New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-15
SOUTH AMERlCA-So. I.
Description Of the 1swss and Iustems Of the
Inhabitants,


American Institute in the PARK Mr. J. D. WILL
HANSON delivered Lecture on South American
.pcculsrues lie sad be WAS fully sSsre thstit would
be impossible to give complete history OF the many
customs Of the natives IS zach Of the items sdverrssd
would require, for perfect dsscripson course oil
three evenings He would thus be compelled 10 bring
his remarks into small a compass IS possible
Eight wears since Mr. W left this City on q
contract 20 20 10 New Grtnsda the first place 81 which
he landed his arrival in that country wss the town OF
Santa Martha. poor small miserable plsee situated 10
a valley supposed 20 have been formed by asoicanc
eruption some 40 or 80 years since The city Itself IS
very smsll-s large portion both Of Il and the haroor
having been destroyed BY the very frequent earthquakes
On approaching The city the IRE, object striking the eye
Is an immense rock in the hsrbor the hc moon sum
NIT Of which the SpanisTds built fort comm andns
the whole hArbor. This tort during the Spanish rule,
wa. considered pre- enable and mghs 81 nrst cup
pose II 10 be so now. But although armed with i'm
meuse they Of no use, snd the works are
fast going decays in fact i nearly everything SO
strangely demorsized have the people become, com
pared with their condition forty or atty years ago
The City Of Santa Martha itself is very strange.
Great numbers Of the inhabitants appear 10 Dc T0ss-
said to be caused by their consumption Of fish Ines p
pesrsncc OF the disease strikes foreigners WIN some
degree Of awe much that Tor some ume they sie
sfrsii 10 20 ahore-The used by the people arr
least 100 years behind civilization and entirely oenino
the nmes consisting of large block OF wooo =!
oxen htched by ropes around their norns anu ~ -
1 al
Custom House. When arrived there, some very rsey
doiprs are perforned-as for instance Il man mas
two or three pairs of boots the officers eonrivc TO Snug
gie all but one pair or else charge q spair dn'y.
/ Another peculiarly OF the country Is the saF
ponds Periodically violent Northern wind drives TOE
water OF the hsrbor up into these ponds and VITA II
great numbers OF fish that have power 10 resist INC
I onward impulse. When the wind mss cessto 'ne W q
ter evaporsies ard there left on The bottom OF me
pond coating Of psre salt from 90 feet IN deptn IN
which the hsh are Undecided. sresdy sslted snd ready
for use. The Government takes the monopoly o. .hls
but only allows the fish to be transported 5uo mics up
the river at cost OF four TO ve dollars Tor every .
pounds-for there are salt miHss above that distance
and they afraid of composition.
The way they get Volunteers 10 that region, IS
TO send out party in the night who go 70 dseren,
houses on the road take the from their beds tie
their hands march them 10 town put them IN the GAIA
boose and keep them years during that nme not ben
allowed to visit their families This 10 the manner N
which the Standing Army Is kept up
Eolidavs were formerly much more frequent
thsn uow-olten there were three or four in week
Now the principal one is authorized by Government
the great Square OF the city being swept out at certain
intervals and species OF gambling table Is kept oy he
priests and others for the amusement oi the puohc'
About league from Santa Martha is the colebra
ted estate Of san Pedro. where BOLIVIAN spent his last
DAYS SEINE rich Spanisrd with an unpronouncsos
cognomon has now possession OF me estate sod OF no
rars urnen reasons for riskiHs 70 b D0dor Probably
we shall never know those reasons dnt the death o
the present proprietor who obstnatoy refuses TO s't
any information with regard 20 them
From Santa Martha Mr.. w proceeded TO Car
1egs.r whose appearance from the sea il very splen
lid In l7s2 or g. the English paid Wait 70 Cmihssen'
snd bonbsrdsd the city, passing the iotts ana puun.
the inhabitants IN great terror thar ney eSpenaee
$1,000 600 to stop the hsrbor by sinking their best snt
iarre. shps SC One OF the OF Csrthascna "a ss'
10 be the strongest in the wOrld-eyen stronger hs
san Juan dullos. BY either OF the two entrances tn
city Ia not approschable within mile us encompass
Cd by avail VARYING from Is TO 20 feet In hight and
thick that he had himself hiieen norsemen rid
abreast on the top The gates OF the city are close
every evening at o'clock ssioIs 1e s,rs ON, or
whenever thew choss-but since that time no one
permitted to pass without trouble and during the wal
. every person was stopped after y
\ peculiarly amusing scene Is the marker s-
Every morning lous OF j1cks come into tho tow
. driven BIZ women.-the merchandise or vegetables.
whatever they may wish to sell "a iul caItlosfD oen
packed on the backs Of the Jacks ard the d1sris stun
very cooly their oreshouldersl In buying al ma
kst YOU are obliged 10 take iiul Of sroyhins the
have whether Il bc turtle plantsip, yucs cssaava
ANYTHING ed is always sold by me yard ana non
by the pound but when bought you cannot take ava
without being sighed at the other end OF the
Each person carries his own provisions away Win MI
tho ladies' may be every morning win tner yAf'
q of meat trailing from their shoulders.
Near Carthagena is an immense hill mile and
half high said have caused the death OF 5oooOe
Indians while the Spanards had possession oil ne cou
: try Ou It's summit immense fortiications con
. rnapding the whole cry OF Carthasena
> The churches are totally different from any OF tn
I, Catholic ones here. They immensely rieh,-thei
Ia preaching 10 them only once year, and tnat al New
a Year when is performed the ceremony OF burning u
das After the sermon effgy hned with comoasno'
and FIRE works and dressed in some hereics clothes
nred the whole population turning out 10 witness X
sight The churches themselves are beautiful, belI
q filed with the choicest gold and silver Images &C ~
images alone said to be worth three millions Oh &c
n lars.
q The prisons appear strong, but Mr. w. said b.
d had never known Of sufficiently strong TO eonnne
q foreigner and the ndiire escaping from chimney
~ and other places in them
L. The RAN of S1ganiIlq where the principal com
MERGE IL carried on large and beautiful well torthe
and not subject any of the severe oons py which IN
others visited III one OF the pest on inc COAST sn
:, has sufficient depth OF water good anchorage, and
n smooth that the ships no more agaed ia II ina
. in river
The mails are transported under charge of tw
pafyoaes and conveyed down the rivers In csne
having large box fastened In the center with SIMS
hole n which to place the articles In this
lions OF dollars have been taken through regions whe
there is not house for i've miles robberes are som
d times committed.
& The cal..bash is a large tree from which the nj
tves obtain their spoons tubs, bathing conyenences
= There is also that bears a cup and saaoer-it
= somewhat like acorn, but holding about half pin
q The most destructive animal next TO the tiger
% sndu small to be almost imperceptble Gale
D. the Con,yhen Il eats everything In It's way and nnds
Al way through almost everything Goods have TO
placed on high shelves and watched constantly h'
o. would be entirely destroyed-every year $l,OOOV
worth Of property is swept of by the rsysges of III
r. insect.
N Dirorce of man and wife is not allowed; b.
when they wish separate, half of the furniture ~
3 half the children given TO each, by law And
~ they cannot agree TO such division then sl the ropo
a is put up at auction and sold.
~ The Church hires out collins for the poor. Wh'
poor man dies his body Ia put In the common kind
coffin thrown in grave, quickme thrown over II, Al
"a the bones the expiration Of year are gather
aud thrown into the Bay. The rich are buried In
v cepsces like the rate OF els per year for ca
body.
But We must postpone the remainder oil TINS
20 terestng lecture although have full notes not
:, written OUT until the conclusion OF Mr. Williamson
err second evening on Thursday next at the same place
re The Late Duel at Paris.
u TO he Editor Of The Tribune
IN Allow me 10 call your attention 10 an affair
honor tins, lately came on between two American g
IS ,iemen near Paris. on the I'd Of January
From private and crediiable authority, learn tha
m duel there took place between Hon Eugene Msnvers
s Edward g. Rutherford in which the latter was instan