The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-20

passepcsrs s4O goo Take OF sixty seven cents on tbs
cohsr for wear tear mans cement &;that Is, leave
$50 0c0 net sSy interest $40 600 900 at par cent
and you have interest $500 Coca dead loss OF $3.50 900
Suppose calculation Is wrong suppose the expenses
oveTraed and ths receipts much lessened JUICE from
the experience OF all railroads in the most p puous thirty
ing commercial countries in the United States Do many
railroads pay per cent? is not the personal profit d
secondary in POI to the sndhoders the road tC
the State Congress the public veal involved 1t? In
England how many railroads have failed with the exception
OF the Liverpool and Manchester and Liverpool and London
How 10 cent And in fast before the
money he road be mad.y The elevation in less tha
ninety miles By way OF Perote than thou
SAL feet How engineers get that without Civ
ing HUNDREDS OF miles Of wndns and turninga2 Wast
foreign worh man sill stand the climate during
m rths OF the year. Natives are not to be hired no
wages Will even make thsnscultvate the esta there
The American army lost nearly 800 from climate alone
ON the very route this railway Is to take Look the
cost of the tv eve miles of railway construced-t
has cost ST. 100000 Certainly the expenses have bseu
absurd but st the paid have been most
Ever piece of timber called Sleeper which the rails
are placed, cost i've dollars-and this is plain rcsd
Without sny rock or cavation of any kind.
Having teen on all this lire Of road, and knowing it
WE'LL pronounce 1t impracticabie; hut still shall be
happy 20 see men spend their money to improve this
roads OF the country although much ssr that tne next
twenty years WILL il the road begun rot see 1t finished
fear have made this letter somewhat long but
not ctncuds without assuring you that sil you have
written on the tens ency OF Mexico TO proclaim itself
yre is true to the letter. let Gsaeral Alnonts write
what he plesses TO the contrary Several departments
have pronounced during the last few days for contin
uaon OF the eetstorSp 10 santa Anns-soue for con
ferrirg on him the title OF Captain Generalsome Grand
Hector with the title OF Serene Hghnesr Sc sc.
The city Of Mexico seconded these yes
nent has not yet stopped For my opinion, | am
got quite whether strong single handed govern
nent lot the best in the actual slate of the country;
but should like 20 ro1sm commit the Adox Of
going: hand In hand with liberty. The party who
round Santa Anna are oePoied to progress-he, am
means well and honestly 10 his country but Is led
away by lad advisers. IT. when he mounts thu throue
he should ado pit by the force Of his will policy OF
hshtsned progress give encourage nent to foreigners
thp anul
Of the clergy dse the blessings of education over the
lapd- he, By his despotc will hould do hs he will
not want bsyones TO defend hi ed fear that the
old remnant Of colonial pref win dethrons him. He
would live blessing to his county may possibly ed
dress you on a future occasion. A CASUAL THINKER.
THE INVASION OF LOWER CALIFORNIA.
The absorbing topics of discussion continued to be
first the recent invasion Of Lower California by Pre-
sdent Walker and his small force Of flibusteros and
the expected descent by the same or other parties on
Sonora, and secondly, the great political project of
investing Santa Anna with imperial faculties. The
TRAIT d Union of the Sd of December gives us the
following details on the former subject
The Sglo informs that there has arrived an exraor-
binary courier from Tres, (onora with communications
for the supreme government md also that private let
ters have been received TO the 18th Of November
The of the invasion Of La Psz not then known
in Sonora but several fiji ,ia dressed
to the Governor Of that department by Mr. Guilermo
Barron, Mexican Vice Consul 1T San Francisco has
cesevely announced the seizure of the brig Arrow and
of the departure of the Caroline The ARCHAEOLOGICAL
journal OF Sonora-publishes these official documents
and adds to them extracts OF all the California journals
which speak Of the acts aud projects Of the invaders
the Gulf near the island Of San Pedro two ships which
nearing land gave signs Of intention to disembsrk
This however, Was not Jet effected the
1lIh Of November and it thought that the adventur
waiting until they should get Yeinforcements
According to the information received from California
adds the Sgo the expedition is composed Of gamblers
a ssassins, and bandits.
The greatest enthusiasm reigned throuaho Sonora
for the defence Of the natonal territory The Governor
mel t. had published at Ues proclamation in three
tcles declaring. rst that all foreigners dsembs rkiug
viii out permission from the authorities ano assembling
In armed bands should be considered and treated pi
,aes Second, that the captains Of veseels carrying
armed the propretors of these vessels
victed of completely, the persons who should enter
tain relations with the invaders, who should protect
them, serve them, cid them, conceal, endeavor
TO save any of them should act as guides for then
should sive them intelligence advices, wsulA bs
in like manner considered and treated as pirates
Thirdly that all this inhabitants who should wshdraw
ams those who should e,nce backsiing in the
pisf OF the obligations posed by tnsr duties
Judged by military code the least penalty with wnish
they woul he punished being o,aton in the vete
ran corps.
On the other hand, we read in the Unirgsal:-
We copy the following passage from letter written
to US from Rosario on the 18th Nov
Mr.. fauez has passed through here yesterday
rs az Nev) He came from San Bias, Ios. haste. hav
Yankees. Ea,ly to-day NOV. ls) he should have ar
lived in the port of Mazatlan. whilst the force command
d by Mr.. Valdez must have already set out to We
will what the character aud decision Of
Governor in whom we have civ hopes for the well being
If our population.
aled Defenders of the County have been directed
and the from tobacco has been
he government for the necessities of the deencs Of the
erritorJ.
The TRAIT d Union, of the 30th November, thus
treats the subject of invasion:-
For two weeks past 1t has been known that q North
Amt rican expedition has seized upon lie Paz. We have
not got pece details to this guilty INVASION but we
Know however the most salient circumstances This ad
,entursrs haze taken possession Of the country by
i'll even say, with ut avowab'e pretext They have
made priscLers Of the old and the military comman-
lsnts Messrs Epinosa and R3bolleio they have
panied this uniust6abe act Of aggression with ether
lcts no less blameabewth oberes OF provisions and
2age Of private properties. Assursdly tas deed is of
The utmost gravity and nevertheless the presa after
having summary cbronicled it, appear to have already
orgoter it, II appears TO US that the enterprise
consists Of two expeditions intended to invade Sonora at
such times and under such conditions as have been
agreed to between them One will act by sea- the other
will act by land in invading the frontisrs-thsy have
probably fixed the points which they to unite
n the heart of the country. The expedition by ap.
pear to be the most numerous it impossible to
San 1t has been divided into several dstach
nents and has embarked in several vessels We have
,een that from $50 TO ECO b ave taken passage
board the Car, Ina; that a number equal at least has
left San Francisco by the seamer Goliath and the Cali
forpia journals have taken to notify thst other
Departures were in preparation.
Doubtless the rst arrivals at Ia Pez had orders TO
Eeizs upoD It, Not behave defnitey-for IL Is not
Lower cafonis but Sonora ths the adventures covet
but as ladder station where the differ nt detach
ments should unite to depart for the coasts of
Sonora It cannot be d tinnlst,d that the point has
b admirably selected Its vicinag. to Guly mas the
difficulty for the NJ xcan COVE Mt to concentrate
forces promptly there the tPArseness OF ths Mexican
poI ua ion in Lower California everything concurrsi in
roin.ing it ont TO the chiefs Of the expedition Very
pro badly at the moment write thu adventuers have
assembled in comparatively large number At La Paz.
Perhaps the exposition has already set sail for
and it is in Sonora chat the contest VIII take
ps betwes the invaders ard tie Mexican troops Ii is
that the government has issued the necessary orders
fer the despatch for the of
ar frontiers ard the S9to speaks of General Yarez
the chief desi, ned for the command OF this petition
The population OF Gusz at the Last accounts,
were In alarm. Gov. valisz, of Msznt'an, has
sked from the merchants loan OF S4 600 to organise
compsry If two hundred men to march against the in
vaders; but the merchants havo refused prncp Sly