Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-05-26
A MENDAc1oUs CORRESPONDENT.

A MENDACIoUs CORRESPONDENT
The Virginia City correspondent Of the San Fran
cisco B1etin deliberately and maliciously vili6es
the citizens Of our city and msrepresents the Pa-
ceryille route. The correspondent either owns or
has been promised an interest 10 n rival route, or
has been hired BY interested parties TO write fllse-
hood and To his wages and please his masters.
he licswih and boldness that satisfies US he
has studied the art carefully and acquired it thor
oughly and that confirmed has he become in the
habit that it would be next 10 impossible 10 eradi-
cate il from his nature. His letter contains scarcely
a word Of truth. and 40 palpable and malignant IRE
his alsehoods in reference TO the Placerve route,
that they are scarcely worth correcting replying
to. They carry On their face their own rcfutation.
In trying to crafty the malice Of those who hired
him to de- their dirty work, ne overreached himself
lie said too much. and forgot that thousands Of
oihers- disIntefesied parties-had gone over the
rad. and would detect and expose his meanness
and mendacity. We shall notice but few Of his
msstatcmcnts. and those no, the most glaring. lie
SAYS:
"Placrrvile and II, coadjuior Sacramento have had
matters pretty much their own way thus far simply Tor the
that the northern route not we'll undrratood,
and joub: thrown the latter from its Rrograph
Pass has been interrupted hut just third the tine that
ha, occurred the Paceryie and Sacramento routes"
False. 1t is notorious fact, well known to the
travelling community and shippers that the Placer.
vile route was the only one passable during the
greater portion of the winter and spring that com.
munlcuiiOn has scarcely been interrupted day be.
tween this place and Carson Valley that passed
safely and With but little incpn ven nee, conslderng
the severity If the weather, over the road that
men were forced to rctrace their steps from other
routes and take this and that all others were block
ed up Wilh AnowA, considered dangerous and dcscr.
ted. The assertion "that the Beckwou7lh Pass has
been Interrupted but just onc.lhrd tho time that has
occurred on tho Paccrvlllc rou,e,' is ~ entirely
destitute If TRUTH that none but MI habitual tl,iicr
with brazen face, would max" it, The COIL inRr
dcncc Of the falSeh"od somewhat rcdrcmS its extra
vagancc.
Again, SAYS this hircling bcrr:
The studied presentation aad ah'ouie tAehood
perprtratrd by private parties And hr interested press
representing the great facilities Of Facrty for the Ac
commodation o. the public both sides ~ the Srrrhs has
hKd the effect divert travel that way. and goods also
Now. what has been the result Men WIN shipped goods
With THE anticipation ~ imnIeIia'r transit months sihcc
have had the pleasure Of having them stored in every
nook aud shell ~ tina; d-iert1be mountain town. Tor The
benefit ~ landlords, whose enemrn- went begging Tor
months previous Tor other orcupat than rats and dog
Neither private parties an interested press. in
this city or Sacramento. even recommended the PA
cerville route or invited travel over il. Less has
been said in its favor than any other route IN tho
State, because it needed it less Shippers and emf.
grants. BY misrepresentation, had been induced I"
try other routes, but the experiment cost them dear
~. md they Of their own accord returned IN the
Placerville route. Prominent citizens. merchants,
traders, spectators and packers, from DoWnievlle,
nevada Tchnma and Marysvile, hockcd to our city
aud passed over our route. speedily and safely
Why did they give the preference t" this route
Surely not because it was the worst and longest II
they had discovered nearer and better route near.
er home, would they have come 10 Flacervr'
Certainly not, but instead, would have boosted "
their own route and taken the trade and travel from
Paccrvc. For months there has not been All IN.
occupied building in our city, and but few hAvr
been used for storage The fellow exposes his igno,
rance Of Plactrvc when he speaks Of tcnantlrsS
buildings. Again
IL believe ,h' is the hr,t time this nt"erAhe mpoS
tnn has been exposed and Is matter Of surprise that
it has not before been mentioned"
Easily accounted for and not at MI Surprising
II is hard to expose nm imposition" tina: hns NJ
existence. No one ever or heard Of 1t before
this hbrlcr manufactured it.
But thi. is only part md rnre'i ~ nnd- mp
great measure of men who are " better than pnl
cal mcndicans few 81 whom gully e AN honest
day work Pncervillc Surirr with ITt-nIrrs. rrrk
less hlke Of fair business transaction, pull liz
dalton. further than promises rnncern'd which they
will fulfill when suits their coIv, ni-ncr hut not accord
ing IL contract What they promised IN Ties" part, uars
they knew they we're unable t" perform"
A man who steps out Of his way to trNduce n
whole community. without the slightest rrovoca,i"n
is either knnve or fool. and the E"t,tih'' corrc
spondcnt has done so. Men inmea.uriblv his Al.
pcror in ever, good quality. whose shoes h" il unfit
to tie, hc has had the bias, ness ~ vi'hfy. Every
characteristic Of a craven and malignant and cor.
rupt and gr"vcIing nature, he has enlisted in his
unfoundcd structures On the citizens "f Pluccrviilc
The most degraded and dcbased among them is hi-
peer. BY their industry. enterprise and libcrn,y
they have built up the finest wcathirst and most
important and prominent city in the mountains
and by their pr-mp,ness in fulfilling their business
engagements, meeting their payments, ana strictly
adhering to their contracts have won an cnvablc
reputation. and almost monopollzcd the forwarding
business between California and Washoe. And
these the men this miscrcant has the insolcnce
to accuse If idlcncss and rnpncity.
Let those therefore, who design shipments Of merchan
disc to this country give everything connected with this
detention ruinous charges fath prom and loss
for Pacervt las not the means Of transport for her
commerce. and they ought not to pretend to do the bust
ness OF others under these circumstances"
We shall dispose Of this falsehood in few words.
Phcerville has not only transported all her own
commerce, but thousands and thousands Of pounds
Of the commerce of others. All the arms and am.
munton of the State and Of the United States army
forwarded to Washoe lately. Placervie merchants
transported. This simple aud irrefu,able fact is n
complete refutation Of the above groundlcss asscr
tiOn.
AS other routes that by Of the Beck wourth Pass
presents facilities equal to In the STATE and fnr
pack animals there Ave that route ria Marysve
Tor one ria Pacerville."
Mere assertion, at variance with facts Mnrysvillc
merchants, some Of them owning large establish.
ments in the cities Of Virginia aud Carson by some
singular obliquty. and in direct opposition to their
interests If the above BE- true # the Bcckwourth
Pass, packed their goods ria Placerville! Whit q
blundcrng. stupid set Of fellows they must be. If
the BullHin's correspondent does not belle them!
But enough Of this base hireling. lie was pnid
10 traduce his superors. and he gratefully accepted
the congenial task, and did up the filthy work
according to contract, and has doubtless received
his thirty pieces. We leave him fostering in his
iufamy."
DrRISG the past week the stock market did "tal
business" and a very large number Of WAshoeitcs
bought horses and mules for the trip. The stages
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