The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-27

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person who had no interest in the matter?
The idea is absurd. Yours, respectfully,
Z. NJ -THURSTON.
Daily Lime of Stages from St. Louis to
San Francisco.
st. Louis papers inform US of a meet
ing recently held in that city fcF the pur-
pose of organizing an Overland Daily
Stage and Transportation Line between
Missouri and California" The meeting
was composed of the leading men and
principal capitalists of the city, among
whom were Col. O'Fallen, Col. Brant,
Col. D. D. Mitchell, H. E. Bridge, F. p.
Blair, jr., Wayman Crow, Kenneth Nc
Kenzie, and the editors of the Intelli-
gencer and of the Democrat. The pro-
eeedings resulted in the adoption of the
following resolutions:
g ResolUed, That application be made
to the approaching Legislature of the
State of Missouri for charter for COM
pany establishing an Overland Mail and
Transportation Company from Missouri
to California.
sc Resol0ed, That the President of this
meeting be requested to appoint COM
mittee to prepare charter, with list of
corporators, for said corporation, and
present the same to the Legislature. :.
" Resolped, That committee be also
appointedt to correspond with persons in
California in regard to the establishment
of said company
1t is proposed to erect stations along
the entire line, say thirty miles apart, at
which an adequate number of men will
be posted for the protection of the prop
erty, and to secure efficiency to the service.
1t is estimated that the first outlay viii
amount to half a million, and that the
proceeds for transportation of mails, pas
sengers, and gold dust, will annually
amount to from half million to eight
hundred thousand dollars-and that the
trip can and will be made in tUelue days!
This is stupendous undertaking.
highly important to the whole country
land promises magnificent results. 1t
is singular fact, also, and one of much
significance, that Just at the time these
proceedings are being had in ST.. Louis,
arrivals from California advise us of SIM
liar steps being taken on that side of the
continent. That we shall, in the course
of few months, have the pleasure of an
nouncing this much wished consumma-
ton, is a fact to which we may look for
ward with entire confidence. 1t being
understood, both in California and here at
home, that nothing is to be expected from
the present administration in the way of
grants, the only alternative left
is for the enterprise and capital of the
country to unite themselves and work
out way for the business and accommo-
dation of the public. The one proposed
is certainly a feasible one, AND WILL PAY,
and We may therefore consider it a fixed
fact in American progress. Let it be
once understood that the tripean be made
in twelve days, at cost of 800, and
with an assurance of health, and the wa
ter route, with its delays, sickness, and
high prices, viii at once be abandoned.
By way of giving the reader an idea of
the practicability of the matter, we ex-
tract from the Intelligencer a synopsis of
some of the remarks made at the St Louis
meeting
after this opening, Gen. Ranney
made a few remarks, and +. p. Blair,
Esq, followed in a clear and convincing
review of the great merits of the enter
prise. Col. D. D. Mitchell was next
called on. and made an impromptu but
most forcible and perfectly conclusive ar
gument, both on the practicability of the
project and its national importance. Col.
Mitchell is one of our most experienced
and successful mountain men, and.
knows whereof he affirms. Col. NJ. i'm
pressed on the meeting the very immi
nent danger this country was in, of a
conflict with some European government
in the present exciting and warlike con-
dition of things abroad. If such thing
occurs. men-of-war. pirates, and priva-
teers will sweep all our California gold
from the ocean, and it must reach the
States overland, or every bank in the
Union will be broken, and almost every
business man crushed. This line would
secure safe, speedy, and unebstrueted
transit forall the gold produced in Cali
fornia, and in case of foreign war, would
save the country from ruin, and make a
fortune for itself. Col. Mitchell having
spent seven yearsin the Rocky Mountains,
unhesitatingly pronounced the opinion
that the stage would never be more mate
rally obstructed by SHOWS in winter than
stage lines in New York or Massaehu-
sets. Col, Robert Campbell, an old
trader, happily corroborated Col. Mitch
elI's opinion ON this point. Col. Camp
bell wintered as early as 1926 in the
Great Salt Lake Valley. He has grown
grey, as well as amassed fortune, in the
mountain trade. He stated that out Of
three winters IN four that he had passed
near the mouth of the Yellow Stone,
there had been no snow to hinder any
kind of travel The atmosphereis sodry.
said Col. G., In that mountain region,
that it snows or rains but very little
9. Col. Campbell gave 2 very interesting
fact IN regard to the mountain grass.
When il dies out In autumn, It dies natu-
rally into hay, and does not rot during
the winter, on account of the dryness oi
the air and the absence Of moisture and
IN the spring. when it starts to grow
afresh, the old stem with the dry TOP
commences growing agaiH, and pushes
up the dry or hay part, while the stem i
new and green below. Thus the young
grass of spring. instead of giving the
stock the scours," and weakening them,
strengthens and fats them during all kinds