The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-05
NAIL ROUTES TO CALIFORNIA.
The Vandefbht Line-North Atlantic
Steamship Ccmpamy-Niearauua MAIL
Limc-Thc ehuantepec Route.


present with reference the future transmission az
the California mails the contracts under whicu hey
carried Will expire The 31th inst The ggeat-
est excitement is raging among the commodores, Of whom
have quite host in midst There is Conmo-
dore Vanderbilt tie original commodore, and Commodore
law Commodore 500, Commodore Wright, Commodore
Garrison, Commodore White and Commodore Johnsoa,
befdcs crowd of sabordina.es vino have not yet
reached the highest rank il the service, but rapidly
creeping Up to il.
All these Ccmmodo have been cutting into each other
for long time uriii the California and Ncaragaa routes
have become OF complexities and mysteries whereof
the public could not make out the thread.
The government contract with tho Nicara-
ragua or "Johnson" mail line, via the Isthmns
of Nicaragua commences the LIST Of October, aud tho
company ANNOUNCES by advertisement III the columns
Of the HERALD to-day, that they quite prepared
start the Keystone State for San Juan del Norts
the 9Th Of October compliance with the provisions
Of the contract and TO convey passengers and freight
the IsLmus to Juan del Sur aud thence by the
steamer Hermann 10 san Francisco. 1t win b.
bered that doubts rumors have been thrown
out as to Nicaragua line TO fuihi their
contract These answered so far by the ad
yersement referred 1t remains 70 be whether
the project will be carried out.
We have four steamship lines to CALIFORNIA; running
and announced two by the Isthmas Of Panama,
by the Isthmus of Nicaragua, and another by tho
Ethmys Of Tehuaatepec, namely
THE VANDERBILT LINE.
This line comprised Of the steamships Northern Light
and North Star and conveys passengers by the Panama
Railroad.
NORTH ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The ships Of this ine-the Atlantic Baltic ana Adratic
lately purchased by tho Panama Raiiroad and Pacldo
Mail COMPANIES ara undergoing extensive atcra-
tons 70 lt for the California trade. The decks
extended forward and aush with the rails, 20 as 70
give more for deck and second cabin pss-
sengers. The lower state rooms also are being
taken out berhs put up instead for the &C.
commoda.ion Of that class Of passengers.
These steamers will take the place Of the presen
United States mail ships after the LIST Of October.
The Baltic will be the pioneer shp. She will leave tho
9th Of October Captain A. G. Gray formerly Of the Star
Of the West Is 70 command her.
The next steamer will be the Atlantic, Captain MCGOWAN
She will leave on the Goth.
I has been definitely decided when, II at ALL the
Adriatic win be round She viii be commanded by
Captain Pearson for many years Of the Pacific Mail ne
The ,ce of company at present is at So Wall street,
but in Of few weeks will be removed u tho
West and Warren Streets the Office Of the old
| United States Mail line.
The ships will leave for the present from the foot Of
Canal street. the LIST of October they viii leave from
| the Warren street wharf.
THE JEnEzrBoDY CONTRACT LINE,
Under which such rapid progress was making towards
opening route stopped at least for the present,
or till ratified by Nicaragua. was con-
Adenty expected that the last California steamer would
bring ratified contract recent letter from General
tha, the instructions to Mr. Dmtry the newly
appointed Minister to Nicaragua who leaves to-day for
lis port contained special instructions in reference To the
carrying out Of that contract.
i----------- NIcAR AGIA
With regard TO this line there have bccr peruro
stated, several rumors and doubts in circulation In this
respect shared in the mystiacations and hoodwnkngs
in which all the Commodores delight to indulge. 1t was
said on the hand, that the contract worth
anyihng-,hat II only got be used Of en-
ferng wedge for forcing passage across the shmus
under authority from the United States government It
alleged that the contract having several times aud in
several different ways been offered for sale Vanderbilt
the United States and Pacific Mail companies, and de-
cned upon any terms, showed the value placed upon it.
1t was stated further that neither of the parties
named would accept the contract offered them for
nothing; that these parties, them Vanderbilt
and Pacific Ma put in bids, and would have carried tho
mails right along without any interruption for lttla
more than that paid the great mail contractor but that
the "owest bidder was accepted, and Daniel H. john
son, tho "broker' of Joseph l. White Co., was the
man to whom the contract awarded.
1t was sad that up within few days no ships had
been bought chartered for carrying the mails eher
1
nourced that the Hermann had been bought for the
pioneer chip the other side, and the Ericsson,
other chip, for this side, that no relia-
bic arrangement had been made for carrying the nas
after the two next tips5th and 2th inst Capt Wright,
the Of the Hermann told stated Friday
last that the H had not been bought and probably would
not becerainly not that day, at ALL To get tho
Isthus, were also told, would be difficult than
to get chips TO perform the SERVICE no pro-
lxicio haya oda
| or river steamers In readiness.
The latest from thercAugust l6-stased that th
little river steamer Laura Frances left Greytown for
Granada and other ports up the interior with passcn-
gers and freight the morning Of 3d. that when last
heard from she was lying the Machuca Rapids unabla
to get up farther.
All these reports, is needless say, are pronounced
false by the friends Of the Nicaragua ne the contrary
they assert that they have completed every arrangement
to out the contract in its inegy but that they
were compelled to make every secretly because
they found themselves headed off In all quarters by tho
enemies of the line was alleged that they could not
carry passengers tho sthmus under the Cass-
Yrisarri treaty. but In they point TO the l4th
section Of that instrument which guarantees protection To
the property aud citizens Of the United States crossing the
thmus by any route sanctioned by the government Of
Nicaragua. By reference TO the advertisement Of thu
Company, will be that their first steamer Ia an
nounced to sail in due the 9th of October from
the foot Of Canal street. with the malls passengers and
freight for san Juan. Commodore Soo is at the head Of
this ne b,a is said that there another well known
Commodore who is the power behind the throne
THE TEHUANTEPEc ROUTE.
With regard TO the Tehuantepec route, san 'noom.
plete and likely remain for while at least M oonse
quence Of Of funds Senator BenJann, nowevers
who, together with ex President Comonfors
interested in the project. IN Europe endeavorns "a
raise loan Of million and hall, which ne expects "a
enec, with George Peabody and the Barnes The rsporss
that Senator Douglas Interested In the line are not cor
rect he is rather opposed 70 IT, on accouns personal
"'..s ~" ~uh the parties in interest, Mr. Eden and
others