The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-01
'EREs TING FROM MEXICO.



Ieawic Commandments annals Gover-
land the Sloo Contract inatitlan and its
ropolitan Honors-T orments Of the Lnhabi-
Colonization Schemes Of HIS Imperial
hnesS- Grand Bounty to Pious Emigrants-
eminent Monopoly Of The Tobacco Culture.
last communication was from the Isthmus Of
Lntepec, and now address you once more
Q "hopeful position" of that still secluded
Iept shut up, as 1t were, in q tight box, by the
ans, to keep 1t uncontamnated from the
Of the world "and the rest of mankind" just
User would his money. That secluded spot,
ne prolific source Of 80 many splendid schemes
eculation, from the times of chivalrous Cortes
to our more speculative contemporaries, Mr..
and Mr.. Sloo, is now just precisely in the
cation, as it was at the time of its discoverer-
8.
thinks even that if history is to serve as our
that that interoceanic project w0s about MS
lvanced then as it is now because the insignif-
of the work, under what Is called the Sloo
act, is such, that it would be more appropriate
I lie il the "Slow" contract, from the peculiar
with which it is proceeding. There is no cor
Information, indeed, about the number Of hands
Dyed, and reports vary from thirty to fifty. But
thing is certain, which is the scautiness of
IS on hand, which precludes the idea, even the
bility, of the employment Of large force.
people say they have gone home to spend the
avs, and would return with redoubled vigor
i soit-I! The great work." as it is called en-
tcollv waa commanded IN Eohv,,o ~, loot ~, a
onthe Coatzacoalcoas river, near the confuenc
ne Jallepec river, which spot is known by the
of Suchil. 1t is several days. journey far up
river, far out of the world, which accounts for
uncertainty Of reports and the little knowledge
nave Of it. A wagon road has been made, but
,t whether its progress will reach much over
miles, If that. A kind of vereda, or path,
Garay and the late survey company. Vegeta-
had closed it again, and it is the came vereda
Oh communicates with " Paso de la Puerta," on
Juanuapa river-the first rancho, occupied by
Frenchman, solitary and alone-which leads
ace to San Juan Guichicovi, the first Indian town
he mountains.
traveller during the dry season, but when the
Is begin they tell a different story; mountain
ans are then to be crossed, which stop the
sress Of the unlucky traveller sometimes for
eral days.
. report is now spread that small steamboat, fit
shoal river navigation, is to be brought out next
e. If some progress had been made in the road,
purpose very well, but now, in the present state of
great work-cM bono The fact is, that people
beginning to shake their heads at this railroad
ed Of the great work, and to ask what the mean
of all this is? Even its most arduous friends are
zled to give an explanation. Some are shrewdly
ssing the Messrs. Sykes b Co., Of Sheffield, the
tractors from Mr.. Sloo, are, perhaps, waiting the
hrmation OF the Conkling treaty, or some small
Use annexed to the Gadsden treaty, and God only
WIS, how anxiously the arrival of each steamer is
ched-the conveyer of the long expected news.
one by the last steamer was rather ominous in
e respects, as there was evidently some doubt of
ling Uncle Sans name for an undertaking, the
lie body OF which is Mexican in every form and
ure, only they gave 1t an American mask to look
American, and of late substituted British arm.
ne knowing ones even 60 so far as to express a
bt Of Uncle Sans ever wanting anything to do
b any company whatsoever, and all that he con-
DIS for Is the right of way. How fur that will
sly the rival companies remains to be seen. AT
events it would seem to be the best calcu-
d course for the United States; although it
IT be acknowledged that they seem apparently
at all aware of the high importance Of this
roughfare, and Tehuantepec is almost forgotten
be wild schemes of railroads through Texas to
Pacific. Well, wen, when the hue and cry of
rlatanry shall have died away, and reason again
II assume her sway, then, perhaps Tehuantepec
attract more attention.
do not know what funny idea occurred to some
y, tired, perhaps, Of the dead.like monotony in
prosecution of this great work." to spread the
OFT that Gen. Cos, the present Governor Of the
ritory of Tehuantepec, had put some obstacles in
way of the company. This Is altogether foolish
/, because no contract could have been formed to
the taste, the ideas-the narrow-minded ideas
retrogrative spirit Of the Mexican government,
Ter than this Sloo contract. But let the COM
y have a sharp lookout, because there is term
beginning the railroad and should they not
ply, let them remember that confscation or
ure is the order of the day, for penalties. The
srnal authorities of that happy people are quite
Of that word it fills their bellies, just as the
lpire would fill his, with the fe-blood Of it's vic
]. This Gen. Cos, of San Jacinto memory, is, Of
rse, decided friend to Santa Anna, to whom he
elated. In his course, until now, he has only
wn disposition to harass the poor miserable
Pile Of the Isthmus- at least, those Of his immed-
death and, although in his
ward demeanor he affects much the frankness
openness Of q soldier, yet his acts bear the
t outrageous kind ever seen in this part Of
1co. His powers Of DISSEMINATION are great and
to mislead the most shrewd observer; but
ks to the bottle, his true sentiments are some
IS more divulged than desired. His deadly hate
INST our country Omitted States) is deeply seated,
no opportunity is lost to show itself against
Q unfortunate victim calling himself citizen Of
United States. 1t was particularly shown in the
Of the brig H. Kellock, which went ashore
strong norther, Con the coast between the port
and the Barilla. ANY innocent,
lid mind would think, that wrecked vessel
ut to have the strongest claim to protection on
part of authorities belonging to civilized and
stian communities, so much the more when not
smallest particle of anything which could by any
iblity be construed into violation Of revenue
was found on board. Not SO with the magnani-
s General. On the mere shallow pretext that
captain of the wrecked vessel had declared that
was bound for the port of Coatzacoalcoas, and
he had not touched first at Vera Cruz, Che not
wing the regulations In that respect,) this vessel
seized and the captain kept under arrest. Now,
riding to the Mexican regulations for ports open
TO the coasting trade, vessels are liable to
ire only when they load or unload any kind of
Is But these "magnanimous" people seem to
X that their ports are really sort of rat-trap,
rein to catch the unwary II is high time Uncle
wakes up, and gives them some severe lesson
easily to be forgotten. Ii not there Is really no
ing along with them.
nee the little town OF Minatitlan has been
pred with the title OF capital OF the lsthmus,
favored with the presence OF this General
its Fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate, inhahi-
s are ground to the earth by tho most vexa-
3 cxactions from the authorities, OF every kind
shape, bit especially Of police duty, night and
making them erect houses for their accolnmo-
MI lie nr,fa a very