Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-15

AiS'oUit' NfoN- HATES OF ieiliiessec
Judge Perkins, OF Louisiana, Rcv. AIr
Holman of Missouri, and a number ID
2 others lave already established them
p selves there. They are al highly pleased
with their prospects. BY the time the
railway through u Vera Cruz Is COM
pleted aud the last instalment falls due,
they will have improved their farms,
when the most staid among thcm eN-
r nect that their farms VIII be worth ten,
{ twenty, aud even fiitv dollars per acre.
r A gentleman from Louisiana has been
there for seven or eight years. He eslab-
%. lished a coffee plantation Of eighty acres,
s which is now in good bearing. and the
2 crops rom which last year were valued
7 At Sl6,O00. ..| r..
The Corlova coffee sells in the New
] York market as Java, and the tobacco
7 equals ilIat OF Cuba, while Che sugar has
. fourteen per cent more of saccharine
2 matter than that Of Cuba. II wiu cost
I at tfe IJtp of some five or six dollars tie
acre tn cleT, enclose and bring these
I lands under cultivation. Hence it will
be 80 much cheaper for those who
have little money, Ia buy a hacienda
b with ground already cleared, fences made
{ and houses, or ut least, walls Of houses,
already erected All the lands Of this
colony are already, or soon will he, taken
up. Each married man there Is allowed
go acres. hut it Is now generally admit
ted Ihai 0ue-f0gr.h af that quantity viii
probably be quite as much n one family
wili he able to cultivate, IL is SO fertile
and wonderfully productive. Bat to
immigrants with title capital, The
speedy filling mp Of this colony should
not be disheartening, under the
idea thar there are no more good
lands and choice spots. d There are
better lands than these, both about Cor
dovsl and alapa, which the present own
eTS, not being able 10 work, are ready to
I sell on favorable terms. Agents have
been established at v8riaus convenient
. points io assist immigrants on their agri-
/ val in The country, by giving them inipr-
nation and furnishing them with the
/ necessary certificates and passpOrtsf 10
Z enable them 10 pass tie custom houses.
and to enjoy all the rights, privileges and
exemptions Of ihe EmpgrOr's decree. Ii
Z has Lol been as yct practicable to estab-
I fish agencies on the Rio Grande, but as
soon as il may De, one viii be sta
toned at Presidio del Norte. AT present
I the following agencies have been estah-
+ lished, viz:
Y. 2. Orupesa, at Vera Cruz.
/ john Perkins, formerly OF Louisiana,
3t G0rd0va
Lann T. Lux, formerly Of Louisiana,
Alonzo Ridley, formerly Of California,
at Mazatlan.
Capain Of Port Of Tampieo, at Tam /
piro.
Captain of Port Of San Bias, al San
Bias
Captain OF Port of Matamoras, at Mat /
amaras.
Mr., Ramon de Ia Vega, Prasidente de |
Ia JuiIta lie Mev0ras dc Colima, at Nam I
zunill0. !
7 am about to embark for England. ex- /
pecing % return - uhis beautiful land I
accompanied by my family. The Office .
is left in charge Of my son, r. $. Muurv,
who, during my absence viii attend 10 .
The business Of the office. He Is earnest /
In the cause, and has now I'm hand "A J
ggide-b00k Tor Immigrants, which will |
soon be ready for the press The rainy .
season commences in June and ends in .
October. Immigrants should not come
during that time
There are many inquiries made. also. I
IN regard 10 religious liberty in Mexico.
Perfect freedom Of worship is guaranteed Z
by the organic law Of The Empire. and .
sanctioned by the Pope.
haye lust returned from The Palace,
where [ had a long and interesting inter-
hl'-f h tt-A Allt LII ItlAIl. I If-tli MN
your questions; we discussed them ssgI-
lfiHl, ami lac gave his answers to them
one by one. repeat your questions and
give has answers:
ist ~NiN Protestant clrrgymen ba
tolerated and permitted 30 enjoy theirrc-
EgioH- opinions and worship in these
colonies, without moiestsiionM ."
"les, and encouraged. -
2d. Can support be provided for
such clergymeBT T'
%. Yes rs soon as T get my finances in a
better eaEdifiOn.' ..... .aH.
3D. "-NNiif they be sustained In the
establishment Of Protestant schools and
colleges -
'eYes.n
sth. " Would a Protestant bishop be
allowed among them :'
leftaiuly.
5jh {" VIII the Government do any
thing toward The support Of the schools
and colieges%H
" Nes.H
D Gth Could eudowments Uf land, or
otherwise, y,010 be made 1or their sup
pOn ~
Yes, by lands aud voluntary c0utri-
buttons HO,C, and money from the Gov
erumeut afterwards.
9Th. "WOuld it be possible, for the pres
ic0 a department. in which the studies,
lectures and Instruction Ia neyueral should
be ia tRe English language 2"f
The question suggests capital idea;
I viii converse 1urther with -- upon
that point. desire 70 see communities
of different religious persuasi0us estah-
lishcd IN the country, and 10 give en-
10 all, for they act and re-
act upon each Otner with wholesome
effect" |" n
] have quoted as nearly as, after the
interval Of an hour can remember, the
words used by this remarkably clear
headea and business like sovereign.
There is = clergyman, the Rev. Mr..
Holman, iu the colony Of CarlOJta, near
COrlova. lie is the only preacher, ex-
cept the Rev. Mr.. Mitchell lMetbOdistJ, L
oi the RIO Verde colony. Jhat haYe YET /
heard Of among the settlers.
ln the City of Mexico, there is a large
number Of English and American resi- /
dents who are anxious 70 engage The ser Il
vices Of am Episcopal clere5 lian, wliO
can minister gaiu ulem IN mother
tong1e.n YEey meet at houses of one
anol4eF o Sundays, when the services
OF the church and a sermon are read. ! +
attended service N a sort oi 4" upper loftp |
ot retired room, such as We nav Imagine
lhe carry uilf14t.uIs met together iu. and 1,
Ia which the congregation were an Mex
leans. There We're not more than a
dozen Or TWO, RuL enough apparently 81
represent all CLASSES Of society.
The services were performed in Span- Il
ish, with the prayer bonk Ia dat Ian I.
guags, Tbs serl.lon was very GOOD
one. II was also preached IN Spanish,
and by Mexican who had been a priest ,
Of tie Roman Catholic Church.
so you ohsegvs, my dear sir, even here
ia Mexico, a fisid and harvest, much
room for and a great lack Of lab0Ters. |
Come 10 us,
We have accounts now Of some six or
eight hundred emigrants with their fam
HES who are on their way thence, and
who are preparing 10 come hither
bad an offer this morning Of lands for
colonization on tile north bank of PanucO
nFer. They commence about5O miiesWest
Of Iamplc0 and extend up 10 the table
land. The tract includes several hundred
square leagues. Itisin what Is known here
a. the Huasteca country, decidedly one Of {
the bestregiOHsof thsWhOle Empire The 2
owner, Mexican, is very anxious for Z
our people 10 establish themselves upon .
these lands, and has requested me 10 tell 3
hiiu how 10 get them there "Giye the Z
atiNHAaseAt- @tAe-AAiaI Win a fitE-tlll DiIOl 4
right 10 the rest, AT = per acre.U '"pH ! d
10 IL " said he, "aud give the lands for {
roads and villages besides" He has now a
gone to reduce The offer ta writing.
The river is nayfgable, and the country 2
there has been for years, aud until re- !
Gently. in a disOrderiy and unsafe state.
A few mouths ago, however, the people I
lbere gave in their adhesion 10 the EN-
pire. and everything now is as orderly
and as quiet as could be desired.
A pariy u surveyors went out yester-
lay from the Land Office 70 survey fine
body OF public lands in Millatoyneas one p;
Of the s1b-distriets Of Tamaulipas.
We hear of Immigrants who are com
ing fnoIa The south to the number Of
several hundred families. They should
aim to arrive in this country by the first
Of May i possible. They would then
have az opportunity 10 shelter them |
selves By tlle time the rains commence. +
Yours very reapectlully.
M. MAuRY, Irap. cOm'h u