Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-01

, into the highest places of actual life
shall reflect the lustre Of their exampl
upon those who are to succeed them.
We must bid farewell 10 those who's
names you have just decided to inscrib
on the roll of honor. Farewell, We brav
and generous youths. Some Of YOU fel
/. in battle. Some of you bTeathed YOU
last sighs in hospitals some Of you Ian
guished in prisons, far from your nata
South. Farewell.
How sleep the brave who sinl 70 rest,
By all their country's wishes blest,
When spring with de5vy fingers cold
Returns 10 deck their hallOWed mould,
She then shall press a Sweeter sod
Than Fairy s feet have ever trod.
By Fairy hands their kne1 is wrune:
BY forms unseen their dirge Is sung:
There honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell a weeping hermit there!
TIE EXPIRE OF MEXICO.
Correspondence New York Herald 7th.1
BRowNsvII.LE, TEXAS, March 10.
The opening Of the roads is naturally
Of paramount interest TO the people i'm all
/ portions Of Mexico. For nearly year,
now, MatamOros has been shut out from
/ all connection with the interior bv land.
and the merchants there who had. in
/ anticipation Of the settlement of the
| country, purchased very largely, are get
/ ting restless, and inclined to criticise a
/ government which promises so much
| and performs so little. This has caused
/ those in the Imperial interest, in
GLIDING the press of the city, 10 inau-
] gurate a very large and high sounding
/ whistle wherewith to strengthen the
knees Of the timid, and increase the con-
I lidence Of the waveriDg in the strength
and muniicence of 1.-THE Empire
] trandilOquent talk concerning a large
I reinforcement Of Imperialists now on the
march 10 the frontier, Of a speedy OPEN
ing mp of the country and the active re-
sumption Of trade, OF certain trains now
making up 10 be escorted to Monterey by
4 force sufficient 10 drive all the out
laws from the county, are daily sent
forth with the objects above mentioned
but with little success. Being consulted
on the point, the willy merchant Of Msta-
moros, who has quietly laid 10y his half
million in spite of forty years Of anarchy,
viii tell you ne does not intend 70 for
ward either money or goods by the first
train; events viii demonstrate whether
or not he viii take advantage Of the
second.
The facts are that the country is no
=
ago, and that on no road in Northern
Mexico can a train loaded with valuables
move unless guarded by at least a thou
sand men. Nor is there any prospect of
improvement in this regard. / feel safe
in prophesying that, as now, this frontier
viii be shut ont from the interior for
year 10 come, or until the lmperialists
are driven from the line of the Rio
Grande, and this although Imperial jour
nals are constantly predicting speedy
peace and quiet throughout the country.
BY sample Of this thing / may men
ton that on the 18th a Matamoros Jour
nal in leading article on the situation
stated that more than forces enough are I
within few hours march Of the mouth
of the Rio Grande to redeem this country
and patrol it from one end to the otheT.n
IL is, perhaps, needless to state that up TO
the present date nothing has been heard |
uf these forces, or that since first reported /
on the way from Monterey, they have I
had time enough to march to New York /
liberal soldiers are at all times en- 1
caupel within nine miles Of this city, /
and all the roads leading fran st are her |
meuicaily sealed, save the road to BAG /
dad, and that is extremely dangerous.
The Imperial Minister Of Internal I'M |
provements has advertised through the [
press Of Mexico for proposals for The CON 4
struction Of a railroad from the port Of /
san Fernando TO the city Of Monterey.
The proposed building of this road has |
created some excitement hsre, as the
effect would be to do away with the cOm-
mercial Importance Of both Brownsville /
and BiatamorOs, Through the years
since the Mexican war the greater por-
ton Of Northern Mexico has been sup
piled through these places, and so lucra-
tive hes business at all times been here
that the merchants ALMOST without eX-
ception, have accumulated large wealth,
in despite Of the anarchy which has so
long existed throughout the country, and
that while conducting their business with
D munifcent liberality unknown Ia other
countries.
The bars e the mouths Of the various
rivers Of Mexico and Texas have always
been a serious obstacle 70 navigation, af-
fecting insurance, chances Of accident,
the time taken in transportation and the
profits to a large extent. Al
though itself often dangerous, the bar at
BrazOs is the bsst between Vera Cruz
and Indianola. For this reason consign-
ments for Northern Mexico have usually
been landed there, and, as stated in an
lther portion Of this letter, thence
transported either up the htio uranue
lr across the country to Browns
vile OF NatamOrOs, and then car
lied in long wagon trains 10 Monterey,
San Louis Fotosi, Victoria and other
places IN the interior. This latter method
)f transportation is necessarily very slow
and expensive. As sample Of this, il
nav be stated that iron which cots
..9ee cents a pound in MstamorOs, can
,nly be TRANSPORTED 10 lhe inierio. IT a
.ost OF nine cents-three times the origi-
nal value Of the article. SO, though pos
,essing the advantage Of bar which has
given these cities by far tie larger por-
ion Of the trade IN Northern BleXlco,
vet these would be more than counter
by the construction Of rail-
-oad from any OF the Ii7i 0i-;.s :; :. ,'.e b,
Interior such as is contemplated by the
iOVernnient,
As an Offset to the read proposed, and
% enable MatamorOs to maintain her
commercial supremacy, her people are
igitating the subject Of a road nom the
JOrt Of San Fernando to that city while
Ipon this side Of the river parties are in
neg Jtiation with the United Stated Gov
.rnineut for the purchase Of the military
.oaii nom BrazOs tq Whites rancho, pro-
losing to continue IL TO brownsville, after
hanging its lower terminus from Brazos
o Clark's Island, near by, or Point Isabel
,ppOsite, ily which the bridge over the
3osa Chicu, which, owing % the quick
ands upon which it is built, Is liable to
,e swept away at any time, may be
.vOided.
The more wealthy and intelligent men
II both cities favor the latter project as
uuislliug the best and most direct route
With the least danger from wafer naslga-
ion.
Under the arrangements proposed 10
he Government the road could be mn
shed 70 tiiis place IN q few weeks ana |
commence its operations long way m !
idvance Of the Others, projects OF this |
character, like most Others, moving very
,loE n Mexico.
With the coHslrueiiQn of 81 theT ofthese
roads last mentioned and lie settlement
Of the country would follow road from
Matamor0s 20 Monterey, which would
opsn up the whole Of Northern Mexico
aud change thai how desolate, yet beam
uiul country, from a desert TO a garden.
All this is, however, dependent upon a
government which shall be able 70 pacify !
the country and afford ample protection
20 business enterprises.