The daily union., 1846-08-27
New YoRK, August 25, 1886.
TO the Editor Of the Union:

To the Editor Of the Union:
have given you the amount Of incidental proec
ton afforded by the revenue bill TO iron, sugar
woolen and cotton goods. To all government as
sessments must be added other charges paid by
merchants, such as ireights, Insurance. interest," ex
changes &c. which must be put in the scale pro-
teetion II is estimated by commercial men, that y
no duty whatever existed the charges on imported
articles and especially on iron, &c, would amount
to about Is per cent To this amount, Alexander
Hamilton thought per cent. would afford ample
protectOn some forty years ago, during he IN
fancy of manufactures The duties were from time
TO time increased ill they reached 4O 81, and 100
per cent. Still manufacturers declared, alter ~
wears Of protection that they were stlll IN infancy
TO have satisfied their demands, nothing short ol
absolute prohibition, the sacrifice OF commerce,
and the destruction of agriculture, would have an
swered What they at first petitioned for as a fa-
yor, they finally claimed right. To have sad
died the people with an and perpetual tax
for their exclusive benefit would have been equiya-
lent to the subverson Of all republican gov
ernment IL is clear that the cry "of ruin" raised
against the revenue BILL arises from the indlsposi
ton Of capitalists to submit to the least reduction Of
their profits. If those engaged in making iron,
sugar woollen, and cotton goods cannot continue
business with amount of protection varying
from IS to As and so per cent, the sooner they
abandon il for agriculture, or something else, the
better.
lis said the California regiment will sail in three
or four days
The trustees of Yale College propose granting
permission TO the friends of agriculture and agr-
cultural chemistry, to found professorshiP 10 that
college, il they choose, the interest OF s2OOOO
of voluntary subscriptions. They also propose TO
open professorshp Of practical chemistry, to teach
other students than under graduates.
It's high time all the colleges were made of
more practical character IL is too often the case
Al. ~ he he MI become
The students and professors become drones, while
they learn little beyond the dead languages, which in
sfter life they first neglect and then forget. They
leave college deficient in practical knowledge, which
is the most valuable, because II can be applied to
the everyday affairs enabling the possessor to en-
gage his services early in some useful and prohta
Bic calling, without running into the learned pro-
fessions where success is hoped for by the ignor-
ance Of the mass.
Il nav be recoected that some years ago the In
dian King, as he was called of the Mosquito coast
Central America, died, leaving a will, IN which he
bequeathed his possessions TO Queen Victoria, with
the guardianship Of the young prince till he should
become Of age. This coast lies on the caribbean
sea. on which il fronts for 500 miles, between the
north ATTITUDES Of 100 and l5o and between $50 and
$50 west longitude, Greenwich. has the State Of
Nicaragua on the south, Honduras on the north,
and Salvador the west, &c, which are three
of the five confederated States forming the republic
of Guatemala, or Central America When the
Spaniards conquered this portion, or isthmus Of
America, there several tribes Of lndlsns Ieh
unsubdued, who have continued to maintain their
own forms OF government, CUSTOMS and manners
Among these were the Mosquito tribe, lnhablung
the coast Just described, in Guatemala. Another
independent tribe is found lower down on the
isthmus, between Costa Rica the most southern
State Of Guatemala and New Grenada, called the
San Bias II dans, over which the State Of Grenada
has attempted some control, though without right
and without success
To understand the position and value of the
Mosquito coast, which the English have proceeded
TO occupy it will be necessary, briefly, to notice the
character and resources Of Guatemala, or Central
America Of which it forms the central and eastern
coast froned by several valuable and healthy Is
lands. This northern expansion of the isthmus OF
Darien lies in the form of irregular triangle, with
its base resting against the Mexican departments OF
Yucatan, Tobasco, DC, while It's apex down to
New Grenada, to the north Of Chagres and Pana-
The river San Juan and lake Nicaragua, as
before noticed, almost joins the Pacific with the
Atlantic, through the State of the name. 1t is
bounded on the west by the Pacific, and on the east
by the Atlantic, Caribbean sea, being in its great
est length northwest and southeast, with a width
varying from 80 to $50 miles. The exports Of
Guatemala, in 1885, amounted to 50, 7S8, 900, and
its imports to 50 100000; of these about $4,000 900
consisted of English cotton and other goods. The
chief articles Of export consisted of indigo, hides,
cochineal sarsaparlla, dyewoods, gold and silver.
Nicaragua exported dye-woods to the amount of
$4,000, and $4,000 worth of hides. The State
Of Guatemala exported $4,000 worth of hides,
$751;, 900 of cochnea, $40, 600 of gold and silver,
and $500, 900 worth of sarsaparilla. San Salvador
exported s750,000 worth of indigo, and $500 10 of
gold and silver Honduras off $50, ,0O0 of gold
and silver, besides hides, dye-woods, (ogwood, }
mahogany, &c, and $4,000 worth Of sarsaparllIa.
Costa Rica sent out $4,000 in gold and silver be-
sides other articles. The country, besides Brazil
ood &c a
bic species of ship timber. The total population
was estimated, though without certainty, CEN
has been taken since its Independence, in 1921,
when it was supposed to be about two millions, COM
posed of FAC, 600 Indians and 77S 900 Ladnos-half-
breeds, Of Indian and Spanish descent The Indians
live in great harmony with the whites, but have
preudlces against the Ladinos. The seacoast on
the Atlantic side is said to be unhealthy, and subject
to severe heat, which population, except the In
dian, can withstand without suffering severely. The
table lands, rising the coast ia receded from,
said to be healthy the year round.
1t is my wish to show the leading objects had in
view by England in assuming the government on
the Mosquito coast, which is now under the new
regime called "Mosquitin," As the superintendent
of the coast is now in New York on visit, ap-
pointed by her Majesty's government, expect to
derive from him and other sources some interesting
facts. | am also fully convinced it is section of
country to which our attention has not been sufi-
GENTLY directed. | have not space to say more to-
day, but will resume the subject in my next.
The stock market was heavy to-day. 800 bales
cotton sold; no change in price.
1000 bbls. city-ground flour sold at "a, and 900
do. Genesee at 81.
5000 bushels white wheat, western, sold at 81
cts. 5000 to 1000 bushels western mixed corn sold
at SO 81 cts.
Exchange sterling is higher and firm at e. Q
premium. No change on Paris. Nothing new in
freights. Yours, c.
New YoRK, August 26, 1876.
The republic of Guatemala possesses better har-
bors both seas than Mexico. The established re-
lgion is Catholic, but all sects tolerated. 1t is
said parts of the country are favorable to the
growth of cotton. The coast suffers from the rainy
season during summer and from the dry season du-