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"pncLARr vn,-ANn ruELisn. ,xd sr.T cr A STAXDABW r"DLIIt AXP CONCHA L. XCT.' TIIK PROFITS ACCRUIXil FROIT T!TTS PATrj? iriii ,r . " . "17. "

--- An liUiaiAiLJi lO THE Si. FTORT 0

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THE TliEOr.OGICAL SEMINARY OF SOU!

II HAXOVI.

HOUTI! RANQVER, INDIANA. NOVEMBER 18.

LUXDY'S CIRCULAR

OX MEXICAN COLO-'m nwri'ii.n bv citlr sv--,., or t:.

.uauvi.-lm pm.. ipiri f.i ihe country. In

I I; ;i f 1' rLi. rim. Ail the rivers, creeks. Likes, and bays, abound with fish, in pre.it number and variety. The lie-.! Pish is most highly prize.:. It is never found i-.i 1 northern waters. When full grown, it weighs fifty !

or sixty pounds. It id preferred to nny either of!

tn Pity . mul Tantrsico are the one.- m.ri.ron ,e.:.,o n... I i.- ... . -. - - .

numy phiccs the jidvanla- lbs! contains n n.yd,t;.v, he i "... . 7 ,7' .. i . "c (' Im! n,f,et "'da as ninny heuauces of cxah-

f " "! P':'n:,y :VS LC TS--"-1 About sis hundred of these aiVfe.' m!;;: ! e .l1" i!!!!;ii: ' i-

wri .c. is en.ir.-iy uegiectefi: ers. a .mre nnriinn f c -7 , """ '"'iter no we perceive t .

.'- . VJ ....... i.jULU

1 he las!

Vuotf. No. 2 1 2

ihough ::n abundant

' . C . . I ! 1 . - .'- 1

roc.,-, ei oie can ne n wt. ntwi swioc ,.r v ...o.

. t .,- 7 '.I. O Ml HO." .UIUi.

too uucm oi streams fur water-wmks, exsst in and near the mountains.

XiVii.wrr a v. vs. SiUr.C of I't. rv.nrli.tii.- -,vto C.f ".. r ....

equal s z-v. for the table. Catfish. BuilMoe. Perch.' ,.t ,,-.,.,77..,;.. V 7 , ' ' - 7 i , , . - , o.i' i :sKx.m. n. iijnso.iiiieti fv capstai and enSerpnse. Si - R! a narn.ef variety of t hx piivi ler kind?, are ;d :.)., . -i , , , !, ' .- (erM....h?. lanois. s,i..einakers, end h:i. ders are ... . . jpre.n i.,Hiif:roas; yet pood yor,vnesi m tae.-s ?ovep.eno..ai m tiie bavs. nn t;ie se a-cei st. r !..,..;,, ,,-...',i . , , . , ,, 1 - rii' "I'Uicnea woiod ineet witn encoura'.e-iK.MT. i I t-i-ovi5r.inn?. !(,rc ,..-:,. n!i ,

if. I.! .-- -m:! K .- .? t-Tii- u'.fi.. -r i-.l l-0:i ... 1 .

lie.-'),'!'

!:i!:V

ei:i;-Si ; e:cf',:;

!.:.. ? .

in hiMii. :i;c u no .,...,-,, ..,! ,o ...... i. .... .

and at ai! seasons. Tnrkevs, Prairie-: iwu ; ......7 i." 1 .77M .7'7"" t'7

I 1 H ! Of t . i "u.v..i:u l.ii:.V.-.0,.JWl6, S.iUOlO: eO i.CiS.

eor-

y exercising their iP :e,!i.i!.i:int5 are o I,ei!ih!er walks iiiiormed r:s ihe "-'s; (.? they are and iriiiip.'i..;;!.

i wa.it of indns'i-y and

The Se -t:-

every w.i-r

..... , o. ... i... .1... :. i. i. e. ,i.. r. ,i.:,P :.mi-i ivu.f.

...r . men o , u.. ,..num.nu. ..ojovnu... .o. " ' ; are in deni nid. and. p o lled oiv jf v.e 7d vi" oa;1 nso -r for tae in o.ets. lAeiy species of uo-,C;!pi.;1, and i:!(jU5llv. rnc,,-,!v (.() U(.; ni-stie Io-aIs are also found in the settlements ! IXVest,!knt of r.vivr.vi.rtju-ii or i.-.jxjk.

4 ?.'!,,.v ,!". V' "v It is indeed donbsfnl wlitthcr anv s,c:ion of ihe

wiinout t.'.iiienitv or t::'errn:;ion nv coin v.e .tner.

lroni t.hoso

tnanne'

Tiie most tronbiesome of the feathered tribes

mi the r.oiti.) ;.re H iwks. pau'.?. tuls, Canon

Crows, aa l VA ;ck-birJs. Tiierc are

-North Amercan Uonih.i

(:lsi field fl,r l!:e ciiiployment of capital, enterjsrise, skiii.

or irmstrv, Ihan t!ie c.::e i:i enes:io:i. i "li.-; pries

iinds of Iirp-- ;::,! snrill birds, wh'cii it is not i:n-

maey .!e.eri0.f nearly every tnin- :il0

Itipii. 'l'iiat of i ibor is

repe.i ated, of course, according to the facility of ohtamiep l.!ereis. At present it vine? hut little from the prices given in otir southern Siat.s.

I.VntRNAL AND COAST!?;:: TIM!:;; lioAt- oAttTt With respect to the ii.terna! and -o:.s:i':T trace, ... more :S to no s-ld ei w!i.:t ;?V.".-' ir tie-:; uf what ,f

ioi:e. .Viinesi rve-rv : ri.cie : ro. i:.- : r o sner-

pi ee, oa the

to

por'aat to paitien! naze at present. KitrriLr.- txsitrrr. ; A o:iotn;i? reptiles and troublesome insects, are rn:n:non ia ui.r-t p-.rts of this cntititry. hit not more j numerous sh u in i pre at portion of tho norih. Tiie rattle-s i ike is n; .si he id -i; ; yet he is soon expelI - l l . i .. ' t. - - : A 1

iru in u,Miiin':i, WiiCie ilOi: aie nt'Pi. v;.;.i leii-; . . i

tiles, more or less poisonous, are fr.-p:ent'.y seen; euianuizo is transpoi ten from pi . e

few of Ihem, however, are of a hr-e saze, and they : " "J nnucs. -npar, co'ton. woe!, c rn, Czc. selilm, if ever, disturb even the mosl timid or fear-inro -".ed to market in tins way. feme ts proful inh ibitants. Lizzires are nunv.-rous.lr.i! harm-! (!'!Cfd ,hc hZh li'ids, ami taken !o ih- towns 0:1

less. There are mmiv vox itions insects, narticn-1 "J0 sea-coast 1:1 cnr.s (train I v e.xen. i .i roan

nrly such a? ihes and ants, and some

nv. "i.v, .-liiiu .1 n j u til ii"i ine 1 11 n

Ai-squiiees are ve-y sc tree m comparison v. -th "''st "j " a-f't o, mi, c.a.e. ii urns on me n;o their number in our western and southern States. ! IInvo 5' N""fo, bet ween tiie mouth of satei liver Tii- honey bee succeeds well, wli 11 prop-ilv atteii-' c ty and port f Matameras. Xo other boats fled te. of any considerable burden, arc us. -d on this rjvi r, .v:r.:;TZ.Trr.:-: i".-.-tic. rr:v. -:.;::i!t vnox. ii,!i:io,?.-'!l i,s navigation, even for steam vessels, "s t.O..... i : r. ,

a the nursurs of Arienhnre. we nve t ie r. est '"' 1 " ' '!! ; ': " (1 a otaece tieanv or q tec

mnes from its jur.cfhm whii t!ie (ii:!i

niptmrf i.nt vice o ev..,:-..

is. nerhans. .abnio .-. :. it.. . " '

fft'ial in sVo ,l ot..,., cu . - unuenco. Aiany o! I

i hc Staters situated ai ,l,e f ;o, of H.e ' e" t n Li m y1'?' S -awards, of two hnaered miies ma,h-wcst of i J TiZ '.V.'T-:: f..i.T- ....T C--. fl ' 'I: 1 ' r-

.., ' , ' . , ; " ; t ,i..o iou uioi.-.-, i Mere is. a

(,u,re.y o.exean. Hex r.osi. also Ci.lKil'a'i thr. r.n!.- nf oltv i' .-. i,.

Cravo del Xo to -I iX "V. "7 to this central re,

"iOi oi lij,',uiiS Oi .-:) i fl.o ,...,., , seventy miles, (by land) a!nVo Mafao. r.w. 't"'t.-.;V. Til.!.. niilV'i!' 1

tpepnlat-mi is estinntrd at three housaml live htiayred Mexic.ms. Com arge. Alcan,0, Ch.ererro, and Loreu . n's; fn the Rio Ikavo, tiret,m-ns -f ii:;;orian-;o, containinp, eac'u lioi) one thousand to two tho'esim! live hundred souls San Fernando,

"a me i iv: r el tne same rame. 'numerates tsbent ; very poneraliv addicted to ::am!;hn'r.

" "a:, -no ,;c i,u;:trei. J 'hep ; re many it!ier t lice o! lirdidigh'me; is stiil k

. -t-- mi ..... iii.ri.ui oi icss hot. u;e popuiaoon i uiu onniiy; tun tle h irh oiiy a!!e;;

7,:.,:' exceiSAe.y native Aiex can. oH. ti tormer days, litis l-.een preiily ah ded. and mativ of -i :;i::a, is !i!a! l!ii;,o I.uvn I. ill.-. imo.or!:ii;of. ' I'm mnrf incn, -.f il,!.. t..i. .I.e" ..... ..!... i . . , "

. . . J ... in. i IOO..MO- p'i.nu iv coe.nemn ItnV'Ver. as a rilaeo r:f ! .iwl iw.cj ! i llm intoii. i; r !;. xrr.lt. !!, . '. i .

... , - i v- - ..iv.. n -eiy piniii totlie or vi,;r(s iiiepteater portion ,flhe iidiabifants are dincc; and parties very ):a;o:ent!y (v-:w,. j,, jI "i-mped tn tiie business of steek r.dsiep. Some ; Much if their time, indeed, is sneriT iii v.-ieiw

r iT'd :r t:u rf liaii! an.! n f..tv l:r..I, ...:,.E .., l.r. .,in"or.m....is . ..O t.,.-;.,! ii . . ,

.......v.., ...v.- v ..... .... .... ,i ij ..mi. . n i u v mi: . o n; . I In? URt lira I

K.o;,le is :;;ii(f, and thr-lr d( -'i'iio feiiiah-s t'ppear !e?s :e-

of slavery, is r;.,'Ve'; o .

..o in e' ( i v oiia-r

ee. except t.a.i itj-;,-,, ..e -r

i i -: j i a :

!'v An'o-Af

Cover:; meat

M.uie.r-.e. spoken J.y ti.em. arc! customs, w.-v c-7.,-,. .'.., .

-inpio-.Ainer'eans. W hde t!

.mi inoie Simp!:,- in llieir

aie ;ar in

as w

if tiie

I.. . c I...

mo .ml: ..o nioivj o ii' -i'iaie, m eat:n,T.

as drinking, rand luxury is less mevabo.i

- 1

j ii use nass oi ie v ioih o; nmiKmi

Tl-e

''',' in Tamanhoac. as

p ut of ,:. M;,xican ppil!,. hi of Tex ' tvt.ioi, ; . ..i.j

i . ....... ii i M'l il'O

iio-.imciu-an-.-. Rv n l-,w r r-

,. , iii. ofm rii

u .:!? il.U el .iarillirv K-'--

C;n'io r.O Sile or nor.-J. ... ..i- ..1 ... ."7

: .. , . i ' " - oi M.:e wiiicii m

"'V aiT.'l !.-i:ro(i!!C ( i .

j .. ;o lii, e'.U. !

1-7 7V, 7 r-;-.v' aiier inat period, are tr. :n

' 1 !- "J.' C'C! Pi'i: -i.l , i... . .... .

:-' 'I . "f I M l :i ! . t .. ' I . i

i" i n r.r.fl r"ca-npn(

, 1 '

'in., a iso. t n! sir.r-

as t!i

there i pv.t,-

n ! i anv p-.rt of ihr. :

public. V:. cr" raid !nw. Ail

may bp pres-ed

'i f.nsy.-.i.-pjT r.,,d ris'np ration

:S s a -

1

lO'.'ieeee C.t... I I...

ano aaie-

Uj m many parts

up it

-t T:e?-. i a'!y i'c . d fror.i

uepcr-

t m i -derate tax on

Kt.VltMT 'I !'-e rf'vcr.i'e i Ta :ec;

unions of f.rei;:n cred.--. r;.d ii .... . '

V'1'1- '' 'tew -,:.,;,, nre (.Xempt bomtlie pav-ee-e ..f tax, s,r otis.-r contribt.tioiis, (exeept rnun cipal.) fa- the rtn.f live vears. Al

ley uiii p ,v ..j.. s:.;, ;is other

ter mat periex.', i'.ens.

i"',: 1!1 :'' them, olany tr iveiiiap or Ira;:, ient di.position of tin s. r.ireiinnrsniul Innlers visit tliem occasion. .l'.y. Ti;e meatter itnassun-in

outiomps el (mo cite s and vili ig.-s are some of t:im (dap-!:!. !.u mostly of sin-pie co'.stitictii.M. In the ... . o " . . ....

m on: p. nicipai u.atelf iS ct.s is!. ! s one

serve;

. :

!, hi:! ee

c.s, paiiico-i ..... - , wasps. &c. i ' ro generally excelient. p irticu! tr!y it) the drv s eaeru re-ions, i Hut .ne steam-boat is employed in nava-

"aisn';rs, (unbnrnt brick) iveod. rends. eV.e. T;-.e m-as -.f the best dweiiiitps are p ner d'y ii i. tlioopfi ueewh-i! inclined, lo turn olfi!;" rain". Tiiev sH-

onesieiv in l-eil.t. The w.dis are

.v a:- pleas n.

there of ot.;er i.a'e :.. I j;l

exceehon o! tee head frsst ddii-rs be! liu

iiern A'neri'-an f

in convf-:s-;tou as r apparel fv.-ii!i ihe

s t .of ivjrnpea.n or v.

fro in tna'es.

oe:n cacfed

itiesiiy ros-pli-cnst on the ou'sifie. ami make a real appearance. The fleers are competed of earth.

imp .ri.int view f this interesting portion of -North American Continent: t'loi-e'i wo c mr.et s'ght of its are at advantages in f .eiii' atinp $

bra'iches of industry. Thine are few, if places, better cdeuilated for the culture

l..e esc Iier

any et'n r oi su"ar-

eane, nee. tobacco, cotton, or indipo. ili n tifs. t.orn. potatoes, and the numerous esculent vegetables, are also produced abundantly, and. with the least dniieuhy. Whe:e. rye, birlev. nts. eve. succeed in die interior hip'i lands. Such is tho mild

ness of 1 ie climate, tint neither the cane nor the

cotton reraiire re-plu.ting for s-vcril vears frest is ! a r so severe to t.q i-n i'-o mo

it Fl han h -si roes even the s'alks or the haves. Ami when tiie s'alks -re cut o'.V above ground, the

ti.ree Id in

oi Au-x.co. .-ii so;ne p-.r!; a.iar seasons il may be e .i: ! more t!i::n o?:e thc.isatid inib.-s. throttph Pes and adjohiii:;; S.ates. Tic Rio do s Xeuces. a!:i! the oi.uade. to ihe iterl!) c f die Rio 'h'ave.and several of the other rivers to tii ? s mth. are also navidde fa snial! craft to some CMtent: but little, however, is done en cither of then. Some of the bays o:i 'he coast are likewise navic'.b'.e for lipht

vessels: and that of 'he Rrassos de S.inti .po is spa-

ioere(!i:y a s,rmp tr.onar. intd whcii dry. The roofs are freeuemiy co-'etiai by caves, cane tops, co-.rse :;r:

e.'oicnes are hope, eiepanl. am Mat p ut o1' i!ie conntiy horde ri:?

ticui :riv m t.ie cii: s. biiek

ci.isses oi the .dex.cans are hind rmd Jiespit-. fie to stranger?. Descended from Iviropeae. Afi'i

can. aca; cia -ena An'.nrut in ;:ncf sto-.- t'..; '

vari'-s from ihe (h.s'idian w'ale, to l! shades of (lie lorrid clinics. Of (ie1 err-

wn el! Premnes very 1 five jepadapon. l!:ere are ve:y few, if ;;::v .Pi1,. O ... I . i II 1 i.l I

i o.e Miia-.i;, iiotiscsi ; io;.:-;.,i moon. .inn liirir ie.'n" a

a l-aatch of palmetto ss, ir. Manv of (he

( o:; ;:":odi(,!;s. in the sea-co .st. tee-

is used instead of st'o'.e.

tP

;e.r c.-'icr e .1 irkcst le. or na-

f Ivi-

comjdeie in'er-

ttj.w T.:.;.v:'iox i re ,- : r-; , y ...0...-r,.r ,rTTTT.r

Xew colonists are cotisider.-d as naturalized in ihe State, immeiiia'v'y on settlement. They are Tgihie to rr.!i!iiei-.l..ricf-. i,V, ;ed evitli tiie utad pnv;!ep'. r , d imniunui. s i f f eemen civil, political, Pi,d r.digions :d! of which Pre ruarar.-

; ;:ei; inetii ly ! uv. , ,,r,.ene. capable of

i.eii. - i!;'.a'-ra,vr, t.- ,r, . .;; .

-. tii i.-i .... c, a""'.', "puolic, are ! r';'1 P'eiseiy np-n a f a.ti-::: w:i. native citizens. ' "ft r l"'o yra-s co'iiiiiceii rot(p.r,ce. ard a declar-

f:f allegiance to 'he p-sv-rumeiiT. Thf miii-

mam-

or suluects

a?:n

In system i-- nvcli t!:e sime Sta.tes of t!i" r.er h.

. r.'-rr.ii

as :!i ii of the United

Cl eeip;

i.fv.)

p;-a:s to lo ee-; d

.i v . ci.. m.o aa. o 1 ( I ie );-. .:;!.- e,..-.. ; . o

j two sierir-s (of from fen to tip, a M f.-f-Tx ;n repdp.; Some f.f them are con.vi e'eudr 1 ,r:;-- ami comfcrf :'!'!. In many instances tiie Ii ion; of thes:- are ! 1 :d w:th l.iick. ntn! si me v;l!i piJiC hoards. The materials '"lildiiw .reneral'c obtained near

her i-' ffh '? larger

'pari.

fee places wliere th'-y ura er, etc-i. Jem lea brought, however, from a (ks'a-ee. ! cities and towns.

cions, .umi s.uuiiiic ior scnooacrs ai.u steam-tioais. i :..::;r;i srt:ei!"5 or nis;:su.

The 1 :sl 'ue;.i:cnei is an important arm oi tiie ; o"u puueuiar sections i mo conntiv, near ,j i jrtcal Mi xican juif, and affords an i .xccllenf l.r'oor. j Me sea-roast, are name or less sickly bdions dis-

is oi cigot or ntite leet ij: p; 1 1 may enter it '. "mors nemp ronsidcr.ii.iy prevalent : but 1he intiu.es. It is. ind-erei, the princiod haibor for i tenor uplands, and thai liorderin" on li e l'.io Iba-

V'f's ieiTiiediateiy send up more vigorous shoots

-.eras, as the bar, at the moutii ff, vo del Xorle, even ncariy or ipiite to its junciiou i some;'1 and the r.diiiini tlrai ,nt i.U.M.t iIiv.m ;..,! i "..,. ..('1 Willi ihe Movie in f ."n'l" ...... . i i.l... -V. '.. . . i : .-

me i iver, consists of hea ter partial, s of earth ihan thai burned by streams of weaker or slower currents. Ii h almost wholly so! id grenm!; and in the absence of marshes and s'a'uiant waP-rs very

little inala-ia, or poisonous i fihvi i exists, to cor-: b'

at all

the Port of M it

' . i ...... . ..... i. . i .....

Iti-in 1 ,-.o '.. nnuw, imm i , ,.,,m f i o.e i i-.f a.eji.o Din ,i.;oui uuee a.n:i a nail 1 1. l oi ..... i m n : ...e.u.ai o it , i. .are r(.

ore. or The .'.r the tl,r -!,.. l ,,o.l ' n'cl''Tii great part of ihe year. Willi the ether bavs j ''"he ailnvion. deposited bv ;ht. j

tliere-re. in lifs country, two rainv' seasons ;;iup -d inrbovs. f :;i!;er to the south, I ii ive not suhiuv.Mtrv. witinn ti:e ve.ir. the f;r;m-r and planter ' ri(n': :K'!i;nh,iaiit0 lo ,;c:5t vvnh ft-ruracy. Yery m-v ai-.re dizMwo crops j-er annum, of all oilier 1 1:i:li ls 5's::0 ,n t:or's,!n ti:u!:- s kinds ofapricu'.Pirai productions, p. it, in order to ' ?'":lr,,:n('s Kro;;'' b-otn tiie port o! vdaivension, in secu-e a cr,!.:,f am! inhitcrruptctl prorih of thefiVx;,s' to -I-'t''Kas and T.unpico. ran.- and cotton, during the prevalence of the j rciti-::;x coMMr.Kri-: i.i Tiits. !r uph?s, it is important that the land be irrip-ted. ' Pei eigu commerce is the great sotirce from which W'hfn tliis is done. ( is in the trop ca! countries i die w.mfs of ihe people arc nieistiy supplied in repeneralh.) they nviv b ve a regul ir sncccsshui of ;spec' to articles f..r clothing ami manufactures in crops, of al! kinds, without reference to seasons. 'general. Thiongh this channel 1 1 icy receive mosl Tor this p'rpose a pump, recently invented, has'ol the returns for the si a pie commodities, of the la en introduced. It is put in operate n h- h.-rse : country. Tiie principal jNris for the reception of jv.wer, and is capable of drawing, from tii" largest j foreign goods are Matamoras, in the northern, and nvris. a sufficiency of water to irrt-TaJe an v mi uitit v : P.inp:co. in the soiiiiicrn sections of tiie Slate.

e; i.;n;i en :,; ;r m .r

iiiixiure. ain! a.li pr.ccd uj-en a pc

not. a vesligo o p.-,.j,,Pce agaiasf co'..-r i ::.-! atiio-ig tliem. All ahk-. ea!'!i-

i tgtits. -:;. a. pi's. m. ii imin'teilii f : attd eveiv

i: ia i : o ..in Hiing iO mer.i. Wliaont r

paiesiiai ancestry or tiie t;e oi tee s:.:n. i::;v;aii;:'M' i . .- vvs i : : it ;t a n p xe y or it;;::; 3";.r;u'i t r:es : ; wi ky.

.-.:-er ti.e extinction of ihe Span

a.eieo, ; lal !!ie actiievcam nl oi their muiomd in-o-'pendetice. tiie people t.rpani. u a t-overnmeut, based upon iilier.d republican priucij;es, under th"

t iieol l. e " i tu:t (l e.v,.-,i i-.fufi:-;. it o! iiineiciui Slates, and f.air 'i'.-rrifori: s.

, r ,. :..... a. ... ....... ,- ..

ir, ...,i:mi i.a-i,.,,i i.ai-.,eio. o.aies o; ims eon-

It In s its own amsf iiulion. eve. and adaatl'.ority in I ke manner a one ..!'t!,.

iiion. i mi peoiMo are

laws are, lor :

fV Ce T, We TITT 'T - rr.r . cr,

Serm after the o-gaeirdion i f the Mexican !. pnblh. t!;o (bmeral Conpre-s passed laws for the eoj.o'zation of vacant fmds. witiiin is Territories. The sever-, 1 States were an'he.rz ad, by the?e laws, o make their own regulations f..r colonizing such lands, within their ie--.-ctive hnu'ts. The Stale of T.amaehpas, and sever., oih' rs. enacted laws for tin purpose, nnd empowered their (h.rernors and I'.vecntive Uouncils, to cr'v them into effect.

an"si: power in The ii:(-s to I mds. "ranted bv the States, will there.

ior;1 ec pcrieepv s cure, pledged )' i Jit s '-onrer.

fedeiae.y. miuis'ers it:

northern I

seii'.imein; inn

repul

as ihe nafi.mal fo'i.'i is It is ihe n'i cy and evi

dent desue of the "earrnnion' to invite men of

eoesists , capital, enterprise, skill, indes-'y. iiiteliiirenee, and Tainan- moral wort it. lo se!tb and improve the country. For

tins purpose illan.is.es land lo all seel!, with a liberality elsewhere n.ihnowii. B.,,, , hde settlers will receive as much, pv-..a'.-.', as ihey can occupy fo advantage. Cood lied m -y nho be ivireliasefl, nt

lower limn it can be

;can in

if-.i..a:,y neaniiv. . m. as s peci v an; leiuar :a as i

c.vmps of t.'iis ui. - I. on is net much adm red by l!n

pic; ami me pieafer poil-on o, tl:r iaaauess attep.dhy l':e comts, is for securing o!;edience to

Pie l.t-.vs. aad iae sip-pres -:o:i of eraie T.

II leli. . S :! ,iis State. oWle" fo

ie most nart. w h.o e- very reasonali e oriei .i,.i,.,

en. id justice is gener- ' obtained in tin's emu n try.

se.vhere. Jttig;.m :ss of t!ie peo-

i'

i j i . t

t"tn ttie atmosphere.

M-liing, and ihe soi with Line, (which is

I iie lirsi meiiiioncd place is situated on the Rio

Ibavo del Xoite, thirty miles (by land) from its mouth. Here immense ;uantilics of merchandise are introduced, and laken to many inland towns and villages in the in J ei ior of ibis and several noighbor-

intnuhici d. Aii kinds of beans, and p ais, k'tuce, ! ,!'" , iU s- A considerable numbci of liaeign mer-

;::ir;T-;-T-i.Tni:. i i-o la-riien.tar.d prod actions fifth's region are. iii gemrd. sitr.il r to those of our middle and sou-h-eru States; and s e::e irepic .i veer!:. ides have been

asparagus, pirs.ey, cmo -ps. melons, pumpkins, s-jnashes, cue-.iu.bc rs. hei is. radihcs, tma.ips, swe-et a.-:fH s. onions, eve. s'..-ceed Weil, every whore, and at all seasons. The banana, or plaitilain. with

many other Ues: m:.i: nr.. ac!:oi:s, are cultivated '-Uia pe, i.nd 1.10

in the soi:;.i rn e v's oi tise State.

ciiants reside here, and carry on a very extensive ami lucrative business. Specie is generally received for poods, and Lrc.eght from the interior, on mules, lo Mainmoras; and hence it is shipped to

Umied Slates of tiie Xorih. A

Tii

h ghk-ads !u iaj yet y uer.iiiV i;npre:'naied

.'it.-'O g,

! Used an antidote to mala- 'el il m iy

ria.) tiie causes of the superior hoai;hii:o.-s of ihese '. lliose di.-.-eu regions, are apparent. If ue except the direful 1 sun'ret- and

urn P:e se;i

ha! hide fo

icim-tp) e;s'm.:eii i';e Ira;:

:? proper lo

r m.

m-

lea ess

t In" g:ueaail government, have had w ilt ihe disseittioaa which have

udity c.-f ihe Republic advert to the (anises of

;ons, m order to judge of ihe probable i n 1 1 a i ie i ;c y of i!,e free insiitmions ;,!- siied. Jii liie fnst place, il is to be obliie people of ab'xico have but reoenf-

"t fioiera, wh:c..i recent, y swep.f wiih its f.tal be- ! re::ly est ah som all conntrlrs alike, malignant diseases have ' staved. I hat

neen a, mosl entirely unknown. And asihe weaiher arisen haan ihe veriest d-ji-iis of political deara-

irore 1 1 ii i .riti hi..: m- o m.-...i .,..o.. .....i ...o,, . imm-i i

. . .... ..v...., .i.i.i i ; i . : 1 1 . . a I . i ; i ". disorders arc lees co'nmon than in more lioriliern ' '"!' g ?

:; v ;:;::;? : of stock. The iv. .rkets .,r most hinds of staple agricultiir.il picduetions, as well as tiiose of the garden, are

geod m tne c.tns

an

large towns. Common su

gar si lis at a re sen able price pcneo.liv :: r.Vf c.iivabe; lo s J Of) a At pa per cwt. or (il cents

very brisk and flourishing trade is kept up between this poi'. and those of N.-w-York ami X. w-Oilcans. Tin: lore, 'oiep remarks will apply cuu d'.v as well to Trtinplco as lo the place above mtn-doiicd. This port is near lee sea-coast, in the sou hem extremity cd Tainaulip-s, and has long enjoyed a very e.xtens-

1 ivc commerce. U is situated m so unhealthy a !..t -. i ... - , :. t - . a ... i. " :

r .r r...,, -a f . ... i , ... . i fuace, nowever. iim' o is uosm.cu .o m: oiiuim. in

; ... t gi ..... ... i .... t t. 'iu..l u:? l-llltltl-u .ItO'.l . . . , - . Tic rnr.ntity produced is f.r b low the (ienvnid. .'IS!'I0FS' -v 'I'"0 ,lVort comincci d rival, op ,-.r.d it sometimes sells higher than the .-cneral slat,-!"e 1 :o "r,,vo oe! Xoiie. Aiar.y foreign g..ods are

m; u .'1 . vi.l v.irr;::T. i nra uvrr.iTts ;i!;r.iT k . : v " -.....0 v....,.,,., ..l

r bushel, in mosl of ihe towns: .and vegetable s '

ate sold at prr-poijmm.hlv high prices. Pork and

laliiudi.s.

!i:nir.T. seii.Xi i: vu vsrer '.s. 1 u cor.ser jiietie o of the Lniiti d demam! for professional assistance, tiie sc once of medicine is hui hllle cultivated here. 'i i:: re are Some apothecaries and practicing physicians in the cities and 1 irper villages; hut, in general, the inhabitants !- piv.i i::?o:i tliei1- own know!, dge and skill, in liacere ( f dis'-i'ses, by li.e ns" of various medic. I pi mis, ovc. wiih w'licii ihe country abounds. i.K.'.HMN'i seuooT.s Ti: acu ;u:s. Common school learning is'encoiiraged lo a eoa:sideii.ble extent, though uol as fir as desirable. There are many private schools; ntn! die government ins auihorized the rs' ihhshu.ent of public ms'itiitioas. for ihe gratuitous instruction of children. Little lias been done, however, towards putting ihui in op.: rat ion. A college has been eo;n-

i eieticed, under t,,o patronage oi me present ;ov-

ernor of (he Si ate, and a l.-w other indivi;hi;;is, at

eity of Victoria. Tim hb'her branches of

-

. in.i.a . ,e . .I.....S l ! li rear. Titer i w

(xpei ienced the dehaslier otf'iie:;.-e ('

botli eeclesii.stic il and p.a'ilical Syr.muv. As oe.bdif

lie of

1 con is net in great d: ie. md among the native Mexicans. Beef, void, and mutton, are ihe principd ai licks oi animal food, that are us d by the inh J; t m'.s. The lis st is sdu in the maikels at from two to three !:.: j:er p.; ui.d. The others sell

much higher. IVid'.ry. ggs, c. also eommand! higher prici s, and icady s.h-s. The mokeis fori lee stock aie m.s'e dy. ih.l ciitlle and shei p ar so wiir.i reus 1 hut ti e 'prices are gi nerallv verv moderate. Mules are bought up and diivon lotlie other Mexican stale s, and to Louisiana, M sstss ppi. &c. Brci ding in:.r-s maybe bouxhi ;it fiom Iwo to five doll. trs, and .a,,,,, st.bile horses at from igb' to twelve. Cows sidi at from the lo ten doli us, with c.dves; and Inge broke w irking oxen sell at fro n fifiecn lo twenty-fe.e dollars p.r r pair. MAMTAcrrarj-friAM ami w.vrni ioui:n. M ir.uf.K lures are but htlle atlcndcd lo in tins Slate. Woolicn bhrnkets, and c.otto,, shawls arc

made in private faniilies: be.l no regal .r xtensive establishments exist, r i'h, r for tI,o mannf. rti.ro f wool or cotton. Considering the high rate of duties payable on the imported woollen fabrics, those br inch'-'S f.f industry would doubtless be veiy profitable. And in addnioii to these consideration's, ihe general govcrnimvt lias made provision for ihir encouragement. Tiie wool of thi, coimtiy is exceedingly abund.in', and ihe e(.t -h'v ee.ual to ih.t of ihe common sheep hi oor middle, western and stiiithf-rn Stales. Cotton, likewise, of the finest kind, (ihe sea-island) as well as the common siapie. js now produced in considerable quantities; and iis culture can be extcnibed as far as may be desirable. Machinery for manufacturing purposes can be put

the eity of Victoria. Th

ports above mentioned engross the main par: of the ! arning, imd most of ihe pro' asuonal sciences, are

foreign trace. i ho experts, of the State consist.! neglected, or not yet as morally patronized, as prine pdiy, of specie, mules, hides, horns, wood. 1 some of th other Mexican States.

in

cotton, sugar, cvc. Oi too two last mentioned ailicles, Lulu or none is now sent beyond ihe hmiis of the .Mexican Republic. The imports embrace ami st ( Vepv ai'icle suited to the commerce of the i'niicd St.. It s i f the .North. But adventurers, upon a small red'', would find the various kinds of

coitoii goons, for both male and feni ale cl ilhing. and line;:, silk, and worsted ar! ich s, ihe easiest to !:;;:. r;Hrl. ami ihe readiest lo dispose of advauPme-

omly. Velvets are much in use. and meet a ready sde. Woollen cloths sell at fair prices, but are in fir less demand. Theduiieson nearly all imported articles, arc very heavy. Tii se on common American ottmis .are If 5 cents per yard; and on in any others they are equally high. ( I KRl .Nl Y f OKI KiX I.X ll.N;r.. TI ie currency of the country is confined wholly

;io p.r citius metals. (lobl, siiver. and copper coins,

oi iV, are mane r. Ira;-: sender. l-: ;ls on a lew ot th. ii-iiits of iheUnitfd Spites of the North, are irceivcd by the tr.ercliants engaged in the commerce with New-Vork aad X; v-0.lc;ins. But they are used uu rely in the place of bilk- of exchange. Rac'ioftiie miiiirg St.ite.-. of Ihe Mexican Republic has its own mint, and issues its o.vn coin. Many foreign coins circulate, freely in f very part of 'ho country The worth of all of them is, of course, delei-ninid by ikeir weight and inlrinsic value.

civirs xn r.,y,A.',r.s Terrr.ATiox ;;rsi!:s, ut.o. la iii.s State iherc are several cities, eel a large number of towns and villages. They are generally laid out regular, the streets crossing each olher at right angles, with public squares, eve. Malanv.ra?

-MA.WltKS AMI

the jion

X'P'-c'ed, tinder smdi c.ireumslanccs. liie sfienee

g:iv rnimuit wis coniiaed Pi a f w, while ihe

iiiass of Ihe pc eple were denied acci ss lo the f mtits ol know Ictlge, am! compelled to remain hi a state of pic-found ignorance. The light of ihe nine!c! nth cenlnry, howevi-r. at length burst upon their visam; and the y hurii d liaia power tiie despots, who had trampled them i:i fhe dusl. They or'guiiC I ilieir govctmi.c Hi llUon do ;t tiO'vilar oh: ii

f i!.e d

a V.

T

I'V

r.ort.iern nrngiii-ois. tiie

;:i-p'ed tneir i;emocn:;ie, Kepresenlativc

" ihe example ot p.eir '.eeio-Aiii; iicae?, ;n:d

itrt.iciax moisa: ivi ia i.iukm i:

ctsroMs. Ihom l!ii period of the Sjvu.isli conqucs!, R.-vnan t'iitholic. has been li e eslal.-llslied reli

of j 'ie country. Urn!: r ihe fauur government, the pul. -he exercise of every olher was strictly prohibited. Latterly a much more lob-rait spini has prevailed, than when the ch iicii supremacy was I . J 1 1 .. 1 ' I .1.:

mucin oy iuouirciiie.ii power. i ne numerous Convents have b: on abolished, since ihe establishment of a republican form of povernuicni ; and the immense landed eslales, which the clergy had accumulated, and which were suilbred lo lemain tin occupied, aie r.ow offered, gratis, lo induslrions setlle.s. (n-.lives and f ireiiuiers.'i of all r, ledoiis oer-

siiasions. Ti-e freedom of ici'gious opinion, vvc. is now granted by 1 iw, in ihis Stale, as w il as some others in the Republic. Tiie religious assemblies are more goi.eially a.llended h females, than by tiie oilier sex, on oidluary occasions. The moral character of the pc. pi -, (.oeiy ihieg considered.) will not suffer in comparison wiih that el Ihe inhabitants, generally, of our s-.mtiiwesli in Stales. It is, indeed, f. r ;.h..e lh:t stand, ml in

many souihorn pirts in the ii, .r Rcru U..io:i. Such degrading exhibitions of (h mdieiiuess, profmiiv, and impiety, are never wimessed, among tiie native Mexicans, here, as frequently disgr ice our cities and towns. Tiie conduct of some of the dissipated foreigners, who have migrated from Lurope and the United Slates of Ameiic, excites their ridicule and contempt: and the habitual piofmity of a large portion of the hitler, paiiiciihulv, is a proverb and a by-wosd f.f reproach among them.

Coilfed- i

rati! system, with manly all i-s ch iracie-ris'.ie pro- i visions. Bill the -Mexicans, as Spanish coionisis, bad never been schooled in ihe r eiia.ee of free governm uit, like the Mnghs'i colonists were. The !

great mass of Ih.e people had not become sufficiently acquainted with its intric.aie firms, as established in ihe United Slates of liie north The very idea of a '-sovt re:gn independent Sla'e" being under the com Vol of any olher earthly power, seems hke an enigma, e ven lo many oliiers bohles Mexicans. t And, for the win! of a proper understanding of fin? mode ol administering f'his peculiar kind !" government, ihe Statesmen of Mexico have been unable, at times lo prevent th insurrectionary ailemp's of . .!!. iiitj.-us men from crei.tlnp

public disorders in s :

Shit the inarch of in 'ch: and rap-d amoi'g (he iheir l!-osi;i. n to t h hiidi a decree ;,s ill .any ;n ::( of ii.-con! tne l. ewivio. Thiil taa:

IXUIAX TiaiU". None of ihe roving Indian trbrs ore settled in 'I a man I pas. Some small hunfiep pai ties frequently visit !!:" nor-hem unsettled ponion of l!ie State, in qu-. st of the mustang, or w id horse; nnd a few ate ece isioiiidly seen in S'u:o of the towns, with ven'son and other arfich s. fo trade. They seldom er i. ever evince a disposition to ;-.cf j:1 a hostile manner. Xo ; epia hension is entertained by the iahabiPin's. n Lit ive to (b'predations on their jiarf. .vo;.i:oFT::.vv:t!.j.:f: si;ot-i;;.rv veco?ivjon.T.ro Travellinp. in this s a-tam of country, is generally performed on l.ors-haek. 'i'h: re are no regular stage lines, for coney:inc exc-j t cue between Matamoras and the bay of the Rr.ivs. s do Santiago. In fr.ivellhip con- iiha- :b!e disfances. it is customary lo carry ro isions aloeg, and encamp in the wood's rpliins at night. 'Ihe expense of travelling in Ihis way is trifling. A pood horse may !,,, purchased, al Matamoras. ihr eigli! or ten dollars, lint will p riorm nearly or quite as weii as pencraliiy of oar noriliern liaises. They may be rode fair or live hundred miles, at th - rate of from ihirty-fivc to forty-five miles per day, without cipher shoes, or olher feedinp than the pnss by the wav side. It is the practice of lrav: lio:s. verv penerdlv, to carry arms; be! I'm vi iter of 1 ids p-a forumd Lmg journeys, in Viii ioi s p ,;'s of ihe ouutiy, quiie iilono and unarmed, wiiiioni ti.e le si molestation. There are no regular public lionses. or taverns, except in some of the cilie--, where f roiguors are numeious.

, however, upon in I lie villages.

Aceoinmod ilion can always he ha moderate terms, at private houses

am! at ranches or p! in! :iio:;s. 'J'hc inliiibitants are

fiiendly and hospitab!.' to ail slrmgcrs, who demean themselves in ai i'.il and courteous manner.

et!. i gleiP ey t'i

oi. lot lie

the dampy, i'.icni is su ,.;lv f lh ' pa . ii ; oiev .i's in as

. r c-a ::l i ", ; and the c.Vlilore Visible lit: ie I it: I) source ol seel ioual col-

pai's f.l ' iiiipia.vi

lodv : !-7vs

'Vi.'ra.'.V.y. The (.'reater oftlie world is inf.nitely ricb a.o! iioiuitclv beu nt i fu h and yet in all his provisions iie allows no tri.l Jie wi-ihed liiedust, and meiisurctl ihe waters, win n he made the world; am! c:'eii!aP.-d to a nicely, so much earth --.a much air so much lire so much water, went to mahe up such a world as this. The quantity isf-tiil here; a i ! th.ei rh man fain gather and scatter, move, mix and unmix, vet lie can destroy not hiiiir The pu ire fact imi clone tiling, is the preparation for ihe h, i :: - .and la urn of another. Thus ;i tree gathers mm. Uhment from its own fallen Iea i s when they a.'1' decaved. and .-omi t !i i ii ga-

Lsion in the I oiled Si ties of

:;e

noifli, the svs!;. m

" That lautnf tho Rimlish ( kU cun-isiiif' el" lh.' Trial '

j hii ,(.-rf, lia not yi t hn-ti itiii-oi.i'-.l In tiiis Mule; lh.. i.;':i it

isniiun-e.) iy lln1 l oiiMiiuti'iii nl Uu" l.tana.-U .tr. t'tonn til, wI.etirMa lite i;iir in;iv rlnm. c iti i st.iiili.ti il. in r.,lialiiiii lo 'lllll'llll' .'tail Iiif.'rn ir ('.:!, ml ;ui i-V.lciriU ;f-'i.iry, -:i fysttan of Arliin.-iui-it It. is I): i at init pa-.', :n jn r il;.' wav I'erliiiil hy .bay. Aiertrs l,";"i;a I bi'iel l!n iV.I-'ai! 'niisiinil 'eil i'::pi'..dy p-.ot i.'r lli.il : ".': 'aia eon i itsilli:a i:ri:lioi in civil or cumin..! cas. -, !" ir icjiinc', withoal p!ii taill laan:; iil.l.' I i p.in i, l:a in ; . -.. lily ii:irnip,i,.l ilt.nu'.tns ot i aiui'ilt oia'a." A:. I: '-..aia ci.t In-.let. .'ml oi" th' o;a,l i,i I 'liniii.tl:!-;. it',', -la,', ivi.r.'s I-.' i oi' ait-ili it.irs

nj-.-auaCt .1 nv n.n-H ! til.', Irn.-a a mav iia i!ic -!!!i:ei"ii ol Co (-.ultra, ce-y.'"' Py Aili:!i 1 ."!, of la-- , on:' i 'cn-t.i'i: .on, t!ii ii:i;i:aa:tta: a.t lot ili'l't i- ii.;itiil,i'i c. hi I It -a u i- : 'N,i iui(

! iietiii!!;' is lost. And s o i o.iiib, and went when with a word be

oiiies ami two s.nail fishes, persons, lie could in the

same manner have prcvided another meal whenec'.cr the need et' his fo'lowcrs required it; but instead of thai , He caime '.:i..'i"d th.emto gltiier up ihe lY.upuents licit ii illiilii: miI.t he lest; n tc-aciiin;; us to rcpr ird fi u.;:i!il.y as a ciiristian vir-tue.

tiieffi up the f. :i ;ic."!il- , tb. when th,.' ."-'oil of I io 1 w: about scatter:!::: 'a- ssiil ;.-';

multiplied iive barley to feed many ihousiin

I'

sti.ul lie t to j 1 1 isMiiei 1, orilcrs i'h iv aipp'se liim ciiniiiiii ' tl;-'"a ?"' o-risimij, !... i i'i .acltal ! i.,-s tti.it .via-a not i-i--:-.il,!i-

a aul in

..araal ( 'oaif s ,v: ct;-l-i la !. a 1 a:- ii-ilei. i ti-

of soiiif of the inilivi hail Stan s, IV tnt'er lie..' t n-'i n :( to iS'tai).l "at op'iu their soMMciiitlv," P-e U t it" Soiilli ( 'n rutin i :iii i!ti( il nut l.a.t:; s..n-c. alattv o! Pi" .'i -ttnli in. ( ill Mrxti'.i Ii ivr tii'it P. mi tlii ra'K''. l a ji-o, -.';-of lioi-, rv;innt..rr will, no ilntitu, rnali!.- tin pcoplr nl' lint nation to i-ovrrt tho n'.itwi lire? a!!ti'!t'.l d, bv thr n aact.:.!

j of siiiarirnl r-g'ilittinn .

,;..?('. ( ',,','Va' .'.'.'.yet ;,v. ; luta.r. KFAtr.ev. .!.V. C.'i . Vr.- The public wiil be in iehird to you . heah! tu be pleased to i.otoriety id la" i'n", ihat f ':(''. r made stronp and ( I- a.r as poe. b!e . i:!iut anv ;idd:tio,i oi'suarer milk, ia an e xc.-'b' ;i t reined v against ttie cmiiinjx ee.'n'ii'.r to the "ir.i Morbus and C'loh'iii Inian'.uin. i'or an adult tho .pi ritiiy in be g:en iii t alia'-- .. ti : : i i , and loan mi :it a to a---pe i l'u',1 overv a a enaenr . T!m writer of this eomce"!e it te n b:-- v iibiu a few i'av past w at nef ed i- rt-

a

l.c U'V l a

t"l" ha vi 'a; live tiiea::-. lu'l oll.e;

i i a! : -. : I . rale v -re:"-.e.! a v.ii-ieiy ei" l' ie'.,b ! iosl ili'U' to ; - ch' .-.!' ' .

i.l itU' W.i.f'i lite uC 'I'v e'fci -oec ;ale-,rtT