The hydraulic press., 1860-12-08
ADVERTISEMENT.
M. D. BoRUcK, ESQ,

of your paper bearing date Dec. lst, and called
my attention to editorial therein, under the
heading of "Free Passengers and Means of
Travel" in which you make several false and
unfounded statements, to which 1 desire to call
your attention, that you may give hereafter to
your readers facts, and not falsehoods
The article contains several Objectionable inu-
endoes, which, if intended to refer to me, wish
to know. You intimate that received free
pass from the California Stage Company on ssthe
strength of the press" and seem to include me
among those whom you style the 'sragtail and
bobtail of society" Now, sir, if such was your
intention, want to know it, without hesitation
or equivocation on your part. Nothing could be
further from the truth, than the insinuation that
the pass was given me on the strength of my
connection with the press. 1 have had no asso-
citation with the newspaper press for years. This
fact was well known to the Stage Company, and
to its President, Mr.. Haworth, when the pass
was given me; consequently, your inuendo in
this particular, falls to the ground.
I may be, in your estimation, s'ragtag and
bobtail" member of society; for I have long
since learned to know, that you are man of
perverted judgInent-not very reliable-and es-
teemed among your acquaintance the verest of
the "ragtag and bobtail' fraternity. The pass
you allude to, was given me by James Haworth,
ESQ.,, President Of the Stage Company, for other
reasons than those intimated by you, and for
what l. at least, esteem good and valuable
consideration. These reasons will explain to
any person who has the right to demand them;
! Or yhny,T 7 hot
thorzed the publication of the article in question
Until then, do not think it any of your business,
or the public's either; and the less you have to
say about it, the better for you-and, in my opin-
ion, for the Stage Company, too. The Company
gave me pass to travel between Marysville,
North San Juan and Forest City for ninety days.
In doing so, they invited me to travel on their
coaches; and they impliedly, at least, guaran-
teed my safety. Now, query Are they not as
liable for any injuries 1 may have received in
consequence of the carelessness of one of their
drivers, as they would be had paid the one dollar
passage? You appear to think not. We differ
in opinion. If the object of the Stage Company
In giving me free pass, that malicious
driver might SO manage it to break me all to
pieces, or kill me outright, ought to know it
and as you appear to be their medium of revela-
tion-self-constituted or otherwise-you will con-
fer favor not only on me, but the travelling pub
lie, by giving us the desired information
You speak of impostions being practsed un-
der the free pass system. Who but such men as
you practice these mpositions You travelled
great portion of the past summer and fall Mr..
Boruck; how much did the Steamboat and Stage
Companies get out of you for fare /? We have
an idea their profits would not be very large, if
they amounted to no more than you paid
them. Why, sir, you have the reputation of be-
ing of the most incorrgible, persistent, fault
finding, whining, baby-boy "dead-heads" in the
State.
The California Stage Company was not bound
to gre me a free pass. l was not bad writer
sor the press, like you, by which / could force
them 70 measure of reimbursement for injuries
received, by threats of exposure, or secret de-
Inands for black-mail. Then, how, when and
where could have practised imposition
You appear to know more about the accident
that befef me- and the causes OF it, than Il do
myself-or, for that matter any one else. You
say the thorough braces were cut and intimate
that as the reason of the upset. Now, permit
me to say to you, that the thorough-brace nor
braces of that coach were cut prior to the upset.
This fact is we'll known to the Stage Company
and to me; and if the Company desire proof as
to who cut the braces, and when they were cut,
am prepared 70 furnish it.
GAS the stage going over, the Judge at
tempted to get down. His foot caught in the
straps that held the dashboard to the body of the
stage, and he fell" etc. This is your explana-
ZION of the manner in which received my niu-
res. Since when did you become omnipresent
had not dreamed that any person living could
describe the precise mode in which I was hurt.
Certainly could not myself, and have thought
the matter over many times. If a similar acci-
dent should ever occur to you, Mr.. Boruck-sud-
den, unexpected and fatal as the thunderbolt-
and your first moments of consciousness should
present the painful and appalling truth 20 your
mind that you were mangled into jelly, there
would be little argument furnished upon which
to base an explanatory theory of its cause.
But you appear to think 'if what is reported
what you mean by that language. What is re-
ported, and who reported it? There might be
those who circulate "rumors," that would trem-
Die to hear the truth told on occasions.
1t is true that the President of the Stage Com
pany, (who, by the way, is gentleman did re-
pair to the place where was injured and did
bring physician CDR. John B. Gray, of Marys-
ville,) with hira. It is true that both Mr.. Ha-
worth and DIR. Gray rendered me all the assis-
tanee in their power. But when you assert that
the former of the last named gentlemen procured
a house for me to reside in, or spent one dollar
towards furnishing me aid and comfort, except
what it may have cost him to defray his and DR..
Gray's expenses, you state positive untruth.
DR.. Gray did not remain as one of my surgeons,
for reasons known to him and myself.
1t is true Tmodestly asked $35, 900 of the Stage
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