, 1860-09-20

i correspondent Of the San FraDcis:o But-
k!in, who is travelling through Sonora, writes
to that pAper from thu city Of Arispe, as iol'
lows:
Failing in every enGcavor to engage an es-
co1t in Santa Cruz. was at last reluctantly
compelled to attempt toe ross With my scrVauts
alone the Tido desert lhat lnterTcues between
tie frontier aad Aritpe. The road Was utterly
unknown 10 us; mBps could not be obtained,
8:icea we're out Of the question, aad with such
vsrhal direc'isns as were accessible, We launch
cd cut into the wildczness.
Nrxt morning We sh", on The lett, q ruined
nerla, aGd tic lallcu watis Of buiIoiuge, and at
midday encountered most exterstvs ruined
hui:dlngs, with ssiveraud c,pper smelling VOL ks,
on n stream suppored 10 b. . branch oi the So
nora, which We rightly cofj fjectured to ba the
hacienda Bacanuche, tTeiye leagues shove Ar
ispc, tbs .rannrr OF iha far-fGmea mines OF La
Cannrea. Th- devastation OF this beautiful es-
tate is 2i,i'ul 10 behold The spacious and
beautiful nj a1sion hurled aud crumbtiog to de.
caf---two handsome c5spe1s With their roofs
partially Ct mo1sbed, tho ornaments aud pic
lures s,l upon the waliS, the sacred paramenta
strewn before the altar, and in the font, where
pious hauts had souYht the hcly water, was
placed gtinnlag akull, in mockery Of the des-
i huge scorpion t.ailcd bis loathsone body
ever the altsr shrine, reminding me invo5unta.
| rtIr Of the ana,hen,us fn1 niuattd in Scripture
| ag4ins. the cities Of the heather. Without,
the view was not less gloomy. large and
! luxuri1nt orchard derastased By firs-long
| l,neB g: acuuias-wide grain lirlds, once cu1tl-
ya,ed, now bsse eua sterile e-numerous corrl!s,
mcudt ring furnaces and vast piles 6f copper
el1g rsma:nsd 10 a'teht its fer -er opulenco.
Bacannche must hcve been pleasant place in
other ,iuea, when the wide halls Of the old ma
uuf.uousc re.tchoed the voice OF music and ol
l h,.f NOLAN rhnfY Hnd ark at heart.
| / turned away frcm the contemplation ct this
| meren:o ef national dtcadence. From Santa
Cruz 10 Arispe not y human being oSns habi'
i tatinn aud hoNs-
From lts isola,el ard rttired position: this
place WAS peculiarly exposed to the attacks of
customtd to escspe By entering the mine and
ce:,icg tiA saYages at defiance. o. the 18th ot
NoF.. l1y;. the apaches. Gliding the vigilance
of tLr frontier garrison, male Sudden inroad
in forte, and penetrated as fur as Esp'risu san
to. TIE iphsbi ants took refuge, as usua :, IL
the ,nioe, but tbs willy enemy. not TO be balkee
OF hi. prey, fs!ea the shafts und adit8 With dry
waod ind tp }iitd the torch. Mortal eye SEW
not their axon.e., but VII d the 1rpops arrived
iua.irate clrps: Of three hundred and eighty
| victims OF ertr7 Sax aad ngc we're drawn iron
| the gRlegies-uot soul remained alive OF al
| that busy people! Such outrsges we're no
passrd oror es lightly then as now. and th'
|
tie names OF tue slaughtered. In tic old ar
chiyes l fad it recorded that more than twt
| thousand hpaches were known to have hees
destroy ed in tie nine months campaign Hhicl
followed.
Arispe. the capital Of the Htate under, th
SpAn,sh rule, once q pcpul6us and uouf1snn
towD, peopled By the cest families OF the prov
lrce. is now poor miserable heap Of rubbish
| occupied by some eight hundred or one thou
, sard souls, Who may be considered mere Ter
ants-a, vi Of the Apaches. In Santa Cruz, p
, aarsRes entered the p1eclnc:s and carried C.
. cattle the night passed there; but that
| roshirg compared to tie state Of affairs J
Ar:spc+ The rirer Of Sencrt, on which It stand
is depe pu:aied Us far as the fre irio OF Bacusch
which tarst eoon in turn succumb 10 the pre-
| euce Of The foe. The northe-a .oad to SAINT
| Cruz, passed the great mines Of the capital, Il
: Apacues robbed the Governor Of his paggag
and dispersed the escort, few day & ago- 1t
: yery baggage mules have to be corral!ed alonI
. ! side 1hs gubernator4t palace to prevent the
being carried Of. 0aly fortnight has pass<
since they entered tue tuburbs boldly, in bros
day, wounded one Jcung woman and cArr1t
Cd smother c:ptavc. -.
, Under the cid dynasty numerous publ
bul;d.rgs were erected here. such as the Goa
T. uaadsacia, trcssury, hospital, barracks, pen
: tent'a1'y. &c,, most cf which arc row u ruin
Til l4le period many relics Of the olden tin
were still preserved, including ssne huntFe.
OF suits oi armor worn br tue s.ldie1y Of Il
Preside in their campaigns sgainst Il
;, Apa:hes. saw the cnrions old money ehes!
O, u,aas;Te oak, which formerly graeed u
treasury, but thei1 hollow s:des g1re forth
Z hollow Sound, indieatiye Of the poverty S..hi
!. The laoies lad oncs the reputation OF bel
the most auiRb:e most beautiful and most !
> lined Of any oi .ts pacide: coast Of Aexis
;. b=ipz mostly descendants Of old SpAnish ia1
x lies Of repute; but almost all thc better cit
:. have eu,grated to more favored cimes. =,
:: could ubta ain bat little reliable irf1rnAti
concerning tie former state Of the c.ti. 7
worthy padre, q man Of more than ordinary
:, tell,Reuce, told me, with face Of grea. grar
!; Tbs. it had been .'ea Fl tiempo Del rey" !
oi a:st o. The vice royalty Of New Spain. In t
ID year l774, there were eighty .four Inines MOI
= cd IN the district Of A.ispe, so1ac Of then
enn extraordinary. richness; now, believe,
lcvt1ed to the ground, AID the archives l
d l.ing destroyed piecemeal.