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

FROM zACOALCo TO GUADALAJARA - BATTLE
FIELD OF LA CORONRA-LAyA MOUNTAINS
AND THE LAGUARA DE ZACoALC0-H HACIENDA
DE pLAN-SANTA-ANNA CATLAN-TEAMsTERS
OF MEXICO AND THEIR STIMULANTS-A MEXI-
CAN FoNDA-GUADALAJARA BY SUNLIGHT
AND MOONLIGHT.
GUADALAJARA, Oct. Cove left Seyula under
the impression at ZacoacO should rest in peace
with no serious demonstrations the town being small
one and represented extremely dull We we're there
fore much surprised to find the town Of some 1900
people wide.awake and determined not TO be behind
the other little cities OF the State OF Jalisco In its hosp
alitjes We we're invited at p m. 10 participate in
dinner which completeness and snmptuousness In all
its details could be exceed at the finest hotel In
New.York with every preparation, and found number
OF prominent citizens Of the place In attendance anxious
TO do the honors of the table IN the most
creditable manner. They did IT, After dinner,
the company returned TO the parlor. where
addresses, feryid, eloquent, and patriotic were
delivered by the Political Project and other leading
citizens Mr. Seward responded IN terms similar TO those
of his previous speeches. and his remarks being trans
lated by Senior Cahedo. were warmly appauded Music
and singing followed and it was midnight before one OF
the most pleasant reunions We have had in Mexico finally
broke up
At6a m on Tuesday the bugles OF the military escort
sounded the advance and the long train was of for
Guadaajara Just the first rays OF the warm Autumn
sun Of the tropics gded the tall towers OF the grand old
Church OF acknowledgements which have looked down
the graywaed town unchanged for three hundred years
kissed the placid waters Of the Laguna de Zacoaco,
and crowned with glory the grand old clad noun
tains which surround the ever-beautfu valley
THE BATTLEFIELD OF LA CoRosEA.
Halfa-dozen miles from Zacoalco, we assembled steep
hill Of volcanic origin and upon the battlefield OF
La COronea. Here the Imperialists sent out by Maxi
milan to prevent the Republican Army Of the West,
commanded by Gen. Ramon Corona, advancing
from sinaloa, from uniting with those OF Escobedo
who commanded the Army of the North before
Queretaro were strongly lntrenched on the summit
Of the broken irregular hills, with stone walls IN front
The position commanded the rock both sides and is
virtually strong one but the tide OF war had turned
the rugged Chinacos that first were demoralized In
presence OF the better drilled and better armed French
Belgian aud Austrian mercenares, had learned from
perience how fight them and the foreign invaders
were themselves demOrazed and disheartened Coronas
forces carried the position at the point OF the bayone
and the Imperasts utterly routed the entire force
being killed or made prisoners Escobedo had already
routed and scattered like chaf the Imperialst Army
OF the North. under Miramon. at Zacateoas and was
laying siege to Queretaro. Corona arrived before the
doomed city Just as Macmillan IN person headed the
last desperate sortle with the hope Of cutting his way
through the beeaguerng forces and escaping via Morela
TO the seashOre on the Paci1cl side Of the continent
One division Of the Republican army had been com.
pletely cut TO pieces, and the sorte almost In
sured success when Corona's victorious army up
and falling upon the Imperast forces rolled them back
in utter rout within their intrenchmens and from that
time forth the fate of the Empire and Of Macmillan
sealed.
A MEXICAN FONDA
For twenty miles road led along the shores Of the
Laguna de ZacOalco part Of the time with the Laguna
de seyua on the opposite side Of the tongue of land on
which we travelled The coil for the part coarse
and gravelly and the country little cultivated. The
mountains though covered with dense verdure,
composed almost wholly OF old lava. and all the fences
along the roadside were built OF the same MATERIAL In
fact this entire country 10 Of comparatively recent vol
csnc origin At the upper end Of the Laguna de Zacoaco
we passed near the waterside for miles Great cane
brakes came up to the roadside In many places and
growing by the edge Of the water We saw thousands OF
beautiful pink and spotted hlies richly fragrant and
much like the Japanese lily IN appearance Many spe
ces OF birds unlike those OF the United States were seen
all along the shores OF the lake Among them were Hooks
Of large pink BIRDS which distance appeared to me
like the ibis also noticed the wandering IBIS OF
Audubon and the Great Whoopng Crane" snow whlte'
except two bars of black the WINGS with black legs
red spots on the top Of the head and black bills This
crane Is occasionally killed In Illinois and other Western
States, and COMPOUNDED by Audubon with the SAND
Hin Crane OF the West he supposng 10 to be the OLD Drd
Of that species. There also large with snow
white body and Jet black wings Of which once killed
single specimen north of the Rio Grapde in Texas the
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