Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-06
Senator Broderlck,
We find the following in the Washington
correspondence of the Union:


We find the following in the Washington
correspondence of the Union:
TRI-wEEKLY MAIL TO CALIFORNIA
On Tuesday, of this week, Mr. Broderick
presented to the Senate the petition of citi-
zens of jackson land vicinity in California.
praying for the establishment of n tri.weeklv
mail from St. Joseph, Mo-, to Phcervile.-
The petite ners represent that the Central
route has been the great throughfare to Cali
forna for the last nine years and that in ad
dition to being the best natural road for the
distance in the world, it is also supplied with
continuous meadows of nutritious grasses. uD.
on which thousands of animals subsist during
the annual hegira They also add that the
counties of El Doradl and Sacramento have
spent S50, 900 in the construction of q wagon
road over the Sierra Nevada that a tee-
| graph line is being constructed on the route
to Salt Lake comfortable resting places and
stations are being established at proper in
teryals along the road; that, although the
! present mail contractors have had but limi
ted period in which to prepare for service,
they have delivered the mails, weekly,
with surprising regularity and that from
this nowledge they are convinced that in
less than two years the mails can be carried
through in less than fifteen days. They,
therefore, nsk for the establishment of tri-
weekly mail to California, and the increase of
| speed on the route run. SO as to run through
in twenty or twenty-five days, thereby as
sistiug to prepare the way for more expe-
ditious ransit at an early day. This petition
was referred to the Committee on Post Off
ces and Post Roads, of which David L. Yulee
of Florida, is Chairman. This petition will
therefore be reported on adversely, as Sena-
tor Yulee's hostility to alifornia interests,
aud especially to Broderick, is well known,
and needs no repetition here.
In this connection may mention that SEN
ator Broderick introduced bill this week to
facilitate communication to the Pacific coast
by electric telegraph 1t had scarcely been
sent up to the Clerks desk, when Mr.. Yulee
arose and inquired if this was similar to bill
reported adversely on at the last session. If
it was he could see no reason in referring it
to the Post Roads Committee. Mr.. Broder-
lex informed him that it was not the same,
and Mr.. Y, with a sarcastic every we'll sir, "
allowed it to be referred AS he is opposed
to telegraph line to the Pacific, this bill
will be reported adversely upon. This you
may rely on.
| COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
| MI. DFOuerlcK introduced IN the senate last
evening joint resolution to enable the Sec
retary of the Treasury to carry into effect the
provisions of the joint resolution of Congress,
approved May IA, 1856, in regard to the sta
tistics of the coast commerce between the At
lantic and Pacific ports Of the United States
1t was passed.
THE CALIFORNIA fNDtAS AGENTS.
During the discussion of the amendments
on the Indian Appropriation Bill Mr.. Brod-
/ erick and Mr. Gwin came in "eonhct" Mr.
Broderick regretted to find that Mr.. Hunter
had made no provision for the reduction of
the Indian Agents in California. lie said he
had been informed that the money paid to
the agents amounted to more than is paid for
keeping the Indians in the State The In
dians hld never received any benefit from
the appropriations-the agents had "swal-
lowed up all the money. Mr.. Gwin thought
that this was very broad statement to make
against the Indian Agents and he suggested
that their names might be specified. There
were but three Indian agents and five sub
agents Mr.. Broderick replied that he did
not know them but said that when better ad
vised of the statement which he had heard
he should introduce resolution making in
quiry into the transaction. He had heard
that many of these agents were appointed
just before the late election. in every county
in the State, or at least in the mining coun.
ties" 1t being late one evening when this
debate commenced, it was put an end to by
the adjournment Of the Senate. An impor-
tant amendment has been adopted in the In
dian Appropriation bill which, in effect
transfers the Indian Department to the De-
partment of War. This appropriation bill
passed the Senate yesterday