Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-05
From the N. Y. Sun. ]

From the N. Y. SUM-
If perchance it should be your fortun
to attend a public banquet, and, in tht
noisy revelry attending the concluding
hours of the feast, see the "good, gener'
Gus wine flowing with xater," if yor
knew New York you you'd naturally
ask: What young ran is next to b.
ruined by the poiticians2"
Mr.. Isaac V. Fowler was, nine years
ago, postmaster of New York, and, owing
to his inability to refund the governmen,
moneys defalcated from the postoffice
was compelled to throw up his lucrative
position and fly from the country. since
then little or nothing has been hearc
about him. His many friends will bs
glad to learn of his whereabouts, anC
that the genius of the man, spite of the
shadow of his misfortune, shines out a,
conspicuously in Mexico as it did il
New York.
The District de Tepico is the Eden o.
Mexico. 1t is bounded on the west by
the Pacific ocean, and is separated from
the State of Jalisco, which claims it, by
an amphitheater of rough mountains,
the Alicas. 1t contains $1,000 square
miles of the most fertile land on the
face of the globe. Every flower, fruit
vegetable, shrub, plant and tree of every
known zone can be grown there. Nc
frost ever visits this region. No fer
tilizer is required for the soil. Its de-
posits of minerals are inexhaustible.
There are gold, silver, copper, iron and
coal fields. The Rio Leriua spreads out
into the mejesty of a navigsble river, as
it winds its way to the ocean. This
beautiful territory is ruled by Manuel
Lezada tits here that Mr.. Fowler has
made his home.
Leaving New York, the ex-postmas-
ter bent his footsteps in the direction of
the City of Mexico. He had not been
there long before Messrs. Barron, Forbes
& Co. solicited him to go to Tepico, to
take charge of their cotton mandatory
there Mr.. Fowler accepted. At that
time it was extremely dangerous for any
foreigner to venture out among the bar
barian tribes of the interior of Mexico.
1t is journey of 1900 from the City of
Mexico to Tepico, and every league of
the distance was infested by murderous
DTiBduus tuu ObucT OutihWb.
Mr.. Fowler, attended by an escort
large enough to cope with the brigand
bands by whom he was likely to be at
tackled, made the journey in twenty days,
and arrived in the city of Tepico in Sep
tember, 1860. He has resided there ever
since. The cotton manufactory he found
in very poor condition, bat as all the
water necessary to run the mill was ac-
cessible, his first measures were to i'm.
prove the power and the place. New ma
chinery was ordered from New York,
and machinists were imported with it.
The mandatory buildings, and all the
out-buildings, were enlarged and i'm
proved. An elegant mansion was con-
structed for Mr. Fowlers use. The
grounds were tsstefully laid out, orns-
mented with trees, plants and flowers.
The natives, instead ofhsrboring Jealousy
at his enterprise, industry and taste, on
the contrary, made him their examplar.
Two years after Mr.. Fowler's arrival
in Tepico, the Indian monarch Logada,
who had heard of the innovations and
improvements springing up in the valley
of Tepico, descended from his mountain
home to crafty bis curiosity, He was
delighted. In his opinion there vss no
other man in the world like Mr.. Fowler.
He prolonged his visit, and oonversed
with our former postmaster about Ameri'
can manners, customs, manufactures,
etc. The American citizen and politi-
clan did not fail to impress on the Indian
mind our superior strength and civiliza-
tion. In short time Mr.. Fowler had no
stspncber friend than Lozsds, and that
potentate has re@ained bis friend eyer
since.
Although Tepico is within the bognd-
ary Of the republic of Mexico, yet 1t has
acknowledged no other authority than
that of Lozads for the last fifteen years.
Il 10 true that several attempts have been
made 20 deihsone big, hrt all have been
unsuccessful. He has already repu.sed
FIVE large armies sent against him. His
mode of operation has been to permit his
enemies to pass midway through a series
Of narrow bsrrsncss, and then surround
then il the detlss, ist kiS caYsges loose
upon them, and INSTRUCT them b0spsrs no
one. Natures barriers ere bis strongest
separating him, bis territory,
and his people from the payment Of oil
rent and taxes TO the republic OF Mexico.
He levies no taxes upon his people.
Theft is punished with death, and there
IRE consequently few thieves.
Ths changes which have been wrought
D Tepics tErosgh the siyiiiseq sng pT- |
nsne influence of Mr.. Fowler are won-
lerful to contemplate; and more, he has
secured the regard aud respect Of Lozada
md bis powerful people for the United
statss aud its citizens. he encourages
Iozads TO resist ths SRegosshTppis Of
he general government In another
-ear Isaac V. Fowler viii say good-by to
lis Tepico friends, to Lozada, sll Of the
amed and once infamous district, and
atnrn IN New York city.