Nevada national., 1860-05-05
PONY EMPRESS.

inc leat OF tne IonF Express ia crossing
the Continent west Of Missouri river TO Car
son City. over barren hills. sandy deserts
mountain torrents and Alpine SHOWS through
an atmosphere OF winiry coldness altogether
comprehending a distance Of more than
1000 miles, beset for The most part hy
aboriginal ssvages. challenges our admira.
tion and siartles US with an exnltant am
bition. which teaches us to believe. Justly
that human will. power, device. and intre
pidity, surpass in their achievements even
the extravsgancies OF speculation.
In the year ls49 what way-worn and
starving Pilgrim to California would har e
borne with patience the assertion that, in
less than ten years from that time, the dis.
tance which occupied him six months hard
labor to traverse, won Id be passed over in q
little more than seven days! II could have
scarcely been entertained by the most san
guine and comprehensive mind. at the period
OF which we speak, that the means could
have possibly been brought about whereby
the transit across the Plains could be accom-
plished at the rate Of nearly TEN miles an
hour, night and day. successively. until the
Courier Pony, with the edicts OF government
and commerce, should stand on the very
shores OF the Pacific, with convulsve chest
and reeking body, to stimulate TO n still
higher pitch the unaagging energy of the
great metropolitan city Of The west.
The advent of the Pozy is significant, and
the effects of bis triumph will be most bene
ficiently felt to the uttermost ramilications
Of human concern.
England is interested in the Pony-all
Europe-all the States OF the North Amer
ican Republic, South America, Asia. and
the Islands OF the ocean, are interested to a
greater or less extent, commercially, socially
aud politically, in his frequent and rapid
communication Of intelligence.
The Pony is great consolation to us all
In California, cxpatriated as we are from our
kindred and our native land He brings us
delightfully."- near the play grounds Of our
youth and the prrsonages of our near
kindred. We are. indeel, with them. as II
were. aud with this soothing confidence we
cease to feel our expatriation, which other
wise would be uncomfortable. and are content
to enjoy the unrivalled advantages and Joys
OF California, and under the influence of a
strong domestic sentiment, build up an en-
pire on the Pacific, the glories OF whose
civilization shall be held up as an example
to the rest of the world.
In commercial point of view the Pony
Express will prove invaluable in keeping up
balance Of trade. harmonizng the supply
with the demand. preventing that iIuctuation
in the market which has proved SO injurious
10 the prosperity Of the State and so calsm-
itous to merchants.
Loosing its isolated character. which has
heretofore been the chief feature Of repur-
nance to the people of the Atlantic sea-
board. California will be land of unqualli-
fed attractions to the emigrant. We shall
receive fresh and powerful impulse in the
peopling Of the Pacific Coast. Our popula-
lion will double in few years; our import.
snce and influence will likewise tloab and
our claims on the Union will augment in
like ratio, 80 that IL not already, we soon
shall be warranted in demanding. as a
matter Of right. the construction of the
Pacific Railroad by the United States Gov
ernment.
We believe that the Pony Express has
effected more than any other single enter
prise 10 impressing upon Congress the wants
Of California, and the manner in which these
wants are 10 be satisfied. The eloquence
Of the undertaking, proclaiming as 1t does
the necessities Of the Pacific Coast, and the
duties Of the Federal Government in relation
to It, bas proved irresistible. The Telegraph
Bill will doubtless he passed the Tri. Weekly
Mail Bill ria the Central Route, will
probably pass. and all, once inaugurated.
the construction OF the great con,in ental
railroad, within a brief period. is foregone
conclusion. Within the ten years next to
come the cars will run from New York to
San Francisco within six days time. This is
manifest destiny. Hurrah for the PoSY
EXPRESS /,