The New York herald., 1869-12-26

wife, pretty blonde. had little boy Ave or ak
years old. Two graves, surrounded By q neat hssie
we continued our journey up tho river Tuxpan,
crossing It At the Hacienda Chapapote Tho stream
Ii here 300 yards wide and unfordable. Wo hau nov
entered upon the famous uuastaca country. inc
plans stretching back from the river are from nA-
teen to eighteen miles wlde are Renuy unauutt nuset
by numerous streams Of limpid water Beyond liso
the hills, covered with luxurlant grass or nSaSy ,y
TO view Great numbers Of horses. mules and
horned cattle are roaming over the praries, anu
LILLE Is sckals OF the Indians Beautiful puoblng
creeks as clear the skies above them are traceu
along the valleys; every bush Is alive with chrpng
birds. and the screams OF parrots and chachalScas
almost deafen one. Looking around could not nut
exclan, biessed country WOOD, prairie, ma.vl ,wn
crops oil corn RICE sugar cane vanilla coffee sarsa
parla. indigo aye woods, woods. aispSe i tsnn;cs glmgcs:
where there are no mosquitoes, few nies
and few SNAKES. or tno latter saw, saw
cal region noticed but nve horsenies l put up my
mosquito bar bat once, and even then it was unno.
America or elsewhere Wheat and barley, Of course
do not grow mere. and was told that sneep anu
goats do not do well. As food Tor horses the natives
prefer the leaves OF tree called oj,te TO hay corn
or anything else. Game aoOunds; among when l
may enumerate deer, pecsr, three species OF pnes-
ant, royal, bird as large ~ hen turkey, maio
black with u red breast, lena the same Win Whtte
breast; cocote. back, SIZE OF ordinary barn fowl:
obacbsaca black. SIZE OF pulet; quail OF dinerent
KINDS parrots ol all kinds ana nyrtads OF biis OF
beautiful plumage I'LL the woods, ana IN the streams
nsh are plentiful Tne days, though hot, not do.
blitatius ana the nights are deiigntIuliy cool At
eleven or twelve O'Clock was Invariably compelled
to pull over inc an extra blanket: ! heard OF no
fevers among the inhahitants and there are very
few diseases that stock II subject TO.
A hard days ride brought us TO Chantla from
thence passing through Semapache we arrived as
Tuxpan. This town. though settled by the Spanish
l30 years ago, mas now only 4,s02 inhabitants. LIS
commerce consists in the exploration OF corn dye
woods sarsaparllia, mahogny. railroad ties aud ss
| to Vera Cruz, and cedar for building purposes. on
my arrival there were thrse snai schuoners yns ~ ~
oaast and another had oeen lat1 up TWO weeks ior
want OF freight. The AncrtcanS nave established
line consisting Of one schooner which makes twelve
| trips during the year to and from Galveston. Her
freight to tue latter place generally fruit and re.
| t0rHng she brings nour and lumber. MTnb'e
dict,t lumber tor ballast-lumber from Galveston,
| the island city In the g.eag prairie state, 10 tho
densey wooded country sklrtIng the sierra OF Mex.
leo. After being transporter 1000 or a.oOo miles,
the product OF American sawnls s destlnod Tor tho
| construction OF cabins In the forests OF Mexico.
| The American Iuxpan colony seems 10 have led
| rather zigzng existence with the angle slgnuy In
favor OF increase. There are now about forty families
| OF great expectations while others are dong but
| little and have lived hard. Truly, Tuxpan e mas
m ter % sninosIsy % WITH which may q the ex.Coneds
rates have regarded the Stars and Stripes, probably
lar more effcacious than any treatment Which tney
| might have received as residents Or the United
states, whether vindictiye or mid and forvivinp.
| Considering tnat the colonies IN Brazil and other
| places nave all returned one after another to the
States we mayGons!der Tuxpan to be the veritable
'.laSt ditch" Here IT Is, be 10 known TO all who still
hold out refusing 70 i've % nnaeT Y tnS ola oannss v,sg
| In Tuxpan who still boasts that he VIII nos return,
ana though his family and wealth are still IN the
| States he virtually makes hermit or hiGsclf In
| Tuxpan. thus, while he avoids breaking his oath.
! he and his family ere supported by money winch
| aCcrues under the benltlcent laws OF the country
which he pretcncs to abhor But he IL an exception,
| as understand tnat most have discovered, since
snd greater snnerngs nave 31at sn os
| Subsequently, from tie Mexican point 0l
obseryation-is IL really Tree republic anu not .
| country where unlimited monarchy rules under the
| cloak of repupicanism. 1t Is singular fact that
these people who lett the United states IN 0rder 10
| get away from the negroes should emgrate TO
country where the leading class to man nas a mix
| turc OF Indian aud negro blood, which latter has
elevated HIM 10 tne te,Ge dc Rdzon.
| The duIy on fiour in Tuxpan Is 81 70 per barrel,
in silver and the nearest place OF purchase Is the
United states. The cost IN Galveston IS s. 81 20 50
In currency; yet the system oil collecting duties mere
that II Is nyoiced AT fourteen dollars specie
The higher the price In the United States the less
the duties here. there are employed IN the Custom
| House twenty-five men; Galveston requires but
twcntythreo. The receipts are scarccy equal TO the
expenses. The town or luxpan crouches IT the loot
OF the hills, aua sinks away into the valley as II
ashamed OF iseli, as well it may be- Soma idea Of
| It's commerce may be formed IRON the iact that
| travelled Tor forty miles on two OF the prlncpa
highways, the one ,eaa,ns tho on sns north
Gnd the other Oh the south sde VI the Tuxpan river
on The nrst mea four pack mules loaded with salt
| gong 70 the interior. ana on the other met five
droyes OF beeves however, were seen going towards
the upper plains.
Various efforts have been made from time to time
| TO colouzc the country To the south OF 1uxpan
| river The Oldest OF these attempts was that oil
French coiony, which Is locatet at place called
| Gicalicpcc near the mouth OF the river Nautla
There are ron eighty to loo families. The houses
| Tor the part are buiit OF brick and present
| cool and refreshing appearance. IL Is busy hOnr
| sning little town. lne principal productions are
| sugar coifee, vanilla, Tobacco and cotton.
IN 1855 and 1859 an Italian colony was established
on the RIVER Tecolut,a, al place called El CrIsto
about league from LIS mouth. In 1858 about 227
immigrants arrived, and In 1859 two parLies OF 23l
| ana 12I respectively. In ess than three months
| afer the arrival OF the latter one.naf were dead
| aud then a general breakup took place. Thert
remains now but about iftcen families nulnbeiln
\ about fifty persons. Al aoout the same time
colony OF muiattoes from Louisiana and Mississippi
| driven RON their native land by the laws OF thci
unnatural psrents, sulgnt refuge on lhe same rive
at q place called Casoucro, about six leagues iron
| the coast. TBey numbered about forty families
For six years they appeared to do very well;
sudden rise OF the river inundated tho country ant
| destroyed every thing After this the greater por
tion returned to the United States In 1867 and 1853
| There now remains but eight or nine families. II
VIII he seen that ali these efforts have been failures
1 It's unaccountable that none OF the above colo
| MES attempted 10 settle in the healthy H1astec!
| country 10 The north or TnSpau iycr.