New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-03

with We 10 yisi, Gen. Prices COLONY
The Prolific Rcsources of the Country
Gen. Price ind His Seitienacnt-tsov.
Harris Chief Carpenter - Description
of the Colony, etc.
.Cor,e.pordenceo OF The n. Y. Tribune.
COBpovA Jau. j.. $50.
When one leaves Vera Cruz for COrdoya, the
nr.t Immersion is that OF man who should IN
cSpec.eGv be taken to another planet aud who does
not fal in what he the image Of the world lie has
los, left Tie vegetation OF the country is Of peculiar
sharacter and bears no resemblance 10 the vegetation
Of any otbcrn places OF DARK green. bordering
o. tie black in others, almost yellow and so soft a
seemingly 70 have been stolen from Heaven TIE trees
ar also of peculiar shape and color and TIE shrubs
are Of so quaint structure to invite tho attention Of
tie passersby and flowers odd and 30 brilliant as to
excite tho admiration OF all.
The pecuiar beauty Of this landscape is also due to
70 the rnagnfcence of It's billy frame and The almost
supernoural brightness and artistic distribution OF the
Yelt The sun in these regions seems 10 have been
Special creation, and bears no resemblance 10 the sun
q the northern cline. Here Its rays have peculiar
tne tney are at once soft aud penetrating mellow end
scu,e. When you see them embrace plant OF ba'
rama, or cluster Of bamboos, you would never say
iat Il is the same power which boils the Wate draws
fac trains and melts adamant.
A, one advances nortlward. lie in the back
l1ouud the ffowning MattaGuiahuilt mountain rarge
which passes TO tie north VI CordOva, and runnln
fence IN a semi.circle ends in San Juan de Ia Punia,
n,nosi cutting in It's terminus the main road to vera
Trnz In the center Of this billy region rising Ike
Two cisrs and looking the mighty vcsiges ~ an
nutedeuyian creation, the trayelsag peak OF OrIaDa
ead the suOw.claG head of the POpOcataDeil strikes
your cit a. two huge pillars strong enough to PIE
vent Heaven from falling. Their massiye proportions
fle. sbUveled faces their desola,e peaks, form a.
marking contrast the smiling Landscape in lie midst
of which they tower as a ceStenalian OAK IN re md-
70! ,ugaT-cane field Their deep wrinkles. @ crshad
owed ~ pyramids Of massive sulphur and oyrr.1n BY
u,lea food OF crisyed lava, here aud there inter
niag.cd with charming oasis, in the midst of Which
royrg bands Of pantlers and tigers ore sold 70 nest
Tese erocous mas, the terror Of the Asiatic aud
Ahicaa traveller and native ore almost harmless here
They rna sway at tie approach Of inaD and, unless
urea upon and wounded never show any disposition 20
revenge themselves upon tie masters OF the creation.
TAe csrs which run from Vera Cruz 10 paso del
M4cao distance Of q miles cannot be said to BE- very
Ttt sut they ale as comfortable ne any north Of D..
porc;rac and conducted almost The principles.
s,it seat, large windows, plenty Of light ssarus Of
Lfk anu IN dUlA1dnCf % huft II WIS NptN HOt COL
s,.tute felicity, DO not know what does. Ny com.
rsnol-, far could Judge rom their looks,
nearly all foreigners. A. The french spoken more
than any other language judged that they formed The
majority Of the Travellers; next TO them the Span
jsIds AID the Mexicans. 4 few American Rebels two
on three Germans, aud many Italians, were among
the passengers The engineer, We'll the conduc
Cor, British but spoke Spanish very uielligbiy.
l., hooo f.I, ,ttt ~
Ing coupalions The Rebels particularly atractedmy
attention. They were stll clad In their former home
spun Goals which looked if they had suffered much
from q severe trials which they had been exposed
They sppeared however, lnoyaDt as II sti their
nd plantations and did not look IL they had lost
their family their home their property, everything, in
word dear ~ mans heart. Their hope 10 build
Up again fortune and home and TO recover In Mex
Eco what they had lost ia the Rebellion Of the South In
!ustce to them must say that they were extremely
sober in tie opinion they passed upon their conqntroTs
against whom did not hear them utter single curse
Two Of these Rebels hailed from Mississippi three
from Georgia and one from Virginia TWAS. however,
sufficient these men TO learn that each rod served Us
soldier 10 the Confederate army 10 create among thcm
sotherly tes-sueh as Acquaintance OF ten years
would IeTer have produced. Placed Mt the extreme
iDd 81 the car a. If defous 90 avoid attracting the al
ehtOa OF their iolowrayelcrs they spent teir time
~ talking Of the battles in which they bad been OF their
UTuses and 50 o. differing VI ~ tho causes oi tho