| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| November 1, 1861 |
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| The New mail schedule |
| Some dissatisfaction has
been expressed since the new mail arrangement went into operation,
because the Norfolk
mail fails to arrive in due time. The failure of the train from Norfolk
to connect at Petersburg
with the cars for Richmond, occasions a detention of the mail, and to that extent interrupts
the regular operation of the schedule promulgated by the Post Office
Department. The matter has been under consideration in the proper
quarter, and a correspondence held with the President of the Norfolk
& Petersburg Railroad, the result
of which is, that directions have been forwarded to change the time
of running the trains, so far as may be necessary, to meet the
requirements of the schedule. We may therefore anticipate a speedy
and satisfactory arrangement of the difficulty. |
| On the numerous post
routes throughout the Confederate States, connecting with the great
Southern line, the new schedule is going into operation with as
little delay as possible. There is no lack of effort on the part of
the Department or its agents to have every irregularity promptly
corrected. |
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