New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-13
NICARAGUA.
-, rom The Tribune Of Tuesday

ttsnio II may be cultivated to any desirable
tilat and of very superior quality That OF
~ salvador and Honduras is said to be equal to
! = best Havana for cigars.
M1i-e fourishes luxuriantly, and three crops
-. he raised on the same ground annually 1t
Eventually the staff Of life IN all Central
sarica. being the material Of which the eternal
A s5io ;s COMPOSED. The green stalks, sacate,
.ostitate about the Only fodder for horses and
s+te in the country, and is supplied daily in all
/ T. nrincipal towns The abundance of this grain
az be Inferred from the fact that tanegd o.
5 In feouiyalent to about fvc bushels OF English
5Ishelled corn commands IN the capital bat -
snts
WReot and all other cereai grains, az well as
i fruits OF temperate climates, flourish IN the
lRvated districts Of Segoyia, in the northern part
Idthe Republic, bordering upon Honduras where,
lis said except in the absence OF snow little dit
Is+ence is to be observed in respect to climate
i3on tie central parts Of the United States
| Rec is abundant ia Nicaragua, is extensively
Ged and, like maize, may be easily cultivated to
NV extent desirable. IL is sold ct from 81 80 10
saper cwt.
/ IN short nearly all the edibles and fruits Of the
,sDics are produced naturally may be cult
,#ed in great perfection Plantains, bananas,
sNsns, chile tomatoes, bread fruit arrowroot,
I'm cifroas oranges lines, lemons, pine. apples,
ssIloH varety,I mamays, anonas, guavas, cocoa
ssats and hundred other ssareties of plants and
saits. Among the vegetable productions of com
sserce msy be mentioned sarsaparllla, an0to,
S.Des, pecacuanha, ginger, vanilla, Peruvian bark,
sainine,) cowhage, copal gum arabic, copaivar
foutchouc, dragons blood, and vanglo or OIL plant
Sinong valuable trees mahogany ogwood, Bra
III wood lignumyitG, fustic, yellow sanders bne,
IA the lights, dragon s-blo0d tree, slllcotton
: o,l. oIn- ir,ttl
sewood Nicaragua wood. calebash etc. etc
s,0f these, says Dunlap, Brazil wood, cedar
sad mahogany are found 10 the forests in what
lssy be termed inexhaustible quantities The
siar is a large tree, like the red cedar OF the
Forth in nothing except color and durability and
! 5solidity and other respects closely resembling
HE blacl; walnut. Five or SIX cargOes of Brazil
sood are exported from Realejo yearly, and
ssmething more from San Juan. A quantity Of
sdar plank is also exported to South America
The raising Of cattle and the production OF
l5eese is most important item in the actual re-
lsarces OF Nicaragua The cheese is for common
301sumption and great quantities are used
large drovcs Of cattle are annually sent to the
laher States where they command very fair prices
about thirtyfve or forty thousand hides arc also
Exported annually. (See Appendir.l
MINERAL RESOURCES.
The mineral resources of Nicaragua arc also
nmense. Gold silver, copper lead aud iron may
he found in considerable quantities III various
parts but more particularly in Segovia, which dis
Idct is probably not exceeded in its mineral wealth
lg any equal portion Of the continent. The work
|ag of the mines has OF course vastly fallen oil
fom the time of the Spaniards still, their pro
qce is considerable but it is impossible to obtain
bRy satisfactory statistics concerning 1t. por-
ion of the gold and silver finds it's way through
babel to the Belize; other portions pass on
lbrough the ports of Truxilo and Omoa, in Hon
inras and another but smaller part reaches the
lOrts OF Nicaragua.
There is now no mint in Central America, eX
epting small one in Costa Rica, which coins
som $4,000 to 100000 annually, principally in
ollar pieces of gold. These are short Of weight,
md are not generally current. Their true value
i 93 ceuts. Humboldt, in his statement OF the
roduce of the respective mining districts OF Amer
ca, has put against that OF Guatemala nothing
tut it is certain, from the accounts Of Gage and
ahers, as also Of the buccaneers. who made a
lumber of profitable expeditions to the mining
districts that the precious metals were early pro
laced in considerable abundance. From report
h the master of the old mint, made in 1928, 1t APP
ears that for the fifteen years anterior to 1910,
old and silver had been coined to the amount OF
h, 1913 ,832 and for the fifteen years postenor to
hat date to the amount of $3,sl03S2 This
Aicer remarks 'sthatit must not be deduced from
ence that this is all our mines have produced IN
his neriod MS great quantities of the metal have
cen manufactured and exported III their native
tate" He estimates the actual products OF the
mines at ten times the amount coined Wnich
would give upward of S50,oQO,Q0O for the thirty
ears preceding so. Inns estimate WI" Plooa
.y bear some deduction,
Other minerals are abundant. Sulphur may be
btained in great quantities crude and nearly
ure from the volcanoes ana nitre is easily pro
,ured, as also sulphate ofiron.
Coal, as elsewhere stated, is SAID to occur, IN
arge beds and of good quality, IN the state OF san
Salvador, near the boundaries OF honduras, ana
nlv twenty miles back from the coast Of the iull
i Fonseca (See APpeadirI
POPULATION OF NICARAGUA.
The population of Nicaragua may be estimated
It 250,0 900 The civilized indians, and those OF
Spanish and negro stocks crossed with them, con-
titute the mass of the population The pure IN
lividuals OF pure European stock constitute but
mall part OF the whole, and are more than equal
d in number by those OF pure negro blood, Inc
sntire population may be divided as follows
Whites .,.,.-...,.....,''. }9,O0V
Ne ,e ..........,..,.., 10000
Total ..........,. ,.., .2o0WU
Most Of these live in towns, many OF them so
NO two. four, and six miles daily to labor IN the
ields starting before day and returning at night
rhe plantations, "hoclendas, 1attos raa'
hos and "chacras are scattered pretty eQua.
y over the country, and are reached by paths 50
;bscure as almost wholly to escape the notice Of
travellers who, passing through what appears to
be continual forest from one town 10 the other,
ire liable to fall into the error Of supposing the
,ountry almost wholly uninha6itcd Their dwell
ngs are usually Of canes 1hatched with pam
many of them open at the sides, and with no other
aoor but she bare earth the occupation OF which is
stouty contested by pigs, calves, fowls and chill,
lren These fragile structures, so equable and
mild is the climate, are adequate 10 such protec-
ton as the natives are accustomed to consider ne
,essary. Some of them are more pretending, and
have the canes pastered over and whitewashed
with tile roofs and other Improvements; and
there are a few belonging to iarse .proprietors
which are exceedingly neat and comfortable, APP
preaching nearer our ideas OF babitations for hui
man beings.
much OF the same character; the residences OF the