The hydraulic press., 1858-09-04

rs The special correspondent Of
the Alta, writing to that paper from
Bellingham Bay and describing the
lately completed route from Whatcom
to Thompson river, gives the follow
ing account of that part of the road
which crosses the Summit mountain:
1.-THE Summit mountain is next to
be got over, which is by many hun
dred feet the highest hill on the road
and Notwithstanding its great eleva-
ton, and that the trail passes over its
highest point, it is by all odds the best
part of the trail.
The secret of this is, the road here
was laid out by Mr.. Clarke, of Neva-
da county, well known to the people
Of California as having been engaged
in building roads ever since he came
into that State
The Mr.. Clarke alluded to above
is an old citizen of Bridgeport Town
ship, having lived at Woods Crossing
and being at the present time, we be-
lieve, partner in the covered Bridge
over the South Yuba at that point
The excellent road down the descent
from French Corral to the river, and
thence EDWARDS towards Marysville
as far as Taylol's Ranch near Deer
Creek-a distance Of about seven
miles, was laid out by him and built
under his supervision.
BWrThe Atlantic Mails, says the
the Sacramento Union, arrived at
San Francisco on Saturday, about
nine o'clock P. NJ. Under our present
mail arrangements, they must remain
in that city until Monday afternoon
nearly two days-or one>twelfth the
time consumed from New York to
San Francisco. This is an evil which
ought to be corrected-a wrong inhic-
ted upon the people Of California, for
which the Post Office Department
should furnish remedy, and that
speedily.
There is no more real necessity for
OBTAINING the Atlantic mails in San
Francisco two days than there is for
stopping them two days in Acapulco.
And they never would stop two days,
if the contracts were made with the
view to the regular and daily accom-
mediation of the people. The mail
between San Francisco and Sacra~
mento is said to be carried daily; but,
in fact, the service is only six days in
the week. Sunday is excepted, eth
er in the contract or in the arrange
ments of the Steamboat Company
The mail is not daily, but who will
say that it ought not to be carried
daily between two points as important
as Sacramento and San Francisco?
At least three fifths of the people of
the State are served through the
mails which are delivered at the Sac
ramento Post Office. Hence tho
reason, We say, the mail should be
carried between the two leading cities
in the State daily.
The complaint embodied in this ex
tract is echoed by the people of the
whole State, who see no good reason
why Sunday mail should not be gran
ted them. To the people of the inte-
rior the immediate transmission of the
Atlantic mail is quite as desirable and
important as to the citizens of Sacra-
mento,-in one particular more so,
for it more frequently happens with
US by reason of our greater distance
from San Francisco, that when the
mail is delayed over Sunday our let
ters arrive too late for reply by the
next steamer out.
We might patiently endure, as
heretofore, the want of a regular Sum
day mail, although that Is a consider
able Inconvenience which has no suf-
fclent excuse; but when the Atlantic
mail arrives it should be Immediately
forwarded, whether the day be Sun
day or not.
There is just as good reason, in our
estimation, for stopping the steamer
in mid>ocean on the occurrence of tho
Sabbath, as for delaying her mail
over Sunday at San Francisco.