Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1857-08-29

Star Of July "jIh contains lender 0i Eve cole
umns ON the ,ul 'ri, wh'th sets forth pretty
clearly the relative merits NJ ihe diii rent routes
proposed. We regret that We have not splc-
Tor the entire article in our crowded columns,
The subject Is one full of interest To our read
eIs. The Star says
Dmw upon the map Of north America line
from the valley nj the Red River Of the North
to about the Bolson de Al0pimn in MeXiro and
thence one pls-inr through he mouth Of the
Colorado OF the West 10 junction with the
Sierra Navajo Of California, aud prolonged by
that range and the Cascade Range TO the BfI'
ish Possessions, Between these lines we have
M immense angle Of tcTily, siX-enlhs At least
of which H., aud must ever remain, 20 long as
the present condition of things exist, an uhos'
pilaLle desert, "a howng wilderness" a ycrl'
table Pommo de Ia Smua Po2, save in the
gorgcs Of the maintains aud along the valleys
Of the leading streams. The trail from Missou'
ri via the South Pass or the Cheyenne Pass
and Snt Lake CITY to California, sublcnds il
at lis greatest width the I'll Paso aud Fort Yu.
ma trail suhtcnds it NJ lis lcas, width, and the
Albuquerque route is intermediate.
The line from the Red River OF tlc North
to the Boson de Mapma is about the mean
limit OF comparatively dense population
westward from the Mississippi, and the expert.
encc of the last two winters ia the Northwest,
(eight months winter in Minnesotn,) aud the
rapid settlement Of knusns in preference to
Nebraska, arc lcstdcmonstraung the fact that
the march of Empire from the Missouri river
must be Souhwcstwnrd. That this diversion
of population is inevitable can be demonstrated
on philosophical principl careful! study
Of the relations between the warm, moisture.
adened wind of the Gulf of Mexico, and, "thc
cold and killing north winds" which sweep
down from he plains Of Nebraska.
It, Warren, Top Eng, fixes this line Of the
limit of population in Nebraska at the 9T,h
meridian. Maj Emery fixes it on the indie
pendence route at The 09th meridian. Captains
r. B. Marcy and J. Pope, IT, S. A., fix this
line as far west rs the Llano Estucado, or about
meridian l0l deg, 80 min.
The Postmaster General conceived il to be
his duty to select from the three principal
routes, viz: the Salt Lake route, the Abu.
qucrque route, and the FL Paso route, that one
over which the mails can be transported in
coaches with the greatest regularity and dcS-
patchm ttccWy.Rcc @ay, nom the Mississippi
river to San Francisco.
The Salt Lake rou is conceded by all to
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inc A!n"q"rrQoe ro"lc comes next ~ o'aer
ana IN mus contest was me r''"I route WIN '"e
ADOPTED one L't' Us ,or a moment '"o''oS,
mem III Po'hl Of 'eHg.h anu e'e'",'o'' III Po'"'
OF climate ana capaOi'l''eS 'ot settlement gene
faily.
The comP9rahye 'ehg'n~ .o' toe different
routes from New YORK 10 San fmn"'sro .ap- |
pear from oiiir'aI reports TO DC as 'oh7Ws
Albuquerque route 500 miles
Ell Paso route $500
The difference in point of distance being on
" ten miles. The great difference, however;
is in regard to climate. At Abuoucronc, nc.
cordnq to the meteorological report of he med.
zeal department of the United States Army,
the ina ximum and minimum Temperatures, for
the winter months Of The wears 1870, 1850,
and 1856, were from So deg. down TO zero,
while at Fort Defiance. about 90 miles north of
Campbelrs Pass in. latitude, and from 500 to
500 feet higher tAt:' MAXIMUM and minimum
temnerature were from 6rty degrees above TO
thirtv DEGREES below zero
+ LefIeymau assistant Surg, r. s. A. in
his SmtAsoaion ReDort 1856, page 2sz saws
olrhe table +, boye will hive n far idea of The
c,;moto of The countfy, The winter of 1873
snd Is56 was more severe ,hon nry onc known
for n,onv veors TAo,,;yjyy, ,salJe,, r1,S,no,,c.
ed m Me Isl of N0ygm5er iS55 cua ms ram.
nuued m, 10 hc present. Time lliaych "A, 1S56l
Rio Gronde at AIbuoueroue WA 8 frozen over
and with ice srfTirientr stronr to baSr a borso
and Garcia, Those Indians who live hnbi,nnlv
to tbe north Of Fort Defiance we're obliged to
aha ndon that norton Of he country and ,norc