Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1864-05-25
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outlet upon the Gulf Of California, without going
through Sonora, we must secure the best right OIL
way through that State that the circumstances
viii admit Of. We believe there is DOW no legal
permission loE the passing Of American travellers
and trains through its limits. BY the fourth ar
tlcle Of the Gadsden treaty il is stipulated that
The vessels aud citizens Of the United States
shall I'm OIL time have free and interrupted pass
s,ge through the Gulf Of California to and from
their possessions situated north Of the boundary
line Of the two countries. Ii being understood
that this passage is to be by navigating the Gulf
of California and the river Colorado, and not BY
and without the express consent Of che Mexican
government. aI
We are not aware that objection hos been
raised to the going aDd coming OF our citizens at
their viii, and no obstacle was put 10 the way OF
Major FERGUSON, Of Che California Volunteers.
in his survey of the country between Tucson and
Iibettad, made 10 the autumn of 1862.
Te have inadvertently neglected giving proper
attention to the report OF the results Of that sur
vey. In the language Of General Carleton to
General Thomas
It is Of great Importance as showing how much
cheaper supplies can be gotten for Arizona and
the MesIlla valley. via Libertad, than from India
nola Texas, or from Kansas City. The report
js OF still greater Importance when considered
with reference to the political and commercial
Ee0gfapsy 0f onr country. IL SHOWS now pTactI-
cable it is TO make a railroad from the Rio
Grande, TO the Gulf Of California, aud thus to
the Pacific 1t shows how very important it is
for US to purchase from MeXico. before it be-
comes a possession Of, say, France, strip Of
territory which will give Us so fine and accessible
q port on the Gulf Of California.
However successful We may be in the naviga-
ton of the Colorado and 10 finding practicable
roads to California, or in obtaining transit priv
leges in Mexico, there can be no doubt that the
ownership Of good port upon the Gulf OF Cali
fornia is necessary to the convenience and propel
development of our Territory Moreover tc
Tucson. and all the region south Of the ella, the
advantages TO be gained by the extension Of tbs
American flag over portion, if not over ths
whole of Sonora, are so palpabe as to warrant
every honorable effort for the acquisition Of suct
territory. We confess to disappointment thai
our present clever minister TO Mexico, Mr. Cor
win, has not In view of the notorious defect il
the Gadsden boundary line, the growing impor
taDce of our Pacific possessions and the unset
tied state Of politics in Mexico embraced tn
opportunity to acquire for the United States, tn
port Of Liberfad, if not that oil Guaymas. W
cannot believe that the negotiation would hav
been attended with difficulty worth namin
when compared with the great benefits t. be de
rived from its success
Major Feggnsson describes the port OF Lber
tad as a valuable one. The soundings show
depth OF water sufficient for vessels of any tor
mage; the holliDg ground is excellent, bein
generally Of fine white sand and she'll Tt
shore or beach is sandy, grayely and pebbl
The banks are low sandy loan, except the sout
ern part, which consists OF high bluffs of san
and shell of about a mile and quarter in iehgt
broken by ravines and gullies The bay extend
about FIVE and three fourths miles, and has
depth of about two miles near the centre
Point Robinson ledge Of broken Jagged rocl
extends into the sss about four hundred yard
Tie constant ripple at this place indicates il
presence Of rocks, and the Major suggests tn
by extending mole OF breakwater in The dire
ton Of these rocks, four or five hundred yart
vessels could ride at anchor IN The bay, TO B
south, with the greatest security IN almost a
storm. The country about the port is not alt
gether favorable for town, but the obstacles Q
by no means insurmountable and Of the rou
from Tucson the Major declares that he ne,
saw a better natural road for such distance,