Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-15

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Come to Afsric5-I -I3duremctfs-t Com
Hl0d0rc MqU7J- Commissioner Of tir
Hi-afi0p-Tbs Lands HtCHdod for En-
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and Fragra7ce-Ice ia the Dis'UlcC-
Am0ug The Ruins Of the Old Hacienda
-WhGt Produced the Ruias-FbrWa
BuildiHgs-Ir0Uiie7t C0nffderate'
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Mcric1Hs- NcricGH Times GOUer
nor AUel. Of Louisiana, on The Tripod
Situation u Cordora.
Through the kindness OF Mr.. Georg,
W. Adair, of the firm Of Clayton, Adai
4 Purse, we are permitted To make th'
following extracts from letter recently
received from Hon. lsham G.. Harris
Ex-Governor Of Tennessee, who Is nov
al Cord0va, Mexico. The letter is highly
entertaining:
George ". Adair:
M Dear Sri fingered near Genada
endeavoring 20 arrange some busineS
matters, until the fourteenth o. May. II
the meantime, had 8 skiff built and OF
the morning Of the fourteenth / EN-
harked, some six miles east Of Green
WOOL ana SET Slill lhl LlAE II tLli---flA0-4-
sippi. the party consisting of Gen. Lyon
of Kentucky. myself, and our two ser
wants. We navigated the backwatel
for one hundred and twenty miles
and on the morning Of the twenty
first. Just before daylight, / crossed
over to the Arkansas shore. ! crossed
at the foot Of Island No. 75, just below
the mouth Of the Arkansas river; pro-
ceeded westward as far as the hackWater
was navigable, and on the morning Of
the 23d left my frail bark, bought horses,
mounted the party, and set out forShreVe-
port, where ] hoped TO find an army
resolved on continued resistance % Fed
eraI rule: but before reaching Shreveport
/ learned that the army Of the trans
Mississippi had disbanded, and scattered
10 the winds, and all the officers Of rank
had gone 10 Mexico.
Having DO further motive 10 visit
shreveport. I turned my course 10 Red
River county, Texas, where a portion OF
my negroes and plantation stock had
been carried some two years ago. 1
reached there on the seventh Of June
was taken sick and confined 10 my bed
a week. On the fifteenth Of June, with
nv baggage, cooking utensils and pro-
visions on a pack mule, / set out for san
Antonio, where l expected to overtake a
large number Of Confederate, civil and
military, officers, cH route for Mexico.
Reached san AntoniOOn the twenty-siNth
and learned that all COnfederates had
left for Mexico some ten days or two
weeks before. On the morning of the
twenty-seventh, ! started 10 Eagle-Pass
on the Rio Grande-the FedeTals holding
All the crossings Of thatriver below Eagle
Pass. reached Eagle Pass on the eve
ming Of the thirtieth, and Immediately
crossed over 70 the Mexican town Of
Piedras Negras. On the morning Of
fist July. set out for Montery; ar
rived there on the evening Of the ninth.
Here / overlook Gen. Price and tx
Gov. Polk. Of Missouri, who were start
ing TO the city Of Mexico the next morn
ing. with an escort Of twenty armed
Miss0urians. As was going 20 the city,
and the trip was "a long and dangerous
one 10 make alone, / decided 10 60 with
them, though ] was literally worn out
with over fifteen hundred miles II con-
tinuOus horseback travel. / exchanged
my saddle horse, saddles, etc, for an am
bulance; put my two mules to it, gave
the whip and lines 10 Ran, bought me a
Spanish grammar and dictionary, took
the back seat. and commenced the study
Of the Spanish language. We made the
trip at easy stages Of about twenty-five
miles per day, and reached the city of
Mexico on the evening of the ninth OF
August The tripwa one Of the longest,
most lab0rious and hazardous Of my life,
but I viii not tax your time ormine with
it, details. many Of which would interest
YOU deeply If l was there 10 give them 10
you.
Our reception upon the part Of the
Government officials here was all that
we could have expected orsdesired. We
We're invited to an audience with the
Emperor at the Palace, the far-tamed
Halls of the MOnJeZumas. At the time
fixed. we called and were most kindly
received by the Emperor and Empress,
and were assured of their sympathy in
our misfortunes, and Of their earnest
hone that We might find homes for our
selves and friends in Mexico. The
Empress was cur interpreter in the inter-
view. She speaks fiuently the French,
Spanish. German. and English languages,
and j. in all respects a great woman.
We overto0kat the city Mexico, Gen.
Nagruder. C0mOd0re Aiaury, Gov.
Allen. Of Ia, Judge Perkins, Of La,
Gov. Reynolds Of Missouri, and Gov.
Nurrah and Gov. Clark, Of Texas, with
many other and lesser Confederate lights.
On the 5th Of September the Emperor
published a decree opening ali OF Mexico
u immigration and colonization, and
Commodore Maury and myself
and other C0nfedcrates We're requested
10 prepare regulations 10 accom-
nauv the decree which we did, and
which were approved by the Emperor on
the tveuty-seYeGth. The decree and
regulations offer very liberal inducements
- immigration, among which are do
nation of public bands at the rate ot SIX
hundred and forty acres 20 each head OF q
family. and three hundred and twenty "a
each single man, a free passage % the
country TO such a. are not able To pay
their own expenses, freedom from taxa
ti0n for one wear, and from military duty
for five wears, religious tOlerailoni etc
C0mmedore Maury has been appointed
imperial Commissioner Of Colonization
which, makes his authority in the matter
Of colonization second only Ia that OF tho
Emperor. Gen. Price, Judge Perkins
and myself were appointed agents o
colonization, and requested 10 examine
tHe lands lying upon and pear ne 4is
railroad. from the CITY of Mexico 70 Ners
Cruz. for the purpose of determining
whether they were suited O. American
colonization. We are engaged at thi'
time IN the discharge Of that duty. We
find In the vicinity Of this place the mos
brauiiful, and all things considered thg
b-sl agricultural country that 1 have
ever seen. The climate is delightful
never hot, never cold, always temperate
always pleasant The soil richlz and
more productive than the best Of the
prairie lands Of Mississippi IN the Okal0na
country, yielding iargeprops ofcorn, harley
rice, tobacco. sugar cane and coffee, with
all the fruit- of the tropics. and the bes'
that you ever tasted. NGu can raise two
crops Of corn on theS3me land each year
The usual mode 0f farming here is croI
~ cCrs anu a crop of tobacco. on tht
same land, the corn ripeuiag always be-
fore time 10 plant tobacco, and ten mile.
from here. IN the direction " the coast
r-en strike as gpQl "a Uattnh country a.
.aB to- found in the world.
The most profitable crop here is coffee
vou ulant about six hundred or seven
hundred trees TO the acre, it begins 3,
tear at two, and produces 9 full crop al
fgur wears old, you can always calculate
safely on an average Of two pounds .,
the tree, though there are Instance OF I
trees bearing a. high a. tWenly-elgh Il
pounds. The tree is hardy, and VIII NV
nHp 5s o4a hundred years. Il eosl
sl,6ut As much labor 10 cultivate ana pu
into market an acre Of coffee, as II doe
an acre Of corn i'm Georgia
The coffee plantation with its shade o
iaGauas, nas, aCanges, mangOs am
zapote-. with the walks fringed with PIN
apple, all in full bearing, is the riches
and most beautiful spectacle upon whici
nv ewes have ever rested. nave
seielted six Aundred ana forty acres
sb0ut ten miles from here, where pro
pose 70 surround myself with the cotie'
plantation, in the midst Of which l vii
nestle down, constantly inhaling th'
edoFs u the Tiuh troIheal fruits anC
gaudy cOlored and fragrant trOpica
flowers, ia an atmosphere Of perpetua
spring, Vet turning the eye 10 the North
west, YOU constantly behold the snow
capped peaks of Orezaha, aud POpo
catapetl, from which 1 can draw my ict
at al seasons Of the year.
There are about thirty ConfedeFate'
now here all Of whom viii locate theil
lands and commence the work of settle
snenl within week or ten days.
The place where we begin the first col.
Qny was highly improved and in q higf