Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
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pedition to Mexico, has returned from
Washington, where he went for the pur-
pose of comforting with tn the Mexican
Minister in reference to the probable atti-
tude of his government toward the project.
He was found at the Hotel Brunswick by
a Tribune reporter yesterday, and gave
the following facts relative to the expedi-
ton:
81 have made two previous expeditions
to Mexico" said NJ. Charnay,. "between
the years 1857 and 1860. They are des-
cribed in my work Cites ct Ruines Amer-
icdiaes' My attention was called to this
field of research by the remarkable book
Of Mr.. Stephens. do not care for Aztecs.
They are altogether modern, and many
books have been written about them
But the civilizations we propose to I'M
earth are of vast antiquity. Some autho-
rites claim that they are 10000 years old
or that at least they existed before the
lake villages Of Europe. AS for myself, [
am not able to assign them any date We
have nothing now but hypothesis. This
much is certain, however, that they are
very much more ancient than the Aztec
civilizations, if such they can be called"
y
ments from Mexico?" asked the reporter.
There has been some misconception
of our purposes in that direction said
NJ. Charnay. owe do not propose to
bring anything i'll the shape of original
monuments away from Mexico. The
government would not permit lis to fol-
low that plan even if we wished to incur
the expense All we seek is to obtain
casts and moulds Of valuable inscriptions.
These will be taken by the process in
vented thirty years ago by NJ Lottin de
Laval. They will be placed in collec-
ton. in Paris, which, by the authority
of the French Minister of Public Instruc-
ton, will be called Mousee Lorillard.
! We will make very rich collection of
! photographs illustrating our discoveries"
"Who has furnished the money for the
expedition?" he was asked.
Gone third has been advanced by the
French Government and two-thirds by
2. Lorillard. France will, however, make
such further concessions in other ways as
to make the contributions equal''
''How loug Go you expect to be alb
sent?''
1.-TWO years, at least, though we will
take less time if practicable. There are
many ancient cities to be visited We
shall go to Oxaca and Catapec, and from
there to Palangua, in thestate of Chapas,
and then to Iucatan, endeayoring TO pass
through the country of La Candous, gen
orally very hostile to strangers. One year
will be spent in Yucatan, where there is
great deal to be done. My journal of
the expedition will be published in The
North American Review, edited by Mr.
mediapy in this matter
"You have travelled extensively, have
you not?" quered the reporter.
Eyes, [ am an old traveller was the
reply. '1n the pursuit of the study of
anthropology, ethnology and natural his
tory | have been all over the world; visit
ing Madagascar and Java and out-of-the-
way places in South America. Our re-
searches are greatly assisted by craniome-
ters and other instruments recently de-
vised for taking the seventy-fve different
measurements of the human frame. Ny
latest papers have been published in the
Tour de Monde in which I have des-
cribed my work in Java and Australia
"How many will 90 with you to Mexi-
corr asked the reporter.
"The party will only consist of three
persons, NJ. Laimere, myself and another.
not yet chosen, who will be an American.
have had many applications, but the
| right man will be hard to find. A union
of diligence, culture aud instruction sell
dom combined in one person is required
The Mexican government may add to our
number when we reach that country"
GLOW soon will you start?"
I'm ten days.
"Have you any agreement with the gov
ernment of Mexico?"
"None whatever The Mexican Minis
ter, whom saw in Washington, says he
hopes there will be no dificultity so far as
Mexico is concerned"
A COMING FLOOD FROM IRELAND. An
intelligently observant correspondent of
The Tribune writes from Ireland that
Queenstown is full Of working men and
working women who have arrived there
to sail for New York as soon as they can
get passage, and that the prospects are
that the emigration from Ireland this year
will be larger than it has been in any
year since the famine of 1847. This state
ment, which is undoubtedly correct
opens up vein of inquiry Of great i'm
portance to this country 1t has already
been noted, as a curious illustration of
the tendencies of the time, that the emf
grafton from the different States of the
German Empire has for some months past
largely exceeded that from any other part
of Europe-the increase being due to the
iron rule of German Chancellor whose
repeated designations are humbugs and
whose hand is ever heavy; but if it be
true that the German is flying from mill
tary conscription, it is likely to be equal
ly true that the Irishman is preparing to
fly from eviction and starvation. To be
drilled as butcher, with ninety chances
in a hundred of being compelled to wade
through human blood before his time of
service expires, is not less odious to the
Teutonic mind than the peril of undergo
ing the pangs of pinching hunger and
domestic misery and death is repellant
to the Celt. The question is now begin
ming to come home to the American peo-
,,1a. What to dc with thiC co,nipo Good