The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-19
West India Mail Steamers.


SIR MAY !, through your columns, ask the writer
efa communication In your paper OF yesterday signed
terest in any steamer running, launched, or to be
launched, but as one living by commerce. am little
jealous Of anything that has the look Of being supported
of the private enterprises of our citizens,
Is the West India Mail Line of which Ohio speaks,
the same line which hold contract as, and have up
to the date Of his article used the name and style
the New York and New Orleans Mail Contract Line or
to that effect! Does that line do than touch at
one West Indian port Does the touching at that one
port make it the West India Mail Line?
Does their contract read for the carrying Of mails be-
tween New York and New Orleans? Is that a coastng
route?
under that contract and does She does she not
ceive 600 per trip for mail service rendered and
rendering If not 600 how much does she receive
Is the New York and New Orleans Mail Contract
Line to receive under their contract with the United
States $2s0000 per annum for ten years for mail
vice. Are tne holders OF tne cSntract now
month"; to enable them to fulfil their engagements in
building the steamers required
Did any but the holders of that particular contract
apply for such advanced Did the holders of other
steam mail contract need or ask for such
under this contract, which Ohio pleads
for the delay in its fulflment Before this
tract was made was there not steamer or steamers OF
Orleans coasng trade in the course of construction
For how much would that steamer steamers have
rendered the service required! Or would 1t not have
been just to enterprsing citizens generally
to have given the service to such steamers Judge
phia lines to Savannah and Charleston!
Is not the United States bonus of $25, a month,
for semi monthly service or SlsSo9 trip on the
to render the taking passengers and freight almost
any price, clear profit.
And is not the effect Of such bonus, practically to
crush any similar enterprise the route, whether
previously undertaken or not!
Do the contractors of the New York and New Orleans
Mail line propose to have their years advance Of
$4,000 deducted from their first years service
from the last II from the last, do they allow to
government the ten years interest that advance?
If not how much do they gain in the Of interest
and above the aggregate amount of their contract
Is the simple interest S20OOO0 for ten years, at
per cent equal to s203 000 and at compound in
terest, interest added yearly) equal to nearly
$30O,O00' GEORGIA.
NARROW EscAPE.-The road from Clifton to-
wards the Yellow Springs runs for some distance
the edge Of the cliffs which in that region skirt
the banks of the Little Miami They there from
beneath party Of young people from Cortsville In
Green township, consisting Of Mr. Marshall his sister,
and Miss Wade made narrow escape there last Satur-
day. They were in one horse carriage-Mr M.
driving. The horse was spirited ANIMAL and some
thing going wrong with the harness In descending a
slight HILL became FESTIVE While MIR. Marshall was
exerting all his strength in endeavor to check the
animal, one of the lines suddenly gave way, and he
was preciptatcd from the carriage. The horse Icing
now at liberty and perfectly frantic, would have
cleared the precpice in few bounds had 1t not been
for the admirable presence Of mind shown by Miss
Wade. She snatched up the remaining line, which
happened to be the right one, and thus turned the
the girls hurt Miss hail. 1t is feared dangerously
having been thrown against tree 1t some
days before shc able to speak Presence Of mind is
rare virtue 1t sometimes requires more courage to
pull line than to win battle; and record this
another instance Of that noble heroism often deve
oped in the gentler sex by great emergencies We
Wade, of Green ownship-SPringfeh (W) Republican,
June o.