New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-07

Snn Antonio IL estimated at b3J miles. Ia regard 10
the character Of the route the observations of Mr.
bartlett will he read with interest by those who con
template yelling in Texas
A few general rcmarKs on tho oouutry have passed.
proper here From lnG anola 20 san Antonio
there IL an excellent rupl with wood water and grass
abundance except between lndanoa and Victoria where
there r hut little wood Parties should therefore provide
themselves with fuel before starring The soil here ad
mirahly adapted 70 agriculture From San Antonio 10
Frederick Thurg the road IL very stony portion OF the
way the remainder good. The soil Is excellent. Wood
aud gross away found AZ convenient distances
ard IN abundance The soil continues OF good quality
until the san Saba IL reached from that river the north
folk of Brady Creek it not good The grass is gen
orally light 10 the latter place with less wood aud water
though enough for parties travelling. We begin
tie great teblcand of Texas where there is hte
aud poor soil Several small streams empiyng into the
Colorado the CpnchO here lnersec the road on the
hmm, datc banks of which there few trees. But The
intermediate country destitute of timber save
small oaks mezqut. The grass too poor. except
the water On leaving the head waters OF the
Concho nature assumes new aspect Here trees ana
shrubs disappear. except the thorny chappora OF the
deserts the all nor does any stream
intervene until the Rio Grandc is reached three hundred
and fry miles disfant, except the muddy PecOs, which
rising in the Rocky Mountains near Santa Re, crosses
the great desert plain west of the I1ano EstacOdo
Stakcd Plain. From the Rio GFande to the waters Of
the Pacific pursuing westerly along the 32d par
allie, near n Pasode Nore there no stream of higher
crado than a small creek |, know OF but the san
Pedro and the Santa Cruz the latter but rivuet losing
Itself in the sands the ella the other bu; adminu;ive
of I've Ccncho heseore begins that great desert region
which with interruption a limited valley bot
tom land along the Rio Grande and lesser the
small mentioned extends district embracing
sixteen degrees of longitude about thousand miles,
and wholly unfit for agriculture. 1t desolate barren
waste which never be rendered useful beast
save for public highway. Ii Is destitute OF forests
cpi III the Geiles and gOrgcs the higher mountains
OF heir SUBMITS Along the valley of the Rio Crande,
which Ia from AID half TO two miles in width there
gov large cotton wood rees aud few mezquit; but be-
tween is river and the north FORK OF Brady Creek there
is no timbercd land
The country is well adapted for q wagon road and
equally railway, all desert regions unless
they are sandy From Fredericksburg, all the way the
Rio Grandc there is natural road, which whole Is
better than half the roads in the United States yves: of the
Mississippi Very little has been done 10 this road OF
nearly miles render what il and little labor
where the streams crossed with bridge the
PccOs which could be constructed with great and
a small expenfe. would make the whole of il equal 10
best turrpkes. Here ard there would recommend a
slight change in its direction; FOR instance Kicka
poo Creek TO avoid rocky ridge; and some improve
Inens might he made Fredericksburg but these
,rhes The important consideration is water without
which this route never cas- be made available ar great
public highway. There is little DOUBT tAat Dy G4-ng,
may be found the desert between the head OF the
Concho and the Pecos. At the depressons, called Mus
tang Ponds and Wild China Ponds where appears water
has sometimes been seen, wells nigh easily be sunk and
procured. Two watering places IN TINS ornada OF
sixy-nne miles would be quite sufficient On the western
side of the Guadalupe Mountain there should be another
watering place; but il is evident from the statements
made by the party which had been long encamped at
the salt Pond tha. there exists several springs about the
base of the mountain Next the COrnudO del Alamo
and the Waco Mountains, where there springs, but
which from their not being opened, dry dsal
pear These being az proper distances for daily Journeys
would be suitable places to sink wells which would be
better TO open the springs already known.
If il should be determined TO make great high
way through Texes to IA PasO, and thence 10 CailiOr
MIA south Of the Ga neither of the present routes to
FL Paso should be adopted until more complete eS-
pioraton has been made. ! told al FL Pas0, by
Meycans who had traversed the district east of that
town that water could be found in the mountains that
separate I'll Paso from The Peco, between the routes now
taken. Should such be the case and impediment exist
least fifty miles OF travel might be saved and water
is not now found il may easily be Obtained by sinking
wells as on the northern The whole country after
the tabe-land north of San Antonio reached Is well
adapted a wagon road railway and doub; whether
any district of the extent cast OF the Mississippi
would require fewer embankm and excavations han
across the table-land of Texas.
In addition to the Journey from San Antonio to III
Paso, the work describes several others of an mPOr
tant character ino udiDg tour TO the Copper Mines
of New Mexico 20 the interior of Sonora, several
excursion in c Y'C-nis and journey through the |
States ofChihuahua. Durango. Zacatecas, New Leon.
Tamaupas and the southwestern corner of Texas to
Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico embracing in the
whole an extent of nearly 5000 miles by land.
Mr.. Bartlett possesses happy talen. for iescrp- |
on-his narrative, though simple and unanbitious' is
leyer dull land it abounds in information that is both
novel and valuable and with every internal sign OF ac-
,uracy.