The New York herald., 1865-02-19

route. which wii paa through Oxaba and Puebla That
70 hasaiiaa has been commenced working westward and
northward from Mexico, and quantities Of material are
now ON tho way from Europe 70 tho Pacific soss where
the work will be prosecuted With vlgos Thus the two
oceans are within reasonable une 10 be connected oy
r,lrosd passing through the most fertile and popuoas
secions Of the empire, and hs English engineers are
already contrasting these energetic movemsns WITH toe
SLOW progress made towards completing The Pacinc Nall
road OF the United States One has only 70 glance s toe
soagh. highway OF nations" being much more adys.,
tsgeoosy situated relatively 70 China and the Eass
ldies than tho route through hs unsd IL S.s,ss co,e.
rarativeiy few, - the country 70 90 IRA
ys-ed e geographically favorable % the enterprise
When this road is commenced Mazatlan must assume
cisco These enterprises bound 70 be completed within
arc In the hands or the most celebrated capitalists Of Eu
rope-smong them the Barings-who understand tho
advanaees 70 be derived and have q ther oommana an
No one knows better than Mazmilian the vital nsces
y q devop!ng the resources q the county = y. max
quest almost sealed book % the resi- q the world Is
ing all the great staples such as the cereals cotton
coch ncal sugar ndgo tobacco and rice Is we'll - drugs
has practically shut out from the worlds commerce.
illustrating the necessity OF highways OF internal com
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through ruvenated commerce, will bc gradually 70
stored and at distant tlme, by continuance Of the
In the front rank among the family Of uationG For
three hundred years that balance has been enormously
against Mexco must inevitably be the with all
countries which import from every market in the world,
but yield nothing n return-if We except tho precious
bv ne m Ds e. In
pR,rAmlr1rs a TO rns YurcRs or nxIco. !
The future Of Mexico, under stable government n
almost incalcdabe When pea-s is established,
even in the distant rcgion the energy which has
fold force the paths or profitable industry and with
this object In view, every effort is now being made TO
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foot the correct principle that the country requires 40
infusion OF blood into the apathetc whose en-
erges have become nearly exhausted in their half CEN
ury intcnccipe strife Tho government particularly
encourages lhosc who come permanent essdehts and
during this year probably thousand fani from
France and Be'fium will have located in tie finest pro-
ductivc sections OF the empire grant has been made
Tn spa mos ss poru sIu s This
70 be cotton and tobacco raising colony. under the
special protection of the government Some idea may
be OF the OF cotton growing abroad since
the outbreak Of the secession war from the fat that
while before rebellion scarcely any cotton was raised
millions Of dollars Numbers of Southern planters
already located thrc and the best cotton lands are
already being SURVEYED. Such an impetus has tnis
Within few months extensive discoveries Of petro-
eun--the genuine artice-have ben made, not only IN
the valley OF Mexico but almost smul'a neonsy IN dis
ant PARTS or the empire II has been found in the most
northern States and also far south as Tehuans pee
In one s.se the sale Of native petroleum Is held az
monopoly the government having granted to company
some ti,ne since the exclusive right Thus all disco
verics made or to be made eau available only through
th 10 parties whs collect sort Of royalty upon the art-
Gle throughout Mexico. The most notable Developments
OF petroleum. and In fact what first started the "ever
on this subject is tho city OF Mexico, a. Guadalupe
under the very walls of the celebrated church OF that
name but, although within the limits Of THE holy ground
the country whirh permit the discov rsrs any valuable
natural product TO take possession and work mines OF al
kndsany damage 70 tho property oi nd,vo,s oGans Rs
ths oil springs at Guadalupe have been known Tor moro
than century tho church having IN old time collected
gallons per month by skiming from the suriac0 o
the ascr ard selling II 70 those afflicted With rnenms-
ns which, w Tho blessing of the priests thrown
popular faith In this specific has declined,
and but for the petroleum excitement IN the
have been heard Of Tho celebrated articles on
"Of Dorado appearing hst fall In the HsaAp, OK.
tended in It's effects even 70 cse clsana
site guarantees the government for the faithful per-
formance Of their agreements proceeded 70 possess
valuable ronepoy already described Some idea OF the
value of th privilege be had from the fact that Pc
uss and the daily Increasing throughout
the empire The oil has the trno smell and color OF tho
and burns AZ freely and with as pure light the clsrl
hed oil Of the North As yet II has been taken only
om the surface Of tho wser s was ,ne case M
been effected by which the main source Is " no reached
BY In the Unitcd States The oil excitemcn s
daily increasing In Mexico and thcre is good reason to
btcve that the supply will be cqur In proportion 70 the
labor performed to that c the more celebrated wells In
Wv srRYrr sAnRoADs M crrrra e-+
grant has born made 10 an American company for
The laying Of street railroads throughout ane Guy .,
thirty years rstes Of fare uDmited and paid OF course
in coin Considering the d-psity OF the city which con-
tns some two hadrcd and thirty thousand inhabitants
within space nowher than two niles across in
any direction the ample width aud perfect level OF tho
streets which all hours crowded with pedestrians
Inc inert habits Of the people, neyor disposed walk
whcn chance Offers " ride and the extremely liberal
terms OF the grant which exemlis the maleraS ith
bcid allowing ,weuty-one months for the completion
OF tile three miles without liking any lin Is for the
completion of the entire workhese ady2ntages are con
sitrred az they well may be constituting OF tho
most valuable conceded To individuals by
any Projects also foot for limos u
tccrraphs aud for street and lighting The city Of
Puebla with gas Geudalajara, Leon, Guanjuato and
Quare.sro ear IN somc way TO experiences the benes
| TIN sgsny op roruuR nuclT1os
Tho Emperor, understanding the necessity Of poprlsr
education has caused coamon school system like that
OF Prussia and Austria TO be inauguraied and the
tract for supplying Shool hooks has been awarded 10
highway TO Mexico nom Vera Cruz is undergoing com
plote repairs slong the mountain passes thus giving
ployment to a. many as care to work, AID al the Same
time iesscnng the time required fer bringing freight
into tho interior An English company making ep
plication Cor contract % build breakwatsr Al Vera
cruz which now scarcely merits the q harbor,
being cpcn 10 the full fury cf the wiuter "northers
while tho governments has ordered correct survey Of
the wort Of Anton Lxardi few miles the north ward
Of Vera Crus, with the view Of connecting IL by road
with that now leading 70 Mexico That hari'o.
Offers perfect security from "northers,, has good
anchorage, and is much healthier than that OF Vera
Cruz u IL not improbable that An time IL may become
important place and, perhaps, euperrelo even Vers
| Cruz ss o commercial emporium. dozen other im
portant projects might be oikd but Is enough to soy
that where the executive head Of the goyernaspt 10 hui
resolueiy devo.ng himself 70 the welfare Of The country
and Is nrusine now nfe, and energy and ambition
the people, he n certainly the right sort OF ruler
for Mexico Let him alone 70 esrry out his Ideas and
In ten years these people viii bless tho day that Maxi
milan came among them nperfcct religious federation
employment OF the poor encouragement OF ndlstry aud
agriculture and the opening Of the country by railroads
and h highways for The development Of the national
sources and yetng them chsariy and easily the
hoard, not megvng elenents for Mexco 70 difn
| cult 70 cay In what peopes prosperity ccnsisk
srYAn conxusicAros WITH TEE PACIFIC pos1s Anp GALL
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