La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-13
Thibodaux, La, January 13, 1866.
AMERICAN SETTLEMENT IN
CERDOVA, MEXICO.

MEhlO<AN OlA \ \ N~s
CERDOVA, MEXICO.
The n. y. Times, publishes the following
letter from Sauthern gentleman now La
Mexico:
Cordoua, Mer., Nov. %, 1861 prom
ised, before leaving Houlna. to communal
cate to you upon my arrival here l have
not done SO as promptly as should have
doneA for the reason that did not wish to
write until | had Investigated affairs
here to some extent.
After a story and protracted voyage,
we landed ut Vera Cruz on the 9th, and at
this place ON the llinst. found, OIL my
arrival, here, Gems. Price and Shelby,
Gov. Harris, of Tennessee. and Judge
Perkins, Of Louisiana. They are settling
a colony near here, under an arrangement
between them and the Imperial authori-
ties. | have visited the lands, and my
words are literally true when | say ! have
never beheld so lovely and SO rich a coun-4
try. | have made my settlement OF 64O
acres, every foot OF wich is as rich as
could desire. There are about thirty OF
our fellow-citizens here. making settle
ments. find that am the pioneer with
wife. Gen. Shelby and several others
have sent for their families, and we ex-
pect to have quite q little society OF our
own.
l cannot givo you a very full descrip-
tion Of the country here in % short letter.
We are ninety-two miles fram Vera
Cruz, and three thousand feet above the
level Of the Gulf. This attitude gives us
most delightful climate. Time passes
here with so few changes that, were it not
for the darkness, we would scarcely know
that it was passing. 1t is not unfreauent
to coilfeund the evenings with tie morn
ings, and v.ce rersa. The whole country
seem to be bringing $ forth its productions
by steam. SO rapid is the grewth. Ths
fruits indigenous to the tropics, with cot-
fee, sugar, rice and tobacco, grow with
marvellous abundance. think this is the
garden spot OF all that | have seen af the
continent of America. We are rev in fif.
teen miles Of the terminus Of the railroad
wich will be complete to Cordoya in about
one yeur, and to Mexico in five.
The climate, country aud everything
here is SO t,,r ahead of Cuba TINT there is
but little comparison. The government
sells to actual settlers GAb. heads of FAM
lily, :f.0 to single men Oh Eve gears time !;
but you are posted Us to terms, Nc. These
lands us once been in tire highest state of
cultivation. and have rendered immense
incomes but during the rev@autions they
fell into the hands Of the Church, from
which they have been recently confsca-
ted aud set apart fof the use and occupa-
tion Of uctual settlers linllnigraat) The
lands in the hands OF private parties, inn
mediately adjoining, and which are no
better, sell for S25 to $50 per acre by the
league.
Curlova is a place Of abont four thea-
sand person, and IL noir enc of the NEST
laist and orderly town have ever seen,
not excepting Havana. Robbers infest
the road between here and Vera Cruzsto
some extent, but make no attacks ON per-
sons who make the least resistance. There
has been no ease where two armed men
have been robbed during the last six
months. The French authorities are
wide awake, and the least offense is saxe
to send the otfesding Mexican to the field
before aplatooa usf half dozen Turcos.
There are many fine opportunities here
for making ,nesey. have now a resi-
ton which will pay me $3.50, clear Of ak
penses, per month, as surveyor. with
better offered have also several opper-
tasities II, gee work en- the railroad but
as wish to Improve my farm, and look
\ out for an opening in that business, 1 do
net like to lie myself down on SALARY
\ All my old hone freinds have extended to
! me every courtesy. both here and at Mex
4 ice, since my arrival, and think have
a &ature Of prosperity before me.
| I do not apprehend any difficulty with
the United States. Nepoleon's combina.
\ tiens with the crowned heads of Europe
will be hard to break, and, if not broken
interference in Mexican affairs by the u
nitcd State will involve them in wa,
with five important powers, certain, and
perhaps more, Il