The New York herald., 1863-07-30

ID called The heyas frias, cold lands, where the
Temperature sixty-two degrees Fahrsnhss. ne
city Msxieo les within this latter soos ~ elevation
being 400 fest above The level but thsre the
mercury seldom falls In the thermomstsS below
the freezing point Tbs great traveller Humboldt says
thas the ron Vera Cus the climates succeed
each other layers and she traveller passes IN review
IN the Of two days. the whole circle c vseeatco
ron The parasitic plants OF the tropics the pines Of shs
Arctic regions Although the for the most part
unhealthy and although the seapors subject vista
tioos Of the vomto and yellow fever, st the climate
may 10 regarded on The whole favorable to human
nfs.
A0RIcULTuRAL YnoDCcrs.
The cotton plant n indigenous 70 The son. Ths
Msxcans ~ the time Of the spanish invasion under
Ccrez possesssd the art Of spinning cotton 70 very
high degree Of fneness, and a inparsng 70 beautiful
and brilliant colcrs-aris which have sncs bees osand
cotton fabrics than formed almost The only fabric for
clothing. rns average yield years has bsen set
down at seven millions II pounds and of course, under
an improved system o society," that product capable Of
indefinite expansion.
The other principal agricultural products coffee,
tobacco indigo vanilla jaAp, cochneal FAX and hemp
Tbs export Of cochineal amounts 10 . million dollars
annually. There 10 also large export of dyewoods.
vanilla indigo and coffee and Manufactured
linen cotton and wocsu goods have entered into The
port s,.
THE PRECIOUS METALS.
But that for which Mexico chiefly prized is her
mineral wealth. There are said be over thousand
silver mines In Mexico, yielding annual product Of be
tween thrty6ve and forty millions Of dollars There are
besidss twenty-five mines Of quicksilver, which yield
from two hundred and my three hundred tboussnd
pounds weight annually. Gold 10 also found IN conside
rabe quantities, stated varioasly from three millions
of dollars upwards. British sashovty sets IL down al
g.txs. smkfiku g@~ 49,
evidently a mistake. TIE mines ere generally heated
either the top the western slope Of The cord
leyas They were wrought for ages bsfors the SPANISH
invasion Gold and silver " great vAns and bsag.
" Of workmanshp we're sent back spain by the
fret coDqucfors ~ sres q war. Iron and copper are
also produced grea, abundance. rbe great drawback
10 all this mineral wealth, however, the dincul,v Of
transporting 70 the seaboard there being neither an
roads nsvgabe rivers the country and the only
means % Transportation being the backs of mules rnder
astabe govenmen. shs obstacle might b. lessen
"a, and probably q tbs earliest enterprises viii
he ~. On foot adsr The new r~sas win 10 connected
vita facilitating the Forwarding Of e precious metals 70
the seaocarc.
Before the late years f lnten>s var and sEucky
there coGslderAbe manufacturing enterprise
exhibited Ia sesico. There seventy two
large cotton factories u work sr large vool.
en ones, eight parer min, fou sSs fac.
tories, and sventy hapa maeiires for -e.vlng
ak the total annual vsiue q marufsciured gods
srDowntag 70 over hundred minors ~ dollars, This
ministry, ~s ssnme has beer largely destroyed Ny the
partisan warfare ~h.ch has torn the country In pieces
for the last ten yeas. SAGE tLss 10 s;aistis have
been pnbIshsd
10 iss4 shs rabc cshs siac COO coo over ors haf
~ WITCH was sss 70 fcrsgners. me revenoe foy Isz
amounted 70 oniy y 400 twothrds a ihe s
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