New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-23

nobility who 6ourished ct period coeva! with the
Pyramids Of Choiula Thcse noblemcn il 10 supposed,
were inferred about the time of the commencement Oh
the Chrisn crs, and the priests now dig out
and pottery buried with them and dispose OF them AZ
great price. In regard to the abundance OF precious
metals 1t appears thai the amount coined last year was
231e66o4 of which s20C4, 900 was In oliver and tne
remainder in gold There seven or eight hints IA
Mexico. In the in the City of Mexico from the ~
of April le47 to this year there was coined sIIs'ou
of which o. 7606 ga silver and the rest gold AZ
this day there IL silver mineral regions IN Mexico
From the wear 1890 to 1903 the extracted from
the Mints of this Republic 1854 100000 From
the yesr 17s4to 1905 the monies count of s6 $1,000
For the last few wears the silver coinage has risen from
$4,000 to $4,000, which will be by the official re-
ports The impression prevails that the quantity OF
silver is dinni hing but this is The yield
now annually about $40 and increasing at the
rate of 90 per cent year Present appearances indi
cate that 90 far from silver getting scarce there VIII
be an Increase # several millions annually, as the
mines now produce more than since the discovery
of America Mr. Ramsey concluded by giving de-
scrption of his travels through the country which he
highly eulegzed highly account of the beauty OF the
scenery the neatness of the villages, and the prosperity
of the people generally. Much attention has lafey
been paid TO the education of children and there
now quite as much care bestowed upon the training oil
youth az there is in the United States In the absense
of war and other calames this country may yet rae
The speaker here gave description OF peculiar
people inhabtng portion of Mexico OF whom nc mad
never yet read description. They are called Pintos
(nsined peope) who are universally afflicted with an
affection of the skin-no two ere alike in co!or-some
have one black hand and one white one--the
faces of others are half lead color and half
white some have blotched faces, and others again
present countenances of black and red color.
They speak the ancient Aztec language and the Next
cans always avoid them. There are various accounts
of the that produced this strange result one Of
which is, that In September, 1889, rumbng noise
heard and flames were cen to burst forth for sev
eral miles around about This lasted for months
when general upheaving of the earth took place. and
a volcano was formed which has since been designated
by the name Of Foralia The steams that arose from
the earth it is alleged caused the change of color in
the skn of these people. They number at the present
day about $1,000, and occupy section Of country by
Themselves they seldom or neverinterfered with,
the Mexcans being of the opinion that the disease with
which they are afflicted is contagious, and therefore
they avoid them Speaking ofthe condition Of Mexico,
Mr. r. said that since the Spanish had taken posses
zion of the country it never in more prosperous
condition notwithstanding contrary reports extensively
circulated here and in Europe. The whole bane and
fault of this Republic is, that one has anplove for
its Government its Presidents, or its Congress The
people are unnecessarily oppressed, and hence this
state of things Their political condition deplorabe,
but in every other respect they equal any other people
The lecturer concluded amid the applause of the
dience and the President announced that the next
meeting would be held the second Tuesday Of Janu
airy next.
The Map of Mexico, extending from Vera Cruz, on
the Gulf of Mexico 70 Acapulco on the Pacific Ocean,
as used by Col Ramsay in his remarks, was drawn by
Mr.. George Schroeder, now Of this City. Said Map
exhibits the valleys, mountains and rvorcourses Of
Central Mexico embracing the whole topography of
the country in most clear style, superior to anything
of the kind since the days Of Humbodts researches
about half a century since.
This instructive Map, executed under the eye Of Col.
Ramsay is deposited among the archives of the Geo.
graphical Society whose located in the Uni
versity Building, Washington square. No institution In
this country bid farer to become deservingy pop
ulsr and useful to the country at large than this in
FAINT institution.
The most important papers thus far read before the
Society those of Z. A, Hopkins, ESQ.,, Paraguay;
Gen. Mosquera, on New Granada DR.. Kane. on the
proposed Arctic Expedition and that Of Col Ramsay,
on Mexico,-all of which has or will no doubt ap-
pear in the Bulletins Of the Society