New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-09

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MINATTTLAN, May 2, 1850
Eds. Crescent Isthmus news this week involve
matter Of little interest to all classes of Won
people.
The steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived here on tb
morning Of the Both ult., at A. NJ, 70 hours from
New Orleans, making fine run, and giving salts
faction to all parties.
The mail for this place from New York, unfor
tunately, did not come, and many are soreheaded
on the subject of letters and papers, It seems tina
the mail from the postofice in New Orleans did no
come aboard the steamer the morning of the 9th
or else parties forgot to write.
lregret very much to report that the schoone,
Chipola, belonging to Mr.. Rossiter, and commanded
by Capt. Church. went ashore outside of the bar on
the morning of Sunday last, where she now lies
high and dry, complete wreck. The Chipola left
this port on Friday, the 3d. for New Orleans, with
four passengers, and small cargo of hides On the
24th she attempted to cross out of the bar at the
mouth of the river Coatzacoalcos, and succeeded
very well until just outside, when the breeze died
away and the strong eastery current that sets along
the coast took her on to the beach, hundred wards
to the east of the bar. Unfortunately, she was
thrown on to the old hull of the schooner Mary
another wreck in the same place-and was chafed so
terribly as to make her fill with water Immediately
Everything-passengers cargo furniture, rigging.
and all the moyabes on the Chpola were saved, and
are now in Minatitlan. The loss of the Chipoa falls
heavily on Mr. Rossiter and she will be missed in the
trade between this place and New Orleans for Can't.
Church was very popular in the trade.
In the same connection, private letter from the
coast informs that the schooner Juapita belonp
ing to Welsh & Allen, was wrecked on the bar of
Alvarado, about the 9th. The Juanita was regular
packet between this place and Vera Cruz, and left
here on the same day as the Chpola did with large
number of passengers and good cargo. In enter
ing the port of Alvarado she struck and went to
pieces. The letter gives further particulars than
that the passengers saved. There was no insur
auce on either of the above vessels.
The past week has been continued season of
feasts and fasts, for you must know that the ami
yerary OF the arrest trial. execution and resurrection
OF Jesus Christ, eighteen hundred and odd years ago
is faithfully kept in all Catholic countries, and the
people, to the best of their ability, re produce the
scenes supposed to have taken place in that great
state trial. During this celebration the time is kent
as fast, in which no business is DONE and PRAYING
is the only occupation tolerated between the hours of
sunrise and sunset. After dark however, for some
reason unexplained to your correspondent, different
face is put on, and dancing and all manner of fun is
Kept up among the natives. This seems rather
Inconsistent, that honest industry should be inter.
rupted, and leyty and folly if not vice. left with free
license. cannot into it, but those to the man.
ner born are satisfied, and must be until better
time is come.
The old war steamer Hidalgo, which was bought by
the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company, has been hauled
outinto the stream preparatory to being put tbrough
course o. repairs which will enable her to make head.
way for New York. She will be sheathed up on the
outside with heavy timbers, streDgthed internally
and thus prepared, she will be sent under steam to
to tn north to be built up Her hull below the wa.
ter line is in the best state of preservation and her
machinery is in excellent condition.
The ways are now just being laid down for the pur
pose OF building small steamer at this place for
navigating the river between Mnatitan and such
at the lowest possible stage Of the water The steam
er such is too heavy in her draft to ascend the river
at present higher than thirty miles above this place
from whence passengers are transported short dis
lance in row,boats This is great annoyance and
great reason of SO many delays that occur on the 18th
mus, and the small steamer now proposed will do
good work in obvating such drawbacks The Te
in short time, that this route will he far preferable
to the Panama Transit even in the matter of comfort
for aho ugh the land carriage will be greater, the
passenger will pass through country entirely exempt
from sickness, and where travelling on good river
steamers and in fine coaches is decidedly pleasanter
than to be hved up in Panama steamer under the
sun that lowers on the world eight hundred miles
south of this. Besides, the distance will be so much
shorter. ie{
lied, the fare can be made so much cheaper.
quite speculative movement has commenced here
IN the matter OF town lots and the city authorities
are fast dsposing of their remaining "balance on
hand. 10 secure town lot in Mnatitlan, it is only
necessary to select vacant spot of ground put down
stakes, "squater fashion" pay the city judge 25 and
go on with the improvements.
As said, quite movement has taken place in
town property on the part of certain natives and
Americans, and probably new building impulse will
take place in the next few months. attribute these
purchases to the fact that the occupied town lots are
held by the present owners at exhorbitant prices,
ranging from $500 to $4,000 piece The new pur-
chases, however, have been made in part of the
city heretofore liable to inundaion in time of high
water, just as the back ground of New Orleans is.
The propretors have the chance to drain and eyee
tiiS property, WHICH tHelT property Haua-
BILE, while at the same time it will remove swamp
from the vicinity of the town
new town has been laid ont just below the city
called New Minatitlan 1t is situated upyn COM
handing bluff, with an excellent landing in 'front.'
The town of Hnrgousana is another speculation up
the river, some five miles from Minattlan on another
good bluff Both of these adventures depend for vi.
taltty uponbeng selected the terminus of the TIE.
huantepec Railroad.
The fruit season will open here in the course of
next month, when you ought to expect the best of
oranges, pine-appes, nuts bananas, plantains
gnavas' etc. 1t is somewhat surprising that your
fruit traders do not seek this shore for fruit for the
New Orleans market
We have at present in port the American schooner
Potomac, for New York with mahogany; the English
brig Nina, unloading, with cargo of mahogany en-
gagged for London; the American schooner Meteor,
with hides for New Orleans The American bark A.
Bradshaw arrived off the bar on the 3d. and sailed
for Tonalaya for q cargo of mahogany for Enrone