| Show the eastern mail so long expected and at times almost given up arrived on the bringing I 1 way and 22 through ii sacks and leaving 16 sacks in a wagon which broke down near weber river tile the sacks unavoidably left ifft at weber will probably be brought in on the or lath from all we have as yet had time lime to learn it is presumed that all back mail matter to april 1 is now ili in for this we thank the indefatigable and energetic conductor mr hudspeth the very prompt accommodating I 1 and gentlemanly post master in independence F P mcclanahan esq and the tho efficient agent at independence mr dir isaac hockaday and every other person who has aided in furnishing these upper regions with the news and intelligence emanating from the d lower world having written this much we would like to stop but hut truth and liberty will not permit the official conduct between independence and fort laramie with mail matter for utah we have havo not been able to satisfactorily determine for B some me time past pact but from positive information in our possession the postmaster at forg fon laramie has much room for improvement A responsible employee bivito who left here with the april mail for the east says that on arriving at laramie the postmaster overhauled the favl wavy way mail sack which contained as it always does all matter for offia offices es on the route and then expressed great reat anxiety to ransack the balance with wilch lie had no business only to forward by the 3 first opportunity tunit y in the precise condition it had bad ad arrived and wondered where his copy of the deseret news was ac but many thanks to our friend mcclanahan the brass locks prevented his ills rummaging to use no severer term and we trust that the postmaster general will perceive the necessity of the case and nd at once cause proper bags to be to the postmaster at independence sufficient to contain all mail matter for utah with brass loen for each and no kes keys for these locks except at independence and G S L city this tins mode and this alone will prevent the wholesale rummaging which utah has bas sd sa long I 1 endured As to tile the copy of the news which the postmaster nia ster at laramie claimed chimed we have instituted an enquiry find and cannot find his name anywhere e upon our book i s if lie he can substantiate a right to a copy it shall shail be forwarded forthwith and as regularly as the mails malls will carry it for this cafice is extremely careful and punctual in that department I 1 furthermore if he lie will gire give responsible security ty that lie he will w ill not overhaul any but the way bags nor permit it to ho be done within his jurisdiction nor fait fail to forward mail matter to its ils destination by every opportunity we are pledge ourselves to furnish him the letts newts without further farther charge during good behavior when the conductor arrived at caramia mararri 3 he enquired enquired for all mail matter for utah and this specimen postmaster banda out a verv very very tery small mull amount the conductor asked again if that was all and the reply was again yes es when at tile the same time there was a large larye number of mail sacks in plain sight behind the tile door and one of th the hands said I 1 know those are for sah salt lake and you had bad better not ask again or we shall have bave them theil all to carry however for some reason not yet found out those sacks seeks were afterward afterwards forwarded to the conductor these few items give a little insight as to the whereabouts of gode godey y s ladys books grahams and harpers magazines ding Aing ballou bailou bai Bat lou iou a ik pictorial london Illustrate illustrated ii news aud cud brok brol broken eli ell files our best exchange papers As s wa w have sald said before this system not noi only bausis causes us disappointment and loss but works a direct loss and vexation to all subscribers to eastern periodicals and papers and to their pub puL publishers lishers and candidly it is rather too much to be whipped for ignorance and then after utter deeven driven berr berf here to be so completely de barred borred from the current bl baze ze of light poured forth by the worlds presses arthe if the post rost postmaster masten master general is is not sufficiently liberal to officially assist benighted utah to an occasional ray when wien by so doing he be is performing his duty for which he is well paid wo we shall not be ablerto absolve ills his sins when lie he presents himself at the tha confessional in ili such case if a all ail 11 upon upon the route route who are used to indulging in the reading and retaining publications which are not theirs will inform us who they are where they live and what publications they prefer we will endeavor to kave have bave them furnished direct from the different offices for we had bad rather pay twice the amount and get w what hat belongs to us than to eay pay the tho fair value que and get nothing |
