The Republican journal., 1896-07-09


.0 >pondence of The journal.
MENICo. June End, 1896.
.a. bt map of Mexico, you will
.-.a ntheastern peninsula, which
-.. point Of its cOrnucopia, is di-
vain, the easternmost and larg-
-ua allied ucatan-the triangu-
sra oiner bordering the Mexican
,..-.ueche. The latter is the newest,
.-.f smallest political division of
4ug been declared Free and
.... Ul >tate' as late as 1862
+.. uo means behind its older and
-... --u states in beauty, fertility and
...l sources of wealth, Campeche
ess known aud more rarely
ray other part of the Repub-
does excessive heat, en-
Ujiy diseases, render its eli
during most of the year,
aeared in tropical regions,
lp,e from the ordinary lines
1edged in between the vast,
IOIests of Yucatan, Tobasco
a. 1t cannot be reached
neither is it easily acces-
..l, though its whole length
.. Gulf of Mexico. Its low,
$, faced by reefs and sand
..- Hilow water, have but one
stitch gave tAe State its name.
hay which is also called
iiY the way, North Ameri-
. le word with an extra ''a''
'us, "Campeachy;" SO it APP
.. encyclopedias and shipping
do not know why we should
.. -tel the original name. Even
1mpeche, celebrated in his
. a aliGon, and with a modern
.M-.U. j9 feet long, is SO shallow
n g .eSselS are compelled to anchor
ullltS pUl. anu luOSG draw
Get OF water cannot approach
STA niles of land. Our big ocean
sa .li for Vera Cruz, discharg-
eehe passengers at midnight,
u mid-ocean, as no trace of
AL .-'r he seen, OF rather it transfer
small vessel, which brought
. e. aarbor, where we waited until
.-... iva yanoes to carry us to shore.
-y ~1-r re say, ships of the largest
.... .l IN the Campeche yards and
1e .". to sea somehow, by an in
en- 1rvance. Time was within
4H ..s. ! mean-when the city of
MIS- Of a good deal more CON
.aH now. During the Spanish
{ had monopoly of the ex-
atan and population OF
none. To-day it has about
alton and maintains fair
.- mmercial activity, its great
oug in palo de Campeche. or
besides that characteristic
otjced on the wharves and
rrs alongside considerable
.4 Wax, sugar-put into bags
l4s plant tiber, huge bales of
-"r' 81, cattle, hides, salt, marble,
cigars. Campeche tobacco
, lis excellence, you know,
~ grown in Tobasco, the ad-
is So very good that cigars
from it are often sold in
$ for ''Iayanas, and no.
ne difference: So. if General
otf the supply of Cuban to-
in the United States need
.' liable. Wax is also an inn
at, from the wild, stinsless
bound in the country. But the
.' of trade since time out of
n ogwood, which is used AS
'-- we'll as for dyeing purposes
a line not only for coloring
her, but also, $50 it is whis-
lf" its enticing hue to certain
@At le rosy" Only the heart of
go 4ius the coloring substance.
~-- -'~ ing waste matter: but there
A- -0'-, # exhausting the supply; for
-' The world is encumbered with |
s ''i-, vi palo de Campeche. The
f mpeche, its unsymmetrical
''t' of the white limestone that
the vicinity, enclosed within
''--'- "lIIs, with moat and draw
''--> sl an immense fortress at each |
Ialnt as the quaintest, but
t.s93 Hough to be great surprise to
Is Al Ihese parts. 1t occupies the
populous Indian city, of nu-
''s pies and 8, 600 houses, which
.-''-.f ardova found here in the year
mai Diaz, the chronicler of the
says: THE natives were
''l''' Hf. look us to extensive build
r'' "aIeb lad in them idols and sane
these edifices were built of lime
''Hf on the walls were enormous
earved2), and near them paint
j. a'e0enting their idols, around a
.@ tit'l stained with drops of blood.
'fNa We were amazed at the sight
N2' S2 strange, and as we watched,
49, Il natives, men and women,
.. Job get sight of us, with smiling,
.Aea faces Alas. Their happy
oncerning the character of