New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-09
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WASHINGTON, July z, 1857.
Some of the correspondents destitute OF comPe-
tent opportunities of information appear AMBITIOUS
Of distinction, and seek it by contradictng state'
meuts made in this correspondence upon authentic
information. Thus, one Of them asserts tnas no -
authorized to deny that Mr.. Eames has demanded
bis passports from the Government OF venezuela
on account of its refusal to give satisfactory
answer to his last representation on the guano claim
This is simply misstatement. The facts are that
after two or three years correspondence MIR. Eames
on the 29th of May, wrote to Sr. Planas recaptu.
latipg his former arguments, and informing the
minister that unless he received reply indicating
the disposition of the Government to adjust the dit.
fculty on or before the 9th inst he should leave
for the United States and should break up the mis-
siOn ST. Planas answered with great prompt
ness and greater tartness, that as Mr. Eames had
taken five months to reply in letter Of five pages,
to his last Dispatch he should not hurry himself in rem
derng categorical answer to an ultimatum, but that
if Mr.. Eames found it convenient to leave Venezuela
he hoped be would have pleasant voyage, and that
the Venezuelan Government would send instruc-
tons to it's Minister in Washington to resume the
correspondence, and carry it lesurely forward to
conclusion. Receiving this satisfactory answer, Mr..
Eames tied up the papers of the Legation in red
strings and packed up his own and his wifes ward
robe, proposing, and no doubt fully resolved, to
leave by the British West India mail steamer via
st. Thomas and Havana, on the lth of June. Tho
bearer of dispatches who brought this Intelligence
to the State Department sailed on the 10th utimo.
Of course it makes no sort of difference whether
our potential Minister departs from or remains ct
Caracas, inasmuch as the Government has not q
sOumarquee with which to pay the Shelton claim or
any other and even the guanO islands have been
stripped of their odorous covering.
The signifcancy Of Lord Napier's intimatOn to
Gen. Cass, based upon recent dispatch from Lord
Clarendon that, while studiously respecting the
territorial rights and expectations of all American
Governments, the English Government should yet
carefully protect its own interests in the transit
routes across the continent, refers undoubtedly TO
the Nicaraguan steamboat line, now suspended, but
about to be resumed, and the Honduras Railroad,
Of which the construction is soon to be commenced.
The Palmerston Ministry fully appreciates the i'm
pOrtance OF the check which the spirit OF illibus.
terism has received in the destruction of Walkers
gang; but at the same time it prudently looks for
ward to renewed piratcal forays which, if made at
all, will certainly be directed against the various
transportation companies and their property. Tho
substance and meaning of the British declaration is
that the Government will aid in protecting these
routes and the interests connected with them. OF
course this assurance must be gratifying to the
President and his Administration; for it h their
Imperative duty, it is the interest of the country,
that all these routes shall be kept Open and rem
dered secure.
The Pacific Overland Mail contract may be
regarded already as dead failure, owing to the
mismanagement of the department in determining
the route. 1t is therefore, superfuous labor to
investigate the business in search of minor incidental
There is no Use in cultvating the crop, after fire
has destroyed the corn. But as mere items of news
it is well enough to mention that the bidders TO
whom the contract is awarded are among the most
responsible men in the UniOD and would carry tho
mail within the time prescribed and upon the exact
conditions of their undertaking, if that were possible.
The parties embraced in the contract are said to
represent Sl2 GOO 600 Of capital and to have ten-
deIed securities to double that amount.
There We're three routes proposed, of which but
one was practical. The Central via the South Pass,
Salt Lake, Honey Lake and st. Mary's River, in
the Great Basin, and the pass in the Sierra Nevada
opening upon the American fork of the Sacramento
River. This route began at st. Louis, ascended
gradually to latitude AZ deg, and then as gradually
descended to latitude 81 deg. 80 min. The second
route began at st. Louis proceeded to Santa F6
and New-MexicO, and thence to Fort Yuma, at the
confluence Of the rivers ella and Colorado Excess
i've cold and heat, SHOWS and drouth, absence of
water and wood, hight of mountains and depths Of
sands, were the obstacles which this line of transit
presented. The southern route which has been &C.
ected, / described yesterday.
The law requires that the mail be conveyed in
% days, and year is given from the signing of tho
contract for the commencement Of the service. This
latter provision is of great importance. 1t will
give the Department, Congress and the contractors
Leisure to suggest and adopt such notifications Of
The arrangement as will effectually superseded it, In
the mean time the mail will 20 by Salt Lake as now.
so that the great contract amounts 10 exactly
nothing.
The law coDfers upon the contractors the right OF
prtemptlon to half section, 800 acres OF land at
each station that may be established along the line,
not less than 10 miles apart. This privilege s
esteemed valuable, for the sites thus to DO selected
may De commanding situations for towns or valuable
as mining locations. OF course, this right of pre-
emption does not apply to that portion Of the route
lying through Texas, which holds tho lands within
her border in her own right PEMAQUID.
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