The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-08
Corpus Christi 80 The Country Col Hays 1.-The
Trains 80 California Route, &C.
CORPUS CHRISTI. January 1. IS.

Corpus Christi =. The Country Col Hays THE
| Trains --- California Route, &c.
| CORPUS CHRISTI January 1. 1s49,
Eds. CreseentSx weeks since left your city, tour
of observation the good steamship Fanny bound coast
wise, for Matagorda Bay. Port Lavaca Indian Point and
Corpus Christi On the third day out reached Lavaca
bar but there being pilot boat at that place. ged
stand off and and eventually it blind and cross
best could The water this bar too scant to war
the belief that Lavaca can ever be for the entrance
of vessels drawing feet From the bar
Indian Point distance of twenty five miles, and miles
short of the bay shoa that the Fanny although
drawing six feet obliged drag herself through
the mud for distance. Doubtless this lack of
be attributed to the force of the prevailing Nohes at
this of the The unfavoabe weather kept
anchor in the bay for days. when we up anchor and
off for Corpus The weather having settled down
sturdy Nor with The aid of sail and seam made
the of this bay in fine syleonly spell
for the Fanny Here boarded by pilot off the bar
aud carrying thi teen feet the bar and from
twenty twenty four the St. Joseph wharf we were
permitted to take ascamper on terra frnaa
Nothing can exceed the beauty of Corpus Christi Bay 1t
here the first highlands bluffs be the uni
FORM monotonous coast of Texas and here first seen the
vedure Of living vegetaton-and here the fl spot where
be content to dwell The waters of the bay abound
fish, and of tine chocest-such would fill the eye of the
most fastdious piscatory epicurean of luxurious
city The shores of the bay and of the little sets
were literally sewn with fish and turtle in hatorpds ate
owing the force and chill of the Northers of which
an unusual number have occurred this coast this winter
What glorious Teasing chowden, courbonion
oass fes bakes! Oysters tool Biloxi, Bon Secour Cal
sand-none of them beat delicious Corpus Christi
blue. pointers" Then shore. the sports enamored
Of the chase finds failing source of glorious excite
Talk of the hunting parks and the royal huntsmen
of old Eugand-what they compared to boundless
fields of perpetual vrdure, where Nature and not Art has
spread and lavhed her richest gifts and CLOVIS in almost
continuous summer, and huntsmen-God's nobemen
Here pent up cky stag not marked out and wayad for
days. enclosed by wall and hedge and then beset by the
L. de- pl Grall
run 10 deathbut from among thousands and tens of thou
sands of these sleek denzens of forest selected
worthy of our marksmen's unerrng aim.
This place for the Rio Grande Valley from the
Preside the mouth of that river and must long be the
entfepOt OF commerce for section OF country having an
of many thousands of miles and furnishing direct and
copous supply of all articles merchanabe in the Mexican
markets.
A few days since party composed of some gentlemen
from the United and citizens of this place, made tour Of
up the bank of the Nueces to the rancho
La Casa Blanca and their return most glowing
of the face of the country in that direction In 1906
this granted by the Spanish Government to
pany of settlers who went to work it. They
brought with them cattle horses and Sheep and worked the
land while their ocks and herds grazing In 1910 four
years they counted so head of sheep head of cattle
Is 900 horses The immense increase is attributable to
climate and the good water and grass to be found at all
seasons of the The party its return found in
Mott the remains of two who had persisted in
way from natural Their blankets saddles and bndles
were marks by which either the of death their
identity could be asceained.
Col c. Hays who started from Bexar early last
for the purpose of asceanng whether practicable route
existed for wagons from that point to Chihuahua has
turned and reported to Col Bell The travered by
him direct it supposed could be made. he
being obliged down south to he line asceraned to be
practicable from Corpus Christi to the Pesdio He trave ed
north the head waters of the San Saba, south
south the head of the Neuces west to the Rio
Gande which river he crossed and entered Chihuahua by
way the bank of that The expedition suffered
immeasuaby from hunger and exposure and but Tor the
indomtabe spirit of its leader would inevitably have failed
to itself from the tots into which had pass
ed is their object has not been fully accomplished and
until thoroughly scientific of the section OF country
through which the Colonel endeavoed to can an ade
estimate be made of the advantages to be derived from
q Astounding in sieras and deep ravines
Two trains started from here last week laden with goods
one for Laredo and another for Bexar On Thursday last
Mr.. J. w. Letting in fom La edo, which place he
left Monday There party of Indians, supposed to be
Lpans lowering about Laredo committing depredatons
they had burnt one the horses from another
At the rancho they burned they killed Mexican boy The
ancheIo having arms have abandoned their ranches
and moved into Laredo There has not been night passed
for that those Indians have not come into the su
burbs of and committed deprsdatiOns. Laredo
the upper settlement the American side OF the Rio Graude
containing from 1900 to 2GO0 there
only fifteen Americans in the place. The disbanding OF
the Ranging Companies is bad policy turning out oil SER
vice men experienced in Indian warfare and substituting
troops who have yet learn Our regulars glorious
of boys: brave and skilled in the science OF the big
war; where legion opposed to legion where the sublime
science of contend for mastery where entrenched
camps and MOUNTED forts be carried by successive
sgy and with mathematical precision but the red man de-
es their bookish knowledge. and while problem be-
ing solved his weapon speeds the life OF helpless
whose scalp added to his countless bloody trophies
The citizens pray for protection such the Ranging Com
panes of Texas have always given them trailing the savage
and following his foot prints wherever he may go driving
him back mountains bunting the edge OF his murder
Gus weapon.
The California fever has penetrated the interior of this
State and there company forming take the overland
from here San Diego most interesting route can
be had from this place to Chihuahua from thence by
well known route due west to LOreo in Lower California;
thence 70 the Bay of San Francis The advantages of
this route are superior any other the through
which it passes well watered and thcky inhabited.
little north of from this place lies Chihuahua due
from Chihuahua lou miles, you strike the Rio Yaqui
running little south of and emptyng into the Gulf of
California The banks of this hlckly studded with
andvllages and furnish abundant supplies for
large number of and horses. The expedition which
expected to start from this place will be Joined by several
small parties from the of this State 1t impractical
bic take wagons pack mules being not only cheaper
method of transportation but certain much OF the
laying through mountain ranges close passes and rug
dets would render very short time entire
y uuseryiceabe This proposed would be OF ab
sobng interest the seoogst and doubtless to rs the
knowledge of vast mineral SAID to abound in So
| nora Sinaloa, and Lower California fouB. f.
Two STEAMBOATS, BURNED.-The Louisville
Journal of the 29th gives the following particulars
| of the loss of the Tributary and Mail which we
| noticed day or two since:
"a little before o'clock yesterday morning
| (28th) the steamer Tributary, lying Immediately be-
low Fifth street, was discovered fire, and the
flames spread with such rapidity that in less than
| ten minutes her whole cabin was in flames The
| Mustang was lying Immediately ahead Of her and
| the Arkail6as Mail behind her. The Tributary
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