The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-06-09
MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 4. 1855:
The Reason why we had NO Mail on saturday.

The Reason why we had no Mail on Saturday.
The Golden Era, in port on Saturday morn
ing, was the first arrival of q boat of the Daily
Packet Line, since the line got fairly into op-
Grafton after the opening OF navigation in
April that has failed to bring mail. Some of
our contemporaries have complained at the
non-arrival Of mails when the boats were de-
tanned aground; but this is unreasonable. Of
course the packets are bound to come through
daily whenever they can; and if they can't
come themselves. they are not expected to in
fuse into the mail bags the power OF locomo-
tion. necessary to 60 ashore and come up by
land-although we have known mails old
enough to go alone.
The Golden Era was unable to get into the
g harbor " of Dubuque this trip. on account OF
the low stage of water in the slough. She was
compelled to land on the outer shore OF the
main island. The Captain felt that nc was not
compelled to send in for the mail, and the Du-
buque postmaster thought he was not compell-
ed to send it out to the boat. And the boat
! came away without the mail.
| This is the substance of the matter, as we
learn from the Captain Of the Golden Era him
self A little accommodation on the part oil
either party would have obvated the difficult
ty. We should state, however, that on the trip
previous, Capt. Atchison sent in his yawi Tor
the mail. and was detained th:reby some con-
siderable time.
The postmaster at Dubuque is very accom-
modatng officer itappears when It suits him and
the Dubuque interest to be so. But it he can
get g. lick at the packets, by hook or by
crook" the dogs may take Minnesota and her
mail accommodations for all he cares. lie is
willing and anxious that we should have our
| mails regularly. but more anxious to get up
an apparent cause of complaint against the
carriers of our mails. He puts the chip on his
shoulder, boy fashion. and dares the packet
Captains to knock it OIL. He makes the trans
portation of the mails entrusted to his charge a
personal matter of Dubuquefeelin toward Ga
lena; and rather than yield jot to accommo-
date us, he will cavil with the boats I" to the
ninth part of hair" There are plenty Of
loaiers at hand, to swear that the water in the
Dubuque mud hole is four feet deep when there
cannot be found a sufficient depth to swim a
duck; and so what cares the Dubuque Post
master if the packet officers, swear to the con-
trary, and protest they cannot get into the
"harbor"
So. between the Galcna boats and the Du-
buque postmaster, we are likely to have great
irregularity in the arrival of our mails, now
that the water is getting low. Well. then, the
next best ching to he done is. for Minnesota,
Northern Iowa and Western Wis. to unite their
influence; have the distributing office removed
to Dunlcth, and leave the Galcnians and Du-
buqncrs to settle tn, relative merits in regard
to the adaptation of their sloughs and bitches
to the purposes of navigation as best suits the
two bclligcrcnt parties. The fact is, we are
determined up this way not to suffer by mail
failures through this foolish CONTROVERSIAL we
can help ourselves.