The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-07
CAPTAIN EADs IN MEXICO.
What nm OId Newspaper Man Says OF
abe MeXIeaBs-A Talk with nr.
THIiam II, McHeHry.


tts ibula hlbuN-bOaaboA~h
Mr.. William II. McHeDry, for many years
connected with the presS of this city, but
lsttsrly citizen Of the Blue Grass state, is
stopping At the Planters house. lie 70
csVed, a day or two ago. letter from his
brother, Mr. still,MoHsnry, q son.in-lSw Of
Captain j. D. Eads, and connected with that
gentleman is his proj,ct for a ship carrying
railroad across thsfsthmuS OF Tehuanttpec,
reforming him of the movements Of tho
great engineer. Captain EadS, as previously
announced, was accorded a hearty rCcsp-
ton by the Mexican authorities, who app
psared to take great interest in his enter
prise. A national vessel was placed at the
disposal of Captain Eads ard the party of
engineers accompanying him to visit the
shores Of the AtlAAtiC eide of the Isthmuf.
The party then, by request OF tho Mexican
government, started for Tamplco for the
purpose of examining the hArbor, with q
view 10 suggesting certain improvements.
After visiting Tampico The vessel
will proceed TO Galveston and thSn return
10 the Isthmus. Captain EAds was sanguins
Of the ultimate SUCCESS Of his project, and
had received from thu Mexicsns every en-
courAgemsnt in tho shape Of promises. The
proposed road is to be 800 miles in length,
and when completed will enable loaded
ships of the largest sizs to be transported
from tho Atlantic TO tho Pacific ocean
in fsU hours.
Mr.. McHeniy, who hiss visited the Ian 4 of
the Grsssers, and become somswsat familiar
with tho ways of the people, is lcIs sEnguine
than his brother in regard to the treatment
likely to be accorded to Capt. Esds Victor
HUGE says that civilization ends st the
Pyr0hees. II this 10 true, it may be added
that en- this csntinont civilization ends ut the
Rio GrAnde. The Nsxicsns are q mosgrel
AGO, inheriting from tho S2anisrds bitter
hatred of ell EngshEpssking people, srd
ospsCislly Of Los American dol Norla.'
Vary few Americans are found in the CITY OF
Mexico, tue foreign population being com
posed principally Of French and Gemans,
VITO are also jealous Of tha Americans, and
intrigue with the hericsns to keep Los
Grngos" from settling amopg them. Eyon
the English, who built the railroad from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, al a cost of
$50, 100000 ara hated and stunned rs inter-
lopers.
ME1ICo
is q wonderfully rich country, and in the
hands Of Anglo-Ssxoas would in short time
become the garden Of the globe but, under
tho rule of the eiets race who occupy it, the
natural resources sre neglseted and progress
aud civilization are at 4 stapd-still. The rs.
tionAl drink of the HeXicAps is puque, VII
famous aud deriv from the msguay plant,
AID s0mstimes made aOrs yilSnouS bv bs.
ing distilled into eque urdiente, compared to
which the vilest taDglfsotis The nectar { the
cosl. PulquA shops ArO kept in oil tho towns
s. men, women and children imbibs the
rp'r i)v. and never get enough. The
mos. - the world is grown in Mexico,
but in mall quantities that it Eols Of
81 p,u Vi ia the City of Mexico. 4 spe.
,rnS 90 cactus called pete gro VS.
oVor ,r,.' district of the country, Rnd is
a yalu,b iber, fully equal to the hest Irish
linen. Tho gold ard silver mines ara ine5-
hAustible, and various other valuable minerals
Rro found in abundance in nearly avery por-
ZION OF the country, but very few of the
mines arc properly worked, and the agricul
tuSl interest is wofully neglected Under the
peon system Of slavery that fJrmerly
prevailed in oil pSrts of hsxico-a hundred
times worse thsR the old slavery code of the
Unied Stptes-the people have become
dsmorslizad, and arc At least 100 years be.
hind tho age. The efIjrts made by American
capitalists to construct railroads in different
parts Of Mexico are viewed with extreme
jealousy by the Frenct and German settlers,
who almost monopoliza certain branches of
trade and manufactures.