The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-06
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inserted Aug 80, ls5i
TtNAs RAILROAD.


Before making long medita,cd tril
% Texas. epirited action WINS taken here
On 81 agli e. railroad from TIN
place. to somo point on the TRINITY
River Feeling a deep interest IN The
success Of the enterprise, and being
member of committee, instructed :.
col facts and ascertain the sent
mcnls Of the people of Texas, resident
within the influence of the proposed
road, was requested by the committee
and other eitikcus Of Shreveport, &c
avail myself Of my visit in collecting al
the information which circumstances
aud tho short time which | designed de
voting to my trip, would permit
I am unable at present to render ful
justice to tho country Nbiah l VISITED
but contemplate such task, to the best
Of ms ability, on some future occasion
NV residence here fos several years
and the character Of the business, III
which have been engaged, have rem
dered communication with the citizens
Of Texas frequent, and these have con
spirod to the formation OF high opin
ion of the wealth, fertility of soil, genial
climate, pure water add adaptation Of
that country tn successful aud inseina'
ting agriculture Hut 1t is difficult Ia
conceive, without personal observation,
the extent oil that beautiful country aud
It's capacity to accommodate still hun'
dredS Of thousands of inhabitants, With
oil the disadvantages TO her people irum
the absence Of means OF communicating
cheaply and speedily with II market, We
find her soil receiving daily aceessions
hy emigration which conlcr- upon that
beautiful land wealth, refinement, and
civilization.
If -he has prospered with all the cSis
ting obstacles 10 prosperity which ma
ture has thrown in her path, what u
wonderful reoolution ia her hopes and
in her destiny mag not Art achieve
The intelligence and hospitality of her
citizens are marked by all, Nho are ca
Fable Of approaching the one, or have
partakcn Of the other In point Of mo
rality she presents a shining example to
many Of her elder sisters and nature
has endowed her with all the elements,
save one, Of wealth, power, and great.
ness That deficiency may be supplied
by her own action and energy Her
vast resources, now hidden and imprac.
ticable may be developed aud made irib.
utary to her wealth aud power While
the cotton lands Of the older states nre
being exhausted, Texas contains within
her borders home and country for all,
her cooling shades and beautiful prai.
rics invite the wandercr from the i'm
poyorished soil Of other States Posses
sing all these advantages It is not sur
prising that she is attracting people
who will push her onward. The man
of small means can there, by the rich
and inoxhaustiblc range which her
boundloss pruirios afford, embark in the
stock business, and in n few years grow
rich These prairios are better suited
10 small grain, than the lands of Ohio,
New York or Pennsylvania, and The
DAY Is not FAR distant, When Texas will
shin her hundreds Of thousands bushels
Of wheat
A the country has progressed in pop
ulation, the Improvement of the nayiga
tion of the rivers has attracted attention,
and already have large private eoniribu.
tons been expended to that desirable
end This 80 lar as prosecuted has re
suited sucr. lullY to degree, but the
great difficulty can never be obviated
even though the heavy expenditures now
advocated by many Of her leading men
be mndo. l,.c sabine and Trinity val
leys will IN few years produce such n
large umo'nt of cotton and grain, that
even adn.ting thoir navigation to DO
opened by The first Of January, could
not be = ped during the short time
those ri, q remain in u nayigablc con
dition Alain, the most serious ohicc-
ton and one that her citizens will close
ly investigate, is that at the very time
that they are ready and anxious 10 ship
their cotton, when they may avail them
selves of the advantages offered, in a
large majority Of seasons by nm early
market, they have no water They are
forced 10 wait upon the rivers, and BY
the time they rise ~ nayigable point
the price is down, the consequent loss
10 The planters transeonds all eoncep-
ton. bat which can be made too osi.
don't by u resort to figures II We take
a retrospective Wow Of the cotton mar
ket. for several years past, from Sep
tember TO February We will be assured
and convinced that the price Of cotton
within the portion, VI the season, EN-
braced by those months, exceeds the
other portion Of the year by several
cents ia the pound
The loss Texas sustained last season
for the want Of facilities for the trans
portation OF her cotton 10 mafkct in
Guiding high fire. ghts, extra insurance,
will sum up Slsu,OOO add the interest
which could be saved by her ability to
shin az pleasure, say 900 900, and we
have the sum Of 100000 These figures
are startling, but present the truth, the
lameptable truth This will occur more
or les. every year, ~ long as she relies
on her rivers for navigation The con
strueton Of railroads in every direction,
In many af the states OF the Union hns
eugcnaersa n-. tx, -rv' "nase, and 3
new and improved sytom of agriculture,
aud lands on that account haSead'anecd
In value from 100 TO 500 and in many
eases to 5000 per cent 1t seems at
most incredible but the facts exists and
defy controversy
Nor are the foregoing estimates de-
duced from Isolated eases, they are uni
yersally applicable to the countries
which are trayersed by railroads. IT,
then. railroads have effected so much
where nayigtion is reliable, what would
not one accomplish between this place
and Buffalo on the Trinity, n distance
Of 100 miles. through fertile country
Astounding in good timber Offering, in
short every facility for the construction
Of a railroad. Il would tap country
west Of the trinity, which for beauty d
scenery, health, aud fertility of soil, i
rarely cxcelled The country ahost
Dalla-, and below, would all pay tri
bute to this road, as the only practi
cable outlet
At this time and in the absence o
better means, cotton, to great extent
/ is hauled 10 Ibis place irem one hundras
20 two hundred miles The country
which this road would influence is yer,
extensive They are now looking ior
ward with great anxiety to the u',ima''
navigation os the Trinity, on which, per
haps, they viii ship n lew months u