The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-11

Thus you VIII perceive that arrived here hour before
the table time, which being twenty three hours and
half less than conrac, time, made passage twenty
three days ,~cnty three hours and half and deductng
the difference Of time between st. Louis and San Fran
CISCO passage made In twenty three days and
twenty three hours and haa feat yet cqualcd
overland travel since including dccniions and stopragcs
changing horses, meals, &c, our average speed
fraction over fve miles an hour II may seem slow a,
fry, but when The quality of road as shown in my dc
tails Il considered, think all viii concedc that IS
rarkably quick time. The following table shows very
nearly he rate e srecd Of the stages over each division
uf the road throwing Oh small Factions
RAIE FROM rOiSr TO FONT
ME, per Ifour
Pacific Railroad terminus 70 Fort smith Ark....... So
Fort smith, Ark, 20 sherman, Tcx............... So
sherman, Tex, "a Fort Chadb0urnc, 81
Fort Chadbournc, Tex. 10 Franklin, Icx.s opposite
"A Psso Tucson, Arzona. ............
Tucson. Arizona, to LIS Angeles, ,Cal.......+.....
Jos Angeles. Cal 10 san Francisco eai...........
Tho details which have already given sou of Jour.
ncy 10 the head OF TIE Concho river explained fuy tho
nsinre of the reads MI 10 that poin III low ratio III
succu between Chadboune and ~ aso il accounted for
hy the fact that that route comprscs an entirely will
country the Great Stsked PLAIN seventy ave miles
without water, and hundred and thirteen miles ~
the scrras where stations had net YET bceu established
IN faci, there j. not human habaton except The
Iany stations On this whole distance Of tour hundred
miles. Fortunately the energy q Mr, Knyon and hs
assistants this end the made up the lost time
o inc others and brought The mail n with yng cOlors
Nou viii perceive by the table, that from Franklin op
feaitc VI laao, TIE fastest time tAc road fna4c
VI last letter containing any details a trp leu us ID
the head az the Concho rivcr tributary ~ The tc
Ersdo in Texas iust the border Of The great pau
Frtacadc or Sakcd Plain, u the America
n derives ts name from tradition that many years alo
the Stauiards bad a sakcd upon II from Antonio
Texas ID santa 81, IN New Mexico II extends from The
Both 10 the 35th Iarac ecng one hundred and seventy
Ave mites wide AZ ts greatest width and entirely dcst
tuic of wood and water. lts northern boundary is an
abrupt procpcc nearly SIX hundred feet high, while
the south IS inersccicd by range o barren sand hs
rising seventy feet above tue general level u the pan.
cover mp the road Il will not then b. matter of
der that TO the emieran this fearful Journey auRht
with many errors e secs in his Imagination his cattle,
and perhaps himself suffering an the ncxpreshc angs
az thirst pains, uncndurablc than flaming tire
bleeding wounds We have read of the anguish of the
monarch OF Phryga, whom the gods doomed 70 unccasng
confinement ~ VIC sight Of sweet waters, which were
allowed 70 touch hs lpsof the tcrrse &c
the bold mariners IN the Arctic scas-of The sailor With
s Water, water everywhere
And not drop to drink
az the fearful TEXTURES of the tropics aud Of the trains
on the great Desert OF Sahara but none can realize the
tangs of that terrible gnawng without that sad expe
rience which W. almost always death. n wax than with
no little fear that approached this what deemed The
most dangerous part of the journey where for dsco
az seventy milesthe width OF The plain Al our cyce
shc wcalth of the word Indeed was 20 Srred avav
Nth the horrors a The trip that wae some tlroe bsc
4 occurred ~ me that we might carry some water in tbe
vagops which reflection GnaNy consoled me not little
We reached The head Of the Concha river early on the