New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-16
VIRGIN BAY.


From Our Own Correspondent
VIRGIN BAY Feb u, 1854
Virgin Bay where The steamers of the Transit Company
upop the Great Lake of Nicaragua land their passengers
offtIs most delightful view Of the beautiful volcanic pyr-
amid Of Omotepe the most regular of all volcanic
ever have ceen which rises from the dirty green basin of
water 10 a colossal hight Besides hi. Virgin Bay most
mi cradle pace which only indebted TO the Californian
iIanst for it's rise and which wouli close to it,
erhemra tasenoe if the pa cage the sibmus would
take snCtber direction The whole place consists merely
of few dozen Of M cradle hus and perhaps many
block house, which running in south western direction
from the lake shore toward the main road TO San Juan del
Sur. foIm the only street of Virgin Bay Several Of
these block horses have proud names, for intan
Washington Hotel Lafayette Hotel they offer however
far lees comfort than middiing stall Pennylyan
Tanst House and California House yet the most to
cradle among these barrack shops Svissh has likewise
established German Hod One pays for bad table
and G nights rest in small hammock, S2l day, as
much in the magnificent Clifton House the palace
like Metropolitan Hotel where one enjoys the most exqus
lite comfort For CaioTnans the price for each meal is
e. and for nights rest in hafbroken bedslead or
thin hammock the same price is charged passage OF
the CalloTnaus has, in economical respects, produced
throughout tie lsthmus of Nicaragua q complete reyoll
ton Since American gold has ebounoed in the country
tie price Of almost every thing has changed aud many ar
clts which formerly elmOst entirely unstable,
for instance fruits, cocoa nuts &c, have now some
value Six years ago, all sorts of provisions on tho
lake shore extremely cheap; now pays
double for many articles and three times much in
HuDgeTOrd MsIken London the dearest arclei bread,
which only be found in large towns. One pound of
bad costs in Virgin Bay two dimes pint Of
milk one dime, chicken five dimes reals one dozen eggs
thee dimes planains, of which formerly from 200
TO 800 were sold for real sold twelve for
a medic half real For most OF the mentioned arti-
cles paid formerly but third onequarter of the
present value. Good genuine brandy is not to be
had for any money the monopoly for the manufacture
OF all sorts Of liquors s rented TO the Brothers Thomas in
Granada, an emgTsted negro family from Jamaica who
smart enough sell the worst kind of liquor for
IRENE ndous high prices.
The number of passengers by tbs route is rather aug
mentng than decreasing is calculated that
age every transport to San Juan del Sur conveys from
eight TO nine hundred passengers, and that about six or
eight hundred travellers returning twice month from
the Pacific port TO GreyOwn. At present arrangements
made that the passengers shall stop in both oceanic
ports as well as in Virgin Bay but few hours, and then
continue Immediately their journey mules or on ste amer
The lard journey from Virgin Bay to San Juan del Sur is
performed in three hours To the shop keepers Of
Virgin Bay therefore but little opportunity IS left i'm.
poe upon the passengers which consider no Sever by
no means misfortune. The land route from Virgin
Bay TO San Juan del Sur during the dry season. Dece-
Der till Nav, very well Very extrayagant appear to us
the prices for the luggage, Il cents pound The
hustle which regns in the small Virgin Bay at every arr
val Of Californian passengers is difficult 10 describe Inc
adventurous figures and physoenomes still numerous
among these travellers but they have however consider
ably decreased compared with former times Instead OF
gold pospectors and Adventures respectable farmers and
artisans also taking the direction II is again
rumored that Of the close Of the present coatract with
Messrs Morgan Co. the Government of Nicaragua p1r
poses make tho transit and the navigation of the lake
entirely free but levy instead from each traveller
Ing the Isihmus, tax of al least 81