, 1877-06-02
LOnAL AGENTS.
SATURDAY
The semitic Post Office.

In reply to our article alleging specific
acts of gross negligence in the Seattle
post office, designed to work an injury to
the STAR. Articles in reply were pub
lishcd last week in the Olympia Courier,
the Seattle Tribune and the Intelltgehcer
The Dispatch also noticed the matter.
We have not seen the Courier article,
therefore can make no reply to it at pres
cnt, yet presume that what We now have
to say will cover the whole ground. Our
charges were not made until after we
had carefully investigated the whole
matter, and found by repeated efforts
that nothing else would reach the evil.
Even then we should have delayed, for
u time at least, making them public
through our columns had not so many
VI our patrons in Seattle inquired why
the STAR was scarcely never distributed
until several days after the arrival Of the
Snohomish mail ut the Seattle post office.
Although Mr.. PpsCh's attention had
several times been calcdto these irregu-
iarilics in that office, yet until We had SO
strong evidence of desiga, We made most
of our complaints directly to the clerk in
charge of the Office
Not until we found by experience that
naught we could do, would induce the
Seattle postal clerk to treat US fairly we
appealed directly to MIR. F.; who promis'
ed to do all we could ask a gentleman to
do, to set the matter Alright. He now
promises to personally notify us OF any
thing wrong aud to soe himself that our
subscribers get their mail at the proper
time. This is all we ask, therefore, We
have nothing to say against Mr.. p, nor
as long as we are treated fairly, do We
care who is connected with the office.
Mr. P. as editor of the Tribune replies
to our charges Of past bad service in that
office in such manner as to implicitly
admit part of them, and to exterminate
the rest by attempting to show that there
was no design against us, o. the STAR,
ths, the Office clerk rendered us many
extra services, aud thSt the STAR mail
came to the office in very bad shape etc,
so that the blame must be as great on
our side as elsewhere, each one OF which
we will notice in detail.
The lengthy reply of the Tribune,
while gentlrmanly in tone, presents the
ereusd,, of his subordinate, and seeks to
create an impression taat We wrote from
inference, not from fall knowledge of
the facts, in his language, went off half
cooked; !" yet he admits that he knew but
little about the affairs of his Office and
gave mainly other than facts OF which he
had personal knowledge
A clergyman OF Seattle, who was
present at the meeting described in our
article, of the Seattle clergy, was the first
one to give us a full account OF ID. BIS
language at that meeting in reference to
the STAR, as well as the name of he per-
son who volunteered TO come to Snoho.
mish and carry out D. BIS work with his
proposed method OF action. This infor-
nation was given us few days after
their meeting WAS held in Seattle under
D. BIS supervision. The same week,
riends OF ours came to us in Seattle
stating that it We peiscvered in out indr.
pendent course it wovIl he at uur peril,
and notifying us OF EegtcyS h0Iiith a
short time after BaSlcy's volunteer aid
came 10 Suohomish, with two asstants,
not meeting with sny success: I've enlarged
the STAR tie week after their 'isit,) they
LEFT. 4 we-k a.toraarls meeting them,