Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-28

ost offending sny Of my swn charming country women
for when | choose to compliment lady hero. 1 toll
her that consider her worthy Of being North American
could say nothing, as conceive. atering. Thew
are besides almost all patriots, decision and
characters and the successful issue OF the revolution and
OF the subsequent redemption Of the country from the
usurpation Of Urdauea. may be in small degree i'm.
puted to the women Of Coombia.-Thsy never despair.
cd oil the Republic; they suffered every thing that the
remorseiess cruelty OF the Spanards could nici but thew
suffered with the rmness the Spartan NATIONS and have
even gone to the seaoa uishrinking and undismayed
repeating to the last that magic and haowed word ber
tad, hberad! Qbery liberty) Such are the women of
Colombia Good wives, good mothers and good repubii.
tues and etit be recoected potent APOLOGY for be
that they the heirs the bad effects of three hundred
years continuance OF bad Institutions that they have
been parties and victims to fierce and
oil ~ or years. aud that they the children Of ropi.
cal climate. r
In this country. there Is nothing more striking than the
astonishing variety OF soil and climate and productions.
he soil is very excellent In many parts and adapted to
the cultivation OF every thing that grows Three crops
The same grosnd in many places. The people cultivate
sugar. cane, cotton Coffee cocoa indigo tobacco variety
OF grains wheat barley, rice. Sc &c. garden vege,a.
blee, and an almost Infinite variety OF delicious fruits
he state OF agriculture Isl most lamentshe and Ian.
gushing conditions may infer one fact amongst
many. In the neighbohood Of this city there /, an hun
dance oil wheat Iand yet Is thing 10 see
very indifferent flour selling the rate of 35 10 4 dollars
the barrel and will add. that have seen Irish potatoes
was beseged; and the supplies partially cut off but still,
they are always extravagany dear: although they are
grown IN almost all parts OF this country, and are much
superior to those OF the United States.
As there are no here except tho wet and rv
inc wet called tho winter, and the dry tho summer the
OF .heso' are regulated by the climates In
VIVA. 1mey called tho cold climate, perhaps from to IL
or feet above the level of the thew crow wheat
anu o.er small gran potatoes caracachas, &c &C. Corn
uoes not DO we'll In the plain OF Bogota the elevation OF
which is about 5000 feet 1t requires nine or ten months
Tor it to ripen. There the mercury in Farenheit, thar
mVme'er ranges in the shade, from SO to 65 generally it
Is from o6 to 81, thereabouts In the sun Il il some
umcs very warm; but flannel 10 worn throup hout the
year oy all foreigners, and by many OF the natives
In what is called the temperate climates win an eeva
ton OF or 5000 feet above the sea- thew grow cotton
corn, potatoes and various fruits In those
CLIMATES II Is IRON IL to ID degrees warmer than the cold
The sea- where 1t is always excessively warm The nro
belonging to those climates cocoa Coffee cot
bIss aSd nago, corn with few garden vegeta
Inc facility OF changing climate here surprises North
american at hrsf In the u States, there be no very
decisive change without going to Mexico; a VOYAGE or
journey OF two three thousand miles Here Won
may leave in the morning point, say IL or 900 feet
ABOVE the sea, where will be equal our worst March
perature about equal TO May weather. and YOU NAV
steep al night in climate equal 10 that of New
IN ms utmost eryor This diversity of climate is great
convenience TO the sick and the vaetudnaraH There
are many delightful baths, too mineral and chaly beae
warm Th anu ,epd, which are very beneficial.
& arc so many kinds OF fruit, that it would require
apples, cambres grenadelias which are yerv fine
mere Is also fruit called the chrmaya. which is desig
1t Is worth trip to this country to eat All these and ma
more, are very cheap Apples and peaches they have
100, out hey are scarcely considered eatable by North
hmencan The art Of ENGRAVING and inocuaiing is hut
t''e understood and less pracsed and without these
mere can be no good apples The quantity Of fruit and
me cheaphess oil sugar lead to the CUSTOM presume of
making enormous quantities of mel ats which cons
'e part oil every meal, and in my judgment do much
ihen there are mines of almost every kind of metal
mhera'-gold, silver plana "copper" lead and iron and
wha' Is OF much more importance than either of tbo.e
ABOVE mentioned mines, rather mountains of solid
"hen hrst visited them, could scarcely credit NV
senses 10 behold thousand persons engaged in qua
ry'ng sat as we do stone, from chain of mountains fur
msng an inexhaustibe supply of that ar
uce was indeed novel sight citizen of the Hated
STATES But little has been done in any of the min.
cept those OF gold and silver and platina Indeed A..
metallic resources OF the country may be said 10 he nm
bounded They have the richest copper mines In ,h.
world which will one day be very profitable; but the ca
Pai ana enterprise are wantng-if, however the coun
Try continues quiet, these will DO found.
Manual labor is but little relieved here bv necb,n;
mere are out few labor-saving machines OF any kind in
inc country not even cotton gin, (or more than one
or spinning jenny The people are not fond NJ ;nnnv
ohs ana are particularly hostile to those that nigh han
pen 10 interfere with their usual and hereditary
tons. '1 oeeuPa
what have written will serve TO give vou su,,
knowledge oil this country Of which il has been i,s,Iv
ss"' " uou mas done much for il, and man yery little
go into any thing like detail would carry me far be vonJ
inc UNITS oil letter, unless made it a book and vou
would doubtless excuse such proxity.
|