New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-13
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APPENDIX
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

The import trade in this State. Nicaragua.
and the country in general. has not suffered SO
much as might have been expected from the very
severe visitation Of cholera during this year.
The prices OF foreign manufactures have now
found their level in these markets, and the con
sumption Of those articles used by the poorer
classes las increased in wonderful degree both
in quantity and quality, and the demand Tor Tor
eign manufactures loi which British cottons OF IN
ferior quality have prominent part will natU-
rally go on at an increased rate.
The foreign imports may be ciassea under the
following heads
British-consist OF calicoes, printed cottons,
domestic or gray and powarloom shlrtln6s,
linen and cotton mixed, or unions linen, nusins,
hosiery, hard earthen ware, iron, steel, lead pow
der, &c &c.
.Frenclf-consist Of silks, printed cottons, cam
brcs wine. spirits, iewelry and fancy articles,
Unted States-consist Of domestic cottoas,
soap. sperm candles hardware spirits OF Inferior
quality, and powder
spanish--consist Of paper, silk, riband VINE
oil, spirits &c.
Germany-consst OF osnaburgs glassware.
wax, furniture hardware, steel wine, &c
ltay-consst OF paper oil, silk and liquors
" CoIomba-consist of cacao and straw hats.
"Peru-consist OF Zerga,, IA coarse woollen
cloth, tin, spirits, and common sweet wine.
Chile-consist OF sweet wine and pelones.
The value of British goods imported may be
"The consumption of French goods, being prln-
cpally articles Of luxury, are chiefly confined to
the cities Of Guatamela San Salvador, Grenada,
SC. German linens, shirtings, and glassware,
articles Of general consumption. In Spanish
goods, with the exception OF ribands, the imports
are trivial They have given way to those OF
France and lta y
"The sickness of this year has had considerable
influence on the exports. C0chlneal aud indigo
tha priDCirta(. DartlCUllrlU
OF the former are shipped from the ports on the
northern side of Honduras. From the ports OF
the Pacific 1900 scroons have been exported
during the year to Europe and the ports OF Peru
and Chile. Hides, horns, sarsaparilla, and bal
sam, for Europe and the nlted States and ma
hoganY, cedar and sugar, for Chile and Peru
Those form the principal articles Of the export
trade which, in pr0port, on to the imports is On
the increase. Brazil wood with which this State,
as well as Cost Rica, abounds, formerly afforded
employment to great number OF British vessels
The fall OF this article III the home markets, has
for the present caused to be bat little sought for
In agriculture this State is rapidly improving.
la addition to indigo, sugar, cacao. wheat &c &c.
coffee and cotton are now better attended to, but
more particularly cotton and indigo The former,
which is much esteemed and known in the Euro.
pean market as green suche, is an annual plant.
The staple is short, which defect is oyerbalanced
by It's superior texture, and it is particularly
The province OF Nicaragua has the advantage
of diversity OF climate the plains i'll the vicinity
OF the large towns of Leon, Grenada, and Nj
caragua being tropical, and the nights nearing the
lakes from the Pacific as Chocoyes, Matagalpa,
and Segovia, being temperate, while In the re-
gions about Honduras it is generally cold even Tor
an European.
The soil is everywhere fertile and capable of
yielding every species of produce of correspond
ing temperature Mines also exist but are not
worked for want of capital and population, par
ticuarly as the plains afford abundance Of nutri-
ment to the limited population at very tritling
labor
1.-The seasons are periodical, with slight varla-
tons The Summer, or dry season, commences
in the early part Of November; and the Winter
or wet season, in the latter end of April or begin
ming Of May The Summer is perfectly dry at
which time commercial intercourse is carried on
which during the Winter particularly at the lat
ter end, becomes difficult from the state Of the
roads.
lit is during the Winter that the agrlcuturist
commences his labors and during the months OF
September and October that the rains are ex-
cessive.
The climate is considered generally very
healthy although intermittent ievers, by neglect,
degenerate into typhus there are no cpidemical
diseases peculiar to it. The health OF the natives
as well as that OF Europeans, Is influenced at the
change of the season. Any important deviations
regards foreigners
seventy to ninety degrees in the plains near the
seacoast.
The internal commerce of the country is ia
cilitated By GOOD cart roads in the plains, which
are practicable even in their neglected state
from the South Pacific to the town of Grenada.
on the lake OF Nicaragua.
MINES IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Dunlap. who paid considerable attention to the
mines and minerals of Central America, observes
Though the vegetable productions OF Central
America are so valuable, the hidden treasures
are scarcely OF inferior worth and IN no part OF
the world are mines so generally found in nearly
every district Many of these We're successfully
worked after the conquest and during the Span.
ish dominion Beside the mines OF gold and sill
yer there are others containing lead IN nearly
pure state; the ore yielding 20 per cent n metal
In some specimens % per cent. oil silver Is SAD
TO be mixed with the lead
AT the village of Patapa, leagues from Santa
Anna III the state OF San Salvador, are some rich
mines of iron, which produce purer and more
malleabe metal than any imported from Europe
the ore is close to the surface, and very abundant,
and there are extensive forests In the immediate
vicinity which serve for making charcoal. But,
notwithstanding, the amount OF iron manuiac-
tured is only to equal the supply OF the State
when ii is worth $40 the 100 lbs. or 5000 per tun.
In the same neighborhood are several silver
mines. which were successfully worked IN the
time of the Spsniards, but are now abandoned for
want OF capital to carry them on
Five leagues North Of San Miguele are mum
Der OF mines principally Of silver; among them
was one called La Carolina, worked by Span
lard about so years ago. He invested his own
property, borrowed 100000, and after getting
the mine in working order. in less than six months
was enable. to pay his obligations and, although
he died before the end OF the year left $4,000 in
gold and silver, the produce OF the mine. After
his death the ownership was disputed the works
water, in which condition it remains The mines
OF Tabanco were more celebrated than those in
this vicinity and when worked yielded upward
Of 81 .000,O00 annually, although worked in rude