The Nevada journal., 1853-04-01
Gross Negligence at tEAe Post
Office at sacramento.

Office af sacramento.
We have several times adverted to
the criminal negligence Of the Sacra-
mento Postmaster, in failing to forward
the Nevada mail, when received at that
city. A most outrageous case has just
occurred. Tho Mail steamer arrived
at San Francisco, on Wednesday. On
Thursday night, we received at our Of
fee, papers and letters by both express
es. On Thursday at clock, the north
ern mail, all distributed for The various
Offices, and put in separate packages as
usual, left for the Sacramento office, the
only duty of which was to send on, the
various mails inland. The stage called
on Friday morning, at the Sacramento
Post Office, and received the small State
mail. while the great United States
mail, containing some two thousand let
ters was left lying in tho Office. On
Saturday the same thing was repeated,
and with the common State mail, two
letters that were distributed to Sacra-
mento citizens, and that came per North
erner, were remailed and sent to Neya-
da, and yet we had no Atlantic mail.
On Sunday the mail is never sent. Since
that we have great storm, delaying the
stages, and at this writing, (Thursday)
seven days after the arrival of our mail at
Sacramento, we have no mail. We ask
if this is not disgraceful state of affairs
The Postmaster at Sacramento and San
Francisco, are both of out of the State.
and the underlings of one office at least,
are thus trifling with important duties
If the mail had come through in the
proper time, our merchants and others
could have answered their correspon.
dence. On Sunday, the city was crow
ded with miners from the mountains, for
letters, and they were thus put off for a
week. Some Of our merchants are COM
PEELED to take boxes at the Sacramento
Office, and have their letters forwarded
by hand, to avoid these outrageous de-
lays.
We shall forward this statement to
the Postmaster General, and solicit nc
tion in the matter. The Nevada POST
master, and every citizen in this place
will subscribe to these facts and unite
in these opinions. The official at Sacra-
mento is worthy Of being elected from
Office with contempt, and arraigned for
malfeasance in office. Of what force are
oaths to q man who criminally yio-
olates the duties Of his station assumed
with judicial solemnities. We have
called attention to these facts before,
and have now done it for the last time
through this medium. We much mis-
take if such offences will not bc rank in
the official nostrils at Washington.
A correspondent says =
Ma EpIToR ,--The Pacific Mail steam
ship Northerner arrived with the At
lantic Mails, at San Francisco on We'd
nesday evening, 23d inst. and it is pre-
sumed that the Mail matter for Nevada
left San Francisco, Thursday at o'clock
r. M. and should have arrived at Sacra-
mento, in time to be sent by Fridays
stage to this place.
Friday evening came, and no Atlantic
mail, Saturday evening we had every
reason to expect it without fail, but It
came not, Sunday evening it could not
come, for the reason that no mail is car
ried upon the Sabbath, The question
naturally arises, who is to blame for the
detention of our mail
Why is it, that not only this, but our
mails generally are SO long reaching us,
after the arrival Of the steamer? Per-
sons forwarded letters from Sacramento,
that came to that city by the United
State Mail, per Northerner, to Nevada,
on Saturday, and yet we did not receive
our mail, that must have reached Sacra-
mento, at tho time those letters did =
Verify there is something rotten in Den.
mark.
The weather was beautiful, and the
roads good, stages running through dai.
ly, and We cannot see see why it did not
reach US. We would not censure this,
or the other one, but would like the
question answered.
Who is to blame
2 Perhaps there are none that regret it
more or that are affected as much, by the
irregularity of the mail, as yourself. AS
miners ard citizens we all feel interested
in the matter, and take as deep interest
in hearing from eur families and friends,
as persons in other sections of the State.
BUCKEYE.
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