, 1865-02-24
MEXICO.


1 elAEET RAILROADS LII GA441o*
A grant has been made to an American
throughout the city Of Mexico. The psiqi-
| lege is exclusive, and is for Q term OF thirty
YEARS; rates Of fare unlimited and paid, OF
course, in coin. Considering the density o.
the city, which contains some tTo hundred
and thirty thC usand inhabitants Within space
nowhere more than two miles across IN ,an anx
direction, the ample width and perfect Level
OF the streets, which arc at all hours crowd
ed with pedestrians, the inert habits Of the
people. never disposed to walk when a. chance
oasIs to ride, and the extremely liberal terms
OF the grant, which exSmpts the materials
imported f,r the road from duties and taxes
OF all Kinds, besides allowing tWentJ.one
months for the completion Of the first three
miles, without fixing my limit for the COM
psetion Of the entire work-these advantages
are considered, as they well may be, as cousti-
tuting one Of the most valuable contracts
even conceded to individuals BY any govern
ment. Projects are also on foot Tor lines OF
tc1egraphs, md for street cars and lighting
the city Of Puebla with gus. Gaadala}arn,
Leon, Guanjuato Quaretero are each IN some
Way to experience the benefit OF foreign en-
terprise.
THE sITTm OF POPULAR EDUCATION.
The Emperor, understanding the necessity
OF popular education, has caused common
school system like that Of Prussin and Aus
trfa to be inaugurnted, and the contract for
supplying school books lus been awarded to
4 prominent New York publishing firm: The
great highway 10 Mexico from Vcrn Cruz 1s
undergoing complete repairs along the noun
tain passes, thus giving employment to as
many as care to work, and at the same time
1essening the time now required for bringing
freight into the interior. An English COM
pany are making application for contract to
build d breakwatcr ut Vera Cruz, which now
scarcely merits the name Of harbor, being
open to the full furies Of the winter north
correct survey Of the port of Anton Lizardi,
few miles to the northward Of Vera Cruz,
with the view Of connectinglt by a road with
TINT now leading to Mcxico. That harbor
offers perfect security from "northers,"
has good 9h.n a9sh9rage ,Sa9 and @ is much b
not improbable that in time it may become
IN important place and, perhaps, supcrsede
even Vera Cruz Us o commercial emporium.
A dozen other import tant projects might be
cited but it is enough to say that where the
resolntely devottng himself to the welfarc Of
| the country, and Is inirsing new life, and new
eneGky and ambition into the people, hs Is
certainly the right sort Of o ruler for Mexico
Let him alone to carry out his ideas, and
in ten years these people will bless the day
| that Maximi1lian came among them. Ifper-
| feet religious liberation, education Of the
people, prohibition Of public gambling, cn1-
| ployment OF the poor, encouragement Of in-
du6try and agriculture, and the opening Of
| the country by railroads aud highways for
| the development OF the national resources,
| apd getting them cheaply and easily to tho
sea-boald, are not life giving elements for
Mexico, i; Is difficult to say In what O peo-
| pies prosperity consists.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH TUE PACIFIC
| PORTS AND QAL1rQRS1A.
| The contract of Messrs. Flint s. Holiday,
| Of Sun Francisco, for steamship line be-
tween California and the Pacific ports Of
Northern Mc1ico, has just been secured BY
Judge O'Sullivan, 1ottncrly United States
reputation for business tact and Courteous ad-
dress is extensively known. The grant and
subsidy under which the existing line was
formed YVES granted by the lutte Juarez gov
trnment, and efforts were being made by in
! terested parties to procure it's annulment, ur,-
der the pretensc' that during the recent wur
Of French Intervention the conditions in
posed had not been fulfilled By the company
In temporarily disseminating the line. The
Judge arrived q few months ago, and just In
time to prevent, by his earnest protesta-
oa e the roata ssSDs in Of public decree eamps Rai
tion. b his efforts the old contract has
been pronounced legal and the subyention
OF $4,000 per annum continued. The con-
tract extends to 1870, four years Of the ten
originally. specified having expired. With
every obstacle to contend against, In the
shape Of riyal bidders endeavoTing to upset
the original contract, and national jealous!es
amcag1 the chronic opponents Of innovations
Of any Kind, the Judge made lis way, net
less BY his sa,oir Jaire, genial manners and
lfberallty than by the special faTor, with
the Empfr0 to ThGT H. be has had
the importance Of which to the country has
been ably represented. No foreigner in Mex
leo has been received by their Majestfes with
more distinguished marks Of good will than
Judge O'Sulliyan.
SILVER ORES IN TIE RMpRB.
Mr.. Chavitcau, OF San Francisco, has just
completed contract with the government,
giving him the exclusive right to use Ger
tain process for reducing silver ores, and
which 1t is believed will reVolutlonfze that
Important branch of business. He Is now at
the celebrated Real del Monte mine, near this
city, owncdin part by the Escandon Broth
ers,. where the process is being adopted with
lnttering success.
These arc all steps In the right direction.
It Is certainly more for the interest Of tna
United States to bare for next door te..sIaa-
bor o thriving people, opening by their en-
terprise and industry an Increasing market
for your manufactures, Inventions and gen
that Mexico hns presented during i,a exis-
terce as Republic. This is well nndt rstood
by the Government of Mexico. Tho country
has gradually acQuiesced in the new order Of
: affairs, recognizing the necessity Of some firm
and energetic ruler as q means Of protection
almost deso1ated the land. Insecurity
Of life and property Ia Mexico had passed
to proyerb, Violence and rnplne prevailed
under the manaat.s Of one and another petty
cLicftain, and Industry was paralyzed under
the dominion Of the Church and the bare
! fnff r>f $Eo T1rf11
by those Holding temporary power. All this
is changed, and where 1awlessncss once held
6Way order and perfect security Of property
are now guaranteed to all. Under the new
regime Mexican has everything to expect
in the way Of prosperity: as5 government, ept,
time By the vast majority Of the Feo-
pie, are anxious to maintain peaceful re]a-
irons with the whole world, and 10 be left
free for the experiment Of bringing the country
into respectable position among nations.
To effect this, Ma1imillian offers all reason
foreign, and especially American capital,
rightly judging that, as the pocket ID COM
monty the most sensitive part Of individuals
and communities, there Gun be no surer me
dinm tor maintaining peace between the
United States and the new Empire than by
making it for tho interest Of American capi.
tGlists to preserve 1t.
INCOME OF TIE CHURCH..
Every act Of the Emperor thus far has been
characterized By sincere desire for the best
interests of Mexico and an intelligent apprc.
ciation Of the requirements Of the hour
Called 10 the supreme power ostensibly by
the Church party and the aristocratlc taual
that continuance Of the Church influence
under his auspices would be bat to renew The
old story Of anarchy and confusion. Fo,
nearly three hundred years the Church IN