New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-19

meadows. one OF tIebe smAll, 'ehoyS
was rayishingly besutful IL vas surrounded oy
the highest 81 mmits whose sides are covered with
grass, out OF which shoot the single stems oil the
" ne palm, igoyoL) while little grove OF TINS ana
OF er trees mixed with sbrabbery, stood In the
lake of gtsss six feet Deep which filed the boz
tom The goyolpalm furnishes by tapping,
sw eet cooling and healthy juice, which Is some
times drunk when fresh and sometimes when I'M
eereoing fermentation, under the name OF cAtcG'
coloI The nuts which depend from the crown IN
imue pse clusters, are about the size Of small
anples They are q fayorite food Of cattlean are
sometimes eaten by the natives they furnish an
oil which is much finer than the cocoa oil and is
adapted 10 a variety OF uses.
AT lat. high above. the grass grows scattered
among sharp blocks Of lava, which make the road
toilsome and dangerous. At the limit OF shrub
berry we left cur horses and all our heavy equip
ments behind, and continued our journey on foot.
In an hour we had reached the summit and stood
on the edge of & crater from 25O 70 300 feet deep
We lowered ourselves with rope down per-
pepdicular wall OF rock, from 60 to 20 ieet deep
and then clambered toward the center. Inc not
steam which here and there oOZed rom tne
damn and heated earth, and great weakness
which felt IN consequence of aviolent tr Of vOm'
ting vbich seized ne on the way, prevented me
from nenetratiDg into the lowest deep. There IS
little of interest 10 be seen there, however; ior
the crater is filed with fragments which have
tumbled down from the side walls, so thai, WIN
the exception of some crystals OF sulphur AM
sublimeted salts, no substance is 10 be found
which had not already picked up on the side OF
the mountain 1t is mass of black, porous Java
faced m q reddish brown on the outside from the
efFscts If the weather and sprinkled with small
CRYSTALS Of CLASSY feldspar. On the outside, near
the summit it is frequently raised into oven
shared curves, with lamlnar division Oh the
strata. but generally occurs in angular masses or
L. NH
cones of this region. mas been built up by the
masses hurled from its depths. In the crater
found few small specimens OF crystalline lime,
and others OF a remarkably hard variety OF aqsite'
Inside and deep down, there was small bush,
apparently UdcciniUR, lwhortleberry,l with pan
iceS of beautiful white hrsute, ell-shaped How
ers and some punches of tasteess black berries.
On the upper edge of the crater found an or
ckidr, whose crimson spike of blossoms resem'
bed some variates of our German orchls.
small fr.tree stood rooted among the rocks near
the summit the other vegetation was grass ana
a few insignificant weeds.
The vie w from the summit is magnificent. Near
nt hard is the whole group of volcanoes, from
Momotomboto Viejo. Behind the former OF these
flashes the Lake Of MRnagua, great part OF
which is visible. Over and beyond 1t the land
scape is lost in the haze Of distance. On the
other haRd, the eye wanders wide over the uncer'
tain horizon Of the Pacific. against which are
traced.
headlands of the coast. You can trace ITS lrregu-
lar line from the neighborhood of Realelo tar TO
the south east and overlook the isthmus between
the Ocean aud Lake Managua To the north you
have the long mountain chain which sketches
from the San Juan River, along the north. eastern
shores Of Lakes Nicaragua aud Managua, through
the districts of Chontaes, Matsgapa and New
Segova, to the States of Honduras and 5 an saliva
dor. At the foot of this chain, which is complete
" separated from the volcanic group OF Mono,
tombo, Telica and Viejo, rise anumber OF comlcal
hills, some Of them in the plain which extends
from the north western extremity OF Lake Mana.
qua behind the volcanoes, toward the Gull OF
Fonseca. Through this plain, the plain of Leon,
Lake Managua aud the Bay of Realejo, the vol
canic group is made to resemble mountain
island. The whole view is splendid picture OF
plain and mountain, covered with brilliant vegeta,
ton as far as the e. can reach the rich, cuVateu
plantations being scarcely discernible in the vast
space. Here and there the simmer OF a sheet VI
water enlivens the universal green
reached the village in time to return 70 Leon
the same vsaiB6ur springs ~ rag VSN695t'o} tbs
mountain-the Hebederos of San JacintO and
of Tisate At the former place, hot, insipld,
reddish brown water, whose steam had an acrld,
aulPhureous flavor, boils up from the soil in nu m
berless small holes. Through the agency OF varl'
Gus metallic salts and oxides, the hot, soft clay
exhibits all shades Of white, yellow, brown, red,
green, blue and black, while the soil is crusted
with sublimated sulphur and freed salts of differ.
ent kinds. At the latter place. sort of ashy-
gray boiling slime, or rather lay.broth, is hurled
into the cir from small crater. Near it hill
has been formed of the same variegated earths
and salts as are seen at San Jacinto. These are
two genuine chemical laboratories, where a num-
Der of processes are going on. Ia the clayey
slime, penetrated with hot steam, sulphdric acids
and gases, found thousands OF shining sui hur
pyrtes, which, according to all appearances, were
constantly forming.
The number of German emigrants to this coun-
try is continually on the increase. In Leon [
met, as practising physician, already possessing
the largest part Of the practice Of the city, Dr..
Sey del of Saxony, who formerly resided in ST..
Louis, and with his son, boy of about - years,
made the journey through Mexico to California.
He considers Nicaragua the most favored land Of
any be has yet SEEM although he has travelled over
the greater part Of the United States. He in
tends purchasing plantation, and carrying on
the cultivation Of sugar. Here in Granada,
found on my return Herr Wasmann, an excellent
chemist and apotbecary, who bad just arrived.
German mechanics, especially few carpenters
with their tools, would here find very profitable
employment.
In my next shall probably have something to
say to you about the lsthmus between Nicaragua
and San Juan del Sur, which without doubt will
be the great highway of communication. San
Juan, let me say 20 your readers, Is not GA lnhao
tied place, but only harbor, properly double
harbor, on the Pacific Ocean, exactly opposite to
the city of Rivas or Nicaragua, on our Lake. The
IEthmus is there only IL English miles in breadth
and the land level The engineers of the Canal
Company have been working there and have not
YET finished their survey. 1 will soon give you
an account Of my expeditions in the mining dis.
tricts together with some words about the rela
tloDs OF Eu5 aud and the United States toward
Central America, the native population Of the
country, &c. &c. The present letter is quite long
enough. Yours, &c. JULIUS FRGBEL.