The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-17
THE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY

From the New ToTl. TribuneI
Among the contingencies which threaten the Pa
chic Mail Company, beyond that of possible oppo-
sition on the part of Commodore Vanderbilt. are
first. the withdrawal or division of the mail con-
tract: which now brings in to the Company about
S4oo,OoO annually; second, the revision of the ar
rangement between the Company and the United
| States Mail Steamship Company upon more eoui
table basis Tor the latter; and third the COMPETE
ton OF the other routes to California via Nicaraoua
and the lsthmus of Tehuantepec. The open ex-
preston OF hostility to the present monopoly in the
Presidents Message, is significant of the determine
ton OF Government to make more favorable postal
arrangements, and that the contract which eypires
IN 1893 Will not be renewed may, we think be re-
gaided as fixed fact. The contract with the
United States Mail Company expires in October
next and, according to the present conditions, the
division OF business in the ratio of % per cent to
the United States Mail Company, and IS per cent to
the Pacific Company. This will not again be con-
sldered fair division, we have reason to believe
Whenever the Nicaragua route is fairly opened as
beyond question it will be by some Company the
competition will be direct and earnest: and although
the Pacific Company may for time do the business
OF the Iehuantepec route, it is not probable that
line which has such manifest advantages will long
remain dependent upon steamers attached to a
rival route, and competition here also is to be an
icipated Another rival for the travel to and from
California will presently be discovered in the Over
land route, which within year two we NAV ex-
pect, from the movements already on foot win be-
come favorite expeditions and safe mode of reach
ing the shores of the Pacific These items consti-
tute some OF the clouds which hang over the pros
poets of the Mail Company, and which, althou
1t may be admitted that its operations will al xavs
be very profitable, yet must reduce materi lily the
present enormous earnings. The latest rumor is
ana this one appears reasonable, tt at the Ariel
Northern Light and Queen of the Pacific will be
put on the Nicaragua route, to q.un alternately.
under an amicable arrangement, with the Panama
route IN order to head off competition by that
route from untriendly parties, and to secure and
divide new mail contr' It. If this be done there
is no doubt traffic en0d Ugh to make both lines amply
remuneratiye, whilc the public will be more fully
accommodated. The real destination of the boats
above named is, however, still mere matter of
guessing, as the secret, thus far has been remarka
bly, well Kept; but as the recent movements in Pa
citc Mail stock have attracted much attention in
ana cut OF the street, we now, as heretofore, have
given all the facts and rumors bearing upon the
subject which were current
Deacon Adam Poe, worthy citizen of Ravenna,
o., died in that place on the 18th inst In noticing
his death, the Democrat gives the following sketch
OF his ancestry:
"Deacon Poe was born in Green Township, Bea-
yer county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1871, and at the
time of his death, had nearly attained sixty-eight
years of age. He was the son of Andrew and Eli
zabeth Rutan Poe, whose family consisted of eleven
children, nine daughters and two sons Adam was
the sixth child, and eldest son.
His father was born in Maryland in l742 and
had two brothers named George and Adam. George
was the eldest, Andrew the second and Adam the
third son. In accordance with the old law of
prlmogenlture in vogue in those DAYS, the family
property fell to the eldest son. George Pee was a
very wealthy man, and the father of the much la
mented and brilliant Edgar Allan Poe, who was
hrst cousin of the subject of this sketch.
Inc father OF Deacon Poe was very large, ath-
letic and active man. and quite popular in the
nelghborhood in which he lived. He is the An
drew Poe, so famous for the single handed conflict
with the Indian Big Foot, Chief Of the Wvandot
trlbe-a man OF herculean strength, and an nvete-
rate foe to the white man.
In July, 1882, "Big Foot and his four brothers.
were committing depredations in the vicinity in
which the Poe family lived, and the brothers An
drew and Adam, in company with others, turned
out to rout them. Andrew Poe had hand hand
encounter with "Big Foot" and proved himself
the best man of the two. Big Foot was shot by
Adam Poe, who came to his brothers aid, and by
this death the Indian difficulties in that section
were for ever quieted.'
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS on THE Fremont MINES IN
BEAR NALLEY.-The Mariposa California; Gazette
has the following 'On the 30th of November
Sheriff Crippen executed the writ of restitution
some time since issued by placing the whole of the
Josephine Vein, Bear Valley, in the possession of
Col. Fremont. No opposition whatever was made
Z. Il. Garrison, of San Francisco, has purchased a
one-tourth interest in Col. Fremont's grant and in
connection with him will proceed Immediately to
construct the water-mll, Ridley's Ferry
MERGED River, designed to have been constructed
last Spring but which prevented by difficulties
IN regard to the veins, which now appear to be in a
great measure terminated. The mill will be the
largest in the State, having capacity and power
for one hundred stamps-fifty of which will be i'm
mediately put up. Several large over-shot wheels
will be used-water to run which may be had in
abundance by the construction of dam in the
river, one mile above the site, with a ditch leading
therefrom to the mill. The location is upon the
river at the foot Of the northern end of Mt. Bull
lion, upon which, 400 feet above, are the Pine
tree and Josephine veins. Quartz will be sent to
the mill, probably by means of slides, the point
is very steep. Col. Fremont is, however, con-
structing wagon road from the mines to the mill
by a somewhat circuitous route, and at a grade of
Z feet to the 100. One hundred men are now at
work upon the road dam, and in preparing the
mill site. The number of workmen is daily in
creasing; nearly all are hired that Offer Three
dollars per day is paid, the workmen boarding
themselves
PLATFORM OF THE KENTUCKY DEMoCRACY-The
Democratic State Convention of Kentucky adopted
the following resolutions
l. That the resolutions passed BY the Democratic
National Convention at Cincinnati in June, 1856
and accepted by James Buchanan the nominee of
that Convention for the Presidency, contain true
exposition of Democratic faith, and that we pre-
scribe no test of political orthodoxy not contained
therein.
:. That in accordance with the sentiments of the
democracy OF our State. expressed in county meet
lngs, we cordially extend to present Chief Ma
glstrate our continued confidence in his ability and
patriotism, and an his derOfion TO the constitutional
rights Of all sections Of the Union.
D. That we cordially and heartily approve of the
decision OF the Supreme Court Of the United States
in the bred Scott case.
a. That the location of Cuba is such that its ac-
QUESTION Is important, and may become essential to
the safety of the Northern and Western States and
Its honorable acquisition would be beneficial to the
interests OF the whole Union. =.
ARlzoNA.-The Washington States saws of the set
Element of this territory:
The country is, as vet an arid nninvitino In
dian infested Wilderness. To redeem it and work
the mines with profit will require organized COM
panles, with large capital and the presence of
strong body of miners and settlers, capable by
their numbers and discipline, of defending them
selves and their interests against Indian and all
other lnvaslons. To meet the peculiar exigencies
OF the case an organized association of pioneers for
the racine is preparing to go out to Arizona, in
such force and with such means and machinery
and under such legal and complete articles of incor
poration, as will not only be sufficient for its own
but will be enabled to work the mines
on Its extensive land grants in the most profitable
manner. This we hold to be a step in the ripht d-
rection, and it is the only way in which American
settlements can be planted in that distant and diff
cult region.
The Santa Cruz (Cal.) Sentinel remarks that the
Coast Range of Mountains, extending through the
counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey,
and bounding the western line of the TuIare VALLEY
Is little known to the geologist, mineralogist and
paleontologist. This range contains an abundance
of minerals The quicksilver mines of New Almad-
en- and New ldra may be mentioned. Gold is
known to exist in Santa Cruz and Monterey.
VEN or silver ore has for many years been opened
at Allsa; and silver, almost pure, has been found
near Pacheco's Pass. Other minerals also abound |
among which we may enumerate copper, lead, cob |
alt, chrome, antlmony, copperas, alum, satpetre,
gypsum, aabaster, limerick, asphatum and coal
veins of great value Fossils of fish. crustacea, |
molusca, inusoria, mammaiia, polypi and of vege-
tatlon are so extraordinarily abundant throughout
the region that it is more curious to see the geolog
zeal formations without fossils than with them |
The range offers to the mineraogst and paeontolo-
glst one OF the richest fields of observation on the
face OF the earth if not the richest-exceeding the
'nouUaise terre of Nebraska. The range is said to
resemble the mineral districts of Mexico Peru and
Chile Humboldt and other travellers in the Peru !
Wan Andes mention the existence of fossil melusca
ID the Immediate proximity to the richest mines |
The same fact holds good of the richest mineral |
districts of Mexico and Chile. 1t seems that our
coast range shows similar indications for the future
THE EXTRA HALF DME-The last Crawford coun-
ty, Ohio, Forum says:
Mr.. Beal, wishing to go from Gallon to Crestline
On the c. c. d c. Road, two years ago, got
on the train and rendered the conductor fifteen
cents in payment on his fare for the four miles
travel Twenty cents demanded; five being
ticket. This Mr. b. refused to paw and the con- |
ductor stopped the train and elected him from the
cars. Mr.. Beale brought his action for damages
In the Court of Common Pleas of this county The
case came on for trial at the present term and re-
suited in verdict for the plaintiff of $500.
How CLANCY JONES WAS DEFEATED IN OLD Der |
RIcKs CoUNrY.-An Iowa paper says that General
W. ii. heim, republican, has been elected to fill the
vacancy occasoned by the resignation of s'Mishter
Shones Committee of tie shairman of Mean Ways"
in the Berks district, Pennsylvania Somebody has
told the people there that General jackson is dead