Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-15
THE APPEAL.
IMPROVED HAIL FACILITIES FROm Tx
ATLANTIC 10 TEE PEcIElc

AA@GALAk ~ A@L ASAEAE-
Firsi-From New Orleans, Louisiana, b.
5ndisnols. to San Antonio, thence by FL Pssc
ard Fort Yuma. TO San Diego, on The Pacific,
twice a month. This was Tie Pioneer Liae,
demonstrating that an overland msilroute wal
practicable. Il is now in full and successful
operation, the last trip from san Antonio to
san Diego having been performed in twenty
three and one-haif days.
Scoad.-The great overland mail route from
Memphis and St. Louis, forming 3 junction at
Smith, near the head Of navigation on the
foI river; thence IN The direction Of
AIkansss - Red river; thence 10 Fort Fill
Ftes1on, % T. Psso, or the Rio Grsnde I;
more, aDeEe - 'nthe Colarsdo,sn md thence
thenceto Fort fumee Francisco. The con-
by the Tehon Pass 10 sa. Co nav srsm
tractors, Messrs. Butterhela 80 sn5 win
ined the route. fixed on their sta W., -
soon have the service IN operation. ne Ssn
service commences, II viii supersede T. IN.
Antonio line between the Rio Grande ana
Colorado river, but leave it IN full operation on
The balance Of tbs route.
TRird-To give similar mail and travelling
facilities, the Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster
General, established another great overland
route, and to be rGn weekly, 90 accommodate the
Northwestern States and Territories, above s.
Louis, from s.. JosePtss, on the Miss0ur. to Salt
Lake and from Salt Lake through Carson Valley
10 Plecervilie; thus penetrating California 10 her
most p~opulOus region, and furnishing an emf
grant route OF the highest importance. tn
contractors, Messrs- Hockaday or the east and
Cborpsrning on the west, give sssararces, BY
.heir experience and ample means, that this
great route will be speedily and successfully
carried into effect. So soon as the ROADS can
be improved, and actual experience shall show
within what time the service can be performed.
the tine will no doubt be reduced 10 the very
shortest that it can be run in.
Fourth From some point on this line west
Of Salt Lake a four-horse coach service will be
put on liz is now advertised for) te the Dalles
thus establishing a most Important
cation with the Territories Of Washington and
Oregon. Both Gen. Lane aud Gov. Stevens,
II elected to the next Congress, have announced
their intention to pass over this important route
Ffftk-From Independence, or the Missouri,
TO santa Fe, the capital Of New Mckee, week
~ in four-horss coaches
SiEfk.-From Santa Fe, by Albuquerque, to
Stockton, California, or falling into the But
ter6eld OF FL Paso route, at Tehon Pass, above
Stockton Connected with this route is 3
monthly four-horse coach service from NioshO
Cor Fort Smith) to Albuquerque.
SsrenfA-The new Tehsuntspec route from
New Orleans, Louisiana, to San Francisco,
connecting with the Panama line at OF near
Acapulco. This route has been long desired
BY the people Of the United States Il IS the
one nearest our possessions on both oceans, the
easiest protected and kept open il time Of war.
The Gulf OF Mexico Is destined hereafter to
be emphsticslly an American sea, over which,
from necessity, the United States must have a
prepOnderating and controlling power. Con-
tracts have already been made By the Post
masteT-cenersl whereby mails and passengers
can be { pTsyed by railroad from New York
70 New Orleans in three days and ten hours
this improvement, taken in connection with the
route BY Tehsuntepec, must greatly shorten
AID cheaper the communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific States.
Egkfh--The coast service Of the Pacific has
BY no means been neglected. In August last
a much needed line Of mail steamers for the
benefit Of the coast towns and settlements be-
tween San Francisco, Astoria, at. Olympia,
was established, at a cost Of S122,500 per an
nun, and soon after 4 contract for steamboat
supply Of the officers on Puget's Sound, once
each week, at a cost Of S22,400 per snnum.
The above routes, connecting the Atlantic
with The Pacific, have been established m the
face Of the most appalling r~eyulsion Of trade
and commerce, which reduced the revenues Of
the Government ina most unprecedented de-
gree. In the face Of that Tevulsion, pros
trstiBg the means Of the Government as well
as Of individuals all over the world, Congress
would not venture at present on the eOnstruc-
tiou Of a railroad to connect the two oceans.
But, with a Eberality hardly to have been eK-
pected under the circumstances, he Admins
tration, through the Post Office Department,
has opened up many overland routes which
must soon develop the riches ofatbe intormsdi-
ate country, and contribute largely and inme-
distelF to the wealth, population, and general
prosperity Of California, Oregon, and Wash
ington. The establishment OF these SIX or
eight great overland routes will be well csiru-
lated to throw a food Of light on the great
question over what particular route a railroad
shsilbersafter be constructed, when the coun-
try shall have recovered from its present pecu-
nisry embarrassmcuts.