Year: 1877

name Of our informant.


We gave it, when they acknowledged
the statement, hy hun m tie to be true in
every particular but became very angry
/ at the reverend gentleman who wished
20 see Honest dealing and had put Us on
guard against such under ground work.
Now this clerk Of that office, is known
: in Seattle as Daniel Baglev's brothcr.in-
law. When We first inquired in regard
10 what kind of man he was, the
answer one of the best business men in
Seattle gave MS, was that he belonged to
that class, who always expected their
relations to find n place for them, or to
support them; in other words, he looks
to the influence OF Daniel BAglry to
secure him place and position, while
Bagey expects Icalty and subservieney
to his designs in return.


Now this man has known in common
with hundreds ot Others, that everything
that resulted to our injury, provided
that it remained undiscovered, could not
fail to please his master.


Now upon this mans removal from
that office, Daniel Bagley took counsel,
in the presence and hearing OF one of
the most reliable business men, doing
business on Commercial street
in Seattle, as to how he could get off
PrOsch's bonds as postmaster, a few
days after Bagley's brother in-law again
became clerk OF that office This mer-
chant was our informant in this matter
The only remaining matter to be noticed,
is the way our mail arrived ut that
office.


As it is we'll known, we travel large
part of our time, more than all the other
editors of the Territory combined, and
always make it a matter of special inqui.
ry to see if our subscribers get their mai
regularly, and we also try to ascertain II
there is anything else that can be done
for the improvement of our Journal, or
the benefit Of our patrons. Consequent
ly few irregularities can exist tor any
length of time, without our finding them
out.


We have leon doubly careful in this
respect, ever since our trouble began
with the Seattle post.otfire, to notice
every omission, and correct it as soon as
possible thereafter.


No complaint was ever made as to the
manner of our mail being done up until
after Mr. p. became postmaster. Upon
our employing u new foreman Of cxten
sive experience in the printing business
at least twice or thrice ~ great rs that
of the editor of the Tribune, he folded
the STAR in different form then before
used in the Office, and did up the
paper in shape that would have been
amply secure, with ordinary careful
handling OF the mail.


The pnrser OF the Nellie, in place OF
looking after the mail himself, as is usu
ally done on other steamers, left the mat
ter wholly to the steward, who handled
the mail very roughly, throwing the
mail sacks great distance oftentimes into
mud and water ON the wharves, and with
such force as to loosen or break any large
packages, not done up with extraOrdia
ry care, taking the whole mail ashore
in this manner at Lowell and MukiltGo


AS soon as this was observed by us, we
immediately took steps to remedy II, so
that no mail for Lowell or Mukiltvo was
put in the large paper mail sack making
it unnecessary to carry it ashore except
ut Seattle. Soon after We ascertnined
that II few packages had failed complete
ly to rench their destination ; susp0ctlng
that the source OF it must be in
the way the mail had been
handled, we went to the Seattle
post Office, found these broken packages.
in thnt office, done them up and redirec-
ted them to the proper destination. The
clerk then informing us that the Seattle
mail had nerer failed to reach the office
so that le could distribute al OF it, but
suggested different method OF doing
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