The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-26

riss. one on tho top q tho mountains, and one Il
81 Qses You saw one u the top Of the mountainsfs
s. Ans Yes, air; whers re encamped the secoad
nlgns previous TO our ening to the mines IN the
Cues: win you describe the appearance of the
church?
Ans 1t looked like ons Ii the Methodist churches
In this country. It had no spire upon it, In one
end of 1t the man of thefamiiy who built the church
resided; at the other end was the church, which
wac probably twenty four or twenty Eve feet
square.
Ques. Do you remember whether it had bell
on it, or not!
Ans 1t had no bell on it,
Cues. You say you saw the church at Pinai?
Ans. Yes sir, did; but did not go inside of it..
CUES. Did you see a bell on either OF these
churches?
Ans thought there was bell on the church at
Ahuacatlan. 1t had aspire upon it, but do not
know whether it had q bell or not.
Cues. Was the spire the ordinary church spire!
Ans. 1t was the same as those on most Of the
like the spires of the city of or other large
cities. It was not ma significantly finished.
CUES. Did you see church with SORT OF skele-
ton or frame work upon the top of it supporting a
bell
Ans. No, sir; not thatI recollect. did not OBJ
serve very particularly of any in Laguinillas.
Cues. How far did understand you to say that
the first refneries were from that place?
~
CUES. / thought understood you the other day
to cay about FIVE leagues?
Ans. l think not. ] thought that spoke alto
gether by miles.
CUES Is it eight or ten miles by the road?
Ans. No, sir; but in an air line.
Quss. You do not recolect of having described
them as being five leagues distant?
Ans. No, sir, / do not
Cues. Did you see any other refneries which
belonged to DR.. Gardiner?
Ans. Not that am aware of, with the exception
OF those OF which have already spoken.
CUES. You saw refinery between Santa Clara
and San Domingo which Dr. Gardiner stated to be
bis?
Ans. Yes, sir.
Cues. How far was that from the mines?
Ans. 1t was not more than five hundred or six
hundred yards from Trinidad. 1t was on the base
of the mountain on which Trinidad was located.
Cues. Was it large building?
Ans. 1t was not very large building. There
were only two smelling and one refining furnace
Cues. Was the first one you come to the largest
one?
Ans. Those near the village were much large.
CUES. understood you to describe the largest
one to be about the size of the court room?
Ans. described one of them, but do not know
whether that was the largest one.
CUES. Could you form an idea of the cost of such
arcfnery? 9ek g POSE
Ans. None in the world, sir.
Cues Do you suppose it would cost $4,000 or
100000?
Ans. / have no means of judging. I know
that most buildings in that country are very ex-
pensive.
CUES Was ii of masonry
Ans. 1t smooth on the outside, could not
see whether it was piastered on the outside.
Cues Could you whether it was built of
adobe or stonef
Ans. felt almost certain at the time, from the
thickness of the walls at the top, where there
no roof, that it was built of stone.
CUES. You are aware that adobe walls are also
very thick'
Ans Yes, sir.
Cues. In that respect, is there any difference
between the thickness of the adobe and stone
wasa Is
Ans They plaster the adobe walls on the out
eide. ! have never observed them particularly. I
think they made of peculiar kind of brick,
| and merely whitewashed on the outer surface.
Cues. Do not they present smooth appearance
on the outside?
Ans. They will when whitewashed, because the
bricks made regular
Ques. Are not the bricks sun-dried?
Ans. Yes, sir. AaF ~
| CUES. Will not the rain in the course of time
wear away that sun-dried brick, unless it be plas
tered?
Ans do not think the elements would have
| the same force on the side as on the top of the
/ building.
| CUES. Then you eecollect that these adobe build
ings whitewashed, while those built of masonry
are plastered?
Ans. am not certain.
CUES. understood you to say that you made no
| inquiry whether they were built of masonry or
ddo6es; but that is your impression that they were
of masonry?
Ans did not knock off any part of the build
ings; but am pretty certain, from the appearance
of the inside, from the unevenness Of the surface
of the walls, and from their width at the top that
they were composed of masonry.
| Cues. Did you break pieces from the walls, or
1 did you examine them very closely to see whether
they were posed of adobes or stone, or did you
judge from mere cursory observation of the outer
surface and the thickness OF the top wals?
/ Ans. | did not; | was in there for about two
hours; saw the rough surface of the inside, and
! projections, what then believed, and still believe.
/ to be stone; and hence inferred that the building
was composed of masonry .
CUES. You say that the exterior walls were about
1 the size of this court room?
| Ans. Yes, sir; but they were not SO high as this
| courtroom.
/ Cues. Were there any partitions in the building?
Ans. do not recollect whether there were.
recollect of having seen projecting furnaces.
may have COMPOUNDED them at the time with par
titions
/ Cues. Were there any supports on the insides
Ans. None, but the base.
Cues That was the only one you saw?
/ Ans. That was the principal one | went into.
EXCEPT the one at the base of Trinioad 3,
/ Cues Did you visit the mine over which there
| was shelter? j.
! ans. did not.
| Ques Was there shed over the mine of Santa
Clara?
Ans. do not know. / am not certain went
down into the mine know that there lit
tie shed near it; but whether there was one it
/ or not, am not certain
Cues I understood you to say that, in line
| due south of Laguinillas, the first considerable
stream you came to just above the juno ion of
| the Carrasal and Ayulta, and that you crossed
| them above the junction.
-4ns. Yes, sir.
Cues. Did you hear Colonel Abbot's testimony,
that they CT ossed at the junction?
lar hi Sir
Cues Does your recollection correspond with
his ON the subject?
Ans. think we crossed just above the junction.
did not say whether it half mile or five feet
think it was just above it.
Cues You remember to have crossed two
streams? a9
Ans. We crossed just above the junction.
CUES. Where were those trees to which the haw-
ser stretching across the stream was fastened
Ans. just above the junction, where the two
streams came together, and formed one.
Cues. Is it your recollection that one stream,
after meeting the other, turned and ran off to the
northeast. as described by Colonel Abbot?
Ans. do not recoilect We crossed it little
diagonally, and went on thirty forty PAGES, and
then turned to the left. After going twice that
distance we came to place called ---, and
turned round the base OF the mountain and there
stopped saw that the stream ran in another
direction, but did not take its bearing by the
compass