Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-28
THE MAIL QUESTION.

Lordy! but our ventilation of the mail
troubles has stirred up the animals. Every
thing is as straight as a string now, in the
Post Office Department, but there is an
intestinal growl in that institution that will
require considerable interchange of eds
tinguished consideration" before the parties
concerned get the blame Of the matter duly
distributed and apportioned among them to
their final satisfaction. Having by our COM
plants given rise to ADMINISTRATIONS which
have led to the happy contamination aimed
at, we are glad to be able to show that there
was good ground for our growing, and that
the remedy was a very easy matter to those
having the mail in charge. We some days
since published the letter of Postmaster
Small, Of Carson, and common justice de-
mandS that we should do likewise with that
Of Postmaster Rowland of Sacramento,
which has been placed in our hands. There
appears to be conflict Of views between the
two, as will be seen by the following letter ::
SACRAMENTO, May 25, 1864.
POSTMASTER GOLD HILL-Dear Sir; notice
that the Editor of the Gold Hill NEWS IL on
grand rampage on the subject Of the mails, and
probably with some reason. have taken no
notice Of the article, for the reason that 1 know
the error complained of is not one for which am
responsible. All mail matter fer Nevada Terri
tory is sent in strict accordance with the nstruc-
tons contained in letter received from Mr. Blair
under the date of April g.
AL mail matter sent from this Office for Gold
Hill and Silver City. has been sent 10 the Carson
nfS uaraaffar 10 xwfn hs. ant In tha Sail Iuka
way bag.
San Francisco sends their letter packages TO
this ofice-their papers they make up themselves
Mr.. McGeary, the Paper Clerk In the san Fran
cisco Office, stated here yesterday that it was their
custom to place all printed matter in the Virginia
bag for Gold Hill and Silver City. He Gu: from
the Gold Hill NEwS the article, and sent 1t down,
that the errcS might be corrected. Bully for
McGearys-ZED.
1 presume the San Francisco office thought
that letters were referred to and not papers. II
letter packages so to Virginia, Carson city sends
them there, but presume the Gold Hills NEWS
refers 10 their exchanges. 1have taken the liber
~ TO say TO the p. A. at Carson that the state
ment published by him is incorrect so far as it
refers to this office. lD'ys.mind that, Mr.. Small
ED.
am not in the habit Of making public state
ments to the injury Of other Offices, but believe
that any errors may be corrected through the
efforts of the Postmaster. II as stated in the
paper, the stages do not stop at Gold HILL II is
the fault of no Postmaster or Office, that mail
matter is carried to Virginia and comes back to
Gold Hill, but the carrier is responsible. Ho!
Ho Mr. Stage Driverl-ED]
fpapers are referred to by the Editor, think
he will have no further cause Of complaint, for
the San Francisco office now understands It.
bully for him-ED.l If letters are referred TO,
please write me
wish YOU 10 saw TO the Editor of the NEWS,
that the statement of the Carson Postmaster is
incorrect and that he had no right TO make such
a statement, for he could not know it TO be cor
rect when he made it. Mr.. Small has the floor
Ed There has been enough published al
ready and do not care to have any contradic-
ton published, let il go, / suppose can bear it
as well as anybody. Very Respectfully,
GEO. ROWLAND, P. II.
Mr.. Rowland's prompt and thorough in
vestigation of the matter entities him
to credit, and although he expresses a
disinclination for public controversy, we
consider him fully entitled to the published
explanation above made.
P. S. Since the above was in type we re-
ceived the following correspondence from
Carson, for publication.
SACRAMENTO, May 25, 1861.
p " Carson, Dear Sir:-My attention has just
been called TO letter over your signature in the
Gold Hill NEWS in which you state, " if any mail
matter has come back to you from Virginia City,
il has been put into the Virginia bag at Sacra.
mento instead of the Salt Lake Way or Carson
bag" Now, sir, wish you distinctly to under.
stand that your statement Is incorrect All mail
matter sent from this Office for Silver City and
Gold Hill. has been placed in your bag Hereaf'
ter IL will be placed in the Salt Lake Way. San
Francisco sends letters for those places TO this
Office, but they make up their own papers Mr..
~
cisco office, was here yesterday, and stated that it
their custom to send all papers for Silver City
and Gold Hill, to Virginia He cut from the Gold
Hill paper the article complaining of this and
sent II to thu San Francisco office that this error
might be corrected Our mail matter for your
Territory is sent exactly in accordance with the
instructions of Mr. Blair under date Of April sth.
Very respectfully GEO. ROWLAND, p. II.
CARSON CITY. May 9th, 1864.
POSTMASTER SAcRAaESTo-DeGr Sir: Your
favor Of the 25th inst is at hand, and contents
noted.
In reference TO the letter written by me to the
Gold Hill Postmaster, allow me to state that in
accordance with my understanding Of the instruc
tons from the Postmaster General, / was under
tho impression that the Eastern mails (outside Of
the brass-loeked), were all separated at your
Office, and Us have been very careful in separa-
ting the Gold Hill and Silver City mails, knew
that the trouble complained of was in the mails
for those places, being put Through mstake) into
the Virginia bag instead of the Salt Lake way or
Carson bags. and supposed those bags were put
up at your Office.
! assure YOU had no intention of wronging
you, and if have done you injustice, regret it
az much as any one.
trust that If hereafter those mails put into
the Salt Lake Way" there will be no further |
cause of complaint.
Very respectfully yours,
BEN. F. SMALL, Postmaster.