Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-07-09
TIE CLIMATE or MEXICO

1t is said that there is greater variety of eli
mate in Mexico than in any other country of equal
extent in the known world, The low situations
are the hottest and most unhealthy. What is call
cd the rainy usually lasts from the month Of
May till October; and it is then that the yellow
fever commits Its ranges But it is only on the
coast and few leagues inland, and there principal
" TO the pewy arrived, that the climate proves de-
structive 70 the human constitution. AS you rise
to the table land the air begins to cool, vegetation
altogether changes, and tropical plants disappear,
and those belonging to temperate regions supply
their places 1t is said that where the oak tree is
found in abundance, the yellow fever seldom pre-
walls and in these regions perpetual spring a
bides, the woods are never unclohed, and vegeta-
bic productions are always 20 be obtained in the
markets. High winds arc seldom known in
the interior of Mexico, and whole years elapse
without witnessing single Storm Cincinnati
Chronicle.
THE "RANcHERos' OF MExrco. We copy
from an Albany paper the following description Of
the Mexican Rancheros:--
1t will have been Observed in the several state
ments that have from time to time been put forth
relative to the material Of the Mexican armies, and
more particularly the one which the American ar
my have Just encountered, that mention is made of
a description Of troops styled Rancheros. This is
an appellaion derived from their occupation and
mode Of life, aud is common to a similar class of
Half Indian and half Spanish in their extraction,
gaunt, shryeiled though muscular in their frames,
and dark and swarhy vsaged as they are, these
men are the Arabs of the American continent Liy-
ing half of the time in the saddle, for they are I'M
rvalled horsemen, with lasso IN hand they traverse
those vast plains IN search of the buffalo and wild
horse, that roam there in countless herds The
killing of these and the preparation and sale of their
hides, is their means of livelihood, other than &C.
caslonally lending he ping hand 10 some of the
partizans in the civil wars that are continually be-
| ing waged around them. Their costume generally
consists of pair Of tough hide leggins, with san
| dals Oh the same material, bound together with
| leuthen thongs, over which is a blanket with u
hole in the centre large enough to allow the head
to be thrust ont and which falls not ungracefully
over their shoulders, leaving ample room for the
! play Of their arms Add to this broad straw SOM
byero, and the lasso hanging ready for use in his
girdlc, and you have the Rdnchero he appears in
the time of peace or in the pursuit of his occupa-
ton Join to this long lance with sharp head
oranamened with a strip of red bunting, on horse
as savage and as unmanageaOle MS himself, and his
belt pentiuy supplied with pistols and knives,
aud you have the Rdnchero as a member of troop
of bondtti, or as a soldier in body of cavalry.
Cowardly as they generally are in open field, yet
in conflict among the chappdrals Of Mexico, or in
an ambuscade, they are indeed formidable enemy.
Their power Of enduring fatigue is almost mex
haustabe, and scunty meal per diem OF erked
beef aid pantain, sutlices them during months.
Such are the RdnchcroS and under disciplined
control they would be rendered the best light troops
| in the world These are the men who comprise
/ the great body of Mexican cavalry, and they are
to the armies of the nation, what the Cossacks are
to the Russians ever the alert never to be sur
prlsed, and unflng in pursuit Of the foe when any
plumber, no matter how ritllng, is to be obtained