The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-25

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%.rrrlIlC IN SOUTH AMERICA. GEN
.T APPEARANCE OF THE COUN-
SOMETHING ABOUT ITS PEG
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4 -9l correspondence OF the journal
U,NqtNlpEo. URUGUAY. A traveller
4. 41m the western side of South
. .,1i,a. views the Atlantic coast with
4 ipointment, Tor to him its boundless
rims and majestic rivers appear tame
unattractive by contrast with Andean
i rtlN He is also struck by marked
4 4freuce in the general look of the towns;
q while people under the shadow OF the
gt loIdillera live in constant fear OF
4 -h4uakcs, and therefore build none but
/, luck walls, those on the eastern side
Il INK no such dread, rear houses as high
4 .Heiy means will allow. But there are
L gpcn>ations, even for lack of pictures
t~s The arch@ologist, the natul-
No lover OF nature, may find solace
No thought that, though the antiquities
pnU the solemn grandeur of Bolivian
.lt, and the diversified beauties OF
are wanting, industrial develop
i has made much more rapid progress
EASTERN shores Numtrou railway
i j,Nef>e the great plains, and ships
nations ply the rivers 50 that now
aoN accomplish in a few weeks time
tlihin& cost expeditions which Ton
required years ct labolious travel
Inc expenditure OF a fortune,
e misses the rambling old casas Of
santiago, Guayaquil and AreQuipa
their Moorish patios OF inner court
jheir blank walls turned streetvard
fountains and flowers and lowell
s, within. The more ambitious houses
A,l1evideo and Buenos Ayres have fiat
commanding a wide sea view, and
ho tayorite resorts OF the inmates in
Weather. Most of them have sort OF
watch tower, called a mirador, rooted
81 udoWed on all sides, wherein-how-
aims may beat OF winds may blow
people may still take note OF their
hbol ; affairs and enjoy the prospect
~ streets and houndless ocean.
~cl acquaintance with this remote
7blic continually develops new cause
Wonder and admiration. Though
To wand
-Uay is not only the most favored see
ut South America as regards climate
md geographical position, land there
tle most desirable as place OF resi-
tor foreignersl, but it is already the
81 prosperous. and destined by reason
is natural advantages to become the
Sc important in point of commerce. Let
st get an idea OF its physical charac-
md Immediate surroundings. Consult-
map, you will find the little cone
ed piece named | ruguay cut out
rently from the big Argentine Nepub-
Fbc dividing line being the Id Plata
4 l'alana rivers, while Brazil bounds il
Ic northeast and the Atlantic ocean
shes its southwest. Though contain
only about s., 0GU geographical miles
Q> Sea and river coast OF $40 miles
many natllral halborS
w. section OF the globe is more album
Ily Natered, there being Thirty naviga-
fircrs, which receive As slany as tiff
hundred tributaries, forming a net
VI streams IN all directions; not to
.dion numerous small lakes and creeks
5 occasionally swell to considerable
Yet there is not "A >wampy spot in
ruguay, nor an acre OF soil where az
'Hre is retarded by excessive mois-
N} eieally the country is divided INTO
distinct sections. First that pol-
below the Rio Negro. whose water
l COVERS thIee-fuurths of the territory
'n1 IN Brazil and running tranSyerselv
ons to its junction with the | ruguaV
III This southwestern corner contains
TdcTide0 and about one halt OF the en-
population. 1t is grassy and undulat-
extremely fertile and diversified by
N, lit is occupied entirely by rich es-
iaS. OF ranches. most of them devoted
he raising of sheep and cattle. The
'thern portion is the mineral region,
imposed of plutonlc ranges. enclosing
DE- valleys, fertile and well wooded
e lange divides into two chains, known
Npcctively AS Cuchilla grand tgreat
icy, and tuchilla Haedo. There is al
mother rugged range called s'Ghost
0lntains. OF which no geological sur
has ever been made. The northern
are composed Of gneiss and granite
'lPhNy and sandstone. and within
am are found most of the mineral de
NliN- gold silver, copper, lead, maene-
I'd tmytllyst. agate. alabaster and marble.
corporation called the "Gold Mining
Rrany OF ruguay. holds govern
eN concession i'll the district at Cuna
erN extending over 5000 superficial hec-
Yes, and is projecting the acquisition Of
'N mines; and the "Corlales Gold min
'g ompany. has a concession of 23OO
rares in the district of Corralcs: and
'rlng the last half year, with less than a
INJURED laborers, has extracted 1000 tons
'' mineral. Two copper mines near the
"ot Of Pan de Azucar, Sugar loaf noun