The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-01-26
Matters in Old Mexico.
lIiE SO-t'AIIED HARBDR OF VERA CRU.
WHAT THE UNITED STATES SENDS TO THE
SISTER REPUBLIC. ROMANTIC CAREER OF
\ DEAD BANDIT.
[Correspondence of the journal.

|
VERA CRrz, MENlCo. Jan, 1888. Perhaps
the most dangerous point on the Gulf Of MeNi
co i, this sO-called h4rbor of Vera Cruz. In
the frequent ''norhers,' even the open is
preferable. and it is not uncommon for vessels
to beat up and down for days. in sight Of land.
waiting fer the storm to ai,ae before il is safe
to venture into the harbor. When winds begin
| to blow from this quarter, steamships make
haste to get up their anchors and sIatil out 10
sea with all possible speed. >ucll course oIer
| ing les, risks than the trcacherou- anchorage.
The present city Of Vera truz,-whch uil'il
recently VA, the capital of the State of the same
namc- i> not the original from which C"rtez
named In J'ii(n Ric0 dc la l'erH cru. (.'the
| rich city of the True Cros>) hut Wa founded
near '!e close of the ltth ccntUry y! the Spah-
| ISL Niccroy, Count dc Monterey. aud WAS raised
to the rank Of ''riil ly Ain.. Philip ILL.,. iti>t
- Nca.~ az. tortrz' landing place was oi!
thc Rio Ai;ljglii. several niles Hoilh Of thi-
Plate, ,i.d there it was that lie eouinaando his
ve~>l to ir >ulA lcfore b-ssinnir.- lic murder
ot~ campaign into The interior.
Bo,h ,iic rcv and the ol,I Vera Cruz .ie in
the u.id>i OF an cXteIi~iyy desert. whose ;iIid
sands are washed hy The stormy Gu. oa
ole ilai1. ami hotnIed 10y low, barren hills on
the ether Il j. 4 common remark that the
great C"nq"iStodor should have Sc; III his
''TIte ross" at Anton l.izario instead "a paint
aitout fifteen miles 10 the >outhwaih. where
| i .ho only really good harhor on the whole
| Gun coa-t. Though man OF vail imagina-
tiou aai SAM ;.inc Temperament. The Cum'Ucrnr
neycr dreamed that The leach l'ioll which he
fir. ~ bi> Hdv, niuru.> lJot. V oulG ole day
be The >il, OF 4 great city The colliI.crria! capi-
! tai OF "NrW Spain. and the mart of European
| ana Oriental trade
| Moe thuu tWu-iiit,l> Of MeAicu> commerce
| pa>so- tirou4h ih~ oit of Vera cruz. the
| Custom i!on~c receipts ;.Etfa-In- ti-h! tu>l-
tr-ti thousand dollars par n.otth Vet >tlt!i is
MeN'r"'> inertia that il i lr"taii' no aticmIt
WouI eyer nave been matt t. Itut!'r til> ilist
troIt oi citrl worthy to l, c:,ii,i liai,u:, haI
i,u the imp l,iiH4 los If trade and threatened
/ destruction OF inr commercial supremacy of
| Vera Cruz led The merchants Of that ritN 10
bt>tll ill,l4.>tiNe>. A. the lines 0f The Mexican
Central ii.i: naA o::ic together, the con-
| >trH'tloll III The south alll; 'a'ng that in the
| north,-lhc era ETuzHm;> >aw The danger OF
| losing large part Of lA' il inpJrallnn>.
| This stirred them 80 mGch that tlcI said the
| harbUr ought 10 hr lmpru1 Get. Hit should Hc
| 'D1daGn0' the tomorrow that never coric,:
| hul W icn they SAW that the aut9ari0u> railroad.
besides iI> other innovations. WAS actually Eiau-
in- q branch to the tiulf it-elt-m"t only that.
| t'ut proposing to have coiuImod0u> lIarbor.
with wharNes and piers. at EuXPa-thcn they
began unanimously to hc>icgc thg President to
| come to their re>ru,.
| Ii WAS ewing to this sudden pressure brought
| to bear upon it, that the Mexican government
invited the late Captain lads 10 inspect the
harlor Of Vera Graz and submit plans for it,
lmproN cmcnt. His accommodation was 10
build Z: hrcak-Water across the entire norti-
ern end Of the channel, between the shore and
the island of Jloa. BY thus fencing oil. 10
speak, what is now erroniou>ly digaiiieH by The
name of htrhor, protection would be afforded
from the lorthcr> and opportunity given for
| dredging out The channel 10 Il more uniform
| depth. making docks feasible.
The Mexican authorities have since conduct
| ed the work along the general line of Captain
| Ead>' suggestions. an'i a good deal Of hcadNay
| has already hern made Several >hip-loa> of
| hydraulic lime have lately arrived. 10 ho used
| somehow in the inpro> einentS.
| Every steamer that touches this port has
every >tato-rcom filed with passengers for
| Vera cruz and every train coming down from
| the north i equally crowded. Within TIE last
| tive Years Mexico la> become the most Visited
| country on earth. the objective point of tour
| i>t>: how much Of this inluX of traNei i due to
| those earlier >rribe> Who We're first to excite
| the worlds interest in the beauties and Wor-
| 'ier> l.ere. j leave to the perhaps grateful rail
road and steamship na-nate- 10 determine.
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