The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-30

dared to say that the Vsitador had an insane spirit
VI q AsanZa was arrested, and for five months CON
fined in prison in the village of Tepozotlan
| where some time afterwards he made his solemn
/ entry as Viceroy of New Spain. IS. ID
The peninsula of California. which. with an area
equal to that of England has not the popuIation Of
the little towns of Ipswich or Deptrd is in the lat
itude of Bengal and the Canary Isles. The sky is
there constantly serene, cloudless, and of deep
blue. If at the setting of the sun, clouds momen-
tarliV appear, they are OF beautiful violet purple
and green.
All persons who have resided in California land
nave seen many in New SPAIN retain the remem-
brance OF the extraordinary beauty of this phenom-
ehof; winch Is owing to peculiar state of the at
nosphere and the purity of the air in those climates
An astronomer could not find more delicious spot
Tor MS observations, than Cumana de Coro de Pam
patar, at the isle of Marguerite and the Coasts OF
California; But, unhappily, in this peninsula the
heavens are more Beautiful than the earth soil.
dry and sandy as that of Provence, nourishes
scarcely any vegetation.
The centre of the peninsula is traversed by a
cham OF mountains, the most elevated of which,
Inc Cerro de la Gigantic, is fourteen or fifteen thou
SAND metres high, and appears 10 be of volcanic
sofa9sif eis ciiaifi Is inhabited by animals which
fesesabe the moufon of Sardinia, and which Father
Corsag has very imperfectly made known. The
Spanlards call them cdrnerOs CsmarOnes. y 4
/ There are found there very few springs, and, by
great fatallty.its remarked that where the springs
break forth, the rock is Bare; but where there is
good soil, there is no water However, where
water and earth are found together, the fertility of
.lie SUI ~ immense. In these spots, SO scarce but
80 favored by nature the Jesults established their
nist lilssois; Corn ana other plants, Yegefaie
vigorously. The vine yields an excellent -raisil
and the wine resembles that of the Canary isles
oll' III general, oio California, ON aeretmt OF the
arid nature of its SOIL and the scarcity of water and
cnltlvable earth in the interior of the country,
never sustain dense population, anymore than the
i,oItnefh part OF sonora, which ls almost equally
dfy ana sandy
vi all ihe natural pfoanclons. VI aalIiornia,
pearls are those which, since the seventeenth CEN
LHy nave most attracted navlgatQrs to visit tbs
desert country. They abound in ali fe Southern
part OF the PENINSULA Since The pearl fishery has
ceased near the isle otMargue1ta, opposite Anaya,
uie guns OF fanamas and IaiIfofTna are the only
places III the spanish colonies which furnish pearls
Tor the commerce of Europe Those OF California
are Oh beautiful water and large, but often of an
Irregular form ana lille agreeable TO the eye The
nsh winch produces the pearl is found most alum
aaiiiy IN Inc nay OF Seraivo and at the ISLES OF
SANTA CruZ ana San JOSE The most precious
pearls possessed by the crown OF Siran We're found
ineie W Iol9 ana 1000, during the expedltlons OF
Juan turoe ana OF Bernal de PInadero During
~ dy vi aie Nisiador GalVeZ IN Ca1f1ofiiia M
nc am l'o3' private soldier OF the station or
Juan ocio' enriched himself IN sshort Bme
Sy nsliillg ior pearls on tHes coasts OF seHixo
iieo .na, te tiie NUMBER n pears noIa IaiNpE7
"a niuouuceu llo cotnmefee5 Aas been reaueea
~ al,nost iolig me lnaiaIs ana negroes VINO
H. ~ 'ie lazafuous procession oi
g -, oio 80 Dauy pau ny me wines tilat the \
itsiols Is oolaiug'eu apdiuoiled! ANS pfancl OF
'h.is ulshFS ior Tue same causes Whlch In
..,di Aiuerca uepress The traae In PERUVIAN
~, anu esoh III qulus.
ihat herman Corez, IN MS Cal-
ilo,iia eApealeIs fad expended MS patrimony OF
lcfe ulaii @oo,oOO ducas, ana that Sebastlen VS.
wiz i'eils pace IN th9 hr't rank ofSthe
aVlSaors OF MS age, had formally taken possession
u llie peninsula, IL was not until l642 that the
III iorihg permanent eslaniish-
! fr. n H. r. -, -ooSt"~' tHN
,bsr o,.,or ne aaneisea!l MONKS, VINO Jealous o.
~ IN " iiig fd.idle themselves WIN
80 a,,on,; nc n1eis VI the inliicary poS's
lhoIe uiiic'lt 10 coihoaI, LOT at the
1870 ~ Ine ne" coii'iiet, on the Ferg VI
LII, lne iesslatiVe ana executive
poWoIo we're uls'ripuieu IN a strange manner. Inc
iao no otier master man corporal OF
III oaiiIoriiid 1ht 'esul's optdihea
IN 'ic'oiy over the soidlers at theH stations
10 | ny Ge1u1e foy4'e' Thai dI even
u nlt te'ac1i1,t al Loreto; sfouia De
ao Vi lne ralhef resident Oh tle
he ihterestlIg voyages OF three Jesuits,
I lhaiia aI'atlerrd ana Juah ogare,
ho1 hos II .ie Pyslc sltua,loh OF 5he country
r " " .ole'1 vas iouue1; ulldeT th5 name
iesu ~ ne san Dloilsio' III 1921 ohder tile
~ mp aiteI the year l44' the spanish
IpiiS,,neh's Ill Saliofna hecaine very consde-
DUE. me Jesu'ts mere displayed Their industry |
i'lu co'l'nerclai acnVty, 10 winch they owed so,
n9ch success, and winch exposed them to so many |
ai.Iiliies IN Tue TWO INDIES. In very lew years,
hey buiit sixteen villages IN The interior OF the
'ellilsua since tneir expulsion, IN 1907, the adj
Hi''ls'fatton Oh Caorha mas been conhded TO the
ilol.hs oi OF domingo In the city OF Mexico. 1t
.llat liey nave peen less fortunate In the
s'apilsiihents 0! va california than the FRANCIS
,ans nave peeh In 'hose upon The coast OF the ne"
'r3 g,
me INDIGENOUS nhaoltants OF the peninsula, who
~ lo. Ve III te MISSIONS are perhaps, OF all saw
lsns 'llose VINO approach nearest mat condllon
,aleu sta'e vi nature. lney pass Whole DAYS /
ynis On Iiie ground extended In the SAND, When II
lieaeu ny tle rays Oh tfie sun lhey, as well as
f cIotbin@ I Jne"sod "n1o no,y i'or,or
father Venepas-Iess ridicuons to neonle in Eurona
han a man in clothes to the Indians Of California
this apparent state of stuniditv
he first missionaries distinguished different religious
,b,