The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-28

dor a f5nsqstis5 VIII AM are,; ssR can 81. ~
population S esiimatsJ al $1,000
Nigafagus ~ Eve Departments. with szsen dissisia
Gotta Ries & divided inso eiebi dissYa4. poprls,os
$500 4 yus constituted an iRdepcndsntstae On s s0h
HO1dliras has seven departments, nanaely.-
omayagua zoo Tesuzegaps .45 S
goptaoa 3 seQ9 Olaneho $500
eJacas 1900 Santa Barbara 10 L
foroi -. 81 ,oo8i
REcAPiTULATIoE oT POPULATION.
San Salvador. 5000
go ~ -
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Aggregate population l6T, 600
Il thus aPPears that Central America is composed
Of i've States which are Honduras, San Salvador
Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica. The prn-
eIple Of States rights seems to prevail too strongly
among these States, and the General Government
not TO have force and cehtraIizaiiOn enough As a
result Of such a state Of things the nnion between
the States IS uncertain and pFecarious and freqnapt
collisions, amounting 10 civil war have taken place
between them Only so late as 1915, the little /
State of Nicaragua, conaihina not quite two thou
sand square miles, and litse more than population
Of three hundred thousand, declared war against lis
sister State Of Costa Riea
" hen we speak Of he population Of these couh-
tTles5 the feadef-must bear inmnd what sort Of a
population i is, OF he will draw very erroneous in
fereuceS. The population IS a mixed breed half Of
It consisting Of what are called LaaiRos, who are
haltbreeds-the offspring Of Indians and whites
the other hall is made up Of Indians and sprint-
ling Of nulatioes and negroes. With such a popu-
lation, we ought rather to admire the degree Of
civilization they have attained, than 70 wonder at
the rudeness and barbarism with which, they may
be reProaehed. The happy influence which the
Americans from the United States have lately ex-
eTcIsed upon them-the formation Of a company
from New York, to unite the two oceans by, a
canal-the- treaties made with them on the nart-of
our Government by Mr.. Squier, and the prospects
OF advantage held out to Them by such close con-
nection-wlth the people Of the United States has
had the effect Of alayng the petty ealousies exist
ing among them Of opening their minds to other
and greater aspirations, and Of uniting them to-
gether IN the one object and purpose Of improving
their country by aid Of the Americans, and raising
1t to respectable rank and station among the ma
tons lis much to be regretted that the policy Of
the British agents should lead them to step in to-
thWaTt these noble views, as II to show deter4ni
nation that their country shall not be benefited at
all, If the United States are any degree to be the
INSTRUMENTS OF comforting the benefit upon them
Central America, composed Of these FIVE States,
IS appropriately named, as i lies pfeciaelyin she
centre Of tbs two great continents q North and
south Amelica, being the oonneetn7 link betv.asn
them. II declared is Independence "a lis
1871 on tie psi 81 Septefbef, hatne pfeVicuaiy
formed partiof Mexico, from which it separated in
1923, which year is by some dated as The wear q
ITS independence Since this period, however the
/ disunioH among the Eve States has been such that
| they have each formed separate governments. al
constant warfare with each other, until latterlv.
| under the happy influence Of America, they have
| determined to form closer Union, and commits.
sioners met for that purpose in the early part Of
the fall OF the present year. and signed articles for
| a new confederation. Guatemala and Costa Rica
were invited to come in, but they sent no commits
sloners, their governments being under the influ-
ence OF British agents. ambitious, upsiart men,
| WhO having resided a few years in the country
and gained some power and influence over the
simple natives feel themselves 10 be the undoubted
/ British government and act accordingly with as
much arrogance and impotence, and exact and
/ receive as much homage and respect as il they
were in fact that British government ITSELF Under
this fatal influence, the union Of the States has
/ been retarded.
! The jealousy Of the British agents against the
! United States has frequently imposed upon and
deceived the people of Central America Thew
endeavOTed even to nstigate them to minple in the
combat between Mexico and the United States,
and to espouse the cause Of the former.
About this period Honduras was more inclined
to favor the British, and submit to tliem than
attend TO its own interests. Since then, il has
| opened its eyes, entered into treaty with us and
adopted the policy Of Guatemala; and as a kind Of
| recomPense for her leaning towards the United
| States, aud laying aside former preiudiees, the
4 British have rewarded her by Selling. upon her
cities, and tearing down her flag.
The conduct Of the British in seizinr upon
1
Mosquito shore, and claiming il for herself as an
| independent country on the Pretence Of a grant
from an old Indian residing on the edast, has
| already been made known and commented upon
| BY the public press Of this country They have
| now taken up the son Of the old Indian, or negro
i as some say that he is--dubBed him king-and
under shadow Of his name, pretend now % claim
the country from Central America The States Of
Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and
Salvador demonstrated unitediY against this usur-
/ Il r. .anE -
Rioa is now wholly under the influence Of the
British, and promises to aid England in her claim
on San Juan.
OF all the States Of Genital America. Gua.e-
mala seems to be the most important, and to have
acted with the greatest independence and energy.
Its affairs have been well conducted under the able
administration of General Raphael Carrera. This
State is famous for its excellent cocoa and produ-
ces other articles of great value. The whole coun-
try, indeed is rich in all kinds of tropical produc.
tons and valuable minerals and from its position
commanding, as il does the whole Gall Of Mexico
would be far valuable to us than Cuba
Honduras is famous for its logwood.
W hen these countries were under the dominion
/ of Spain, the whole was eaedsthe Audience o.
Guatemala, and Guatemala has ever since beer
held IN the first rank Of the several States which
were formerly parts Of it. There are many beau.
tiful lakes in this fine country, which also abound:
wlth gold and silver. The chief Of these lakes is
that Of Nicaragua. II is 100 miles long bV Al
3 broad, and communicates with the Caribbean Sea
in the waters Of the West Indies, by the river 81
Iuan. On the other side Of this lake. the dissanc,
I BY land to the Pacific Ocean is only 10 miles
), There it is thai the New York Company has begun
a its operations to unite the Pacific and Atlant,
IS Oceans through the lakes St. Leon and Nicaragua
Is The history Of Central America is summed ul
d in few words, Under Spain it obtained more i'm
s poranee than it has had since its Independence
in 1t first formed apart Of the Mexican confederation
then, in 1921, became Independent; since which
period till The present moment, when the questions
I. of Mosquito, Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragug
have arisen, il has slept away its life in lropica
Incidence, like. the great boa constructor, when hi
. stomach is full But now, if we mistake not, Cen
trail America'will rise into incaleuable mportanc,
and dignity. Two enterprisng nations, like Eng
land and the United States contending for the
+ commercial supremacy there, will give new liz
to the people, and bring out the resources Of III,
: country.
: FRoM RIO JANEIRo AND PERNAHBUoO-Thq
: bark Isabelita Heyn arrived at New York, I7lf
inst having let the former port on the 50 snd Per