The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Salvador.
.ca Raw to La Union and Libertad

AD7 LtdNlu9 Noiih'o ny "oiiio Mai
F,n.bjp at noon two days ago, we found
7 Ives next morning in the great gulf
fF,nseca. Directly in front was the is
I 5of Tigre, perhaps 80 miles in circum-
sa,oee its central cone, 5000 feet high,
ttad in rlch, dark green almost to the
n,it IFS bald head of burnt earth peer
Z through break in the clouds. On
loft rose the low rugged volcano of
rassgnina and dozen other volcanic
H.. dim and gray in the distance,
Io,d Guard around the glorious bay.
No fish Slammed the sparkling waves
n. swallows, porpoises tumbled beside
1. orev. and sea -gulls screamed and cir
liam fine sunshine. Prof. E. G. Squier
NJ Fquseca gulf that nature intended
..trf the great naval centre of the globe.
1 c,.s,inly 1T is the finest on the western
,oa.f 5f The hree Americas, not even ex-
u .ortfna irs northern rival, our bay of San
r..r,f>-,. which it resembles in contour.
Eol .s.4 lay is 50 miles long, by 30 to 30
j WILL neither reefs nor shoals, deep
So to shore for the largest yes
r eucompassed by peaks which
,.-e s8u ably as landmarks for the
.al.e mariners. Probably it was
..l .naud sea, like Lake Managua.
bich oil,
,.oqrl~...ot nature opened to the ocean
t--4li. way its rocky barriers, leav-
rs.-ar a az inlet, only Is miles wide.
Ia r.r Hug. heavy swells OF the Pacific
.,.Hin h.4.l ON its sandy beaches, forming
,7n,.u uf, called by the natives LA
-r,>.. L which they delight to battle
fm1ug rr of the year. Three of the
ilsrtr american Republics share the
f1>sesspu If this great gulf ard have
-a.. ,arr5 upon it. About % miles of its
satlern -uore belong to Nicaragua. Mid
E way ip this portion is a wide creek or in
e5 6uawn as FL Estero Real, ("the royal
3nal attending 80 miles into the in
teriol 51 deep enough two-thirds of the
way tr Nge vessels. When Honduras
lnter-0teauie railway is completed to La
[ B,4a 1l fynseca bay, this Estero will no
/ d1u.. te ome a valuable avenue of com
meg le-ween Honduras and Nicaragua.
/ HaiQm5- has three ports on Fonseca gulf,
tls 1IiqO pal one, Amapala, situated on
g1e sand, 80 miles from the mainland.
IgaHa LAS also its port on the same
nt-La uion-through which passes
mast II HE ocean commerce of the Re
6Ht .y the way, the world has long
p+- E .aD habit of speaking of this d.
vision 1t cntral America incorrectly as
san >als4dor,' The name of tile Re-
p5ail is salvador, its capital city only be-
NJa- IJlGrI by the title of Our Savior. 1t
II ODD smallest of the Central American
raoi- Icing about the size of the
--tr ~ 3ecticut; and is the only one
o5tarn H.h has no Atlantic sea coast.
l,s t.lt i IN the Pacific is 157 miles,
oe-ns pitts, La Libertad and Acaiutla,
ae mae open roadsteads where ships
mas from one to four miles from
s5ae. nee freight and passengers are
.4.a launches. Our destination WAS
1gN~ la Libeltad because that port
.ssr u miles OF the capital; but on
' hereto We stopped ltrst at La
.oa -h is only u miles from Tigre
sW le La Libertad is 10 miles
Ho same point La Union, the
>91- sr port, is situated On a BAY
d. flies l1ne-a large indentation of
lt a-aHent Fonseca gulf The Sc
Nas ace ui-iocked harbor, surrounded
" t- untmns. is entered by mar
WF r-a Aetween Puente Sacate and
t4e 3r utoll that holds the volcano
Of tu. 44a. Its inner shores are low,
W'A nry back of them of unbound
ed te ry penetrated by several con-
Siderable streams, some of which are
laagae- Though so far from the CAPT
tai, II. miles through a roadless country.
l. has l immense traffic, and when reach
el by ia win no doubt become the prin-
aIa. .'' Of the Republic. Ne anchored
'n lAe deep bay OF La Union, a mile from
'Ae ioF OF the same name, and several
7HJris me out to get some of our
"e'sh' ON the seward slope of Con
glisa We saw the white dome of a
'17Ir0 aat dense shrubbery hid the viii
faye H view. Its population is about
oNl Tough the smallest of the Cen.
u"l American States, Salvador is much
4e lnost densely populated, its area being
0uy 800 square miles and its popula-
1on 5jt.3l3, giving about SO people to the
%lafe mile. OF this number the large
~ajorlF are Indians, with hardly 10000
Whites the rest being negroes and
uohglel mixture. Sailing along it's bor-
V'IS' THE country presents the appearance
=" a mighty wall upheaved by nature.
Inc plateau which comprises the greater
part OF its area, has mountain range be-
"een II and the seahoard averaging 1000
'ssr IN height, with eleven cone shaped,
burning mountains rising out of it.
SCIENTISTS say that the ocean once pene-
"aled 10 the central plateau and that the
~'feNafd mountains were subsequently,