The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-09-09

Gol Gray, VITO leaves Tor " oNnlSk yo's
his afternoon. (l5,h July.) takes witt, him
the notes Of the survey which has Jest bssn
accomplished under bic eommaad, and By
direction Of tho Pacific Railroad Company,
organized les. yea- under m act Of incor>
pofation, from the State ON. York. Since
bis arrival In this city. h. and his cors 1T
assistants have been laboHously occupied
in the isspars.ion Of the field notss and
sketches 1eds on Tie routes travsrssd BY
the divisidlo Of Col Crays party. and The
work hss required the most sedslous a.sen.
ton. We have seen Large portion Of the
drawings made on the jcsrney, which. WITH
the descriptions Of the region travsrssd. iss
productions a9d resources. will furnish .
very valuable addition to the knowledge Of
a country enlls,ing At shis period the especial
ia,erss. Of the scientific ~ well ~ Of n.
general public. From > conversation vita
Col GRAY, we obtain the account Of tho
route surveyed by him. and ZONE other IN
ciden.sl particulars. which ws are happy
10 lay before our readers
This expedition Sc, on. on tie frat o!
January. from San Antonio. for the purpose
Of An examination sAto the prsc,cAbi!i'y
OF railway by route from the EASTER
borders of the State Of Texas to FL pasc.
in the vicinity Of the parallel of $40. and
thence Westward to thr Gull Of California
and to San Diego Of scross The Sisr's
Madrs range Of mountains.
Fort Chadbourne was found TO be In
lat. 32e o., (abou. two and half miles
North OF the parallel Of age and sor,s
three hundred miles Las, OF faso del Nor,-
II ia rearly In T. direct hne Wes, Of Vicks.
burg. Nssi,sippi. and il the poin. At which
Gen. Rask and Gen. Ofyiil- tlstk ieh II
their examinations last year. ia their exre,
di.ion from Red ki.er ard Eastern Texas.
The site Of ,his For. wAs selected By
Gen. Persifrr + Smith nboa, t~c year.
since. and il represented to be a ilus section
Of country, with e1cellan, timber, atone and
water, and splendid sre,ins region. !.
il on a branch Of the Ccloindo ., Texas.
nbou, hundred miles west Of Tot. Chad,
bourne, on the head branches Of The Color.
ado and the commencement II tie great
s,ak.d plain ur SlAno fstacAdc 4 lLe
due west from tot, thsdbonrne ~As put.
sued by Col Gray. until striking Ma,cy's
,rnii leading from toit Smith. in Arksnsas.
to tho Hotsahead crossing Of the fecos<
thence TO tho sand hills ard across tho
stsked plain, striking the Pecos River sotns.
forty Eve miles above the poin' where Cap,
Marcy crossed A good route was found
arross from tho sand hills. with - excel>
LEM. ford on the pscos, and the distance fnr
wagons and trains 70 RI Psso lesssned
some sixty odd rules. From the Pecos =
la. ,s..l, - Al. ~ ,sVsi ~ are IN No,tl
latitude to the Mess, sasswErdly 0! tho
town Of San Eli1ario on the Rio Grsnds,
passing some twenty .6vs miles South Of the
Peak Of the Cusdaloaps Mountains. vas
deemed most practicable from the examina.
tons Of Captain Ankrin--thencs along the
Mesa rthwsstwardly to the Moline dol
Norte to the crossing Of the Rio Grsnds.
two miles above the town Of FL Peso.
This limo lirs wholly within the State Of
Texas. and 10 the ore conssn' pls,sd under
the recent eharte. given 10 tho Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company Of New York.
Of which Lssi s. Chstfsld. date Attorney
General Of New York; IL President. ard
Hon. Robert ]. Walker. a Director. The
long,h OF the Hue through Texas will not
fall abort OF 500 miller. for ~hich the State
has donated twenty sections to each mile.
making 10000 square miles o. territory, or
10, 2fo 600 aeres Of land. Under the act
Of tho Legislature Of Texas making this
grant, which passed and became a law in
December LAST, q bel. Of country extending
from the Eastern lmits OF rexas to tbs
Rio Grande. the Western boundary Of til.
State, and lying between tho parallels OF
...l - Iss,sxA- T..
from any further loea,ions either BY head.
rights or otherwise. unit, the company
building the railroad shs.i bsve made their
sel~ciions and il lands snoegh are no,
found within this district, then the company
eau locate elsewhere on any Of the public
dc,nsin Of the State.
A large portion OF the lard passed over
By Col Gray is represented to be Of an
excellent character. hns for grating. and
upon the streams aud branches, gooc for
cultivation. A. IS an aero. which 10 not -
large estimate IL tho vicinity Of the road.
tho whole amonn, for the 500 miles through
Texas would give o5l .20o, 600. This sun
will moro than build tbs line through Texas.
We learn further that from Ell Paso, i, is
contemplated tia. The rosd will h con-
.inusd through portion Of Chihuahua sad
Sonora. with The ultimate expectation d
Terminating upon the Pacific ccast. and 4.
giving IN entire railroad communication
from California q The Atlaasic Statss.
From Opelousa.. in Louisisna, = road il
already being constructed toward Shreve.
port, on Red River. AND = line from 81.
Louis toward l,sls Rock. in Nkausas.