The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

Failure Of the Mai1.
In our last issue we commented upon
the frequent failure Of the mail between
this city and Sacramento, and attributed
its non.arrival to the carelessness or iEet'
ficiency Of the Sacramento Postmaster
This aroused that gentleman's ire and he
thus replies:
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 90, 1852.
EDIroRs MOUSrAIN DEAOCRAT: 10 your issue
of the 18th, you complain Of the failure OF me
PIacerviIle mail and state that It must DC ins
result Of " carelessness or lneInclency VI Tue
Postmaster at Sacramento"
/ beg leave TO inform you that you are mis-
taken. The mails here have been delivered 10
the contractors every morning, Hood or no
food, without an exception. On one morning
thev were brought back by the agent oi the
Railroad. Mr. MOntfOrt, the agent who accom-
panies the mails " Folsom, informs me tha' ne
has put the Placervllle mails aboard the Stage
every morning with the exception oi the one
above noted. Your own paper has been nine
DAYS in reaching this place, for the mail To-Day
brought the issues of the 18th and 18th.
Ifs man is not lost to all sense Of shame,
blush should come on the cheek when he re-
fleets that he has made y statement to the lnJ"-
nv of the good name Of u person he does NOT
know, without the least evidence that the
statement is true.
Very Respectfully.
GEO. ROWLAND, p. N.
We regret that we injured the good
name Of the Postmaster at Sacramento,
and as we did it unintentionally our error
is excusable. We predicsted our remarks
upon what we deemed good authority.
Stages and passengers came through from
Sacramento-the mail did not. 1t was
reasonable to presume that if the mail had
been put upon the stage it would have
been brought through. That it was not
brought was preSumplivc evidence that
it had not left Sacramento. The .Sacra-
mentO Postmaster, however, says he dc,
livercd it every morning to the mail con-
tractors, flood or no Hood, and we are
! bound to believe him. mir. Mnntlort,
the agent who accompanies the mail IL
( folsom" says that :" he put the Placer
vile mail aboard the stage every morning,
with one exception, and we are bound t.
believe him. The stage drivers say they
brought il through every time it was pat
on the stage, and we are bound to believe
them. The Postmaster positively states
that he delivered it tG,.th-h F,pjjirD'ipr>
every morning; the agent Of the contrac.
tors says he placed il upon the Placrr'lIc
stage every morning but one; the drivers
say they brought it through every time
it was placed upon the stage. They ART
all truthful men, but some Of them have
made mistake, because from Thursday
night until the Wednesday night follow
! ing, no mail was received in this city
from SacrameGsO. Will they explain the
discrepancy
Accepting the statement of the Sacra
mento Postmaster as correct, and what
does it provey That either he or til,
Postmaster in this city is careless or in
efficient. lie says:
"Y"ur own paper has been nine days II
reaching this place, for the mail to-day, Jan
Goth brought the issues OF she ! th and 18th.
Mr.. Rogers, Postmaster at this city, is
absent from home. When he returns hi
may be able to give us n satisfactory ex
PLANTATION. Regularly every Friday even
ing we put the DESoCRAT in thc Posiof
flee. The late Postmaster informs II
that the packages for Sacramento ar
placed in a separate mailbag, which i
not opened before it reaches Sacramento
If Mr.. Rogers faithfully discharges hi
duty, as we believe he does, he mails tn
DEMOCRAT on Saturday morning and i
ought to arrive in Sacramento the sam
day; and there is no excuse for its ha,ini
been delayed, between here and there
" nine days"