The New York herald., 1867-01-31

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Droao mountain valley down which sourneyed threat
ened frequently TO overturn every carriage on the road
feeling on ne %usS che v pS0r vbsn S
show their hospitality bat what they poesessed was
given with that charming manner which showed that
Il was gift Of the heart which found its highest
ward in the pleasure Of seeing the hospitality accepted
SATURDAY, 15th-At quarter past eight A. n.
;as party was :: ''a:s i:s = v.lls 'sn leagues
Il sp Psr.i % and sos from van. net us With invita-.
ces Panal bong several leagues outside oe the line
of march, could nss DO visited without losing days
time The svstion y visit that place wss Therefore
Vale.
Accompanyne the carriage Of the Vale delegation
arowa They ran on foot SIX each ride Of the Presi
dents casyaee and although trotted INTO town at
least three 1ies N twenty minutes they kept alongside
male popuatien u the place were waiting mile outside
the city 70 escort .he President in. II novel sight
the Presidents carriage hundred wild riders who sat
their horses they born in the saddle and whose
fancifui costumes lent additional charm to their riding
gaope0 either side of the foremost carriages and
crowd Of men and boys on foot wearing tho son1ye0
ancAo, covered only by ragged blankets, made up
the balance ef the escort The reception at the town was
perfectly enthusiastic The streets had strings Of sha~ls
stretched across them and were gay decorated with DIFF
Ms 0ooTso cloths ana IL s
and red OF Mexico. Rockets and musketry wero the
noisy additions 10 the greeting The streets and windows
WeIO uSicd viii an 0AvOsions uIunOi wUuuu w
vaiie has about six tho1ssnd population, and con-
WIZ nsSe made a.
only for beauty Of but for patriotism At vale
when the French entered side OF the town, the popu
latfon fleeing 70 tho mountains from the opposite
sde WHILE they marched through the streets TO take
possession, they found doors and windows closed and
everything appearing like deserted city In the desert
suSDAY, l6t6-we LEFT Vale about half past eight A.
II and arrived at Conception AZ twelve NJ Conception
s five leagues distant Il small agricultural village
oF ohout avo hundr iuhoh aufo in uolIov NJ
the Rio Florido. Here . dinner was given TO the
government. by Don Francisco Urijidi who also
Cabinet. when in their greatest distress they
passed northward twenty-six months SINCE fee
ing from the French The dinner was excellent, the
peratey After two hours spent at table started for
Florido, two leagues distant. Near the town
mounted. The freedom OF the town was offered and
accepted whole crowd Of little boys-some well
q
American cheers, much to my SURPRISE and then,
despite rapid pace kept alongside Of the Presidents
qualities In the Mexican boy that grow prominent
IN the man, and make him the best infantry soldier in
~o a Ss ny 0% nsas sixty
nothing.
As usual the whole male population were on tho out
skirts Of the town greet their President Many and
deep we're the excavations against the French Vca q
,iberiad!' "vico d Ciudedano Besto Jnares Z"
death to the French" Down with the nterven-
ton were the we'll echoed cries In every direction
Ten arches arranged with flags, notices and gay
colored decorations Under these We all passed amid
the shouts and greetings Of the multitude The people
appeared 10 be perfectly mad with joy. Sky rockets
guns, pistols and whatever else would make noise
showed NOR. hearfsi. pleasure as tho people
the government and showed their JOY at being free
and poor thrown open here they been
all along the route for the accommodation Of the Prcs
dent and his party appeared that = was impossible
Ill With their means limited 70 what French
intervention had left. them,, they proved that
ihus IL, a. u Vale, they Ssve refused 70 take any
money from the soldiers Of Presdents escort forany
Ssrns about I've thousand hsys thus sr shown the
greatest patriotism and have hyshed much blood and
treasure In behalf Of the liberal government
upon The corner Of the plaza may be seen an immense
Of meteoric iron, which bears the date Of 1000,
soft and pure contains much nickel and phosphorus,
and weighs about I'VE thousand pounds 1t fell the
vnsss IN sos % sw from Ss S
t~cs this size and two smaller masses ali Of the
metal They are said 70 have fallen At the same time
that the one described above fell
REAcHISG rhE cOMANcHE hAURACDING GROUND.
Monday. 18th, We won't from Fiorido to La Parida
nine and half leagues good road We left about
nine A. NJ escorted out Of the Town BY many people Al
San Isdro hacienda the poor inhabitants crowded around
the carriage and claimed their right 10 shake hands with
and 70 embrace their President We reached the little
walled ran,ho of La ParidA about three N. II Is
late and miserable ranchera OF perhaps two hundred
!,
any cattle the Indians Comanches rob them all-Ihis
point being on the line Of Indian invasion from north
western Texas to Durango Three hundred raras south
small stream, Is the boundary line between chihuahua
and the State OF Durango We now enter into the prin
cipa plundering grounds OF the Comanches and from
this point nearly the city OF Durango 1t is considered
much dangerous travelling than in southern Chi
.ouIa be obtained Hens chickens horsss dogs, cats
dirty and ragged children, mules servants and woman
in childbirth shared the corner Of rancho occupied by
~ Wav and
by the President were scarcely superior
TUESDAY 18TH Left La Parda at half past eight clock
Durango soil Here Governor Terrazas Chihuahua and
the gentlemen who accompanied him, took leave OF
The Governor had for more than two been the last
The forlorn hope OF Mexican independence. From FL
Paso del Norte be had started with three hundred
retake the capital Of his state from the French He
people arms and, like scottish clan, they gathered
Il the cry OF liberty When hc reached the capital his
stacked and .ook the city in the beginning OF Decem
Der, 1895. Had the imperlalists held out two hours
longer; the ammunition OF the liberals would have
The lss~s taking or those Who u the darkest hours
Of peril had In Chihuahna for twepty-six months stood
afsciinr there wsrs no dry eyes 70 BE- seen IN the
party either sde tbs embraces were long and warm
ss su1s 70 :,s Asr s1 ss wscH
awakened 20 team when their iron hearts awoke
the glory Of victory which they shared Al parting
Of thirty cavalry, which forms frontier defence
tor he ssass against the Indians They were well
mounted but poorly armed with short ances each dec
GRATED with small tailed red Dag They made
quito addition 70 esoort We arrived It Cerro
Gordo about one O'Clock NJ and were received By the
people with cansderabe enthusiasm, bat not that hearty
welcome which had greeted throughout Chihuahus.
few rockets, small trumphal arch and few pistol
shots were the sum total OF the reception.
This point Is said 10 have furnished many mperalist
troops There scarcely man to be seen, nearly all
OF then being engaged in the cause Of the empire.
WHpxEsoIT, 1efh.-Lef Csno Gordo ~ seven O'Clock
Il and reached LAzarca at four O'Clock r. n, twelve
Ieaguea The country between the above mentioned
places heavy rolling prairie cf hong and lofty swsls
sometimes resembling Western Iowa, minus the water.
IL ~ rather sandy, bus well covered with grass which
would serve ~ hne pasturags for cattle.
Ia zsrca was in 1879 splendid cattle hacienda the
ars in Durango IL has now sixty square leagues bus
formerly comprised many ranches which have bseu
taken from IT. and which sweled It's eKtent 70 three
hundred leagues Of land Il was the property OF Fer
nando Daz Dc " Campo, who at the daae above men-
toned MADE bargain with . very wealthy Mexican 70
sell b the purchaser agreeing TO give one dollar per
head for every animal which was at that time
branded; these not branded with the hacienda
mark 70 be thrown into the bargain
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