The daily union., 1854-07-27


the Postmaster General may either stand vindcated in
declining to contract with dead company or that
his error in so declining may be made manifest
Until the papers arc produced be excused for
relying upon the information in possession which salts
fes us that the grant was not only subject forfeiture but
that has actually been forfeited If this be SO, hardly
suppose the Postmaster General would be expected make
a contract with company which has transit prvi-
leges
The publications ofa the papers by Messrs Ramsey and
Carmck would also show whether they right as
to the two extensions their grant Our information is
that way and until the record is produced cannot con-
sent to admit that those whose statements rely
in The information satisfies us that no other
extension likely be made by the Mexican government
and there nothing in the of Messrs Ramsey and
Carmick which weakens our impression on this point
II is a material question whether in Mexico the exec
utve the Judiciary declares forfeiture OF grants nor
do suppose that in such as understand that
of Messrs Ramsey and Carmic be- there necessity
for such declaration either by the executive or<he Judicial
ry The question is Have the conditions of the grant been
complied with by the grantees If so the production of
the papers would show that the grant not forfeited If
the conditions have not been complied WITH the grant
forfeited although declaration to that effect has been
made and how this is be shown by the production OF
the records.
Wehave not denied that Messrs Ramsey and Carmck
had contract with the Mexican government for carrying
the mails but question was whether there is any
such The only conclusive TO this would
be exhibit the papers which would show how the mat
noe well how it heretofore Whether there
two Tehuanepec grants but one and whether the
Garay grant or that of oo is the better matters who'll
irrelevant and about which have sort of concern
We insist that fifth question has not been fairly
swered, although it most important We want
ed to know if Mcsr Ramsey and Carmick transported
their route any mail weighing much AS twenty
pounds and not the slightest answer do we get ON this
point If the papers heretofore transported by Messs Ram
sey and Carmick their route did not actually weigh
than twelve pounds TO dignity that with the name OF
" mail looks very much like an absurdty. We under
stand that this Ramsey Carmck sma has always been
carried Mexico the back of single horse who
at the time, carried also his rider and this was
driven death the almost insnrmountable difficult
ties of the changed exhausted every few miles
in order to reach Vera Cruz Acapulco in short time
Now the California mails weigh something more than
twelve pounds they usually ceigh from s1 TO Weice TONS
We ask whether such enormous mail can be carried
through the same almost impassabe mountain passes
the back of Mexican ponies like their insignificant twelve
pound package? little common is only necessary
to answer such question.
In order to show how good their road is Mesrs RAM
sey and Carmick inform that the Mexican mall weighing
from one to tco hundred pounds is now carried that
road Without probing now the force of this argument
without trying show how easy it is to carry one hum
dred pounds on the back of couple of ponies, even
of tha
win simply state looking the last events of that
try that extraordinary that General Santa
Anna in his recent march against Alvarez should have
selected such an impossible road informed he
went over and where he had face the imminent danger
Of being defeated by very small force, when he could
have selected the easy and commodous route of Messrs
Ramsey and Carmick if that route had really e1isfed
Messrs Ramsey and Carmck try to prove the existence
Of their easy by referring to three auhoritiesHum
boldt's New Spain' Alamans History of Mexico" and
General Almontes Guide Book" Now, as regards Hum
boldt we will not take the pains to look after him. be-
do not deem any more reliable authority re-
garding that part of Mexico since we learn that Mr. Ram
sey delivered lecture before the Historic Society of New
York. in which he asserted in the most explicit terms that
Humboldt was 'ai wrong in what he said upon that
country. We cannot understand how Humboldt can be
"a wrong one day and 'al right the next upon the
very same question.
Alaman's aHistory of Mexico" we have not read but
Gen Almones Guide Book we have lying
desk We accept this authority and forthwith proceed
translate faithfully that winch says of the Vera Cruz aud
Acapulco route. Here it is, taken from folio 474
If the traveller prefers to go by of Acapulco then
he take the stage at Vera Cruz and passing through
Puebla arrive three days the river Atoyac,* where
there erpeccd to be established, this year the meet,
in small Steamers which expected to convey passengers
the port of Acapulco in six days more
Now does this say that the road is good from Vera
Cruz to Acapulco? Does it say that the mail be
red by the road sixty hours Mcsss Ramsey and
mick have pretended all along? This simply says that
from Vera Cruz to the embarkaton point in the Atoyac
river the stage go in three days and from thence
by means of small steamers II does say single
word of the existence of any kind of road between
Puebla and Acapulco---a thing that Gen Amone would
never have omitted if that road had been practicable and
the time through it shorter than by the river because the
very point which he then endeavorng establish
the saving of time by the Acapulco route
Puebla is only 81 leagues distant from the point of en-
barkaton which is to be established upon the Atoysc.
Note BY he author, (GcH. Abaonte.)
eFREE TRADE AND SAILORS RIGHTS"
How dear that old mottol Time has not impaired its
value We are informed that he President the treaty
concluded Saturday with Russia to the Senate yester
day. that before the adjournment Of that body it