The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-06

glow with the genlal warmth OF q wholesome p0pu.
lariy But still he is not equal to the necessities
Of the campaign Of '62. Tradition is against him
He lie not the man for the masses. He has the
ability, the experience, all the qualifications for tho
Presidency, except availability. Fillmore is pre-
ferred in the South, and Scott in the North; and
where, then, is Mr. Webster? Can the money.
changers control the whig convention? Are the
wings of Wall street more powerful than Seward in
the State of New York! Is Mr.. Webster sure even
of Massachusetts,! What chance has he! None in
the world from present appearances; and the affair
a. Metropolitan Hall will probably wind him up
TIay may h he sasai%; "save mo from my
New York and San Franclsco-Ths New.
est and Shortest Route.
Between the Panama route, the Nicaragua
route, and the Tehuantepec route it has been sup
posed that all the available or practicable passages,
via Mexico or Central America, to California were
appropriated and that tho contest for the passen.
gers, maile, and freight between the two oceans,
must for the future be limited to these three lines Of
communication. But for the information Of all
parties concerned, and of the public at large, We
have to announce the discovery Of fourth route,
the shortest and quickest Of them ALL and the grant
Of . charter, and the complete organization Of
company, to put this new route into practical opera
ton.
First with regard to the route. 1t is proposed to
run line Of steamers from New York to Vera
Cruz, and from this point to cross over by land and
water to the Pscifs--from Vera Cruz by one Of
the national roads Of Mexico to Puebla, and thence,
leaving the city Of Mexico to the north, in west
erly line, to Coacualco, on the Mcscala river, two
hnn dvnd md IAN pniIo Nd Nv
down said river four hundred and fifty nine miles to
its mouth, whore it is known the Zscatula river
thence by steamships to San Francisco. By this
route the distance to San Francisco from New York
is nearly two thousand miles less than BY the
Panama route, and some five hundred miles shorter
than tho Tehuantepec. A still more important
consideration is the question Of time. The COM
papy, by this new route, calculate on making the
trip between New York and San Francisco in six
teen days. The shortest time made by the Mica
rsgua route is twenty six days and sixteen hours,
and by the Panama route within . fraction
Of twentysix days, although the distance via
Nicaragua is at least thousand miles less
than by way of Panama. The difference in time
has been made up by the superior steaming on the
Panama route, and by longer dete. tien in cross
ing the Isthnus at Nicaragua than at the narrow
neck between Panama and Chsgres. With steam.
ers Of the same speed, and the Isthmus transit
opened to steam navigation from cean to ocean,
promised it shall be in three or four years,
the time occupied in the trip, via Nicaragua, will
necessarily be shorter than by Panama, according
to the actual saving Of distance. Thus, while with
the railroad from Chagres to Panama completed.
the time between New York and San Francisco by
that route may beshortened possibly to twentyfour
days, by the Nicaragua route, with steamers Of
equal speed, when the lsthmus transit is opened all
the way through to steamers, the trip may be &C
complished in twenty-five days The Tehuantepec
project appears to have been quashed by the Next
can government; but if it could be put in opera
ton, even by a common stage read across the 18TH
mus, it would BIO still the shortest route to San
Francisco, by two three days, the Nicaragua
route, and by four or five days over the route by
Panama. This would still leave over Tehuan-
terec, a gain to the new route, by way Of Vera
Cruz, Of at least four days in the trip taking the
estimate Ct the company of sixteen days as the time
in which they can accomplish it from New York to
San Francisco. At eighteen or twenty days. it will
still be gain Of from eight to ten days upon the
bes. time as yet actually made by either the Mica
Iagua or Panama route.
The company which has been organized upon
this new route ia entitled the Mexican Ocean
Mail and Inland Company" and was incorporated
by the Legislature of this state in July last. 1t
comprises such men as Simeon Draper, John Cry
der, Samuel Wetmore, Jr., George Bird, and A. e.
Ramsay, ard their associates The capital stock Of
the company is s., 500, 600. The advantages which
the company have secured from the Mexicangover
nent are the exclusive right Of way by this new
route, and the exclusive right to the transportation
Of all foreign mails across the republic Of Mexico,
for fifteen years.
From these exclusive privileges they expect to
realize some extraordinary advantage over all other
inter oceanic routes especially in the transportation
Of the mails and gold dustfrom California and Mex
ice to England. and the return mails. From South.
nmpton to Chogres, by steam, direct, the time occu
pied istwentyfour days, and to Vera Cruz ave-
rage, twentyseven days. From Liverpool to New
York the time has been reduced to an average Of
less than twelve dsJs-thence to Vera Cruz the
distance may DO made in six days. Thus, via New
York to Vera Cruz, the British mails to Mexico
and California gain at least nine days over the
direct line from Southampton to The Gulf Of Mexi.
co. The Mexican Ocean Mail and Inland Com.
pany, therefore, count upon the transportation fall
the British mails to and from California, and upon
the gold dus. which follows these ails at the pre-.
sent time, by the West India lines TO Southampton.
This, Of course, would be great acquisition to tn,
company, ard Now York would share in the profits.
Time will prove the wisdom or folly Of their cacu-
lations.
A reference to the map of North America will
ihow, at glance, the papable gain, in the matter
Of distance ofths new route over all other ishmus
routes TO California. With regard to its practical
bty, VIC understand that Mr.. Ramsay has tho
roughly EXAMINED it throughout, and reports 1t
entirely satisfactory. There will DC required some