The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-12
Mexican Emigration.


natural resources of that country.aud hold
ing out Inducements FOR emlgrants from
the United States and elsewhere. from
which we make the following extracts:
"The doors of the Empire are wide open,
and his Majesty, the Emperor has, Ia
most liberal decree, invited immigration
from all quarters, and Without. distinction
as TO nationality.
Many people, both In the Old World and
New, having heard of this invitation, wish
tO change their skies and to avail thom-
selves of its privileges Gentlemen repre-
senting several thousand families In Eu-
rope. and hundreds in Tennessee, Missouri
Arkansas Texas, the Carolinas. Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana, In the United
States. are now anNiously seeking iniorma-
| tion la regard 10 the country, its Condi-
tion and resources, with the Wow of maxi
ing il their home.
The earth here yields to the core of hus-
bandry with prOfusion that would seem
incredible there hnd fabulous In Europe
| In some places 10 crowns the labor of the
husbandman regularly with two and In
others with three harvests annually; and
| In each one lac gathers one hundred, two
| hundred. sometimes three hundred, and
occasionally four hundred fold, and even
more, according to his own skin and the
| kind of seed used. n sr
|
parts of the empire. But the cotton cspc-
cially of Tamaulipas, Matahuala Fresnillo,
Durango, Mazatlan and the States North
ARE said TO he of n better staple, save Sea
Island, than any produced in the United
States. Indeed, the cotton of Yuoatan IL
called sea Island.
Under these fine climates which give
lpurity and transparency to the atmosphere
that make existence itself an enjoyment
and invest the eye with the faculties of
almost Il new sense. the vegetable Kingdom
displays its wealth and its powers most
gorgpously, and with the most marvellous
vigur and concentration.
In chosen spots and upon single hacienda
may he seen crowded together. piled up
in steppes one above another, in perfection,
fruits, flowers and products which in less
favored climos require rs many latitudcs,
climatcs and soils MS can be fonnd In the en-
tire breadth of plain that lies between the
sources of the Mississippi and the mouths
of the Amazon. .. III.. f. s." 5000.
Here, besides cotton and corn. the olive
and the vine, we have the finest Of wheat,
with pulse and all the cereals In great per-
fection; also tobacco, coffee, sugar-cane, the
cocoa plant, rice, indigo, cochineal, pimcn-
to- india rubber and henuquin---a peculiar
and valuable fibre that answers many of
the purposes of both flax and hemp--and,
last of all. and what moreover no other
country In the world can producc--FlorG's
feat aud Bacchiis boast--thc lordly ma
gucy, or pulquc plant of Anahuac. 'JI
| have seen some of the very hest plant
crs from Missouri, Tennessee, and the South
land | have conycrsed with learned men
from France and other parts of Europe, all
lofwhOm happened TO have travelled through
the northern and most healthy part of Mex
leo. The Europeans report, on the one
hand, an agricultural country superior TO
habf ms f.,l,
of surprising mineral wealth; while the
Americans, on the other, pronounce II n
grazing and cattle country, TO which even
the blue grass regions of Kentucky and
Tennessee are not TO be compared ' .nr
The mountains abound with minerals,
the woods with game, and the forests with
the finest of timber-with the most exuui-
Site dye and ornamental woods, gums and
spices, drugs and medicinal plants of rare
virtues. '"n t'.uI. n-
The Mississippi valley even in its paln-
est days, could not boast any plantation
! that could compare In baronial splendor,
lordly magnitiCence and princely hospital
ity with your Mexican hacienda that has
escaped the ravages of war The halls of
some of them are large on0ughtO outertain,
and have entertained, several hundred
guests for weeks mt time. ilH Co..
ON some Of these you will find well ap-
| pointed schools for the education of the
children of the dependents at the expense
Of the proprietor; churches built and chap
els maintained by the same muniticent
bounty; hospitals erected for the sick, the.
old servants pensioned, and all the opera
tiOns of the estate carried on upon n scale
| and with expenditures followed by remu-
ncrativc revenues such rs but few farmers
In Virginia or France can boast of.
One of tile finest hacicndas Of the wasted
districts Is now on sale IL was abandoned
some six or eight years ago In consequence
of II revolution; the proprietor died, and it
has not since been restored 10 cultivation.
j Ii yielded regular annual profit of not
less than $l20,00O. The dweling-house
alone cost $200,000. This hacienda Is large
Ienough to accommodate forty or 6lty iami-
lies with farms of one thousand acres each.
IL can now be had for less than five dollars
the acre, and after the first payment, on
long time to suit purchasers. H..
TENNESSEE CONGRRssAEN- The National
IntettigeHcsr of the 30th in speaking of the
prevalent report that on the re-asscmbling
of Congress the Tennessee members will be
admitted to seats in the House of Represent
tatives, says 1--WE should be sorry 10 be
obliged TO contradict this IN toto. Never
theless, we are constrained to say, after due
inquiry, that the assurances thus conveyed
are premature, and that the information on
which they are said 10 have been grounded
was misapprehcnded. No material change
has occurred touching this matter since
the adjournment.r ru. ,u
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