Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-09-14

which was approved by Lincoln ana
! Congress. That proclamation said
in effect, while eoncious that treason
may be punished, no vindiotivo or
rotaliativc measures will be adopt
odi but "a general amnesty for all
past. acts and expressions, will be
granted 10 tho people on tho single
conditionathat they yield themselves
citizens under the majority Of the
law, lie appealed to all orring and
misguided people TO return to thoir
allegiance, and avail themselves Of
this this amaesty.sat 5l t,.l3asea ''o
Railroads.. Norfolk and Quay.
n'.a' "a, 49, ,...',. mas. at,-fa ..s
Cities wide apart, with a aconti-
ncnt lying between, and yet within
three days distance of each other in
the near future! How, when, and
where 2 will you ask.--Just look
at Commissioncr Wilson's last Land
Office map, or rather ut the improv-
ed edition thereof in his next re-
port, and you will sec all about it.
But as you may not have this pro.
cious treasure by you, wo will tell
you, what welmean by putting these
two cities in juxtaposition on paper,
and how and when the twenty hun
drod miles OF continent lying be-
tween them viii be bridged by the
Iron rail- long before any other rail
road will span tic space from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, -s5 ,ig.,j,
Fso Our country is now ono and in
divisible as Mr.. Webster used to be
fond of predicting it would be, in
spite of the divisivo power Of sla-
very. 1t is no. longer half slave and
half free, but all free, as Mr.. Lin
coin predicted it would be. Moth
or of those men was prophet, nor
the son Of prophet, yet both pro
phcsfed in their day, and while Mr..
Webster turned to worship the ebo-
ny god in his last years, Mr.. Lin
coln lived to see tho accursed .ini-
.quity wiped out of existence by his
ownihand, : but fell a victim to its
expiring struggles. 3lT ''f .'.,
Now we'are notsa prophet, nor
the son Of prophet, but we' will
prophecy too, and we hope to live
to see our predictionOrealized. We
prophesy that the iron horse OF the
Atlantic States viii drink his first
draught Of the waters of the Pacific
Ocean at Guaymas, now a city or
|the nucleus Of one, on tho eastern
shore of thesGuIfof California, with
the deepest, most7 accessible best
sheltered and largest harbor in the
world. N There is no need of point
ing out how tho iron horse can
reach Memphis, the commercial hub
OF the Mississippi Basin, from Nor /,
folk and the other Atlantic cities, or
how heavily laden cotton steamers
two thousand tons can work their
way from New Orleans to Jefferson,
in Texas, the river initial point Of
the Memphis, EluP uPaso and Pacific
railroad. These connections are all
achieved facts, or are in progress of
achievement. Nor is the bridging
of the between Memphis and
little Rock an enterprise in the
clouds. That road is.how progress
ing rapidly to completion, thanks
to the energy Of John ChaYles Fire.
mont, whose name is the synonym
of path finding success. 'noln''e''
l. The banks of the Mississippi riv-
er,s then, form the eastern boundary
i of Pacific railroad enterprise AL
4 ready several projecting lines are
hstretching away ncross the CONT
nent westward, toward the Ell Do
RADIO that.looks out upon Eastern
ASIA Let them 90 on. Lot them
multiplyiiis Let the Northern Pacific
Railroad be built by all means, and
bv the grant Of similar subsidy to
/ that given to the Union Pacific OF
4 Middle. Continental Railway, The
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad with
| fits royal charter and hundred mil
lions of capital, proposed to be run
| On the 35th parallel of north lati-
tude. is too.near the Union Pacific
| TO he q successful rival of the latter,
and affords no advantages over it
| We are clad. therefore, to hear that
tho oomnanv -of.tbe Both parallel
rooa Sn,.oposcs to ,inite Its dcstinies
with The Memphis. I'll Paso, and
Guavmas road, and 10 procure from
Congress. Unnecessary, such a mod.
;f,cafion Of its charter as will cna.
HID Il to run it's line from Spring.
i6eld, in Missouri. through Neosho
70 Fort Smith. in Arkansas; and
thence in a southwestern direction
to intersect with the FL Paso and
Enavmas road. Indeed, we learn
tbat this junction Of interests has
been SUBSTANTIALLY effected. .hs' .'oi. ..'
: Gcns Fremont. it is known, In
oesfed n Iarre. amount Of capital
not less than half a million-in one
nf gbe Pacific railways running NJ