The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-23

The eleventh article Of The Sloo grant, which
has b en- recognize by the recent ten million
treaty, provides as follows:-
The supreme rov-rnmv will open the ports to foreign
and coasting trade wpich may he necessary for the
better Of the of communication none other
being for the pre-. ent that Of Vera Cruz
the Gulf Of Mex and hat OF Ven oru ON the Pachc
the latter port shalt ne solely for the reciprocal transit Of
passengers and merchandise.
And in article third, under the head Of /" Ma
vigation, " is this further condition -
The company bDds itself 10 establish line Of steam
boats sufficient for the service OF the way of communca
ton, the Mexican aag conformaoy with the laws
Of the country sail from Vera Cruz to the highest
which the road or railroad shall commence
The company shall take measures that the Pacific
steamers shall continue to deposit their coal ia Acapulco
Here, then, we find that in order to carry the
mails on this Tehuantepec route, they have to
be transhipped at Vera Cruz on board Of yes
sells carrying the Mexican flag, thence carried
down to the Coatzacoalcos river, taken across
the Isthmus, and up on the Pacific side to
Acapulco, still under the Mexican flag, when
they can be removed to American vessels.
OF course this detour from Vera Cruz down to
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and up on the
other side to Acapulco, makes the route inf
nitely longer than the Ramsay route, whilst
as far as the stability of the Mexican govern
ment is concerned, it is of much more conse
queIce to the Tehuantepec route, rs it is under
the direct protection of the Mexican flag, than
the Ramsay route, which will carry the mails
under the protection of the Consular flag of
The United States.
The simple proposition, however, apart from
any other consideration, is, will Congress make
on appropriation for carrying the mails in six
teen days between the Atlantic States and Ca
lfornia? or do they consider that time is mat
ter of no consequence in the California mails?
Messrs. Ramsay and Cormick ask for no pay
unless they do the work in the time specified
therefore, all the risk is on their SIDE Or are
the corrupt influences which we have adverted
to in this article, to succeed, at the expense of
the interest of every man either living in Cali
fornia, or who has business relations with thst
State? The whole West is deeply interested
in measure which will connect them with Ca
lifornia in about half the time which is now
taken. If, however, time is no object in the in
crease of mail facilities with the Pacific, we
protest against any more contracts being made
with steamers Let the Post Office Department
contract with sailing vessels by way of Cape
Horn. They will perform the service for q
very moderate compensation, and exactly suit
partment-if his interest in the Tehuantepcc
route is not to succeed.
Bnt we have some hopes of Congress, if it
only investigate the facts. The proposition of
Messrs Ramsay and Cormick is plain, straight
forward and to the point. Congress has it in
its power to lessen the distance to California
at least one-third. Will it do SO?
CALIFoRNIA-ITs FUTURE DEsrNY.-The pro-
gress made by California within the last few
years, finds no parallel in the history of newly
formed States. As the causes that led to this
phenomenon in the growth of infant commuui-
derful in the suddenness of their operation, the
results which, under any other condition of
things, would have struck the mind with aston
ishment, have come to be regarded as the ma
tural development of o new order Of influences
which is destined to bring about great and i'm
portant changes in the political and commercial
relations Of the world. When we behold
country that few short years since only pre-
sented the aspect of vast and unproductive
wilderness converted at once into wealthy,
populous and Aourishing State, the inhabitants
Of which are not only making rapid strides in
commercial and manufacturing industry, but in
those arts Of taste and refinement which it took
oder communities centuries of patient cultiva-
ton to acquire, it becomes an interesting sub
ject for speculation to inquire how far its posi-
ton and resources are likely to sustain the
brilliant prospects that appear to be opening to
it, and what future influence it is likely to ex.
ercise upon the destinies of the American con-
tinent.
Looking at the natural advantages that Cali
fornia possesses over all other countries on the
Pacific coast-in her inexhaustible deposits of
minerals-her facilities of internal water COM
munication, presented by the rivers Sacramento
and San Joaquin, the one running due north and
he other sonth, and each swelled by the nume-
rous tributary streams having their sources in
the Sierra Neyada-and lastly, in the richness
of her soil, requiring only irrigation to dcvelope
lie native fertility, we find seif-sustaining ele-
nents sufficient to place her future beyond the
risk Of any check arising from the failure of any
one or other of these resources But when, in
addition to this, we take into consideration the
fact that Of all other ports San Francisco is per-
haps the most advantageously situated as the
conncctlng-link between the Eastern aud West
ern continents, it is no vain speculation to
predict that in the course of few years it will
become one OF the greatest commercial entrepots
in the world. Its imports in the next ten
years viii, in q probability, be in
creased from thirty to sixty million dollars,
and its exports, which, up to the present. have
consisted we may say, of gold dust alone, will
be swelled by the products and manufactures of
tie country to two-fold extent, for by that
time all the mineral and agricultural resources