The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-26

hospitality Of the town the government One o. tbs
gentlemen made short speech, % which the President
responded in few words We then started for sem
The people, usual, crowded the suburbs and were Al
enthusiasm to greet their President The women and
children oiled the corners and door-ways; shaws were
made which could be offered for warmth OF greetings
band OF music good for the place. escorted the Presi
dent into town Houses were freely opened to ALL anu
sen Is purely agricultural town Of about three
nnSr VIII humber 81 au ~ hes"sS
The town is extremely liberal; and month before the
French evacuated Durango Sombrerete and Fresniio:
the people had pronounced for the liberal cause, ana
threw al their elements into opposition the empire
When the French Durango and passed through
nns on the people The ecn.ismsn in whose house
stopped for the night forced 10 pay $500 am in
the empire, il has been in isver Of Juarez This is
good sign and BODIES we'll for future General Arco
,sn nsrs To-Day with oregs. prisoner on his way TO
The country travelled to-day u less cultivated than
yesterday; heavy rolling district for the nrst few
leagues; now and then very small cultivated patch;
great want Of water the mountain sides barren and
everything quite desolate The land might serve for
sends more rain than now The district around sen is
however, quite well watered by the stream that runs
istence. There Ii no mineral wealth within the mme-
diate vicinity Of the place seln. i appears.
sent q message to Governor Auza to heip
them throw on the French yoke Aura answered
.nas ne na" no .olce the !own saS nsy n n "n
on the yoke, established liberal government ana thus
held strong point the main road or the French occu
patton from Zacatecas to Durango 1t caused the French
much trouble 70 have their thus cut and
hurried the evacuation Of the latter city When tho
French occupied Sen the first time the clergy poured
into IL with them and Immediately there despite the
recognition of the g Laws of Reform by Maximian.
overopped them and established The old order Of Things
with all its ceremonies The French laughed at it. for
they commanded where they pleased; but the clergy
the regeneration OF their lost power and worked
hard to fortify It, II the same in every town and
city occupied bv the intervention The CLERGY quietly
disappeared upen the occupation Of the different points
by the liberals The liberal condition OF Zaca
tecas il said Is due much to Governor Francisco
Garcia who governed in 1894 His laws we're so LIBERAL
sautary and valuable to the State that they i'm
nuIse 10 liberty which wns never lost II was he who
raised the first great OF liberty, which was 90 crn-
ELY massacred by the conservative troops under Santa
: On Friday we left scin AT half past A. NJ and
\ reached Rancho Grande p. h-ten leagues Some
people from Sen escorted Us few leagues and then
took Of The only point passed the road
Sance consisting OF half a. dozen miserable mud huts
| ground barren, uncntvsted and quite useless Deep
ravncs had been frequently cut into the valleys by the
now dry waiorcourses few stnnted shrubs covered
leagues were little better, but not much. AT Rancho
Gasd Containing perhaps ays hundred r has anns
ton crowded out in their rags to welcome and to e5 ne
President little church attached to the hacienda rang
out Us JOY for full hour Rancho Granda i the centre
of little agricultural district and situated upon the
bank of small stream, which rrgaes its lands There
is excellent billiard table and several cages Of Wild
which might add the pleasure OF The family who
| casionaiy occupy the place country resort
On Saturday left Rancho Grande at half past seven
A. NJ and reached Fresnilio at half-past twelve p M
eight leagues The country IS very barren along tbs
whole route and covered for the greater part or the
with thick cumps Of nopa trees from two to nine
| feet high.
About two leagues from Fresnlo we were met by it's
observation-disclosures carriages were in attendance,
several of them with ladies' The President and Minis
sers rode into town in the FresnllO carriages At the
outskirts Of the place large crowd Of people wished to
|
he refused to permit it, The crowd In the streets was
Dense and the enthusiasm unbsundod Arrived at the
principal building, there was reception by the city
authorities who escorted the government TO fine par
| lor where three speeches Of welcome delivered
speeches finished the TO its quar-
ters at tho famous minng hacienda Of Fresnlio and
tasted in Mexico. II gotten up in style worthy
the great mining company existing here, and which or.
1 tended their banquet to the President
On the way to the hacienda we passed under very
beautiful arch finely decorated and surmounted by the
Mexican eagle The names Of the most noted among
the bers leaders were posted up in conspicuous places
and various written under them expressive Of the
| joy and honor Of the occasion.
On sunday, the Goth, Governor Auza arrived in the
dent would give them two daya longer 10 complete their
preparations for the reception OF the government To
this the President acceded a. the time he could
crafty the desire ri the whole party to the celebrated
mines belonging to the Fresnlllo Mining Company
occasion The President attended Thera was one horse
and rider tossed into the air and 9ns young fellow
who entered into the fists 10 henor OF
the occasion From time to time they received deccra
tons from ladies' queens 2. the " n sDsv
thrift. TWO churches Of considerable professions
to architectural beauty exist hers. The houses
are generally we'll buiit several small parks and
plazas afford places diversion. or the plazas the
for market purposes and the third, which rode
through entirely filled with gamblers-men, women
That might crafty this cs passion Of humanity Little
cloths were spread on Ne ground IN many places ana
oy eager FOR Sssvs
betting
public fell 70 Juarez. II mentioned at tho dinner
table, with considerable comment the President saying
that he had good cause 70 remember H. ball was
given At night In honor Of the President
On Monday, at half-past ten A. NJ, the govern
ment visited the mines, examined the ponderous
snafs Which are Very There was no one
but your correspondent who had desire IN 90 down one
q ae% The mssd w sc. erS
feet Deep was gradually lowered down IN the bowels
old Mother Earth where 70, TWO hours s s
others; but OF all this In letter which propose TO de-
vote entirely 70 tho great Fresniio Mines the MOST
There IL ii Fresnilo college established BY the gov
practical mining school for graduates of
the practical school located Mexico nj the great
Real del Monte mines The building here 10 fine edit
nce II was built as kind OF the Fresnio Com
pany, which constructed IL manufaetory for tho
prodecug Of slphurste copper has been established
here for short time. II can turn out 81, 500 900
annually II employs one hundred operatives Tho
material produced from copper ores existing in Zaca
tecas and used in the extraction Of silver from the
ores by the frato process.
On Tuesday from Fresnillo 10 Zacatccss four
teen leagues band Of music In front OF the door
before daybrcak and continued to play until sunrise.
ut which time left town, escorted for some distance
by the director OF tho Mining Company and several gen.
tlemen from Fresnllo At the end Of seven leagues We
passed the little rancho OF Caiera hundred nhabi
tants, where they made all the display. possible with
their limited means They had q frugal break
fast prepared for the government and
much disappointed TO hear the President decide 10
continue on three leagues further to the foot OF
the mountain where the mules might rest previous
the and into Zacatecas At this point
Los Pas-about fifty horsemen, the young gentlemen
Of the city, met and formed part OF our escort TO
their capital As continued up the steep ascent the
number Of horsemen increased until the road COM
pletely lined with them. Men and boys foot met tho
government league outside the city and here also