The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-01-29
MAIL IRREGULARITIES.

For several weeks now complaints have
been coming In OF tho extreme irregularityo oi
tho mail service between this city and tho
mouth Of Red river. AZ trst we attributed
the trouhln to the difficulties attendant upon
u now order Of things md Were inclined To
hope TINT u few days Mt moat would correct
tho evil, but the continued and indignant re-
monatraneca Of correspondents In bayou sara.
Bayou Gonln and Clinton convince us that
the now arrangement entered into by the
Poatollics Department with Geo. T. Brott not
only was n mistake. hu p"rates as II fraud
upon The people IL etctends to benefit.
Tho idea Of paying Mr. Brott $iI .5ls per an
mum for carrying the mail once II week, when
| under tho old ayatrm with tho regular pack
cts, Mt Il cost Of S2s. 76a pcr annum there
were elk deiverIas per week by tho
! Clay Tuesday, Lae "Wednesday. Cannon
| Thursday, White Friday, Gay Satur-
day, and Natehez Sunday seems not
only ridiculous but preposteroua. OF course.
the en was that Brott would deliver the
mails Six times per week. but he has evinecd
Il most conspicuous incapaelty TO fulfill
his ouRagements, and his contract should
be forfeited at once and the mails rc-
perfectly satisfied with tho old arrange
ment and the change WAS not made
In their interest. but for the purpose, appa-
rently. of giving Mr.. Brott II chance to make
u comfortable living. Ii that gentleman
must be taken care OF by the government If
II is absolutely essential for the Postoi1ice
Department to look ont for BrottZu course,
we shall not enter any very indignant protest,
provided ho be removed to some other State
or to some distant Territory where he can en-
dear himself to the natives by his inattentlon
to his duties; but Apeaking for the defrauded
and annoyed people Of Louisiana, who arc
suffering every day from his negligence,
We mildly but firmly insist that he
shall be moved hence We have been
patient and Iong-sulfering with Brott,
we had built up bright hopes on him. and
fancicd he would do better after d while, but
he has gone haek on our most reasonable an-
tieipations and has stirred up tho ire OF
people not elsily moved to wrath, and we
therefore suggest to the august parsonage
who presides over the PoStolee Department
at Washington that like the iutrusivenud un-
welcome Chinese. Brott must GO" He must
go, for he has agrantly and outrageously |
failed to perform the duties imposed upon |
him by his contract, and he has not so much |
MS detgned to Offer mn explanation OF his ex-
traordinary conduct. We call upon Post /
master McMillrn to mako the proper repre-
sentations to Washington to secure the an
Of Rrott's contract, and we urge the
matter upon the SERIOUS consideration of our
In Congress, who can easily
rectify the trouble by making the proper rep
at the Postof1iee Department.
The following letter contains suggestion to
the Postmaster here in regard to sending the
mails for Clinton, La, by the old route via
Amite City, and not by river, which we COM
mend to his notice and consideration:
CLINTON La. January a. 1880.
To the Editor of tho Democrat:
We don't get the New Orleans mails here as
We should. Your valuable journal. to which
tand am In arrear. for which hand
you draft for So. has been received by me one
line In ten days. Inquiry at the post office
office has diverted our mails from the old route
py the Jackson Railroad to the river route
This should not be- The United States gives
n q daily mail from Amtte City. BY the river
We have nominaly Il mail tri -weekly-actually
once in ten days.
You ought to regulate the postal department
You CAM You must!
Yours. truly. t. b. LYONS.