Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-12

s. mail route from Boonsboreugb. Sia Shen.
herdstawn and Martinsburg to Winchester.
The proceedings came to hand too late for to-
days PaPcr-they shall appear in cur next.
BY The last mail, we received from our e.
teenaed friend, Lieut. RoARMAs, Of the u. s.
Navy, now at Monta Video, several Buehos-
Ayres papers, for which. he has our thanks.
Should any of our readers feel desire to pc
ra,e the same. can have an opportunity by
calling at cur Office.
Some two weeks ngo. we repuhished in
y eur paper, copied from the Winchester Re
4 publican, paragraph going to show that a
II ge1tlenan, who wished TO pass from Win.
4 CHESTER to this place. was compelled to take
4 stage fer Shcpherdstown, ten miles beyond.
q Feeling every disposition to do Justice 10 all
4 men, we Insert, FROM the same paper. the
] following
"Correction the Republican of week
before last we published the following para
4 graph:
The case was mentioned 10 US a few DAYS
n ago OF gentleman, who, wishing 10 60 10
Martlnsburg, 20 miles, was obliged to take
the stags for Shepherdstown, 10 miles be-
yond, and there hire gig to convey him to
Aartinsnurg The expense was probably a
whether the mail contractor between Win
chester and Martinsburg 10 NOT at this mo
raent paid something over one thousand dolls
TO carry the mail IN stages three times week.
and whetaer he has not been paid atthis rate
since the first Of january We would ask
further whether the contract is not farmed
out at half this sum, with the condition that
the sub contractor shall carry the mailox horse
oocH Only! we OF course suppose the post
master general 10 be ignorant Of This abuse
and we shall send him copy of this paper
that he may be apprised Of it,
Now as this statement turns out not to be
strictly true, we wish TO give our authority
for publishing it. and then to make the n
n'endc honorable for the wrong We have coin.
Mitieti.
The fact Of passengers being obliged TO,
60 round by Shepherdsto,vn to get 10 Mar
tnsburg was as stated. On IFS being men
toned as hard case, gentleman present
took from his pocket letter from the gene.
raj post office department, in which it was
asserted that the contract for the route Gom
Winchester to Martlnsburg required the mai!
TO be conveyed IA stages. at a certain sum
fnan,ing it, per gear The evid ,nce Of the
violation OF the contract WAS thus. as we
thought, direct and explicit; and as General
OSINssH odid iS SdHfS iutD OU'Ce 10 fUfJfid a.
buses, (heavea save the markD we thought
we would let him know of one within IS ms
of the capital We had no personal motive
IN the matter; we knew not tie cor tractor.
save by name; nor did we know where he
lived. Had he resided here, we should have
called on him, before making any publica
ton, to know why the contract was not COM
pied with. AS 1t was, n regard for he pub
he interest, which it IS the duty Of every ci
tIzsn to promote, so far as les in his power,
promptea US TO take the course we did
On Thursday last, after our paper Of that
day was worked of, we received letter
from Mr.. A. Humnckhouse, ceuchej in very
respectful terms. pointing out the mace urac v
OF our paragraph, and guesting us TO cor
rect it. He says: ...
81 receive Sle92 for carving the mail as
follows: from Boonsborough to Winchester.
by Middleway and Bricctuwn, in 4 horse
stages-and from Shephcrdstown TO VIA
chester by Martnsburg, in horse Stages
esxhf months IN The year, and the balance Of
the tine on horseback. This is my contract,
which can produce at any time, and the "a
bove sum is all that / do receive for The
Whole OF the routes; and in addition TO this,
carry horse mail from Martnsburx to
Gerrardstown once week"
W q t&dhc thlS coTreCtlOn WIN great pI2r
sure. We have no doubt that the contract
runs as Mr.. FL. has stated it; ant we feel
mortified at having been dupe1 eeen by on
gpsctas letter from the pest office dcpn tme,it.
We forgot, for the time being, the eras,,rcs in
the recent celebrated Bradley case, or we
should have known better than to have plac
ed any reliance on any statement from that
department, while under the hands of its
present managers
We take pleasure in copying also the fol
lowing postscript TO Mr.. HIS letter. 1t proves
him to be liberal gentleman, as well as
faithful, accommodating, and eDterpr.ing
pubic servant 1t is proper. however, TO say,
mat we have never seen the gentleman 10
whom we are here referred: he was not our
Informant:
"P S. The gentleman you allude to, pre-
sumo, knows how he got TO alartinsburg -
Ask hn if did not furnish him with horse
tree OF expense. have gone great lesglhs
TO obhSc passengers on that route, and il is
my wish to do so"
Another Correction
Extract q a letter from TIE hon. ~ r. Barsy,
post mesisr general, to gentleman in thss
Place, dated
fosT OFFICE DEPARrMEET, Dec |, 1880
80. The same gentlemen [Messrs
heeslde & Hamrickhousel have the route
from Winchester via Martinsburg and Shep-
herdstoWn to Boonsboro, Mt IG91 psr an