The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-03
THE VOYAGE TO PERU
The First Letter From the
Ferry Expedition.
BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
The Sea Ports En- Route and the
Destin0tiOn-A Very Inter-
estIng Letter.

hEhALn. we nave drrlVeu SOuHu auO
intact, and, according to promise, shall
try and enlighten you as to where we
are and how we got here.
We left Salt Lake October Gath, with
this place in view. and reached here
December 10th. after a very pleasan
trip of forty-seven days, embracing
several brief soiourns at some very
interesting points.
The first stop was made at San Fran
cisco. for q period of three dsys-alsc
nights-where our time was spent very
pleasantly. There is something pecu-
liar about San Francisco. 1t afford:
considerable satisfaction for q time
when all of sudden you are aIiUe to
the fact that there is something, which
is not measles. but just exactly as
pleasant, that will almost bring grey
hairs to your head, and that fairly
drives you sometimes towards any
where. We took refuge on the Pacific
mail steamer Oolima, bound for Pana-
ma, and toushing at all important
points.
THE FIRST PORT,
after sail of Eve days, was Mazatlan,
the most important of the Mexican
sea ports. 1t has beautiful appear
ance from thebay with its great variety
of tropical trees seemingly situated
especially in accordance with the pecu-
liar style of buildings to heightsn the
effect. But going ashore, is just like
stepping out OF San francisco into CEN
fury before last. The buildings are all
of that low, unsightly style peculiar to
all Mexican towns. the streets are all
narrow and crooked, and paved evil
IDENTIFY for the purpose of rendering
them impossible. There is, however,
one compromising feature, common to
most Mexican towns-LG Plaza
located centrally and evidently public,
from the number of prominent citizens
dRllying there. But their lounging is
excusabis, as the plaza can be called
nothing less than q tropical garden,
well kept and Astounding ia every vari-
ETY. of palms, trees, shrubs and flowers
common to this country, and produc-
ing an exceedingly pleasing effect upon
G stranger.
The next port is Acapulco, which is
reached in four days, the course lying
nearly the whole distance in sight of
land, afording to the view beautiful
landscapes, some of unusual interest,
having an effect only to be appreciated
by being seen from the ocean. Acapulco
must be point of interest lit surely is
not port of commerce) On account of
its age, which would occasion one to ex-
pect it to be city of large proportions
with improVeme nts dating back to
Aontezuma. But it isn't.
ACAPULCO IS DISAPPOINTING.
It is small and dirty, but it has its pos
sessions. 1t has its custom house,
where exorbitant duties are demanded
and seldom paid 1t delights in the pos
session of a beautiful harbor, thor
oughIv protected and TRANQUILITY repos-
ing in all its primitive beauty and sim
a single improvement can
be detected. 1t also completes with |
other cities which have great future,
in the possession of LEGAL dramatic |
company and q garrisoned fort for |
cuelling disturbances. One dramatic |
performance was billed 30 take place |
shortly. introducing 1000 arttstaS and |
2 600 cGtGLkO'S, bat it must have been a |
printers er:or. as not a single horse |
could be seen in the surrounding coun- |
try, and Oh the rialto was
ONE SOLITARY ARTIST
wrapped in that exquisite state of
mind known only to the profession,
obliyious even to the lizards that
craWled over him.
After very windy transit across the
GulfSof Tehaunt pee, stops were made
at the ports Cnamperico, San Jose dc
Guatamala, Acajutla and La Libertad,
which are, strictly speaking, seaports,
if a seaport is constituted by the pres
ence of O pier and railroad station.
But thew are, none the less, important
as they are the means of connecting
ocean traffic with the more important
interior country. They lead Up to the
cities of Retalhslao, Guatemala and
San Salvador. respectively. There is
cutie q historical romance, If such 1t
may be called, connected with the large
iron piere at Champerico and San Jose.
One McGee, an English subject, for
some trivial offense, was punished by
the c0mnGndGate OF the post by being
INFLICTED WITH FIFTY LAsHEs
nj the stake. Had he been, as sup
posed, an American subject, he would
have come out simply sadder but
a wiser man, as Americans are pun
ished with impEnity. But England,
caring more for her subjects, interceded
in his behalf by demanding 81, 900 for
each lash, which was at once paid to
the suffe er. With this capital, he
organized company, built the two
piers and, 20 obtain still greater salts
faction, assesses tax of $50 per ton on
all freight and 50 per capita for all per
sons going either on or OF, which is
rigidiY exacted from ali subjects of the
country, but often suspended for the
conve nience of foreigners. There is
considerable activity at present in the
indigo and coffee trade, the chief
articles of expectation, which nearly
all goes TO Europe via Panama, it being
a significant fact that none but the
poorer grades of coffee are demanded
by the United States.
ACaiutla and La Libertad are both OF
less commercial interest than the two
previously mentioned ports, but are
none the less interesting, being so par
ticularly picturesque. They are stu
ated, of course, on the seashore. but at
the same time nestle closely at the foot