The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-22
INTERESTING LsCrURE ON MEXICO,

INTERESTING LECTURE ON MEXICO.
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Important Papsrs, Road ny Csloasl Il sm sey
Before tAo GsOyral,hAoal and Stall ssacal
Society.
Last evening" this eooety held meeting at their rooms
In the University, Wsshisssoa squsrc when O,lon-I
Ramsey read most interesting paper ON thu above
subject.
Tho chair taken by the Rev. George Bancroft who
opened the Of the eveaing by snx tn
Colonel Ramsey would read pspr relative TO oauatry
fouth Of tho ely Of Mexico In order to psnt out the
hsppiest manner Of opening . communication bet -esn
the two oceans. He had much pleasure In nroducisg
Ce6xel Rsm.sy.
The Colonel comm msnced by referring to this interest
which all ought TO tsss 10 country waioh ia
such mineral veal aud possessed other porsnt cha
rantsr'stics He then reed the fcnovsg exsrsot:-
"Of all that extensive smphen says Press ott which
once scknoseoseo the sus h,dty OF spain tns Nex
Word no portion tor iAterest iu soet~uos eau bs
cemtsre0 vi mexiio; sad eau sily. sho her ws
cebsaer 'he variety of Its soil tho mex
hsutoe s,ors OF It's nsrs ~ssi h, IT. ssessry gr4Gd
ana picta que beJ po the
hso tsna no. only Tar surpassag Ia int-gea,s thai OF
sbo her NtrEh Americeu Races, blt Us OF
their monuments OF The primitive civilization Of Ekgps
and H'pdostan or Mssy lne pecoiar orsa Of
IL conquest ad0ebtnrvus aao yomsutc a~y sseoi d.
vis-0 by NWDsD or Italian bsn0 Of ohivatry - Wnl-
thtr-to p.caisr charm Is the whos re
punc there II pyr Of IT'S trritOry prsseatiax 20
many and Give, sif ions chat oar1 ~nt,h sIl
Do TIE subject VI this memoir Heretofore history
ORA largely from and oru NE l art, wnlch
have outshed ttis region NJ vel a. from tho ricn
ana gorgeous productions. bouaeou IA urc 10 cm bet
lrn truthful parSativs dertsusa 70 plssss .sd m
sruct msnkiDd perbap' II will ou.y often
to borrow II ro, urn from history to cosfr req
Of the existence Of valley Sbousd,og in prsduo
tons almost ceyopd the tnits If humaa bssf sus
ctpnoe o. an imp ovrm-o equal 70 that Of any other
provinces IL ,hS hnowu weld.
He Afterwards to observe that his notes were
Kot written IN his study sSt composed In house
hattie ..A "a u
tesion to detail that he could have Wished sus Il "a,
his Intention to bad them ards put Ia oocreot
ORDER but through waat Of tiue and opportunity hs
had met been able TO 90 SO, sLd, Therefore no
should throw himself the aulyen,s OF audience
He Dad n map wh,oa no would describe ana shp~ tnat
~ trsnsrJ maps lhess 1srS several egregiou
he must prtni hst the pacido Oc1a D. uu ier.
ttcod ~ reietton 70 Mexico. rho Sooth sea- ae
several OF ~ pr'noipAt tosns Hs thea mrksA thai
the Aui~rcan c0nti0rnt discovered 0y lstaRe aud
fr@sn every a.ta those wIo attempted to eIpt,re II,
never received aatlsfSsitOD; aud Cuiumhus hu
treated badly. because ~ fonnd Ancei,a sal Z
CSsIss even Ntt-I nj hs oosQosSs.. chsy
up 20 wh.G ~as ~soted II spain. U0unoQs ma
staItd 10 mud Western passage co the Ind,,s add
though Cor ma6e reports WHOM he exsDpdsd by the
mineral w.sirn olcusat fato spais st,il
coun sbsBceo o tho fui exans heoause he odd not dis
the secret of rat; REd thus Is saiasd the
zeal ressn why he did not recciss the Iu IN -ed OF
prafe IRON the pSient cOantTY. but, in order dis
ths c'ct OF STRAIT voyager AFTER voysssr
made sxpofs ions and surveys ana wee oack.d up oy
the American government 10 1t ths time IL hstt AL
meet the empire OF the void aud almost every
try tpen knosn and In the t,ne OF jnsrles " had
larger fleets and more political power tnxa hss been
tho pire Of Nnpo.son Dohiog cowp
lie owned nearly all A0Asrcs All With n,s I'm
er sent expedition sitter expedition TO discover strait,
and oil rbat of Mexoo carefully surveyed 0y
this Spanish ma,n-rs aDd tneir arcs
b,delsu The that and al
CT them vi p-ot tho attempts were nun-rsas aud
ucuaeo several different directions; bat NJ the
time they had Of tho strangct ideas OF the
t,op Of tne rontn- hat c3Dcs,vet But lite
various ut sde 5o a od pa La iiA
the great desire wnioa msntfestei IL n.s
been the dream OF toire ccntueso TO uao coumanct
ton berw..n atlantic PAoido ocosos;
the spanards aoxious TO eoute t1
they neglected. the terrestrial suryoss-tha Is the and
,bu- white saIveys OF the
usd by the her. for there tbeu very lsle Indeed
known OF the geogrspny OF Spspish Aexoo. Every
ous l. familiar ~ith of H,lnb dt and every
believes k,m be Of ths xreaest geost pliers
ard stasss sepcgraphers of eAy otae age;
but he Colonel Ramsey begged TO say strange
ngbE xsp pear, that the r-fuit OF bis osn obssr.
vstieps and conversations with many OF the .roed
people OF Hexco VAS. that Respect TO the COURSES
OF rivers and limoges of Rouarans. uunooldt ~ss
wrong Con-ernius other about sh,cn he had
TO books. there die puts. Coi0Be Rsnlssy
then entered mnusly IN the question OF tue
Of mpDy OF tho ises aaf oy the aid OF ais sno sed
refer, tho valley a Pucba ne sad is oignt
hup0,ed ptcp in lrrg BY dty Ia brcatth and formed
the month and of Aexac the most trioe
at that rod and all the geaith whsn ADDED to the
eplepoor of the Mexican court, from tins vslay
MEXICO u was supposed was 10 fair way of coming
highly civilized at rho time OF tns c,oq1c,t but hs
begged 20 orer with that opioon He considered tha;
sre was dechbsR asd bas not cortas cooquered her
hundred years longer ard the siugnoR ot the Aztecs
woud have existed 70 these stioas this
valley ms would ada snmctbag re9srdIag the eltmste
Although the valley Of rueola aud MsssaA is stui,s
wi hin ths torrd still much ~ ts territory Ia cons
qnenee OF The elevation level OF the pos
sssses climate eqcal to the doest In urope Anrtc,
Possessing Different degrees of tenn In oo
10 ,ts stsude e,ery dpares OF hest or ood frc the
/ rr he nota av hA N
volcanoes OF Popooatspe aud atsch'hus on toe range
OF mountains TO the vest OF the cy OF Pueba re far
above tee line of oerpetus snow the former being S5S
let above he level Of the The latter 1890 fee
In TIE r latitude the summer line far sno- st i43
feat ana the winter lino at IL l5S feet Popoostsp-t
towers aloft even above The altitude Of Monn 8s.uc
which Is only 10 7sl fet above the level OF ths
wards the pan os Puebs, which q, tnat oi5y has sS
fest of al,iude spd tosAroe south sert they descend
south OF Cuarnsyacs to The plsr OF suais as heisnt
$50 teet than half of tie valley Of Puols
may 5s sta1sted NJ the altitude OF co., ders toe
mean t.Dpsrsture Il uader b2n Of FIeuheit but chs
thermo meter has been known to fall below the freesDg
poiut, although very Occurrences the wsaters
ore usually mid with the Thermometer 65,. In the
coolest season, the beat day Is from 80
zoe Farenns In the thormo meter never rises
sbeve 75o FsreBheit In The shade Ths usual -enpsrs
tpye n At 7V This elevation of the ne ia CON-
td.red By tho being within tbe soid couety
fier m Descending sti further towards ths ms
temperature gradually BECOMES more warm ua Of iszo
feet tho emr crate the sirrGs feEpiaa
1bere reRnsa perpetual sprRs Temperature whcn
yarcs more than seven or ten d-grses OF FAr-nns,
unknown Tho tcgs encoustsrsd at this beig1t
the Atlantic slope do nos prevail In this valley
AT the elevation OF y 3933 feet. tae THIRD the
bot country. caierfes begins and only
The Here the tropical fruits, fpRers birds ant
mails. ara otber productions, fouod A perpetual
hot ets ths beat being cnly raised by The
The rasus In the summer. ros month OF May
usually the most oppressive bsing the last Of the dy
scaton and b. fore the raips oopmesos Juae s ire
temperate and gradually ccoiog till Deoemner, when
the isirs beirg ps4 the tasimoust-r bssias 70 rbs
Prom tbese reussiks will hs perceived that different
parts Il this valley possess different climates according
to their respeee elevations above the evs OF the
The coast very hot generally moist and unhealthy
ThH hunidty eriass not oniy from the but ao
from the rains falling on tine moon'ans and elsewhere
In the hos county ttefras caiLesfss, scoy never
| covers the pound and Of the natives have
| no idea Of IL ssyeud what the distant peaks
present shining In sll their frozen splsndor Oae
OF ths spsn,h historians Of ths conquest, with ioh
trutb, remsrks OF thir valley that there palm
OF earth upcutt,va.odn IL might b. said there "a
not an acre sterile Isud Ia is whole extent except