, 1852-11-27
llagnanimity Of the Post office De,
pG-tment.


post, ,li,e teplrtmcn. fr Oregon, recently
: ceiycd tier from W II. DrNDAs, Sc
-oal as,istau, ia TIA: department at Wash,
.gtan, and whi,a lc,icrlls since cn trans
uu.,d 20 eovunuGt agent in this part Of
tie territory, making IL. .u'rl with r, gard TO
the necessity Of ,hs establishment Of mail
route biwcu OLYMPIA and Stcilacoom, and
toaciuysce in that necessity, pro-
v.dci a contract could be effected restricting
dc pay from iho proceeds of the route 10 be
contracted for Letween the above named
plac ., 10 the muniicent sum Of ONE HUN.
DRED AND FORTY DOLLARS -!
We ar, wanting in lansuas, to czp.ess
the supreme cont mql with which Tie citi-
zeus in the vicinity C. The places reierredT
look upon the af,remutiyn-d proposition of
tie post Office department. Our govern
mcnt must be going into a decidedly rapid
doaiiac.
Is the posl-clHce department aware lla'
ii Is by the nearest route TWENTY-FIVE
MILES from Olympia to Slcilacoom -
That the government Of the United States
has at present a branch ofils standing army
at that place, to which they are daily look
ing for a large increase from fort Vancou>
Yer that said army is virtually impris-
oncd, or might easily be thus situated by
a foreign authority Commanding the entrance
Of the Stats;-where are our military roads
the means Of ext or entrance within our
territory if percmptorly demanded : Who
have been at the PERSONAL expense Of
carrying the mail between Olympia and
Steilacoom for the last two years We
beg leave TO inform the higher departments
of government, that the brave and gentle
manly officers aud soldiers at the fort refer
red to, have CONTRACTED and PAID
for every LETTER ard PAPER, which has
been transmitted 10 them within the last two
years, out of their PRIVATE FUNDS
drawn from government for services per-
formed
1t is perfectly reasonable 10 infer that the
government at Washington knows nothing
in reference 10 Tie interests requiring atton.
tion between the Columbia liver and the
18Th parallel ofnohh latitude, and The soon
er little knowledge is obtained with 'rsa.d
TO what our country requires and demands
from the home government, the sooner, no
doubt, will little regard and respect lie ez-
tended to our citizens and territory.
Within the limits Of region of country
sufficiently large 10 form a stale of dimen,
siors equal 10 Ohio, Indiana or Kentucky
with a soil Of unsurpassing fruitfulncss-a
climate oElhe most desirable character, we
are allowed through government liberality,
about eighty miles Of mail route, aside from
that Afforded by the Columbia river, for the
accommodation of our entire territory and
now we are oirrred some thirty additional
miles, provided the contractor is content 10
receive $l40 per 'nnum for his services
our most worthless and triAing Indians will
earn that sum in months time by padding
a canoe for the accommodation of the trav-
eling public up and down the Sound.
Aside from the fact that United States
government has a military station at Stella
COON, the commercial Importance which is
fast becoming attached to that locality, de.
mands the immediate establishment of a
mail route TO connect it with the mail from
the mouth of the Cowlitz river, which now
terminates at Olympia, and which at present
is CONTINUED 10 Fort Steilacoom, at the
PERSONAL expense of that station.
Northern Oregon needs mail route from
the head Of the Sound throughout its entire
length, 10 connect with every settlement,
and be continued to San Francisco, as much
as ever did the willamette valley; and sug-
gCsfs that insulting and disreputable Propo-
siiions for carrying the same be forthwith
discontinued.
In conclusion on this matter we would
observe, that the present contractor for the
only goreramsai mail route in northern Or
egon, receives S15oO per annum for carry
ing it co miles. Between Olympia and
Sieilacoom there IS ferry over Nesqually
river, that would, in one year, if the mail
was only carried once a week, cost the con,
tractor ffty-two dollars The magnanimous
home government can make lis own calcula
ton of the probable cost, for one year, of
provisions, forage, &c, for carrying the mail
betweenth places referred to.