The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-01

ing all brought from Puebs and the country south
| Of tho moontains The Panueo branch OF the Tam
pco river is naygabe for 40 miles for vessels draw
ng feet The climate Of Pampieo % bad for noTtf
err constitutions, and for some months Is exceeding
| ly unhealthy Ia consequence OF the swanps and
marshes, which, in great measure, surround IT,
There is mule road 10 the interior, by which Mex
| leo and San Luis de Potos may be reached through
the defles and gorges, and Gin some paces) over the
| Sierras. Next TO Vera Cruz, IampicO IL the most
important port In the Gulf as through II, the rich,
important and popuous districts OF San Luis Que
retero, Guanaxato, Zaeateeas, and part of Duran
90 receive their imports and send away their specie,
! hides, iaap, &c. From Tampico the course Of the
is nearly north, 10 Santander or SOt la Marine,
which is about 80 miles distant This last port
cessIble only to vessels ofght drangh say not over
! seven feet IL is through this port, in eonnexion
with Matamoros, that the districts of northern Ia
mauipas, New Leon, and Durango receive their
supplies Of foreign products. The RIO Grande,
about lao miles north Of Santander 10 familiar 10
ALL from the recent military operations on It's banks
There is a chain OF small lakes, or sounds extend
ing about 100 miles Of distance between Tampleo
and the Rio Grande, Of which we have no reliable
information, but believed, for the most part, to be
too shoal foI nav gaIion even by fiat boats. But lit
tie is known Of this country along the coast except
that Is Wild and much cut up by streams emptying
into the shoal lakes,
From the recent maps of Mexico, il will be seen
that the road from Tampico 10 Mexico presents
larger distance, across the Sierra Madre, than from
lula to Santa Barbara, the road 10 POtosi. From
1ampico to Aamlrs, "a miles-to Miradores from
Altamira, 20 miles-from MiradOres to Santa Barba
"a, 20-from Santa Barbara TO lula, about 90 miles,
and from lula to Bonego, 36 or 40 miles, &c, &c.
In all this route, when travelled il in 1914, there
were plenty OF cattle, deer, birds, and water.
From Vera Cruz To Santa Fe, IL miles; Santa
Fe to Kings bridge, IL 10 miles, from thence to
Jalapa about 40 miles; from Jalapa TO Perote, which
is in a table land, about IS miles. In this route
plenty Of cattle and water
From Semposla to Vera Cruz, "a miles, the land,
and I'LL you to the top Of the HILL all is white
sand, and so continues along the coast for many
miles south Of Vera Cruz, TO the depth Of from 1--WE
To ten miles, and here find no water. The sand
hills which TO be found, altered in shape by
the wind. The trees upon this sandy land are full Of
brsrs; and aloes grow up here too.
Cabo Rojo, or Brown Cape, affords a good shell
ter for small vessels, and II the place where
smugglers landed their eargoes for Mexico. There
s mule road but very difficult for travellers.
Ga the north side Of Point Sharp there is a small
town and creek by the name Of Santa Amos,
where we were supplied with provisions. Il is at
the foot Of the Sierra Madre, which ends in this
point.
The only two best roads to the city Of Mexico,
on account Of food, water, and population, are by
the Kings Bridge and Tampico; not only because
| Of provisions, and because these two roads have
been travelled constantly, and must be in good con-
diton, but because, when the mountains are cross
ed, they are right forward, which, II attempted from
Alvarado, must be siding the mountains, which are
more tedious on account Of broken fragments to be
found there.
True, the Bridge is stronger than Gibraltar but
then each army can, with equal advantage, fortify
ITSELF and advance upon its adversary inch by inch.
In this, however, the advantage given to the par
ty occupying the west side is that It be provi-
ded with every kind Of neeessares Of life from the
fertile lands back Of them.
From lula to Santa Barbara, there is, in the very
centre Of the mountains, spot called the Gallitos,
or Little Chickens which spot cannot be any other
but where God placed Adam and Eve. In this
place the traveller rests for some days. In both
routes, when the mountains have been crossed, the
cline is healthy and free from every kind Of mi.
ssmata and disease as any in the best of Europe.
In order the more fully to illustrate the various
points described in the above valuable article from
the Pennsylvania, we have procured the following
enorsvin0