The weekly Placer herald., 1854-09-09

most agreeable purfume Of orange and
lemon groves in full oom greet the sens
es; one for the moment can easily rnag
inc hi,uself transported to Eden's baI,ny
groves. The valley of HermosiI o ex
ces any point or part that have seen in
beauty of landscape an atnoS
phere the most transparent possible, the
stars has that twinkImg lllstre that they
have at home of clear, cold, frost,
night, and sunsets the most gorgeous: one
is struck with astOnshtnent and wonder
with the beauties Of nature in this genial
cline. | met with some two or three ac-
quaintances here who had made NV ac-
Quaintance in California. On the second
evening of my stay here, was invited to
call on the family Of Senor Francisco
YnigO, who had known in California :
his is one of the richest in Her,oSil'o
was first presented to the eldest sister,
a beautiful sonora Of clear, transparent
complexion, dark sparkling eyes -
in few moments another sister made her
appearance then the thirl--they are beau
tiful ladies, God bless their dear lit e
souIs-gracefnl in their carriage, easy in
their manners, and possessing good con
versational powers. There was a fine
piano in the room, and my friend prevailed
ON one of the dear creatures to favor us
with little music. She played with ease,
and manifested degree of culture that
surprised me
The next day, having procured horses,
we started at about one NJ for Ures,
the same captain and soldier to act AS
our servant. The road followed the Rio
Sonora through rich fertI e valley. We
passed some beautiful haciendas, a II under
culture, principally with wheat. Early
in the afternoon we arrived at the hacienda
of ell Senor Cure of Guaymas; it is over
state Of cultivation, having two Touring
mills by water power. We were well
received-the padre in Guaymas sent
muchos expressions a la famila en- la
hacienda At once was welcome guest.
One Of the PADRES brothers has chargr
of the hacienda, and one sister is married
and lives at the hacienda After supper
beds were furnished US with nice, clean,
linen sheets, and the most perfect hos
pitality and kindness. How grateful |
feel to Almighty God that have always
treated these people well in California !;
they are a good, hoSpitahe, kind people,
whatever may be said to the contrary not
withstanding. In the morning we started
early and rode about four leagues. Stop
ped and got breakfast st-the lady Of the
hacienda furnished US with broiled chick
en-, fried eggs aud sweetmeats, and would
not take Il fraction-l tinh these people
continually placing me under obligations
to them-,nounted and pursued our jour
ney. The valley of this river is sett ed
aud under good Gu u.tivalion; there are
some very extensive works for conduits
Of water for irrigation. After passing the
last mentioned hacienda we left the bed
of the river and cut across the mountains
more to the east; in the distance of about
five miles we passed over thirty-sx piles
Of stones-thrown up after the manner of
the ancient Eastern custon-to CONNIE
morate the death of some unfortunate
countryman VINO had been killed hy the
ApacheS-.nese devils at present have
nearly ovyrun the State of Sonora. We
again came down into the valley about six
miles from Urls; here is another large
plain, but not so fertile nor under its good
cultivation as the valley of tiernoslllo
At about half-past 5 O'Clock arrived at
Urls.