Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-01

DAY. JANUARY. | 1855
hewn stone erected at cost of
100000. The @citNissa slrro by
silver mines and contains q snliht for
coming both silver and gold. Chihua-
hua was founded in 1901 and con-
tanned at one time 10, 900 inhabitants
Its present population is $4,000.
Sonora is the extreme northwestern
province of Mexico-bounded on the
north by New Mexico, on the east and
south by chihuahua, and Sinaloa, on
the west by the Gulf Of California
Its area is about los 900 square miles,
and its population { Of the chihuahua
Variety abeatsl2O, 900. The face OF
the couhfrY:fo, the west and south is
generally fiat, and in tile latter direc-
ton fruitful. Ills watcred by tie riv-
ers Mayo and Yaqui. In the north
and east the Cordilleras rise to a great
heighth and form, as it were, natural
barrier again st Mr.. Buchanan's scheme
of ''protection." Mines of gold, sill
YER, mercury, and other metals, are
here found i'll the valleys and gulches,
and the city Of Arispe, a place Of some
5000 inhabitants, is supported by their
annual yield. The climate is warm
throughout the year. A large portion
OF the Safe is occupied by Indians,
the most numerous tribes being the
Apaches, Opatas and Tecopas. They
subsist partly by Agriculture, bnt the
greater portion are wild and nomadic
and, Apaehes especially, hostile to the
whites. Guyamas, the principal sea-
port, is a town of considerable and
growing Importance. The foreign
trade Of. Sonora is carried on entirely
through:i it, and it must ultimately be-
come the chief entrcpotszof chihuahua
and Durango, The capital Of the prov
NICE IS Uressa city Of 1000 inhab-
itants.
I arren, the author Of a book
recently published, called "Dust and
Foam, or. Three Oceans, and two con-
tinents," gives glowing account of
Sonora-its resources and POSITION
He says: ga
"Sonora is the richest Of these prov
inces, for although it's surface is ex-
trc,nely mountainous, still intersectine
these ranges are broad and fertile val.
leys, we'll watered with never failing
springs, and wooded With superb for:
ests: Here growing side by side may
be found reproductions of the torrid
and temperate zones---fields of wheat
and sugar cane, and 1.-THE vine and the
orange may be seen blossoming at the
same moment with the cotton plant
which is Indigenous to the bottoms
along the rivers ella or San Pedro
Every metal, precious and useful, has
been thrown pell nell from the, burn:
ing furnace of the Sierra. Silver as
well as gold, is found in It's virgin state
and in masses; the very marble is
veined with gold, sand the stones them.
selves sweat with quicksilver. With
a seaboard of 500 miles On the Gulf Of
California,eits ports are those through
which must necessarily pass all itsowl,
imports, and those Of that immense
tract OF country, comprising the States
of Durango and of chihuahua.
X + 4 x \
"Guaymas, from it's central position
and its wonderfully safe and commo
dious harbor, will of course be, as i,
is at present, the principal seaport
town, and. there are men living sWhc
may see the now. miserable town Of
Guaymas as fourishiagya rity as s. Sa,i
Francisco at the present DAY, more
particularly, should if be chosen as The
terminus for. the Pacific Railroad, as
has been suggested. Even now We
hear Of American ships in search OF
freight, leaving San Francisco and
bound to Guaymas, in order to load
guaifo@in it's immediate vicinity; and
knowing asswe do the valuable depos.
ties Of sulphur and saltpstre which are
lying unheeded within comparatively
a stones throw of this harbor, it needs
not prophetic eye to see the day
when it will be filled with California
liners seeking homcward freight
| Sonora has been in a fcrment with
u series of invasions and revolutions
on smaller scale, during the past
two years. The fate of Crabbe and
his followers who undertook to filibus.
ter the country from California, is still
fresh in the minds of the public. The
whole were surrounded and captured
by the Mexican authorities, and after.
wards drawn up in line, blindfold and
shot. A bandit chief named Guadara,
who originally set out for robber and
subsequently assumed the role of a de-
liverer, has since given the Federal
Governor, Peschuera, his hands full.
Though unsuccessful in wrestling the
government from the latter, he "pro
nounces'' against him with great regu'
larity, and keeps things bubbling pref
ty much all the time. 1t is supposed
that Guadara has received encourage.
ment from Washington, more than
once, to detach the State from Mcxi
co and set up Presidency for himself
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