Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23
From the Ntu ORLEANS P,eaylns, Jun'ls.

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| The brig Mary Anne Jones, Capt. Collins, ar
rived Yesterday from Vera Cruz, whence she sail
| ed in company with The Helen and iaerican on
the 7ih INST, BY her we have received cur cor.
| respondence from Mexico and Qne!elaro, and am
| pie files OF Mexican papers iIom each city. Our
| dates from Mexico are 10 the Isl inst, from Que
retaTo 10 the 30h uil.
| The interesting Letter which We subloin from
| Querearo embraces almost all The news OF impor-
lance which We need lay before our readers To-.
day.
The prisoners known in Mexico As the ST. Pat
rick Observation-Disclosures from our army whom
We made prisoners III The battles Of the valley OF
| Mexico-have been pardoned by Gen. Butler,
agreeably 10 The prayers OF the Mexlcans. This
| We see announced in Ell Eco del ComsTcio OF The
Is, inst.
Gen. Herrera has been elected Presi tent, rcceiv.
ing the votes Of eleven depurations, while Gov.
Angel Trias receiving the votes OF five deputa-
tons.
The subjoinei letter will richly repay perusa
Especial Correspondence Of tho Picayune.
QuERErARo, May 80, 1913
The Commissioners lett The city OF Mexico on
| The 22i inst, early ~ The morning, and arrived
here on the afternoon OF The 25.h, having made
| the journev-about one hundred and fifty miles
| in less than four days. They were escorted by
| company Of Rifles and one of the 81 Dragons,
| the former commanded by Capt. Porter and Lieut.
| Palmer, and the LATER BY Capt Center and Lieu
enan,s Moore and Blood Major Polk, although
suffering severely from chil.s and fever when the
| Commissioners let Mexico came in command
OF the escort, and his health was re-estabshcd
| on the road Lieut. Diver, OF The Sd Dragons
| acted rs QuaItermasier and Commissary; Lieut.
| Dom, Of The same regiment, as AdIulani, and
| Dr. Reyburn, of New OFeaLs as Surgeon 70 the
L nd hp
OF the south Carolina Volunteers, aud Mr.. John.
/ son. an atGchc of the Commission, accompanied
| the garry. together with The Messrs. Hareuus Of
Vera Cruz and New York through whom il is
presumed, The money 10 be paid by our Govern-
,nent 10 thai Of Mexico is 10 pass The men
composing The escort were ali picked, and might
| cha cnee the world 10 a compafison Of soldrfly
appearance and nigh discipline. The officers,
100 are all gentlemen OF fine intelligence and do
| honor 70 the army as lie representatives. On the
road where American troops had never b.eo
| seen before, al every stopping place the people,
urged by curiosity, gathered round The command,
| and il was amusing 10 witness The expression Of
wonder in their faces as they beheld the Amer.
! can horses one Of which IS as large as two 81
/ theirs.
| But lille OF interest occurred on the road. The
Commissioners we're every where received with
poIiiencss; and, whenever they Stopped al hacien-
das Of The wealthy, with hospitality. The coun-
Try, take it as whole IRON Mexico 10 Qnere'aro
i, the finest have seen in Mexico, with The ex.
cep,ioa OF The valley of Ofzaba and IS lly
highly cultivated. GIN IS the staple production,
and il is not uncommon 10 see 4 IDS II from Eve
| hundred to 4 thousand acres; bui with tina, isno-
rance of;he principles of agriculture which per.
yades nearly all Mexico. the same field is planted
with corn year after year for ten or twelve years,
and The TACT that good crops are sill grown, al
tests The richness Of The soil. This city is about
Two thousand feet lower that Mexico, and The de-
scent, though the country is rather undnla,ing
than otherwise, is regular. With lew excep.
lions water is sufficiently abundant for irrigation.
For The first forty or fly miles The canalby which
The waller OF Lake San Ctisiobal is carried from
The valley Of Mexico into The Rio lula, branch
ofhc Panuco, together with The lula itself, waters
the country; and, during the remainder OF the
journey, where living streams were wanting, we
found Immense tanks, or reservoirs, for preserv.
ing The rain.waler, and these frequently cover
spaces of forty, sixty and eighty acres lula
| and San Juan del Rio are The only towns on The
road worth noticing The river OF The same name
] runs by The former town, and considerable