Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-01
The Future Of Texas.


the above heading, which but for its length we
should like to publish entire. We think
Cushing gets rather enthusiastic, but still much
that he says may be realized. or our rail-
roads he says: -,
"In 1868 the Central railroad will have
reached Red River, and become connected
with ST. Louis and Chicago The Memphis
q. Ell Paso road will have bisected the wheat
country east and west from Fulton to the Bra
zos, and have brought it in communication
with the Mississippi river. The Buffalo Bay
OH, Brazos and Colorado road will have reach.
San Antonio to the west. The Brenham road
will have been finished to Austin. The Su-
gar road will have reached the Colorado
Eastern Texas, to its most remote county will
be connected with this city. The San Ano-
MO and Mexican Gulf road will be completed,
and Houston and New Orleans will be within
twelve hours of each other hyrail.
Galveston, Houston and San Antonio will
then number heir-popuaion BY tens OF thou
sands. Jefferson, Da las, Austin, Columbia,
Marshall, Paris and Tyler will have become
cities in something other than the name; and
villages everywhere will have been fl!ed up
with an enterprisins popuation-a population
more given to manufactures than to trade.
"The produce of the State will then, at its
present rate Of increase, have reached seven
hundred and fifty thousand bales of cotton,
twenty-five thousand hhds. of sugar. forty
thousand barres Of molasses, tenm million BUSH
els wheat, and corn and other grain in abun-
dance for the wants of the community. The
value OF ous exports per annum IN lSos VIII
reach close upon S50,0O0,OOo.
Our population then will be about a million
and half, and our voting strength about the
same as all the New England States put TO-
pether, we shall then have three hundred
thousand negroes, Our plantations then will
Everywhere be three times as frequest as now.
We shall have electric telegraphs running in
various directions through the State. We
shall have fourshing manufactures of cotton,
sugar, &c. Within that time the manufac-
ture Of wine will have become regu' ar busi-
ness with our citizens, and Texas caret will
be no inconsiderable item of our exports.
The traveller will, in 1868, leave Houston in.
the morsiag after breakfast, and take tea M
D,lhs, and If he wishes, sleepin Paris. He
will leave New Orleans in the evening and
breakfast in Houston, and find himself in San
Antonio in the afternoon. Leaving Austin in
the morning at six, he dimes at Houston, and
brea fas.s next morning in New Orleans.-
Travelling north he reaches New Yorkvia ST
Louis in fur days from this point, and Lon
don in twelve. The merchant in Dallas tele-
graphs in the morning for hundred sacks of
coffee, and at night it is placed IN his store =
The merchant Of Houston has an order for
cotton. In half an hour thetorder is travel
ing to difsfcntpoints, asend 100 bales" ascend
so baleS "scnd 800 bales" &C., and the next
dayKe is ready to put on shpboard, a thou
sand bales, even though he had not bale
when the order came.
Our citizens will then read in the mornings
Telegraph at their breakfast table, the votes
in Congress TO 8 o'clock the night before; the
entire loss by the last nights fire in Boston /;
the number killed by the accident, at 3 p. m,
on the Chicago railroad, and (f only the At
lantic telegraph can be laid,) synopsis of the
Queen of Engands speech the day before
He will know everything that takes place al
most as soon as it is done in word be placed
en- rapport with all the world. He will also
read with interest the reports of the yeser-
days transactions in the Houston Stock Ex-
change. He will see Central stock at Sl5O,
Texas and New Orleans stock at $500, and
others in like proportion. Fancy stocks will
not be much in demand. Bank notes will be
little known"
Well, Gushing, thntwi do; you can go
up head Columbia Democrat.