New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-24
tBy the Tehusntepec Route. J

NEw-ORLEANs, Saturday, Nov. ~, 1888.
The stesmer Quaker City has arrived here, with
Isimus atcs Of the 18th inst ard the California mails
of the 18th irst. She made the passage in Is hours.
The Quaker City, on the outward passage. crossed
the bar Coazscoacos in fourteen feet of water and
sailed up to Miuittan in splendid style, where an i'm
n.nse crowd met the steamer Suchi, which proceeded
up the river with the mails and passengers and reached
such at IL oclock the night of the 18TH inst. Tue
mails and passengers then proceeded Oh to VeutoSa
Tie total running tiDe from New Orleans was 10 hours
The steamer Oregon would sail on the 18th inst. for
Acapulco, CONNECTING with the Panama steamer in
p uty Of time for the mails of the 9th Of October
which reached ventozs in good time.
The California mail. of the 9TH inst reached Ventozs
on the evening of the Nth; reached Sucb on the
10th and Mntitlan at II O'Clock the same night
The trip from New Orleans to California ca1 be made
in lees than twelve days.
Everything was progressing well on the 1sthmus.
An but % miles of this end of the road was IN good
running order, aud would be all night in two weeks.
Twenty coaches were running.
II is proposed to open a new route via the river
Taepec which will cut off seven miles If the worst
part of the road and shorten the distance to 100 miles.
There is plenty of water al the Coatzacoacos Bar,
and NO difficulty is experienced at NeItoSa. Ii quite
as good harbor as Valparaiso.
Tie Isthmus Is very healthy. Mr. Lozere, Presi-
dent Of the road, is passenger on the Quaker CITY,
but will return in mediaely to spend three months on
the Is,bmus.
The Liberal party are still possession of the 18TH
mus Notwithstanding the iutrgucs of Zaloaga Six OF
tie followers tf the latter publicly shot at Ie-
huaStepec on the 9th inst.
at Tobacco the Liberals uppernost, and had
| taken the steamer Guerrero
Heavy rains had taken place in California. The
weather was very cold, AID there was much snow on
| the mountains.
| Busi1ess was reviying The Circuit Court had
| granted al injunction, forbidcing the New-Alnada
| Quicksilver Company to work the miues claimed by
| the United States, the value Of which are Immense
| suit had been instituted in the L. 5. District
| Court sgainst the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
for carving an excess of passengers. The damages
were laid Mt $l36,coo
The Fraser River Adventures were fact returning.
| Society had been formed for encouraging emigra-
| ton to Spanish America and to Sonora.
large party of onigrants had arrived at Los An
gelos iron. Texas, AIl ansas, Missouri aud Iowa.
| Excavations for United States foundery had been
commenced at Mare Island. Ii is TO DO the largest In
the Union.
| At San Francisco real estate was advancing, and
| better times were generally looked for.
Thomas o. L.rkin, pioneer citizen Of California,
aid once Ulited Ststes Consul, is dead.
TIE news from Oregon says that Col. Wright had
| returned 10 Daes and that the troops we're to be
concer tra.ed at Vancouver for new distribution by
Gen. Harvey. Col. Mansfield had completed his in
slection.
TteWalls Walls Indians were troublesome in " ash
neton Territory.
| The Sandrich Island Ntrs says that the whaling
feet in the Arctic and Behrng Sea, and in Bristol Bay
had done poorly, and better else where.
| The steamship Sonora sailed from San Francisco
with two nlious and quarter in gold and 6oo pas
| sergers.
Some excitement existed in San Francisco In oonse-
quencc Of the reported murder Of four Americans IN
Gadsden Territory by the Mexican authorizes, rep
resenta.ion Of which, made by Mr.. Ainsa, survivor
of the outrage had been cent TO Washington by this
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