New-York tribune., 1868-11-06

rorod men Our driver tells us that he bears WIN
him letter for neighboring hacendado calling iCf
force of Is men, which Is to be raised from .ho
hacendas around; and the character OF some g9s
;,' on the road between our whipster and guaruS.
man of tho farm does not permit us 70 Deiieve & .a
he is intensifying our interest In AFFAIRS Oh ho lo %
Gm - apdor to increase his profits. Nevertheless tue
lard ~ X is fair sign rather than an ornlnOus one
mt now. IL any farmers have been splTitiess anu
HELPLESS in their i-reasoned dependcnce aPVn U%
srnment they are those OF the state oi Meh,co, ss
II ia possibIe for a very sli band VI thieves
40 work serious mischief. so long as the farms arc
unpoccd Were the farmer; 70 JON spg"md hear Of
iss highway robbery; and their act would nave .is
x;rtne: that 1t would present connter-empioy%icne %
to robbery in enlistng numbers Sl tne poor, "a the
haoendalos allow themselves to be paralyzcu no NO
poor of the villages are terrorized theIe ahscnt
opinions every suspects his nelgip%9r; % nn"r
rahhers are spoken Of with respect; ana the inp9; np
once attaches to them which belongs 10 puspt,ho H.
spirited men The banditt take the place .v Ui that
neIIigence travels in Mexico so slowly Tor waht 10 Ua
raroads and reegraphs, that it is hard ior nb anb
people understand the Goy9rneih, ,eiscbef before
thn ncoDle know what to do Now that the Govefliff
menf has pnt down the more menacihg ciaos 'opt ~
"us, ,obberv will be stimulated have saiu tnat
tbe nueson lust appears TO pe seio'S hi;nJ to
nolice rather than revolutions; D,t 10 one y ia
the truth of experience: tha' io""'''
One other consideration this subject OF roopeg a
merits have seen, since cauo " III .nG; tbornto
n,atry a nnmber of caves and my guIne ,l.oioSV
county y,h, cnmmon = spcion and belief that Just
sncI, caves ~ these. which IN Mexico arc hdi,G
o The haupts and hiding places OF the p,nui'i.
r nlo onS aso have given of farmer carried OH 10
cave i'm the hills will suggest wnat ways ilo nr
pers or pagddores take to Keep lIeil sr5t lend
f,scinoton to robbery In tho minds OF ue sntn.. i
Eyen the plains sometimes offer conceaihie. .h .iie
,.en araucos therein containing caverns ao9ub Iho
or;rn of which the wild beasts may have known
something or the Aztecs might nave letI iS ios,'
Indeed without this cave ana mountain syS.o,n. a,
which seems To be back part oil me Tree maoyn3s
t nri,,c i'm Mexico robbery would lose It's ehief
stratcgic supports. For topogIaphcai reasos, ,neI
is perhaps country where ~ ~ eilsicr 10 rpp o. -
dAicult 10 overtake and capture thieves Inc DleNi-
can yellow covers make good usc OF the caves zen
pnnco of the Supreme Court has Just been teling
story of daring yonng won "4 I nai Sasnerate fe
low Is saving that he cannot bear the sgt OF neI'
pnts his eyes ont with darnngneedlc. Tho maiden
might have used pitchfork and the swan T, nave nave
Jared worse but everybody to his taste. The caves
ANYHOW are bad. and 1t might he worth whle IOr Tue
Government troops TO peep INTO Them Le' 10 VIo
be- unduly surprised at bandltlsh mere lol III, " 70
as old as tho days of the Regency and was cngeh-
drrcd by the muTdrrous policy Of SPAN ana con-
served aud syst.matizcd by accumulated misgoyern-
mcut and war. You have read OF me hlng Oh lne M
Mountainsg II is curious how iadi Stayros and his
triho pht have fitted this latitude. But enough
said The cuIc for the robber evil appears to he enl-
ploynent aud Immigration iohehteu oS iaio'u o"-
sppn 'Jnan - miles from the City of Mexico Is
picturesque small town, situated IN rich pam pe-
tween the common class OF Mexican hills or noun
fains Teotihnacan is its ancient name, meaning. II
| interpret right the town ot the gods III was worry
quiet when entered it IN the morning not even
iIuria de Oro or Shower of Gold, the name OF its
pnlaue shop presenting sign of animation. Inc
,ncson or hotel wore the same incidence aud 1t was
some time before our host gave us our plck out Oh
number of rooms, tile tOOrcd unexpected, ana nm
washed but the best 10 bo had for money. Ihe
churches of San Juan oharningly situated toward
the end of walk of willows ana cyprssSes, whtrei
T.,f from ys.rie i'm "a
rctarnas in BLOSSOM pointed ont to me two trees
under which Macmillan and CarlOita took an open.
air breakfast on their way 10 the pyramids, Of
course they could not manage to make meal IN the
town. for hardly can We who are lscu 10 simple ialc'
but not to manteca chile. and the like. The trees
pointed out pfOdigiOus expresses. with hOlOWs
n, roomy rs some Indian houses and doubtless rs old
as Mnniezumas cypress at thapultepec or the pyra-
nlids which were going TO see. Al sunset coming
from The pyramids, concerning which spechl chap-
t.r shall appear We sought the creek Qt IoOtuAcan
in default of more than glimpse OF the cuIates
clear tank of blue water, hard by the church where,
from party OF men bearing acOhn alu accompanied
by two fearless mOurners taking their departure
have witnessed the same dry. dead scene IN other
places where death fails To awaken any vcrilable
SENSATION in hearts that are quite used to him. Con
trariwise saw littlo baby taken TO IL grave to-
day. II va, swahcd to a board. delicately pllowed
aud covered lovingly with howesS both real ana aIt
ioial. The father bore ii aud u kinsman cartlch
spade beside H. but other than these were no mourn
crs Tenderness for very Young children ~ common
enough among the Mexican peaSantry, but thcr gyp,
~ life IN after years out much sOllCltude ana
defeats much promise. ! hayo seen many pretty
children in Mexico running naked or mgged, liko
shabby little cuplds strapped 10 the backs Of their
druid ging mothers Not less anxiously and hopefully
have thought of them than Of the boot blubbcrng
faced ltle black boys spelling ont their lessons in
ths Sea Islands during the war What VIII the Mex
leans do for their present crop OF children Lot
them be- Taught by the ladron rather than the school
master Surely not. yet saw some danger IN mo
case OF IA hos | met In one of the villages, hand
some gentle lad who puryeyod dinner for rs at tho
mud hOyel Of blind mother. HIS next door neigh
Dor had killed a man in puque brawl. aud run on
10 Join the robbers. Mexico still wants Savior, aud
an infant one. II proof be wanted Oi his mission
only let him have spelling book
We passed an unlucky night at the .meson. At
daylight two inscriptions were dscernable upon the
walls aud suppose must bc classcd with tho archaic
cioslies Of the place. The landlord spares any undue
approhonsiOn- by assuring that one OF the nscrp
tons explains the other. The first warns us No
duemsa tstd iorqu6 asa norddd dc chmchcs,'
or. in other words DO not sleep IN this bed because
il swarms with chinches" The second is underneath
the first aud il "a follows: " .iqui mHrio dcs-
grdciddor or Here died an unfortunate one" Ey.
IDENTIFY there had been stir IN the bug republic aud
somebody had suffered from these mesOn thieves,
Pugos. chnehes. adrones. all of the same breed
yrrnIin all OF them. SOD.
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