The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-23

nsySsA ~ INC AusuEe' ssAs MI tel Elhee
on-on the day OF the wooden wed.
ding Bpt % she looks up into her
husbands yonng face che doesn't seem
TO- hare much fear. ,.iaa.r i ,os,ss -
,.Ah talking Of wooded wedainge,
thou hast quite forgotten all about
poor Margot and her Bracket" says
Louison.
81 win giye her : pair instead of
one, says Hans. '''' y. Z, q HSilS
And 90 they We're We're all made happy.
-fI3 Sdi 20 f'otl5Aftgo3 Zen sf89H sai
sfo& SIT s7HT5 sf''''fz 5I70T7s7 10 y3nn
ass NORTHERN MEXICO.uL I,
THE viEws of ArHaN wao hAs 11va
led IN THE COUNTER fOR sTWENEH
A!hs.d sssuit .aa5sas eli xsnola vi y
Avery Dsstrable,AddiHienAsg - gsele sam,s
isy baA EiiSelanni igSoenelnn ms 10 ias sbas,
From San Francosco Call. b.,gsg s,g1 s4s,sa
$ "A Call reporter interviewed yester-
day gentleman whoahsss passed the
greater portion Of the last ttwenty4twp
years in the nsrthera border lands, of
Mexico, and who, i'm pnrsuing his pro-;
fession oftopographieal engineer has
had.ample opportunity, to- judge q the
merits tsf thisi proposed addition 10
ouriterEitory. For business reasons,
he prefers having Ihis name kept. from
print at presest, but . intends, should
the annexation scheme result in suc7
cess, togpMblish q Wqrks descriptive in
particular Of Sonora and Chihuahna.
He was employed for several years By
the Mexican Government, underSanta
Anna, Carrera, and Maximilian,, in
making surveys and critical reports
uponthe mineral resources of, the six
northern States, including Lower, Cal
ifornia, iSonora, iCkihsaiua. ssob II
-!ool He ooNsIDEks ANNExATioN. tusb
Not only MISTER Of policy but a al-
mosta necessity, fordour Government,
arguing that the control Of this mar
vellodsly yvalusbiecoantry woaid make
the United States the money markst
Of the world, with exhsastlessl mines
to draw upon, and q soil whose fei:tih-
tyo has Only been tested, ,iiwhichoswill
produces crops snequailod asiyet iuthe
history ef agriculture The middle
and lower classes and the politicians
are bitterly oppssedP to q ehsnge Of
gsvernmcnt-the iforrner becaases of
their almess bestial lignorancey which
canuOt grasp the idss ofimprovsmeat;
the latter from the 9 knowledge bthat
such aschange would -summariiy q cad
their sy stem OF frauds sad pecalaaion.
Ne pfetencc of rule could BE more alb
sard, iniuriouss or dcgrading than sthe
one which atprsseat exists ina ithese
unfortunate States; forit isus highly
exaggefsted copy > Of the manicipal
rings which are curse to our own
land. Annexation'is 10 strongly favored,
On the other hand, by tho entire class
Of fmoneyed tnen and property .hcid-
ers, excluding the rancheros,, the
hacienderes, the merchants, miners,
aud, Of course, 1foreigner9Asg ot nsI
- -. .FoREIGN PoPuLATfoN. ih1D Z, f,,s
Al The two latter branches of business
are, to be SURG, concentrated in the
handle Of ALIENS not = single Instance
occurring ofa Mexican who holds
interest In an important
mine, or who has the management of
any large Aercsatiis ablishment.
The stock -bre esde ers and large, farmers
or planters are, in majority OF cases,
natives; but their lands and products
are, almost without utsexceptlsn, heavily
to ''tos .ariagos.Yi It'is no
exaggration to say that nine ont OF ten
estates are virtually in the possession
Of outsiders, and that nothing can save
their forfeiture but the immediate in
PRODUCTION of American energy Il aud
capital, which will multiply demand
and value: The foreign element is
principally composed Of Americans,
many Of whom are naturalized German
citizens of the United States. Atpres-
ent all business interests are depressed
by the official mismsasgsment which
is rapidly drawing the country into
a Whirlpool of ruin. Al, q natural con-
sequence, all ihose whoi have pecu-
MARY interest favorthe new departure.
AGRICULTURAL PRosPECTs.a u9 a'
Many million acres Of arabic land,
capable or the highest cultivation now
lie almost faliow, waiting only for
Saxon enterprise 10 blossom into a.
paradise: The great drawback in
many pIaces. is a lack ar water, but
along the streams This need Is not felt,
aid IN many portions Of the country Ii
the earth we're ploughed fifteen inches
deep, instead Of two or three as is now
the case, the result would be . aiuxuri-
ant growth Of the most valuabis stsples
commerce. 8 Were such a p,ractice