New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-23
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The Riper in Good Boating Order General
Nescs-lderican Ne,cs-D Departure Of Degoliado
for Verd Crux-Reporfed Taking Of Oaraca-I
Anriety for United States Man.ef War.
Especial to the New Orleans Crescent]
MINATITLAN, June IL, 1859.
Eds Crescent. There is no news of particular in
terest that can send you by the Suffolk. We are
completely stagnant here, patiently awaiting the
coming Of the rains which shall swell the rivers,
loose the mahogany RATS, and thus create demand
for ships and sailors.
The Suffolk arrived here on the 9th from New Or. |
leans, bringing dates to the LIST Of June from that
place, which relieved the community of great anx.
iety, but replaced 1t with wonderful excitement.
The papers were meager of news concerning the Te
huantepec Company, and the reports OF sailors and
individuals picked and and retaled as verita
Bile facts, much to the scandal Of the honorable Com
pauy for everybody Of talkative disposition at
once reported that the Company itself had failed and
that hereafter Mnatitan and the Isthmus to be
allowed to drop back to their original insgnifcance.
Gradually, however, the light broke in that the
failure was not that of the Company but simply Har-
gous & Brothers; and although great sympathy was
felt for the bankrupts, or the Messrs Hargous have
done considerable for the Isthmus) still we all con.
graduated ourselves that matters were no worse.
But before the arrival of the Snfolk we were in a
great anxiety lest the Coatzacoalcos should have met
with some accident, which, being unknown in New
Orleans, might misead the Company, and thus lead
to the failure Of steamer at this place for two trips
Sitting in your cosy, sanctum, pen in hand looking
complacently down on the thousands who are uncon.
sciously swayed by the ponderous cleaver Of public
sentiment you hold for the general good. day after
day, it may not occur to you that semi-monthly
mail is blessing to us but still, If you reflect for
moment how irritating it is If tie Northern mail fails
to to you for single day, your critical minds
will yeer round to consideration of our loneliness
under the deprivation Of the Coatzacoalcos absence
and the probability that her detention might be pro
longed to month.
The news Of the failure Of Hargons and the seizure
of the Coatzacoalcos cast gloom over US for while,
for the boat and her officers have become popular in
town but when it was known that the Company
was only incidentally injured and that was making
every effort to send us another steamer promptly
great feeling Of quietude spread out on all sides.
In fact the suspension Of Hargous and the awaken.
ing of the Company to knowledge that it must de.
pend upon itsef-that it must appeal to work and to
action and to aluent capitalists-at treasured
everybody that the msfortunes of the Messrs. Har
gous might be the good of the public for so long as
the Company and its great enterprise here depended
on failing house in New York. naturally the Com
pany and the enterprise would partake in a manner
Of the weakness Of its support The of the
Company now will be brought into play, its agents
will go to work under new influences, and the
chances are that the world will be greatly benefited
by private disaster.
The orders from the Board Of Directors in New
Orleans to its agents here, far can learn from
report and observation, were to reduce all the ex
pens es of the Company on the Isthmus within the
narrowest possible margin, without inconyeniencing
the mail route; to discharge all laborers not abso-
lutely necessary; and to suspend every work that
might be done without until the Board could see its
way through its present difficulties. Accordingly,
this has been done aud believe its principal agent
Mr. Allen to prevent the seizure Of property here in
the Of Hargous, and to avoid all litigation has
determined to seize all the Company's property in
his own name, and to make himself responsible for
the debts due by the Company on the Isthmus. This
movement, while it rests a heavy burthen upon the
agent here, because he thereby makes himself re-
sponsibe for all the annoyances thatwo otherwise
fall on the Company, will nevertheless insure the
regular working Of the transit, and when mat
tiers are adjusted in New Orleans, and the Com
pany has recovered from its temporary embarrass.
ment, the seizure be reinquished the property
given up, and the Tehuantepec Company proceed
under better auspices than ever.
The rainy season has evidently set in, for we have
heavy rains and pleasant showers every day and
night. had heard so much Of this season that my
fears made it terror to me, but find that really it
is the peasantest season of the year, for now the
days and nights are cool and the atmosphere laden
with the perfume of thousand flowers, which the
opening season has brought forth.
But the most suspicious conclusion, from the rise
of the waters and the rise Of the rivers is that does
away with the delays in the river part Of the transit
the Isthmus for heretofore the only draw back
to the connection of the mails and passengers from the
Gulf to the Atlantic has been in the mpeded nayiga-
Of ton the river by steamers above Almagres and the
consequent transfer Of the mails and passengers above
that point to canoes Hereafter the Sucbil, or the
Allegheny Belle, will go through to Suchi decreas.
| ing the time of the transit at least three days.
| The absence of the Jasper leaves a want at this
place, which hope will soon be supplied either by
her return by the sending out of some other boat
The commerce of this place is so rapidly on the in
crease and the vessels coming here are so respect
able, that a tow boat is even urgently demanded
which will take vessels the bar and to sea.
The pay is fifty cents per tun for all vessels towed
down or up, and besides there is great need of a
/ VESSEL Hhe tIle JdSptri WHICH WOulu ue CapaDe OF
running between this place and Vera Cruz. The
trade and travel between the two places is on the in
crease, and the mail service would be given to it.
The Allegheny Belle is still lying useless at the
| wharf for want of shaft She has been chrstened
under the name Of Mnatitan since she has lost her
nationality and become Mexican in coors.
The town is Internationally dull this week, owing
to the failure of the steamer on the 1st and the alb
sence of newspapers.
Mexican News.
Gen. Degollado left this place on the 18th inst for
Vera Cruz, accompanied by considerable staff of
officers. Another fact he left in the night, which
raises the presumption in my mind that he did not
particularly care to travel through some places in
the day time, for he might have been captured if
spunky crowd of Reactonists had waylaid his path
don't say the General had any such fear of the con
sstent, loyal and very faithful people of this coun
try but then the presumption originated with me
that probably he thought such prize as himsel
might tempt the old Castilians hereabouts to de
part from their acknowledged honesty and fair deal
ing.
| From the other side of the Isthmus letters have
been received that Cobos has taken Oaxaca, and wa
preparing to march upon Tehuantepec. AS l wrot