THE MAILS.
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We observe the continued complaints which are
made at various points, of the failures and irregular
tiles Of the mail; and we sorry to that, in
some instances, they are accompanied by unjust re-
| dectons upon those who are exerting every means
| in their power to prevent these evils.


Within day two failure has occurred on
| the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad of the
extent and cause of which no official information
has yet been received. But this is not the cause OF
the complaints in question. The great difficulty
| lies elsewhere-with the railroad line between New
York and Philadelphia.


That line has failed, during the present month OF
September, about one-half of the time, to reach
Philadelphia in season to connect with the cars
leaving Philadelphia for the south and west thus
snbjectng the great New York and eastern mails for
a large portion of the United States lie over an
entire day at that city These failures occurred on
September the 2d, Sd, 4th, 5th, 1lth, l2h, 18th,
l6h l7th, 18th, Oath, and Goth. We learn that no
reasons whatever assigned. That it is practical
BILE to run from New York to Philadelphia between
the hours of a p. M and g. or 10 p. M, we sup
pose cannot be questioned. 1t is speed, as we are
informed, of but little I6 miles per hour. And
the road has demonstrated its ability to perform it
by having done all the prior to this month,
except when special causes and accidents have pre-
vented in few instances


The public needs not our assurance to be salts.
fed that the Post Office Department ia free from
blame in this matter The Postmaster General is
the last to permit these denquencies to occur
without applying all the correcves and remedies in
his power. ... ...
We undertake to say, in the most positive terms,
that he will spare no possible efforts, with all the
penalties the law to assist him, to correct these
failures, and to speed the mails.