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James Gardner, Jr., Augusta, Ga.Mails for New Mexico.The Postmaster General has directed contracts to be made with Mr. Henry Skillman, of El Paso, Texas, for the regular conveyance of the mails from Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Albequer-que, Socorra, Don Ana, Frontaro, El Paso, San Elizario and Leona to San Antonio, a distance of 990 miles. This service is to be performed once a month as far as San Elizario. and once in two months the residue, and to be governed by the following schedcle:Leave Santa Fe on the first of each month at 8 A. M.; arrive at San Elizario by the 11th, at12 M.Leave San Elizario on the 12th of every other month at 8 A. M.; arrive at San Antonio by 5 P. M. of the last day of the same month.Leave San Antonio on the first of every other month, at 8 A. M., arrive at San Elizario by 12 M. of the 19th.Leave San Elizario on the 20th of each month, at 8 A. M.; arrive at Santa Fe by 5 P. M. of the last day of the same month.This introduction of regular mail facilities into the copper mining regions of the new country cannot fail to be highly advantageous to the numerous settlers who have correspondence with “the States,',J as well as to our troops who are garrisoned along that extensive route.Mr. Skillman, we learn, comes highly recommended to the Government as an experienced and intrepid traveller in NewJMexico. He w'as a) member of Doniphan’s command; has frequently acted as a guide to our soldiers, and recently accomplished a journey of 900 miles in fourteen days, on mules. The arrangement will go into operation on the 1st of November.The Hungarian Emigrants.—It is stated
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Augusta Constitutionalist and Republic
Augusta, Georgia, US
Sun, Sep 28, 1851
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