The New York herald., 1868-08-18

centuries are strangely commngled with the teaclt
ings OF the Catholic clergy resulting In reilgloue
cone, Vr @ ne 4ster want Of one which IN any otns{
from the pale Of the Church Ua '>'''
a., No. iL.e can be said of the mineral wealth Of
Tezultlan and San Juan de los LIanos Their i'm.
mense treasures remain as yet hidden. Notwith3
standing tns iew seams which are now discovered
are peleVeu 10 nave furnished the metals from
which were made the valuable presents 10 Cortez bN
, ma On u .he formers appearance upon Mex
and reducing ores were then OF the most smnle audi
inefficient character and IL Is equally certain that bud
little or no advancement has been made therenS
since that period while s again certain that OWING
to the disturbed condition OF the country or the na
ment has been offered satisfactorily securinS
foreign capital and life to cause the in3
PRODUCTION OF the most complete and sucl
cessful though necessarily expensive mean1
OF procuring ores and reducing the same. Gold iS
not wanting Rich and abundant seams and gold
bearing quartz found the Sierra, requirind
only paciied condition OF the country, where capiY
tai, machinery and men may be safely employed
to bring IL into market. mine known az
the 'Magstral' is opened, and Is believed I'd
have yielded copper in great abundance at the timd
OF the conquest. From the same Immediate localitX
1t is chroncled that Cortez took iron pentfullyE
which was worked INTO all manner or implements ot
war and of peace by the followers OF the conc
querOr. Your correspondent visited these ocatiea
and can attest the presence of ample evidence OF tho
wealth OF metals which must have been removed inE
years gone by, as well as the extent OF the supply
which remains untouched. Copper seems especallN
abundant through northern and central Pueblax
unfrequent. Obsdian and other metals are alsd
abundant. Rejecting upon the comparative scarcity
OF labor Which Is reported TO aict the aDorinQ
classes OF the United States, and the immense field
which, In the immediate vicinity OF your correspondt
ent TO say nothing OF the multitudes OF other nch
mineral districts all over the republic OF Mexico Id
or should be open 10 any all, for God has undoubc4
edy given the earth and its contents for the benefit O1
universal man, ana TO no one race the right to insis6
that natures wealth shall not be deveoped cOnsidx
erng then how great Is the wealth which lies nere
ana now much this wealth might be made TO cOnJ
advancement N
civilization, and considering how many there are in
dllerent lands who would gladly employ themselves
or tnelr capital In exploring this wealth. and I'm the
sequences which would follow such development
one is LED TO wonder Tor how many decades longer
the nations OF the earth will consent to such pO2
tcal condition or Mexico, or such enactments al
snail positively prevent the word from doing what
three centuries nave proven the people Of Mexicd
incapable OF accOmpiishlng-vZ., the proper and
elaborate exhibition and development OF the distriS
button OF valuable ores in Mexico. The same rehecf
ton applies, but perhaps less forcby, to the question:
OF the agricultural features OF the country HungeH
and selfpreservaion two instincts which are al
prominent In the Mexican character as in any others
consequently corn and the bean mas been and un-
doubtedly will not cease to be cultivated; wheat,I
barley and the sugar cane has also not been neG1
lected, but their production mas only been forced
by the above instincts and there and always
nave been thousands who prefer to rob each other Of
tne cereals rather than perform the labor OF produce
ing them. 1t could hardly have been supposed ten
years since that California, whose geographical
surface presents much Of the wild and untllabld
mountain, and only considerable Of fertile landl
would ever have become cereal exporting country.
and yet she feeds her vast and rapidly increasing.
population and sends abroad thousands OF bushelA
annually Mexico scarcely cultivates One-third Of
her arabic lands and insufflcently feeds only pOr
tion OF her population, though she can boast OF q
most glorious climate and two crops year. How
soon snail the benign eifulgence OF American civil
lizatlon shine upon benighted MeXico2