The Republican journal., 1903-02-12
:iR7HA6fNA. COLOMBIA.
Footsteps of sixtieth Century
Celebrities.

...ssr cores espohdehee VI ih0 Jun 'i"''I
,,ervA. COLOMBIA, Jan. End,
lA'-T. of the most interesting
+lsWe estern Hemisphere, and
... east known or appreciated,
tx rsrthagena-a city hallowed
.,1 romance and tragedy, but
-r- a pitiful air of decayed
g.., consulting a map, you Will
..-.sar the Caribbean coast of Col
.ai'' er,-e way west from the mouth
u,-dalena river and almost due
- the Isthmian city of Colon.
1as If Philip ii, Carthagena
rssr strongly fortified town in
9N .. \mpricas, the headquarters
s,...sl naval forces i'll the New
great rendezvous of the gal
-.. ,rossed the Atlantic for
ANIL until comparatively late
.-....-l the commercial metrcp- |
-% Slid. vast region known as New
It's prominence was partly
..--.- gofated mines just back OF |
ru which many tons of
.-.-~-lt 10 spain. Some idea OF
ness may be obtained from |
ancient records that yet
..e archives of Carthagena. !
-... documents set forth the |
....-.e Kings share was one-tifth |
-.s gold produced, while an
lant to the Church; and |
..- -Wo hundred years the !
.....r4 averaged eight million
..... .., ,4uum. The royal galleons
-.. .aas IONS upon tons of treas /,
.rtl and fast after the gal
we'd the pirates for plunder.
chief did the latter commit
--. ~1a1ish sovereign thought 1t
.-. IN build wall all around
...-..t so vide and strong that
.-.-~ could walk abreast on it, /
sg--9.t ii more than ninetymll-
dollars These stupendous
.......-.,rs ale still in tolerable con-
... uaZh no longer occupied.
-..-r+~-4r walls are to all appear
49, 1resuable, and the subterran- /
81. ....s.es leading from them may !
5...r.-ly traced. Through one of I
....--..-sc.s. which leads outward to
-..-.+-lp mountains, communlca- !
. . -e interior used to be
-....-ai III times of siege. Another
.--.-eA tie antique fortress on a
--.. INTO the gloomy dungeons
... .... -!tion, and through it pris-
... .-I- eouducted to punishments
the blood run cold to con-
.-.0s The lnQuisition building
-r5- hut for many years has not
.. ... rr the torment of hereticS.
-.Us- cling round the place, of
.0 Du-n who here suffered in ,
,rtues ending in death by /
The power of Catholicism
..... h.. New Grenada the |
Lag remained empty nearly |
...r. on account of its fearful |
tpl Aants' and spooks, but |
ses the ignoble purpose OF !
d.. tory,
lately old castle, like every
t-- udt Carthagena, has fallen /
a Atul condition of decay, and /
ee, as a signal station, from ,
rs 5 un up by man on guard !
. gessel is seen to enter the !
notifying the captain OF |
e.. .r sHl uerchants in the city of |
- several once magnificent |
tpdated churches in Garth |
..4 are well worth visit: to !
~. 1t many ruined palaces,
.- l thelr days of the sere and
Ut .,.t tue grandeur of their prime. !
former abodeS of Spain's |
laar 1rliadees have degenerated |
ID. s.l.. tenement houses, and |
long been empty-the |
-f5 o- colpjons, centipedes, lizards |
1' .-,r. -erms. The great cathedral, |,
t H te largest and architectorally !
lnth-lHlful to be found on the Hem
II 4l- u'F contains nothing worth |
lD.uHg hut the big marble pulpit |
'lca Nsil ot sacred traditions. The |
Hlt -a truly magnificent affair of |
.1-s arrara marble, covered with ex-
s.'t4 raGyings. CaIthagenians think,
- Without reason, that there is moth |
Joy ke " uuder the sun. The story of
h EARLY vlcissitudes adds to its value
alu nte Est About three hundred
'7-h asa The Pope of Rome, wishing to
.-o~ specia favor to his devout sub
-'l' H New Spain" ordered the con-
@ia'tod Of this marble pulpit for
'''aagtlas cathedral. twas design
afd rarved in the Eternal city by
Vie "tmost artists of the day; and
wen properly consecrated was shipped
'A4 solemn ceremonies on board a
Fdl!'0 -aiipon bound for the Western
"''d While on its way, the vessel
va 'FelhauIed by pirates, who ripped
'fva iIe boxes containing the pulpit,
'-' '-Ag 3ngered at finding nothing
'' iat'ed marble, for which they had
.'v they dumped the whole thing