The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-08-28
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Of SaltilIo. Within the pass the mountains
at times approached rather near, at others
recede perhaps mile and half from The
road, which winds over bold hills. Towards
Monterey the mountains approach moro
closely, and stream issues from the gorge
which irrigates the beautiful gardens Of the
weather. Inhabitants, running off below the
town, where it is drawn 10 fertilizs the liz.
tie patches Of the Indians, flowing round
and about their mud or bamboo huts, waler-
ing the. banana, the orange, the pomegran>
ate, the aguacaie, Chhimoya, and other
fruits aud vegetables of the tropics which
these poor people carry for sale on donkeys,
to Saltillo, witch, being situated on the Iof.
" plains Of the table land, only produces
the fruits Of the norih-the apple, pear.
ounce ard apricot-with their CORRESPOND.
ing vegetables. trust these poor people
will not be molested; for neither to them.
nor TO large classes many grades above them,
are 10 be attributed the mal-administration
of a government in which, being really a
military despCt;sm, they have no more share
than the serfs of Russia.
am certainly not little surprised also
great stress being laid upon the difficult
ties for troops on march through Mexico
in the rainy sefBn. An erroneous idea
has crept into the public mind that during
this period rain falls almost constantly, rem
dering the roads deep and impossible. The
rainy season commences in June, with show
ers at long intervals, and does not fairly set
in until the middle, and sometimes the lat
ter part Of July, varying from one year to
another in tde quuautity which falls as much
as happens with US from summer to suns
mer. have even known year in which
d there was not sufficient rain to produce the
slightest sprig of grass, causing the loss of
hundreds Of thousands of animals on the
e great hdciendds devoted to rearing them.
When the rains are most copiOuF, they do
e not generally begin until IL or l O'Clock
. dark clouds rising rapidly over the heavens,
giving student and plentiful showers, in
most instances passing away early, leaving
n bright sunset and fine morning.
of On two occasions performed journey
o. near 400 leagues over the great mountain
e. ranges Of the Cordillera, through which flow
a. many considerable streams, to Culiacan
7eT near the Pachc, during unusually wet sea
,e sons, without having in single instance
o. been canght in the rain. It was accomplish,
h ed by rising before day>light, and arriving
IN at the stopping place for the night before
the rain began TO fall. Water, at other times
m very scare in certain localities, was found
lg everywhere, good pasture abounded, and the
I'd air was cool; the great heat always abatina
ii when the periodical rains set in There
in was exemption, too, from dust; nor did
Sc find, except in rare instances, that the road:
ht were heavy.
can easily understand how gentlemen
be acquainted mostly with the neighbuurhoot
of of the city of Mexico, and the great rcat
o. tom thence to Guanaiuato, through what i
he called the bGiio, should fall into this mis-,
st, take. No inconsiderabie portion of the val
be ley Of Mexico may be considered a LAKE
vi imperfectly drained since, at foot or tw,
ell beneath the sutface, water is encountere,
ew at all seasons. The valley of the 6qjiO il
US pretty much Of the same nature; so that i
sx~ both instances the water accumulates upo
the surface during the rains, and render
the the road through these districts at times al
ave most impossible swamps or lakes But
My have seen nothing like this elsewhere. Fro1
i've Camargo TO Monterey, although there ar
ifi> intervals oflevel ground, yet for the mo-
an part the road runs over easy hills, and Cal
sdi- not believe an army would meet with al
han obstacle Of imporfance-the only Difficult
rey. icing the passage of the river San Jua
which is but small stream, and oPpo
Hes. nothing insumountable if the troops car
any provision for such an emergency. If
q rains do not prove very heavy it will
ID found fordab!e, as passed il without dete
ton with loaded wagon.
lam, dear sir, truly ;ours,
F. nj. DIMOND."