American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-03-06

alf of this consummation.
Andrew johnson and the Pacific \
Railway. :
The Nashville Banner has informa.
ion that it is currently reported at
W ashington, and one Geographic
declares it is pretty
we'll ascertained to be true, that
President johnson will, Immediately
after his term of office ceases, go to
Europe for the purpose of nrgotiat-
ing the bonds of the Memphis, FL |
Paso and Pacific Railroad Company. |
The resolution gives to the company |
Il perpetual right OF way through III"
also Incorporates it. (n
its face it appears to be very simple,
but it give the most valuable fran
chiSe which, as vet, has been asked
of Congress, The company can, in
all time, forbid any other company
from constructing road from Ell
PasO to the Pacific on the thirty
second parallel. The franchise will
be worth five or ten millions of dol
lars. Mr.. johnson, they propose,
sh all become its President.
This road as we stated on Sunday.
with its various branches tapping
the Mississippi is the natural route
from ocean to ocean. 1t is the cheap
est and best line to the Pacific, and
possesses advantages in sell, climate
and land gradients, that are no
where to be found on the 35;h paral-
lei. Estimating the Importance of
this Southern road, which has been
granted right of way by joint resolu.
ton of Congress, the Washington
Chronicle presents many valuable
considerations, which are repro.
duced i'll the following condensed
form
l. The richness of the Texas sol
and its capacity to produce cotton
grain and cattle for the worlds con
sumption.
2. Emigration is pouring into
Texas with a rapidity which aston
ishes the oldest settlers.
3. In the neighborhnod of f
Paso there are over $4,000 inhahi
tants, and the valley of the Ri
Grande del Norte is highly cultiva
ted for many miles and presents a
continuous garden, with fine apri
cots, peaches, plnms and various
other fruits.
4. In 1859 eight million dollar
worth of goods were forwarded from
San Antonio, Texas, to the city O
Chihuahua, then to be distributed
; to oth,r points in Durango ant
Sonora.
, 5. The fertile valley of the Ri,
! Grande once opened mp by railroa,
, communication, the richest treasure
, of agriculture, commerce and mimi,
, will pour an auriferous stream int,
the Southern States, which woul,
seem fabulous if estimated now.
, 6 The Northern Mdxican Pro
/ vinces which are known to contai
| the richest deposits of gold and 81
yer ever discovered in the worlt
, have been an unexplored field for tn
past hundred years.
. Z. The opening of such an Ell Dc
:. RADIO to our people. would alone, in
p short time, more than repay for til
. construction of the road.
| s. There is not finer body {
:. land in the world than that lying bt
q tween Mesilla, New Mexico, an
o Preside del Norte, Texas. Million
: upon millions of acres of the fines
+ bottom land that the sun shines upor
$ without timber upon it, are ready to
Y the pillow at present.
h 9. The whole valley produce
$ wheat of the finest quality, and til
h average per acre is about thirt
a bushels; and for fruits it is the bes
:. adapted of any country in the worl,
O 10. The lands about Ell Pas,
o Texas: will produce five hundre
Y gallons of the best wine made !
: America per acre, or twice as muc
O as the best grape lands abont Lie
II Angeles, Calisonia, will and it is 4
O exaggeration TO say that the be-
d wine in America is produced abol
: FL Paso
|, II. AS for vegetables, Californ
g. cdh hot Sui PASS IL. n UeeC W.
IA grown this year near Ell Paso weig
ing sixty four pounds; an onio
= weighing five and half pounds
It turnip weighing four pounds, AID
>. carrot forty five inches long. I'll
# yield per acre is enormous.
~ IL. Again. Arizona is as rich
is gold and silver as California ev,
= was. The " Vnltnre Mine" is IL
% richest gold vein that has ever bee
2. discovered, and the quartz mines
rs Pinos Altos yield from thirty five
m forty five dollars per ton, but Il
A country has no outlet, the cost
n machinery and labor are enormou
o and hence the mines scarcely pay.
If IS There are places in Westel
a. Arizona where copper enough CT
a. be taken from the surface of II
!. earth to load all the ships in tt
n world.