Litchfield enquirer., 1852-05-06
FROM ACAPULCO.

Inc IotioWlng IS an extract or private
letter to the editor Of she Enquirer. from
a gentleman hitherto residing in Tioga
county, Pennsylvania, bul row, as will be-
seen. bound for California with his fun
lily, where he intends to make a permaaent
settlement The writer aud his bro her
are propI IetOrs Of six thousand acres OF
excellent lunG in that territory, one half
Of which lies in Napa Valley. SO miles from
Saa Francisco, in which valley they intend
to locate. The letter is dated ut AcapIco.
April 6 1859.
On the 5th Of February. at 4 e'clsck
P. M, We sailed from New York on hoard
the steamship PRONE theus, with 700 pus>
sengsrs. All went smooihly aud pleasant
sriilSs lighted UP every cvuutennnc-. uniI
the third day-wlien suddenly dark cluu .
had chased the sunshine from every face
Such grumblIng swearing, vomiting, ana
drinking OF salt water, MS fulk'wod, never
dre"med OF before; but such things. | am
told, attend rough Sea voyag-, aud Sooi.
pass of. The morning OF tue 10Th day 0ui
rose upon US safely moorOd in the lmrbor
Of San Juan del Nor,e. Up,he river from
this place, 100 miles to Virgin Bay Oh
Lake Nicaragua. we passed IN small bouts
The scenery was delightful, but our
crowded and otherwise uncom Portable con :
dition, forbid our enjoying it rs We other
wiAe should. Thea came ride Of ffiren
miles--ail mounted I'll donkies-men, wO.
men and children. As the roads were dry
and la good condition. this part Of tht,
journey was safe and agreeable, and six
liours brought us to San Juan del Sud
at which place we embarked On board the
splendid slenm ship North America on the
23d Of February. with over nine hundred
passengers, having added about tive hun,
dred on the Isthmus. OF our shipwreck
ON the night at the 9th. you no doubt have
received full accounts. Ii was fearful
thing thus to jaOl'ardixe the lives Of a thou
sand persons, through carelessness or de-
Sign. The sea was perfectly calm aud the
moon shown brightly ut the time. After
getting rope To shore. the women and
children were landed in small beats before
daylight. and by the erpositi0n 1T Eivlne
Providence, every soul, as ia Paal's time.
came safe to land.
Here on the sandy beach we remnined
three days. when We ob,aimed The use Of
mules al $40 per head for the journey Of
eighty miles by n mule path through wuOds
aud ever mountains. Fifteen hundred
mules make no mean caravan--and The
view presented as the wunni nlatg tie
slopes 81 the ns,uhtsins, was truly p.t lur>
| esQu. aud exciting.
We have been in this place for four
weeks, learning to speak Spanish AID keep
house after the Mexican fashion. and
| seesas long enough 10 have been four year..
/ have with mo my wife, six chil.IIe,'.
and niece, young lady Of l6 summers.
We are anxiuusty waiting tor an uppo tn
atty to eel away, aud expect the clip or
ship. Northern Light. to arrive from San
Francisco in the course Of Fix days, ex
pressly for cur relief
| Acapulco is blessed with as good har-
Dor IN the world affords. being completely
land locked by high mountains. The city
/ think contains about 4 600 inha bitan,s,
and is made up of miserable one story huts.
Some few of the dwellings are built Of
adobies AID covered with tiles, having
some little mack pieteniions to comfort
and gentility most Of them are COM
posed of sticks plasiered with mud and
thatcAed with straw.