The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-22
CALIFORNIA, AUSTRALIA, AND THE
COST OF REACHING THEM!

We have received many more letters than
we can find time to answer, asking us which
is the best way of reaching California or
aia-what is the total cost of the voy-
agS--which country proilers the greatest in
ducemeEti to en- grants, &c. &c. We cannot
answer these questions so fully and accurate
ly as we should prefer to, but here is part of
the information desired:
CALIFORNIA.
The u. S. Mail Steamship Line QIowlnnd
81 Aspinwalls) dispatches n steamship from
this port for Navy Bay, Aspinwall, Qsthmus
Of Darien, near Chagres, and the Atlantic
terminus of the unfinished Panama Railroad)
on the 9TH, l3th, Goth and 2Sth of each month.
When the regular day of sailing falls on Sun
day, the vessel is detained tillnext day. The
rates Of passage by this route are as follows:
First Cabin $40 Second Cabin sl50
Sleernge $s5.
These prices do mol include the cost of tra-
vcrsing the isthmus, which is said to be $40 TO
$2l, and is probably much nearer the latter
sum than the former. Passengers are landed
free of charge at the Railroad Depot, Aspin-
wall, whence they must make their own way
Railroad now takes them about half way a
cross 60 Gorgona) in two or three hours, Tor
%b, ,hrncc the only conveyance is by mules
over horrible road. This isthmus route has
been very sickly the past winter, but we be-
ieve is now less so, but it never will be
healthy, and can only be rendered tolerdble by
the rapid coursing of the Iron Horse. The
completion of the Panama Railroad is promis-
ed for next August, when the horrors OF "the
middle passage" will be at un end. Arrived
at Panama, the Pacific steamers of this line !
will generally be found in readiness to take
passengers to San Francisco--wc cannot now
remember complaint oIunrcusonubIe deten-
ton preferred against this line within year
past. Its apcn, here is Charles A. Whitney,
III Wcst-st. Each passenger is allowed $50
lbs of baggage free on the steamboat, in eth
er ocean; but he must run ais own risks with
il on the lsthmus.
TIE Nicaragua or VdRderbHi'S line crosses
the lsthmus from San Juan de Nicaragua to
San Juan del Sur, by way of tho River San
Juan and Lake Nicaragua. The water route
on this line is nearly 900 miles shorter than
by Panama, but the Isthmus is here some 200
mics WlutT. nt uiiltTtNtc III tllNc between
New-York and San Francisco on these routes
respectively is slight, bit We think the Mica
rugua has rather the advantage. Better allow
a month for either. Its rates, Of passage, Tin
c cluding transit OF person across the lsthmus)
are as follows:
First Cabin, sl0O do sees to $3.50; Sleeruge (up.
peri Sl20 tn SlGo Steerage 0oweD Sll0.
Passengers board themselves from ship to
ship in crossing the lslhmus They are al
lowed 25lbs. of baggage across free; for all
over that weight, 10 cents per pound is char
ged, New-Yurk agent, e. Vanderbilt, Bat
tery-place.
There arc two Opposition Lines by way
Of Panama, of one OF which the agency is
with Davis, Brooks & Co., 20 Broadway; the
Jther with T.. Mills, 81 Cortland.st. We be-
eve both Of these are responsbly managed
Dut we are not well informed with regard to
hem. They advertisethroug tickets at low
'stes, aud regular connections with Pacific
steamers at Panama,