The Shasta courier., 1853-09-10
A CARD.
CARD.
IT,. Nicaragua and Panama hontes Oon-
= u - rrasfcd.

with his own eyes this comn,"n' o. 81: ."s
not either Wife, Child, fa'ne. ,i'a,
or Rrorher. or some other interest," 'nsoised ,,.a''
y, .,1:,a canses their thoughts and affec-
NO. II II ~ almost sacred communion with
',ous - NJ -, absent friends many thousand
i". in The Atlantic States. 1t is equal
n''es -, IN view at some future day OF re-
- these friends, they shonid become thor
.JaiIy acouainted with The two great highways
ee..I namely, the Nicaragua and Panama
oil lraso'i I'D from practical knowledge and
n1'i.;,.LIe g, idence from sources entitled to
,:-.a al that when the long looked for mo-
-, If departure arrives they can embrace
'...S;cbever guarantees them the shortest time,
The most healthy economical and secare pas
,age. combined with other comforts requisite.
In view of these things / have sought iniorma-
tion from the ighest authority, and examined
statistical and nautical matters pertinent to the
subject with great care in order that the ctize s
of California should properly understand some
features in connection with this subject.
The total distance from San Francis
co to New York via Panama, in
Guiding Isihmus, and touching at
klngston,Is 5473 miles.
The entire distance from San Fran
cisco via Nicaragua, including the
Isthmus, is 1860 miles
Thus it will be seen that the Nicara-
qua Route is the shortest by : 5l3 miles.
In the next place will examine into the
entire time It takes either line to perform their
p ssases. will begin with The Mail or Panama
Line. in so doing have taken heir best boats,
namely. the Golden Gale, J. l.. Stephens, Or, :
gon, Panama, Norlherner aud California, Oeav.
ing out the Republic. Columbia Is hmus, &C.
lumbus and fremont, each of which require
from July to eternity TO perform the passage
and their time for the last lS months has been
from % to 30 days. 1t is true that occasionally
they have done it in little less time yet on
other occasions they have exceeded 80 days.
refer to The average derived from records.
The next question that presents itself TO the
mind is, if the Nicaragua Route has only 5l3
miles less than the Mail Line, is it possible for
them 70 make their passfg ges in from 5 to d US
less time for some will remark that the Mail
Boats are good and fast the Nicaragua
Boats. Now will answer snch inquiries with
candor. 1t is attributable 10 various causes
some of which will enumerate. The Boats of:
either line are good in poiut of speed. but the
Nicaragua Boats have The advantage. Most true
the Golden Gate excels all others belonging To
her own Company in speed, but there now lies
Mt our wharves steamer named the Pacific
which has been put in splendid order from be-
ginning to end, ami happen 10. be one of large
humber of citizens that ililuk her the Gates
equal in point of speed. As for the J. L. Ste
phens, though possessing beautiful model, her
engine is utterly Inadequate in point of power
for n vessel OF her tonage and she has proved
herself splendid falure-never has mad. bu,
one respectable passage and was beaten out of
coun'enance by the splendid Sierra Nevada
which put her passengers in New York FIVE days
IN advance of the Stephens, Notwithstanding she
pushed "a to blow off her manhead As
la the remaining four steamers of The Mail Line
they are very extraordinary boats and in rela-
ton speed, certaluy not equal 10 either of the
other Nicaragua steamers.
In The next place. the Nicaragua vessels can
and do put their passengers at San Juan Del
Sur. so ms to enable them to board the steamer
nt San Juan del Norte, on the Atlantic ready To
depart for New York by the time the mai!
steamer that stops To coal at Acapulco and
looses time thereby, arrives al Panama. Then
they consume at least three days in land ing,
travelling across the Is,hmus and preparing 10,
leave Aspinwall-that is, such AS are so tortu-
nate as To survive that horrd place. Now du-
ring these three days the magnificent steamer
Northern Light thnt made the unparalleled pas
sage from Greytown To New York IN 6 days
and 23 hours. is dashng through the bliows
oi the ocean. favored In "a hours after leaving
Georgetown by The current of the Gulf Stream,
flowing from to miles per hour, which con-
tlnues until she approaches within 25e miles of
New York. Thus she performs nearly on, half
.the passage TO New York by the lime the Mail
Boat is ready to leave Aspnwal Now add the
three days running time 10 The previous advan-
tage of less distance and it will he seen that the
Nlcaraugua steamer is little short of 1900 mile,
In advance of her adversary. Bur, says the en-
quirer, do they not possess the same advantage
of CURRENT Certainly not: for their course is
so far south as To lose the advantages arising
from it; and their railroad finished this
moment. it would not even then enable them to
overcome this great advantage.
The Nicaragua company are determined 10
bring into operation, by virtue of liberal out
lay, many reforms AL present loss of time is
accustomed by packing aud unpacking their
mules The crossing of Lake Nicaraugua will
he reduced To four hours. An engineer is al
this time making survey of San Juan river
They have determined 10 dam the Colorado
aud construct other works at approved points.
creating slack water avigarion, increasing the
depth thereby, thus making ii accessible at all
times, which will enable tue company to put
Vessels of increased tonnage aud propartunate
power on the river When these works COM
pleted. the time in crossing from ocean to ocean
will be reduced To day, and the entire pass
age from Saa Francisco To New York will be
done in l9 days. thus ouistripping any and all
other routes, until the final great work of the Pa
cfic Railroad is finished
Another admirrble feature in crossing this
Isihmus is. that the passengers are not snbicc-
ted to the merciless hordes of vuliures and way
abonds that follow them like the jackall does bis
prey on the Panama route. They convey every
person across. and act towards them men
caring for their wants and necessities. and pla-
cling their sole reliance for patronage in an intel
lgent and discriminating public. THUS, in ev-
cry point of view, the Nicaragua route pos
seses advantages over that of Panama. sel0 1t
A. & .. SOLOMON,