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than theCongress..) Union.lave much ige is about ighuess the His Koval the Duker on a cer-over a man ;ses tip the*ns of New which are ninals will y the new ting lists of—We have the Louisi-icl Militaryr the Board f January, ircc having able. West Prof. Cun-(111 ties tillible man toit the landit there.” in Ohio.he presention about it to bear Jthe Paris del pi da on I of horses ver. Jack-ized in the mday.his better \ .line. iin United sople.lonial im-»•what they »t be graveijority thatago, is re*:periments ler rat*.—:1 flourish, •overy will jbeen get-liave been and mates dollars.production \ increasing. I nutly poss-f Mexico.antic cable and nine-daily.aasked in- “Hotyst pal.monle Pen obit t twentyassistant j Churcli, eonsurap-ng a figlit tist Home ed by thermed that the stump | ror Govcr-ment that vith kcro-tlie butter porary re--a-cfays isnear Bur-illev road,j i* cum i it i uas latterly he has been out of favor with Maxi miliau.Judge Perkins was formerly one of the largest cotton planters in the United States, and seemed a portion of his wealth before leaving Louisiana. He lias a small coffee plantation adjoining this city, and is about opening another at Carlotta. Judge Perkins is the only Confederate, except Kirby Smith and staff, who brought with him any considerable amount of means ; the others are poor, and are obliged to get their living as best they can. The gentlemen mentioned, with one or two exceptions, have gone to work with a determination to retrieve their fortunes that bodes success ; they are industrious and exergetie, hearing the trials and privations to which they are subject with rare courage and equanimity, never once reverting to the sacrifices which they made to the cause which they espoused and whose downfall proved their own ruin. Judge Oldham, formerly chief justice ol* Texas, ims t urned photographer, and is in business in this city. The Judge has also turned author, and is engaged upon the last sheets of a work entitled “A History of a Journey from Ric hmond to the ltio Grande, from March30 to June 2l, 1865; or the Last Days of the Confederate States.” Thisbook will cause a commotion as soon as published, and will doubtless involve its author iu some half dozen lights. He is unsparing in his expose, which his position as member of the Confederate Senate gave him ample opportunities of making. He lashes certain Cabinet ministers and general officers severely, and does not spare President Johnson or Federal commanders. The hook will prove vastly popular from its independence, as well as from its general character, and be a valuable assistant to future historians.Most of the American settlers live around Carlotta, a new village laid out by the colonists, and named in honor of the Empress. Carlotta lias nine miles southeast from Cordova, in a splendid section of country. As yet the totvn boasts of but three houses, if such they may be called, being mere bamboo huts, but live or six others are in course of construction. The best and largest house belongs to General Price, is built of bamboo, thatched with flag and stalks, and contains two rooms. A grove of mango trees near the casa afford a cool and inviting retreat for the old soldier, and here he may he found at all hours, seated upon a chair of his own manufacture, entertaining his numerous visitors, giving advice to settlers, cracking jokes with old companions in arms, or giving orders respecting the cultivation of his plantation. Everything is of the most primitive description, the chairs and tables being the General’s own handiwork. General Price is not a little of a “ Yank,” and is about as ingenious and handy as any New Englander. Governor Harris and the General are inseparable companions, living together until the Governor’s house shall be completed.The town is regularly laid otil around a largesquare, which is covered by a natural growth of trees, among which is a grove of mangoes, the most beautiful of shade trees, whose interlacing houghs and thick, glossy foilnge completely exclude the sun’s rays, affording a delightful retreat during the heat of the day. Each member of the colony is allowed one town lot, if he be unmarried; if married he is entitled to two lots. Thirty lots have been taken up, and a number of others will he seemed as soon as surveyed. In a few years Carlotta will be the most pleasant town in Mexico. If, will be built after American style, with a degree* of beauty and comfort elsewhere unknown in the Empire, and the society will be formed from among the best educated families of the South and West. The first and only American lady in the town is the wife of Dr. Wharton, of Virginia. General Price’s family is expected to arrive in the next steamer, mid several other families will make Carlotta their home within a few'weeks.' . ;Colonists who arc heads of families are allowed a section of six hundred and forty acres of land ; single men half that amount—the laud to be located at the will of the settler. The soil around Carlotta produces most wonderfully. Sugar cane needs replanting but once in fifteen .years, and the caue is of a size never dreamed of in the United States. After planting no culture is needed, and the mills can be kept going throughout the year. Spain always considered her colonies mere dependencies to add to her own wealth and greatness, suffering them to produce or manufacture nothing that might evenly indirectly compete with the products and maufactures of the mother country. Under this policy the culture of grapes was prohibited in Mexico cast of the city ; hut, as sugar and coffee could not be raised in Spain, their culture was encouraged in Mexico. Cordova valley was the great coffee region of the New W orld, and to this day are the uncultivated lands tilled with wild coffee, of the same kind ami quality as that raised upon the plantations. Sugar, in olden times, competed with coffee for the trade ol Mexico, and this valley boasted as large and magnificent sugar houses as any upon the continent. In the immediate vicipity of Carlotta are the ruins of haciendas ol an extent utmost fabulous, and the first cost of which would appal the largest American planter. The buildings upon the hacienda of San Miguel, with the roads and bridges, must, have cost their owner over half a million of dollars, andthe improvements upon the hacienda Correl,within two miles of San Miguel, were not made for less than four hundred thousand dollars. Upon the first ol these haciendas twelve hundred slaves were worked, and upon the latter seven hundred. Little else thaw sugar was produced upon these estates, and there are in the valley over a dozen haciendas qf similar magnitude. Ibcae lauds arc in no wise deteriorated, and will produce as good cane as everGeneral Price is busy preparing for coffee, coin ami tobacco. He is an old tobacco raiser, and t hinks he can show the natives a thing ortwo In his line. 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Augusta Tri Weekly Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Fri, May 04, 1866
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