The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-05
NATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Harper.
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE.
Letter from Mr.. Jsl0s United States charge daGares
| 10 and from The United States and The Pacific
ocean.
| No o.
LIMA, Dec. %, Is45
| Sra In my first communication, | made few
suggestions believed TO be useful to travellers coming
TO the Pacific from the United States In this will
give my views of the best mode Of transmitting TO,
and receiving intelligence from, the Pacific, by the
people Of the United States under existing arrange
ments-or arrangements existing at the time last
had information upon the subject
| There are four routes by which letters are now
! uonsmitted--one round Cape Horn, by means Of
merchant ships and ships Of war, sailing from diff
| ferent parts of the United States. BY this route,
letters and papers from Boston, New York, Bat-
more, &c. &c, arrive at Valparaiso in 80 to 100
| DAYS and from thence TO Callao in 10 10 Is more,
on board of steamboats, and other vessels, in
the merchant ships sailing from the United States
stop at Valparaiso. This is much the safest, least
expensive, and most expeditions route for the pub
lie generally, who have agents at certain places
| TO forward their communications. second route
is by way Of England to jamaica Chagres, across
the isthmus to Panama. and thence along this coast.
To those who have agents IN England at Jamaica,
and Panama, to whom their letters may be en-
closed, this, upon The average, is the most expedi-
ious route and equally safe; but the rates Of post
age are very high. A letter from New York by the
steam-packet in twelve to fourteen days, may be
sent from Southampton in another steam packet, on
the I'd and l7th days Of each month, to Jamaica,
Santa Martha, and thence TO Chagres, in 80 to IS
| days in two days more acress the isthmus to Pa
mama; and by the steam-packets (Which will com.
! mence running between Panama and Calao the first
1 of April nexD to Callao in ten days more; and
from Callao to Valparaiso III desired) by steam
packets, in ten days more. By this route, letters
4 from New York will reach this city in about sixty
days with the aid of these agents.
third route is direct from the United States to
Jsnaica, ind thsnes 10 GAsgrss, De- a. before
sta,ed. 80
But there is no line of packets from the United
States Jamaica. Letters must be conveyed to that
place by merchant ships; and the writer must have
at Jamaica and Panama an agent to forward his let
tors and pay his hostages at each Of those places
his letters will be lost For the person having two
such agents. and finding vessel ready to sail for ia
maica this is the most expeditions rapid route, and
equally SAFE and less expensive, than by England,
but more expensive than round the cape.
The fourth route In bya United States ship-of-
war, sailing from Norfolk for Chagres, at uncertain
periods and only occasionally, unless the arrange
mont has been changed since my last information
frem the United States The sailing of these Uni
ted States packets are advertised in many of the
newspapers and by them, letters will 60 safely to
Panama; but there, in the post office al Panama, every
letter and public despatch ioiH remain till they are
.o,.,noad i, tho Aames no old rubbisb ,pIe 40 the
$50, - L;a rnn, thero n Io,L ofter b;o letters
writer mas ms ae". I'LL ~ mn ILL., ' J'.nsis,
anu pay .ne poSs ~ De. ~, r. o., pa;os
p:.S, H. VI ;n,orren,;on Of sncb AGENTS and The
"'ous c ,,n .'.D,.o. ,hor. IN ,be novernmer, 81
RayGe. y, ' fuma5reds and bmndreds Of Latter
wow oII"aJ 10 aJ -, lbs, ,,os, e. .nJ Snan,
ale yea, GU ~ .,an, n soa. ,r;v.,. ;,d;ydnoI ~
~ s,,"nd ~ ,ho,,
pup. as &C. , ~ are a. fniow.
ia'e' y, po'eI ~ - \, M
From Callao 70 fanama .'''''.'Sa w pc, o|
From ranama 10 Ghagies' ~ 20 w.
From Ghagres 70 jamaica ~ 90 90 10
From Jamaica 10 hns'aha '''''.~ % uo'
..ro
....
believe the same is charged upon single letters
e weighing less than an ounce, except from Panan
, to Chngres, and from Chagres to Jamaica, the Tor
! mer beng 12j cents, and the latter Is cents.
el What Is the remedy for such public lnconveni
!. ence! May not a regular line from the unitet
States to Chagres be established by the governmSr
of the United States for the transmission of publ
and private communications, and the amount o
postage required for the transmission Of each com
munication the Pacific be paid to the government
of the United States, where the mail Tor the Pncih
may be de.up' And may not, then, the consul
Panama be authorized to pay the hostages on sue
communications TO the government OF New Grena
da for crossing the isthmus and to the steamers 70
transportation from Panama south to Peru ana Ch
Ii, and charge the amount to the government OF tn
United States, which Will have been Undermined !
advancei
And for the transportation Of letters from the Pa
ci6c to the United States, may not the governmer
authorize its oonsds and navy agents at ench port
10 receive the hostages OF letters and make up ma
for the United States, endorsing the postage bill