The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-20
Newspaper Accounts.


do"td u with many advantages II has two plazas; in
the ntre oil the principal large church.
either side few shops, where one cau buy combs
brushes locking glasses and spurs. The plaza Ia the
market place OF the town. and can be purchased
cscao, corn, hAmmocks and duces.
Mr. Squters informs us In hts narrative E!caragus
that businss has been conducted large scale A
travellers who have ever visited Massaya also bear wit
ness to the fact but the political OF the country
Tor the half century tended I, stop speculation
and the merchants are unwilling to risk their
confident cannot continue much longer The news Of the
day confirm us In the opinion tnat the day not far
tant when the natural resources Of Massaya viii
tapy have chance OF being developed and the enter.
rse Of the merchants brought play The following
extract we copy from squiers' narratve:-
On The, S saes e PLAZA were several q ane shops
gn goods are reaed in Massaya than other town the
throughout ali Central america for the extent
ena srg CT %
sses IN use IN the country are produced here
At me % Peru ana soS
ns h psa wa Of @
serted.
The natives are industrious, orderly and friendly De-
vosed TO cause which they believe 70 be the only
means OF placing them on the road to prosperity. A
stranger struck with the devotion paid by the natives
their thoughts aud affections The naive women are
snd and hospable ever ready to extend the hand OF
the pillow Of the sick The SCENERY around Massaya Is
beautiful We have enjoyed many rides the sur
rounding couIsIy and have taken some pains to recoec
scenery, but willingly Rive the palm the post is our
good luck to be stationed IT.
From Ell Nicsrsguense, Sept 20
FUTURE VENICE IN NICARAGUA.
At no great distance from the CITY of Granada ara
situate cluster of the most beautiful and fertile islands
is possible to conceive. They vary from few square
yards to several square miles in superficial extent Be
yond these. 81 separated from them by Deep naviga-
BILE channel stands the large island Of zspearo, whose
all who navigate the Zapetaro is in its western
extremity scooped out so as to form almost circular
deep curve, almost circular bay formed Of several
miles in diameter securely sheltered by highlands as
TO make the slightest skn lie upon It's surface even
when may be lashng into fury the exposed
parts OF lake Nicaragua The southeastern part of this bay
Is also entered by channel OF deep water, which
divides the southwestern extremity OF Zapeiero from
the mainland. The steamer San Carlos has already
entered tho bay described b. the last mentioned chan
mel snd ascertaned that the Of sufficient depth
TO afford anchorage for vessels The northern
part OF the bay bounded by the cluAter the
Thousand Islands each one Of which to our mind, ID
commercial ware rooms and where vessels OF considera
blc tonnage can move from one depot TO another with
Il ON street another On this city of thousand
la ancs cool water viii be always enien, aud
ist in s vicinity. Here canals will occupy the place of
streets, ana light ary like pleasure boats viii supcrcede
h0rges. Here, ipstead of Wall street will nave q
Rao here will be seen ard beard senors and senoriias
10 their gondoas singing love IN the starlight and
here will be the most pleasing combination OF health.
convenience and beauty IN any city upon which the
Trom FL Nicaraguensc, Sept. 81
INFORMANT IMPROVEMENTS on TIE TRANSIT ROUTE.
BY decree published three weeks aimee the govern.
ment Of Nicaragua ceded AL It's rights 10 the Transit route
and =. the propsy used on tie Loe % s w:.s
may need to carry s business and also the macada
lied road from Virgin TO San Juan del Sur. The consi
deraton paid for this property and the gTaat was four
hundred and nffy thousand dollars and tse company
bound itself establish both sides OF
the continent il also bound 10 transport government
mails troops &c. free OF charge, and 70 pay Into tie
treasury Of The state certain price for every passenger
and SO much per centage on II. proun The grant ex
tends for twenty years. and Is gyen TO perfectly
sponsble parties, who willing 20 make the Nicaragua
route from tho Atlantic 10 the Pacific ocean better than
any other.
large number OF hands busy along the whole
extent CT the Inc making those things straight which
rector in the person Of Col Mcdonald the most efficient
system OF works originated carried the State,
now being hurried TO completion. There no longer
exists any necessity Tor landing the passengers virgin
Bay In boats but tho camers aluns side and
the wharf AT san JOAN storeshp has been sunk Just
aborers busy building solid wharf to connect
the sunken slip with the shore. Hereafter The
% F.S su, vii wnS1 no,
degree break water TO the hArbor Tho road Is
being tut in most complete repair.
The hotels at both ends OF the line, and also NJ San
Carlos and Ca,o, are being put IN order and In San
Juan tho accommodations Will be better than In
Virgin Bay The landlords viii commence improving i'm
medinfeIy after tho transit Of the passengers Even
the natives look more lively and hopeful and are quite
industrious In the cultivation OF fruit and the raising Of
chckers.
On the lake, We are told, Improvements will be
made In The steamboats, The next steamer viii pro-
baby arrive at San joan ab )u the Alb OF October aud
etcr her passengers crossed the San Carlos will be
oyernautd and turned into North river Mssssippi
Tor cabin and eeraee passengers Ono two boats
will be upon the river and ~ soon as the route Is tho
roughly .ne ~ @ 10, -, On .ne
necessity the lowest stage Of the waior for any light
ing walking around the falls
COFFEE CRor.
number OF COufxratcd In the piyas
department knoxn I, have considerable groves OF
coffee trees them but We arc told the past two
years. owing 10 the unsctcd condition OF the state the
coffee has not been gathered AZ present the new crop
jus besinr to rpen, and In few weeks we shall see
i've grorh fe coeo tree grow. ss With bu, % o cu
walton, and blossom In three years alter being planted
arm can DC very easily extended oy ,emovinf inc
pg tree and one ranch we know o. on which there al
present but one thousand trees cuid Ia two years be
made 10 grow CITY thousand We have now no data on
which OF tho quantity q coffee grown
in this state but ve safely that NIcaraguain two
years could be made to expors<he article.
TUE FIRST CORN MILL IN GRANADA.
Colonel Jchn H. Wheeler has started the mill
known 10 Granada s located In the square above
the lsga,on, and us hummng noise, while ''chawins
residence And do not consider the sound should be
unpleasant 10 General Walkers ears reminding him, as
II must that he the cause OF lie presence here The
natives crowd around the place In great numbers and
for space the Indians thought their trade Of making
pnoe gone but on mature consideration they
70 The conclusion tnsi like a other American enter.
prises vas new TO than and the country ano worked
out its way without unswins any beaten track. The
govern furnishes large supply OF corn, which Il
ground up and dealt oU 10 the army. The American
residents Of the place psssonze u extensively, and In
iact the Improvement considered wei ofby a hands
and the cook
FLAG OF THE RErUBLIc.
ffrom the same, sept. 10
BY recent decree the <r Of the republic changed
yeYy materially. II consists OF two blue stripes
with wbto srips between them, the latter twice n
Wide a. the former Tn the middle OF the white stripe
be red star with Eve points We are thus rid Of Tho
eruptvo device which has hitherto 90 appropriately re-
presented the State.
On the 18th OF September dinner was Gveu at Mana
qua Col kcIntosb BY his brother officers the
CT his departure from that city 90 command
at Nasaya They had abundance Of good things serves
up table, plenty Of capital toasts and speeches. and
Monday, the 18Th day Of September, WAS celebrated
in Granada with becoming enthusiasm, BY the .ve po
pulsson. The day was like our Fourth Of July bcnI
the thirty fourth anniversary Of the declaration OF Ncata
guam irdepcnds nee from old Spain.
| Et NfcordsuenN says that o new article has beef
placed upon the ut Of exports from Nicaragua. rs
has been discovered In France appears for the skin
the monkey. and aupplv the demand for II In ths