The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-04
sssiiiyan concession, your, cores
,orsonal acquaintance

!S;,Ith the accommodating tram lien' was
made as comfortable as possibls for the
night By accepting cot in the bag sage'car'
Retiring early, before resigning ourselves
TO the arms of Morpheus, however, we re-
quested the conductor to call us a; Vliiai-
dana, which place we would reach by Day
light. so that we could have sight OF the
mountain scenery by sunrise. Aher iea'-
ing yillaldama the ride to Monterey is be-
tween two ranges OF nonl Jams
apparently My few hundre S yau ,s warn war;,
told by the natives that the distan te varle1 q
from five to eight miles. The scMery al
along the line fairly beggars desR1ption.
The mountains seem to rise abruptly above
the plain, and being so rough and fuggeo
and entirely destitute of trees thatlwe can
recall no comparison. At Salinas anu Mon.
terey they remind one OF tne Hcener ~.
around Lynchburg, Virginia. ou. Wy ~ af y,
entirely different from the noun mis- y,
Colorado. Villaldama is one OF the loloest
towns along the line of the road, ai1i pos
sesses. as one of the many curiosltie lfo Wis
itors. the old church, built some thIt nun,
dred wears since. The altar ..eryIcE IS Of
solid gold, and the cross in ftsr0 @
the altar is of solid g9i1 any
worth fabulous sum. SeVeral in.
have been discovered IN the noun fgs ~
ViiIaldama. a number being worke4 with
improved machinery and are provin pay.
ling Investments, probably the best lope
the number being the Anglo-Texas II nine
and Smelling company, oil whlch Is. a
w, Clifford, an old newspaper man, W sec.
retary, SHELTERS have been establis4r'd ~
Condela, Bustamente and Salinas au !.
is estimated that there will not be lest tnaii
10000 American mines IN the s'aI VI
Nuevo Leon in the next two years. ihes
are being discovered in the mounta'Y al
iacent to Monterey and machinery am unit
ing to thousands and thousands OF u lars
have crossed at this point since the w OF
E,Ser$ember last. /. G
we reached our destination aboSt,
O'Clock Sunday morning. Monterey Is Ehe
capital city of the state. OF HuEy'
Leon, and It is the metropolis OF ho1th.
mountains on three sides, ana, In tfu'n,
it is the most beautifully situated CITY II
has ever been the pleasure OF your cores,
pondent to see. ThJce are many hlslorfai
-eociations which are dear to the hearth OF
Wy patriotic American attached to the
IN ). First, is the Bishops palace, whifh
IN eral Taylor occupied as his headqnlr-
;;ffefs during the stormiDg o. Monterey. inns
building is about three miles from the cfn-
"
some three hundred feet above the city. and
is now occupied by the artillery corps "
the northern division of the Mexican arhy.
This division of the army is commandedby
General Treyino, who, it will be rememI-
berdd, married Miss BERTHE Ord, daughter
of General e. o. @. Ord, at San Antonio
come three years ago.
~ After Monterey was taken General Taylct'
ADHERED the heavy cast.iron cannon spiked,
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s,&ttf way down the hill, with the spikes re-
is3aining in them. Yet directly north OF
s5e city is the Saddle Mountain, raid tobe
ferisisl,est elevation II the whole range,
4gt<,NblSh can BERGEN f5r sixty miles
sklt*M towering above the other peaks.
sgN " mountain is eight miles distant from
5ilterey, but apparently overhangs the
t9s,. 1t is stated as truth that the Mexl'
'slH had always believed that no man
Il possibly ascend to the topmost peak
account of the almost perpendicular
st9th person could pull up. Their sur.
ys.l4a can better be imagined than described
= tSpi.ne second day of General Taylor's
at.ef E<H of the city, they beheld the
.,f y "; hates s. ars and STRIVES floating to
& jeze from the highest point,
gfHS<{te by the intrepid soldiers
4 }t}yt try before they would believe.
Z 4, 3ular part is that the Ignorant
..c<:y al believe that no one now can a.
mountain, and believe that It was
!. 3 re superpatural power which aided the
if.nericans TO gain the ascent. To the
!, Qht, on quite an elevation, is the site OF
fhe French Fort, as IL is called-the fort OF
Eaximilian. Several of the guns still re-
ain in their original position, though
81 rtly buried In the earth. The city proper
Maid off like all Mexican cities, with mar
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