, 1853-10-01
Further Items BY The Mail.

From tho New York Herald.
Col Benton has caused 10 be published
letter from Mr.. Harris Heap, q companion
Of Lieut.. Beale in his central route expedi-
lion to California, corroboraiive Of the state
Tnenls Contained in the letter of tho latter
gentleman, published in Mondays paper.
The important fact is announced that ihro'
ihP entire line which the party has explored,
embracing quite half the distance between
tho boundaries Of Missouri and California,
and comprehending the most difficult por-
tion Of the line, the construction of tho road
at an easy grade is not only practicable, but
the country is fertile and we'll watered, pre-
Ssniing She greatest inducements 10 husband
men. From the frontiers of Missouri to
the head Of the Del Norte there is found no
obstruction TO a railrvad equal 10 what is
encountered between Baltimore and Wash
ington. The remainder Of the route is re
ported 10 he still more level, and the noun
tain pass presented the appearance Of broad
smooth valley. So far, the central route
appears 10 be well adapted for the grand en-
ierprss of railroad 10 the Pacific. Capt.
Marcy asserts that the route ffOm tho Mis-
sissippi river, at Memphis, or its vicinity,
via II PaSo or Dona Ana, and thence down
the Gila river to ils Intersection with the
Colorado, and across 10 San Diego, possesses
advantages over oil others. Should Capt.
MS opinion be proven correct, and the sx-
pectalions Of Major Stevens, who is now sur
Veying what is termed the northern route,
be realized, The doubts which have rested
on the mind Of the country as to the posi-
biliiy Of making 4 railrosd at all will be
swept away, and the work will 60 on with
marvellous celerily.
Ths memory ofthe Pilgrims; Of the brave
little band Of ,Puritans who came over in
the Maylower--has been refreshened in the
minds Of our people by tho celebration Of
the Isl inst. Our report Of tho ceremonies
at Plymouth in commemoration Of the EN-.
baIkntion at Delft Haven, covering fourteen
and half columns of tho New York Her
aid Of this morning, will cause the event to
SINK deeper and deeper into the hearts OF all
Americans, wherever they may be, aud in
whatever part Of the globe. All those who
have been tossed on the Atlantic in winter
passage across that ocean, and all those who
have stood on our northern coast in the cold
trmpostuous month Of December, will turn
thSir thoughts back 10 the stout hearted men
and women who landed on the rock at Ply
mouth on the 22d Of December, l620.-
Our thirty-one magnificent and prosperous
States, with their millions Of inhabitants and
millions Of wealth-the harvest, we may
ny, Of that little snow-coVered and icebound
Plantation-will then loom up 10 their view,
and cause their hearts to beat with greater
Joy and pride as they read the proceedings
Of Monday last, on the spot where Miles
S!andish, John Carver, and their compan-
Ions, first offered up their prayers on this
continent.
By an arrival at Philadelphia yesterday,
from Porto Cabello, we have adviceS 10 July
22d. The revolution was spreading, and a
heei Of steamers, with troops on board, had
bcen dispatched for Porto Cabello, for the
purpose Of routing The insurgents and quel-
Ing the rebellion. A terrible shock Of an
earthquake was frlI al Cumana on the 18Th
July. Many buildings were thrown down,
and over three hundred persons were buried
in the ruins.
The clipper ship Trade Wind sailed from
Philadelphia yesterday, with cargo valued
at one million ID dollars.