New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-27
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THE CALIFORNIA MAIL.

THE CALIFORNIA MAIL.
No arrangement has yet been made for carrying
the California mail, and the whole subject Is EN-
barassed with difficulty. An amendment was at.
tached to the regular Post-Office bill for next
wears service, which places all ocean transporta-
fion touching at foreign port, on the same foot
ing as the transatlantic mails allowing only the
po,taees for compensation. MIR. Vanderbilt Is
willing to take so much of the mail matter as pays
postage on these terms; but, as the great bulk OF
1t is free, and frequently weighs much as fifteen
tuns the Postmaster General declines to discrmi-
nate, and requires all to be carried or none.
1t is obvious that the capacity of the Butterheld
Route is not equal to the present necessities OF the
public, and some temporary arrangement must be
made to meet this exigency. The bulk of the free
matter might be sent as freight outside the mails,
which would partially relieve the embarrassment
that Congress has left on the hands OF the depart
ment, without any sort of provision, and owing
mainly to the culpable neglect of the Democratic
Senate.
oh Mr.. JoHNsoN's NOMINATION..
A committee assumed the responsibility of nomi-
mating Hon. Herschell V. johnson as Vice-Presl-
dent with Mr. Douglas. This contingency was not
contemplated by the Rump Convention, as Mr..
FORSYTH ard others had urged Mr.. Fitzpatrick after
a full understanding of bis views. Mr.. johnson,
who Is nominated, was refused admission into the
Douglas Convention for not being accredited as
delegate properly He was formerly Governor OF
Georgia. and one of the most Thoroughbred ultra
fre-eaters and secessionists in the State, beside
being in favor of reOpeniDg the slave-trade' When
Mr. Cobb was put forward as the Union candidate
in 1850. MIR. johnson was among his yiole6t oPpo'
nents for surrendering the rights of the South.
Tbi. combination is peculiarly appropriate, in
v;ew of Mr.. Douglass denunciatiOn OF the Disun-
ionists, which that very conservative gentleman
Pierre Soul6. reiterated as his mouthpece at Bal
timOre. d..
THE RRBUKE OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
Much feeling is excited among the few friends OF
this Administration that neither of the Conventions
gave it the fret word of recognition federation or
comfort. Mr.. Buchanan thinks he deserved as
xnucb from the South as Mr.. Pierce received nav
ing surrendered much moreto It,
ru, Or,zupp OF THE MEXICAN STEAMERS.
The decision of the Court of Admiralty 10 New
Orleans conforms precisely with the views OK
pressed in my dispatches, when The seizure Vi Inc
Mexican steamers was made by the order OF Com
modore Jarvis, near Vera Cruz. They are de-
elsred not TO be legal prizes, and Therefore were
illegally captured. Actions Of trespass and ialse
;mnrisopment will doubtless be brought against the
officers and Congress viii finally be compelled TO
foot heavy bill of damages as the price of that
epterprise. II was u fragrant outrage, which
ouobt 70 have been followed by courts martial and
never would have been attempted against a Strong
power.
THY SUPREME COURT VACANCY.
The President now means to reserve the vacancy