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Show ANOTHER RAILROAD. The St. Louis Democrat of a recent date says: A party of excursionists, headed by Chief .Engineer Bickensdorler, ol the Atlantic and Pacilio Railroad, with proper accoutrements and paraphernalia, parapherna-lia, are about to enter and travel across the plains lying between Indian Territory Terri-tory and tho lower portion of California, Califor-nia, through which, the road will, in tho course of tinio, stretch its tracks and dispatch its engines to the peaceful shores of the Pacilio Coast Tho object ob-ject of tho lonely journey is to examine the line of the road, with a view of determining de-termining the engineering features and difficulties to be Burmountod, and making tho proper preparations to grappto with them in laying out the road, which with others is gradually grappling and binding in its iron grasp the immense country to the west ol' us. The party,dcseendiug along tho lino of tho Atlantic and Pacific road, will start from its terminus, and crossing the Arkansas river, tho Canadian and Rio Grando at Albuquerquo, passing through Now Mexico, Arizona and the Colorado river, and wind up in the vicinity of Fort Mohavo, from whence they will ascend the Pacifio slope to tian Francisco, describing, in fact, from their Btarting point at St. Louis, a semi-circle across tho continent nearly 2,000 miles in length. Tho journey will occupy nearly three months. The party, with their wagons, stores, sup plies, norses, etc., win De protectee uy a military escort sent by Major General I Pope, to protect them from tho Kio-was, Kio-was, Apaches, Comanchea and other tribes infesting tho intervening country, coun-try, which is supposed for the most part to be a rich aud arable plain. Another party, under command of Captain J. K. Streugh, will start about tho samo time, and survey the line of route to the Canadian river, Indian Territory, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles from the present terminus of the road. |