The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-24

number oi their friends, nave gone 10
examine the country about Cordova.
"They are delighted with it; they in
tend to make it their home. The rail
way hence to Vera Cruz passes through
it. The land IS superb. 1t is sold by
tho Government to the immigrants ut
one dollar per acre, to be paid for in five
equal annual instalments.
Generals Hardenau and Terry, with
others from Texas, are equally well
pleased with Jalisee. They are nesoti
ating for the purchase Of hacieEdas there
sufficiently large to accomodate with
land settlement to be made up Of
themselvcs--tleir old neighbors and
friends. The Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, Of
Missouri. has alreadys commenced a
fine settlement on the Rio Verde, in San
Luis Potosi. He and his comrades
have gone into the cultivation of cotton
corn and stobacco. %
"Tl,e representatives of large capital,
Mons. Doustlibes, have grant for es.
tablisliing colony, from France and
Spain, on the shores of Matamoros -
Mr.. Lloyd, of England, is equally as
well supported, and has engaged to es-
tabiish number Of colonists between
Vera Cruz and the capital; and a ship
load of European immigrants has just
arrived in Yucatan, to form the nucleus
of fine settlement on that peninsula. -
They have been received with ovations
by the good people there. no.
"A disposition equally favorable to.
wards immigrationis manifested in va
rious other parts of the country. y4f
Patriotic citizens have stepped forth
at the call of His Majesty, and offered
their own private lands. many of them
on the most favorable terms, for colonzi-
zation. iI4).
"Mr. ---- invites five hundred Euro.
pcan families to his estates in Durango
offering them eaclla house and lot, rent
free, weekly allowance of provisions
without charge, and guarantee ofWork
at fair wages, for five years. At the
end of that time he farther promises a
gratuity Of $4,000 TO the community,
and a present TO each family of a yoke
of oxen. n
"Mr.. Gill;. of Gnadalajara, invites
twenty Belgian families to his highly
improved and well. stocked hacishda, Of.
ferihg them onc.half Of it tor cultivation
on sllares-he finding the stock, seed
and cattle, and the colonists the labor.
He. offers also focks and heards from
wliclbto breed on halves. W
"Other enlightened and liberal mind.
cd Landowners OF the Empire have offer.
ed tlieir estates for colonization on terms
equally liberal. Many false impressions
have taken root abroad about Mexico
and the Mexicans. These operate
greatly TO our disadvantage, inasmucl
as they are stumbling blocks in the
mind of the stranger, and tend to dis
courage immigration. n.n
|Ehc world knows Mexico ASA coun.
try that, for the last half a century, has
keen tossed by q revolution. Many
listening to the stories Of her troubles
and the tales Of her calamities, as told
by, her enemies, have come to regard
tho whole land as God .forsakcn coun.
try" inhabited by bigoled. illiberal
and inhospitable people; while. in fact,
no part of the world can boast of more
refined society, or more elegant hospi
tality than that which is to be found in
certain parts of the Empire. 20
"The Mississippi Valley, even in its
palmest days, could not boast any plan
ta,ion that could compare in baronial
splendor, lordly magnificence and prince
ly hospitality with your Mexican haci
enda that has escaped the ravages ol
war. The halls Of some of them are
large enough to entertain, and have. en-,
tertained, several hundred guests fol
weeks at a time. Eq7'G
"On:some of these you will find well
appointed schools, for tho education ol
the children OF the dependents, at the
expense Of the proprietor; churches
built andchapels maintained from the
same munificent bounty hospitals erect,
ed for the sick 4 the old servants pen.