The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-04

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81. 0StsosS6s
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GalEsstad 16l1n1
bay Of the aamle
harboT, Hes b1tpe
north, and eaGt6fn Sxll1
Island on che a51IlIS i
two miles. bEtten ~
channels, wbieb, hays D
nine to twelve feet On the kEs
ade Of this city woald ke
by single vessel ThS
cuts of Houston, whOsS
with the Gulf Is thrOugh Du9hls
and Galveston Bay. ss
2S. BrGzOs RS0sr.-This eseFnuae s
about fifty miles southwest Of GalAn
A channel with eight feet leeds % e.1
tana and Velasco, which Its On oppo
sides Of the entrance, q mile md q -
above the bar.
"a. MdtG0Ord0 Bay. PassIng he
low mouth Of the Bragos river ard 3 las
stretch Of coast, the Pass ID OevaI,s
narrow entrance to Matagos1a BY 81
reached. This inlet, something lsss -
two miles wide, has dspth q nipS
of water on the I6ar. 0Wri rihe BaE u lSess
agorda are the towns Of MAtaeegd1
Indianola, the former Ut the moutk ~
Colombo river, the latter on tlIo Snn A.
tonic. One hundred aud d1ninsly M
the coast are shut in by four loDe, Nsli
islands, viz: Matagordo, San Jess, 49,
tang, and Padre Islands. AFanxas +
between the first two, gives Z nasptA
let for light draft vessris 10 othe bayts
same name. ! The pass Of Oognns q
between the second and third, kah III
four feet Of water, leading up to town.
the same name. @',a4
25. BrGeOs Santiago. ~ The Va1t
BrazOs Santiago has width of aAeul 60
miles, and seven feet Of water % tha -
20. Mouth Of the RE grdAdSs
Rio Grande, forming the liRe e born
with Mexico, hal . .hhitlin
Eve to seven feet IN deRsh a a vssf 81 Y II
81. EsPsvStN &aAE0 Be- b q 80
miles long, northeast ard to q
about five miles IL width, IL n
Gates with the Gull Of MexiG6
two small bayOus 1t the 4
and connects also with MntaeGaai iD9N
Pass Cayallo. Through one efy yskas
Gus (MeHeHry's) the State, AnAhasiii
Texas have caused channel 10 Do oI
affording depth Of four and kalf ~ =.
average high water, and the dlsta 3
channel Of ten feet frOm the baHbn -
Pass CavallO, to form . hsxbor ~
for steamers and other sea-goiBg We
has been undertaken BY privats enleg
The town Of Saluria Is situated aa the
end Of this bayou. Throagheas tlle ~
there is an average depth Of sesena |,
the bottom being generally soR nu1 6l|
shells, except in one LEGALITY, kA04
the Middle Ground, !" which b isaGis
a portion Of which Il usually hafp e -
water. The shores are low an3 mal1g
on all sides.
%. San Ant0niO Bay Is Of "a iiFsIIt
and somewhat triangular shape the -
est length being from north ", S
about twenty miles, and the wi1ii
ing from four q. eighteen miles
no direct communicates viii ~
Mexico, and is, thsrefbrs, bne llsl
ed by the Gulf tidsE s =
water Is made fresh 81 he q
the Gaadalnpe river, wkiclf dtllSs6 y
northeast end, and Is almost uaWuyo II
dy. ,.i h 4s1sl;;sT
20. Aission Bay is small, ela
sheet of water, cut of from the - u
San Antonio Bay, on the east sl1ss
delta Of the GAlsdeluHA aiesEren
7 not over eighteen inches of Watst
through it. A small bayou, sAtrl,
its east side. drains Green Lake, vi 10
a small sheet Of fresh water lAyiaS
miles further up the delta. sih q s7:s
80. Hines Bay, on the Eess a u
the delta, is Of the same character - q
larger, being about three and : Eal
in diameter, and shaped like 4 llds
1t is also deeper tbaG Misdlog
ing about three feet Of water u u
ssNn M D0FiR, aide 4 4lhAgds Il
delta, but on the south . pFaiFi6
twenty feet high, bounds the si1oS
here, within space Of three nslls
twenty or thirty houses f6ra
called Crescent Village. =" . i:-sr IA