The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-19
the following letters addressed 70 the Hon William H.
English on the oath and 25th OF May last in response to
INQUIRIES made on the subject

4 Posr orrcE DEPARrxEsr,
sm-n reply to your comm aaissiou Of the Sxh instant
Tehuanepec route. Applications such conrs.s having
ssos,msni advertised PROPOSALS when be seen IN
The m 'G on THIS
Or bid. the sa after taking suitable
mail thereon from New Orleans via TehuSntepec
s The service is not proposed 70 be put further
sn Ss U
take on the New Orleans mail and passengers not how
than year from the Is. o. October that this
ss sns o e hs
he Tehuanepec route may have been fully stei and il
By
s s e %s:sS
cordire g the amount Of mail service rendered.
respopdence from received nearly
week later than at and from California tn. Atlantic
from BOSTON and New York 70 California by Panama
ten others sen. from New Orleans via rshussspec to aes
mould reach there IN about prae,ay
communication as at present
be set @ but n S net
cpa,s Scas in being able to obtain the service on
The sgn"r e this 2 max. such ssS
which he General considers ample and undoubted
S"' be y for
fthe contemplated The department however
ne
or ,Ss sa S he
Of the river or Of The bays at either Of
sucien the contractors not tho government will be the
Abe 1ehuan,cpec has long with the
and people OF the United States No opportunity
has been lost in endea,orng q it, Having asi
cured BY the terms o the Gadsden treaty, and aTeasonbe
short lime be- placed il condition to receive the service the
department sees good Why should not enter on the
long anticipated by the people and Of the United
Ii proposing to make this contract the Postmaster General
s'i S say The
DEGREES q NE Mexican who are the true own
to deiermne.
e s ~a e s raw, RToSssa
with The parties will terminate with their loss OF the
cessal the present, any point
& SSs he sy BE a The % q the ss ss OF m
twill materially in the early completion road
entered on in The transmission Of her Ills no wanton
iiiesa' ,evo. alon Of the right would be tolerated
bad come when he ma service Of the United ought
siahes, degree by mere PARTIAL
rests The North Norieao be preudcedby the establish
shorter safer and more xpedious than other routes
tear and WIN be by the people Of that portion Q, the
and ,ay as hy those Of the IVES, or southwest
sen, no such srk, advantages then more southern ansis
nsed ~ all the Northern portion Of the Union
pie d or southwestern sles whose geosraphcl
eositions them The desirable transit
AARON V. BROWN
4 and Post Roads.
s,n,,, rass c,sles bngssI.EsI, May Is ISIS
establishing the Tehusnepec Cafor
ion may become deeply Interested successful
Iehuaniepec l. to MS and ies within the Gulf of
Me,ico which destined 10 be hereser an American
g,euuifg motives, distinct and mastery control II is,
ime Of w could AID Would be more esy ana reranp bro
teed from falling int The hands Of enemy than any
10 coming conclusion establish this additional mail
narsone sres. o. niyaa" ga o,ser ne 10 deter rns
rom acton i who ~ mir ro means IN the con
had e .ie9u,sr %. sIyant'sss 81 she chrqm tran
hstors both upon They also
AL ss Nsf M h6 e n ANN e sss en r@
American nnes ssa k,w sas iesaan.ePes ey rs eonisuy
more densbe position must y some future day become an
asees q pecn, ins,s e The Ameran people All THY
eessul ryesmeni implied obligation the Of the
the Ishmus which tine and future discovery might
Those their construction OF
h road over p have as Y ,
fornia which must necessarily be more or less demenl
routes he lsthmus The land ought
ss e sought .s II cs9y ns s'
y nsse nns1, c 91ed ,hey Desired r.
Fl The s q ,hst narrow strip Of country which
the American continents public
nations y the earth II mus, necessity
over III desc rones TIA, ndvaaals Who embark Their mesn
mrh f' TS,uss ~ s h 4 moe s,p,c sne S, s
Al her vii he To- ies lnsead 81 to- many Z. these gre
can continents stretch themselves Tonga line
Correspondent. d more tAan hall ,he hablb. globe The
ssi hs given g the steam vessel and the passion for
.hsresi possible The department but ysli. 10 his
rr,ersai temper tie when ,blshes ae
New Orleans w TehusDt.pec California The passengers
from The southern end Southwestern states who dec .
- Nil longer frcds
miles wronr for California
Su ts and sks ne iaurnev II nesrIy half H. ne ana
" mn o ,ne ssns s,r q, onry " ~
This ape AID ylr~s became Necessary ia
although hae yet concluded %
10 AMI Tia, nothing rca.ncd bu III afjus'ncn, Of the
WIN ri. srolosy e. ,le length oftA. s2%msuis,Ic, re
pcn wIiuasH EssLlsH. Chairman Committee Post oalces
tran RorrT,
The routes between $, Joseph Missouri, and Salt Lake
CITY aud between salt Lake and Pacervie. California
have been - nrrc,c "a tia, the s rough from - 10
scph pltcoTvc, and back, performed once week
Ia thirty clsLt days each way.
ror souc months ras N service has been performed
with remarkable regular - hsompch - 10 merit special
commcutaion.
e.; applause and called grt public lemoo STATIONS Of
most eftlufastic character.
By 81 CoagfCse of August ?, lsii mai route
established lrom Ntosac, y s.,ui = MOuqaerilc, Ncw
Nrxicu. and March = 1855, route was established
| run ludCfen0encc ~ AthgqIcr1ue 20 stockton
These routes advertised Ia December last. ~ the
urgent solicitation ~ ct7cns Interested 10 that section of
couuiry aud ooatrsci entered io with the loves,
biIeTssOr couNci rg mus from Ncosig ~ Albuquerque
month and bal a az 800 per annum. AMI from
Inaepeadlnce, ~ Mbaqacrqsc os'och0n, once mouth,
al $50 900 pr annum.
scrS tammrucci on Ia - o. October last AMI al
though sufficient M. has no. elapsed " aog 90 reports
os progress there every reason g. believe that the
contracts viii BE- fulfilled, an tie mails conveyed the
satisfaction e thc department ard the r1bir
an rxpfx-FS nFrAiusEsr.
nrrst t.f.FEx
venues have gulary nrrt asc ever since III reduction
Of hostages.
II would however. - obviously erroneous - suppose
that tbs chafgr upon tie Treasury " progress IN
pruporiiouate 10 what u has been for thc last few
wears cur postal system j. now extended over the
whole country from one OCEAN 70 The other. Ihafc
b. bit ttt further expense resulting from overland
corne ton with California and The other Pacific AMI
1crrtoss Except other ronte, commonly called the
northgfn route, rom - Paul, IN Minnesota r. Seattle, IN
Wagh E'on Territory, other thought Of A. being