Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-04
THE OVERLAND NAIL.

Some very interesting facts have transplres
since The establishment OF the overland mai
service TO the Pacific, which 20 10 confirm %,
opinions which this paper and the friends OF
the central railroad route have frequently sx-
pressed, az to the great commercial impor-
tanre Of this line Of travel, and the necessity
Of the present Government lending It's ala "a
facilitate communication between Missouri
and Californis- BY inquiry, we learn that
there IL regularly received at the ST. Louis
post Office, q British bitter mail, consisting Of
some six or seven small sacks, or fromtwenty-
seven to thirty pounds IN weight, to be for
warded BY the overland route 70 San Fran
cisco, and thence 10 ChiEa. This certainty is
one Of The best evidences that can BE- sivsD
70 show what would Be the result Of Increased
facilities were afforded in addition to those
which We already possess. The English mer-
chants know very well hiatt mail service on
this route is confined TO one OF two vehicles.
a3d that il a larger mail were sent. it woua
IN al probability be frequently laid over. in
order to permit our own mails % Be Forwarded.
They are, therefore, merely trying this route
as an experiment II 4 should equal their
eNFectations-in punctualfY and saving OF
tme-there is no doubt their mail mater
weuld be increased a thousand fold. The En-
giish have two routes 10 China One Of these
Is altogether BY water, via the Cape Of Good
Hope. This voyage occupies from four to Eve
months, and IL CONSIDERED one Of the most dan
gcrous Of ocean travel.
The other is from London to Malta, through
the straits Of Gibraltar thence to suez.
thence across the Red sea. thence By land over
a portion Of Arabia and the English posses
sions in India to Canton. This, also. IL )
tedious route, occupying from 65 days to three
months Both these routes, as viii be seen.
are very uncertain, replste with danger. most
expensive and cccupyto0 much time to Be ever
used for general purposes. But the route
across The continent OF America, forms almost
an air line from England 70 China, and with
the aid - a railrosd, and steam vessels, the
journey coald be accomplished in Ehy OF sixty
days at ferthest Oar people must. therefore
see the inealeulabls advantages We possess
ever every European nation IN reaching the
Eastern continent, and ii The General Govern
ment, through Congress, would extend that a.
sisiance which the Importance Of this subject
demands, there Il 10 doubt but the valley OF
he Mississippi would nonopolizs he mail ser
vice and passenger travel Of the entire western
portion u Eurons, with the exception Of Rms
ga and Turkey-he former power having
raj road and other communication with Asia.
rfndering any foreign route unnecessary. Ger
tainly these fseis are worthy If consideration \
bv our national lee i~siators. and we sfDeereIx |
hope thay viii not permit the present session
to pass without decking up0a 4 ersat central
railroad 70 TIE Pacific, and making some def
mite ~arrangsment FOR its SPEEDY eompietion.-
g. louis Dc1oaaf.
A rich quartz vein was recently discovered
near Greenhorn creek, NeYala county. The
vein was found sass The Nevfda Democrat,
about six weeks aeo, and The r0k taken from
the rroppinrs showing considsffhle qua1tiies
Of gold, the discoverers were Encouraged to
sink an incline upon the vein. A. they went
down on the Fsln, the rock Continued to i'm
prove ia richness, and on The 9th January one
sackfali Of the decomposed rock, taken out at
nstted 81 500 in gold. The vein ,sss discov-
cred BY Msssrs. Nicholas Ctpich, Joseph
Zaratin, and others, and is called the sala-
Lead,