New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-11

Rio de Comn brought us to the San Cuyatano MILL This
establishment like everything here, surrounds wide
each building being but story In hight OF
brick and erOofod The motive power is furnished by
hugo overshot wheel ~ feet in diameter, which runs
900 spndles and the mill employs $50 men and women
when in operation, It now idle owing to the over
stock Of domestic cOttOns and the high price OF tho raw
material 1t has largo quarters consisting OF long rows
Of tenements. each with front and roar room
and verandah and small backyard, which, when
the mills running rented to the families OF the
operatives at 81 so per month; not a high rent The
women all young and clean, and some quito pretty we're
sitting around in the verandabs doing some small work.
aud passing all arose and greeted us with q
pleasant SMILE and "Buenas dias Sehors" We went on
TO the Ammonia Mil, which Of similar character, and
running 1t has splndles and employs opera
tives. Then went to the Atreyda MILL which has
looms and spindes and employs 80 people The
chnery Of the Atrevda and San CuyatanO is from Fall
River Estados Unidas Del NOrte and that Of the
Ammonia from England. The Ammonia was built In isI5,
and paid from $4,000 to $4,000 per dividends until
1864 when the business fell of in consequence Of the civil
The cloth is all Of sheetngs muslin, known
here s ndna and sells at IS IS per piece OF 30 varas 10
yara is p feet Engsh for the best which weighs IL
per piece The second quality weighing n. sells for
IS Is per piece. The get q reasS1 cents-per
piece for weaving the CLOTH and the other operatives 81
cents per day, they boarding themselves. Tho cotton
costs "a cents per cleaned ut present. and 81 IS per
GrOba Of 25 unginned The present cotton product OF
the State OF Coma Is 25OOO0O n, and there are many
thousands acres Of uncultvated land available for
cOttOnraising II required. The work faithfully
and quietly but with downeast and generally hopeless
look They OF all coors from red 70 white, mild
lemon color being the leading and fashionable hue From
the roofs OF the mills looked down gardens filled
with tropical fruits oranges bananas cocoanuts coffee
Vanilla and thousand to things, growing In
rank and neglected uxuriance, then mounted our ami
mails and gaOped back along ruined bridges and shat
tered walls the effect of great food In 1864 and were
soon at the door Of Senior Huartes hospitable
At p NJ. the party repaired to an old Spanish church
to assist the christening Of the two youngest children
Of Consul Morrill, Mr. Seward, the elder, acted with Mr.
Buckley as godfahers for ODe and Mr.. Fred. Seward
wife, and Mr. Buckley godfahers and godmother for
the other. The ceremony was soon over, and as we
reached the portal, there rush of men, women
and children Of the poorer class to receive bright clean
reals called boos It'll the custom for each Of the
godfahers and gOdmothes give every present
boio and it took about quart to go around Then at
the residence Of Senior Huarte trays filed with these
pieces-I2t each-punched and adorned with red,
green and white ribbons brought out and pre-
sented by the "COmpadres" to each of the army Of
servants and children in the place. 1t is an odd and
peculiar custom.
FAREWELL To CoLIMA.
Our escort OF full squadron OF cavalry under COM
mand Of Col Sabra Lomel, richly dressed and fine
take up the line OF march tomorrow for tho City
OF Mexico.