Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-11-10

Ihs rtfs't of ihis great enterprise IL now dirl
hri us gentlemen sho hs,s charge Il IL have
lIsplsytl AZ energy, nir,t snj enterprise, hat
vouli have oyu,sms grsaisr difficulties than ihose
they have tuTmouutel. The trausmIssiou II the
nail .ni passengers from San FRANCHISE n the Ia
ciac To ~ Louis aul Memphis the A.'.sspIi 'iy'
er NTH SAFETY AMI celebrity, distance u nearly
s,Onb nilts,--a Ioit'uH ~ il through am uunhahi-
tel waste, iahstel ~ hostile sayages-0yer Iaryhei
deserts "stalcl" With dead mems lGar'- an
achievement oul IN msguitul. 90 fes that haze
iusr'c The Trgzgnt geulury as the age Of Vr,srs'
while Auey,s, has been going uo Mysteries over the
laying 81 a few eopger-wlr,s to inuni lsh'n'
beneath the waves u the Atlantic Iom car shores 10
Europe N, seems almost to le unaware that line
has cen stretched cut from her "lataer II Floois'
over her oWn territory, magnificent Ia Ne distances,
reaching to The golden .heTe, of the tAehc,-spln-
ming the Continent frum Shore to shore, nd uniting
the peope of the Atlantic with their distant brethren
Of the PAsac Trausit routes over foreign territory
need NO longer absorb the attention Of our statesmen
We neOl no longer II we desire to visit our friends
On the Pacific, Ls at the mercy or caprice Of FOR
oign Government or its muons 4 team Of Ameri,
can horse. can carry US over American soll TO Amor
can friends 900 miles distant. II Il grand aehevo
rseHt-,hA Of these men who carry over this Con-
tincnt, over these deser;s-thrOugh these saTagcs
5000 miles In % days, aud in the same tine come
back to US with the glad messages Of lOye from car
distant friends, We almost realize the thrill Of tha
electric fash in contemplating the accomplishment
Of this great ollcct connecting the two great oceans
Of America together.
| We have only alnlCl to the frs; great achieve
mcnt which the foresight Of the Government, and
the enterprise Of our citizens have accomplished -
The team Of horses that traverse this route from
the Mississippi to San Francisco, is but the 'orcrun
nor Of team Of fire that is soon TO thunder alont
its line The horses Of fcth and blood will soon b
too slow for the Cnst age in which We live, and III
"Iron horse" will he put upon the track that is
bear the millions Of the East TO the millions Of III
West, and those Of the West bacl; to the East eth
Inauguration Of the overland Pacio mail line is III
precursor of n railroad connecting the extremes 0
, this Continent togethcr) In contemplating I'll
achievement Of that result, the mind pauscs in woI
der and sstonishmcnt--a railroad TO the Pacific
cars miles in lcngth laundering over our now unpe'
pied wdcrnesses, startling the savage in his hount
! awakening the echoes in the Rocky mountains, an
sounding fur the wastes Of the Pacific. We g
on the cars Mt Dallas and in less than four days y
I are discussing our meals in San Francisco, or on
n steamer looming over the Pacf, towards the cele
tial Empire, or the Islands of the West The tr"c
n of the world will lie revolutionzed. India will pei
her treasures into our lap, and the world pay l
- transit tribute =
We have only glanced at the great results that n
TO flow from the successful establishment of the ove
& land mail route to the Pacific. We say honor to Il
9 men whose energy has accomplished it.