| From the Alamo Express (San Antonio,
Tex.) |
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| March 1, 1861 |
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| Texas Railroads |
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All public improvement seems at a stand still in our
State. The bright hopes entertained in regard to our railroad
enterprises have been crushed out alike with everything else tending
to the public good, by the all absorbing political, revolutionary
movements of the day. We hear no more of the railroad which was to
connect us with the Crescent City; in fact, herein lies a mystery
which will astonish our people when fairly unraveled, showing how much
harm has been done by a few unscrupulous and incendiary newspapers.
Our enterprising townsman John C. French has managed under the most
discouraging circumstances, to complete the {San
Antonio & Mexican} Gulf road to Victoria. The termini of
this road is to be this city, and therefore one the most important
enterprises presented to the encouragement of the people in this
portion of the State. The dredging operations at Lavaca are proving
very successful and the obstructions will be effectually removed from
the harbor. This road will no doubt stop at Victoria until a return of
that confidence so necessary to business life; capital is sensitive
and folds itself away at the touch of "hard times." The
people now seem to be thinking of nothing else but cutting each
other's throats and casting lots over the garments of poor crucified
Columbia.
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