New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-24


The shsstess Read % sAs Gala pes1e..
MEssss. EDiroRs: In your psper Of he 9th
November last there 70 article hesSed ~, CA.
with New aexico and California and The ok~<s Of the
writer appears Be 30 show sha, laden Point q Ia
vsccs Bay 10 the proper es-onel through which he
great santa re trade should Be done.
The person uho wrote that article must hare knovu
eu, little Of the Rays thai lie q; the w corner Of The
Gulf Of Nexico elss h. vcald hsve vsctsrwd 10
publish each an article he bad but glasced q the
map Of the country he you'd have eeea reouhed into
silence he would have seen that In umptss from L.
dian Point TO Corpus chrisn Bay be overlooking
three large oays which he directly osfSeen hn
favor,s- loc son sad California refer To the Espira
Santa Ssy and the Arsns Bay 9th 10, vo ex'ensioes.
tire ccpsno and Nssiou Bays. t-e~ iss ssa~ 81 sAcA
th< Ss u he <flaa,ic rSrs'ras frr'ly t,fe IA N0rfA
He uas al etAv YosG % iAs>t1si's<sf and tAsrs
- at tina moment iest Of water on the Arssses Bar
Hss The entrance TO Mst.xcSd. Lavsces Bay any
deeper wssri The Copaoo wss the OLD tssofte and
trg e the Mexcsas and when their early navtGesore
growing enc out Of the other. like the 'esves Of he
maple they called this marine psnestion into the main
LAID Fl Bolson &c las sierras- rae Pocket OF The
NJ ynIsios The highest point o. ues'...sr on ID.
tide water on TIE Aransas. and THE sr ss4 end
the present road from indian Point or Pcr Lsvssea
the Preside crossing OF the Rio GrAnds, upvsrd Of
80 miles Of toe aud would suppose thse his
ton Of ssorers and muc-drivers And farther. In 60
ing from any part OF Na,ascrda Ray 10 Mexico. you
must crcss The Guadalupe River where u 70 notorious
fact that United Stsses 10 ls<o were deianed
waiting for their Of the ferry and would have
b unload re load even stthat ser having passed not
over but tsrsssA road Of 20 miles in extent sp 70
the hub every step." Then sher sprmountins thess
dcultcs the direct route you mass ercss the
Cols tie whose bottom 10 qaiekssno and its banks
TIE same. and which very Slfseus Of accent per
hsps you must unload here. Then the San Antonio
fh.n The three Of the MissiQu the three
forks u the Arsnsas Rivera all Of which have high
osIk and you 80 above the forks Of the Nueces you
must cross many uiore. On the contrary. BY land
ing your goods the highest uts water OF the Arsn.
sss Rsy you avoid all these dSc and ppcu
rolling country II srovcs and nuskeet srsss Ss<cAl
rsYia" and fresh water. where your mules and oxen
will need other provendsr through the night and
where you have but river 70 until you arrive
On the bank OF the Rio Grande.
Doubtless, Messrs Editors, you esve observed ttAt
herr are lees than Eve different roetes proposed ~
which we nrsy reach California and Oregon. Mr..
Whitney would from the shore Of Lshs
N ichssn. Mr. Msury would do ,he same from Nat
her the Mississippi Mr Austin would begin ~
islveston Bay Mr.. Cstlott who 10 we'll Known ABOUT
ne meridisns OF Victoria san Antoco and Austin.
would start from Port Lavsccs, and Mr. Somebody
would commence operations at Indian Point. But kt
INV unbiased consult correct map of the counry
md he will Gee for himself the truth OF what have
,sted.
IL follows As truth which cannot bs retutod, that
usiics be done economy consulted snd patriotism re-
srSed the great nstons highway to the shores OF the
'scihc, whether that road Be- II Earth or OF Iron.
nu It have ils terminus at the head Arsnsss Bay
rhis 10 reasons Voice and Natures Lac.
COMMON sE~sv