Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-08
A coan'eiiOn bs,vssa the Overland Mail b
California an the Mail gystem ofTessa

Ihs bueosnful ssisbllahmsht Of an overland pee
s,nssr and mall llss fsom III. .nln,lppi tivsr 4.
aAa Francisco, CsllMIRs. oonn.etins ~ rapid com
nunosiion and travel, the extremes Of this Cent?.
sent, may new he regarded as . hIsd hst. Il w..s
vast undertaking. hut through the enlightened poll
sy Of patriotic administrator. and the Energy and
genius u American enterprise. II has been crowned
With 'uees" We have heretofore given eur views
hlly. Of the importance Of this achievement asd
spshsn Of the great results to Sow from Il II 10 The
a'tesustsd thread, sooa-to 10 transformed into .
Mighty iron ehAs. that 10 to bind the Atlantic and
Paeihe STATES Of the eOndssey, into A. isdissolubls
brsthsrhosd Of harmony, fraternity and common ia
tsrssts. But there are great defects connected With
II. Incident W the initiation Of al enterprises Of susi
magnitude, To enc Of the nest spstsat sad easily
'smsdied Of these. vs WAX briefly to attract public
attention, and the earnest consideration Of the pre-
eat Federal sdniai-traoa, and .ors especially that
OF the salightonsdIhsAd Of the Post Once Depart
ncnt-nanely, the Importance and necessity Of
proper connection between The Overland line and the
mail system Of rszas. The overland line tra'srsss
the Territory Of Tern from Preston, on Red river to
II Paso on the Rio Grsnds, a distance Of between
tier Of counties until reaches about to the Doth
degree Of West longitude and then travsrses q.
settled wilderness to FL Po Many Of these frontier
counties through whuh this great thoroyg hfsrspas-
os are sparscly settled, and are consequently, TO
great extent, isolated from the mail system Of TsIs
Nearly parallel with this line, and extending from
the Eastern boundary Of the State to San Antonio,
I'D iii ~.
Grands and tho Gulf coast, iss daily line OF four
horse coaches. This line is connected with the entire
mail system Of Texas Besides connecting with nu-
nsrous lines Of horse Service ii connects At Clsrks-
Vile with daily stage service through Arkansas 10
tho Mississippi, at various points from Gains Land
ing to Memphis with stage service via Of Jefferson,
Marshall and other points to Shreveport At Paris
by hack service to the counties South. At Dallas by
hack service to the lower Trinity oountss and all Of
Eastern and Southern Texas East Of the Trinity riv-
or. At wsIahachie by stage ser viss to Huntsville,
and all intermediate points. At Waco with stage
service to Hsmpstend and all intermediate points,
and thence by railroad to Houston Galveston and all
prominent points in the Southern part Of the State,
and from Waco by hack service to the counties South
East. At Austin it connects with daily stages to
Hampstead, the railroad terminus. by different routes
At San Antonio with the whole stage system Of Yves
tern Texas and with the erlshd stages from that
point to San Diego the Pacific. We have only
mentioned soms Of the immediate points of eonnsc-
ton. These points again connected with others,
and the last with still others, until the whole forms
complete net work extending to every county and
town in the State. Now the question is, shall the
great overland route be cut off from communicable,
it'll this extensive mail system, shall there DO i'm
mediate and rapid connection between themi W.
feel satisfied that the only needs to he brought
n the attention Of Post Master General Brown, fS
The enlightened policy which that dstins gen.
tlsman haiuRformly displayed. since he has presi-
ded over the important department Of the public SER
vie, in which his talents now so useful is suf-
snsnt guarantee, we think, that he will give the
matter his characteristic energetic attention and &C.
ton.
Webeg most earnestly to call his attention 10 it,
and suggest few reasons which, in opinion rel-
ders it quite obvious that the points at which the
connection should be made are from Sherman, in
Grayson county, to Dallas, in Dallas county. The
The route passes one Of the best natural roads
in the world, pursuing high prairie ridge dividing
the waters Of the Elm from these Of the East Fork Of
Trinity river 1t crosses bat sls creek, sad that
small. It vsuld connect at once at Dallas
with ten diaersnt mail lines, radstins in ~ many
different directions, and connecting with every POI
.on Of the State, with daily stages going NorthEast
and soathWest; with tr-wsekly hacks to the South
srn Trinity counties, connecting with all Eastern
Texas; with ssmiwe'kly .eis going to the extreme
Western frontier counties, &C. At no other point
sre such connections offered, and At other point
the connection he well made on 50 good route,
because At any Their accessible point numerous creeks
are encountered, which are unabridged, and in tho
winter are frequently impossible. Let us then have
four horso coaches with star service from Sherman to
Dallas, connecting the Overland route with Sawyer
Rishsrs daily four horse coaches from clarksvils
to San Antsnio and by it connecting with tho whole
mail system Of the State. The Department has only
to look at the map Of the mail routes Of Texas, u
shsw the necessity sf this.
THE merchants Of Fairfield have published .
written agreement in tho Pionesr to close doors and
suspend business Sundays. from and after the LIST
January next. We point this ~ wholesome exam
pie to our merchants.
The Harrison Flag the paper by the way,
that still continues Willard Eight Filnores name,
the fossferous statesman, at its masthead for next
president of these United States, contains long,
and what was doubtless intended to be very witty
criticism on late speech Of Judge Rsssan's, dev-
ed in Marshall The criticism is ehurlish, utterly
pointess and doubt not polite confrers Of
Crockett Argus will join in saying, "unmanner-
ly." Such attempts to reply to the arguments of
men Of the acknowledged talent and craftsmanship
Judge Rsagsn will only reeel on the heads Of those
hat fhen