The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-10
THE LATEST NEWS.
VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA,
Arrival Of the First Overland
Mail.
SHORT TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS,
&C.. &C.. &c.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 8, l646.

ST. LOUIS, Oct o, lS4s.
Mr.. AIKX HOLLAND
Mr. Buttoraed will be here this evening with the ovsr
land mail, twenty three days from San Francisco.
s NJ. ALLEN
DESPATCH TO THR ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS, October ., 1855.
The California overland mail by the Southern win
reach here to- night has been twenty four days ou-
The dates San Francisco to the 10th of Septe
Der, ten days later than via Panama.
DESPATCH FROM MIR. BUrTERPIELD TO THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9, 1853.
The President has received Geographic despatch
from John Butterfeld, President Of the Overland Ma
Company dated St. Louis Oct 9, informing him that The
great overland mail arrived there day from San Frss
cisco in twenty days and four hours and that the
stages brought through six passengers
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
The President replied by telegraph, as follows
WASHINGTON, Oct, Q, 1868.
JOHN BUT1KRvrKID, President &c.
slR-Your despatch has been received. I cordially
congratulate you upon the result 1t is glorious triumph
for civilization and the Union Settlements will
follow the Of the road and the Fast and the Was
will be bound together by chain Of living Americans.
which can never be broken. JAMES BUCHANAN.
This mail was to have left 10th Of
September previous advces of the 9th Of that
month Consequently the news from California is eleven
days later and ought to be here tonight This Is tha
first trip of the overland mail from the Pacific and Its
arrival St. Louis this early date shows what be
done was not expected to reach Fort Smith till tbs
18th inst
The progress of the mail westward has thus FAR been
very satisfactory We received the following despatch
from special correspondent yesterday
TO THE EDITOR OF THB HERALD.
FoRr BELxSAp TEXAS,
$40 Miles from st. Louis, Sept. %, 1853
The Overland Mail arrived here this morning at twenty
minutes six having been twelve hours coming the
last IS miles, owing the obsnacy of the wild mules
which Mr. Bates the superintendent, is compelled
We still however about twenty hours ahead u
table, having trayersed the hardest the
route and making about one-third the entire distance
We have travelled night and day the relays Of horses be-
ing ready at most all the stations promptly We have
i've hours Coberts ferry the Red river where
managed 10 write you while the express waited. had
expected to be able to write In the wagons when
reached the prares but found them unevcu and tho
creek crossings and routes too frequent to admit Of my
carrying out my purpose. We doing finely, and
tonsh the natives with the facility our progress sow
as has been, compared with what II be when tho
route rs fully established and horses put where they
should be In the place OF the mules between Sherman and
Fort Belknap certainly, and do not know but further
We have been favored thus far with excellent weather,
though felt the extreme days and cold nights o.
this country rather uncomfortable As night comes on
have to Keep putting Clothes and morning %
gradually take them of, TO certain have
seen bed or time 10 get comfortable meal since wo
left S. Louis This place IS the regular military
the Second Regiment Cavalry, Major Thomas, and
has ten companies stationed here. Twin rs pos
BILE give you account of journey from Fayetteville
Ark, where my last letter left have many oxpscsA
,ions of going through San Francisco safely and IN o