Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-03-17
Weayerville and Humboldt Mail.

ED1roR TRINITY JOURNAL The two highest
prerogatives of the soldier are the right. manful-
" and cheerfullv to perform all his duties as a
soldier. and to grumble at all palpable inconve-
niences. In the exercise Of the first the garrison
here is | expect, not behind that of aay other
Post on this coast. To the exercise of the sec
ond the confounded and reprehensible indiffer-
ence and carelessness manifested by those who
have the control of the mail route between Wea-
yerville and Arcata. has continually and almost
continuously during the past winter, driven not
only them. but all others along the route Grum-
bling has been the rule. When the storm-l>ng
absolutely forbid the mail carrier from venturing
forth, the soldiers (reverental souls checrfuly
submitted to the deprivation but when no in
vincible necessity intervenes, we want our let
tiers and papers-our almost only social comfort
The deprivation seems to only many
acts of meanness and wickedness. We grumble
lad re Ue right arc pouid do more. Instance the
last three weeks In that time we have had the
mail from Weayervile and Arcata, each, one
tia,e only.
You. Mr. Editor, stand sentinel over citi-
zen-rights-don get to snoozing on your watch
tower-toot your trumpet-blaze away at this
caricature on Pony Express-blow up the infer
nal lswinde-deiver this body polite of a wretch
ed abortion-lay up the satisfaction of having
done at least one heaven-deserving deed.
Yours respectfully. ''SoLDlER.'
FoRr GAsroy, March II, 1866.
We sympathize with you, . Soldier, with
all the boys in blue, " and everybody else who
arc of necessity victims of the " Internal swim
die - you speak of, and of the existence of which
we dom require any reminder. But for other
pressing requirements we should undertake the
carrying of this mail ourself, just for the accom-
modaton of the people on the route, and to sat-
isfy them it was possible to do it in the same
prompt manner that Houk and Loup did it years
ago. And permit us here to suggest that if the
postmastcrs on this route had done their ddty,
and the people along the route done as much as
we have to the end Of having the evil remedicd,
there would have been necessity for this ref
erence to the subject. Week after week have We
called attention to the imperfect manner in which
Mr.. Denny was performing the service. During
the las: year we have been in continued receipt
of complaints in regard to this matter, but it
not in our power to remedy the evil. If the pco-
pie had pettioned the Post Office Department,
setting forth the facts as they existed, relief
might l1ave been had. And if Postmasters had
done their duty, Mr.. Denny would have been bro
ken of his contract long ago.
While we, in common with all others interest.
ed, have grumbled at the criminal negligence of
the contractor aud some Of his employees. we
have always had sufficient charity to make allow
ance for the non-arrIyal of the mail when storm
and flood prevented. But in the pleasantest
weather of last summer and autumn the mail did
nj art by-c oh nj We
never told the worst in this connection. We did
not, as we intended, publish the fact that
one occasion the mail got drunk and rolled from
the mule between this place and North Fork, or
than on another the rider left this place much
under the influence of liquor that he took the
road to Douglas City instead OF the proper one
We have never told that Denny employed un-
suitable, and as IS charged dishonest persons,
to carry the mail. or of numerous other good
and sufficient reasons why he should have been
deprived of the contract.
What the future will bring we know no. hNt.
things cant be much worse than IN the past
If Denny gets the contract again. 1t viii he at a
starvation pricc-a sum insufficient to carry it
or hire it carried. properly. If there is any rir
tue in the law governing the letting of mail con-
tracts he should not receive ii again for the rea-
son that he has failed to properly perform the
duty in the past We are heartily tired of find
ing fault in this connection, but intend to keep
it up as long there are reasonable grounds for
doing so. The mail route is an important one
to this Humboldt and Klamath counties, but the
way it has been conducted it WAS safer and sur
er to send mail matter by way Of San Francisco
In closing this il is but justice to say that Mr..
J. j. Mason is now carrying the mail between
Hoopa and this place, and is doing as we'll rs he
possibly can with the limited conyenienccs at-
fordcd by his employer,