New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-09

CLhREMONT, n. IA. ApTu 4 lh1J.
To he Editor Of The Tribune
wish to call the attention OF the public through
The Tribune to matter Of much importance at the present
tine especially alude TO the mail delinquences to Call
hrals.
Il Is well known hore and presume elsewhere, ulhl
not fourth Of the letters California are ever re-
,ey,d by those to whom they sent and in many IL
..ucNs f far short Of that rHuo 30 Tar as am ahe
M cam moot Of the leefs from California 10 this
non are received In from SIX TO eight weeks aud rNev
ever Ia there fluTe, but much comp amt u maze mat
b. 40 moi gel sny neys rom the home and friends they
rave len behind Now what means all ihsl can see no
why thu male should not be a. regularly
brought from California and II that Is inc case II no.
the Postmaster of San francisco or Sacramento greay M
autl haze fiends and relatives IN the 6old heslons
who went toe overland roue Ons year agoi ana we r.
ceye Of their letters, and have sen 70 lheu ~ IS
hi ibey DO not Te ceve our advces am acquainted h
person who OUt to California last year ana leteis
were stnt rs onen month and not one was re-
caSed be esiihes since his Return Io 10y Mlsn 70
trouble you with lengthy article, but II what nave sH
will have any effect toward bringing soou. nave
unes will regard 10 this matter many VeiN many h"'e
no doubt will be made glad thereby ~ ~ p,,rrv
Yours, truly sANi' ~ \ n"'i'H''
Rcmarks.
There are several things which our correspond
ent does not seem to know or duly to consider
Let US hint at some OF them:
California is a country as large as New England
and New York together, and nearly o'erspfead o'
oyerrun by some hundred thousand OF our people
an anxious to hear from friends at home Yet Ia
the whole of that vast country there Is not single
post road. no mailroute, unless it be small portion
Of the Sacramento river and not more than han a
dozen postotfices, and these far remote from the
erea, mass of the miners, &c in the God Heglcn
from whom the complaint proceeds What sensi
be man could expect that these letters would al
or nearly ali, reach their Intended destination
Probably letters for fifty thousand different per
sons have reached tho San Francisco Post-othce
during the past year. And what sort OF Fosi
Office do you fancy that is ? Such building ana
such fixtures as would be suitable for the proper
distribution and prompt delivery OF tho letters al
irving NJ that Office would cost, at san frSh'i>'o
prices Half q Million Dollars and could not nave
been had during last year at any price u Is no'
possible, in any such office as the T. NJ al San
Frsnci.co could have had during the last summer
for delivering clerk at once to put has hand win
oer,.ir,, ON auv letter that may be inquired iOr'
and we presume many have received the answer
0 No,A;os for MIR. SO and SO when IN fact uefe Gas
letter for him IN the office. We know OF no snVh
in.t.nee. of course but we know something OF as
,ributins and delivering advices To grumoie anu
,cold about this, and suppose Il can De 'ureu ~ q
breath il INST as reasonable as wonld oe grow
A. the scarcity or badness of turtle soup on 'he
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