Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-01
.pecial Correspondence or TnE CITIZEN

] uulN lItllN lONh, bub CdHuob Sh ] that it can otherwise be described thai ] dull IL contains several very fin gardens, in which orange and shad ] uees vie with each other in giving tn place q picturesque and tropical as pect. The Mint garden is about tn ] finest around town. There is also public garden erected in 1854, but i 1 Is sadly neglected. Water is every l where plentiful in HeTmosillo and T.
 the prime cause ot it's luxurious vege tatiun. There is a battalion of inlan ! try Quartered in Hermosillo, with , splendid band, and the officers are no
 chary in allowing the people to heal it's music as often as possible. Tn, soldiers are ali ugly, gnderbred swarthy Indians, Addressed and un-
 gainly n form and manner, but they
 are repuied to be good fighters. It i,
 said that the majority of these mel
 are drafted from the prisons of NJ K
 ico Be that as it may, they certain
 ly are the ugliest set of men 1 have ever seen.
 Hermosillo has two hotels, which
 are not much above the average Ari-
 Zona hotel, and that is saying but lit-
 tie in the hotels favor. The place
 seems 10 be the grand rendezvous oi
 all the American miners in Sonora,
 and gandilOquent talk about my
 mine is not rarer here than in Tue
 son. Still it must be said that there
 are very fine mines here, and that
 some of the Americans developing
 them have surely struck the road to
 fortune. HeTmOsillo is not without
 that class of men which we cali
 stiffs in the States Amongst them
 is the we'll known prospector of mines and whiskey-Mr Ames, alias the
 Tinker, the reputed disCoyerer of the
 Holland mine, now owned by Mr.
 Luttrell. He has managed to keep
 comfortably soaked in his favOrite
 beverage since his arrival, and 1 un- derstand that he has been twice into
 forced retir ment for over-lndu.geDce.
 On the date of my departure he was once more hidden from pubic gaze.
 IIermosilio lies at the bottom of q
 mountain of white marble, winch must at some future date prove an in- calculable fortune to its owners. The orange grown here Is probably the sweetest and finest produced any where, and cannot in my opinion be beaten.
 ] met several acqUaintances here, notably Mr. O'Hara, formerly clerk of the Palace Hotel, Col. Green, Mir. Paltie of Tombstone, anG many others, all on the lookout for the mighty dollar
 The country between Hermosillo and Guaymas is entirely similar to that of ATiZoua-mesquite trees, with grass sparsely growing between them, and here and there caCti of the same class we are familiar with; little val, lcvs, with hills and small mountains also covered with that arid vegetation, are all that greets ones eye for ihe space of one hundred and ten miles. No water is found anywhere except at the stations where the stage changes horses; they are al distance of about 2j miles from each other. The stage road is dreadfully bad-full of ruts and rocks, rendering travelling far from easy.
 Approaching Guaymas the first thing that strikes one is the harbor. l. is not large, but land locked. and very safe. There are now about eight ships in tue harbor, most of them having on board railroad material 1 informed you enormously in my last that 45 miles of railroad had already been finished. There iS about that amount of grading done, l believe, but aS far as track-laying goes. l think two miles would cover the whole distance. The railroad depot vii! not be in the town of Quay mas, but al a place about half mile below, near the point where a wharf and bridge are now being completed, to receive the goods from vessels. Indeed. it is a question still under de- bate whether the road will pass HermosillO or sheer off some mIle- from 1t. I understand that the question oi a subsidy to be given the by the city is at the bottom of it.
 As everybody is satisfied that the Chinese, Australian and South Sea Island trade would gain 1900 miles by the Guaymas route, there can be no doubt that at the completion of the railroad Guaymas will become a very important place of business, though the goods destined for the East wIll only pass in transit. The influx of ;hlp and steamer arrivals, the coming and going of people, however, will not fail 10 give this place an appear lnce of prosperity, of which it only treamS at present.
 With the love for red tape which the Mexican, he loves to hrow every obstacle in the way o. l lntrammeled business, and 10 use @ ! -ulgar simile, he cuts his own throat, | 70 that he may indulge in old-time l nonsense and pomposity. Now, for l instance, if ship arrives with goods, | je they dutiable or not, they must be | anded on the quay and thence car led into the custom house for inspec- | ion or appraising. If the goods are | iestined 10 the railroad a mile of. the company has the pleasure of repacking nd reshIpDing them on lighters and ! urrNlng them uONu lD hnGl z tutl want them. at a great cost The GUS on house officers could not possibly | jew them down at the railway wharf, ccause il would be derogatory 10 the xalted position of these high oincials 3 so far act in d business-like man. CT as Co tackle the thing straightfor- -ardiy. Private persons are treated ven worse. The railroad company ained the day. however, by judi iCusly representing their wrongs 10 le Federal Government, and since a ouple of days the custom house is lstructed to view the goods at their VII wharf. The wire between Quay 1 Ias and Hermosillo works well, bul
 in the hands of the Mexican Gov 'nment. Oysters and fish are plentiful here, Id of excellent quality The oysters -e fine, big, tst specimens of the ,uus and they taSte-Well 1 won't