Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-28
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hs Erfcnt Physical FsetEres and CfiHsfs-1e-
riss{iarai and Hiae7st Pr04nefs lHaRufacslges
aad FiHsHees-Arsa and PeYHtafion-- The
= TSipsrtsts hlliaHcs.
From the New York HtrGld
Once again. after al interval Of forty years,
Wo havs ar imperial nsighbar on eur Western
tr0ntleT. Asxic9, after bsing q Spanish colony,
an infant smpire sndeT I.arbiSe, republic "a
.he msdel Of ike Uaile5 States, 5ictatorstip .
under SAINTS Anps, and an anarchy sll tbs lime,
becomes oaee again, under the political naseH-
gsriugs Of LOUIS Napoleon, an empire, though
IS yet y7ithont q ruler
EyPEST PHYSICAL FEATURES AED sLImATE
The new Empiro Of Mckee l. bounded slosg
IS aztire northeTn limit by the United States.
5he R.o Gfands del N0Tse being ths dividing iiBs
on ihs Texan frontier, while the lius that was
established under the terms Of the Gsdsden
treaty zeparRtss it frem California, New Mexies
and Aciz1na. It's sOuihsrn point extends deFn
into Central America, inclu5ing the Is;hmHs Of
fehpautegee; snd is whole territorial extent is
3z5rsesd between the waters Of the Calf of
siexieo on the east, and Of ths Pacife oesa0 On
tie west In its greatest length &c measures one
Thousand nine hundred and eigbty -ssvsu- miles,
aHd in its grsatest bTssdta ons thousand one
3nuered sut t7youty- eight miles. comprising an
ares Gf eight bundled and twsnty-Hine thonsand
nine huHdres and sEteez Eeglish lqUHys miles
lls ibnL.sg measures eight thousand aRs hHu-
ned and twelve Milss, OF Ehich hT8 irorsaEd
eight HUNDRED and thirty milz5 is sea c0=st. u
e TavaTEcd ihf0ughgEt its WA1ie leuPlh - ga
Immense rspge Of mountains called the C7r3iL
terss, ssms Of tbs hi CHEST pasks Of which lss TO
an elevation Of between seventeen srl eighteen
rhpu5znd feet above she Level Of fhe ssa.
That Of Pepocstspstl IS at An slsvstion Of 7.735
feaf. . nzsva II ,5S5 feet, aHa YztGaciuusl
10 O00 feet. These aEe all active vo canoes.
Owing 60 ibis m9RatalBous formation thse0In-
Try is divided into thrsa gvell dafned 8sl.s or
zones Of climate. The lands wing aloug tla
coasts, aud M g an si8vssi0a Of tWs tsousEni
fsai. called he tisTfGs oatsHtss or hos I-1n,
here the Uasan temD=ratuTo is sevsntY-8svsn
degrees Fahrenheit. Here saca pToduc.isns IS
gHguT, cotton, indigo, hARsnas, etc. flourish.
The region fraa two thousand to EVe th9rzand
isat elevation is knsWu Gs the fisTraS tempitaGs
IglIyiag temperate climate whers the assaa
temperature throughout the yesr lis from sixty
eight 70 seventy degrees Fahrenheit. The Test Of
hs region, from aR elevation OF Eve lhou-aU8
s5 Go ihs lR8 Of pBrpetEs; Snow, is called lho
tlsrTas frias, sr cold lanis HnsTs ths mean
npsrst1rs is siKty-tF5 degrees Facreaa8iL
The city OF 4axico les 1iihin MS latter gone,
1tg elevstisz being z 400 feet sbsvs tss sossn
-sveii 3EE there ths a5icTrY se.a1za falls in ihs
therlometar baiew ths freezing psinl The
great t.svelsr HUMBOLDT says that on the ascsnt
.Tom Vera Graz the climates sucessd each ogher
the csErss Of tive days, the wheIs circls Of veg.
5iGtoa, from tire parasitic plants Of tho iFop5cs
10 ks pines Of the Arctic regions. Ata0uE
iae coast is for tas most Part unhealthy, and
although the ssspsTts are subjaCt b visitG.i8ns
Of the vOnjtO ans yellow fever, still the climate
ney be'FegsJsed on tae whole 60 fsv0rAhls 20
human hfs