New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-12

Whoever POSSESSES tolersblc map Of this Cont
uert. or Of Mexico. may, BY sc,nuug what we msy
cs tie bottom or southern extremity of the Gnit Or
Mexico. observe that This extremity, t2was1 the
Cuff of Cenpeachy, approaches within nuadfed
10 huIdfsd a. fifty ulrs q large though riteer
.tsllog indentston Of the Pacific Ocean cilci
The Gulf Of Tehuartepec, while on either side the
continent rspi6y H.dens Tito the Mexican States OF
Vera Cruz. Oaxsca. &c on the west, aud i1Ep the
States Of Tsbss,c Yucatsn and Chapas ard tue
Republic Of Guatemala Oh the esst. This narrow
est par. # our continent forth of the lsthmu' OF
Daren is called TIE l. thm1s Of TehuantePe', and Is
trayersed through two-thrds Of is extent by the
River Coatzacoslcos. which runs north into the
Gulf Of Campo sohy, and whose tributaries iotcrlo,h
with those Of several nconsidersbe streams which
run south into the Gulf Of Tehusntepsc. Across
this Isthmus Of Tehuaatepsc, wagon-road has
heen projected ard yehementiy talked about
though we believe ts construction is not yet
an accomplished fact. In due time, thu wagon
road is to be followed bya Railroad, which, to-
eether with the construction Of adequate harbors
at either end, is expected t. attract large amount
Of travel and raesportatioD shortening, as ii does,
the route hence by steam TO California nearly
thousa,d miles BE it understood once for all, that
we are ready to admit tie TehuantePec Road to be
benefceIt prlect-w willagree Unnecessary, thatu
IL ftasibe-ard we wish every success TO IS project
ors 81 their bsckers-we Wish them, above all, TO
stop quanelirg with each other, and expend their
eucrries AID means not on the Improbable enter
\ H. lsr ~ kttf
on The wholesome and ccmmecdable business of
making their Rosd, Which, We su'pect, prefers
au pie scope and opportunity for them al.
But we ale not 80 vel satisfied with their dpo
matte and legislative operations, especially with so
much of them as is pOsec lted in this c9untry, or
through our Eubassy ut Mexico. We have not
tie fanteat shadow of prepossesson for one party
or prejudice ssain,t the otherwe don't know.
ard don't want to Know whether the SloO grant or
the IIdrgoCs &c these are the proper dosgaations)
is the more legitimate; but We most decidedly pro-
te-t against cur Government being kept IN hot
water with Mexico on account OF their dispute,
and WE even more emph4iically protest against tho
tsppiTg Of our consumPtlSe Treasury Tor the bene'
fit Of either Of these gangs Of spectators Unless
or The Cincnua.i Patorm which has eluded our
obsenaticn-sud 40 thok this hardly possible
neither orc nor the other Of these gangs has
tiny poeeible right to dcplete Secretary Cobb's
s4unt ard limpsy" moneybass of the first shin
plaster
The Panama Mail Route was iIauguratcd a, a
public Necessity. 1t ough. to hayo been super
seded 30 far as our California Mails concerned,
by direct Overland Mail, at least five Yeas age.
II is ccricg nOw for mere than The conveyance of
those Shmc Mails over lard need cost; and We are
about to lay double BY starting = malt oyer land
while keeping up tbat BY way Of Panama. Aby
attempt TO pie Tehuantepec Mail ora Nicaragua
Msil upon these, and take smother Quarter Of a
Million out Of the Treasury 70 70 purpose at al,
viii be Likely 70 explode the whole system. We
would have all orr Mails f)r CaIifJrns, Oregon,
a., carried over land from and after May next;
bat, at al events ore IsihnUs Mail contract is as
uucA as tie public viii endure. Auytter viii DO
fatal to both.