New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-27

among tho pupils but there no distinction
ment and conduct toward each other went. bright
manly little fellow, Lorenzo Vhalbazo aged IA years,
and read I'm loud clear voice an address
which had delivered at GuadaajaIa by an eIne'
friend OF education and Amanda Ron keym1nda nla
bazO and GeTmania Ortega aged H. H. ana Is years re-
specvey followed with readings OF selections copied by
themselves Their reading was equally aae hne
tOn special reference was made To the puDc SCHOOLS VI
the great aud powerful EstadOs Unidas del NoTte as
the source OF strength and glory but was od tnat
he selections had not been made with reference 10 our
being present, as we had not been expected Inc uso
button OF prizes, SILVER coins with trcOloredgreen,
white, and red-ribbOns, followed noticed that ma
iorty OF the prizes were carried on Dy cmiureh OF m IN
dian blood and one OF the highest was taken oy youIE
Indian OF II years whose scant put scrupuousy
neat apparel indicated Enthusiastically that she was tne
daughter OF people In very poor circumstance am
surprised at the excellence OF the pubic SCHOOLS OF mek
co when remember how recently they were called INTO
existence. and even more SO at the bright ntengehce
and excellent department. OF the pupils on the streets
the nd AZ appareht among the youth
of our Northern cities is wholly absent here.
seyula is Of the oldest cities OF Mexico and boasts
OF number OF churches quite out OF proportion 10 us
population Some OF these visited. We found one OF
them, though plain outside, magnificent structure IN
side with long rows pillars and yaulted ceihs' pa'
in rich fresco designs beautifully executed.
EVENING PARTY
The inhabitants of Seyua. not to be outdOne by those
more pretentous towns got up select dancing party
in the evening in honor of their visitors, and among the
dancers noticed an unusual number OF nneoOklng men
and beautiful women Of the pure Spanish or nearly pure
Spanish type One OF these Dolores Alvarez daughter
OF the paymaser OF the State Guard OF Jalsco now III
the field against the bandits was perfect beauty and
would have been belle any room in Christie ndom
At midnight retired to rest and all night Ohg aear ara
the strains Of soft music from harp ana GUITAR ana VIZ
lin which told that the festivities stil went on
FROM sBYULA Toi ZACoALCo.
At daybreak. usual we are OF again on our Journey
Our road all day-abOut 30 mleslay along the margin
of the seyula and between fields Of tall corn, sugar
cane BEANS red pepper, &c. &c. surrounded by high
fences of solid stone, mostly Of lava formation The
~ fla alma a nj
our progress very slow. The lake. swollen by the storm
now apparently overis from three 20 six miles wide ana
ducks &C. abOunded along the Shores and great hocks
OF pink-hued birds resembling hamingoes were seen
cardinals" perched the tops of the next "pita'
Cactus which here forms n prominent feature
becomes permanent and beautiful tree, seen all
along the road, and the treecotona cottonplant en-
trely unlike that of Southern States really tree
abOnnded The mOunainsldes were every patcneu
with fields Of and barey-the first ripe and the lat
ter twothirds grown-far up toward their submits
Villages Inhabited by workingpeOple Of Indian descent
were frequent At one OF these, called Techaluta, we
little hamlet in the country has One-and men with
rockets played and fired rockets as long as we were
handkerchief and piece OF brghtc00red goods In the
town lines the street, and horseman dashlng
up the carriage, threw in an address OF the most pro
gressve republican fraternity type, addressed to Mr
Seward and signed by the principal men OF the munich
tanned breakfast OF tOrtiias chicken aud frD0es ~
abundance for IA persons, all So The same are IN
the United States would have cost us at east each ana
in NewYork 81 each AT q o'clock m we reached the
end OF our days journey at the village OF Zacoac0
and were met outside OF town by 80 finely
mounted men Seyula and escorted to our lodgings
in large COOL roomy house. surrounding square area
filed with tropical and flowers The military guard
Of the drawn at the gateway TO receive u.s.
aud the entire population gathered III the vicinity
We are now at head Of the Laguna de Seyuia ana
at the commencement of the Laguna de ZacOacO winch
we shall prospect tomorrow. From the shores OF the
lake at Seyu Is taken the soda earth used in making
soap all this part OF Mexico. From It's waters sat
of fair quality for mining purposes Is manufactured;
and the OF the lake. Senior Escandon OF the city OF
Mexico derives from it revenue OF 100000 per annum
though IL is but carelessly administered.
The valley is dotted all with the bean bearing
mes0ue trees and on them grows variety of parasites
the mistetOe and similar parasite plant-DearlnS
bright scarlet blossoms in wonderful profusOn The va
rey and beauty the flowers great as TO be be-
yond the power of description Even the best educated
residents OF the country do not know the names OF ha
the blowers we see by the roadside. Twenty leagues
more will bring us TO the great city OF Guadalaara winch
we are to reach night, aud where We VIII rest
for several days