Daily national Democrat., 1860-03-15
A Good Move.
The Assembly passed, the other day, the
following Resolution:

The Assembly passed, the other day, the
following Resolution:
Be Rssolgei by the Assembly, the Senate
concurrug, That our Senators IN Congress be
instructed and our Representatives requested 70
urge upon Congress the passage ola law cstab-
fishing mil route connecting with the Central
Overland Mail, f,om Carson CITY, IN the Teril~
tory Of Utah. to Nevada City; thence to the town
Of Auburu la the county of Paccr thence to Fol-
som, aud from thence 10 Sacramento Cliy, pass
ing over the Sierra Nevada 10y the llcuneSs Pass
with mail routes dIverging therefrum hrst one
lervlug said route at Jackson's Ranch, near the
western end OF Hcnness Pass, to Duwnleyille, IN
the county of sierra, and the second, leaving at
Lake City, in the county Of Nevada, ria North
san Juan TO Marysyiile, Iuba county.
This Resolution embodios substantially
suggestion Of ours which we made some time
ago. As far as Sacramento is concerned, she
already has direct communication with the
States by the Central Overland Mail, but if
she desires communication with the Washoe
Valley, there can be no harm in her having
it. But, the reason that Marysville should
have connection, ria Carson City, with the
Overland Mail Route, rests upon the fact that
she Is now compelled to wait for her letters
and papers, over that route, until they can be
transported all the way around by Sacramen-
! to and up the windiugs Of the Sacramento,
Feather and Yuba rivers. She ought to have
her mails brought straight over the noun
tains from a convenient point whence n
branch road can diverge. 1t is proposed in
the above Resolution that Marysyie should
have this route, and it is immateria to us
whether it be called branch road from q
main road from Carson City to Sacramento
or whether the route to Sacramento be called
a branch road from the route 10 Marysville.
The resolution, we perceive, recognizes the
Henness Pass as the proper pass through
which to reach the western from the eastern
slope Of the Sierra Nevada, and the Assent ly
have done credit to their judgment by such
recognition Members have doubtless examin-
ed the subject, and aseertained the represen-
tations which we and others have made re-
specting this Pass to be correct 1t is now
nerally eonce led, we believe, that it is the
lowest and best Of all the depressions or gaps
through the whole extent Of the Sierra Neya.
ia range.
We trust, the Senate will also adopt this
resolution. 1t is very important that this
matter should be attended to at once and inn
mediate action urged upon Congress Our
relations with the Washoe country must
necessarily be numerous and mail communi-
cation will greatly facilitate all business and
other transactions with that section.
With respect to the praeticaliity of run-
ming mailline between this city and Washoe
and thence to connect with the Overland
mail, 1t is sufficient to say that the trail for
mules will be opened, in few weeks be-
tween Washoe and North San Juan, and the
road from here to San Juan is already q
pretty good one. This trail can easily be CON
verted into good wagon or stage road
Probably some discretion would be given,
too, under the law proposed by the resou-
ton, to the contractors who would under.
take the contemplated service. They might
then select portion of the road already pre-
pared and to be still farther extended by the
, Sierra Turnpike Company, or they might
select the route slightly dverging from the
lenness route ard go through the Yuba Gap.
But the route suggested in the resolution is,
we should think, about as good as any which
could be named.