The Republican journal., 1903-02-26
;i,lNA. OLD AND new.
f Today is an Odd Conglomera-

e.roMBIA, January %, 1903.
lyWhere else on the two
nils narrow isthmus shows
... asst the young America
r ., reading on the heels of
..--r,ta of the south. New"
rs called, was built just |
,.I and thirty years ago-soon
.,, ing of Panama la Vieja"
which received its royal
.l and after a brilliant
LA century and a half was
single night by handful
.r~ The stranger in the city
-..- everywhere abundant
ANTS astilian origin. There |
a.as of Moorish architec-
..,~y-lookiug and heavily |
those in old CASTLE;
enurts enclosed within |
mex walls, iron barred
folding doors of solid |
,f windows, and awning
UIae. while sandWlched
.tNeen them are young
is and boarding houses.
-,1d5 and tailor shops and !
- haunting gaudy signs |
.uch familiar legends as
Boston baked beans,
.... AVE" and-worst of all |
lat word of [. S. coinage
ErntS"), -four dollars a
4lmpse of Panama you
the older buildings are /
green-the stately old !
BtshOp, the great cattle
Ire row of colossal saints ;
oAes ,along its facade
.utenanceS and flowing
robes, a vivid green,
..-ru. however, shows that
.... IS not paint, but a thick,
Hta that covers everything,
-ts lot and humid atm0s-
luded on three sides by
...t.a Is walled like a feuGal
licenses, now partially
.. and overgrown with
.riginally from twenty to
..-. with moat and baStlons
-4p battlementS and tow
....t tervals, mounted with
...-.a cannon. According to
.. u4.A money was spent on
..- mat at last the Spanish
... -5 inquire whether they
ade of silver or OF gold.
l.r- rad lately suffered so
t4ds of legalized pirates,
..... tlat they neglected no
ps. for the new capital.
uuW. was a Welshman OF
. most of his followers !
from the British Isles.
.a had two thousand men
nlnd and a fleet of thirty /,
though an acknowledged /
t. 5t the most dreadful |
the wanton murder OF !
Ml women and children,
commission from the .
ud as q 'privateer' Ill /
spanish territory, the !
Ee8 being that he should /
of his stealings to the I
b-ing then at war with (
oohtd with kindly eye +
llu's atrocities against /
.. -tpu the burning of the /
VI Panama, the plunder-
ues, churches and con /
orturing of the citizens F..
.D disclose hidden riches. !
, -t treasures of the city |
. N AS the tide of battle
.ur of the invaders, the
M IS loaded ship with the
rrg and jewels of the
- u converts, the Kings
atones and private valu-
description. and sent
.aste to Spain. Appre-
. thing Of the kind, Nor
If ship to overhaul any de-
t-. but its officers and crew,
lleir share of looting the
lS0beyed orders and came
sf4r} of rage at finding them
'at I'd III the object of their
l r patriotic sons of Britain
.--O lives in deeds of barbara
.f., tNey marched away, driving
-u thousand Wretched pris-
.o -.y hundred mules laden
-..I leaving behind a wide
.Hi Nlue and desolation. Their
sls-a services were promptly
.4=s $ the British government.
81 bI,le was at once knighted
l- hlles IL. and given an i'm
' 'onMISsiOn, and luxuriating in
Wealth. piously ended his days as
rug Morgan.
aa3 an Indian word signifying
j, 4' .-b Like other Spanish
p54 otIrs. it's central feature is a
4t .mounded by the principal
7 Wuch and state. Straight
y . middle of it runs the
I the Nuns, tCaIle de los