The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-08-25
OUR MAIL.

New Orleans mail, since it's rehabili-
tation under the new July letting, but
before we could get fairly at the de-
sired work we had all our fine phren-
zy knocked out of us, and change,
disgusting change, came DER the
Democrats dream. To come down
to our work without blinking, we
have to record and make public, and
do it with feelings Of modification
and disappointment, that the same
old fungus of the stages reaching
here bright and early, and without
the mails, is again on us, and was in
augurated again with a vengeance on
last Monday. Under some new move
of DR.. B. H. Peterson, the Contractor,
he has given orders to the driver at
the Mouth Of the River to leave at 5
o'clock z. NJ, mail or no mail. In
consequence of this the stage reached
here Monday thirty minutes to II NJ,
flying light, with flying colors, and
the driver seemed to enjoy it hugely
that he had no mail, and boastingly
remarked that 'they had been wait:
ing on the boats long enough, and
now the people could wait for the
mail" Whilst we don't envy the
driver, now that he has plenty of
time to loll around here, when he
makes such fast time we humbly
think that the Contractor and the
driver, too, might have waited an
hour longer, brought the mail, reach
ed lore plenty i'll time to enjoy his
dinner, cool off three hours, and above
all have performed a bounden duty
supplying a badly off people with the
small pittance of a mail allowed by
their Government, instead of being
left behind and allowed to pickle sew
enty hours before they receive it.
This whole matter is in a nutshell,
and should be attended to at once by
the special Agent of the Department
at New Orleans, Mr.. Jolly, and we
demand his earnest attention and ac
ton to it. We speak for suffering
and ill treated community, and want
this wrong set right at once: get back
to the old good plan and leave the
mouth irregularly on the arrival of
the Packet, and not more than one
trip in ten would the stage not be
able to leave before three o'clock in
the evening.
AS matters now stand, or rather
have been newly started, more than
half Of the time we must receive our
mails As hours after due, two trips
in the week, and in the other in
stance, like the present one, y hours
after due. Now as regards DR.. Pc
terson, the Contractor, to whom we
attach the present blame, we must
partly exonerate him of a little
blame, because he warned the Editor
of this Journal that he intended
launching into the new arrangement,
and that we should not blame him if
we received our mails out of time.
We must acknowledge we thought
the Doctor was joking at us, but now
find it too serious and damaging a
one to treat lightly. From his &C
customed business traits and man
agement, he should know better than
thus to treat us, and then flaunt def
ance in our face, and the sooner he
rescinds his foolish order the better
all around. At least lie will have the
pleasurable satisfaction of knowing
he has stretched his authority lit
tie favorable to apeople, who can but
appreciate such we'll deserved favors,
and at the same time spike all the
batteries Of the Democrat, which are
always aimed and directed against
only the misdemeanors of bad Off
cials, among which class we surely,
as yet, do not wish to class the Con-
tractor Of the Mail on the route from
Red River Landing to Alexandria.
We trust, in our next, to unlimber
and record this the first and last fail
ure under the new order.
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-TnE Town of Mansfield, Parish
of De Soto, has already taken twelve
thousand dollars worth of stock in
the New Orleans Pacific Railway,
and has donated twenty acres of
ground to the Company for depot
purposes. This has the ringing touch
of real business and genuine progress
siveness, unmixed with single croa-
ker growl about it, around it, inter-
woven in it, and we can but envy the
feelings and instincts Of such people,