New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-15

slippery steep, apparently inacceeslole e
| human feet, wisely deters them IRON naA
| ing the attempt. ,.-:s,,. ~
Our party, consisting of individuals OF
various ages, sizes and activities, dld not
| of course, make equal progress, the heavier
| and the older necessarily requiring more
time, Mrs. Richardson and your humble
servant coming under the latter category,
had the honor of bringing up the rear Our
| faithful guide. EvaristO bore patiently Win
our slow movements and frequent stops,
| and did all in his power to encourage MS.
| He could not otherwise assist us. Tor as
| there was but one line Of steps, and nothing
with which to steady the body or take hold
of with the hands save the stock, every one
was obliged to depend upon his Own powers
However. in order to guard Mrs. Richard
| son against rolling down the mountain. IN
case She should lose her footing, he very
| considerably passed rope around her
waist. and securing the other end across his
shoulders. "played horse" all the way
| Fortunately no such accident occurred, out
doubtless the presence of the rope gave
greater confidence to the fair driver than
| she would otherwise have had.
| summit. nearly $4,000 feet above the level
| of the sea, aoOut half-past seven o'clock,
| followed very soon by all the others except
| the last two, who we're an hour and haii
later. Finally, however, We all stood
within the edge of the crater, and TOR the
| first time the secrets OF this vast chasm
| revealed to the eyes OF the fsiref 1t not the
| feebler sex.
But before describing what We saw with
| in this comparatively limited space. let me-
direct vour attention for a moment to the
vast but indescribable view which stretched
out from the base OF the mountain lmme.
dlately below us TO the farthest limit Of our
vision, greatly increased as this was by the
rarity and almost preternatural clearness
of the atmosphere through which we looked:
Truly. .'all the Kingdoms OF the world
seemed to lie beneath US. and as the eye
ranged over the immense scene great noun
tains seemed to have contracted into mere
knobs, extensive valleys into narrow wales.
! large towns into mere spots, and the city OF
Mexico itself, with its GOO people, APP
peared like a toy village built of small
| wooden blocks, and its broad lakes like
! nillponds overshadowed by the adjacent
hills. To this general statement an excep-
| ton must be made in favor Of Orizaba. the
only rival of the Popocatapetl in North
America. Although nearly fifty miles dis
tant. the majestic mountain lost but little
in comparison with surrounding objects, but
on the contrary presented bOldness OF
form and grace Of outline which commanded
our highest admiration. As for Iztaccihuatl,
or 1.-The woman in white" her very close
proximity saved her from much apparent
diminutiOn, but nevertheless, being nearly
1000 feet below US, her snowy top presented
no obstruction to our vision. The Nevada
de TOluca, the smallest of the four snow
capped mountains Of Mexico, situated far
away. to the west, was distinctly visible.
and formed striking object among the
lesser and darker cones by which it was
surrounded.
Rnt what shall aay of The splendid dis
plav of clouds floating far below US, cover.
ing "a il we're. with 4 sea OF frozen foam all
the adjacent valleys. and conccaling entirely
from view the darker features of the base of
the mountain AS seen from the level of the
Ranchol No delineator of the scenery OF
the cloude. whether he WELD the pencil OF a
CI,nde or the men of a Ruskin. can convey
70 ,hs mind of him who has not observed
with Lis own ewes the strangely beautiful
p;ctura here spread out beneath US, With
nv moor powers OF description I dare not,
therefore. ATTEMPT to give YOU the faintest
concention OF the scene. but. adopting with
becoming reverence the words addressed to
the mystic seer Of the New Testament, when
in a yison he had passed the portals of the
heavenly world. and. dazzled by its awful
splendors. stood bewildered on the portals
OF crystal sea, l can only say, Come and
see"
Nh. y, ~ ~. crater owe, which re NOW
d..nsndeS ahnnt bnndrea feet 70 .he
Iedee If rock unon which the windlass is
$50 - ovaI in shan ;rrenn,o,lr ohl;nu.
IN ;,s 5i,ect;on and 1;ttle les. ,han ,hree
m;ies in circumference, The tn1,on was
.nvsro5 Win snow avce,, in tho y;c;n;,v Of
~ ..hUas, i,m b"ie. :, and annesrea tron
shors % he naarlv boriznnta, I'M, in fact
din. from one s;da 70 .he otbar at an anuIe.
NJ NOV les. ,ban tiftv deg-ees The sides are
co,nnosad for Who most r.rr of i. oravish
rod nnrnbvrv are nearly vert;ca, ;n iiirec.
.ion and owinv som.what ~ The ohIion;,v
.of ,ha lin I'm, more narticula,ir ~ ,ba IN.
cGnarion of rhe floor vary in Ge;oh, at dit.
terent noints from 400 70 iO0O Zoe, The
Operating holes iust mentioned are three
or tour onen;ng. ssxar.I Zoo, s,ch in ,};am.
.a ~ 1922 =. 49, 80, 49, ~ H. %
Erom ,hass . .nlnbnrous smoi. ;s ,on.;n','
.lly r;s;no snG 49,, rho ,r;nd ;s IN nar
tain ouaffer. fills rho whole crater mrcb fo
the ,iiscomforf ot tho workman Ths .;r
heino very unie,- We were NOT .hns ;nco,n.
NODDED. Ali around the horders of the
holes snlnhur is contipuai,v 6anos;+ad .nd
he;no tbar. sub;ected ~ No. ;,st ga
ci.nf to nell !; large s+a,ant;,.} masa.s
are formed. some of 1rh;ch are Carv haau.
t;fnI In add;t;on r. thosa iun,,s ~ $50
sulnhur- iarge onart;,;os or. nrad,,;t.. IA =,
the ,,oroms xaican;" ,on,s. ;I.aS;etai-.
around from which a .ons;Sarohin l.,,a.,.;tyy,
is Obtained hv smel,iny DOW a. ,b Ha ..Pan.
cho.' The windIass e ,,l,noS mo, tha,
side of the wall where tho dsn,h 10 fha ,a.s.
and being about 100 feet below the edae
renr;ras 3 800 ot .s's So,oW y .ne euee'
length tn resci, Tho hottan. r.. ,naoo &c
this the snlnhnr and suInb,ro,,s s+nnaa 90 70
ra;s.5 ond ~ $50 s'onoS "i0