, 1865-06-22
An 1NTA IRv1E1y WITH S,Ax.
(. Rn1kk4AAAN.
An Albany Engineer Dlnea xvyst N.
Mexican Emperor,
lFrou the Albany Evening Jou,n., ,

lAtuW uG AluSuy ENentuE JQuYptl1
;, ihs following a'cletter. written byfWQ..
engaged In the con%ructlon OF ! railroad
from te,a Cruz to Mexico, will be read wI.t
lirely Interest. not only hy hi. mnnv fTipnds
but BY the public generally:
,, AALraATo, Mexico April as.
Mt DEAh M": This letter Is dated from
map. It fsahont thirteen mites west Of on
zaoa, and abont midway ur the sreat raut.e
81 mountains that divides tke GfIerra -
lfntc" thot 1and) from the "tier,a ternnra.
do" temperate land.}
Last week W tseeiEca intelligence that the
EmreroH sxlmilltan intended to visit us at
Mal!rato. to inspect The railroad line and the
work that has been done, and that he Was tn
ee The guest Of A1r. Lloyd, 1ha astnt or the
great tlrm that constructs thu road. 4
Week ago, Wednesday, was the day he was
typtctrd, and Mr.. Lloyd, Col. Toicott. and
aaIfe ;S. number Of The ra'laay masua:es, rode
waiting all day, and beng dsenchca i to The thc
skin BY one u The showers that rrcya{l nj
I'VE minu,ea' notice in this coua:rv. 1hey
!ekfned thas Max. would NOT arrive
thai thai day: In an1 on. expectation
tney awaised,, with .; feast ali prc-
p; p;aza' until FIdsy night, when courier a.
Gay st 10 .. NJ. EARLY On Saturday, Mr.
Lloyd sent word that be wl.hed all OF Is to
turn out on horseback, to MAKE ns n,uch
SHOW az possible. About Thirty ofus. Enc
Hi1h il aoa on1 Se4sss sspsstd II
can eolors tsed, white mud E-cen1 xr d..
raTted. W had he,dlE. arrived Il ihe tor Of
the mountain when the advance OF tha En-.
perot's cortcce appeared. The escort con.
s1stsd Of lis Prime Minister, several nob1cs
and generals: and about five hundred cavalry.
Mexican and Austrian. which preceded aud
followed him: Up to this point the Enperor
hsd Travelled In his carriage drawn By eight
Mnlcs. As 1t passed us, ranged In liue along
tne road Ee gave him three caeers, to whicE
he responded by raising his panama.
az. ne.eE & ID his earstaRc, I could not Sc at
short tine the road bec1me impasssble for
ca1ita and the Emperor al}chied and. mr.
r4rso to mount tie horse which h,i. hten
provided for him to descend tho ruountain.
Now, ior The asst time In my lifr;, haa the
p!sssure q 81 eesing l've Empesor. Imagine
leg Of mutton wh'skers Of great length IN
Uncle G.*s shoulders, aud you viii hsse a
good idea Of his ptrsonn<a. He his assumed !
the Mexican orest, suppose In pu,suance Of |
als policy to Identity himself With them In |
every respect. On this occasion h. wore a
sh osoaa trimmed hat Of ordinary Mexican
tn'sh dark blue roundabout with velvet |
tssns, t,ss hlack panta1oons. With little silver
thsouehout+ -
,,s,aa IN stntnos, thc Emperor led the way. o. !;
cas1ohally he wonid single out Sir. Il.trd or.t
some one Of h!s suite. to converse viii; but, !;
sls, as general thing. ere.s one kept Fespect,
~! alssance IN the rear: On arriTine At Mai. :!
e,atos We were 1ntt by two brass haui1s Of the
place, TO which may have .ai.ndeds Tb;ch |,
are are me mne q my existence in Malt.ato.
ana a1n y 1s numerous ae1ecatten Of cque.tsians
1,om Xn onzaea: and multitude OF natives,
Trimmed VIII cvesgrceus, and The road wss
SIN xn with the swse. smelling fowers Th'cb ;
rs abound. which, when troddea by /
Qna'ters had been provided at the buildinS
o. she contractors, and after the great men
had =bluted and rested, the engineers were
called IN to be introduced. He was presented j
10 eath one personally, and convened for |
several seconds. He passed through thss a. o.
deal quite successfully and gracefully. Ee !
muat he convctsant with At least jour Ian
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