Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-05
Gen. Early % Mckee.

York News Of the 18th inst:
HAVANA, April Is, 1866.
To the Editor OF the New York News;
Sir have just returned from
Mexico, after . sojourn Of three
months in that country. Ny person
al observation Of the country was
confined to what / saw in passing
and repassing over the stage route
from Yer. Cruz to the City Of Mex
leo; the greater part of my time hav
ing been spent in the latter city
The lands in the Cordova district
and above Orixaba, through which
tn , stage route passes. are unques-
tionably rich, and intelligent gentle
men, who had seen other parts Of
the country. informed me that there
Dre other districts in which the
lands were very rich. aud capable Of
being made very productive by the
proper use Of capital aud labor. But
colonists will have many difficulties
to encounter in all Of them. There
has been no systematic effort to sur
wv tain the locality of the
lntil that recently
The superintend-nce of
q - ruder, Chief Of the >snd
All the 6s a. Cordov. which
have been surveyed as public lands
have been already parceled out and
have supplied out small number
of coIonists. Land titles in Mexico
are in a very unsettled condition,
and but few men know the bounda.
ries of their own lands. So unin.
formed is the Government itself in
regard to the lands to which it has
claims that in making q contract
with Gen. Hardeman. Of Texas, 70,
the survey Of the public lands in Du
range, the whole risk and expense Of
discovering those lands have beer
thrown on him, and he is to receiv.
compensation only in the event O
his being able to find and surve,
the lands, the Government not ever
undertaking to furnish him protec
ton against guerriIias and robbers
while he is engaged in fulfilling his
contract. The lands offered by pri
vate individuals in alternate section.
to colonists. 80 far as / am informed
are in remote districts, where the Lib
erals, or Dissidents, as they ar.
called, have control, and the Gov
eminent can afford no protectisn
The very highly colored asceAas o
the country and it's resources which
have been published, and the expec
tations Of large influx of emigrant'
which have been excited, hav,
caused proprietors having lands fo
sale to increase enormously the price,
asked for them, and many person.
3gho hay eEN arrived in thu
I lands, eithef from the Government
or from private individuals. Tn.
legitimate consequence of all this ha,
been, thsG many are returning in {
great state of dissatisfaction, Will,
others, wbGoss lied on the delusiv,
propiea = from the Government
End them s5 not only without tn,
means Of obtaining lands but of re
turning to their former homes. lii
exceedingly difficult for those VII,
have succeeded in getting lands t,
procure labor to put them in a stat,
Of cultivation, - the native popula
ton cannot be relied on for that pur
pose. All idea of procuring, assist
ance from the Government must b,
abandoned BY those who desire Il
emigrate to the country. On tn,
railroad which is being constructed
from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico
practical and experiend6d engineers
4 contractors and mechanics may fint
employment, but otherwise very few
4 positions are open to those VINO. &
not wish to cultivate the soil. PLY
sicians who speak the language. cal
get permission to practice their pro
fessions, but beyond this there is n
opening whatever for any of tn
learned profession.
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