The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-06-06

/ than this rendered the question q icarltl one
/ to decide And yet, as sat underline shade
| of the mango trees at The edge Of their little
farms, tried to compare the relative fertility
| of the soil and saluhcity Of climate, as COM
pared TO our own. My deliberate Judgment
was, that one fourth Of the labor woU'd pro-
cure mere subsistence there that would be
required here. Ay next inquiry was, if we
can command labor, how will its profits COM
compare with the only labor now in the South.
With cotton here and coffee there, tried the
icomrarison. Thus, 4 hand here can cultivate
ten acres Of cotton, from its market value,
taking an average Of past years as data, two
! hundred dollars may he realized, out of Which
now must be paid the whole years hire Of the
! freedman.
Then took ten acres Of coffee, which re-
nuires comparatively no culture, and tie
gathering of which can be hired at one cent
per pound, and found the ten acres, at the
lowest estimate Of It's yield, indeed, at just
half the most Of them, their estimate gave
me six hundred dollars nett. But there Is no
necessity of conGning the hand to ten acres
Of coffee IF you have the trees once plant
ed, Won might as easily have twenty acres to
the hand as ten. Comparative estimates on
other crops would perhaps show as favorable
results These calculations were honestly
made and concurrcd in By those Of Cur pco.
Dle to whom | conYcrscd with there. Still
/ there are a thousand and one difficulties to be
met and overcome before these advantages
can be quietly enjoyed-privations suffered,
/ that many Of our wives and children never
dreamed of. Money, tco, will be required,
. more fear, than many Of US can commahd.
T c,-.;lo I,u1 hN T~Cc;ITp6
without difficulty; but each cmigrant should
! have means to subsist his family there twelve
months, and to hire more or less labor unless
be has laborcrs Of his own. Negroes might
be apprent;ced here, and taken with the eml-
grants. Tie government there would enforce
the teru.s Of the nIcnturc. But it is doubt
ful If many cou!d be induced to CO. Il is
even doubtful if the military would permit as
to take them.
There is not great deal Of stock in the
Cordova valay what there is is attended by
herdsmcn, as they have little or no fencing.
Some stone and some hedging is all, but
many are without anything ofthe kind. Hogs
arc Eeptup or stakcd out, fatted On ftuit ard
brendercd into lard to cook. and season their
beef and vegetables, being very little used as
food. Another extraordinary feature Of the
country, and orc that cannot fai, to strike the
intelligent visitor, aid one, too, that points
to a most omnous page of that country'S his
: tory, is the massive and stuPcndoUs costly
ruins that mark the site Of the abandoned ha-
ciendas that are 70 be found on every few
thousand acres throughout Mexico. These
imposing ruins that must have costhnndre0S
Of thousands CT dollars, have in most cases,
: their roofs fallen in, ard large trees growing
in their di?apiGated halls and open. courts.
! The oldest inhabitants will tell You that fifty
! years ago these halls were the homes Of the
| wealthy and refined that these Wide tracts
of Jungle and chapparal, now not diStln-
guishabIe from the general forest, and inhab-
| tied by the prowlmg panther and leopard,
! were then extensive cane and cotton panta-
/ tons, cultivated by three hundred African
! slaves, the property Of the owner of the ha-
cienda. Slavery was abolished, and where
! now are the owners?-aye, where are the ne
grocs themscvesl It is said that history re-
peats ITSELF "Shall such be the ruin and deg
radiation Of the South? :"
| The best, indeed the only way, for emf
grants to obtain land in the Cordova district,
is for a company to buy hacienca, and d.
vide it among themselves. THIS was being
! done in some instances. 90 The haclendas con-
sist there of from three, four or five, to ten
or fifteen thousand acres. But there are
other government lands being surveyed 0!
equal or superior fertility, which, by fall, will
/ be ready for claimants. Those friends who
sent their names by me as colonjStS, have had
! their claims attended to, and | have so.na
! things 10 say to them that does not concern
the public in relation to the means Of secnr-
ing their prior rights thus secured. And
would DC glad, at some convenient time and
! place, to meet them all to consult on this
matter. Gen. Early's letter has thrown,
discover, some cold water upon the emigra-
! ton excitement; and this thiuk, was pro
| per. The General consulted US as to the pro
! rriety- Of sending after he had written his
| letter. We approved it. Former letters had
! excited too sanguine expectation, and men
were rushing there without money or any
! disposition to work, thinking, probably, the
government would take care of them. This
! IS a mistake; for however desirous the gov.
crnment may be to encourage emigration
from this country, it is not able to support
| and give them land. Hence, a little check
/ in that direction Will be wholesome. The
: General, however, as he intmatcs, saw moth
+ ing of the country except in the City Of Mex
ic0 itself, and along the roads.
With regard to the pcTmancncy Of the En-
pire need say but little, as opinions and con-
lectures can be formed here as we'll as the: G.
| have no idea that Naxi,niian can sustain
himsclfin Mexico unsupported by France
But this support he is sure of, while Ma.
poleon is Emperor. Our people seem tc
think that the success of the colonization
scheme depends on the success Of the En-
pirc. This IS mistake We learned from
every source accessible to US that the Liber-
ais we're as friendly to US rs the Imperialists
So, that if MaXiniian left the Empire to-day,
the claims Of coonists would still be secure
1t is said, that in all the changes Of that rev
olutionary country, vested rights unoera pre-
vious government have never been disturbed
by the successful party.
have said nothing either Of the health o.
the country. OF this We had but little mcan:
of observation We saw no diseaee there
and learned that it was regarded as very
healthy, except in some specified localities.
have said nothing Of other industrial pur
suits thar that of farming !. but the country
seems to be open to every species Of enter
prise Ncrchauics of every kind almost, Il
would seem, could soon fnd employment