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Show JIRXICO AMI TUB "MORMONS." IIabiiii.n airs have uUlIslicd pretty extensively reports of the suc-cifi suc-cifi of "Mormon" colonizers In Mexico, with more or less exaggerated accounts of thu "migration from Hub," as thouirli the Baluti were almost evdctiilliit this Territory. The following li translated from the llevlita nfSMuojowuf, publlshid at Juiret, Mexico, auJ will bo read with Interiat as coming from thu mlghbor. hood lu Mexico wlure thu "Mormons" tire locatedl In few pari of the republic has colonisation col-onisation given as good results as here. Tho proof of till aoertloti Is that It Is a rure thing that colonlie aro found lu so nourishing a condlll m as those which have I'icn establlsheit within (lie last six years In this dlsliUU mis Is without doubt duo lu the first I lace to the Just, equitable aud beuell-iintdUponliioiivof beuell-iintdUponliioiivof the anthcrltlca ol the Btato, as well as the lllitrlct, who havu by all the mntiii at tl'vlr dlswsal workl for the progrisa audadvauio-ntentof audadvauio-ntentof ChlhiiThus. I'ho second fac tor, which hat powtrfully ulJiil In Iho devi loptneut of the colonlis, Is the In dustry nud honesty of the colmil.U llietliselvil. Without auyeiajgeration whitever It may bu said that aiming the SOW fcwls thai form l'ie nl flat; 'tarl I'ailicn, ml Dublit there Is not a single drunkard, pami er utvagibind, In, iilortt ol an aic concentrated for their mutual welfare. To these coloulmusy be Justly ap piled IMe ' lebratnl phrase ' That the woman that bilks the leail Is the m t virtuous." In Jests o.t wehvohad colouitlug lomisinlee who with their alvirtlscmentsliave fillitl whole columns col-umns of Ktlodlials of both hemic phens, forming thousands of projects and making i roiLPea that they never could fuim. They Invested linisittant sums of money tu thy construction of large hotels, pleasuru gardens, etc.. have a large ntlnue ot employee and such like, llutlnafewycarsthofutiila of the shareholders were txhnusted, and they found themselits obliged tu remain lu a com Mesial, of Inactloii. An entirely tillTtreiit policy has Uen followed by the Colonies or this district. They have ttotked like Ihe nuts, silently and constantly, rhey havo not pretentel to make from uu cultivated laud "I'aniiioe llilstos," In a yenr, nor from an imlnhabllcil place to make cities spring up that will rival thu great American (entree Their tllorts have Iwetl cell Heed to legltltmte libor; lo cultivate a rich soil, which, to produce nbuuilintly, nee.s nothing more than the hand of man guiding the plow. The colonists referrot to have gathered themselves togither uuler the liberal standard nf Mixli , tin y are not laid speculators Hi Uls guise, but eOte acnlhtome.1 to tho held laborers an I among them are some nrtlxins ho are masters of th Ir professions. They arrlvu In the He-jruhllo He-jruhllo with one wagon or two, as tho else may be, tacti with Its ners-ctlve Irani, animals, and with their tools and luiplcmi tits of agriculture ami In-duilry, In-duilry, which constitute thu only ca ital that many ot them poesiee. Hut they bring with them autm thing ot more value than gold or lank m tee, aud that la the loiu of lalsir. praitlc In the rullllallou of thu Mill, and a practical knowledge of agriculture. I li the Unlte.1 Hlales, from whete most of theiu come, they have luen uhllgiHl In contend with sterile lauds and with the rigors ot raw, told wlntita, and they have oveicome those otUctcs. Our beautiful oouutry Is toaiteil on every naud and aluuds everywhere with fertile fields, iinlur alreiilgnsl y, wbirethescorihlng heat ot summer and thu glacial colds of winter aru un known tin the arrival of the colonists, the iii4-rlntndeutniirlluiis to cich thu Ian I needed; Immidlatrly wulk Is lie. gun, aud thu lind clesreil oir, aud labor continues Incessantly. While Ihe 111 I Is delmltil III the ground all belt; the husluild, thu wife, the elder children, and even the Utile fellow ( who drop Ihe scitl In the ground. I he time not nqulred for the isto of their own homes Is iillllied ly lalwrlngon the farms of their nelghbels, thus gain-lug gain-lug sulllcleut to live upin until they can gather their ownirola. At first they live lu a rude hut, but this l ri pUird III n few years by n commodious htiususurrouiidedwltliiloweisandftult tries, and amply furnished, win rein reliins thu most complete tranquility, and wherein they i njoy the fruits nf thelrown lalwr, lheyiioii'tstiiaudr the money they ha.u larntd by. the sweat of tlulrbrow, Tl.ey prutllce true economy, nnd uuly provide the ucciMarlis, and they uu tin ir surplus mi ana to Increase the roduitlviutss of their land, to tsirihule more, alwni s bring careful nut lo go tsoud their menus The oldest colony Is the culoliy "l)lar,"whlih contains neatly a thou. BnudsoUhi,wllliclenli streets lined with shade tries oil eltlu r llje, Iho gieati r art of the housia me made with udolliaand arei'iimmodlous, and It Is aery rare thing to see oue without Its orchard and garden; for however poor theiolonlstmay ln, hlsllrstcate Is to plant out fruit trees. "Dlax" hat several Industrial csUb llshmunts, n ihuuh, sill wl, nud drug store, but, de-u reiders, they have uetlher a saloon, billiard hall, nur iiuy Llace whatever where "mescal" Is sold. !ontcquciitly they hive uu mid of n Jail, nor have they one In auy of thu colonies. Tin ru aru seldom any iim plalntsor quarrels, andscamlulsarcen. tlrely unkiiuwii lu the colonlis. rnu lit ad of the colony Dial li Dr. W. Derby Johnson, Jr., a gentleman In eicry reuse of the w ord. Jiu Is alo agiut and general manager of the North Mixlcau l'acllla ltullway, an cuteririseof which wu will write lu our ntxt Issue. The rtpn tentative of all lime colonlis la Mr. A. K. Macdonald, a r-irvou advanced In years and n man or strict Inti grlty and grcntexi eileniv, aud la a very entrgitio and finished gintlemnii, Iho colonies ore madetipotOenuan, Amcrlrins, l.ngllsli aud Bpiiulsh, all hononble laboring eop!e, which fact Is ptonn by their works. Tin) really (time with the firm Intention of maU lug Mexico their uloptel home, nud not abandoning Ituftcr thry have made a "stake." Thu coloulia of our dirtrkt show that to enjoy tiaco aud lenly nothing Isniedcilliut a lovu of labor aud iou-stancy iou-stancy In cultltatlng the soil, which will amply leward thu laborer fur his Intelligent 11 iris. |