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Letter from General Shelby--Mexico a fine country--General Price and other Confederates. The following extracts from a letter from General Joe Shelby will give the reader an idea of the climate, soil and productions of Mexico. The letter was written to a private friend, without any expectation of its being published; but it is none the less interesting for that fact: Gordova, Mexico, November 12, 1865. --This is the best country I ever saw. The finest climate I was ever in. IGeneral Joe Shelby will give the reader an idea of the climate, soil and productions of Mexico. The letter was written to a private friend, without any expectation of its being published; but it is none the less interesting for that fact: Gordova, Mexico, November 12, 1865. --This is the best country I ever saw. The finest climate I was ever in. I am satisfied the climate here would restore your health; beside, I know the land would suit you. Everything under the sun grows here to perfection. I have seen cotton, sugar, coffee and tobacco, corn, rice, and every kind of vegetables you have in Missouri, growing to perfection; fruit of every variety that can be found on earth is to be found here; oranges, lemons, pine-apples, in fact so many varieties that this sheet of paper would not contain half their names.--The land lies as prettily as