New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-17

that the revolution Will soon terminate IN favor OF the
Government
This city presents sad picture at the present
ment All the principal streets are barrcaded that
it is impossible TO pass through them except on foot,
ard at every step is liable TO be met by messen-
ger Of death in the form of bullet cannon ball.
The wounded dying and dead have become familiar
sights; and the countenances of the living are WITHOUT
smiles. 80
Castellon remains at Fort La Union. He will not
into Nicaragua, it s thought until ms army sna
have accomplished the conquest OF the uo'ern"'en'
against which he is warring.
II ia reported this morning that division OF the Fac
tionists has been sent to Ryas to compel that Depart
ment 10 take arms against the Government, but do
not credit II.
COSTA RICA-ITS IMPORTANCE FOR NORTH
AMERICAN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Prom Own Correspondent
SAN JOSE Friday, May IL, 1854.
While great events are shaking the old world and
the attention Of every body is directed toward the the
ster OF war in the East you will have found it natural
that your correspondent in Costa Rica has become
somewhat more nfrequeDt with his reports The con-
trast with the old continent is most lucky one for
this country. Here all is quiet and peaceable; the
same preyaingcOnversation on cofeeprces and cock
lights and only by the way some few words on the
ciA,sLing of arms "yOnder, far distant In Turkey;
the fssme unaltered, stiff etiquette and new-Spanish
<anui in the DRAWN rooms; the emptiness OF
thinking, and the same POLITICAL pewterer tone in the
weekly GG.uae Of Costa Rca. For the refined public
of Central America, all these things may preserve
lasting and equally attracting interest but to presume
to expect that distant readers in the United States
should likewise take an interest in 1t weuld be too
unreasonable request
However the diiert}nt republics Of Central America,
and especially Costa hca countries which doubt
will always remain of kigh Importance for the imme
date future of North America and for the question Of
the extension Of its commerce. its industry and its pO
litical influence. They touch, as it were the homea
res of the United States nerer than the distant
non shots ON the Bosphorus ad the Black Sea. North
America may yet leave the old East for many deci-
NUNS to its own fate while the natural Of things
will probably sooner or later force the Government of
Washington eten against ITS n sOnterest itself more
carefully than it has done for the beautiful countries
that lie between Mexico and Panama. and to claim, in
certain cases even the right of guardianship; for
to this misson the will of Providence and the of
history has uudeniaby destined the Uned States And
you will therefore permit your correspondent in
spite of the consuming interest Of European political
matters to review, and then, the actual condition
of Central America, If there not always polt-
ical news Of Importance to report.
The commercial advices OF the last year prove bet
ter than anything ese that it has become for both
tions advantage and even an and
natural want 70 become acquainted more closely and
10 maintain toaether a more active Intercourse. Al
though the Government has done nothing to promote
the works the Sarapqui road yet the mportations
which in iis direction are principally from the United
States are gaining every day in Importance. Not only
cation goods rem Boston, but ready made clothes and
shoes agricultural implements india goods,
soap salt pork and provisions of all kinds, intro
duced from the United States into Costa Rica; the
regular connection between New-York and GreytOw
and the great speed and convenience of travelling in
thatdec0n has likewise Directed the attention of sew
era enterprsng merchants to the great and important
advantage Of receiving all those European articles and
goods which most in demand at the market Of San
Jose by the way of New York. Those merchants who
understand the wants of the market of Central Ame-
rica and who chose their goods at the right time have
done most lucrative business. 1t would be- how
desirable that North American houses should
take this commerce into their hands, and that es-
pecally New York merchants who by their credit and
their connections will everywhere maintain their supe-
riority, should gain clearer and exact view of
the commercial connections OF Costa Rca As an in-
termediate STATE between California and the United
States, Costa Eca is also OF some Importance Cali
forna would be the most natural purchaser of the cot
fee Of Costa Rca, and Puerto Arenas as well the
other ports of Central America, could sometimes with
great advantage make use of the goods with which the
market Of Saa Francisco Ia oyer.fed Speculatons in
this direction recently attempted, have turned out
most proftahy.
In a still higher degree than the commerce, would
the agricultural condition Of this country attract the
attention of tis United States if Central America
should become IN general known and more consi-
dered. soil Of such uncommon fertility that in most
parts of the country it yields t,co crops of maize
and wheat with0ut any artificial improvement, ard in
respect to ostton tobacco and sugar superior the
Yields, also without aare labor an annual profit Of
from twenty to twenty per cent; and which.
with larger population, and better agricultural
system than the present could furnish all the
tces of Of Cuba better and cheaper; such
q country, with beautiful, healthy climate, should
really attract exen of the North American farm
ers than the merchants. In North America the
gentleman farmer nnds great difficulty in succeed
ing; in Costa Ricn one cultvates his farm with jour
neymen, and puts twenty per cent. and more into his
pocket In the United States the wages are high and
the price of productions is low in Costa Rea on the
contrary, the wages are low and produce has
hiah price, With single milk establishment, and the
preparing Of butter and cheese, the cultivation of
wheat. which upon the plateau Of Huata Alsiuels
more than vita coffee planting for the Costarican
understands the least Of the most simple branch of
farming Although the enyirons sf San Jose, Carriage
and especially the splendid valley Of Turrialta, pos
sess amost the whole year round green pastures yet
good butter 10 imported in tin boxes from Eng
land (S7A cents per pound;, the cheese partly from
Germany and Switzerland and -four chiefly from ChilL
Ths is partly in consequence Of the increased want OF
hands for the coffee cultivation and partly, Also In
consequence Of the laxness and ignorance OF the na-
live population; for, although the Cestaricans are
more civilized and better naured than the rest of the
Centro- American people, yet, also, this race re-
uires some r~uyenesence and refreshing by the emgra
ton of men from the North without which it will never
lerive from its paradscal beautiful country those
.dyaptaees which nature has offered to H. Costa Rica
~oua BE- especially appropriate for asge settlement
~ the ANGLE American race, who would lind here a
-,rh uoldsr and healthier climate than in Cuba, who
,rN g.in hero by the means Of free labor the same
nsfursI productions, the introduction OF which from
Cuhz l. only effected by most heavy expense, and
where they would end for their industry and CONNER
s;sI setivity tho most favorable ground. Together
<io~a xvonh arrive n this bNonfQI