The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-06-18
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MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1sAo.
Correspondence of the Crescent.

correspondence OF IDe Urf5CelII.
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Dissertation of C,oun+rv- The peonIe.-M,nrers ao
VERA CRUZ, Mexico. June 4 1849
Hds Cresecnt-Caed here by business in April molina
ton, well the desire for information. led take
trip down 10 the sthmus of Teuanepec and to b
Pacific Thinking it may perhaps be OF interest to you
readers send you sketch of my journey left here
he 18Th OF April on small coastng schooner for the Co
azacoaIcos nver about O miles below Vera Cruz Wha
with putting into Avaado and battling winds it was nearly
week before we arrived at our destination. The
whe the Coazacoacos enters the Gulf about east and
weshe nver almost north and SOUTH Found IL feet waite
on he par and the entrance easy In the nve was Duct
pns-e Chrlsnan' o. q" tons 6nnhen-oaded with mahog,
any ana Douna Ior bremen Eight leagues up IS the small
Town OF mlnatan ior which place our vessel was bound
were Two schoenefs mere from loaded with
between tne Two places there Is some little tralc-sat
ong 1aneed ior HIDES rruoes tbeans> Pelonces ousaI
ana a aspecie' OF hemp made from the Cactus On nqui
ina cou'a proceed up the ver above TINS place
~ ~ oo,o anu 'ienoe dcos' ny iano 70 iehuah'e-
pee, l accoiu"sV maoe my arrangements hfed canoe
ana TWO ana obtained interpreter in the mate OF
w 'choonef, VINO Volunteered or the service All things
c' we e' Hiinaiiah On 'ne mornins Oh tne oh Way
% a'ne, Vi pfoceed,hs was ny pohns a'ong the shore
WINCH was uohe Dy the ooamen WINE my companion and
ye s'eeea Our progress was necessarily slow and tsdI-
se'don making more than league an hour The
i e couise Oh lhis DAY connned proad and Deep al
oiu"S "asI ior any vesse tnat could cross The
o. caea res me name IS derived from KIND
VI &c" ea''h' usea ny the meMcans Io MARKING purposes
mere we iesed ior tne night. ouhd al THIS place an Old
.r w. WV tisa, 11 ne hinu' ohes me he hospi-
~ VI ms 'ouse' iie "a' one a. nc nio me Vi me
remnant y, a co'ony "ai came OUT ifom lance IN iooo
anu o many returning home) nave re-
u ,,e'u "o 'ov " 40 VI ~ WIZ are scattered In the
h,ue Villages VI 'he COUNTY.
"e mosqui'oes mere aDounoea as tney 40 al along the
"e ro'uua1ey ia" DaI' WHICH iouhd 10 pc very
u'e,n. an cary siait was mace next morning. Before
ge,ung on however Old Kayna came down to the boat
WIN TWO large ouncnes OF fiantans which he begged me to
a'oep' "a"Ans Inc oio man, we pusned OH Inc morn
ing was coo anu peasant Inc Danks OF the nvef over.
Eo~e ~uh i'cn anu iuHunan. vege'auon tne tai ana
saceui am' Wit us coumh IKE sem ana umbrella top
lowered ABOVE all ts forest compee linen there was the
speaung Mahogahy SO valuable IN commerce. and thou-
SANDS Oh other tropical trees new 10 me- The birds made the
WOODS vocal with their music although some OF the sounds
were rather dssonan snch as the oil the Parrots
anu acews Inc pumase OF the iat'e beautiful Ihee
were hundreds OF Monkeys gambong about in the branches
Of the trees They were not the least disturbed by the boat
but would allow us to approach quite near The ver with
us rapid current flowed on clear and transparent as noun
'din pfook couid see the pepDV Doom beio" as Inc
canoe gded over It, In this climate all labor must be per-
formed n the morning ana evening" Inc neat OF the day
$500 excessive 70 admit OF exerton we ad up under the
haoe al midday and Killed the not hours by bathing dining
anu eieepns. never Knew oeioe tne luxury OF oath
tnefe no describing the refreshing and nvgoatns sensa
oS experienced In piuhgng INTO tne crystal waters OF he
e sneeeo from the rays OF DIG sol by some oVeranging
''"o" VIC sun eot PAeeJ III TIC Yves. VIC pio-
'e" oh Jul way oho hau mdde IL eagues wheh we en-
canped iof the nght
VIII not entef into iur'hef ae'ai oil my canoe voyage
arrived at raso caraDm on the SKIN Gay from Minailt
n-a steamer eouid nave accomplished the same In one
&'oe es ue'o orc NJ seeheh's' eAcep' sums lew
camps Oh mahogany cuaers. Inc nVer VIII ahmh small
steamer drawing three ieet water 10 WI hn twenty leagues
o. Saaoa al It's present stage being Its lowest was IN
"eu w one Vi 'he ooa'"en ,ha' commenced rising In
June he oi inc amy seasohI anu cohihued im
10 Niarcn aurng wnch time was frequently ABOVE It's
beow raSo ea'aDia Tor III OF 10 becomes
hd'ow anu shano"' Win hnu"'e'aoe iahs' over WHICH
was Win ohcuy we couo iofce our CANOE mere was no
e". a' oaw"iid' l, oens n"'ni"k '''e ny pace oi
ihe ioau' VI more properly hu'e pat sar's
rom pm mere 10 Iehnan'epec' distant some ~ Leagues
"ewefe per ioice ougeo " ioo. IL of ~ eHgues 10 me
's' vase poca uei ion'e, "ee we eApec'eu 70 OBTAIN
noses. was ~gdiy ~A .i,oosn '"e Woou' over mn
anu oae. Inc TWO ihoah poameh \"no were 10 remain at
ooca un ie'u,hea rum iehuaneec' 'ooh 1t easy 'hey
were useu " sue, hss' 'ou. 'e mate anu myself were
nearly used up we soppeu ieduehty 70 resi- a. an ao|a
OF sal suea py .ne way. ~ a,, noou. w. que
Vi inc men aieau c''eu ou' a"oS .ahS'' anu we soon
issued out OF the dark woods upon one OF the most beautiful
,io'pec' hao ever oehe,a neofs US In te os'ahce,
oouhaing Tue souefn anu "es'eh ho'izon, ose he TAIL
peaks OF ,he sierra Mad'e upped WIN tne Aehe
ah whose oase on the otnef sue foed the waters OF e
racine course smut OUT IRON view ny 'he ihe'-
Venns he'sh's' TON "he'e s.oou Oh the po'oens Oh
t'cA iosst 10 '"e mum c"aih vi moun'ains' sfecneo
rugged and broken exp spurs OF the great spine OF
''1 continent. fDou M mug o' ioNe "s aoehuink nom
ac"s'ef Oh cottages ms we kne" at once was our Ieshg
pace 'of .h' hlsn'-noca ue 'ion'e, II was a"ecome
ent' cohjuns UP VISIONS VI soou eee anu scuna res
h"ns a. ."e Vhase we SUI" 'ou .e casa y, Tue heau
man. Doh Da''o " !" whom ma oeen p'o'ioeo WIN
e''e'. m a. rs o "ns ..s wv ENJOYING
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