The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-29
A NEW YORK DEFAULTER.

Where EN-POsfmaster Fowler has spent the
Last Seventeen Nenrs-CivliZing the Snvngcs
of Notwithstanding an Indian King in tae
Arts of Peacc-The EX-POstmaster to Return
TO New York.
From the ". y san.
If perchance it should be your fortune to
attend public banquet and in the noisy
revelry attending the concluding hours of the
feast, see the good, generous wine flowing
like water, if you knew New York you would
naturally ask, What young man is next to be
ruined by the politicians?'
Mr.. Isaac V. Fowler was, seventeen years
ago, Postmaster of New York, and owing to
his inability to refund the United States Gov
ernment moneys defalcated from the Post
Office, was compelled to throw up his lucra-
tive position and fly from the country. Since
then little or nothing has been heard about
him. His many friends will be glad to learn
of his whereabouts, and that the genius of the
man, spite of the shadow of his misfortune,
shines out as conspicuously in Mexico as it
did III New York
THE EDEN OF MEXICO.
The Districto de Tepico is the Eden of
Mexico. 1t is bounded on the west by the
Pacific Ocean, and is separated from the State
OF Jallsco, which claims it, by an amphi-
theatre of rough mountains, the Alicas 1t con-
tains fifteen thousand square miles of the
most fertile land on the face of the globe.
Every flower fruit, vegetable, shrub, plant,
and tree of every zone can be grown there.
No frost ever visits this region. No fertilizer
is required for the soil. Its deposits of mine
rails are inexhaustible. Thereare gold, silver,
copper, iron, and coal fields The Rio Lerina
spreads out into the majesty of navigable
river, as it winds its way to the ocean. This
beautiful territory is ruled by Manuel Lozada.
1t is here that Mr.. Fowler has made his home.
MIR. FowLERs FIRST YEARS IN MEXICO.
Leaving New York, the eX-Postmaster 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
manufactory 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 fifteen hundred miles from the
City Of Mexico to Tepico, and every league of
| the distance was infested by murderous bri-
| gands, and other outlaws. Mr.. Fowler,
attended by an escort large enough to cope
with the brigand bands by whom he was
| likely to be attacked, made the journey in
| twenty days, and arrived in the city of Tepico
| in September, 1860. He has resided there
ever since. The cotton manufactory he found
| in a very poor condition, but as all the water
necessary to run the mill was accessible, his
| first measures were to improve the power and
| the place. New machinery was ordered from
| New York, and the machinists were imported
| with it, The manufactory buildings, and all
| the out-buildings, were enlarged and i'm
| proved. An elegant mansion was constructed
| for Mr.. Fowlers use The grounds were
| tastefully laid out, ornamented with trees,
| plants, and flowers. The natives instead of
harboring jealousy at his enterprise,
industry, and taste, on the contrary made
| him their exemplar.
| A VISIT FROM THE INDIAN KING.
| Two years after Mr. Fowlers arrival in Te-
| pico the Indian monarch Lozada, who had
| heard of the innovations and improvements
| springing up in the Valley of Tepico, de-
scended from his mountain home to crafty
his curiosity. He was delighted. In his
| opinion there was no other man in the
world like Mr.. Fowler. He prolonged his
visit, and conversed with our former post
master about American manners, customs,
| laws, manufactures, &c. The American citi.
the Indian mind our superior strength and
| civilization. In short time Mr.. Fowler had
| no stauncher friend than Lozada, and that DO
tentate has remained his friend ever since.
| Although Tepico is within the boundary of
| the republic of Mexico, yet it has acknow.
ledged no other authority than that of Lozada
for the last fifteen years. 1t is true that seve-
| raj attempts nave Deen MADE to dethrone him,
but all have been unsuccessful. He has
already repulsed five large armies sent against
him. His mode of operation has been to per-
NIT his enemies to pass midway through a
series of narrow barrancas, and then surround
them in the defiles, let his savages loose upon
them, and instruct them to spare no one.
Nature barriers are his strongest bulwarks,
separating him, his territory and people,
from the payment of all rent and taxes to the
republic OF Mexico. He levies no taxes upon
MS people Theft is punished with death,
and there are consequently few thieves.