The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-19
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A.
session Congress Is drawing to q close, some
anxiety 10 manifested on the ublect Of increas-
ed mail facilities to California. We have now
two mails mont ly, at intervals every two
week, and the Postmaster General has recon-
men ed legis atios for the service to re per-
form d noe every week. In consequence Of
this executive suggestion several bills have
been introduce into the House to provide for
the wants of commerce an other intercourse
with the Pacifi but from various causes these
bills have failed to receive the sanction Of Con-
grefs, althougl some have been c0untenanced
and others opposed by the department. With
in few days past we perceive mem rial has
been presented to both branches of Congress,
asking for an appropriation to carry out the
contract made by the department with Messra
Ramsey l. Carmick for mail twice month
between New Orleans and San Francisco, via
Vera Cruz and Acapulco. This line is known
to the public as the Ramsey route
across Mexico. By this contract the par
ties are bound to transport the mails
from port to port in sixteen days, touch
ing at San Diego and Monterey. The ease and
rspidity with which they have carried the mails
between these points in much less time are yet
fresh in the recollection Of our readers 1t has
been stated that on several occasions inteIli-
geDce has been communicated from New Or
leans to California in fourteen days, and from
New York in fifteen days, by using the tele-
graph from this city to New Orleans. In refer
ring to our files of the 9th of December last,
we thus spoke of this ron te:-
TIE OVERLAND ROUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
rEPATcH The San Francisco Hcrdid OF November IL,
announces the arrival there upon the preceding day, o.!
ht steamship Golden Gate from Panama ia twelve lays
bringing New Orb da'es TO the LIST Of November, New
York soyice TO The 30th Of October and from Liver
pool TO The le'h OF the same month furnished oy me
Ran sey route through Mckee. This Ia looked
the most extraordinary despatch recori The mpor
tant from Eurooe reached California twenty
dsysn siai fr m New Orleans and from New York in
seS entecn The Herald justly remarks
SHE highly important news received By the Golden
Of the extraordinary speed with which il has beer
veyed to Never has been achieved greater triumph
OF science and enterprise. Within the time usually
quiied for communication between San Francisco and
New York, have recei cd intelligence from Eu rope
additional distance Of three thousand miles"
The teegraphic advices rtcei, ed in this city from dit
ffent psrfs OF the Union the moment regular mail
steamer left anticipated in California by the
Land mails by this arrival
While one Of the bills introduced ct the pre-
sent session was under discussion in the House,
it was proposed to pay for the service in pro-
portion to the shortness of time the mails
were transported between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc cities; and one of the objections urged to
its adoption was that the contract would not be
open to competition, as the Ramsey route was
by many days shorter than any ether, and
would have the monopoly. This was not d.
MED on the floor or elsewhere, as the fact was
beyond dispute, aud the bill failed from the
number of competitors desiring the contract for
other routes. During the discussion in Con-
gress of these bills, Messrs. Ramsey & Carmck
seem to have acquiesced in any action which
might be taken by the government on the sub
ject no doubt feeling confident of securing the
service under any law that might be passed.
As none, however, was enacted they fall back
on their contract, asking for an appropriation
which, from some indications, it appears will
be granted
Any means by which our facilities of commu-
nication with the Pacific may be improved will
be hailed with delight by all classes of our
citizens.
CHoLERA--PREyENTIoN AND CuRE.-The pa
pers are full Of recipes for cholera. many of
which emanate from highly respectable and
trustworthy sources But we greatly fear that
this ply sic for the million distributed gratu-
tously in the newspapers is likely to do as
much mischief as good. Common sense die
tates the best rules for the prevention Of
cholera. Avoid green fruit, intoxicating
liquors, iced water, indigestible food. Keep
out of the sun in the middle of the day. Do
not over fatigue yourself. Make no radical
and sudden change in your diet, with the ex-
ceptions above mentioned. At the first ap-
pcarance Of s'sease consult doctor Do not
dream of spenling half dollar at a druggist,
and ply sickiDg yourself; for what will cure one
patient will be harmless with another and kill
third. Call In medical man at once, and
surrender yourself into his hands. Taken ia
time by skilful physician, when the sufferer
has decent constitution, and has not pre-
.cluded his recovery by reckless habits or in
temperance, cholera can now be cured almost
as easily and as surely as any of the other
diseases which affect mankind. Carelessness
and absurd terror If the malady lead to fatal
results oftener than the cholera itself.
ERIE RAILROAD ALL RIGHT-The Eric Rail-
road managers have had their books examined
8 acompetent and distinguished clerk, and he
reports them all right-no excessive issues, no
frauds, no .swindling, or Jeremy Diddling de-
tected. This is refreshing, as far as it goes
very comfortable, indeed. But if call were
made by some reliable committee for report
of all the certificates Of stock held by the Va
r.ous stockholders, and if the aggregate should
then tally with 1.-The books we should have a
fair balance sheet Short Of that the mere ex-
animation of company's books may be oil
moonhbine. Operators very often neglect to set
down in ''the books" their outside financial
operations, though Schuyler, being monarch
If oil bn al ~ r-l