The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-13


the Capidera chain OF mountains. a great spur or
the Sierra Madre, that tanks us on the north and
northeast and is the limit again OF our jurisdiction
IN that direction. III Hanks us from nort-northwest
10 due east and is about forty miles distant. You
observe that gap IN due northeast direction.
General Taylor and his army came through that gap.
The river Capidera courses eastwardiy this side
OF the mountains. Now look west-nornwest. That
great but end OF q mountain with an immense span
ish saddle chiselled out upon its summit, lying
nearly due west. is the SilIa, or Saddle Mountain,
close TO Monterey-just this side OF Monterey.
placed on the top OF said mountain after the taking
OF Monterey, which was DONE have known some
ns 70 Inc summit Of said mountain aie but none but
the most athletic dare attempt ii. That lofty sum
NIT You see a little further to your right Is
the Mitre Mountain, from its resemblance 10
bishops mitre IL Is ten miles from the butt OF the
Silla Mountain northwest, and Monterey is hall way
between the two. in the mouth OF the pass TO Sal
to and the Interior Then to the north OF the Mitre
you see the Whale Mountain, an exact resemblance
to the body and nukes Of an immense whale half out
OF the water These are all spurs OF the great Sierra
Macre. And now turn you around and look down this
immense valley 10 the east-southeast down the
rise up out OF the plan-laden with mineral
wealth, but. instead Of mineral wealth here
s suu 'ne the az oR sam
the river San Juan, the river Ramos and the river
Morelos, that emerge from the Sierra Madre on our
east are all clothed with fine haciendas, or farms,
where corn and sugar are the main staples grown.
But tobacco, beans, sweet potatoes, pumpions,
also produced abundantiy, and all these haciendas
are rendered productive by irrigation, being the bot
tom lands mainly upon these rivers or mountain
streams. On the uplands the cattle ranches are
mostly located. Now all this immense valley OF Cade-
reyta is densely covered with chaparral or bushy
forest timber and cactuses OF every specles and II
you can get through, even on the travelled roads,
traveller Mno1 the rivers unite to form
the San Juan, which falls into the Rio Grande at
Camarego
The climate OF this region calls for few remarks.
All this inclined plane from the Sierra Madre to the
Gulf OF Mexico is terra cde,te, or hot country.
for consumptives and Others aboring under chronic
diseases. have derived incaculable benefit from
my residence here and have known others to recu-
perate in q remarkable manner who came III a
broken state of health from the United States. The
heat OF the sun Ia intense in the middle OF the day
ana evenings are agreeable The Mexicans do not
warm their houses with stoves nor fire places in
winter only wrap themselves up ana Keep indoors
and sometimes bring fr0sts and even snow and lce
But this is rarely the case In six years have not
Sierra Madre has appeared little whltened with
snow during said years. In December, l860-the
fall Of snow Of four inches in depth which reached
here and much further. There was a slight snow in
January, 1867 with severe cold that endured two or
three days. Some OF the orange trees We're KILLED
by this hard frost. Last winter $50 cold In
almost all parts Of the world) brought no
the LIST OF January but severe as to injure
the sugar cane. There are no violent storms, hurr
canes, &C. here The terrible storm that inundated
so much damage ON the Gulf coast and In the West
Indies did not reach here. Nor during the past
c0nvused nearly all parts OF the world have we felt
the least shock slight shock was felt here In the
aTum nan o. 1862 the only one ever et ana from
fully developed earthquake. Comparatively speak
Ing there are no annoying insects here--such
mosquitoes, gnats, flies. neas, &c. One may sleep
all the year round without bar and hardly suffer
from the bite OF insect 1t in to be imputed to tho
have ever lived in, and | have proved the climates
all the way from Massachusetts to Texas, or from
Boston to Brownsville. This Is hot climate. but
have never suffered from heat here as have in st.
Louis, Mo-. or even In the city Of New York. But
have suffered from the want OF Irish potatoes and
fresh butter. Potatoes cannot be raised here and
butter Is never made. At Saltio, upon the table
land. potatoes grow well, and we get q
swee. potato grows here in toerabe pereeton T Se
milk or goats IS mainly served here, ana Ia excellent
1t is Ike the top Of the pan of cows mix in the
States. The COW milk here is good for nothing
almost. II IL about equal 10 the chak-and- water
limitations and stump tail cows milk OF New York.
Hogs living on 1t would pe apt to die Of choera-the
agony OF scurvy. oranges are abundant and very
tnc the only abundant supply OF fruit grown here;
but apples pears and ounces are supplied us from
Saltillo Peaches grow wen here. Of good quality,
but not sure. The meats good and very
cheap: two pounds and half for picayune is the
price fixed by the Jtzgddo. II may seem strange for
the city authorities 20 fix the price OF marketable
products but they do 1t here Corn, for example.
can never 60 up over twenty five cents peck. il a
scarcity occur the JazgddO becomes the depository
granary, where all the poor buy a. twenty-five
cents q peck and every grocer who sells higher IS
liable 70 be mulcted IN fine Of five dollars on pre-
sentiment before the Alcade.
But am running quite out of climatoogy into mu-
nicpal regulations, and keep forgetting that am
preparing scientific paper still, like science that
IL not all symbols and technology, ana this force OF
taste may be the reason why have taken this three
miles start TO Jump the walls OF our Old Campo Santo
upon yOn Attic, and open the collins TO snow you the
remains OF three fathers OF the Church. or out Of re-
spect to all who may have curiosity sufficient to wish
To know how the dead may stand this climate have
taken leave from the responsiveness Of subject to
Intervene some matters pertaining to the living
subjects here and their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that sup
pose, II Shakespeare has said 1t, that tanner will
dnre longer than tinker, or a padre longer than
pao; bur the remains Of the three padres first turned
up-l will tell you how.
Look away yonder over to the northeast from the
public piazza on that higher plane OF ground on the
river bank, called the Attic Tor pretty little heighD
and you will see the walls OF our Old Campo SantO
lots the city can boast Of The new sugar refinery,
lately built ut cost Of over $780, 600, is In unseemy
proximity to It. The Juarez government II down
aud, therefore the Old Campo Santo must be SOLD
and the GROUNDS opened FOR streets and alleys
and private or public improvements. Our first al.
cade Don Manuel Ortega, is an ultra liberal and a
brave man where there is any breaking down OF the
church party interests to be done: and our Govern
or, General Geronimo Treyino. is of Cadereyta
and brave general in all things and under all cir
cumstances and a progress man, every inch OF him,
az well rs the Acade: 80 that 1t WINS only necessary
Tor the shrewd Alcade To propose this city improve
n ent for the Governor 10 order II done, provided
commission oil yuct1rOs, or doctors, should report
IT harmless OF evil to the public health. Accordingly
the commission was summoned TO meet at the old
Campo Santo on such morning at such an hour.
and, always obedient TO the or the authori-
ties, was there punctualg at the hour. found the
gateway that had been shut up ~ sold masonry
nye years ago to prevent any further lnferInents
opened and astrong force with crowDars and picks,
breaking tue vaults and taking out the collins pitch
ing the bones into common pile ana burning the
boxes; the whole grounds overgr0wn with rank
weeds and grass OF five years growth and decay,
fire. smoking and cracking tke An Illinois prairie
burning IN midsummer thirty years ago ur Iades
in the Valley OF Jehosophat BACK Of Jerusalem 1900
years ago. Although was the only member Of the
Commission on the spot az yet. was called on by
the Alcade. who was present as director of opera
tons To say whether the health OF the city was en-
danRered by the process and rs the thing was done
gone" decided on and being executed, said ''Nor
OF course, which was truo 10 my convictions and
gave tue thing force. The Other menber5 Of the
Commission conctrred, on their ARRIVAL in like man
ner although their fathers and others and sisters
and brotners' remains were there deposited, at an
expense OF twenty-five 10 nifty dollars head paid to
the Church. and the depository supposed 10 be sacred