The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-11
CoRDovA, Mexico, March 27.

CoRDovA, Mexico, March 27.
No little excitement prevails amoug the
Americans in Mexico in regard to an unex.
plored district of country hitherto unknown
to the authorities, lying about 300 miles
northwest from Jalapa, and which General
r. Lyon, late of the Confederate army, is
now engaged in surveying. In nearly every
department in the empire are to be found
immense bodies of land which the foot of
the Spaniard never trOd many of them i'm
penetrable forests, inhabited only by beasts
of prey, and whose shades the imag ginaton
of the native Indian had peopled with de-
mons and evil spirits, upon whose domain
it was more than death to trespass. Such
is the land which Lyon has gone to explore.
now THE CITY WAS DISCOVERED.
While the Imperial Commissioners were
investigating Government titles TO lands to
be allotted to emigrants, they learned of the
existence in the "Terra Caliente" of the
district in question, and early In October
last all exploring party was dispatched to
this =" terra incognita' Upon reaching
Mesa de Mecatapeque, small village near
est the borders of the forest, t. ey were
counseled by the Indians to proceed no
further, as no human being ever passed the
confines of their cleared lands and returned
alive demons were said to dwell in every
hill, giants of llideous men made their abode
beside every streamlet, while monsters Of
every form and guise stood ready at every
footstep to seize and devour the unwa,
ry traveller all was mala," and not one
syllable of good could be uttered in favor
of the land
Unable TO procure sufficient assistance
from the natives, the party proceeded to
make their explorations as best they could.
The forest was peculiarly dark and Dense
and the jungle almost impenetrahe. With
difficulty they cut their way through the
underground, and being unacquainied with
the Yankee method of blazing" trees, they
marked their way by tying hide ropes to
trees and bushes to mark their trail. At
the distance of several leagues in the inte
rior, they discovered the ruins of ali ancient
city of great extent, and Of whose existence
not the slightest tradition prevails. Be
coming exhausted by their labors, the par
ty, without prosecuting their discoveries
any further, returned home, reaching the
capital late in December. The Emperor ex-
pressed great interest in the result of the
exploration, and at once determined to send
a stronger and more efficient party to pros
ecute it, selecting General Lyon, of Ken
luckyias coihlnanutT OF lhe eApeultlon' lne
General is admirably adapted to the post
He was Lieutenant Colonel of the I'd (rebeD
Kentucky Infantry, and was captured 10y
General Grant at Fort Donaldson. Subse-
quently exchanged, he was promoted Colo
mel, and afterwards commanded cavalry
brigade in the rebel army, serving with
Forrest. Since HIS residence in Mexico he
has been Surveyor General of the Imperial
Colonization Association. General Lyon
was unable to perfect his plans Tor the
work until the 9th of February, upon which
date his party, consisting of Americans,
started from the City of Mexico. They
travelled in stages and carts about two hun
dred and fifty miles the balance of their
journey was completed upon the backs of
donkeys, arriving at their journeys end
about the first Neek in March. The coun-