New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-07
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fiery sun, and displaying three f5ar riekcty tables
whisky, lemonade, soeeather pies, lines oranges,
nuts and exquisite shell baskets Most Of our company
njudicous enough to eat fruit extTayagany,
seasoning il with unlimited whisky, and nature re-
waded them few hours later with the eyers and diar
| rheas they so richly deserved.
Three Hundred years ago Acapulco and Panama
the grand entepois of Spanish commerce Here Alvarado
built his vessels to sail for Peru 20 after the conquest
Mexco and annual trains Of loaded mules crossed the
country TO Vera Cruz with the products of China, Japan,
and the Spice Islands The town is wrec hedy built Il
thatched one-sto adobe houses shaded with palm
In peace tines during nights unlghted by tie moon tho
regulations require lantern hung cut from each door,
About in ten years the place II shaken 70 pieces ny
an earthquake One of these unwclcoe visitors ten days
before our arrival Knocked down many dwellings and shat
tered the walls of the ancient cathedral We looked INTO
this rude place of worship with stone hoors erumhing
Feelings adorned by cheap eges, and single OIL pant
ing Of the Virgin aud The SAVIOR and eanceda the quaint
teepe containing four or I've rough bells iron Old Sran
II has been closed since the Liberals left under Gen. Al
vareZ. three months ago.
Tn ts best estate Acapulco contains 1000 people but
the departing Alyerez commanded al friendly TO TIE he
publican to withdraw and only 700 remained Seven
thousand Impeasts, ALL officers and men native Mex.
cans took possession with go camp followers They stl
hold the city and the old fort halt mile from the
water but though aided BY two Frelch menoiwar they
strong enough TO disodge Ayere2, whose nag IN
fun view flies dernt rom mountain op hree ihi.es ~
the With good artillery he could shell them out of
the fort and the harbor in two hours.
II is always unsafe to predict how men will iglt but
think regiment of Grants veterans would dlspefso
six times their number the dasky soldiers we saw onng'
ing about the barracks. Aveez, who resides IN the in
terror is Governor OF this Province and viii not destroy
the towns but he adopts the worrying policy very effect
ivelv one can hardly 20 back hundred yards toward
the mountains without hearing bullet wbizzng from too
chappara. About two ghts OF each week small Parte.
Of Liberals sh III upon the garrison AMI great deal OF
msce laneOus shooting follows but, notwithstanding tho
hundreds thousands of bullets only man has been
killed within tho last month II is d7o war. The I'M
periasts capture two three towns the Republicans
running away without resistance and thenissu pronun-
camento claiming the entire province and threatening TO
hang everybody caught in arms against theml lie
French troops universally disguised ana anxious to
withdraw. In the ~ since Mexico separated fUm
Spain she has had IL Irsidon and nearly many revo-
utons One American declared 10 lie with great
estness that ought 10 solve the problem by Killing all
the natives and making room for race with some ygof
and manhood! This al least would lie what doctors cal
the heroic treatment Harmless "a the ioIays Of The LIB
erals appear they keep the lmpeflais cohthua ,err
broken sleep and unable TO obtain vegetables or fruits
for Avcez bOokados the paths, cutting on all supplies
from the interior Half the soldiers have died within
three months from malignant fever, aid the survivors
weak and neryeless.
years ago. The country illustrates Diapers sweeping,
though questionable, theory that no tropical climate ever
produced great man. Eyen those descendants OF tho
daring old Spaniards who have kept pure their CASTELAR,
blood. inteImarryrg with the natives, preserve
nothing but their compilations, and imbecle aud
cowardy race. SO in India the experience OF century
has failed TO produce single person 81 genius or high
talents born the soil from European pareniage, though
several men OF great wer and ability have sprung rom
the lower classes Of the native Acapulco does not
contain single wheeled yehicle wagon roads lead TO
the Interior and even in peace all supplies are brought IN
upon the backs Of mules and d0nkeys Now the streets,
about twenty feet wde quite deserted Three on four
remain open but bottled liquors constitute the
We found Mr. Cole the American Consul. in a COOL airy
adobe dwelling, with high walls, stone floor, and garden
in the rear rch with oleanderees and other gorgeous
growihs. He dressed all in white and reposing mt
iu-ergh in swinging hammock PROSTATE with the pre-
yaiing fever Nav and June the hottest months, De-
eember the coolest The town warmer and unheather
than Panama. GOO miles further south.
Gladly returned from this scorcLod and devastated
city pleasant ship, which had been SIX hours
for coang In climates where bountifa Nature supplies
gratuitousy all the necessares of life, the people will nos
work Here it is almost impossible TO obtain labor ara
even cabln-bOys were pressed mo the seNee' '
length with supply of food for our hungry engines wo
steamed out Of the sleepy harbor into the ocean, so calm
and smooth that vessel often seemed a. free from mo-
ton as parlorl Again and again, while reading IN
the captains the upper-leek supposed we had
stopped, but on looking ont, found we were maang IL
miles hour. 1t seasiy TO l5 but lOorl kpos
is the most economical speed requiring only nall as mnoh
coal as H. and causing far less wear and tear OF machinery
We crossed the Calf OF Tehuanicpec in intensely rot
weather though rocked by rough breeze ana sSfnns
the low level shore of Guatemala, rich with fohage saw
two huge volcanic mountains smoking III the dim back
ground 1900 and ifOlo feet high, yet barely WIS.,,
bic through enveoping clouds. The North Star dipped
lower and lower until 1t was only . above the horizon
We were unable its total disappearance because NO
did south of the Equator where the three Magellan
Clouds take its place in the northern sky To guide naysa
tors on their painless way Every morning we gazed on
latitude. Unlike consultations its form suggs
i've ofs name four bright star, shaping perfect e:Ss
Great seaeen turtles appeared on our land SIDE and tho
shore foliage grew heavy prouse and dropping The stars
looked larger than in the North perhaps from the deep
clouds As mdngh approached the heavens were wonders
full and il seemed almost sin TO turn awaX from gazing
upon them and bed o. these delicious tropical nights
with vegetation on earth and new considerations IN
beaven-wh luminous foamy track IN the wake OF our
vessel the soft vivid Uxuance Of the shore the mellow
anguid air. which makes physical existence an absolute
luxury and the Southern Cross blazing like pillar u
fire.
On the 18th day we met the Colorado, newest and
largest ship Of the line going North, crowded with pas
sengers. The convexy Of the earth hides the null ~
vessel nine miles away but the beautiful steamer seemed
10 stand almost entirely out of the water gliding by WITH
in a hundred Yards, swarming with men and women,
shouting and waving hats aud handkercAiefs while flags
lowered aud guns fired To this day, the boom OF the
most Pacific cannon makes me nsncveiy glance aDoat
TO where the shot will strike
The heavy eyes of the lith morning were wide open,
when approached Panama from the South; for long
point OF land compes vessels TO 100 miles below before
entering the great bav surrounded BY wooded hills On
our appeard Toboga with two English steamers which
ply down tho coast of South America, lying before H.
Vending among the high mountain islands, which sue
the BAY in view OF New-Panama while the old
city, destroyed by earthquakes and buccaneers, was
pointed out six miles distant. Three men-of-war-two
English and Amercan-three ships q the Mali Lane,
and one steamer of the Panama Railway Company which
runs up the coast-were lying in the harbor. Al III
oelockprecsey the minute appointed at the beginning
of long voyage two weeks before-the Sacramento
made fast buoy for shallow water and wicked reefs
forbid frst-cass steamers approach within two mes
the shore. Three of us took passage IN the captain
dispatch boat protected by umbrellas from the bro,ng
sum- We pulled miles out of our course to avoid tho
sharp teeth the long reef standing above water at that
stage of tide Here the Pacific rises and falls 80 feet at
Aspnwa Just across the narrow isthmus, the variation
of the Atlantic is only as many inches.
Here ended ms ourneyings the Pacific from the snowy
North to the burning South, from Vancouver Island.
within thousand miles of the Arctic Sea- down almost 10
the Equator. and thousand miles within the tropics.
Here the beautiful bay studded with islands, the quaint
old city OF dead oiyilization-the historic shore where
$50 years ago. armorclad and sword in hand, Balboa
waded into the Pacific then the South Sea taking solemn
,ha all lane