New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-26
MEXICO.

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Tur VALLEY or TEHUACAN-A VISIT ~
GIN. PoRFnO DIAZ, AND HIS ARMY
Froa Our o"n Cores TEuUAcAN, NOV. Is. 1867.
From Orizaba. the last date Of this correspondence
90 Tebuacan. is about so miles to tie southeast
tbronpb mountainous country. OF the luxurious
;te Of the former cncircled by the oiiest beauty VI
,,cene no description can make you fully aware. i''
the advantages of Crzaba are practical AS ii Is oo
If the richest and finest so it is among inc mos
stable and industrious ncighborhoods I'D al -ieA'o
Twenty-Five thousand is its count Of popui''ou-
sply nucleus Of numbers Tor tue pusS NV
which ii ought 10 become III Time US
great watcrpower merits special Iol'uIA' ot
l. e very rare resource IN TINS part OF
81, Xyrt,t with its soil and water its several
fact,rire and the prosperous start when laoOI Vi
yarious kinds has made there, OrlIaoa Is PlVo.IS
as attractive 10 immigration rs any tbe tbincs
country Were q railroad hcre2bOutss theNe tiHiubs
,Vould moi need 10 be advertised. Inc ElClhIty oI
riz9Ia and CCldOVa is undoubtedly one OF lle b'Su
,or no cotton com bananas. and the catalogue
of Mexican fruits, along with the common Ctleals'
grow there OF very near ~, IN aDuiutnC'; q,
where exists some sCant remains Oh Inc Iale udpIoes
American colony is though n very uCh center OF
agriculture fatal ground for the common ci4ss VI
adventures II is what the french caltted Hela
1,ruz-a j0ydip dacclimdiiOn, Which IS q Iaceuous
term convertible with n buryng-gTOund NOtNltn-
standing this il is possible TO re-colonle tle nelg
lorhoOd of ~Corlova. if courage ana patience sur
n nSn - iwnorfed from abroad. There is no
neighLorhoOd more tempting IN ITS notous son
In n pl8uter and vet from want OF proper ana per
soyeiing wledge-tbOugh the requisite aItel an,
has not been very geat-tallures have been common
enough among American newcomers TERRA CalleuIe
is undoubtedly more or less hazardous 10 unnatural.
lied foreigners; yet some have managed 10 i've II
down. and will become milhonalres IN consequence
Strict temperance, in the midst OF unparalleled lnN-
uries may save the adventurer here as III other
places But COTdOva Is one thing IN respect 10 eli
mate and Orilaba IS another, though the Instance
between the places Is not twenty miles, Inc opJ5c-
tons which both native and foreign have 10 the
Summer maSma Of the former do not hCld g0Oo
against the latter. The mountains make all the on
ference Nothing surpaSs the situation OF Otl-
zaba For all reasons Orizaba ought TO furnish the
best location which the clyllZlng tenderness
OF the age can select for an American propaganda
Of the right sort in Mexico. There Is only one
which either Mexico or ourselves can tOeTate-that
of industry agriculture, and economy; Tor If IN one
respect Mexico Is laud OF plenty she Is IN anOtheI
only gigantic waste. Spite of the f0rbddlng mar
TOWnesS of some OF her people. she Is IN Ieahty a
beggar for all that we eau give her without taxing
advantage of her poverty 10 rob her. SEND labor
saving machines 10 OrZaba, and good living ma
chimes along with them. Plant factories; sugar cot
fee cotton, and water are ready for them rant
rails; abundant produce and manulacture Will ere
long reward the enterprise. Everything depends on
she railroad There are moral considerations III
favor OF these practical changes. war mas ielt q
good pait OF the people poor ana comparatively luIe
beggaTs and icperOS are numerous the roads are OF
course unsafe, IL is impossible for certain class OF
the population to SIT all day with lean hands IN
empty pockets. The interest of idleTs, thieves and
begRars in politics is always revolutionary; truth
20 which Mexico Is living suffering witness. with,
out assured and progressive industry, II IS PLAIN and
certain a sum that her condition IN the future
cannot be less abiect and haphaZaTdOUs than it has
been. enforce this truth because It is one Tecog-
nized 10y the most intelligent Of Mexicans them
selves. Anything that can make her more interested
IN industry instead of her too teTyld tancywOIk OF
personal and selfish politics. VIII be likely 10 dsln-
feet some of the most dangerous localities OF pc
itiCal fever. Something beside politics IS wanted
IN Mexico Railroads viii employ thousands OF her
lao To "a
che spectators who make petition, her condition
would be vastly safer than it is at present. However
this may be, Orzaba Is naturally place OF places
FOR such Propaganda as have described. The ave-
rage of Mexican agriculture could appear only con
fempube TO Duchess County farmer, with his
laOOT-SaNlng Appliances: Yet tickle TINS lana win
straw and 10 laughs with a harvest, quite as heartily
In many ways as Douglas Jeuod's Australia Amer
can agricultural ideas are certainly interested in the
conquest Of MeXicO-its selfcOnQuest mean.
Tehuacan, town OF about 5000 people is tistin-
gushed as being the headquarters of Gen. POTtiro
Daz commanding the Mexican Army of the Fast /
by the kind invitation of Minister Romero. your cor
respondent accompanied him and Gen. BabcOck, Of /
the staff Of Gen. Grant thther from Orizaba II IS
days ride OF so miles on horseback, tatigulng and
trying, as yOu may suppose, since the road winds |
through all varieties Of hight and hollow, and /
through several chmateS-a Journey the Ike OF /
which is seldom out OF Mexico. Not very far 4
from Orizaba we are introduced to of those end
less valleys which are the marvel of this country
vast ranges of scantily wooded hills either SIDE
and the wide space between, with here and there a
I solitary hacienda, or some rude Indian settle /
" lN+l' A'''''5 TiA'"A cH. a. i'sipi9
as map. This seems q very primitive conn |
try. One sees the bull-tOngued pillow and wooden |
wheeled OX-cart, the latter stuck in the mud Hoes
ana such Things are unknown and apparently I'M /
needed. Crops grow of their own accord. BY this /
time the corn is all dry OF subble though stalks are
Ot talr night. Oranges an abundance Of which |
we have LETT behind in the leafy gardens of Orzaba
appear at s6me of the faTm-houses with neighbOr-
ing of wheat and banana trees the paradise OF which
exists further down in the terra cahente The fam
lily OF the cactus begins 10 bristle out and the ma
guey-plant shows itself in a desutory way as we /
md Tho foru have eIIo..
the road, adObed and One-stOred stake-built huts,
matched with grass or palm, fenced and patched /
with maguey-blades OF cactusstalks bringing up the
utJeCted rear LOOKING az Spanish One-stOry and
one OF these poor wigwams II IS as If beheld the
medieval civilization and barbansm Of the old world
aud the new, eXtant together side by side in the
nineteenth century. The Indians arc squat serious
slmpe-perbaps the best Indians the world over
careless as to personal guise or exposure breasts
Of all SartOTal doctrine; a hardy and indus
trious race, and, as every one says, an
honest one; no romance, however in either
their features or condition Some Of them, exhibit
ing their nakedness in the town plaZas look law
and vacant and misfeatured but the race, am told,
prefer to work even II u IS only to drudge Viewing
lie Indian. let nobody at the African but at
The sam time let him not hold the Indian in con-
temDf Ha :. @either handsome nor well-taught but
The laxco of the present and Of the future rests
ms stur5v shonldeTs lie nils the armies. works the
,aantations. and will build the railroads Inc rest
more peaceabe and, of course, more OF drudge
Than the so-called Mex lean IN the toWns' ohe hSts
oonv a poor rude Indian mother tIuCglhg
along with her pieka3inny at back, j ana
o ~ dozen miles back to her hut, and there pre-
%a,A Good meal for her tawny household, INTO
which Of the fruits Of 9 4Bs Sy5n fSSSPeE Ur
P1tcboFi fbe big sombrerO we8vers, who parade |
ibemseiyes in all the pride Of silver Papta-
ioons and affect an air Of rowdy romance IN 1heIr
dirty work of robbery and murder VINO are the NeI
NJ ard nests of Mexican hfe-not the poor Indian
of the fields. Some Of the most individual ana FS sOle
- the Mexicaus have been Indians Zen. Thomas !
Vt1a the Lonestest of the Imperalists, shot at !
.'leJiof. T,dia President ,iuareX. ID