# Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico/Appendix

APPENDIX.
LIST
OF
The Deputies of the Federal Congress,
29th May, 1825.
State of Guatemala. :
| For what place. | Names. | Profession. |
| Guatemala. | Mariano Galvez. | A Doctor of Laws; a man of respectability and talents; one of the best orators in the Congress. Ministerial. |
| Sacatepeque. | Francisco Carascal. | An Ecclesiastic. Opposition. |
| | Doroteo Vasconcelos. | Recently Clerk in the Ministry of Relations. |
| Totonicapan. | Manuel Lara. | Opposition. |
| | Juan Montufar. | Captain of Militia; a man of respectability. Ministerial. |
| Chimaltenango. | Jose Maria Echeverria. | Large fortune. Ministerial. |
| | Domingo Diegues. | Counsellor and landed proprietor. Ministerial. |
| Gueguetenango. | Mariano Cordova. | Counsellor. Ministerial. |
| Quezaltenango and Suchiltepeque. | Francisco Flores. | Formerly a Schoolmaster. Opposition. |
| Quezaltenango and Suchiltepeque. | Carlos Galvez. | Opposition. |
| | Esteban Lorenzana. | Opposition. |
| Soconusco. | Manuel Pavon. | Counsellor; of good talents, and great respectability. Ministerial. ​ |
| San Augustin. | Ramon Solis. | Ecclesiastic; very respectable. Ministerial. |
| Escuintla. | Jose Maria Ponce. | Land-proprietor. Ministerial. |
| Salama. | Jose Francisco Cordova. | Counsellor; good talents; very respectable. Ministerial. |
| Coban. | Jose Maria Castillo. | Canon; good talents; very respectable. |
| State of San Salvador. |||
| San Salvador. | Ciriaco Villacorte. | Counsellor. Opposition. |
| | Carlos Salazar. | Counsellor. Doubtful. |
| | Igenio Sanches, in lieu of D. Isidro Menendez, elected Senator. | Ecclesiastic. Opposition. |
| San Vicente. | Mariano Fuñez. | Opposition. |
| | Juan Antonio Fuentes. | Opposition. |
| Sonsonate. | Juan Manuel Rodrigues. | Opposition. |
| | Jose Antonio Peña. | Ecclesiastic. Opposition. |
| San Miguel. | Bacilio Porras. | Merchant. Ministerial. |
| State of Honduras. |||
| Olancho. | Francisco Guell. | Land-proprietor. Ministerial. |
| Gracias. | Santiago Milla. | Counsellor; very respectable. Ministerial. |
| State of Nicaragua. |||
| Nicaragua. | Toribio Arguello. | Land-proprietor. Ministerial. |
| Masaya. | Francisco Benavent. | Apothecary. Ministerial. |
| | Jose Francisco Pacheco. | Opposition. |
| | —— Quiñones. | Physician; very respectable. Ministerial. ​ |
| State of Costa Rica. |||
| Costa Rica. | Pablo Alvarado. | Doubtful. |
| | Policarpio Bonilla. | Merchant; very respectable. Ministerial. |
N.B. The Ministerialists were called Moderados, or Moderatists, the Oppositionists Fiebres, or Feverists. Without prejudice to the talents and abilities of those Members, against whose names no observation appears, the characters of the others have been here noted according to the current opinion then existing with regard to them. That this opinion was true, in a political sense, is seen by reference to the State of St. Salvador, in which the opposition to the Government has, unfortunately, led to the fatal disturbances with which the republic has incessantly been, more or less, agitated, since the period when this list was made out.
The state of parties was then as follows:
| Ministerialists | 17 |
| Oppositionists | 12 |
| Doubtful | 4 |
| Total | 33 |
The expected dissolution of Congress will give a sway to the party which may get the better of the other in the existing struggles; and it is to be confidently expected, that the Government of Guatemala will then be finally settled on a firm and solid basis.
TABLE OF LEVELS
BETWEEN
THE LAKE OF NICARAGUA AND THE
SOUTH SEA.
The above is Copy of a Plan in the Archives of the Republic.
1ST JULY, 1825.G. A. THOMPSON.
​N.B. By the foregoing Table it appears that there were taken 347 Levels at about 100 yards apart.
| | Feet. | In. | Lines. |
| The aggregate Amount of the Descents of Land between the South Sea and the Lake were | 604 | 9 | 6 |
| The aggregate Amount of the Heights of Land between the South Sea and the Lake were | 470 | 9 | 11 |
| Making an excess of Descents above the Heights of |
| Feet | 133 | 11 | 7 |
or forty-four yards, one foot, eleven inches and a half; which calculation is the Level of the Lake, at high water, above the average height of land between the Lake and the South Sea: but it should also be remarked, that, although, in all the maps extant, this tract is represented as mountainous, the greatest actual height of any part of the above land is only nineteen feet one inch, as appears by the Level, Number 219, in this Table. The distance between the Lake and the sea, at the proposed communication, is, by the above measurement of 32,687 yards, only 4 leagues 4,687 yards, of 7,000 yards Spanish; to the league.
TABLE OF COINAGE
IN
THE MINT OF GUATEMALA.
| Years. | Marks of Silver. | Marks of Gold. | Value in Dollars. |
| 1820 | 41,309 0 5 | | 351,127 1¼ |
| 1821 | 45,808 7 5 | | 389,376 0¾ |
| 1822 | 16,214 2 5 | | 137,821 6¼ |
| 1823 | 34,628 2 3 | 146 0 3 0 | 314,202 7 |
| 1824 | 6,475 0 5 | 526 0 2 0 | 126,578 3¼ |
| From January to 12th July, 1825 | 12,155 3 1 | 253 1 2 3 | 137,751 1 |
| Totals. | 156,591 1 0 | 925 1 7 3 | 1,456,857 3½ |
N.B. Subsequent to the Revolution, the whole amount of the precious metals raised in Guatemala, after adding, for contraband exportation, two-thirds to the amount coined, does not exceed one million of dollars per annum.
LIST OF THE CHIEF FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF GUATEMALA, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF THEIR FORTUNES, PROPERTIES, AND EMPLOYMENTS.
| Names. | Nature of Property. | Value of Do. Dollars. |
| A-z-n--a | Trade, Estates | 750,000 |
| A-t-r--s | Trade, Estates | 750,000 |
| A--v-l--g-s | Estates | 75,000 |
| A--r-s | Trade, Estates | 275,000 |
| B-t--s | Sugar mills | 500,000 |
| B--l-s | Indigo, Trade | 600,000 |
| B--g-c--a | Trade | 100,000 |
| B-t-r-s | Trade | 50,000 |
| B-r--t-a | Estates | 20,000 |
| B-r-t--n--a | Estates | 30,000 |
| C-st--s | Trade | 200,000 |
| C-b-la | Trade | 75,000 |
| C-v-d---s | Estates, Indigo, &c. | 100,000 |
| C--q--r | Estates | 50,000 |
| E-h-v-r--a | Trade | 150,000 |
| E-h-v-r--a | Trade | 25,000 |
| E-p-n-l | Trade | 75,000 |
| F-n-l-s | Trade (much decayed.) | 150,000 ​ |
| G--n-d-s | Trade, Indigo, Estates | 650,000 |
| I--t-r--s | Estates | 150,000 |
| I--g-y-n | Trade | 40,000 |
| L-r-z-b-l | Chiefly situations under government | 15,000 |
| M-l-n | Trade, | 150,000 |
| M-c---s | Estates | 50,000 |
| M--t-f-r | Chiefly situations under government | 10,000 |
| N-g-r-a | Trade, Estates | 150,000 |
| O--v-r-s | Trade, Estates | 750,000 |
| Do. (one of them Alcalde.) | Trade, Estates | 125,000 |
| P-v-n-s | Trade, Indigo, & Cattle estates | 1,250,000 |
| P-r-s | Estates | 50,000 |
| S-r-v-a | Estates | 25,000 |
| V-l-e | Estates | 45,000 |
| V--d-r-s | Trade, Estates | 300,000 |
| V-n--s | Trade | 25,000 |
| | Dollars | 7,780,000 |
Equal in sterling to £1,556,000.
​N. B. The value of the fortunes, properties, and employments are herein rated considerably under the scale represented to me by parties who had opportunities of being well informed on their nature and extent.
DENOMINATIONS
OF
FIFTEEN CASTS OF MESCLADOS OR MUSTEES,
| Mestisa | a Spaniard and Indian woman. |
| Castisa | a Mestisa woman and Spaniard. |
| Española | a Castiso and Spanish woman. |
| Mulato | a Spanish woman and negro. |
| Morisco | a Mulata woman and Spaniard. |
| Albina | a Morisco and Spanish woman. |
| Tornatras | an Albino and Spanish woman. |
| Tenteenelaire | a Tornatras and Spanish woman. |
| Lovo | an Indian woman and negro. |
| Caribujo | an Indian woman and Lovo. |
| Barsino | a Coyote and Muiata woman. |
| Grifo | a Negro woman and Lovo. ​ |
| Albarazado | a Coyote and Indian woman. |
| Chanisa | a Mestisa woman and Indian. |
| Mechino | a Leva woman and Coyote. |
EXPORTS
TO THE
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
The official value of goods exported from Great Britain to Mexico in
| | 1822 was | 90,692 |
| | 1825 | 1,409,356 |
| to Colombia | 1822 | 27,572 |
| | 1825 | 651,103 |
| Rio de Plata | 1822 | 230,839 |
| | 1824 | 1,581,774 |
With Brazil a steady increasing commerce, both for exports and imports, has been kept up, with the exception of 1826, in which year, the exports to all the countries in South America fell off nearly one half, owing to the over excitement of 1825, and the consequently sudden depression of the following year.
| The exports to Brazil in | 1825 were | 4,196,872 |
| | 1826 | 2,593,730 |
| | 1827 | 3,822,432 |
The total amount of exports from Great Britain, of British and foreign merchandize, to every part of South America was as follows:
| 1822 | .. | 3,990,344 |
| 1823 | .. | 5,802,437 |
| 1824 | .. | 7,857,610 |
| 1825 | .. | 8,082,551 |
| 1826 | .. | 4,531,094 |
| 1827 | .. | 6,602,163 |
thus shewing a steady and progressive increase (with the exception above stated) for the whole period. The proportion of colonial and foreign merchandize, included under the general head, is rather less than one thirtieth part.
IMPORTS
FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
The official value of the imports into Great Britain from Mexico and the states of South America was, in
| 1822 | £1,541,218 |
| 1823 | 1,733,803 |
| 1824 | 2,084,916 |
| 1825 | 2,630,408 |
| 1826 | 1,263,650 |
| 1827 | 1,752,461 |
SUMS VOTED
FOR THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS TO SPANISH AMERICA.
| For 1823 and | 1824 | £23,500 | | £ |
| | 1825 | 30,000 | also for consuls | 35,000 |
| | 1826 | 60,000 | do | 40,000 |
| | 1827 | 79,000 | do | 35,000 |
| | 1828 | 79,000 | do | 32,000 |
| | | 271,500 | | 142,000 |
| | | | | 271,500 |
| Total for commissions and consulships | Total for commissions and consulships | Total for commissions and consulships | Total for commissions and consulships | £413,500 |
ROUTE
FROM THE
PORT OF ACAJUTLA IN THE SOUTH SEA
TO
SANTIAGO,
THE CAPITAL OF GUATEMALA.
| | Leagues. |
| To Sonsonate, a considerable town | 3 |
| Naquisalco, large Indian town | 2 |
| Salpotetan, Indian village | 2 |
| Apaneca, village of Mustees | 2 |
| Aguachapa, large town of Mustees | 4 |
| Zopilote, Indian hamlet | 3 |
| Oratorio, Indian hamlet | 6 |
| Esclavos, small Indian town | 6 |
| Zuaquiniquiniquilapa, small Indian town | 8 |
| Los Arcos, poor hamlet | 5 |
| Santiago, the capital | 7 |
| The distance is, in leagues of 7,000 Spanish yards each | 48 |
ROUTE
FROM
SANTIAGO,
THE CAPITAL OF GUATEMALA,
TO THE
PORT OF IZABAL,
IN THE GOLFO DULCE.
| | Leagues. |
| To San José, a poor hamlet | 9 |
| Omohita, farm of Señora Morales | 6 |
| Guastatoia, farm of Don Manuel Morales | 10 |
| Chimalapãn, pretty Indian village | 10 |
| Zacapa, city of Spaniards and Mustees | 7 |
| San Pablo, poor Indian village | 4 |
| Zinzin, Indian hamlet | 3 |
| Gualãn, considerable town of Mustees | 8 |
| Iguana, small farm-house | 4 |
| Encuentros, very small Indian village | 5 |
| Mico, a few huts with farming establishments | 6 |
| Izabal, sea-port, Indians and Mustees | 4 |
| The distance is, in leagues of 7,000 Spanish yards each | 76 |
THE END.