, 1866-07-23

n ost extensive incline, rs wen as steepest
grade, upon my road In the world.
It viii readily be perceived that the exccp-
tionnl character OF euch a country must h.
yolve corresponding engineering difficulties,
EEd 10 provide for works Of art which are
tie river Metlae, midway between Cordova
nnd 0rizava, when completed, will surpass
In height any existing structure Of the kind ia
ihc world, by $50 10 $50 feet. The total
height Of this structure Wlll be $50 English
ttet: its length near l+o00 feel The whole
will lie bullt Of wrought iron, the work to be
fnishcd complete In England, ready to be
Viii certainly he ''great triumph OF en-
gioeeribE skill and mechanical enterprise ~
but the success of such structure Is more
than doubtful. That part Of the country is
subject to earthquakes. Whit will be the Vi
bration OF na1row structure, nearly 400 feet
IN height, during an earthquakcs This is q
question which does not appear 10 havc en-
tered into the calculations Of the engineers,
In addition to this work there are several
others Of alike nature exceeding 100 feet in
height, and probably some ten tunnels, one
Of them fully one mile through. Such, II
ever completed, Is to be the Mexican Impe-
rial Railway. But all public enterprises have
received check. from which they will re- re-
quiro years to recover. To show what dif.
ierent people the Mexicans were fas. becom-
Ing under tho Empire, by the influence Of
foreign capital, may state TINT charters for
sixteen railways have beeu granted, and the
work upon five roads commenced. Some ten
or twelve telegraph lines are In operation or
under way, five ocean steamship lines plying
itom Vera Cruz and three or four upon the
Pacific coast, and three new steamboat COM
panics formed for navigating the interior
rivers. The railroads have all suspended,
telegraph companies leave unfinished their
lines, and river steamers will not be heard
tor mapy dny If the country revert to M.
tive rule.
In this city, the hostility to the French ap-
pears TO be inyfncible. Liberals declare tie
rapncity and ambition Of NAPOLEON to be the
Macmillan and the Austr rims very little for
ican game. They say that Maxi-
MILAN WAS grossly deceived by the
French, who led him to believe
that he was the choice of the Mexican peo-
pie, ind that be was called to govern coan-
try in which he would encounter little 0ppo-
sition. II is true that large and influential
party invited him here, and that the Indians
would us soon have the Emperor rule over
them as any other white man-to them the
iorm OF government WIS nothing, aud four-
tltths could not tell tho difference between n
Republic and m Empire. But Maximtlian's Is
CntAE 4ACAlGA4 CApE4A ACHEG uha QCEA ul4ElCut
from what he was led to expect. lie touad
the country at war, the people fighting among
themselves, continuing the same quarre1s
which had deluged the lind in blood for forty
years, He introduced numerous needed re-
forms, gave the people liberal constitution,
and set on loot enterprises before unthought
OF In the country. Mexico has improved aud
aourished under his rule, notwithstanding his
stormy time; but he has ruled over people
who could neither understand nor appreciate
him, and he hns not received that cordial sup
port FROM his French allies which Was needed
TO insure success. The darkest days OF the
Empire nre now. If Macmillan can weather
the storm, he will prove himself to be ono oil
the greatest living monnrchs, especially as
lle nust do so comparatively upassisted by
The French. This Is the estimate which the
Fuebla Libetals place upon the situation.