New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-26
s HfItans 1aiIp Crescent.
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noNDAr MORNING, DECEMBER q, lsss.
nsw Osaea~s a.s the cAlifsrnia Malls
Y y nsuIh ~ New Orleans had no Pacific mail
= II but hnd 70 send ~ the letters and papers
elined ~ CAlifornia, Oregon, and Washington
vi,ory u New York 10 BE- there transhipped
~ tkeir pisces d destination. Against sucn
- 81 6aerant injustice our public protested
- 90 voice, and " ostnasterG General prom
go man sbs1ld Ne It once supplied, and
q - shat Il s0s5d make the distance to San Fran
Iyeo a 40 = skoster dime than the New York
- XiVef wsiiing patiently the promised fac
= ~ u 3endedly been furnished Us and what
& - ii slnoant 10 / Really very little more than
u beSore; FOR It Is now true, that for all
Nv u conveying news Or for the carrying Of
II bnrers, the present communication between
ely ana the Pscidc States Is little better than
month ago. Passengers, after submitting to
ssvsry Inconvenience and paying enormous prices,
Kearh here ffom California after those leaving at
- sine time have got to New York, And nearly
~ eur Intelligence, instead Of coming through our
-swn mail we have to get at second hand by the
10y Of New York Of ST. Louis; and this in face
II ~ fact thst New Orleans is nearer by far than
Z - York, and should properly get California
1a1es from two 70 three days in advance Of her
kesn sister.
~ reason for the delay IS found in the defective
~ outrageous arrangement that our section has
i neea forced to submit to for carrying her Pacific
- Instesd II there being steamer on the
! Eect route between here snd Aspinwa AS there
/ = bstw zen New York and Aspinwa our Califor-
" raaiIs and such passengers Is desire to 60 to
- Francisco sre put Oh board . steamer bound
49, New York. This steamer touches at Havana,
lhste ne n and passengers are landed, to wait
- = folitnry steamer that plies between Havana
krpinwan After usually considerable delay,
II q taken ON board that steamer, {the officers
n wkfch charge what they please, and do not trou-
SHSe themselves about the accommodations fur
/ illed) and landed at Aspinwall. After crossing
- hfhmus, the New Orleans passengers are not
iited I'd 20 On board the San Francisco steam
- antil III the New York passengers (who are fur
IIfsAed with through tickefs) are accommodated.
wlEen they must content themselves with such
(more frequently, no rooms,) as are left.
~ thence, have no more transhpments to make.
n From these arrangements it viii be seen, that to
re one against delay at some point on the
rslte there must be fortunate conjunction Of all
$50 circumstances: the New York steamer must
81 " delayed in reaching Havana; the Aspin-
uaIl steamer must never meet with any accident,
= there is none to replace her in case she does;
md that steamer must also arrive at Aspinwall
~ soon as the New York steamer does, else her
Fpassengers and mails will be left to remain fort
TIGHT on the Isthmus. As there is often q failure
Al one Or the other OF these conditions, detentons
- not unfrequent and the route, besides being
salnaost useless az o vehicle for sending and re-