The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-17
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
WEALTH AND RESOURCES OF soUTH.AaiE.
RIGA.

uu utS'cst ny TIC auNlCcs rom
South America, as il naturally leads MS 10
consider The influence the important events
waieh are passing ibcte are likely to produce
IN other counties, must render some ac-
counts ut the CON mereiai resources Of those
vas, regions acceptable. The following. par.
,ieulOrs, derived from oRieial sources, will
thereio'e not he found des,i,utc Of Interest,".
Whether.the period of their total emansipa-
i'oo be already arrived, or whether its accom-
phshment win require more protrso,cd
struggle, is u0certsin, but no dohht caa any
longer be entersined Of the 6nsl success Of
the Insurgents when the widest field ever
presented TO mercantile speculation will be
iound IN an empire ahoinding with the most
precions productions Of the earth, ioteysectcd
by the uoblest rivers, and filed with la, burs
offering at once faculties s0d protection 10
navigation, yet where the comforts de,Ivet
ftom Aus and Manufactures canno, be pro-
duced but from foreign parts. In such, q
country, whatever regulations psAl0dice or
hostility might indace the rulers destined to
sway its territory to enforce, or however uu-
certain and precatious its Institutions nigh
be, commerce will not fail TO discover multi.
piled chonnsls through which its wealth will
how and be distributed, when once freed from
the control OF tho mother country through
which It's supplies were compelled TO reach il.
Although the omrnerce or the River
Plate u capable of considerable extension
aud improvement, the sobsisting reia,iono
with this couotry Of late have acquainted 90
with the NATURE Of hs trade ard tas,e Of i,s
inhabitan,s.-~T The provincess or Vieeroy.i-
Ties of Chill and Peru, situated on the Pacific
Ocean, by far the most importan, regions or
the southern hemisphere, ore not so we'll
known here. Chill is between Is aud 1900
miles in length, and 10 2ao miles in BREADTH
us climate ~ one Of tho finest in eli An,cries,
being temperate snt saiubfious ! iis soil fer
Tile, and its sky always clear, except ut tho
commencement Of the spring, which is in
September, when il 10 refreshed by eopous
rain. The port OF Valparaiso IL tho prinei-
pal medium OF commerce for the whole pro-
vince, and from thence more than 5000
tons oi wheat are annually exported 10 Lima.
Saint lago di Compos,ells IL the espi,el, sod
contains about $4,000 souls. Peru is how.
ever the most important province, in com.
morcisl point Of view; its annual imports
from Esrope are 10000 pieces Of real suuA
Britannias of all sor,s, 5000 pieces broad dir.
10, 20, 600 pieces imitation ditto, as COO pla.
tiil.s, 5000 pieces Of Hno Hollsnd linen, 200
pieces kouens, 400. pieces Silisia, 1900 pie-
ces Flemish linen, 500 .CasesiIlos, ia, ,0oV
gauzes, 5000 packets thresd, 1000 dozen
shirts, 900 dozen stockings, 400 pieces 6ne
French damask, loo pieces Blown Elem
linen, 100 bales cambric, 90 bales \prin,cd
cholcts, 100 pieces 6ne Irish linen, goo dos.
en- fins hair nets, 5000 pieces sope rfine baixcs
1000 pisces h0c cloth, 600 supe, fine di,ot
1000 pieces csmhlets, chiefly cinnsmou col.
our and black, 500 pieces glazed striped
stun, 1000 pieces ser ges, 1000 dozen worsts
cd stockings, 2sQ pieces bors,s, 900 ditto
tammies, chiefly blue and BLACK missed, 500
pieces white calomancoes, 500 pieces check.
cd ditto, 2oO0 hats, of which 1900 white, q
variety of light silk stuffs, lowered tsfFetss,
glazed aliases, gros dc tours, singls and don.
ble stuhs, some white bu, more black redesi..
las, velvet, part plain and part striped, dss;s
green, some plpsbcs sod sewing silk, about
10000 dozen gray and fancy silk stockings,
5000 quintais oil iron, 5000 ditto OF block.t'ns
1000 iron bars, 800 ditto cast iron, 500 ditto
steel 1900 iron boops, lsco spsdes ioo.
hoes, 800 haiche,s, 400 quin,sIs of nails oe
all sorts froms3 ~ inch TO g inches, 200 dtrs
from 10 IL ioches, 500 pIous sbshsres, so
chests OF horse shoes, 500 ditto Of ell sorts of
small hardware, 1000 dozen large snd smsbs
knives, 1000 qniotsIs Of wax, 1000 resDs oe
white psper, 1000 duo colouied dino, 2jo
pounds Of ca'mine. Prussian blue and other
sac colours, $50 pounds of stone blue, dtugs
and medicines 10 The amount Of 10000 piss.
tres. 100 chests of I;queurs, 100 di,,o Of
books, so duo OF glassware, and 400 ditto
Of cabinet wares. Total value of imports,
taken at the Eu,ppean invoice prices, 9g,
3o7,I53 dollass--The mspufnc,ures Of tho
copntcy consists almost entirely Of . few
friczes, the use Of which is in manner eons
f,ed to the Indians and Negtoes.---Thcts
,te besides an incons sidcrable number Of p'sn-
ufsctories Of hats, cotton cloths, drinking
glasses, &c. which Go 10; however occupy
much space 10 the scale Of the riches Of Peru,
of,whlch the mines are the principal sourtss
tho little skill and industry
which is employed in working them, and tho
small help which commerce sffords to the
miners, 534,OOo m arks of silver, and $3.50 of