New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-14
MEMORANDA.
GENIUS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

n. I.
LA PAYTA, JAN, 1854.
The Government of NewGran has long been am
bilious OF a high position among enlightened nations
Circumstances have been adverse. Their frankie,
poor Caldas amiable unassuming Caldas, was cxecu-
ted BY the infamous Nurlo by shooting the back de
had begged in vain three months of dungeon bread and
water that he might put his notes in form that an
other could edit. Thus persisted the director OF the
first observatory in the New World, erected by Span
that was. The young men whom he raised up, instead
of enligttening South America, shared his fate in
liberating her. The torch Of science kinded by him
became cannon match. One only survives, Senior Res
trepo, wholly occupied as Director OF the Mint
The spirit of Caldas must have suggested the coreo-
graphic commission, enterprise somewhat analogous
to our coast survey. The head of the commission is
Augustin Codazzi, an Italian who had been engaged
in similar undertaking in Venezuela never met so
faithful man living from the public crib The post
requires a combination OF qualities; capacity
for fasting eating miserable food, sleeping on the
ground in IL rain, scrambHg all day through matted
tLorny bEshs OF making exact observations, and cal
culating then Of maintaining the peace and directing
the movements Of his corps and lastly, OF delneatng
patiently in h study what has cost him 30 much TO
CLEAN in the serest. found man full of enthusiasm
of upweaIied industry and uDbounded politeness. |
could fancy = arong resemblance between him and our
Swiss Hasser. May he meet better fate
found in the commission yO0Sg man from whom
G be lives, Soufs American BotaBy has more 10 hope
can from any living, who has lived. Added TO
the necessary difficulties of his position found Senior
TriaDa laboring under prolonged and dangerous dis
ease of the eyes. The eItravagsu: part of the com
mission is a draughSmsn. Mr.. Price, who has occu-
pied this post year has in that time executed more
paintings than be engraved by the sHpas rerenpes
Of the Government fox many years 70 GENE.
The results are being embossed in Sc
ries of maps of provinces which will give
b the geography Of New-GraladA an exact
aess which l fear parts Of our Union will
want for half century To come. One popularity OF
THE map Illustrates the practical turn Of Codazzis
mind. The roads are marked with different coors ac-
ccrding TO their steepness and difficulty. To each
color Il given scale OF hour Of q packmule Thus
an hour on the plain found 20 stretch as far on the
map ~ three up and down the zigzsg roads Cd the
mountains.
still pobler indication Of the character Of this
Government is the history of Slavery in Granada
In ls43 there were in New-Grans<s %, 7e slaves In
ISL the number was reduced TO E.46o. This redae-
ton was due 10 two first, simultaneous with
TIE birth Of the nation originated measures for the eI-
tnction of Slavery But besdes this regular system
stie manumisGoa there were large numbers expOsted
into Peru. BY Law of May 81, 1851 these became
free January /, 1852 A compensation Vas voted 20 |
the owners Of not exceeding COO dimes Tor man |
and 200 Tor q woman To raise this every thing was |
put under contribution; customs provincial revenues
sgaees pensisns salaries. stray cattle, church bene
fees &c, Sc, These contributions 90 70 the eXtnc-