Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-07-08
THE MAILS AND STAGE LINES.
In our issue of June 9th the following para
graph was published:

graph was published;
SOMETHING WRoSo.-The mails from California
over the Humboldt route, stil come very irregulariy
4 There will be no mail for days together ana thoi
1.-THE Umatilla route. on the other hand the mails
come with regularity and quick dispatch We gel
equally late Eastern teegraphic dispatches from the
lportand morning dailies do from the Sal
Lake evening daily and by the Portland papers the
latest California and coast dispatches reach us. No"
that the telegraph is finished to the Dalles, We may
reasonably expect to receive by way of John Haley
fast mail line, one day later Overland Geographic
news than by the Salt Lake route. aud from two to
three days later Californis coast news than by
the Humboldt route. Haley staging thus eviden
ces the superiority of that route and his supe
rior management in keeping up fast time.
This has been pounced upon by the Boise
City Statesman and Owyhee .4ralanche, as an
uncalled-for aud unjust assault upon Hill
Beachey. who owns and runs the line of stages
between Boise City and Reno, tho present
eastern terminus OF the Central Pacific rail
road. Impartial aud uapreudiced readers
will agree with us that the paragraph is free
from any such assault or the intention to assall
And to prove that we could have had no such
design we copy the following paragraph which
we gave in our paper OF June 9th:
| WHAT'S THE MArrERl-up to Thursday evening
there had been no paper mail-nor letter either We
be,ieve-from California for six days. The Express
had come regularly. however. the whole time. We
learn the stage does not fail 10 bring on every mali
sack or bag delivered 1T the California or Nevada end
OF the road, and the trouble seems 10 be beyond
there The Postal Agent ought to see 10 the matter,
and remedy the failure
In this last paragraph we certainly exhibit
our intention TO place the blame where We be-
lieved it rightfully belonged, and. 10 further
show that We were not governed in the matter
by biased or unworthy motives, We "ill add
that We specially excepted from blame Mr.
Hill Bcachey with whom We have an irrero
cable personal fcud, aud who, of course does
not advertise his stage line in our paper, aud
put the ccnsure upon the Railroad Company.
umns for nearly two years. Further, TO more
completely show that we have never permitted
the hostile personal relations which hasc cI-
isted between Hill Beachry and ourselt since
ment or expression with reference Ia his line
oil stages, our files will prove that. since April
sth. We have. simply as legitimate news items,
published fire favorable notices of that line.
and Rot oar causc!cssly dcrogatory Of II. Aud
now for some other facts:
The mails over the Humboldt route have.
for more than n month. come very irrrsulaEly,
and SO they do still On inquiry a. the Post
office. on Monday last. We learned that at oac
time there had been no rn1tl-ictier tor paper
from Sacramento ipr screA days. tina; during
no whole week for several weeks has the Ia1ll
FROM California come regularly ar in schedule
time II will como through in less than seized.
ulc time once or twicn. aud then no mad. or q
very tarIy mail. for several days will cuspc
In our remarks in both Of the above para.
graphs. So bitterly complained Of b. Hill
Bcachcy's retainer and defender. the worst
VAS not mentioned Actual facts warranted
us in saying much more than said in either
of those articles
Even the Statesman. while shamelrssy abus.
ing US for having said what wc have. admits
that the Humboldt mails have reached Boise
City very irrcgularly. but declares " Hill
trip" We never charged Hill Brochcys stag.
IS with any fault whatever. The same paper
then goes on tn say-"Thc Sacramento office
delivers 40 mail on Sundays. 80 there must of
course be one day in n week when there will
be no through mall" and immediately follows
Unsatisfactory stages bring the mail bags
every day in the week" Now. We submit Ia
readers, it the Statesman tells the truth when
it says there il "irreguarity in the mail" aud
again when it admits that one day IN the week
there can be- no mail. it states n transparent
fIlzrhood in declaring that "Tcachey's stages
brings the mail bags erery day in the week"
We will add there was published in late Sac
tamsnto Union the letter OF its Agent Mt this
place, n which complaints were made of the
irrrgularity and Hardness Of the maids from
California To Idaho City, and the charges in
that letter were more severe than anything
we have published. Why do not the Salesman
and dralanche, in Hill Bcachcy's behalf, pounce
on the Union as they have pounced upon us
Has the Union, or it's Agent here, n spite"
against Mr. Bcachcyl
The 1Daldnchc says: "but tho WORLD must
be mistaken when it says the latest dispatches
reach US over that route" the John HALEY
UmatIlla routel. To prove to our Owyhee co.
temporary that we are not mistaken, but that
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