Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Postal, 1877 

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Postal news, Nov 1877: 
   Richmond newspapers delayed to Newsoms; 
   Cobbsville P.O. discontinued 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Wed., Nov. 21, 1877 

p. 1, col. 4 

  For the information of the "Dispatch's" subscribers in Southampton county, 
Postmaster Forbes states that newspapers for Newsom's-Depôt post-office are 
always started from the Richmond post-office to go by way of Weldon, N.C., 
which is undoubtedly the most expeditious route to Newsom's; and that if 
the papers are diverted to Norfolk the responsibility rests with the 
postal-railway agent, over whom the postmaster at Richmond has no control; 
but Colonel Forbes will call the agent's attention to the matter, and he 
will no doubt send tbe papers via Weldon, unless that should conflict with 
the agent's instructions from the Post-Office Department at Washington. 
[...] 


p. 2, col. 4 

  L.H. Middendorf is appointed postmaster at Westhampton, Henrico county, 
Va., vice Fred. Wohlleber, resigned.  The post-office at Cobbsville, 
Southampton county, Va., is discontinued for want of a candidate; the 
papers go to South Quay, Nansemond county. 
[...] 


p. 3, col. 2 

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY. 
   Newsom's Depot, November 19, 1877. 

Editors of the Dispatch: 
  Why is it that the Post-Office Department sends our Richmond mail via 
Norfolk, Va., when if sent via Weldon, N.C., we would receive it nearly 
a day sooner? 

  I am a subscriber to your semi-weekly paper, which arrives plainly marked 
via Weldon, N.C., but which comes nine times out of ten via Norfolk, Va. 

  The Leesburg and Alexandria papers, which come regularly by Weldon, reach 
here just as soon as the Richmond papers do, while the latter, if sent the 
same route, would reach us a day sooner than the former - 'viz., on the day 
of their publication. 
Cannot you call the attention of the Post-Office Department of your city to 
this bad management and try to have the evil remedied for us in future? 
                                             A Subscriber. 
[...] 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Tues., Nov. 27, 1877, p. 2 

col. 2 

PETERSBURG. 

A MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH - OTHER ITEMS. 
[Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                        November 26, 1877. 
[...] 

The Southampton Mail. 

  Editors Dispatch : Gentlemen,- Please grant me space enough in your columns 
to reply to "Subscriber," from Newsom's depot, Va.  He is exactly right in 
saying that his mail should come via Weldon instead of Norfolk; and to prove 
that the fault does not exist with the railway postal clerk he receives, as 
he says, the Alexandria and other northern papers all right and in advance of 
the Dispatch. The article in your paper was shown to our worthy and ever-
ready superintendent, M.V. Baily, who has issued an order to the effect that 
a special report must be made in reference to your paper addressed to Newsom's 
depot - when received and when not received.  We are not guilty of every 
charge that is made against us, and in order that justice may be done us 
please publish this, and oblige 
      Yours respectfully 
                       Postal Clerk, 
Washington and Petersburg railroad post-office.
[...] 


These items posted as parts of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of articles corrected 


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