Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

THE OVERLAND Pony EXPRESS, between the
western frontier of Missouri and San Francisco,
so lately established, is already entirely sue
cessful enterprise. We have before letters that
left San Francisco on the 18th inst in the shape of
Geographic dispatches, and were mailed at Carson
City on the same day, and reached the Washing
ten city post office on the 18th at 10 m; having
| been placed in the ordinary mail Of the country
at ST. Joseph, Mo- on the lith instant or in ten
days from San Francisco; on which day the gen.
e'al news from California coming by that trip of
the Pony Express published simultaneously,
through the medium Of the telegraph, in all the
considerable cities Of the Atlantic side Thus
the Pony Express has brought San Francisco for
most PRACTICAL business purposes actually within
ten days Of New York, New Orleans Boston,
Washington city, &c, &c.
twill be remembered that this enterp prise for
the inception of which, by the by, the public are
probably indebted to Senator Gwin, ia wholly
private one-as much as Adams express-not
being dependent in any manner upon Government
patronage Ii is therefore the more valuable to the
country al large, serving as it does to demonstrate
| the fact that overland communication across the
great deserts OF the interior can be SUI cessfully
accomplished without the aid of the customary
| enormous bonus from the National Treasurv-a
point OF the greatest importance in the future of
western slopes of the United States The estab
lshment Of the Pony Express, though apparently
hazardous enterprise, involving as it did an inn
Inense original outlay of money to transact an en-
urely new business, Was but the natural result OF
the rapldlyincreasing necessities of the commerce
oel"eeh the TWO slopes, and Of the Atlantic sides
increased Pacific and Eastern ocean commerce 70
sulting from our acquisition of California and the
niul'ildrlous commercial uses to which that has
been put. The gentlemen who have put il in
operation are justly famed for succeeding in
everything, great or small, they undertake-pos-
seSslhS as they do in a remarkable degree all the
| elements of individual character which in their
combination may be said to- be singularly typical
| OF American progress. That the success of their
enterprise VIII be the parent of others to grow out
oI the thereby increased facilities is beyond a
douot-au OF them as they arise operating to in
crease In the aggregate, greatly the value of Cali
fornia and Oregon and Washington Territories TO
| the rest of the Union.
we omitted to mention that we have also be-
fore us the first specimen of the silver of Carson
valley sent east of the Mississippi which was
received in the shape of finger ring by the trim
OF the pony express referred to above The silver
mines of Carson Valley, it will be remembered
form the last discoveries of American mineral
wealth Of actually demonstrated immense vaipe
and are already drawing to the locality i'm which
they are situated population so large and so fnI,
OF energy and enterprise as to make il matter of
absolute necessity that Congress shall at the pres
ent session provide them with some government
necessary to their wants, and calculated to render
their magnificent valley speedily as useful as pos
sloe TO the rest of the United States