New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-09

| supplied The party With tobacco oeei, and glyiDl
btm the direction 10 Fronteras, be bade them ados
and attended by guard of one, the party lett The
Fort San Pedro. and sarted for Fronteras. The
fellow who ACCOMPANIED them from the fort sher
telling them again that the town lay st the base o!
! a certain tall mountain, which be pointed out, then
also bade them adios. and rode back to the fort.
II was supposed to be fifteen miles from the
| Fort to the mountain. bot the little company rode
all day and night still found them az apparently the
! same distance from the till. Calling small coun-
! ell Of war. they agreed that they had been de-
ceived, and, after appropriately reyilinR the su-
tLors of their misfortune, they concluded to retnrn
TO camp on the great Sonora trail, which had been
discovered the day previous. FJr several days
they Travelled on this remarkable Indian road, and
| finally, after having been four days without food
they arrived at Apache Pass, there TO iearn that
| the thieves and animals had been seen gong to-
ward La MessiIls, and that they had probably gone
! to Cbihuahus.
| This luss of animals seriously impeded the pro-
eress OF the train and retarded s arrival at Santa
! bita some three weeks.
This company have printing press with then
and soon Tn. Ari,ona N,tcs will uofold its banner
to the breeze. and procla To all the world the IN
e.iimsble value OF the agricultural and mineral
wealth Of Arizona and Sonora.
The climate of Arizona, though warm in the
Summer months il healthy throughout the whole
year, and is especially adapted for the recovery OF
persons consumptiyey inclined. Many OF the semi
tropical fruits grown here. and among them Is the
grape, which produces the 'ar-amed HI Paso vine
Msior Williams who was sent to Ell Psso by the
Patent Office has expressed it as his opinion, that
the FL Psso grape is much superior TO either the
Cincinnati or the Missouri grape IN flavor and
sSeetness.
As to the mineral weslth of the territory, all that
has been said of il expresses but faint idea of It's
richness: in fact, the Territory Recer has been
thoroughly explored From the small arroyas that
run their toftuOus course down the sides Of rocky
hills, or wind round the base of grassy slopes that
unduate through the pleasant valleys, to the bold,
rugged cahOns that detle through the Wild m0un-
tam passes are scattered in liberal prousion, min
eral riches that beggar description; the Organ,
the Santa Rita and Santa Caterna Mountains are
full of syer the CoppermiDe Mountains, in which
the Mimbres River has rs source, contains So large
proportion Of gold in the "copper" that many years
ago when the country safe from the attacks OF
hostile Apsches. the ore was carried by pack mules
to he City of Mexico to extract the gold, and II IL
well known that plumb1gO. coal, Ocbres OF various
kinds, fire clay, gypsum, ircest0ne, and numerous
salt-, both solid and liquid, exist in the Territory;
the country for $50 miles west OF the Mesilla Val
ley is the finest grazing country IN the world
With regard 10 Sonora it IL universally admitted
thst once in the hands of an industrious and pro-
aressive people, it would prove far more valuable
than any Territory Low under the Government oi
the United States. Many years ago freDchman
by the name of Du Pave was sh'pwrecked III the
hal Dor of Quay mas. He remained there some three
or four months. during which time he acquired
such eXtIavagaut notions of the country that he
determined to return there and establish colony.
He took with him many specimens of gold, silver,
copper, lead and iron ores, and many productions
OF the SOIL among which was a sack OF wheat
measuring 40 quarts, and weighing 81 pounds.
He staid in Guaymas during the three Winter
months, ard during that tine the thermometer did
not rall below 5Oo He gave marvellous accounts
of the length of tine that meat and vegetables could
be preserved in the open air, and absolutely be-
licyed that people could live there TO the age Of
500 years, so perfectly healthy did the inhabitants
appear.
But, with all the beauty, wealth and lovclness
Of Sonora. dark cloud lowers over her sparkling
rivers and shadows her fertile valleys, but the
day break of advancement and progression is rap
idly dawnng, and soon the bright sun OF American
principles and American character will light up the
mountain ranges, and illuminate the yerdant plains,
and Sonora will CLEAN forth bright gem in the
disdem of the United States. P0KoCHEE.