Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-10
COLUMBUS, O., FRIDAY MORNING,

cause the majority of the native rMexi.
cans are by no means reliable for work
and white laborers are difficult to Obtain,
and only at great expense. In many
pl ices; also, the Indians are SO hostile as
to render, the working of a rich mine, q.
matter ofat solute impossibility. II have.
seen seyeralp places which had to be aban-
tdoned on that account. and Others which.
are known by the, peculiar pointed shane
and, steepness of the mountain 10 con.
tain, gold, could never be worked at ali.
for, the same reason. = There are also a
number of, rich silver mines in New
Mexico, particularly near the frontier, of
the Mexican State of, Chihuahua.s hut
what, is likely.to. Constitute ma of thes
principal resources of the, TERRITORY and
largely, contribute to its DEVELOPMENT
and wealth, is the abundance, of .copner
in the mountain range !, along the left
bank of. the Rio Grande, but more So
even on the other. side ofthat river in. the
direction of Arizona. Copper of prime
quality is ac.uall yfound almost ON the sur.
face Of the earth, and MANY a land claim
has been made by. persons residing in the
territory, who find it i9ipractieable for
the above enumerated reasons to turn
their hidden treasures to account. but
whose successors or heirs are likely to.
make large fortunes when Increased ia
eility of transportation, increased immi-
grafton and the development of the
Territory to higher degree Of civiliza-
ton will render it easier for the man of
enterprise to avail himself of the nat
ural advantages of the country and to
turn its mineral wealth to. good account.
We had gradually approached the
shores Of, the Rio ,Grande, the river
which separates the United States from
the Mexican Republic for distance Of
more than 1000 miles. We were en-
camped in beautiful grove, with large
majestic pine trees overshadowing. with
their rich foliage our tents and thus pro-
tecting us against the hot rays ofthe sun
The grove, looking more like an orchard
on large scale, extended to the very
edge of the river, at about quarter of a
miles distance from camp. / took
stroll down on a beautiful summer morn
ing, in order to take my first glance on
that celebrated river, which has already
played an important part in the history
Of the United States. There it was in
all its beauty before me, with the bright
sun shining upon its waters and making
it look like torrent of silver. On the
shore the Mexican settlements
were scattered in romantic disorder,
while the town of Las Lunas, looking
forth from among grove of trees, gave
the scenery an indiscribable air of pleas
ant variety and peace. Little. did +
think, when standing on the banks of
the river that morning, that 1 was so
near a dear old friend of mine, whom /
had moi. seen for seven years, but whom
fate had thrown far, far away from where
we had first known each other. He re-
sided in Las Lunas then, but did not
become aware of it until about six
months afterwards, nor did he suspect
me to be in that remote corner of the
world. His subsequent casual discov-
ering my whereabouts enabled us to see
each other some time afterwards, and to
relate our mutual adventures. We had
both been handled roughly by and
struggled against an apparently ire
concilable fate; we had both seen much,
travelled far and made many bitter expe-