Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-30

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teresting extracts from private letter:
CoRDovA, MEXICO, Nov. I6, 1865.
Rer. Jno. W. Baker, AUGUSTA, Ga,
Ny DEAR SIR: 1 left Atlanta about the
LIST of October, for New York. Upon nv ar.
rival at that place / met several persons who
had recently returned from Brazil. They
gave me such information that / decided
not to cross the Equator. visited Havana
where / found friends who were Just from
this country, and from whom / learned that
General Price, Governor Harris, of Ten
nessee, and other Confederates had received
a liberal grant from the Imperial govern
ment of the country, and were settling on a
colony near this place. Consequently |
came oGtAere to join my fortunes with other
Confederates who had preceded me
arrived at Vera Cruz on the 9th instant,
and at this place on the 1lth. So far as |
have seen, am perfectly delighted with this
region of country, and l think that it is the
most favorable region l have ever seen.
Nature seems to have exhausted herself in
making here a home for man.
We are here So miles from Vera Cruz.
and 300 from Mexico, on the great national
highway and the Imperial Railroad, between
these two cities. The plain on which Cor
dova is situated is on the eastern slope of
the great range of Cordilleras, and is 5000
feet above the sea. We have here most
delightful and healthful climate. The alti-
tude gives US, beneath a Tropical sun, a
temperature not so warm as that of middle
Georgia at any season, and never colder than
your May. All the tropical fruits and
plants grow in great profusion, while beneath
the coffee, pine apple, and banana, l find
the hardy representatives of the North
cabbage and Irish potatoes. The land isthe
richest have ever seen-and with the rains
and sun, with which the country is blessed
everything that is planted grows with such
luxuriance that it surprises the planter from
less favored regions.
The terms of colonization are very liberal.
The government seals to actual settlers, heads
of family, GAO, single men 800 acres of this
fine land at one dollar (Sl.00) per acre on a
credit of FIVE years. The transportation of
individuals, farming implements, &c, from
the port of sailing to the port of entry, and an
allowance for mileage from the port of entry
to the place of settlement is paid by the
government. These lands of the Cordova
Colony are the finest in Mexico, having once
been in a high state of cultivation, but from
Encouragement become the property of the
Church, in the hands of which they have
gradually gone to waste. The Imperial
Government having coniscated the Church
property, now throws this land open TO set
tiers
The lands in the hands of individuals i'm
mediately joining them, which are no better,
cannot be purchased for less than twenty
five dollars per acre. The railroad running
Immediately through the settlement now
being made is finished from Vera Cruz to
Paso del MaetO, twenty miles distant, and
will be in one year finished to this place,
giving us direct communication with the
Gulf and placing us within four days Of New
Orleans, so that we can reach that city in the
same time and at a less expense than you can
from Northern or Middle Georgia. This will
give us a splendid market for our products,
which are, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and the
fruits which grow wild in great abundance.
Coffee is the principal product now raised for
expectation, the climate being peculiarly
adapted to its growth.
Political affairs here may be regarded as
settled. The Liberal party has nothing like
a respectable force anywhere in the land.
The government is very friendly disposed
towards Southern immigrants, and is giving
them every facility to find good homes. The
Empress passed through this place few
days since, making stop here of two days.
Gen. Price, Gov. Harris, and others, called
upon her and expressed themselves highly
pleased. saw her as she passed through.
She was very simply attired and very unos-
tentatious in all her appointments.
We want all those who want good homes
in good country to come out and join us.
A few years Of hardships and Inconvenience
will be richly rewarded in the end
am your friend,
JAS. d. WHITE.