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

Jay *JANUAKY, | 1885,
hewn stone erected at a cost of
The 9cityiss surrounded by
silver mines and contains d mint for
coming both silvox and gold. Chihua-
hua was founded in l69l and con-
tanned at one time 10000 Inhabitants
Its present population is $4,000.
4 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 l25, 900 square miles,
and its population Of the chihuahua
Variety aboatsL2O,OO0. The face OF
the country, TO- the west and south is
generally fiat, and in tile latter direc-
ton fruitful. 1t'is watcred by%tK riv-
ers Mayo and Yaqui. In the north
and east the Cordillcras rise to great
heighth and form, as it were, a natural
barrier against Mr.. Buchanan's scheme
of 'Sprotection." Mines of gold, sill
yer, mercury, and other metals, are
here found i'll the valleys and gulchcs,
and the city Of Arispe, 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, Apaches especially, hostile to the
whites. Guyamas, the principal sea.
port, is q town of considerable and
growing Importance. The foreign
trade Of Sonora is carried Oh entirely
through it, and it must ultimately be-
come the chief entrepotFof chihuahua
and Durango, The capital Of the prov
ince IS Uresza city of 1000 inhab
itants.
+ Mr.. Warren, the author of bool
recently published, called "Dust anc
Foam, or Three Oceans, and two con
tinents," gives glowing account O
Sonora-its resources and position
He says: .. ...,.......
"Sonora is the richest Of these prov
inces, for although its surface is ex
trcmely mountainous, still intersectin!
these ranges are broad and fertile val
leys, we'll watered with never failin!
springs, and wooded with superb for
ests: Here growing side by side ma,
be found reproductions Of the torrit
and temperate zones---felds Of whea
and sugar cane, and the vine and tn
orange may be seen blossoming at tn
same moment with the cotton plant
which is Indigenous to the bottom
along the rivers Gila or San Pedro
Every metal, precious and useful, .ha
been thrown pell nell from the burn
ing furnace Of the Sierra. Silver q
well as gold, is found in It's virgin state
and in masses; the very marble i
veined with gold, and the stones them
selves sweat with quicksilver. Will
4 seaboard of 500 miles on the Gulf o
California its ports are those through
which must necessarily pass all itsowl
imports, and those Of that immensi
tract OF country, comprising the State
of Durango and Of chihuahua.
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*Guaymas, from it's central positio,
and its wonderfully safe and commo
dious harbor, will of course be, as
is at present, the, principal seapor
town, and there are men living @wh'
may sec the. now. miserable town o
Guaymas as sf1ourishingya rity !: as. Sal
Francisco at the present dax, NOR
particularly, should it be chosen as tn
terminus for the Pacific Railroad, a
has been suggested. Even now W.
hear of American ships in search O
freight, leaving San Francisco ain,
: bound to Guaymas, in order to loa<
guano>in it's immediate vicinity; an,
knowing as! we do the valuable depos
ties Of sulphur and saltpetre which ar
lying unheeded within colnparativel,
a stones throw of this harbor, it need
not a prophetic eye to see the da,
when it will be filed with California
liners seeking homcward freight.''
Sonora has been III a fcrment witt
Il series of invasions and revolution
on Il smaller scale, during the pas
two years. The fate Of Crabbe an>
his followars who undertook to filibus
ter the country from California, is still
fresh in the minds of the public. Th'
whole were surrounded and capturet
by the Mexican authorities, and aftaa'
wards drawn up in line, blindfold anl
shot. A bandit chief named Guadara
who originally set out for robber ant
subsequently assumed the role of a de
livcrer, has since given the Fedora
Governor, Peschuera, his hands full
Though unsuccessful in wrestling tn
govelnm from the latter, he "pro
nounces' against him with great regu
larity, and keeps things bubbling prct
ty much all the time. 1t is supposed
that Guadara has received encourage
ment from Washington, more thai
once, to detach the State from Mexi
co and set up Presidency for himself
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