The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-02-18

eeyfH1.g pANyIc RAILROAD n ooHesHs
NJ. Maass uL kas just r-tarmy' from New
Osiu>ss and furnished US. in advance ID tn
-, " abllowiae brief oisli~ Of ~~'r OF ~
|ons;ss recvhisp II the Pacific Ra'lrssd b'''
|Upw prpdins bs1sse eoagress.
The Bill previie. for two roads. oae ts~sh'
ern psclac P>,lrc~d ny nascl South the other
North Of ~ Aryr~>.
To the first II grant. six sections 81 land fro"
the Mi~is;pps 10 the eastern boundary OF Tex
-; from the western boundary Of Texas to the
sss.~s~ bosusary d California hny sections
and from the eastern boundary OF California to
the Pacific. in the direction Of San Francisco
twelve sections 10 the mile. The lands arr to be
reserved from location or presumption, to hc sur
vcycd By the government, and none OF the ai'cr-
nate sections owned By the government disposed
Of ut lcss thsn double the price Of public lands
For each an, miles of rrad co'np'e'''h tl'r
Secretary Of the Treasury issncs u ,ooomo
L. =. Ave pr cent bonds. until the road reaches
.hc basr 81 tho Rocky Mountains thence
1000 900 for every Gfty mlc.,
To secure the payment Of these bon'l1 the
company mortgages the road, rolling stock &c
anil undertakes to give the United States the
preference in tho use Of the road for postal, mill
,A,y. and Other services. for twenty year, or UNI
iii the bonds arc paid at the usual price On 9th.
cr road for such service These grant. include
the construction Of a telegraph line but none
Of them apply to the road in Texas. nor r that
por,ioa to be sahiect to tho mortgage lien.
rnfp 70 JEYYERsox
We spent day or two Of the present week In
Jefferson. Nothing Of particular n,crcs, trans
pird worthy Of chronelins Trade is quite
lively in our neigbboring town, and every d.
p~rtmcn, Of business seemingly prosperous. The
stock. Of goods arc large, and the snlrs heavy
Qaitc a number Of psw storr houses. mostly OF
brick. have gone up and several others are about
to II. built.
Jctc,Son has now but one newspaper w,
Eeycs having bough, ont the Herald and united
It with his own paDcr. the Gazette. lie Is Of
eessG doing M esc~''c7, hnsiacss. and enabled
thereby to iabli.h raps,, better representing
the commercial interests Of the place which is
the grca feature Of attraction
The Stage inc to Jefferson. and from there TO
Cnrksyille. /. crc Of the best IN the State. The
stages on this route nrc equal 10 any il the
South. and it is we'll s;ocscl.
Quo or two boats arrived IN Jefferson during
oar briei stay.
We t,und several Of the c'izcns Of Jefferson
warmly in favor Of uniting with Marshall by
railroad Such work they hclcy, would pay
The distance IA bu, d miles perhaps not more
than II by dirrc, route. AT twenty thousand
dollars per mile this road would cost lcss than
5000 900. The only cash outlay, would be for
the iron, locomotives and cars lees than 81 90
600. The labor Of construction could be oh.
tanned in the country and furnished by stock
holders
Fuox ArrS.- MAJOR Blanch writing from
Austin on the 7,h, states the legislature had de
,ernlincd TO adjourn on the 18th. lie further
Gays:
"Gov. Houston has this evening consented to
order the Commissioner Of the General Land Ot
fec to ~suc the patents for four hundred sections
Of land to the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
,ro. III, Co,,n,iza;,oyr WHEN arrived here