The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-03-28
MEXICO AGAl

~ way OF PENSACOLA we ~ received the
sol'owing letter, written by an American gen.
teman Tor short Time sojourning at Vera
Cruz 10 friend IN this country. Il is no later
than the news we have previously received d.
rect from Vera CrrZ, but throws additional
i'ght upon the ques non now agltaed in rea-
ton to converting Mexico into a monarchy
The letter, we think, will be found interesting,
and is dsted:-P icayune.
VERA Cruz, Feb. %, 1S46.
| 10 half an hour boat is TO leave the wharf
for the vessel, and that time | will devote to
giving you short sketch f matters and things
in ihis queer Republic. Mr.. Slidcu, our Min.
lister, is still Jalapa with Mr.. Farroti, and
am fam 70 believe that there is no probability
in fact possibility, that the former will be able
10 do any thing with this gov rnment, In truth,
have heard 1t reported, by those well CONVEX
SAINT with our diplomatic relations, that Mr.. S.
will soon be in Vera Cruz on hts way home.
This Repub'jc--there is no mistake about it
is shaken 10 its very centre. The Monitor,
received from the CITY Of Mexico Yesterday,
comes on, strong in favor of Santa Anna, and
FL TEMPO, the paper sustained by the Govern
mfnt, equally as strong 10 favor of monarchy.
That many are lookiag anxiously for the advent
of prime e from Europe and foreign invention
is as plain as he sun at noon day; but at The
same time the mass, sooner than have Of royal.
ty fastened upon them, would prefer to live even
under the "stars and stripes"
The Mexican Government is endeavo,inp to
raise the wind cut of The cotton permits The
new law respecting The Importation of cotton is
general, but permit must be obtained from
the Government first, and the import duty pa
when the permit TO import is granied-$ 10 for
100 lbs. A pretty good duty you will say, and
such protection TO the grower as in any other |
land would make the parties rich; but here, The /
more the growers Of cotton are protected, and
he greater price they obtain, the less they
alse,
Mexico. in tho hands ofAmercans, would be /
he gransry of the World--it is the finest por- I
ion OF creation. Not want in life but could e
e raised to perfection on her soil, and you can. b
ot name an article, either in the tropic or fri o
id zones, that is not produced in Mexico Al c
he same time her hills and mountains are rea.
y TO burst with The richest minerals of the Il
World All that is wanted to render it per
ect paradise is The simple process OF opening
er Northern gates,o Americans. and giving
hem the same privileges they have at home q
nc Mexican women, as a body, will equal those II
t any land, and in twenty five years time J
ace of men would be created here entirely diff
orent from the present downtrodden leperos ct
hat hang, half naked and half fed, around the Il
owns and cl'ies--food only for prisons or the
anks Of miserably paid army. But this is all d
ak. liza
There was grand ma squerade ball given al
ere last night, attended by all the beauty and IN
ashton Of the place. ! am told that numerous fl
lvitations were issued for the officers of the re
iferent Uured States men of war in port, bu, dl
5 it was blowing a norther at the time, they tn
on Id not be sent down 10 the vessels at Sac. OF
ficios. II is doubtful whether any of them W
oud have come up, but it shows a good feel. s
lg on the part of the MexIcans. VI
start in day or two, on flying trip 10 u, ~
)rzava, Cordova, and some of the towns and y
tiles over in that out-ofthe-way region, but W
on shall hear from me again. -,
Yours &c, ~
COSMOPOLITE. NJ