New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-31

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from f2 to $50 per here. The city street,
are paved with small stones, with q side
walk of broader rtcks or brick. The houses
are of one story, of stone. whitewashed
and presenting uniformly fresh and new
appearance. There is usually rin of cleal
water in the middle Of the street, and wher
ever, either in the public squares or within
the court yards, it is possible for tree to
grow, some luxuriant vegetation and bright
flowers enliven the view; for there are in
this and other towns in this Piedmont zone
abundant streams of clear water, fed, it
may be, by the snow crowned mountains
! which rise above them; but these rivers irri-
| gate the lands and accommodate the dwell
ings. In leaving the paved streets you pass
| through lanes, separating the plantations
with hedges entirely impervious to the
| sight. At some point in each the hedge
! is opened by path that leads to the dwell
ings of the labOrers. The house is built
with corner posts, and rafters of unhewn
timber. The walls are OF cane placed close
and perpendicularly, and bound to the
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other leaves. Within this Enclosure you
find bananas in wide rows. In some orange
trees are planted at intervals. These are
to protect the coffee plants which are
in rows between. The coffee varies in
height and size, according to age. Within
the first three years it is rarely found more
than three or four feet in height. 1t rises to
ten or twelve, but is best kept down for the
convenience Of gathering the crop. 1t is, as
you know, a shrub with FAMOUS and
lanceolate leaves, the fruits growing in clus-
tiers at intervals around the branch. 1t is
not unlike the cherry, as it ripens from
white to red. The process of picking and
drying is simple. In some of these planta-
tons there is tobacco and sugar cane, and
in, all every varsity of vegetable food may
be found for the subsistence Of the people.
The products of this zone are then sugar
coffee, tobacco, rice, corn, beans, oranges,
pineapples, with numerous other fruits
peculiar to the tropical and intertropical
countries. The forest trees. vines and
parasites, with the wild and cultivated
flowers, render this q scene of verdure,
bloom and mildness difficult to realize in
the middle of January. And there is little
variation the year round. I
What, one asks, are the drawbacks to this
In the upper sections of this
zone, as at Orizabs, the climate is entirely
healthy, though subject to an occasional
frost which renders the coffee crop some.
what uncertain. In the true sugar and
coffee regions there are no doubt fevers, and
the yellow fever may be brought by the
to the towns along the line. Still,
with coffee worth from fifteen to eighteen
cents in silver, and labor abundant and
cheap, the attraction to immigration must
be very great.
1t will be remembered that at the close of
our civil war, number of Confederate
officers and soldiers emigrated to Mexico
and planted a colony near Cordova. Its
allure is explained BY the insecurity of
he titles granted by the government of |
Emperor Macmillan. The colonists were
chiefly assigned the lands of the Church. |
These were still in dispute between both |
he government and the clergy. The |
olonists were raided and taken prisoners
y the liberal army, and could not be pro-
ected by the imperialists. Their titles
'ere suspended. Little favor could be ex-
ected by them in the change of govern.
lent. and after some years Of embarrass-
rent and restitution, almost all Of them
eturned to the States.
The culture Of sugar was once of great
roft in the State Of Vera Cruz. 1t was
by the labor of negro and other
ayes. After the act of 1879. however, the
10 cultivation of large estates became too
,certain and the sugar culture declined
'eatly. 1t is now found in market very
Oh in saccharine substance but unrefned.
| 1875 twenty-five sugar estates produced
'arly 100000 pounds. The culture of
baccO was then substituted and the tax
Elected from that sourse was. as late as
%, about 100000. Coffee was introduced
and the product was last year,
the whole State Of Vera Cruz, $40. 800
unds, worth $677. 642. OF this the district
CordOva produced about e-half The !
oacco was worth something less than :
100000, of which Cordova produced ! Z
out one-fourth. The total values of agri. A
tural and fruit products of the State
re in 1873 nearly 100000 i
'uch is rude resume of the climate and t.
attractions of this country. a
ere is much in the social and political
EDITIONS which would demand close in. o
~ on behalf of immigrants proposing 10 1
ng and rear families. These are topics
oily beyond the scope Of letter. All C,
Onists would naturally send pioneer N
nts to ascertain the social inducements. ",
y would make their own schedule OF eI
stions. and these can scarcely be antici- 81
ed. 1t may be said, however, that pro. 70 70
'tors are anxious to sell land, and invite -
ital and superintendent. That citizens ar
he United States are favorably received bl
the government and people, and that f tn
prospects of favorable investments are en-
d. No further responsibility could tn
perly be assumed on the subject. TIC
ORIzABA.
8 we ascend to higher plateau We find IN;
responding change in the productions. TN
fruits of the tropics abound, but per- o oH
they arc not altogether so highly Ia,
pred. In place, however, of these 1
'ries We find the cereal grains, vegeta- ca
CRU o"''Ae' Anon VIC chmate Is more nei
rable to continuous industry, and the cid
ositiOn both to agriculture and manu-. fee
Tres becomes moro evident. There are aes
rizaba the work and repair shops of civ
railroad. There are upon the water da,
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