Show 1 from frem the therian san diego herald extra doe dee pacific railroad southern route from the austin state gazette we make the following account of the exploring expedition undertaken der taken by gen rusk it is very interesting and gives us its a favorable report of the country tr traversed averaM as an the friends of the southern railroad I 1 route to the pacific could wish for gen rusk runk and party left Nacogdoch es on the of august on a tour of exploration of a route for the pacific railroad across tm the country from the sabine and red rivers in the direction of el paso on the rio grande as nearly as might be on the line of the parallel of the country through which the company passed with the settlements it is unnecessary to speak peak particular but that above geu rusk and mr r harrison Hiir rison described in the most moot glowing terms for fertility of soll soil smoothness of surface and beauty of scenery the country through which they traveled is in not to be on surpassed bagged by any region of 0 f similar extent in texas or elsewhere the spreading pra prairies rids irlas rolling valleys and level bottoms on the streams are as rich as the heart of man could desire surrounded with forests of postoak limber of the best quality the whole distance such timber as an will be peculiarly adapted to 0 o making superstructure and lies of a railroad everywhere water of the purest kind is abundant and nd as an a grazing country ii 11 is unsurpassed by an any in the world notwithstanding old bullion asserted that a wolf could not hakea living on the southern route we assert with perfect confidence from the alie statement of gen rusk rank and those who accompanied com compa nied him 0 on n the expedition that a more productive section n of the country can scarcely be found in the union than the one in question at oak creek gen rusk and party met a company from el paso who had explored carefully the remainder of the route and reported for all the purposes of cheap and expeditious construction st of a railroad that portion of the route rout was equally sit as favorable as the portion explored by gen R gen rusk is in in the highest spiris in regard to our prospect for securing the pacific road rot id over the route he has just explored he says he ha has enlisted dufor for the warl war that le is until the pacific road is bull built through our state stale the Me message astige of gov B hof 11 of texas term takes taken a wholesome view of the question and earnesty earn esly recommends to the serious consideration of the legislature the subject of a railroad to the pacific he remarks that it is in a matter of seri ois regret that the route lending leading from the mississippi river texas sheild not have been selected as one of dhosi to be surveyed and reported on to ta the next Can canares gres and then save IF from rom my own knowledge of the country and from information derived from the most reliable so i ves ces I 1 am convinced that by far fair the best track will be found to bo be from Al memphis emphis or some other point blow on the mississippi entering our state the degree of north latitude and pursuing I 1 ig that ii line tie to the el paso or its neighbor thence in the direction of the head waters of the gila gha river and down the same by the most practicable anble route to san diego an the pacific this Is if the route that nature ludi indicates nAtes by features so apparent that neither party bias nor sectional interests can conceal louceil them |