The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-08

Th. accomplished officer. the Assistant Postmaster
General let ashogton yesterday morning for the pur-
pose Of making postal arrangements al Cuba and at
Panama He will proceed further towards California
unless resolution should pass Congress- which relates
10 The appointment OF an agent for making postal arrange
menls IN that country We have no doubt that MAJOR
Hobbie will discharge every duty which devoIves upon
hn with all that discretion and energy by which he is
much distinguished, The following extract of Wash.
nglon letter. from the New York Herald traces out the
path which he is to pursus We trust he will be
by the Governor General Of Cuba with tina.
hdence which is so well calculated 10 insure success
We know that there the slightest political object
attached to his Mission AMI that there is not the slightest
for any suspicion jealousy the part OF the
Spanish authorities:
The Postmaster General is ak.ng earnest efforts
feet postal arrange neni with Cuba Havana, in thai
island Is port Of call OF all our Chagres mai packsh
ieans Beyond Cuba o her numerous sister islands OF
the greater and lesser Antilles And we all know that
End .sh. Feneb. the Dach, and the Danes, who
cupy these fertile spots IN ,he Caribbean sea outne~
Postmaster General Judge Hail. is fully aroused 10 tue Inn
poft.nce OF having direct mail COMMUNICATION to those
places, % aid aud pro,not. commercial operations with
tnem W. aiseady the conveyance. secured under
pay aud under Contract us far as Havana and semi
monthly mail lines are running from that pot, TO those
of Cuba that Havana will distribute and for
ward the mats between other West India islands and
| the United States and will into postal accounts
with United States that viii enable the Cnban ano
West Indian postage be collected IN those islands ~
the United States The United States give ample
unoraton Cuba for this accommodation, by like
ra in her behalf which will enable her send
her with The various countfle
this and the European continents, through the United
States and the packet lines belonging the Uni
ted States, brought nso her by the treaty with Gres
Britain.
"The Postma General intends immediately to send
ont officer Of his department this desirable
en- officer who successful h
excellent postal agreement with the German
States I8l7, and exercised important agency A.
our valuable treaty with Great Britain Butt Is maiie
thai Major Hobbie will have encounter difficulties IN
this enterprise OF peculiar character arising from thu
spirit OF jealousy distrust which the wldxoose sta
oil Cafdenas has excited This should not be entertained
against honorable against just, air, ane
eventually advantageous proposition as that offered D.
the Postmaster General. s..
hesitation Nothing is contemplated that will NOT be a
beneficial u the government or tue public Of Cuba
that OF the United States. The Postmaster General ha
i had an Interview, rs learn, with the Spanish minister
Don Caderun de la baica aud has doubtless submitted
him the plan oil postal corporation that desired by IN
commercial interests Of the TWO countIies That abb
| diplomast will fully understand It, and Cuba VIII, IN In
end doubt not, be governed in this matter by her IN
erests and intelligence, and not by groundess apprehen
SONS Indeed the recent ha ndsone conduct OF the Spanish
COVE nnient that its feelings towards this coun
are Of the most enlightened and friendly character