, 1855-04-21

NOUR MAIL SrEAMER-In answer to the
numerous inquiries with regard to the mai
steamer authorized by the recent Congress
to communicate between Puget Sound and
San Francisco--the ports at which she will
be required to stop-the time at which she
may reasonably be expected to commence
operations, &c, we can only repeat the ru
NOR, of which mention was made last week
that contract had been closed with the
proprietor of a steamer at San Francisco
the which might be expected up in few
weeks, in pursuance Of contract.
Since our last issue, we have been fur
nished with copy of the Washington Dai
ly Union, of March 4th, containing the
following section of the bill relative to ouI
mail service, and which furnishes all the
positive information which we are in posses
sion Of on the subject:
EVENING SESSION.
MARCH ID, lS55.-The Post Office
Appropriation Bill being under considcra
ton, the Committee resumed It's session at
twenty-five minutes past seven o'clock, and
spent some time in further considering the
subject which was under consideration
when the recess was ordered.
"Whcn the committee rose, the House
concurred in some of the amendments and
rejected others; amongst the former, the
following
SEC. -. And be ii FURTHER enaciei, Tha
the Postmaster General he, and he is here
by, authorized to establish and put in opc
ration sepli-monthly\ mail, by sea, from
San Francisco, in the State Of California
to Olympia, in the Territory Of Washing
ton, touching at Humb bolt bay, Trinidad
and Crescent city, in Hhe State of Califor
mia Port Oxford, Gardner city, or imp
qua, and Astoria, in the Territory Of Ore
gon ShoalWaier bay, Port Townsend, il
the Territory Of Washington und Sucl
other points us shall be designated 10y til,
Postmaster General ;-'Proridei, The whole
cost of said service shall not exceed the sun
of 100000 per Gnnum proposals TO IL
issued for that purpose. and the contrac
given to the highest bidder"
The House added an additional proyi>o
OJiiging the Postmaster General to ecntrae
for said service in pursuance OF cxistin;
laws.
1t would seem from the above to lie ex
tremcly doubtful about q contract hayin,
been closed at the early day suggested b,
rumor, inusmuch as a su0icicncy Of tim,
had not elapsed since the service was au
thorized to afford time for parties in Cali
fornia to confer with the Post OGicc De
partment, unless, indeed, such contract wa
entered into, in anticipation Of Congress au
thorizing the same. Neither do we bclev
that the steamer designed for this seryie
will be required to cross tho bar on the CO
lumba river, to touch at Astoria, on it
regular trips from San Francisco here AM
hope, moreover, that unless a good, snG
eicnt and sea-worthy steamer he afforded us
that "rigiiance committee be at once Op
pointed to pay it their respects, in man
ner fully to express the sentiments of tn,
people of this territory, generally, on til
subject of worn-out, worthless, rotten an,
condemned steamers and sailing vessels :
and we Furthermore most sincerely and de
voutly pray that the contract be kept on
of the hands of the Pacific Mail STEAMSHIP
Company, or any other overgrown, super
scillious incorporation, and it be given in
direction where enterprise will be interested
and the interests of the territory subserved
DR.. Evans GEOLOGICAL Survey, &c
Iu the civil and diplomatic bill, passed b,