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tended his road, until it has now reached th
intersection Of the Hannibal and St. Joeep
road, on which the United States Exnres
messengers are rendering daily service wcs
Ward irem the Mississippi, with rcasonabl
certainty OF res.ching ST. Joseph during til
approaching spriug-a distance Of two hun
dred and seven miles from river to river
In September, 1857, the Company sent
Wellorgan'zcd force over the Pacific Rail
road to Jefferson City, thence by steamers t.
Council Bluffs, establishing agencies at al
the principal landings on the river in Ills
souri,, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. From
this main line the Company dircrged at Kan
sas City, branching of Into the interior o
Kansas, passing through Wesport, the city
Of Lawrence, Tecumsch, to that somewhat
no.ed city OF Topeka, where, for this winter
only, the line terminates. During The present
year, it is understood that the Company will
have regular express service 10 Pixies Peak,
the new Ell Dorado in Western Kansas with
view to an early extension of the express to
Bait Lake City.
So remarkably has the company extended
its daily express service, that Ly the month
Of May OF the present year-not including
tue gold express from Pixies Pcak-the com,
pany will have performed, every twenty four
hours, an express eerrlce extending, If the
distance travelled WIS iu continuous line,
over thirteen thousand miles. The company
have about four hundred Offices, and employ
some fifteen hundred men, With horses sud
wagons innumerable.
1t lsdlfficult to estimate the va1ne Of this
addition to the transportation, telegraph and
mail arrangements Of the day, to the mer-
chant, banker and business men generally.
Without it the most serious Inconvenience
and disadvantage would be experienced in
SANITY. A lady's fan, g case OF goods, box
OF coin, or package Ut bank notes, can he for
Warded by this company to almost every
point in the United States, California and
Oregon included, Us veil as to Europe and
Havana
"e learn that thc president Of the com.
papy, D. N. Barney, Esq, is also president
and matager Of Wells, Fargo l. Co.'s CaliIor-
MIA Express, a company to its credit be it
eaid, which Was the sole express company do.
ing business with the Pacific coast that maia-
taiRed itself during the financial storm of
1855 which passed over California. The di.
rect connection Of the United Ssates Express
company with this Pacific Express, gives to
it unusual facilities for doing business with
the Pacific coast.
Our oWn experience Of the promptness
auo .1 ulspa'cn alsplayed by this line warrants
u: :ne s'aletneh. t1at no other line surpasses it
N thuss particulars. The telegraph may excel
it IN swjftness, but that only. The ordinary
running time TO and from New York, Phila-
oelpnIa anu Boston Is about Glty-sjx hours
~. s..nl no1ey' salnaDles and ne"spapers. The
idster, 1or weeks aud months, ne haye had
vance Of ali uthcr 1nes M % sna no1sa o,.eu % IN aa,
any, while this company vas acting Is carrier
Of newspapers for the press.
e UIsles .h,s ~. rosa, Esq, is the general agent
md mana 1es i's , ;ntsret v1u1'any ~ 81. Lou'e,
emitting him to yery cort1ial eommcn'1o m ~ ] tIon
from the business community. To great en-
od ~. lse ,'ion xrh,eI p''t o. courtesy and &C
personally the good viii of ali ~ tranesct;mn ~ i,r
business with the company lie represents.
ne snou3a 1a.l 70 10 Justice to one who has
3irh rcntat1on If Sy tt;s Esa. " .ae success and
We omitted mention Of TcprV % Kin KiiRal9 t" af =,
Buffalo, N. 7. Il would not be deemed an
n. nVldlous remark If We we're to FAY that Mr..
np s4aas ~ "5tnout superior IN all the elc-
'tates, lie is The sou1 Of 1he M,;tz n h tea sta.aa
Express company, its Chief anima.inr snir;t
'nyseally and intellectually active. quick
fic;cn M r. '' nxnant;na p,anu,n; lorceiul and
iers and n varv q, ,n,n o,.arz 49,, u uls