The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-26

exuomey s0tfa IN the excepsson oH 70" Ma sls
fields Of avs and Harrow andy STRIPS On the ssa shorss
the Whole vasa ttory q hexco & admirably adapted
% ul!ass or grazing me magnificent table lands haze
or een ths Mexican garden has yedeA high = eight
hundred bushes for one ~ seed yield Of three or
the poorest year, the crops win range from sixty 70
eighty for one Near Pueba forty 70 one ID the usual re-
turn Of Wheat and a zeaya, salamanca and ssn'icso
table lands produce vast crops Of the ceraa and also an
abundance Of cherries peaches plums apricots apples
fads and there are great plantations Of the American
aloe, from which puique drink resembling cider,
me people on ~ rea
and potatoes Nowhere in the world 70 there greater
abundance OF vegetable food
known as Terras Caenee grow in profuson al tropcai
plants and fruits and contain extensive planeier OF
planains manioc, oxas tuberosa disocerea aiaA and
batatas Potatoes often grow of such size tina, they
are from thirteen TO seventeen inches in crcup
99rasg ayss and pnaap PIP s aEs abundant
slco naDanss an acre Of which HuyIboldt says VIII
feed 6fty mon while acre OF vaeat win only feed
Of labor Ana attention. me 0~s and The sS SnS
A0urish everywhere, Also do melons and t0ma-
toes. Mulberry ress do well, and silk DO advan-
70 many Of ae districts being extensively grown
In Micboacan and coffee is cultivated in extensive plan
tatosA Orzaba and Cordova, Tobacco grows well
m many places and some Of il Is said TO have very
superior flavor. Indigo, jaap, vanilla and sarsaparla
are found abandantly in the woods Of Bucaan Chiapa
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miles along the eastern coast and in many other dis
.cts the vanilla wild in profusion but only the
uvating the plant Cotton Of excellent quality grows
wild in and is estimated that the cotton plan
tafions already yield millions of pounds year.
Tchuantepcc and Sonora produce annually 1872 500 pounds
Of indigo and cheapy can IL be supplied that ny
the planters for from sxytwo cents 70 dollar per pound
Over o million pounds Of cochineal are annually
produced in the table lands Of Mxtecapan On both sides
of the sbmus of Tehauntepec in Yucatan and In Tobias
co. are almost inexhaustible stores OF mahogany and
other valuable cabinet woods dye woods and gums Inc
of Oajaca OF such superior excellence that while
the country belonged to Spain was reserved ior 'ne
But il is not alone vegetable productions that tho
Mexican States are rich. chihuahua and other states
have herds Of cattle, horses and sheep Bees
abound in lucatan. The Gulf OF California Is ron in
pearls Travellers assert that there Is in Pueba sulphur
enough to supply the world. In Lower California there
ia one solid bed Of rock SALT three hundred miles in
length-sat moro pure than that obtained from
= few halfcvilized Crcoles and oppressed
Indians, tins monster mine, so rich, 80
nine lakes, from which unlimited supply Of carbonate
Of soda be Obtained vast quantities can also De oo
tanned from the valley Of Yotan In Michoaca In iact
in every State Of this vast and fertile country there are
valuable mines which have yet been made 10 yield
their riches as they would in Anglo Saxon hands.
THE MINES.
The mining region OF Mexico occupies district OF over
twelve thousand square leagues Here are iound IN
porphyc thousands OF mines OF gold silver iron,
"copper" lead tin zinc quicksilver arsenic ana antmony
The gold mines mostly the west side OF the Sierra
Madre north of twenty four degrees north latitude me
silver mines are in valleys between the mountains, ana
richest mountains that rise from the table lands or
border them Zambrano the proprietor Of the silver mines
Dimas and Guarsamey in Durango is said to have
drawn the amount OF thirty millions OF dollars
worth from them. In Chihuahua the rich mines OF
Ell Paral, Botapilas Jesu Maria and s. Eualia in
Durango San rmes and Gavlanes in San Luis Po-
tosi that Of Catorcl; in Querearo that known as FL
Doctor Michoacan those Of Tialpuahua Aganzeo and
Zitaquaro in Zacatecas those OF Sombrete FreZnio,
Jerez Pnos Nochstan In the province Of Mexico are
those OF Real del Monte, Acopan, Zmapan Temascalte-
pee, Sultepcc Tasc0 Hucom0 and Tetala del Rio Many
gold and silver mines are known TO exist IN oaaca,
Mexico, Michoacan, Guanauaa, Queretaro, San Luis,
eon On the head waIers Of the candelara river
In Yucatan, are said TO be tho richest silver
mines in the world ope proprietor is stated TO have
enough in his hands to pave street with dollars With
all the disadvantages attending the scarcity and conse-
quenty high prices Of labor and the difficulties and cost
OF transportation the annual yield of the precious metals
has been estimated at from twenty to twenty five mil
lions Of dollars This amount could be indefinitely in
creased.
Copper in its native state il found abundantly in VAL
ladoa Occidcnte and Gunnajuato. Iron is plentfully
found in Zacaecas, valladoa and Jasco The mines OF
"copper" lead iron and zinc not generally worked but
could readily be considerable amount OF copper,
impregnated with gold is sent from Guaymas TO China
separated by cheap process known only in that
country North of the vast salt bed in Lower California;
already mentioned IL bed OF aagamated tin and cop
produce Yields eighty per cent Of copper and ten per
cent Of tin, being almost natural gun metal yet II lies
entirely unworked
WHO SHOULD EMIGRATE.
The author Of the work In question, having shown tho
natural resources and other incentives emigration 70
be found the Mexican States conceves that It left
TO the AngoSaxon 70 place Mexico in such stable
position that she develop the riches with which she
has been blessed by bountifu Providence. The re-
generation OF the nation, he says, 'must como from
Typng hands and cing hearts able ond reudy 20 protect
the industrious guarantee The rights III property and
laborng 10 build up rather ap 20 tear down. from men
who wish make for themselves and children comorta
BILE and homcR y
He further remarks TINT in this nobody questions
the right Of every individual emigrte and reside In
any country that he she prefers and the question OF
expatnaton is determined solely by the superior advsn
tagos the individual may hope 70 attain. Those advan
tsges must be considerable to the love that
every feels for the place OF his BIRTH the scenes OF
his boyhood homo OF his maurer years. but the
Of sound vii! prefer the substantial benefit Of
himself and family TO sentimental affection for par
ticular locality. He will go where he can do best The
LAplander scarcely DO induced TO desert the dreary
wastes OF gd Northland for the snnes. spots OF more
favored zones bat Of higher intellectual develop
ment desert their old homes when their material inter
css their love Of civil and religious liberty require
the sacYiace OF some local Affections
Collecting Gas Bills.
TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
The following printed notice yesterday received BY
me, purporting to from the Manhattan cas Com.