New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-01

secure q new election. My purpose l. perfectly nom
orable and legtmaic.' had my doubts OF thiS 10
saw IN tie corner heap Of about oOOO Mexican
| dollars. which had been wIested from the people oi
Magdalona. and yet before We left the town we
heard that n COMPROMISE had been made with inc
captives by payment Of $500 IN cash. his
talk Of legitimate revolution Is al DoinDa't
The people arc growing tired OF revolutions ana !.
is not too much to say that sonora VIII
not see another. The better class oil NeA'clhS hno"
thai these periodical revolutions death to pro-
gress that canital viii not come to place wmcl
cannot insure it against lose. With tho tide OF
American prospectors now scttbrg into Sonora and
Chihuahua the days Of brigandage are numbered.
4 half dozen well-armed American miners would
put 10 fight an army Of Mexican bugands.
| When we set ont from Mlgdalcna the gallant Col
onel came spinning alongside the coach, mounted
on n magnificent charger with superb Mexican
saddle ornamcnted with silver, and with SILVER
spurs silver mounted Bride etc. He was accom-
panied by an aid both AIMED to the teeth About
mile out Of town the Colonel called halt. and re-
quested General La Grange to dlsmount' as ne
wished to give HIM parting embrace. Ihis ceIe-
money was performed after q draugnt OF DTahuy
from the General, pocket flask. Cigars were lighted
and the hero who carried on war Tor silver com
disappeared in cloud Of dust.
N TIE sONOgi VALLEY.
Our Journey was now through very fertile coun-
try-thc Valley Of Sonora. Toward midnight OF the
18Th, the third day since leaving Tucson, we drove
Nd in front of he hotel IN The centre of the city OF
Hcrnosillo. Al along the streets people were Sleep
ing in cots outside their doors. The mounted police
came dashiug up to make inquiries about the
royolutoniss. We found beds in the interior
courtyard OF the hotel rs it was too warm to sleep
indoors.
| Hermosillo-called the city Of lovely women-ls
! beautiful town, built in the Spanish style on the
banks of the Sonora River, and surrounded by the
creenest of fields. Unlike most Mexican cities
the streets are well paved, there is little
dust. and tho large grounds which
surround the low. irregular adobe houses, filled
with groves of orange citron and lime trees. To-
ward the south, and overlooking tho city, towers
! huge mountain rising majesticay from the level
plains The city contains 10000 people and
boasts OF one of tho nnest public parks in Mexico
We were driven about tho town by Don jose
ORTIZ one of the leading citizens, and visited IN
succession the Mint. the theatre, the large steam
-four mill the finest in the country and the Casino,
where we met Clarence King, chief oil
the geological survey IN company with mining ex-
pert. Both of them had just cen examining some
mines in the vicinity recently purchased by Eastern
Hcrmosiilo is the base of supplies for the States
of Sualoa JalIscO and tie territory OF Lower Cali
| forna. The principal Industries OF sonora are
| wheat and cotton growing and mining Tbs wheat
is converted into four winch IS celebrated through
| ONT Nort hrrn Mexico Indeed. the SonOrans who
H%t in t6e settled districts pride themselves
| upon their women and thrr hour, anu
| there Is proyerb which saws Flour
| and wife must be from sonora
The sugar cane is also lracy cultivated One litle
| village, thrty-twO miles north oil HeimosiIo. the
home OF ortiz. has 800 women and men ENGAGED IN
| its ilour and sugar mills he irm Owls the village
and almost the people, rs they are 700 poor 10
| get away. Fruit also is Ncrt abundlut mere. Inc
| oranges ,urpa.s th0sc OF Los Angeles, and luhc
| ounces pOmcUrauatcs crap IS ana ciIO1S are Vro-
duced in great abundance and OI excellent qualjy.
POVERTY OF THE PEOPLE
In spite OF the choapnrss OF all vegetables and
fruit, the common people are very poor Large
numbers live in shabby little adobe hu,5 for
which they are charged only 81 per month, and
ynt they find this sum very hard - pay. l. costs
about cents a day for them t. live. Pinole, corn
meal OF l,ur mixed with milk water and little
sDgar added and pauocha, or sugar cane, together
wI:h fHjocs. or dried beans, and tortil,as corn
cakesl form the main articles Of diet of The poorer
classes Only the Ueli-to-do ndul-s i'm the lUNur"s
of tea or coffee. Many OF these people are very
scantily clad and nearly all 90 hars-loote0 The
children dispense with clothes and run abon' stark
! naked. The city IS infested with bcg-ar, Vho le
| arc not pertinacIous and they VIII shower
| blessings You for Put OF a cent.
A RURAL PARADISE.
We spent four days IN Hermoslio, and carly on
! the next morning set out for LAS DeHcias,' the
residence OF General lgaaciO Pesqliera. We tray
elled in "a northeast course for the City of Tres hi-
| ty-four miles distant. The drive through one
Of the finest countries that can be found Oh this
coast; not even the famous road of Santa Clara
County, known as the ALAMEDA. slrpasses it. For
miles we passed by green fields, with brilliant
sn,ts of wild flowers here and there aud groves OF