, 1879-07-22

mills arc located Ill tic 1mHct'late 7Ninitys On
Of considerable oxscnt surround the city on s1l
sides.
In the evening learned that the stage would
slart a;ay rarllcr sllan usual, nsnl 40 lad to
MI. WehcrItns had to ~ to ures. where tic
records of tic mining district 10 which Ctlcbra
belongs arc kept. was not, however, without
travelling ct,fnpanT. Tho satno old lady who
Chant, and eavairy.ofliccr won't With n,e. The
stage tools from lhe Mint twenty-five sacks, cnts-
ta!n!ng $l,DD cacll, which wcsc loosely placed
on the bottom O. our esrf!aRe' serving IA a.
guard of The money Joined us At the Mint. All
lie gentlemen Of tic party were heavily armed
With t1tsketB ahil rovblvef1. which tier exAtn-
fncd ftsquently anu Tired from tue etari'. win.
cartridges. Tho Mexican seems 10 use afe-
arms us We dO ThlklnR-cancs.
Eorly ID the evening VIC nut up for tho night.
'ille money ,sns leit In the coach, guarded bY
rfagc. aolght rcst ltttla distance from the
coath. considering It satar. A. daybscak We
started, but stopped again for breakfast at O
n9ain, thc younr merchant, who eould tak sone
English, md myself waived ahead d1l Tout.
We had wnIkcd, ncrhaIta. threc miles when VIC
came 10 nncly a1oueo, nt1a entered. IT. was
thfee-fourtG Indians, whose cntiro furniture
cunsIstesl of three catnmon chairs md a table,
Tito creator WINS mr. surpriso when tho .ho.pta.
bic people placed hctnro us n 1lalf'hot-
m tastcl = crcelientiy. The nran refused pay, hnt
permitted tnc TO make present 10 i.is little
buy.f This shows how our rational beverage
mt at several stations before with sfucl!er's
beer. but sitl, tnorc Frequently had founl Ioer
from Ci,risi!anfa, Norway, which waa .t1ito as
EoM! a. the Bremen article.
r1o1rn .s1,IJ
later by our cn:r!age, VIC soon ca,nc III slight Ut
| tic Hulf vi california, and arrived some two
hours Inter In tluaytuaH.
put up at tic Cosmopolitan Hotcl. md i'm
| Alexander Willard. to whom had Letters Of
| Introduction from San francisco. IIu llundcd
tue ovur to his ehiaf clerk, Mr.. Darting, a
Getma ,.oII, Nho Informed ha,1 ,as mo t'!as ,hs
urcAtcst part IT n.y machinery Ind already
been pinccd OIL the dock. TIL my surpriso, he
| also told mo il,at Tho stchluer would htnrt on
| This mndo ihe Consul nrd l,s men extremely
buRy, kinrc te Is sRcnt Of thu steamer, ~ well
rs of Wells, Fargo y Co.; md nh entire mouths
business laa 70 be dispatched during the TWEEN
parturo Of atcalncr. ! eou therefore,, do
| nothing IN regard to EHtttng my goods through
the Custo,n.1lo,lse, mid returned to the hotel TO
Inform my family Of my safc arrival ut uuay-
| NlhAa
Tho noxt day had to see to the pac!ng of
my Cootls tu the cllstpMt.ltousc. OntY tho
huller anu sou'e heavy pieces ot machinery were
allowed to remain OIL the dock. Ours WIS thu,
several da5s, untii coud rs. lie customs o III.
cfals to wait on me. They werr, ln,wcrcr. very
pleasant 0cnslcsen, and aiways ready to do a
aro very rigid; and shcy are now. according to
Mt. narttnE'a statcncnts, enforced rcry strictly,
| Tic duty on some artictcs Is very cxtrayngane,
amounting almost to cunhseatsun; and he whu
DO imported lste Of duty will tlnl himself sadly
deceived. Uy oversight gnol Enaty Of my
goods had been isyoiccd wrongly. Some 3ooda
s1lurla havc hccs iuvolecd b} weight that vert
caused clasaed with other articles. Through
tho kind intervention Ut Consul Wsilart
and ME. Bartlng, l. gut oil eonpa'nt've!s
easy, and had 10 pay doubse t'r!ty oni'
lnaCh!ucrr, but ic locked Upon hero rs fner
ctnnuse, notwithstanding 1t ie Intended Tor ust
III mInInG machinery. l cannot rcfrnn from re
marking, iu this connection, low ncccssasy iii,
uacinl Il Is, in i!c interest Of Asnerean citizen.
do!lE business In foreign countries nut 10 o!tes
el.nncp thr representatives In foreign ports
lind not str. Willard lived hctc for n,orc thu
vIHht vcars as United States Consul ami acquirc'
d thorough fanllllaEtY With thn language at
tho Ways Ut the I,pcgplc anu their rules, Ii
cs,uld not have protuctetl INC as e[tartually d
ho did from serioutloas mud lneonventcncc; nn
s the company represent would hnTe had
: statl soG,e prcltv heavy losses.
I By day after to-nIosrow all The machinery y!
lie loaded. md hope tn start It for ihc mine
Of, Wednesday, the 18th. 1t Will ialte about
fortnight for II tn rearil It's destination. et'a
. str. Waoc rtlIE wrote to me from Urcs TN
tho transfer Of the ilne to t11r Chicago atitlln
U d hliufng Company has been efreettl, and tllr
ho himsuif intended TO stnrt tho next day IL
n mt 1tfna ~ mil
c A Eteat deal l'as been raid lntoly IN AMerle
about the projccled ,oal across aonotn. 4
uuaYmas is f,itu,ded tn be tho terminus uf til
l. road on tie Gulf, wns able to Katlcr here solr
;, fact tluls }rrilIssion tlas becn granted to Il
;. Atchfson, Topeka & Santa 10 Company tu bull
:, road through Sonora,-toRotl,or with grants
aj but It sralts that The tlrst grant Ut 150(
e acrrs per ,n!lu will b ayc To be changed, becau
. 80 u,aly u}d Spanish RIanta exist oil thrOua
Tie Stale, which l,avc never bean surveyed, t.s
1t Ia hard ITO tell which lanA Is Hoycrnmel
: tilorlty t!,at IN attempt viii be made to ri
I nlonoy-suhstdy Of s50N per nlr, with IA
: | sl,ow Of success. THU matter is to colne u
t presently bctore the Mexican couzrcss; anu, 1
y built.
:. 0uaymas viii he largely benefited by tho pr
!! ieeted road. Tile city las been yurY {avorhh
9 located, nlll hAs splendid laroor. o.ltor III
Is inner, which at small outlay could bo furtlliat
q Tic civ Is old. ani 4i'owa Ut prc.eu
z siEus Of decay. Its business Is ruther sloy
y Tlsu merchants complain OF the sn,uI
q giIng, which 10 carried on by way Of Tucso
: Thts Ia hardly to ps wondered al, iur tile duty
! very hipt,, and, the railroad cum!ng now wi
: near thu northern boundary Of souoTa, ZOO,
T. eau be carried Into the Interior a. smull d
pcnse.
y Among the merchants found several ao
- :, inans, ni doing largu business. There
;. - actually but u.,o Mcxirnn house OF any l'npo
n tauve. The old saying, "Ubl tenc. ibt patrla,
= = ID nowhere 50 truo o. With tic Gurman na1lo
~ ~ ality. Tic Ger,,ats nutry Mexican wivcs l't
- they do not forsweur their Hcrlnan csttxensft
.. uud thereby iiiEur LARGELY frot. t!1e Germans
" this Wrsteru stAtcs, Who cnn hardly wRlt r.
y years to become natUtaxc1 Americans. ha'
~ ~ met hero ,lnuy yery pleasant penpe. thanks
y lhu klnlnrss of Mr. willard md Mr.. narting.
" tho iastur's house mt thu h'ah city official
y aud eujoye.l q yery nIcc uerman-spanlsh d,l
=; ucr. klra. DarttuE did not lncos, o. hho VI
VI not well; but her tour e!lusnling children, WI
~ ~ have ull inhertrl tI,rr tatiler'H blue cyes nt
~ blonde hair, satisfied Iuc that she Is n lady OF r
~ Gnut,lcnt, willis tllr entertainment burc Wltnc
= to her superior accomplishments a. a hoha
- ! kNhTRf.