New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-19
THE ROUTES TO THE PACIFIC COAST.

We have been requested by our country friends to
give information 10 regard TO the various routes
to California and the Pacific Territories. At present
there four ways Of reaching the Golden State, via;
the Nev-York, the Nsw-0reans and Havsns, the
Isthmus of Tehusntepec and overland.
The United States Mail Steamship line, from this
port dispatches steamer from New-York for Aspin.
wall on the 5th and Goth OF each month and saother
ste amer FROM San Francisco on the same dsys The
passengers are conveyed the sthmus OF Psna.
ma by railroad, and reembsrk in oRc of the Psc'fc
Mail Steamship Compapy's steamers in waiting 1t
Panama for San Francisco. Passengers by this hne
are guaranteed every necessary and comfort usaay
afforded on steamships. The fare lie not fixed. AT
certain seasons of the year when travel is greatest,
the fare advanced in proportion. In the Spring and
Fall extra steamers are dispatched on the 81 and i'tn
Of the month from this port, connecting al Havans
with the Aspinws steamer, there Transferring ther
passengers to her. and thence proceeding to NewOr-
leans.
The lire from New-York is SIMPLY supplied with
steamships both on the Atlantic and Pacific. The
through tip averages about % days Fare;
Cabil.. S250 10 S5UV
Second cabin minimum. 10 70 w
Steerage.. fo W Nv
A steamer leaves Nes.Oflesns twice . month, on
the same days as from New-York, transferring her
passengers at Havana to the mail steamship Grenada
for Aspnwa. Passengers by this line reach the lssh
mus at the same time as those from New-fork, and
take the steamship with them on the Pacinc de
for San Francisco. The fare by this route is the sam
ss by the way of Ne~-York The Tehuantepeo ateamer
Quaker City leaves New-0rleans for Minsttan on the
10Th ard 9th Of esca month. The tnp TO Minsti,sn
occupies 4S hours. Thence the iron steamer Suchn
conveys passengers up the Suchl River sosut l5V
miles Thence by mules and stsges they cross the
Istbpus of Tehuantepec to ventoss distance OF lSo
or 40 miles. At vsLtoss they embark on the steamer
Oregon for Acapulco the trip thither lasting 50 hours,
and they there taken up by the Pacific mail steam
ship from Panama, and carried TO San Francisco,
with the New.York and Ne E-0rlesps passengers.
The through trip by way Of Tebu,ntepec Is msde N 10
days We have not been able to learn the fare.
. Overland passengers by the mail route leave st.
Louis in the mail stage on Monday and Thursday u
every week. q, g. m. Only ooe stage is sent through
at q time at present The trip lasting about - days
1t was thought that the Presidents Message would get
through in II. The route is by 81. Louis to Fort
Smith, Arkansas, on the Arkansas RIVER thence
through the Indian territory, across Red River, TO
Sherman, Texas; thence by Forts Belknsp and
Chadbourne, TO the head Of the Concho River
theroe across the Llsno E,tacsdo Desert TO
the Pecos River, and by way Of Delaware Creek,
through the Guadalupe Pass, to Franklin, op-
posite FL Paso, Texas; thence through the Mesilis
Valley, along the southern boundary of Arizona,
through Tucson, to Fort Yuma, on the Colorado;
thence ny Fort Tejon and Los Angeles, to San Fran
CISCO Passenger travel at present by this route is
very limited, the stages accommodating ak persons
only. Travellers by the Overland Mail wagons must
furnish their own food and blankets. Particulars mav
be obtained Of the Overland Mail Company, in the
new Express building in Hudson street, New.York.
The Nicaragua route is not yet open.