The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-25

formation, have every reason to believe, are unsur-
passed and offer them for publication in the columns OF
your journal, believing that the information con-
veye will not be inopporune in the present state OF
our national affairs, What he says of the country and
its resources endorse; but with his speculaons have
nothing to do.
Generals Patterson, Quitman, and Pillow, with their
respective commands, have arrived and General
Scott is hourly expected via the river. This place
is perfectly tranquil, and bears appearance different
from what would, if occupied by the refined and
ch.tstianised forces of Europe.
Trade is extremely dull, owing nonntercourse with
the INTERIOR but we hope for better state oil things
shortly.
This State is but little known, Notwithstanding II is
of the most important in the Mexican Union. The
river Panuco in 90 deg 10 mn north latitude is its boun-
dairy south, and Texas its northeriy, which gives
her very extensive sea coast The soil is well wateed
by various small rivers The Panuco is decidedly the
from three to four hundred miles by canals Small steam
ers easily go high the town OF Panuin, situa
ted on the river of the name and distant from this
place about leagues, in the State OF San Luis Potos
Various rivers empty into the Panuco, bringing their
tributes an the products OF the soil OF the States
through Which they pass The river Tamsi emptes i;
self into the Panuco at Tampco. II sa most beautiful
river and is navgable as far the foot of the mountains
Of San Louis Potosi having in part of 1t less than FIVE
iathoms depth OF water and il IS only necessary to take
allow large ships to go up The banks OF the river for
the first thirty miles are highly cultivated and from them
the market at Tampco is supplied with all kinds of veg
aabes well fruits great abundance, such plan
tans oranges lmes pine apples, and great variety OF
other tropical fruits all of which, with the exception OF
the orange, Indigenous to the soil The soil is
emey fertile, and the water clear crystal and sweet
to the taste.
The products OF this State are sugar. coffee cotton tobac
co. rice Indian corn &c. &c OF Indian corn two crops
annually taken off The sugar is the largest and
the best in the world and when planted, the work
done for the life of man. We personally know of patches
of cane, from which, at the moment OF writing this art
Gle, they are grinding, which were planted forty years
and, for forty years, from January to December,
have they been cutting and using, with other
than keeping the weeds down.
Within this State vast herds of cattle, horses, and
mules are raised; it is fine grazing country. The pro-
prletor OF estate not far from Tampco who resides at
head OF cattle upon three hacendas belonging to him
The climate is mild and consider healthy New
York or Philadelphia Notwithstanding all the singular
advantages which Tamaupas possesses, she has
population of only about 10000 within her boundaries.
Iampico Is the largest and most important town in the
State, and, in fact the most important place Mexico ever
possessed In all revolutions each party has struggled to
get possession OF it, and when Span in 1929, made her
last struggle with $500 men, under BARBADOS, to recon-
quer Mexico, Tampco selected the point to ope
rate from, and here he was defeated.
The population is so SMALL that, should it remain to
the United States, all hope and pray il may, emf
grafton would change the character of the State.
The Mexican population would soon be swallowed upor
lost IN the crowd and the newcomers soon be able TO
compete with Cuba in the cultivation of sugar coffee, and
tobacco.
Provisions in Tampco are very cheap and excel
lent We have abundance OF fine fish and oysters and
all kinds of game, the prices OF which extremely low
We pay IS cents for wild turkey, IS cents 81 for
buck, i2a cents for three blue winged teal, SC. sc.
This State possesses several extensive copper mines,
the ore of which is pure that it is always shipped in
its natural sate it is blocked out. Not far from
Tampico is mountain of almost pure copper. The
mountain is from you approach the city, and
may be known by Its perpendicular sides and level top
Up the Panuco found coal mines the banks, in
fact that a may load his canoe from the side
of the river without leaving it. That which we
have not very good, ii is rue but was taken
from the surface OF the ground; and feel convinced
that when the mines shall be properly worked it will be
found equal to the bumnous coal west OF the Alegha
MES Ship timber grows IN great abundances, and the
live oak here is extraordinarily fine We have also
many ornamental woods, the pao gatado, rosewood,
ebony, cedar, &C., SIC, besides woods and our
fields produce many valuable medicinal plants
AT least thee of the State is public property and
its possession permanently by the United States would go
far towards deayng the expenses incurred by the war
existing.
We sure that, in short time after this State shall
have been formally taken possession of by the Amer-
can government, the Mexican population will sympa-
thze with They have been for years past yrannlzed
over by every different administration which has obtained
power here The people have kindred feelings with
their government, but look upon their master and
tyrant, and when they pay contribution, they consider
not duty from good citizen to the support OF the
government, but much forcbly taken from them.
Their cattle seized, their children impressed for the
army and navy they have nothing to expect either as
honor profit, and would gladly support good gov
eminent like