y, Under the present system mail matter for
L1- Hohen Solms arriving here by the eve
p- ning train does not reach its destination
is until one or two days after, though the
se distance is o,'ly ten miles. The Hohlen
ie Solms carrier is required to reach Don
)0 aldsonville at 11 o'clock A. 1., and leave
re again at 1 P. M., on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, whereas the daily mail
le from New Orleans is not due here until
;h 2:30 P. M. Therefore, matter for Hohen
t, Solms received at our post-office Tuesday
o evening lies there ditil Thursday after
u noon, that received Thursday evening
r- lies over until Saturday, and that re
d ceived Saturday evening does not get to
it Hohen Solms until the following Tues
if day afternoon. The present carrier on
n the Hohen Solms route is willing to carry
3- the mail six times a week instead of
h three for an annual increase of only $50
t in his compensation, and if the change
C- eould be made and the schedule altered
l in the way we have suggested, no doubt
I the business of the route would be aug
e mented to a degree that would amply
justify the government in making the
a- increased expondittroe. The same objeo
If tions cited against the Hohen Solms
e schedule will apply to that of the New
d River, Lane and Island route, and we
lhope to see an early improvement in the
s, Iail service on these two lines.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-Capt. C. S. D.
