The Republican journal., 1897-04-08
asst Hours in Salvador.
psfaC Ports, Acajutla and san Jose. The
sst,am toast and It's Queer Inhabitants.


IL. ..~l.. GUATEMALA, Feb. 18th. The
.,., uurney from the interior of Sal
.-.t. lis Pacific port, Acajutla. is one
De remembered. Leaving Sonso-
a.r in the morning, the traveller is
lien. No a series of wonderful views
ua, winds through the centre of the
district, past limitless cane fields
mauy Strawthatched villages, and
al Wo-thirds the base of Izalso, that
-,...rate smoker among volcanoes. This
.vmeut road was built and is still
.s.utd by North American engineers
.es- iginally owned by native capital
... y t,se plan was to extend the track
~ the sea through the entire Re
... ID the valley back of the coast
- with branches through the noun
.-cs 10 all the principal cities. But
..sa became involved in financial
,-s and forfeited their subvention.
government bought the com
... rion, and is extending the road
.. The necessities OF trade demand
will be long before Salvador's
I've warrants the completion Of the
M nlau. The railway now connects
al with the port Acaiutla pass
gh several important towns; it
to Santa Anna, the chief town
a}rthernmost province, and sever
short branches are in operation.
...t.ais not much OF a port after all
-. IN open roadstead where vessels
Ycled to anchor from two 10 five
according to the weather. and
81. N.g passengers and freight ashore
tris 1t sometimes happens that
Las to lie Oft the so-called port
raj days, rolling and tossing in
acitic swells, unable to commu-
tn the shore. At all times land
d.cuit and often dangerous; and
board a steamer from the shore is
Fience no less disagreeable, Never
his port was for 800 years the
stopping place of tie galleons
he Spanish crown, and their great
oH ATS or warehouses may yet be seen.
e.- at Acajutla that Alvarado received
eow wound which famed him for
history tells us how the Spanards
e I'd first generously entertained by
etyes. But when the strange guests
H.d foothold, they practiced such
e.ts upon the Indians that the latter,
ne with terror, took to their heels
spread an alarm. which resulted in
s and desperate resistance. There
a4 by bnt one result OF battle be
m-H mail clad, we'll armed Spanish vet
I- md naked warriors with bows and
.~ however the termination might
yed by the bravery of the Indians,
~. Foiuly sacrificed their lives in defense
H.r homes. Alyarado took such ample
tf tor his wound that of all the vast
ldes which opposed him-comparcd
i'd chronicles to the sands on the
sne u uumbers-not one remained
FAen the sun went down upon that
day. But not until after a second
u4At campaign, Gin l525,) was
am the aboriginal capital, where
M vadoI now stands, finally captur-
the country reduced to province
sce-regal kingdom of Guatemala.
ern days Acajutla has always en-
. large commerce, both export and
IN spite of its draw backs. A high
oa Her erected in 1870 and covered
saeds of corrugated iron, extends
from the bluff, which the dashing
a0- lave worn into innumerable cav
JUS leat and small.
med our arrival to meet the Pacific
eamer, bound for san Jose, Guate-
principal port, only so miles to
rthward. Just before sunset, the
sed sailing hour, we engaged a
4s-'1o~n boatman-with profile ex-
Ike that of Rameses' and an en-
sing paucity of breeches-to row us
Sd the vessel For some unknown
5asas she did not complete her cargo
ai get up steam for a start until long
Inidnig meanwhile crooked in
3dle of the deep" to the lively time
4ns and lamentations and ar-o-o- u DIS
'u- Is seaSlek a lot of passengers as it
VA ever my i'll fortune to fall among.
4''u- ourselves comparatively proof
against NAL de mer, Notwithstanding some
weeks Of grease and garlic ashore, we
mapped ourselves in rugs in cosy cor
le W the moon-lit deck and beguiled the
with tales of the ''Balsam Coast
E black line of forest stretching away
lHe southwark. The boatman of the
@heses profile furnished the text for an
a1''mmodating MILDLY, who said he had
'een q good deal of those Indians in the
alaoty of trader. The mysterious re-
s'H 6nown since the conquest as La Cos
ANe Balsimo is not quite 40 miles by s
NY miles wide, and extends from Aca-
'ta to La Libertad. 1t got its name from
Wy Celebrated balsam exuded from the
reg Alyrospermum Salvatoriensis-cal
'Ae abo glnes Hoitziloxitl, which is
ingenious nowhere else in the world
"914h England, ever on the alert to i'm
Iva L.