The Russellville Democrat., 1881-10-20
LozADA's LAND.
The Country in old Mexico where all Men are Free, Pay no Taxes and Render
 No Tribute except to their
New Orleans Tines.

has died since your correspondent was here. He died at the age Of ninety.hre years. He had been Chief Lozado fer seventy-nine and half years. He com manded more lnyinrible brave warriors, ten 10 ono, at least, than any other great Indian chieftain in history. He was 2 military tactician from boyhood without even knowing how to read or write. Isaac V. Fowler. embedding ex-postmas- ter of New York city, in Buehanan's time. more than any one else, induced Lozsda 10 become cultured. Native tal ent and ready application of practical ideas the old chieftain excelled in long before the hamburger of higher culture. Mir. Fowler reached there fugitive in 1859.
 Isaac V. Fowler carried letters of in- troduction and strong endorsement from capitalists and bankers as well as politi- clans of high standing in London, New York and Washington, and some few thousands of dollars in cash. These he presented in the city of Mexico to Messrs. Barron, Forbes X Co.,, the great bankers of London, several large cities in South America. city of Mexico, Guad- alaiara, state capital of Jalisco, in which state this Lozada's rebellious district is situated. They do heavy msnufaetur- ing, mining and banking business in and around Topic. In fact, for fifty-five years their money has carried the country. Their surplus coin is sent out always, for safety, on British men-of-war, which come and lay of the coast until they are no longer needed.
 The city of Topic is fine city, strongly built. It's cathedral faces all one side of the public plaza or park. It has never been despoiled, hence, more than any other cathedral within the boun- diaries of Old Mexico, has preserved its accumulated riches. A stricken archi- lecture prevails iR doors, arches and towers. No confiscation of church prop critics, as was so wholesale in the remain der of the republic, ever happened here, for officials from the federal government were never allowed to cross the noun tains to come into this district. The con sequence is that here are masterpieces of paintings by hands of artists brought from Europe by those returning from occasional visits to the eternal city and other art altars of Europe. The panel paintings were fresh in 1874 as if new, and still find them so. The south side of the plaza is built up of two-story buildings. There are also very many other buildings sf Topic ten stories high. No fire insurance companies are requir- ed here, for as in all other cities of Old Mexico no fires occur. Their buildings are fire-proof cooler in summer and warmer in winter than any and all other modes of construction. They are built of large adobes-bricks. These are made lSx9x4 inches in size with earth made into plastic mud straw mixed ints it, nodded, usually four in mold at a time, and laid fiat to dry. This did the Hebrews for the oppressive Egyptians in their bondage. They make and lay them for about s6.50 a thousand. The mortar used is the same. All harden in this climate into the consistency of inl- perishable rock The walls and outside can be decorated to initiate common brick and any kind of stone or marble. Silver bullion and coin, both by the cord, are arranged in sacks of q ,000 in each sack In the great courtyard of Messrs. Barron, Forbes X Co. Bullion is weighed and sent to English mint for coinage. There are thousands of placer mines worked by Indians, who wash out flour and nugget gold from them and come in about once monthly to dispose of their work. Flour gold they bring in goose quills, and nugget gold in buckskin pouches. The cotton mill erected in 1S60-6l by Mir. Fowler is about two miles out of town. The private residence he occupied near the large mill is two and a half stories, American style of house. but built of adobes. There is a very large orchard having some 1000 trees; is in good bearing order. It is north of the mill. The latter has magnificent water power. They work 800 natives at the spindies A native gentleman is running the mill He worked eight years under and with Mir. Fowler, and became very expert in all the affairs of the great con cern.
 There are nine vein mines work ed by Barron, Forbes X Co, forty-fve miles north of Topic city. They are located on the foot hills of the great range of mountains which form tAe semi-circular breastwork which are the Topic peoples natural defence against intruders from the republic. They do not recognize that they are part of either the repub- lie or the state of Jaliseo. They believe they owe tribute to no one. They de- fend and take care of themselves, are responsible only to themselves, know no authority except their chiefiein, pay no taxes, and really they are the finest pe0- pie in the world; 3,e00 of them work iR these mines. The mill that works the ore does it bv the same discovery made by priest three centuries ago. Accord ing to the amount of ores to beworked are these mills built. Some are for ten tons day and So on up to hundreds of tons. This one is for two hundred and fifty tons daily. On the ground floor of an immense building are l25 large wheel shaped stones from eight 10 twen- ty tons m weight, about fifteen inches thick and eight feet high. There is 8 circular fan around this wheel with S run fifteen inches in height. Half ton of ore is put in this fan. A mule is hitehed to a sweep and turns these mon- strons stone wheels around over this ore until it is pulyerized very fine. When enough is pnlverized tO fill 8 square tank made of cement in the open air it is put into it. Each tank will work 5O0 tons. lt is filled about six inches deep in ground ore. It is water flooded for ten days, quicksilver is put into it, all is thoroughly stirred, settled, water drawn of, and as silver with quicksilver are precipitated, the ground mass is flooded out of these tanks leaving only the met als. This is resorted to to take out ale eept the silver and quicksilver run into bullion bricks. Many natives have mines in the mountains-seme have small one horse mills These mountains doubtless, are among the richest in the world.
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