The Nevada journal., 1852-03-28

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mans, and pei haps two hundred Amer
leans and Englishmen The people
are very hospitable, but terribly dissi
pated much more 50 than in Sar
Francisco. In every house you en-
ter, you find a table with bottles, glas
ses and cigars, and if you do not drink
at least two or three times, you are
looked upon as prodigy of temper
ance The hours of business extend
from seven or eight in the morning till
about four in the afternoon when work
is over, and the inhabitants sally forth
to ride.
AS l am Nv in the kingdom of
Mosquitia,) the first royal territory /
can recollect to have trodden,) / will
give you what information | have
been able to collect about it. OF its
history Isay nothing, for | don't sup
pose it very Interest sting, except, per-
haps, to diplomat. The name of
the territory is not misapplied-the
mosquitoes are as thick as upon the
coast of Africa, where it is said they
darken the sun! The country is well
watered, Gas is indeed the whole of
Central America,) streams Of water
flowing into the sea at every point
1t is heavily timbered too-too much
so, in fact; forests of mahogany, log
wood, &c, covering its eutiro surface.
These forests are almost impossible
from the thick underground, the nu-
merous vines, &C. &c, and also abound
in deer, tigers, peccaris, and many
other kinds of beas. not known in the
States. The armadillo and porcu-
pine abound Snakes of all kinds are
as numerous rs blackberries in Jersey,
and such a country for insects the sun
never rose upon. No matter what
you take up, or what you lay down,
be it your head, or your clothes, or
your food, you are sure to encounter
a swarm of small creatures, that eith>
er fly, or crawl, or hop. On the sheet
of paper on which | write, as many as
dozen little mites are crawling
around; were l writing by candle light,
there would be hundreds where there
is now one.
The native Indians are generally well
built, stout limbed men, Of dark cop
per color, and of the average European
height. Their faces, however. express
great stolidity, and their eyes show not
n spark of liveliness. or intelligence
They are most arrant towards, and, of
course, would never have stirred from
their native forests to come to Greytown
had not the British occupied it for them,
and brought them into it. A singular
kind of leprosy prevails among them to
very great extent-nine out OF every
ten Of them being covered with white
spots OF about the size of o dollar. They
live on plantains, yams, fruit, and what
game they can kill, and are an incffen-
sive race, not much inclined to work,
but partial to rum and repose.
AT Blewfields some sixty miles up the
coast from San Juan, the British author.
tiles, by strict pursuance Of the fan
mel waistcoat and moral pocket hand
kerchief system have managed to get
some five or six hundred of them to set
tie down and cultivate few acres of
land. and here, lit being the capital of
the kingdom) the royal residence is sill |
uated. The palace is square wooden
building Of some size, surrounded by an
iron railing. which is now occupied by
missionary. who entices, or used to en-
tice, the natives TO church, by giving to
each of the congre Z tion glass Of rum
as soon as service was over Not long
since, however, thinking that his hear
ers must have been sufficiently broken
in, he made his discourse rather lon-
ger than ordinary, when, to his horror, |
in the middle Of one of bis most eloquent
periods, Il respectable old gentleman
arose, and with voice expressive OF the !
greatest disgust, exclaimed-"Oh! no
good-no good all talkey, talkey-no
drinky drinky;" whereupon he walked |
out. followed by the whole congregation
The reverend gentleman, however, un-
derstand, makes admirable reports of the |
great progress OF religion among the |
Mosquitians
The King is a young man, of, as am
told, rather prepossessing appearance,
and having been educated in England, !
speaks our language fuently He spends
most of his time in Jamaica, or in the /
neighboring English ports, and of course !
does not pretend to interfere in the 60
vernment Of the kingdom, which was
only established for the purpose of lay
ing claim to the port Of San Juan. -
The British Consul at that port is his Re
gent, and does all the business and an
American named Martin, is his Attorney
General, and makes all his laws his du-
titul subjects, both Mosquitoes and mon
keys, eat their plantains and bother
their heads about nothing less than 60
vernment.
The only value which the Mosquito
territory possesses at present, is its claim /