New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17


filled with rural stores from beyond the lake. The
- l,,. .,,,l ~. .r. rho aloab.la's faxes to the
49, r:l IT, , ,l,,4 ,y.,,, further and
prejudice OF simple labor Shoi' way luz go 49,,
we are nj th. loss f.rouegted canal which goes ~ O
Do. q., e.. tl,i,,, l,,.aiy about these canals,
i'HV"' A"'-. ~ ""'"'"7 '''-' -, +re fouIest
and this one might have been CI'''"0i 80 -,
of limbos Tor some rods 10 is a receptacle rather
~ . f,. +b, dr,inaoe of one of the uuhap-
wa" "i' "'''' -' '' ,.rti.u1ar But there
pest cities Ih TIE "olIo III 'i''' -. J.. ~.
is now no ready way 10 the La4o9 oN0'Pu ~ '"''
.,d. soIitary barge is waiting. COW
""i"'' ''N -, Ia. A., f.,ce rs fro,o tbp SIM
cred over ana ao'"'' ann -, -
and the canal Caa'on is a SA1'N lnuIah WIN
10 doa--rvpd caunt-chccEcd, weak-ftatured rs
I''' " l. T., +iis bislorric Inst "a we reach
most In'',9 l. a. clnr,n of ,nld- GouSes lonely rs
SlLc f I .,t,nose,l tu he dvelt i'm bv smugCleTs
l"i' ,I.i"rs f.,y uusbes across the shallow lake
i"3s ,sat The Isle of the Penon 1t is a deSOlate,
it La,il.- t,,rt v,beraon tLe SIM pours veTi-
cali, aud f,. eod sheen are cropping with ingenu-
49,, INV. - lco,pp i'm its hard baked face, and
~ iI Lii g.; ,'.:io,cLolv-g surcimcn shot up
70 y'I~S ~ M ,.li,',,. +, hmm of volcanic
OH "'i'N p" H'iNV t,o'~i - a',J drv with a
sag mull"..'.' uIoW + ,re M gonbt of Plu-
n'il P'. ,l'S..,i, o. ~ The lIaxc,p poets de-
lo.to '.'Nt i.i ~ T'na,oc almost duplicates the
.,,,. -, .''I T. , '..' ~ hand
P-0'', " ',,o,s -r,,oocola
N'afI lHe u, i i W., =, An ~
~, ~, " ,' ., vines taiI nor cedar grows
Ni'It I','t -, ,,r co1lin,y fonntoin layes
M ,.,.-!! ~ Ii,rl,less rocks and sterile sand
4 barre,, country is: dry dusty, sad,
Where tie vile worm scarce drags lis length along
Tv.Liu f.. mass of varirratcd tC.0Hte or volcanic
- ~, most dnroble for building that Mexico can
;l,,G',rl Ir nrr.ists iu.uot decaving while all
n,''rr c1uIrloD Stone yields 10 destroying salts.
SoyaaIv rbpprcs> rs the Pcnon is even here Nature
$50 ,.noI IN footboli The mesquit, tree known
r. lief ,yppu this point and Texas, roots itself
:; ,',,, ,c,Is sl9T and cindcrS and tOurishes its
60, a.. Like branches Does il send its roots
do,vu ia ,4 lake level No: fOrthe fall of moisture
on tbe hot waste is about in proportion TO the heat OF
a.. TC9-.tI de- and s0mewherein the rocks is cStem
~, Wv ,.t.r he ,nrsouit as carefully as if it grew
KEPT 10 wafer '-0 H'Si"' 40 '''''"''' 80 - - 0-0'
-.
ny; ~; fiI f ,'i,. are l,id ont attended NV a
noS nc ; t,,,f n,onle tiuilps offer thpuSel yes
~ -; .i,4 r.. w. strorrs f,ce. and hearing
D ,,,. 7,,,.,,,os onr cicerones bv-and-bv grow
sti.- - j. LII ti,,t o,,I trio are armed AGAINST
ii,',,, 80, Of Ellis lr.f distance from the CITY
I"u-I.N, 'l'. ' :t T.; -. - I'D, .+r, Of tie
G"I CHI. V"l'oS' 80 ~ &c mi Jo nr t,,I,es6,,ite
fchoh' we lN"uu",' ,lt VI N.' ~ S i;,i
"a mahul'9I iIe ii3t lIoic lvl'. 80 ;i l.,
tive method IMAM us NaSt resources. = Nei NloW
that the taItH oI lhe Nd-icI "'y"'lI l, ir - H.
pregnated WIN species OF SOFA ana t''' lsC'co ~
self is niue more HaH soI1 1l N.ol,Saio SUI ST.
water. III COM alus 'i IlilleSo uCPoslE va tuo So
OF Souluil' Cti'4iN ny IlIIo4Io' va f "a Ill
carbonate Oh S9"i' ~ mas ElC"G oull"oc "H' f
dtptl' anu WH"G WIN 'Ho, l3lii! .so"NOI VI i..i
months and the dry season OF eight us range OF eN
panson ana contiacton Is rom ~ 10 ~ squdle
miles. A calculation OF the contents OF the lake may
be made by finding the percentage OF Salts IN us So
lntion and tins. IN lo1l when the lake was cQhsl4gr
ably contracted, was not less IMAM 10 pJI CCit' Alo
PenOn SOda-stllls are not numerous, DuI iIuSIItlo
the rude principle at Work al around JIie l'ht, lneS
are simply mounds of accumulated dark, bluelSh
there In these holes bags are placed and IN the bag
the impremated, frOsty-lOOking earth found every
morning along the lake. Over this earth water
is poured, and the liquor which SINKS through me
DIRT and is drained from the bag passes INTO vessel
below. The solution thus caught is eVap0Latta over
fire, aud tcQueSQulte IN the result ms is the
whole process, remote the days Of MOnteZuma
from all notions of steam. The SOda-ma6ers, IN
color and kind appear 10 he Of one lump with the
earth, uIinuo tho salt. and live in mud-brlcked
houses. FOR TINS country ADOBE or dried clay, Is 2
better material thal logs MOOu Is scarce auu haI9
mud Is plenty, standing well up agnhsJ sun ana
rain F0r want OF OtIler, ADOBE loIe lne nllng oI
most of the hacienda nouse-WMIs, ana even IN the
shape OF hGd-hut Is ec2nmeuafu LOT co2lhesI 80
that upon the whole, lear Ih9t uaVelers nave
sneered niue lshofahIly az tht cl"A f va nc
poorer sort OF dedcahs, AS 10 Jle utio VI tlo M
mates mems " -, ,'t%r :, r
Inc uuSV on 'e Oo i - f - ,o-, lo,cr;lod Tho
As conuaoTd win We luue PioiJaS utSCIIpGu, '9
statstlcS Oh IeS.oco sal'S al IL Nfi f
nave llt autiot,tN ~ oI POl Ill W - AN ,i,,
ssl{ ny lu Nh 10 - - 80 ad 90 IN onintsIe az
lals oI cIS St'!l1-uol pito 'O vi "a. 80 - Ia -
ttgIeog':' vi t if 49, rnarai ond eCicn
WIN .II WI, ollii.0 @ -. 30 ,,r1s5 M SIovor on
uHC ,HPPIaHS'o wy ~ " e IL ,l;taI oanl 80
lhIeliEenL VlelsI eIt Nv I, aSsnIrn The c1ic
VIC Sai. t ei,,t;o,, 70 conta;t, or ,,onnds
.C a. SIi,b % SIS ner csraa il worth 81 33 for
81 bf Of ait and 81 ceuts for fhe other half of soda
or oifog.tbpr e. "When the water of the lake y
80 ~ seag.r contains rem per cent in soluton
rake its suDerces at 81 SQUARE mile or one fourth of
~, CONTENTS This is in 0GO OOO of sCnore
aras ar 125 100000 of square meters and shOuldabe
then one-half a meter i'm depth and i'm round num-
~ e-i millions of ubc meters which at a. would
bo ,9orfb S@i5 i60 00D These fcnres seem IN have
H." 80 ,,,,rtcyeJ Nv Mr. RaVrng a connefen+ scet,-
fife gentlemen cousin of Sir John BOwring. He de-
careS salt is TO Mexico what guauO Is TO Peru Writ
;r in Nav 1850 he saws. ''ITn Ia the present time
yaine ~ a nnIIitv INIT " en the railroad shall
~ - ii,, 20 IL . coos+ III lol-o Of Teecoco Los
cGlIy ~ Siiio."piS W C 20 ' oI'a - IN -
alone euhCioht 70 PIouCo N""o ''' vi ~ 30 P'sS
the product OF Ihe silver mines OF near uel monte
GuanaJuatO, ana Lacatecas umteu. feln pays us
GeDts WIN gnaho, ana e1Ico may 10 IC s2S Wv, t
SaOs Ro"Ilns Say ' t ~ GS 80 81 ti 80 80
Deo" .He 1ho o d So ~ NJ 4; ~ IL
per CoIf ~ n it, h2, ei t ~ so,reI rddpcd feet
w nc thhs, ela' ny 49, 20 Rc ia th tte &c
nt!oM tue sur tS go