The Republican journal., 1898-06-02
santiago de Cuba.

No'''' aur Men of the ''Virginius"
Rf"' ,,e,nted. What Americans Have
We ira in southern Cuba.
f. correspondence of the Journal.I
.tb 1898. Most visitors to Cuba
...t and last at Havana, on the
t'''' shore. and restrict their explora-
D' that city and its environs. Those
Co., .sr, 5now about as much of Cuba as
H'' ..,rers who spend few weeks in
t' xo. Boston and Philadelphia, and
s.tae and write exhaustive treat
US America. The truth is that this
~ sind Of the Antilles, extending
-hrse and half degrees of lati-
..-s..nf> as many varied aspects as d
..., ,ctoss our continent from the At
+.. -5- Pacific. Its length from east
,4..uly tritle more than the dis
ifsreu New York and Chicago;
.... northern coast is entirely differ
.r ,l southern, and the eastern
r.m the western. Approaching
.... mbus did, across the narrow
.. l SEA from Santo Domingo, you
s....i.tt tribe long, low promontory of the
...,rs winch the Discoverer named
n.,. MASH SO different is the prospect
....r seen at the other end of the is
49,. .sta come down in the usual route
IT,. >,n LUk OF Florida, that you can
....r,.lrs.ue it is the same small coun-
ru Maysi Point the land rises in
.... .uUes. backed by high hills and
.f....g 4urainS, all SO vague in mist and
5.- flu do not know where land
-I. H. SKY begins. Coming nearer,
a..r- ue evolved, which look like
-s.a monks peering over each others
r4l. with here and there majestic
.... towering tar above his fellows, like
=. e0 mguino, II, 900 feet above the
-Ilu- westward along the south
.,. .l Queen of the Antilles looks
...ao aud forbidding, as compared to
,4.+ rurlons of the West Indies;
,oonHa Of wild heights and sterile
.a., d1d surge beaten cliffs covered
pt ,or ming sea birds. At rare
intervals n opening in the rock
bas ot7l betrays a tiny harbor, bor-
.a- cocoa palms, so guarded and
eas oy hills that its sudden revela-
ia wlsa close upon it, astonishes you
...H the uTst explorer. According to
al-e ayaly one of these was once
0s-. al in the good old days we read
a. WREN long, low, suspicious look
d. t, with raking masts,' used to
a4 from sheltered eoves to plumber
g. lady Each little bay, whose ex-
viz Mas Unknown to honest mariners,
. wooded point near its entrance,
sea robbers kept perpetual
r passing merchantmen and
.u- Ueu galleOns, their own swift
safe out of sight within the
. s. then at given signal out they
c upon the unsuspecting prey
a 4t sous piratical rendezvous was
.aatta which our war ships are
Il. t -.. shelled Two OF three times of
Dr. --aent years its narrow bay,
dD ~ inland like river, has be-
3- pnsiderable consequence, by
.s. Itilway which connects it with
lLd also because the patriot
l -u "a in the nearby mountains,
a. aimed hopes of overcoming the
3sl lrli>0n and making it base for
.,"a- inside assistance. Before the
DO" a.te were extensive sugar planta-
o1s % luis yicinity-now all devastated.
4se mountains, looming darkly
-t-s' lie horizon, are the great copper
l- Huge Of Cuba-said to contain
q. a-neral wealth, waiting to be de-
na ,t Aankee enterprise. In earlier
.N "l million dollars year was the
'aa-. tue of Cuba's copper and iron
Y mos il 1867, 5000, 600 tons We're
lal 10 less than ten months. Then
iH- - 1er foot in it, as usual. Not
2sH H'b the lions share which she
@.a' reaiiZed in exorbitant taxes on
e ..I. She increased the excise
such an extent as to kill the
A-s'-- might. For long time after
aa- .r ore lay undisturbed in the Co
y sets, until the attention OF
.l' as vas turned this way. Their
S Fn and copper claims in these
e-1.aias were recognized by the Cuban
'rrWrat about seventeen years ago.
4fee laukee corporations have develop
H.4 uacts of mining territory here
'aIs QUILT railways from the coast to
1s'' WORKS on the hills, and exported ore
ia uited States. The oldest of these
'dIa@es employed 1000 men, and had
'7" cars and fleet of 20 steamers for
'1 corporation of it's output. The
-'asss tompany, whose product was
'FFeq to Philadelphia, also employed
yards of a thousand men.
ast an abrupt termination of the
''4 gray lifts which mark this shore
" NNtates the proximity of Santiago
''.i 'ud nearer approach reveals the
''' picturesque fort or castle, as we'll as
a" lhe Oldest, to be found in the