Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-01-19
From the New Orleans Picayune. Mexico and Pacific Railroad

Mex1co ana Pacific Railroad.
 gentleman of this city, requesting the in- sertlon of the following article from the New
 York Herald, of the 24th ult, relative to the
 projected railroad from Vera Cruz, via Mexico
 to Acapulco and the Pacific coast, says that
 " Messrs. Talcott, Gorsuch and Gray, (the latter
 formerly of the United States and Mexican
 boundary, and the Southern Pacific railroad
 surveys) left this port, on the 1st inst. on the steamer Tennessee. for Vera Cruz, with subor. dlnate officers and men, of the surveying party. and expect to be in active occupation, on the ground, in four or five days hence:"
 The clipper ship Wildfre sailed on the l7th inst, from this port for Vera Cruz, taking ont a detachment of men, with field equipage arms ana instruments, for the exploration and survey ol the Mexico and Pacific railroad" and on the ioth the steamship Philadelphia, for New Or leahs' took out another portion of the corps for the same purpose. The remainder of the party.
 we learn, will leave New Orleans on the list prox. Tn the steamship Tennessee.
 Fms expedition we deem very important. and It's results wili be looked forward to with much interest It Is the first expedition nf the kind upon this route, which may prove one of the most valuable line of transit across the American continent, and must tend to a speedy develop ment and large increase of commerce and trade
 with the richest interior portion of Mexico, and perhaps ot North America. Besides, it will de more to concentrate the power and strengthen the government of Mexico than any act since the independence of that republic. We recent ly published in our columns the charter granted by the Comontort government to the Escandons oi Mexico, which contains certain privileges and franchises appertainil ;, to the construction of a trop ,r,1 to tI, of of M
 and thence if found practicable, to Acapulco or such other point un the Pacific as may he deemed most expedient.
 It Is under thls charter that the present ey. petition has been organized The Escandons are probably the weathiest and most influential men in Mexico. and are fully awar of the prof. taoieness ot the undertaking, and possess the means ot carrying it through. One source of thelr Income alone yields them nearly S7OO COG per annum profit The house of Barron & Co.,. of Mexico, we understand, is also interested.- Messrs Escandon, Gen. Robles, Minister at Washington, and Mr. Worrell have been n this city Tor ten days past, engaged in completing ar engagements With Capt. Andrew Talcott the englneer-in-chlef selected for this important Work' ana hastenlng the enterprise with the greatest despatch. As an earnest of the inten- ton oI the grantees to fulfill the conditions of the charter and their faith in the success of the un- dertaRihg they have chosen gentleman of the uiS neSC sclentlhc attalnments and practical eX- perlence to be found in the United States to plan. or9ahiZe and carry out unrestrictedly this re- sponSible service. Capt. Talcott graduated
 many years ago, carrying off the highest engineer hohors at West Polnt and was induced to re- gl ln 1859, as captain of military engineers. and accept the charge of division of the New ork and Erie railroad surveys Since then capt Ialcott has been constantly employed in charge oi important works-suc as tke delta of the Mississippi, the northeastern boundary ex- plorations the Ohio and Mississippi boundary. the Minnesota line, etc, besides constructing the Richmond and Danville rairoad-and now re- signs his post as chief engineer of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad to go to Mexico. Capt. Tal- cott, besides being an accomplished railroad en- sneer, ls one of our first and ablest astronomers.
 The corps organized by Caps Talcott reflects no less credit upon his judgment and discern. ment. Ills principal officers arc all thoroughly educated and experienced. We understand there are two bng&des of surveying. exploring and levelIng parties, besides an astronomical party. The chief of the first brigade is NJ. F.. Lyon, esq, present chief engineer of a prom- nent road n Pennsylvania: and the chief of the second brigade R. B. Gorsuch, esq, who has lately constructed a road from the city uf Mexico -o Gdadalupe. Both these gentlemen have had much eXPenence on railroads Messrs Crosby. John ; Stoddard, Sydney Coolidge, and a full ,orps ct assistants and men, are attached to the work. Col. A. B. Gray is the quartermaster and commlSsary-generAl of the expedition. Col. trays acknowledged professional skill, expe- nence, judgment and thoroughly schooled habits 1f observation in explorations of this sort, offer additional guarantees for the successful accom- ylshment of the work.
 There Will be some seventy Americans in all, besides several Mexican engineers, and an es- 'ort furnished by the Mexican government, if ieeded, with drTte1os in charge of animals, etc. A complete set oi instruments has already been hlpped for the thorough survey of every chan lel or passage through the gorges and sierras rom Vera Cruz mp and around the great Orzaba Peak. A full complement of Colts pistols Sharp's rifles and double barreed guns for car wing buckshot, with ammunition of the most improved kind for guerrllas, together with every convenience for encamping and penetrating diff icult passes, have been provided The expe- iition has been got under way in@the unprece- ientedly short time of eight or ten days, and by he 5th of January Oess than twenty five davs) he whole party are expected to be encampod n the field and at work, at a distance of over ,wo thousand miles. The whole proceedings nave been quietly and energetically carried out, md reflect the greatest credlt upon Messrs. Ro- Dlcs, Escandons, Worreli, Talcott and the gen. 5iemen selected by the latter to aid and assist hlm, and contrasts strongly with the slow pace Dt some of our government expeditions It will be seen by the list of the Europa's passengers that Messrs. Antonio Escandon and Worrel have left for Europe on business connected with the projected railway. We shall look with deep interest to the results of this work.