Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-10
WITH THE MEXICANS.

The City of Mexico is to that country
what Paris is to France, being the seat of
government, the center of a rapidly grow
ing railroad system, the mart of commerce,
and the abode of nearly all the wealthy land
owners of the republic. Life and property
are perfectly safe, though l one day saw a
large knife taken from under the cloak of a
countryman when he was searched at the
city gates Police are stationed about one
hundred yards apart all over the city. They
are we'll dressed and paid 81 per day. There
are several things which strike a stranger
favorably in the streets of the city. The
people move about politely without crush
ing or crowding. Ladies and children can
return from the theatres, cafes, or the ZOca-
10, at late hours of the night, without mo-
lestation, or such offences as might cross
their path in London and what has been
accomplished in a city of 300, 900 inhabitants
is being extended to the neighboring cities
and country districts, with every prospect
of soon rendering all parts of the country as
safe to travel in, by day or night, as in the
city of Mexico itself. The Mexican world
keeps early hours. Chocolate about A. NJ,
a heavy, "square meal" called "almuerzO,"
it may be breakfast, luncheon or dinner, be-
tween II and2; in the evening, chocolate,
ices or some light refreshments, followed by
the opera, the theater, or what to me was
far more preferable, an excellent band OF
music in the gardens of the Plaza. The
hotel and boarding house accommodation OF
the city is barely sufficient for the present
influx of American visitors and should a
gentleman wish to visit the city with his
wife and family, it would be we'll to secure
rooms before hand by letter or telegram.
The Mexican hotels are for lodging only,
and your meals must be eaten at the res
taurant attached or elsewhere, as fancy may
dictate. The street called San Francisco
street, prolonged by Los Plateros, nearly a
mile in length, and running from the Plaza
Mayor to the beautiful gardens of the Ala
media is from its position and excellent
shops, the most attractive and fashionable
street in the city. The new street of the
Cinco de Mayo, from the Teatro Nacional to
the cathedral, spartly under construction.
It will be noble street when completed, l.,
and the avenue Of trees continued its whole
length but Unless it is lined with shops, it
will not compete, from a business point OF
view, with San Francisco street, which is
the great thoroughfare Of the city. The
not that of the palatial establishments on
the boulevards, but rather that of the third
class streets of Paris. The city sWarms with
soldiers, and the sound of the trumpet call
startles the ear at all hours of the day, and
in the most unexpected places The SOL
diers are generally seen walking about in
large groups under the charge of an officer
or of the sergeant for fear of their alb
sconding. They are soldierly little men
fairly Well-dressed. But the rural guard
carries off the palm. These. men are fine,
smart fellows, and wear most picturesque
uniform of soft, buff leather, scarlet. silk
necktie and sash, gray felt sombrero, richly
laced with silver, gauntlet gloves and high,
buff boots, with spurs the rowels as large
as cheese plates s-carbine, revolver and
sword. Their horses are highly bred and
SO exquisitely trained that they obey the
pressure of the knee, the rein being seldom,
if ever, used.
If country or government may gain
credit for the excellence of it's philanthropy
ic institutions, 1 would rank Mexico, under
its new regime, as high as any country L
visited; education is compulsory between
the ages of and IA waits, strays and neg
lected children are swept into the reforma-
tories, and the establishment for teaching
the deaf and dumb enables its inmates to
talk language of their own.-Brockle-
h,u.st's "lfericO IO-Clay."