New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-13

iu.t purchased With Administration g"i, assessed
upon contractors or levied by compulsory contrlbu-
tons: We saw poor. mesn minions. who could not
or would not pay their washersoren. with swollen
wallets conisinirg tie rewards OF their conversion;
aud We saH miserable doughtaces before desPised
by their employers, all az once Lifted oto cOnse-
oueuce. and dispensing power ard patronage. Yet
Ill the Administration protested No power had
been employed 70 change the opinions oi those who
dlssenied from It's policy. There IS a voice nov.
almost from the tombs which gives fiat aud posi-
tive contradiction 70 all these declarations. Il is
nom the late senator Henderson of Texas, and
dated Oh the ID Of May. He says
"Ou the ruoruiog of the day the bill fusly passed,
the Pre- dtrt for me- sni msde such an esrossf
ard s,r1rg spp.s - % vo,e f)r the oil s1d ali 10
ssypg OILS Administration ard the Democratic parry
of tie North. q. 20 induce NE 10 lesve tbe Senate
ct al Der and no. vote At eli, a. would have felt
b.urd 10 vo.e agsinst the bill if hsd voted
This fact ought to be pretty conclusive as to Ex.
ecutve nt rierence aud il cny proves lat ls We'll
known here that the sane sort OF appeal was made
in eyars doubtful case in which success was probi-
bl, or where patronage and other inducements
conld not De proposed without personal hazard.
These instances were rare, TO be- sure, but Gen.
Henderson was one Of them. He could neither De
bought nor insulted, but hi. generosity might be
overcome by those personal appeals. winch 10 some
cases we're said 10 have been even seconded by con-
yebient tears.
The Seventh Regiment had no particular reason
70 leave Washington With any gratitude orts hospi.
tality except that portion of II which was quartered
AZ Browns Hotel. where the living was made tree,
perhaps in consideration of the goodly prices which
Congress was charged for entertaining hossuth and
BIS suite few years ago. There was no military re-
cepton. no civic compliment, and no parade ot any
kind but their own. They were reviewed by the Pres
ident and Cabinet in front of the White House, and
aiteruard invited in to .bake hands, but though the
day was scorcher and the heavy uniforms did not
much contribute To the comfort of the heroes they
GOT no better fare than " Black Republicans in
Congress- who not permitted tn ieast their eyes
on Executive mahogany. AS Mr. Cobb was present,
tie President doubtless INTENDED 10 give MN les
N in practical economy.
There has been good deal of glorifcation here
over the achievements of the Administration in
opening mail communications across the vast des-
erts between the Mississippi and the Pacific, just as
if the great aim Of public policy was to encourage
migration from tie new States of the West, which
are u.t beginning to be peopled, or 70 throw across
the Rocky Mountains boo! OF population wholly
insufficient al present for the material development
of the organized States and Territories on this side.
This policy in even modified degree has been one
of the causes in the past of that speculative fever
which has resulted in so much disaster; and instead
of filling up the new Territories with stable aid
Industrious population, has poured into them the
whole tribes of unsettled sdyenturers, ready TO sell
out at an hours warning, and anxious to repeat
the experiment whenever chance offered. What
the consequences are to-day will be best, although
sadly Illustrated by the general prostratlon which
has followed the recent reyulslon.
We have heard good deal about pcopling our
unoccupied Territories and of bright days that are
to dawn from trade with the Pacific. But where
il this population to come from The ratio Of nat
ural Increase is pretty well defined, and the foreign
immigration has fallen off one-haf II people go
West. therefore, they must be supplied by the AZ
lantic and present frontier sta,o- and Torrtor'os,
ard il is obvious neither can meet any such demand,
without injury to themselves. Much has been said,
too of the great benefit California has conferred
by the production of gold, when the statistics show
that every dollar mined there has been carried out
of the country, besides creating artificial and mere
trcious tastes which have cost us as many millions
more, the penalty of which extrayagance the coun-
try is now paying in q penance of sackcloth and
ashes. Tie day is by ne means distant when the
Pacific side will attempt to set up al empire OF It's
own. independent Of and outside the limits of this
Union, and a dozen railroads will not preyen. It.
We are now contributing the means to preclpltate
that result: and behind this enterprsing scheme of
mail policy may be another, the coyen foot OF which
has yet TO be disclosed.
Let Us now see what these mail routes are, how
much they cost, aud where they rrru since all such
standing of tie subject.
First There is what by stretch OF courtesy is
called the Northern route, froIn ST. Joseph, Mo,
along the Platte To Fort Laramie and Salt Lake
CITY, thence to Placerville (the present termnus),
ard thence by local connections to Sacramento and
San Francisco. This service 10 once week to
Placeryie, and is now in operation. at cost Of
$500, 600 year. There is proposed branch from
a point beyond Salt Lake to the Dalles, IN Oregon,
for which proposals are now advertised, that VIII
largely increase the expense. This branch was con-
ceded az a substitute for the route claimed by Gov.
Stevens and others direct from St. Paul across 10
the Dales.
Second: The so-called Central route, from lnde-
pcndence to Salt Lake, but which will probably be
changed by Santa Fe and Albuquerque to Tejon.
The service is monthly, at cost OF $4,000 per
annum.
Third: That the Post Office Department calls the
great overland route, from Memphis, with branch
10 ST. Louis, by FL PasO and Fort Yuma to san
Francisco. This service is to be performed twice
a week, at cost of $600,00O per annum cGnhenc-
ing on the l6th of September.
Fourth: The existing route from San Antonio,
Texas, by FL Paso aud Fort Yuma to San Diego.
This service is weekly, and cost $4,000 year.
That part of the route between FL Paso and Fort
Yuma is to be abandoned when the great over
lard commences operation, as they both travel tae
shlnt sTouIo. II Dlaucu luhs iIvln 'ii' ". ..l
starting at III Paso to Santa Fe, connecting Win
the new route, which is classified above as the
second OF its cost am not informed.
Fifth: The new route from NewOrleans TO san
Francisco by way of Tehuantepec. This service Is
to be twice month, and to commence on the l'l
of October, the company receiving S25oWV per
snnum if they connect on the Pacific side a. v an'
toss, or S2c6, 600 if at Acapulco.
Sirth: The New-York and San Francisco route
via Panama, which cost about S3Oo,OVo per
annum.
Here is all expenditure of two millions ana
l.. III e fch hasI IuSt been,