Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-28
Az N,eNylEw wIra MAxIMILIAN.

n r m the Albany Evening journal
The following Pr,ygtv letter, written by Willilm
Z. Cooper, formerly OF this city but now engaged
in the c INST rUC,iOa Of railroad from Vera CiuZ
70 Mexico, viii he read with intereS;:
HALrRATO, Mexico, april IS 1866
My DEAR H.: This letter IL dated from a
place which imagine IS no. noted on I map
| "a h about thIisen miles west OF urizaiia and
about midway up the great range Of mountains
tina; dvid TIE terra cells E." lhOt lanl) from
pterra tempfsdo" ,;smperais laud.l The cii > ate
is almost perfect I have MT been uncomiOrta
bly warm ,eNtep', Of cCurse, wAen climbing the
mountains 70 get % my work since my arrival
though always clad in vo.,lcU.
OurIailWEy line ruus along tho slopes Of these
mountains snd portion CT cur daily labor con.
: SIS IN climbing up and down nsa.ly ralf mile
of a'Wcst lUrp RciculF Asce and descent.
say club down, hTsuus. the descent Il even more
tedious than the ascent
lat week we received intelligence IN the
Emperor NlSiuIian intended 70 Visit as at Ma.
trato 70 Inspect the railroad line aud the work
that las been done, and that be was TO be the
sucst Of Mr. Lloyd. the agent o. the great firm
that constructs tie road Mr. Lloyd, Col mel
Tliyctf and q large number u The railway M z
Mates rode up ihs mountains 10 mce. IA m -
About thirty Of u.s. LrGi-h and American cOm.
pr,sci Tie panty, and wth our horses decorated
VITA tue Mexican cGiors, (red white and greeu)
We departed e had hardly arrived % The top
ct the ountain wEel sha advance OF the En-
lerog's coricge pppclccd. The escOr, consisted OF
his Prime MINIS er, several mobiles and Generals.
and about 1--we hundred cavalry Mexican and
Austrian which preceded and tJl!0 sed him Up
90 this point lie EmpCrJr had Travelled in ais car.
rial &c. dawn by eight mules. As Il passed as,
ranged in line along the road We gave three
cheers 10 which he responded by raising his
Panama
Being ia his carriage, / could not see at first
y hat manner oil man he was, but in short time
the rod became impas' abls for carriages, and
the Emperor aiighiel and prepared 10 mount the
horse which had Geel provided tOc him 70 des
ccnd the mOuntaiu. Now, tyr The first time ia
my life / had the pleasure OF seeing live En-
perlr. Imagine Palmer '. keilOgg's face, with
light cOi0ieI leg OF nation whisSers of great
length. on Uncle q. > shoulders, aud yO1 will
we q good iiea Of his personnel. He has as
sumed the Mexican dress, 4 suppose q pursuance
Of hii policy 20 identify himself with them IN
every respect. On this occasion he wore broad
brinmed hat OF ordinary Mexican shape, (abOut
the size OF our parlor centre tub.e9 dark blus
roundabout, with velvet facing, black pantaloons'
with little silver buttons Gown the sid.s--a Mex
icaa rig throughout.
On sfsr,iar. The Emperor led the way. Occa-
s.oaa!ly he would single out Mr. Lloyd, or some
one of his suit, 10 converse WITH but as gene
eIal thing, every one kept q respectful distance IN
the resr. On irving az Aalirato. We were met
by two brass bands OF tie place and by nu ne
nlefOus uteg CATION OF ttucatAiahS nun OiiHoo'f
aud a multitude Of natives. We passed along I'M
der numerous arches trimmed with evergieens
and the rad was streWed with the sweet
smelling flowers which everywhere abound,
which trodlCn by the horses feet, gave
out delicious perfume. Quarters had been pro-
yided al the building OF the contractors, and after
the great men had ablutsd and rested. the eng-
neers were ca!lsd IN TO be introduced. lie was
presented II each one personally. and conyersed
for several se.oads. lie pissed through this or
deal qaiie "a cesslglIy and gracefully. lie must
be convers ant VITA &C least four languages. (Eng
, lisa, Spanish French aud G1rman) Tor al these
nationaliles were represented in the audience
The audience competed dinner vas announced
an3 we were NJ cneI int room wh;ch had heeu
tistetully auaOged and decorated Tor TIE occa-
sion. Our lrst r0utsc was clam soup, most de-
iiciOusiy prepared by French c00tS numbers oi
whom came - this CGuntry with the army LII
lowed by lsh which the night before had been
brought mp by special tram for the occaS on
followed ~ shrm-s turkeys. chickens, game, Tee
cream champagne and raisies Other wines
flowed freely, AID in every respect, the repast was
! as haudsOme q could he Obta ned in any quar-
ter OF the gl00e. Soon after dinner, the Emperor
went u Orizaba, and thus ended that sensa-
ton,