Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-19

delphia AzgEs ilnn In his selection Of Cow A. 49,
Brown to Eli the important position Of Postmaster
General 10 Is admiitsd on al hands to be the
most able. enierprisng and energetic head which
that department. Of the government has ever had
He is winHing an enYiable renoBn for tbe wonder
ful aehei7emens he has already SC successfully con-
sumste as well as those which srestlI il progress
Of development.
We have Watehedthe pablo career Of this promi-
nent American statesman, for many years, with
peculiar interest. He is one Of the few men now
living who belong to the primitive school Of Amer
lean Democracy; to an age of republican simplicity
end republican purity in morals and politics Stern,
unbending, unBavering in his devotion to the great
principles enunciated by Thomas jefferson, psr>
taking in az uncommon degree Of that indomiable
frmness and infsxible adherence to justice, which
so eminently characterized the immortal here Of the
Hermitage, Geueral Andrew Jackson he has al
Wsys received the homage and respect Of his party
at home and the people abroad. Few Statesmen
living have warmer or more enthusiastic personal
and political friend, than has Gov. A. v. Brown,
and few deserve to have them more justly than he.
His recent establi shment Of set Of continental
nail routes, not one, singly, but number Of Them
to the Pacific, through own territory, is mas
ter-stroke Of national policy, and will give him
even a Prouder position in the estimation Of the
American people than he had hitherto occupied. A
cOntem pOraTy says, very fOreibly aud justly, that
each Of these lines is only happy and enduring
tond Of inter State harmony, bat it is the cheapest
and surest means of ladisn repression. Every reg
ularly Travelled route is equal to q series of fors,
and are ten ii mes as valuable, and may be had at
twentieth the outlay Of regular military
post.
OF the four overland routes now settled upon, the
st Louis republican says the Southern one win be
open all The year, and the other three for summer
travel These routes belt the continent il parellels
so judiciousy distributed by the of Postmaster
General Brown that each great division of the
Union is now brought into stage and railroad con-
neetion with all the others. Nations have sung re
Deums for infinitely less valuable iriumphs.
We are glad to see that the leading journals of
the country are disposed to do full justice to the
sterling merits Of the Postmaster. General The
moderate and candid portion of the opposition press
does not hesitate to award him high need ofpraise.
The Democratic papers of this State are enihusi-
sstc in theis appreciation Of his policy and their
eulogies are warm and glowing in the extreme
From among many We select the following from the
Erie Observer, commenting it to the careful aten-
ton Of our numerous readers
/ A GREAT AND BENEFICIAL ENrERPrsE- think
one of the greatest and most beneficial enterprises
that has yet been planned aud executed by our
! government, is the establishment of an overland
mail route 10 California, Il has attracted very
little attsntion-indeed many thought the idea chs
merical-but the results to flow from it. who can es
fh.nn9 Ffrcfe md v5in he
growth of line Of settlements from the now ives
tern borders Of civilization TO California thus secu-
| ring ssfe, cheap, and always open avenue from
our Atlantic to our Pacific possessions through our
own territory. This must soon be followed by the
! construction of q railTOad-foF how long will the
'universal Yankee nation" be satisfied with a sage
route, consuming twenty or twenty three days, when
! q railroad can be constructed aud the distance
done in three or four2 But we have not line now
to enumera.e the results flow from he successful
issue Of this object; merely designed TO call
teution 10 the fact that while but little has been
said on the Atlantic side of the continent the peos
pie of the Pacific side fully appreciate the benefits
to flow from it, and ready to render to the head
( Of the Pest Office Department, Governor Brown,
the praise he is 80 Justly entitled TO ia bringing
this matter to such SUE cessful issue As for in
stance, notice that the citizens of Santa Clara,
| California, met on the 18th of 0Gtobor, for tie
purpose of giving expression to the views enter
I tanned By the people Of that town, of the great
DEMENT'S 70 ueIlFtu SUCCESSFUL eStaUlESlN
Of the overland route TIE folio wing resolutions
were adopted On the OCCASION
ReSOlUed That the people Of Santa Clara view
with PRIDE the successful establishment of the
| overland mail Tottes and hail the event cal
eulated TO give impulse to speedy immigration to
I the Pacific shores.
ResogUsd That the establishment. of the various
routes nov IN successful operation, will have ten
dency to encourage the speedy prcjesiOn Of the Pa
cifo railroad, the consummatiOn OF which will serve
to connect more closely thu cherished homes Of our
"fs'herlsnd," with the sons and daughters of the
Pacifc coast.
Resolced, That the Hon A. V. Brown, Post
master eueral, in his wise policy in the manage
ment of the department under bis charge and for
his uutring efforts to give the people of California
a speedy communication across our continent, de-
serves our HEARTFELT gratitude.
large and enthusiastic meeting Of the citizens
of San Francisco was held en- the 10Th inst, to
give expression to the same entertained by the
people of that city of the great benefits they
TO receive from the establishment of the overland
! mail route. The annex resolutions were afopte1:
Resolved, That the people of San Francisco, in
mass meeting assembled, esteem the successful e.
tabishment Of the most important work hitherto
attempted for the developing Of the wealth and rer
Gnanent prosperity Of our possessions on the Pacific
I cost r.
RssolUed, That the emancipation of the people of
! California from the thrsldom Of The only speedy
routes hitherto available, the necessity of whose
use has subjected our citizens to the dangers and
privations of sea travel and oft repeated indgDi>
ties and wrongs from semi-ciyilized foreign govern
ments, is hailed with sentiments Of joy and of gra-
! titude to those by whose energy and indomitable
! perseverance so glorious result has been achieved
ReSolUed, That the Hon. A.-Y. Brown, Post
msster-General, in his official acts, presents claims
] to our consideration of no ordinary character in
the successful result we now celebrate in the esb
! lshment of the various lines of communication
! across our continent.
! The Buffalo Commercial, always fair end hon
orable Opposition journal, in remarkiug upon this
subject says that whatever faults aud extravaganza
may be charged upon the general management Of
tie Federal Government, the Post Office Depart
ment deserves the approval Of the public.
Love, CoQUETRY AND sUlcIDE.-A correspondent
of the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer, writing from
Dancyville, Haywood county, gives the particulars
of a most melancholy affair, which transpired st
that place on Sunday, the 18th inst, being the res
suit of coquery the part of young lady of that
neighborhOod. The Eagle and Enquirer says:
1t appears that young lady Whose name is not
given1 residing near DsGcyve, some three or four
weeks ago, promised her hand in wedlock TO two
| young men, one of whom was named John Jones,
and appointed Thursday, the 10th inst, as the day
When both were to be made happy This state of
affairs became known to the two young men, one of
whom Immediately renOuneed all further pursuit,
and relinou his claim to his rEal-JOhn Jones.
Whether Mr. Jones was of this turn Of affairs,
our correspondent does not say. However, on Sun