New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-03
THE rosr ofr1cE N Colonial TIMES
1ur FIRST BEGINNINGS - rARGY oRGANlIEks -
THEIR DIFFICULTIES.


THEIR DIFFICULTIES
The Roy. DIR. Ashbo e.. Ncrmilye read a
a,, of uuts,l interest ut stated meeting OF the
Ncw-Nork Historical society last evening. H"g'"nins
with -,, description Of the Importance ~ the p"''si
Service aud ol early efforts IN the transmission 81 ''
t,ra hc CAV, spectral attention 80 the history ot ' NeW
York Pos. once IN Colonial and RN olutionaty ume' oil
iia Hr-i postmaster and his nehe' enehis in '"i""
ms are extracts from the address
The Sew nrk Post once was established IN lt'' "
Wa. not The nr b, ANY means 'l"l ~ i' o''l oi ,y
country ripper tells us wmt excitement II made J"n'iN
l. iG,i whou the FIRST monthly i'uainan hriM'rn Now
Nuk and llustun drew up at the tavern WIN M, l,
mlnrlH ~ corruption "i r"'ln,h' ,t!A ,,'u'.''' @
lcilefs mud 'nu potlnl" goods rus h,fNNcM VIZ W,
0Diahcn h> The '"l"uM .oN1lhm'nl q" Nr~ - ntc,1
lhIs Que prtsuh Thomas Nt'' l','li'" "l'', p','"'
A. England 10 take charge 0f The whole postal hu'h''F
OF thr Colonies Then, IN i'oi new htiahEom"n, N,'
made general once ~ lsohd"li uldri u i"'tlh''t'l
General. with Colonial Deputy Postmaster ''rnclh at
Now YORK fity years. however things went poorly
under nsh MANAGEMENT Ia. SCI VA n', ia 49,,
in l4I3 Benjamin Frank Kiln caluc INTO once ~ pclly
Postmaster tirn-rH for the Colonies 1hcn brshn NS
tom lie established the penny post, made hcwspapeIs
paw which hitherto had been perpul'icS OF th' posi-
and quicken "a mp riders and cNtrithiug else Inc lr
suit OF fiarklm's energy was ma III - lh,is was
That year Tor political reasons he was dismissed ana
the Whole service practically co.lancd onS hS" III 70
maStcrGonorals, Ebenezcr Hazard ana lh"in"s L.
on July 90. 1878. the New-York Provincial Congress
recommended my grandfather, Ebcnelcr Hazard To the
t tt4 aSI an October s. rs. he was duly ap
pointed 10y that body the FIST Postmaster {"
New York kline month, before the Declaration OF hdc
peudcuce MI Hazard a merchant of this city, ana
IN, mother. Cdtharne Clark>on, wasa daughter oil Mat
thew Clark~on and CuWela DE Peystcl OF New OH
Washington retreat "a from Long Island during the
night OF August -, 1876 The next day the Committee
al safety ordered Mr Hazard tO Obbs Ferry For stF
cra months the post Office least It's postmaster, was
not clover. O-tensiblS II was Kept al Hercules
Crouh's door to Mayor Abraham storms. lnllo
above tn Il fact IL was rrlpaietc, ana might
easily have been mistaken for pedlcr or tramp II
had To 10, the Provincial Congress, then at tlNhh
aud at the same tnc near Washington and Ills movable
1mrtei- mos; OF the letters were army letters
ON Notrmber -. l7-J three days after the eNhcua-
tuu the post office turns up alive ana well al ~" -
Smith-,t, William Bcilow, postmaster. Mi Ia1anls
nrst diiCultic with the anti eleralst ntwsph
pcTs, which hc accused Ot suppressng from tho
Inails Bu by law they were not mail matter. They
made their own arrangements with the riders. Then
contractors of stages ntroduCrd IA 1850 attacked him.
since he would not pay their eNorhltaui prices MT
Hafa able tu to the President, that win 900
miles Of Inud under his care on salary OF rl@1p
without olcra hire which ho could not anotd AMI win
cut The AID OF The Treasury hr had made tho oicr pay
ils way which 10 did not do afltrwaId