The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-27
TIE ETEIfU.iHTEpEC ROUTE.


TIE TEIfUdHTEPEC ROUTE.
Proposed Ship Railroad Between to Two
Oceans.
From the San Francisco Call.
Captain James Il. Eads has come to
the front again with his project of a
ship railway across TehaGntcDec. The
concession he has obtained from tho
Mcxi can government places his pro-
jcct in line with the other inter.
oceanic routes, SO far as right of wnv
is concerned. Mexico, like Panama
and Nicaragua, dcsiros 10 have the
route from ocean to ocean established
across her territory. Tchuantepcc is
about sixteen degrees north of the
equator, and about eight degrees
north of Panama. Nicaragua lies be-
tween, but nearer Tchuantcpcc than
TO Panama. One great point Of all
vantage in favor of Tchuantepcc is tl,c
TACT that its western terminus is in the
Gulf Of Mexico. The same BODY of
water which will receive the freight
transported over tho Southern Pacific
Railroad will also receive the ships
carried across the Tchauntcpcc route.
The railroad connects with the north
crn extremity Of the e. 'f, and the shin
railway with the 81 v. The ad-
vantage Of this com =, case Of
war would be grca would be
much easier to close Il. IF of Mex
leo to hostile fleets than to protect YES
sells crossing from Panama into the
waters Of the Caribbean Sea. CAPTAIN
Eads' method is new, but no doubts
arc entertained among experienced ell
ginccrs of its entire practicabilitv.
ShlpS may be transported in stavs, TO
prevent straining, or they may be
ralscd III bed Of water and trans
ported across in that element, literally
mingling the waters Of one ocean with
nose or another Oh each trip. Cap
lain Eads offers to demonstrate tic
entire practicability Of his method at
his own expense. The feature of his
proposition to which objection may be
urged is that which looks to u govern
nc mGnt guarantee Of interest OH $780,
Ooo,o0O OF bonds. What he asks of
me government is much less tl.an was
given tho first Pacific Railroad, but
the governments policy has since
Dccn somewhat changed. Railroads
arc now built without amy such guar
antcc, or not built at all. Even Col
oncl Scott, with his trained lobbyists,
tild not succeed in getting a bill
through, guaranteeing the bonds of his
iaclllc road; but, while he has been
trying, the Southern Pacific has been
completed over nearly the same route,
without other aid from government
than the right of way. 1t is possible,
however, that means will be found
winch Will prove such guarantee to
capitalists as to induce them to fur
nlsl the means for the construction of
Captain Eads' proposed ship railroad.
Here is very striking example of
how Ireland could be made peaceful :
Sir Cavcndish Foster is one OF the few
Irish landlords who have 10 trouble
with the tenants. lie is clergyman
III Essex and owns lands in County
l.outh, ireland. Not long ago he in
structcd his agent to reduce rents
twenty per cent, but his tenants re-
pIcd with unanimous refusal to &C
ccpt the reduction. They did not
wish for more considcration-thcv
asked for none at all. Being able, they
were willing to pay their just rent in
iull. They told the agent to inform
The landlord that such habitual Justice
as S. hs saye e. t1em lssn! na!e i unnecessary
honest and grateful to abuse, his Gen.
erosity. lie explains what happencd
by saying that the rents were reduced
at the time of the last famine in 1Si7
and they have never since been raised
The result of a gentle use of the land
lord's power is proved by two remark.
aOle circumstances. When the land.
lord died, the tenants spent So 900 in
putting up Il monument to him. Tho
aSent-thc usually hated agcnt-licd
~ similar monument was put ND tC
him. At o time when landlordism is
being docricd all over Ireland. ST,
Cavcndish Foster is receiving con.
stantly from his tenants declarations
that if all landlords were like him The
Land League would be impossible.
A 1loosIER Girl IN a TR,NcE.-At
the United Brethren church at Bee
Camp, this county, says Madison
Indiana, special, a revival has been i,
progress for some time past. Among
the converts has been beautiful
Young girl, aged fifteen, named Flor
encc Neal, who is now tho wonder and
| sensation of the ncighhorhood. Fol
the past six days Miss Neal has bccl
III trance; she manitrsts no desire
for food, and has eaten nothing during
that time except some food that la:
been forcihIy ndministarcTto her. Sht
hrst became in this condition in tho
church, and was carried home, where
she has lain ever since. OrcasionalI,
she seems TO come to for u moment
ana murmurs strange things Of wha
she has seen in Heaven, and then re-
lapscs again into dcath-i swoon
The other day, while her former schoo
teacher was there. she became for +
moment conscious, and said she hat
seen his mother in Heaven, and She
had tol her that she had asked hcl
son to pray, and she asked the young
lady if he obcycd her wishes. Mis-!
Neal, at last accounts, was still in :
dcath-ljke trance, and the ncighbor
hood in a fcvcr-hcat Of excitement.
FREIGHT DETERMINATIONS mi
tation against discriminating frci9h
| charges on the railways is certain tt
cause an earnest debate, and, very DOS
slbly, may result in protective lcgisla
| tiOn in New York, Tho nosit;on ~