The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-22

menss grant of land WAS obtained Oh favor
able terms from the Mexican Government
but owing la Encouragement the whole
scheme failed-the emigrauts deserted tn,
enterprise, and the company being unable
to meet their payments, the grant lapsei
To the Mexican Government again. A,
this iuncture, Mr.. Hale entered the field,
and out OF the ruins of the Lower Califor
MIA Emigration Company, he has cstab
llshed one of the most successful bushes.
keeps six or seven hundred persons con.
stantly employed, picking the orchIla. and
ba!ing II for market; and vessels are there
constantly loading for the various parts oi
Europe. The head quarters Of the orehilla
business is at the BEAUTIFUL little bay OF
Nagdalsna, which is situated AT a poiu,
about one hundred and seventy miles north
from Cape st. Lucas, aud four hundred
is completely land locked, being sheltered
by range of high hills on the east. west
aud north, while Margarita Island stands
like some giant ocean sentinel To shelter il
from storms from the south, and, excepting
san Francisco, is the finest bay ON the en-.
tire Pacific coast.
The waters are alive with fish and turtle.
and it is also the most profitable whaling
ground along the whole cnast.
Where few years ago there was scarcely
a human habitation, there is now a flour,
fishing town. with wharves filled with bales
of orchilla, boats dariing to and fro the
cheerful song of the sailor loading his shr p,
aud all the evidences of active, busy life.
1t is here Mr.. Hale has his store houses,
depots and presses, and in the shipping
season the scene is one of the busiest &C
tiviry-thc business may be said TO be yet
in it's infancy, but its Importance may be
partially estimated from the fact that the
shipments of the last year amounted to over
million of dollars.
IL person. Mr.. Hale is below the middle
height, of close. compact, well knit frame.
with a massive. well balanced head covered
successful merchant. and for years was the
central figure that controlled the entire
business Of the peninsula. lie is 4 first
class sample Of The American pioneer. His
landed possessions cover six hundred square
niles, aud ho is supposed Ia he the ricslesi
man On the entire coast. The country is
undoubtedly grand field for American en-
terprise; whatever jealousy has existed in
Mexico against Americans, If the Nexicans
are wise, must give place TO 4 more liberal
policy. At the present time the Germans
control most of the trade of Mexico, and
Frequently American goods have to make a
European tour before they find their way
back To that country. There is no ques-
ton but that Mexico today is the richest
country on Ia. face of the earth. In Slna-
ioa, Chihuahua. Sonora and a number Of
other states, there are plenty of mines,
which, if developed by American genius
aud American energy, would eclipse the
digginrs richer than were eve: known III
California, with a climate unsurpassed. and
soil that produces every plant and cereal
that can be pToiuc-d in the tropical or
temperate zones. No more promising field
could be desired. What will the United
States do 10 open up this trade? VIII she
sit quietly. waiting for II TO come to her,
while foreign nations, thousands of miles
should Toe lesitimately ours No country
III the world eflrrs greater Inducements to
the merchants of the uIted States The
fields are ready for the reaper; the harvest
is ripe: ard now the question is: Who will
go IN and gather 1t? BKoApBRIN