Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-05
INTERESTING LETTER FROM CORDOyA
MEXICO.

The Augusta (Ga.) Consdtutonaiist has been per-
firm a private letter:
CoRpovA, MEXICO, Nov. l6, 1865.
Rev Jno. W. Baker, Augusta, Ga:
My DEAR Sir: left Atlanta about the lst of
October, for New York. Upon my arrival at that
place met several persons who had recently re-
turned from Brazil. They gave me such informa-
ton that decided not to cross the Equator.
visited Havana, where found friends who were
just from this country and from whom learned
that Gen. Price, Gov. Harris Of Tenn, and other
Confederates had received liberal grant from the
Imperial government Of the country, and were
settling on a colony this place. Consequently
came on here 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 llth. So far as have seen l am
perfectly delighted with this region of country,
and think it is the most favorable region l have
ever seen. Nature seems to have exhausted her
self in making here a home for man.
We are here IS mills from Vera Cruz, and 800
from Mexico, the great national highway and
the Imperial Railroad, btween these two cities
The plain on which Cordova is situated is on the
eastern slope Of the great range of COrdilleres and
is 1900 feet above the sea. We have hear mos,
delightful and healthful climate. The altitude
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, find
the hardy representatives of the North---cabbagt
and Irish potatoes. The land is the richest that
have ever seen-and with the rains and sun, will
which the country is blessed, everything that il
planted grows with such luxuriance that 1t sur
prises the planter from less favored regions.
Tho farms Of coloni IA ion are yerv EheraI Th,
government sells to actual settlers heads of family
GAO, single men 320 acres of this Spe land at on,
dollar Isl 00) per acre on a credit of FIVE years
The transportation of individuals farming imple
ments, &C., from the port of sailing to the entry
and allowance oSmileage from the port Of entr,
to place of settlement is paid by the government
These lands of Cordova Colony are the finest il
Mexico, having once been in high state of cult
vation, but from mismanagement become the prop
erty Of the Church, In the hands of which the!
have gradually gone to waste. The Imperial Gov
ernment having coniscated the Church property
now throws this land open to settlers.
The lands in the hands of individuals imme
diatey joining them, which are no better canno
be purchased for lea than twenty five dollars pc
acre. The railroad running Immediately througI
the settlement now being made is finished fron
Vera Cruz to Paso del Maeto, twenty miles distant
and will be in one year finished to this palce, Civ
ing us direct communication with the Cuff an
placing within four days Of New Orleans S
that we can reach that city in the same time an
at less expense than you can from Northern O
Middle Georgia. This will give us asplendid maj
ket for our products, which are coffee, sugar, "a
bacco, and the fruits that grow wild in great abun
dance. Coffee Ia the principal product now raise
for expectation, the climate being peculiarly adap
ed TO It's growth.
Political affairs here may be regarded as settle,
:, Tha Liberal mari llls uallina hla N reanart ali