New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-15


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Topos SANTOS BAY Lower Csl) Aug IS, 1919.
Ms,os Greslsy & neETah
We ore Low five days ont from Msza,lau, and
expect 10 reach San Diego early u. morrow morn.
ing. The prospect Of making United States por;
enables Is 20 bear with some patience the tediun
Of this part Of the voyage, out al sea and tg.iEst
heavy trade Winds We are entering on our
eighteenth day from Panama, and begin b lire
heartily Of the Pacific Ocean, however smooth
and s.fs and beautiful 1t has been.
After dispatchiog my last letter By the pursers
boat the California came rounding into the haIbor
OF Mszstlao, her passengers cheering as IS she
passed, ana dropped encho. between Us aud the
town. She looked somewhat weatherbesien, but
was pleasant sigh. 10 or eyes Conversation
was kept up between the two snips so lorg as
they were in hearing, the Panamas passengers
inquiriDg anxiously about the abundance OF sod,
and the Csliforniaus assuring them that j.. was as
plenty as ever While the Mex can hsrbor-oE
Ger returned to AK permission for our boats TO
laud, Dr. Stout and SIR. Brown OF the California
boarded IA and communicated the principal news
We were ready to start again at noon, and 10
few minutes after firing our parting gun, the ship
was hid from Us by the steep and rugged islands
On the northern side Of the rosdstead.
Few ports present more picturesque appear
snce from the sea tnan Mazatlan. Toe har0or. or
rcadstesd open on the West 70 the unbroken
swelis Of the Pacific, is protected on the NORTH
and South by what were once mountain promon-
tories, now split into parallel chains Of Islands,
separated by narrow channels OF sea. Their sides
are scarred with crags, terminating, toward the
sea in precipices OF dark red rock, with deep
oaverns at the base into which the surf continually
deshes. On approaching tue road, these islands
open one beyond the other, like succession OF
shifting views, the last revealing the white wais
Of Mszstlan. rising gradually from the water, with
beautiful background of dim blue mountains. g.
The sky was OF a dazzling purity, and the whole
scene had tnat same clesrness OF outline, and en-
chanting harmony OF cOlors which give the land
scspes OF Italy their greatest charm AS we ran
westward on the Topic oil Cancer across the mouth
OF the Cali, nothing could exceed tho purity OF the
atmosphere and the wonderful brilianoy OF The
sky at sunset.
We made ls0 miles by next morning, and sew
the purple mountains Of Lower California In the
fresh, inspiring air Running along the southern
extremity of the Peninsula. scanned the brown
and sterile coast with glass, searching Tor any
thing like vegetation. The whole country sp'
peared to be a mass Of arly naked rock, noursh-
ipg only q few cacti aud some stnnted shrubs. AZ
the extreme end OF the Peninsula the valley Of
San Jose opens inland between two ranges OF lotty
granite mountains Its beautiful green leVel'
several miles in width, stretched back as lar as
the eye could reach. TIE tIwn lies near the sea
it is noted for the siege sustained by Lieut.. Hay
wood and a email body OF troops during the war
Lying deep amid the most frighttaily barren and
rugged mountains ever saw, the valley OF osh
JOsS which is wstered by ssmsll river, might be
made y paradise. The scenery around II corre'
pended strkingly with descriptions OF Syria and
Palestine. The bare, yellow crags gowed In the
sun with dazzling intensity, and chsln Of spun
tered peaks in the distance wore The soitest shade
OF violet In spite OF the forbiddins appearance
OF the coast, more peculiar and Interesting PIC
turo than il gave can hardly be found on the Pa
cinc. Cape San Lucas, which we passed toward
evening. is 4 bold bluff of naked granite, broke
into isolated rocks at ts points which present the
appearance OF three distinct and periectlyiorreo
pyramids. The white, gistening rock is pierced
~ its base BY hollow csverns and arches, some OF
which are fifteen or twenty feet high, giving
ghmpses Of the ocean beyon The structure oil
this cspe is very similar 10 that OF The Needles,
on tue Isle of Wight.
On Sunday, the 18th, we passed the island OF
Santa Msrgerits, lying across the mouth OF bay,
the upper extremity Of which 10 called Point san
Lazaro. Here, the outline Of the coast, as laid
down on the charts In use, is very incorrect. The
longitude is not only placed too far eastward by
90 to 80 miles, but an isolated mountain, rising
from the sea, miles northwest OF Point san
Lazaro, is entirely wanting This mountaln-s
summit OF barren rock, miles In length and about
1000 feet In hight 10 connected with the coast by
narrow belt of sand forming nae bay, tx miles
deep, curving southwark till 1t strikes Point oar
Lszaro. The northern point OF the headland "a
bordered by breakers, beyond which extends @
shoal. Here the current sets strongly In shore
aHd here IL was that a wha'e-ship was lost fe "
months since, her crew escaping 70 wander ior
DAYS on sn arid desert, without water or yegeta-
tion. The Panama on her downward trip, ran On
the shosl and was obliged to lis-'o all night In
the morning instead OF the open sea promised by
the chart the brown crsgs OF the unknown head
land rose directly in front OF her. The coast, as
far az could see with good glass, presented cn
unbroken level OF garng white sand, which must
extend inland for fifty or sixty miles, since, under
tne cesrest of skies no sign OF rock or blatant pess
was yisible. The appearance OF the whole PENN
su!a, in psssing-;he alterations oil bleak noun
tain, blooming plain and wide salt desert-the ru
mors of vast mineral wealth in Its unknown inte
ror- and the general want Of intelligence In rela
ton TO it-have conspired to excite IN me strong
wish TO traverse il from end TO end
Soon after passing Cape San Lucas, we met TIE
ship Grey Eagle, OF Philadelphia, one Of the frs;
Of the Calhornia squadron. She was on her way
from San Francisco Co MsEatlaD, with goo pas
sesgers on board, chiefly Mexicans She sale d
on the 10Th ult and probably reached Mssstan ca
the 18th inst. The usual greetings were eX
changed, and our passengers, forgetting then
hearty cheers, which were as heartily returned
The north. western trades, since then have blow
directly in our teeth. aud We do not make nor
than / Is miles daily. Yesterday morning caught
aview Of Benito Island. II the Bay Of Sebastian
Viscaino. so named, after the valiant discoverer o
California. The thermometef, which stood OF 90
in Mszstlsn road has fallen 10 65o, and cloth coats
and blankets are consequently Al premium. The
cool winds drive many passengers irom the deck
aud the rest have some chance for exercise
fortunate circumstance for our inactive, svelter
ing existence in the tropics was beginning to gro"
intoleraols. Bat alas the cool weather gives
kesner appetite to our 800 stomaohs, and the rus
Of all hands at the first tingle OF the bell exceed
description. The first table, containing the mos
impatient class, fares worst under the prev aleno'
OF the grab game, some have trouble in hndir:
wherew thRl to bold soul and body together. TIT
second table Is more orderly, but still farnishe
daily evidence that the swine-hke propensity i
not yet extinct IN human nature. -Four lean kin,
the beat to be had at San Bias, at s37 each
have slrsa adv disappeared, sc well as a number 0
long low, black New Grsnsdisn porkers Batw
s,ili have Goshen batter, picsled salmon, peas
sourkroui, plantains aud Sufficient e'se TO iuFn.