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The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], The mails — Mail contractors. (search)
er certain restrictions, from military service, and it is understood that hereafter all such persons will be held to a rigid accountability by the Department for the faithful performance of their duties. It has not escaped the notice of the Government or the press that in many remote regions the contractors have subjected the wives and mothers of our galliant soldiers to unnecessary pain and distress of mind by the irregularity of their delivery of public mails. In some counties of Southwestern Virginia, and in the Northern parts of North Carolina, these irregularities have amounted in many cases to insupportable grievances, and the people at large have determined that in future those who enjoy the advantages secured by the possession of these contracts, shall perform their duties, or accept the alternative proposition of being reported to the Post-Office Department. These grievances were patiently submitted to during last winter; but indolent or speculating contractors need not