, 1866-04-05

posted correspondent thus speaks Of things In
tlIs district;
upon he rieht md lt, Of thI. nauov caunn
from each othvr, ot which We counted tblrtT-Ftr.
Rc1 tie Suptnnleudeut assured IA that .hefs were
, bont nfsy 70 al: ln order to colec' III. o1l fro
{.,ese tp5ings, they have enlarged them from iaaf
to sl1 iect deep IN rhel rock and when 1led il Il
the labor o! one nan to dip out and courc5 It 10
barrel. Which reestses The on; from thenee. os-
tance 81 nFe hundred 3atdt or more II Ia covered
in 3inch pipe 10 large reservoir capable of hoI
Inc scfcsal tnous1nd Eallone. There are On hsua
ts,sn.yeieht iofty gallon hsrreis ready a~Ai.iu.
10 two barrels pr iny i thie 4esson of tie ycsr. M
and It u thought they will produce fvo hundred
eah1ons asily m the SUMMER. La the centre Of ths
aooTe sptanE- there Il f'elns srnk ATlbsisn well
si1 incncs N diameter With n spring pole power.
fequfrine 1hrre men 10 perform the labos, hosing
n a,S 2pe III, loot 70 three tse. pr esy Tnsr l..:
A. one hundred md io1ty icet they struck the bos-
1zoi,nl stsats, composrd OF shell rock Ut sandy
chas0cter. TheEe !. 4 constnut co1mot1ru or hi
sing Of the en*.ts creeping from this we'll and 4
bnblltue as OF boiling po', The superintendent
!. quiIe tanEune tnev need on!S bore three hun-
dfec feet to obtatn permanent io"tnZ well
haye teen thus particular In this one mat
ter, 10 show that stated the case fairly
year since, and that the abuse received for 20
doing 5cas abuse md nothing dse-
4 MOUNTAIN OF SALT.
have In my possession quantity Of the
finest rock salt ever seen IN this or INV other
country, which IVES quarri8d from mountain
OF the article recently discovered on the Col
or:do Kiycr. In Arizona, near the mouth OF
the Rio Virgin. It Is in cubes of ali sizes, up
TO that Of large adobe, md as clear Us the
finest rock crystal Ton would never dream
Of Its being salt il you did not put it to your
tongue 1t more resembles broken chunks of
Tie flcst plate .lass. There is not a particle
Of foreign matter III It, and there is enough of
tue article 10 supply the population for GEN.
turics
MEXICAN MATTERS.
notice from time to tine reports Of French
successes IN Western and Northern Mexico.
tefeCz0pled from the other side as received
through Imperial sources, which know arc
utterly talEe. The Nc1icans, like It Lot
Amfricaaos,' will indulge In cxaggcrntions OF
victories, and slur over defeats, but for out
aDd-out utter lies and yictories won on paper
sotrly, the French Gun beat NIL crcatinn-on
that line they could fight the universe and
chance 10 hiow how nstters stand on the
the Western coast Of Mexico, and assure
you 1lat imperialism Is on its last 1ers from
The frontier Of Arizona to the 1sthtuus Of
Tebunntepec, unless assistance In the shape
Of men and money without stint como to'thc
'snrpers soon. The Liberals arc everywhere
victorious and On the offensive, md the |
French everywhere On the defensive. Aca-
putco must be ubauaoued again by the
French within ninety dkys, or cyeu less,
on account Of the climate, and the
utter lmpossibility Of getting supplies OF fresh
provisions. A more bitterly hostile popn,a-
lion thnD they hnvc 10 encounter never tnhab-
tied country, and the Liberals are now on
the home stretch, receiving arms, am1nnnl-
tion. recruits and c.oney all the time. Be
fore this letter reaches you, the steamship
John L. Stephens will rcturn from Mazatla,
and you will doubtless receive s0me stirrin.
news BY Telegraph overland.