The true Democrat., 1856-08-05
MR. RICH'D. il. JOHNSON,
 Little Rock, ArL's.
From the Missouri Republican
Cairo and Fulton Raiiroad.

Cairo and Fulton Railroad.
 1 We have had the pleasure of meeting udge Cross of Arkansas and $. G. Kitchen, esq.,
 of Bloomfield, member of the Senate of this State, who are spending a few days in our city on business connected with the Cairo and Full ton railroad. Through these gentlemen We learn, that the liberal grant of land made by Congress, amounting to over three millions of acres, for the principal road and its two branches has been selected, and the plats thereof trans mltted to the proper local land offices. They l also inform Us that nearly, or quite, five hun- dred thousand acres of swamp lands have been transferred to the company on the Missouri di- vision of the road, by the counties through which It passes, and that most of these lands { are exceeding y rich and valuable. With these lands as basis of credit-the commanding and, indeed, pre-eminent character of the line and the great interests lnvolved--we can per celve no reason why the road should not be completed. It's connexions certainly give 1t strength. These consist, first of a junction with the Galveston and Red river road, now being built through the heart of Texas; second ly, the Iron Mountain road, and, through that a connexon with the railroad system of our State; and, thirdly, with the Central road Of Illinois at the mouth of the Ohio. St. Louis cannot but feel deep interest ln this road as 1t will connect her by the shortest, well as cheapest possible route, with the interior of Arkansas, and the extensive cotton and sugar regions of Texas. No other line of intercom- munlcaton with those great and growing sec tons can compete with It. Our iron and agri- cultural productions and fabrics will find a market there without the possibility of suc- ccsssul rivalry. Pennsy ylyania, Virginia Ohio
 Kentucky and Tennessee, can reach these sec tons of country only by way of the Ohio, the Mississippi, the Arkansas and Red river; or passing out at the mouth of the Mississippi, by way of the Gulf of Mexico to Galveston, and thence to interior of Tevas. The river routes to the interior of Arkansas and northern Texas are sometimes impracticable and always tedious and expensive.
 We were informed by these gentlemen, that the Missouri and Arkansas divisions of the Cairo and Fulton road are, by agreement be- tween the respective companies, brought under one management, by the creation for that pur- pose of joint committee and that the work of grading, at or near the mouth of the Ohio, will be commenced early in the fall, with arrange mentS of reliable character to complete the whole line Great credit is certainly due to lhcoe t"o toli pdiIeo TOT tue narnloHlOuS ana prudent manner ill which they have hitherto prosecuted the enterprise. The preliminary surveys have bean made by an engineer of high character and ability; the line surveyed and adopted on the nearest practicable route, with out regard to interests of local character the increase over straight or air line being, from one extreme to the other, not more than seven miles in distance of three hundred and seventy-fve, and all expenses thus fully met. Such beginning with the ample unincumber- ed means of the company augurs well for the enterprise. The road, if completed, with its connections, could scarcely fail to add millions annually to the trade of our city, and at the same time afford an outlet for the agricultural productions of the State that would stand, throughout all time, without arrival, in both cheapness and speed We accord to the enter prise our hearty good wishes for success.