Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-09-21
IDAHO TERRITORY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER a. 1861
ANoTHER INsrANcE.--In onr letter from

| ANOTHER 1NSTANCE.-In our letter from
Boise City, dated last Saturday, we felt con.
strained to complain of the carelessness, OF
something more culpabIe, of the Agent Of
Wells, Fargo & Co. IN that city, for having
withheld letter containing important news
items which we had written for. the issue of
last Saturday, and placed in the Express Office
timely enough for transmission here by Fri
days stage. We hoped never again to be
called 'on to make a similar complaint, but
again we are, in duty to ourself compelled to.
On Monday evening last, at about 8 o'clock,
we placed upon the counter of Wells, Fargo
& Co. in Boise City, in the presence of the
Agent, his. assistant and another, all Of whom
were behind the counter, and facing it, a letter
enclosed in the regular Wells, Fargo & Co.
prepaid envelope plainly directed to this office.
It contained interesting intelligence and i'm
portant latest telegraphic and other news,
which, we had taken much care to gather and
prepare for our. readers. That letter ought to
have reached this city by stage Of Tuesday, in
ample time for its contents to appear in last
Wednesdays issue. It did not reach here un-
til last Wednesday, by Express of that day.
This delay exhibits more careless or wanton
piece Of conduct on the part Of the Boise City
Agency than that complained of in the first
case-for that letter was deposited after the
office was closed, although agreeably to an ar
rangement we had made with the Agent !;
while this last was deposited during open Office
hours, and after the Agent had personally as
sqred US that a repetition of the previous neg
lect, should not occur if he could avoid it, We
make this public. complaint against that Office,
as, we did that in our letter of last Saturday,
with reluctance, but it is due to ourself and
our readers that the matter shall be placed be-
fore the public. Had thees two letters beer
on merely personal affairs we should observe
silence with regard to, their detention beyond
the regular time = but they, contained intelIi-
gence which it was our duty to publish at the
earliest moment for the benefit of our, readers.
We used the bestIofered means of communi-
cation in dispatching the, letters; it was the
neglect OF wrong doing of the medium to
whom weientrusted them that their, contents
We're withheld from our. readers. We have
known the Agent at Boise City, Mr., Atlee, for
many years, and have, always deemed him a
thoroughly honorable, efficient, very careful
business man. We cannot believe that, he in
tentionally withheld our letters; we have his
explanation as to the cause why the first letter
was delayed; but thatyery explanation and his
promise to avoid q recurrence of the detention,
makes make this last case appear more culpabla, If
ne has under him. any persons who are careless
or base enough to commit that kind of blum
ders or YYIantop acts, he ought to promptly Sc
cure ] himself in and the Company for, which he is
Agent against future abuses of his and the
Coplpany''ss confidence by their misconduct
The public have right to. expect. that their
letters, entrusted to the Express for speediest
practicable transmission, will receive due at
tention. If this is; done, complaints cannot be
reasonably made, All that we ask is fair play
and the performance of Express service agree
erp4J pSsUA wv y nave IC-
ceived favors from the Agents and Messengers
of Wells, Fargo & Co., in the way of latest
newspapers, and we have always returned
a prompt and hearty acknowledgement for the
same. We publicly complain Of the remiss-
ness of their Agents only when it is unjust to
others to refrain from doing SO, and never do
so without reluctance. We hone that we shall
never again be called upon to make complaint
of any Agent Of the Company for negligence
in connection with our news letters 1t is an
duty to perform, but it is a duty
which we cannot justly decline to fulfil when
the occasion demands it.
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