result is that the mails lie all the rest OF
the day in Queenstown or Cork- suppose to recover
from the fatigue the Atlantic voyage, and not start
ing till Friday evening are not delivered IN London m
this Saturday afternoon and will not be distributed t
long after business hours few letters Will be received
tonight between aud but the great bulk OF the mail
not till Monday morniDg16 days from New-fork THIS
is no isolated case. The thing happens constantly
We lose sometimes one often two days by the delay
of the mail at Queenstown, and the wonderful admins
tratve faculty OF Mr. Scudamore has not yet devised
remedy.
An extra train would, suppose, cost too mnch ana
ANYTHING that costs is looked on with stern dislike III
Mr. soudamores department. YOu have heard some
thing before now of Post ONCE niggers" Would you
like TO know how much O POst-Ofce Niger costsi An
accomplished telegraph clerk gets about Sc 25 week
But that is princely lberay. In London paper OF
this week find an advertisement headed EmpoyihenV
in the Post Office proclaming that number of Tee-
graph Boy Messengers will be selected at once, the ina
iority of whom must live within two miles OF the Gen
eral Post-Oee ages to 16; wages 81 25 week, with
uniform clothing and with prospecta vista OF bound
less weslth-a prospect Of rising 10 50 week. On the
whole, Post-Oice niggers in London are good deai
cheaper than ngsers used to BE Oh southeIn pantaons
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