The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-04-19
IMPORTANT MAIL ROUTE.
KINGSTON, April l2lh, 1850

and the postmaster Eentral OF me Oh''eu
States. originally published in the Kentucky
Rereiiie OF the 18th March last, it will be
seen tina, the people OF Kentucky are en-
dravoring to procure the establishment OF
lri.weckly line of stages. from Cloverport,
on the Ohio river, to this place, on the
Tennessee river. The necessity OF some
such means ol travel and malI comnfunica'
ton. as that contemplated, securing the
advantages intended TO he provided BY the
route proposed by the able Senator, i OBJ
vious Tine industrious farmers, ana the
thrifty ana rnierpriSlny traders OF kenluc>
Nv have long locked to the two Southern
States OF Georgia and South Carolina, tor
market for their surplus stock and pro-
ducc. And. it may be estimated with safe
~, that at least one hall Of the surplus
produce o! Kentucky finds IT'S way into
those two States alone, where It meets a
prompt demand and ready sale. The in
credible number OF hogs, horses, and mules
lhatare annually driven from that State
across he Cumberland mountains through
East Tennessee 10 the South, sufficiently
a,,esls the necessity and importance OF the
proposnd mail arrangements. The com
morrial intercourse between the state Of
| k..,nckv and other contiguous western
States, aud the Southern States Of Georgia
and South Carolina, is steadily and cOnlln
ually increasing; yet, hitherto. between
these two portions OF our country there
! has been no direct line of mail c0mmunl-
cation; an Inconvenience severely eXper'
fenced by every man in Kentucky having
business at the South. But the growing
commerce between that Stale and the
South is not the only argument IN favor OF
| the proposed arrangements. The facilities
AMI advantages afford, by it. will he equal
~ open aud available to the citizens OF East
Tennessee and of the whole country, and
the impor ant benefits of such an arrance-
ment will be conferred generally upon the
whole commercial and travelling public
The establishment of the proposed line OF
mail stages, from the Ohio river TO some
convenient and appropriate pom, on the
Tcnne.s.. paSsin. by Glasgow and Bnrks.
vile in Kentucky, and by jamestown and
Monrgomprv in this State, will at once be
recognised by every candid end intelligent
person. as. not only an act Of sheer right
and Justice TO the citizens of the country,
hut as an act of imperative necessity.
The views of JUDGE UNDERWOOD. and
of tive people OF Kentucky, IN relation to
this matter, may BE- gathered from the fol-
lowing extract from the letter of Judge Un>
derwooL to Mr.. Collamer, before referred
to- flp says:
"At Kingston. the terminus OF the new
line, travellers desiring to go South would
meet ready conveyance during the grea-
ter part OF the year, in steamboats, TO Chat
tanoogs, and then by Rail Road into Geor-
gIa and South Carolina. You will per-
ceiye by glance al the maps, that Clover
port and Kingston are the nearest approx.
mating points upon the Ohio and TrnneS-
see rivers, above the Muscle Shoals. A
direct communication by stages, between
these points, passing the places named.
must be an important and beneficial line 10
travellers. when properly improved and
generally known. The great merit of this
new line will consist in The aid afforded
the business operations and trade, rapidly
increasing between the States OF Kentucky
and Tennessee, and those Of Georgia and
South Carolina"
1t Is plain from these views expressed by
the distinguished protector oil this new ar
rargement, that the object OF the proposed
line of stages is to open a direct means of
travel and communication, from the Ohio
v-nlent and proper point uJon the river in
F.as, Tennessee. Kingston has been Sc
ected as the terminus OF the stage line, be-
cause il is the point which reason and JUS
tee indicate as the proper place where the
proposed line should terminate, And, in-
te.l, 4 the Ole Of the contemplated ar
ran--meut BE- TO open channel OF COM
mpnica'on from Kentucky to the South
kla.sion is The only point in East TenueS
,ea, N the Tennessee river. without great
iri.,'.ca to the public and the Post Office
Department. General convenience and
.a. p.iic interest are the considerations
.,gn untcu all new mail arrangements
~ "a p, and, d course. the proposed line
= g Grated upon the most practicable
a.. c.lT-uieut route, and the one hes, cal
c..s'e. - oi'ain The important benefits and
-trzn'a-@s sought TO be secured by its es-
enlistment. This place must undonbled-
], b" Ultimately selected, as the point up
On 'nerser at which, whatever mode Of
rmmunlca,ion that may be adopted be.
tween Kentucky and the Southern sea-
hoarI, across the mountains. aud through
East Tennessee, must interSect the liver
Notwithstanding, the propriety OF rermin.
a'ng The new stage line at this place, so
clearly demonstrated bv judge Underwood,
N his letter to Mr. Collamer, vet we find
that an attempt has been made by the cili-
gems of Knoxville, to divert those high
, iunctonaries from their original integrity of
purpose, and induce them 10 make Knor.
riHe and not Kingston the terminus of the
new line. The absurdily of making Knox
vile the terminus OF the proposed line, is
about as glarng as the absurdity Of max
ing Mobile the terminus of the .NasLriIe
and Chattanooga Rail Road. The CORES.
pondence before referred 10, between the
Senator from Kentucky ant the Posrmas-
Ter General, is republished in the ..Knox.
vile Wing" of the 9Th instant, and its pub
LEGATION is followed by lengthy episrIe
from the Editor OF that paper, TO Judge
Underwood, the avowed intention of which
: to convince him that his views in rela
ton 10 the proper place where the line
should terminate are enron :Uus, and that
knorriHe is the proper place for IFS rermin-
a,ion. 10 his letter to Judge Underwood.
the Editor OF the "Whie" SAYS: