The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1856-05-10

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any particular class of the community
Capita .,, merchants, profess ional men
mechanics, laborers--in fact, pn oplc OF al
classes are constantly gong an a coming
For the last five year. an ayera re OF tw,
thousand Americans per month b ave passet
to and fro by this route, aud dur az the lev
DAYS occupied in transit have lad ampl-
time to admire and covot the splel did coun
try through which they passed, to look witt
utter contempt on the natives. aud 10 spec
ulate ON what u country 1t would be II i
were only under the stars aud slril 'es.
The country, its climate, its adv ,ntages
resources, and social and political eondi'
ton bsve thus been graduslIy made umiliaI
20 a constantly increasing proportion oi tbe
people OF the t. states and OF California.
1t Is in natural consequence OF all this,
and Of the apparent hopelessness of imme,
date success in Cuba, that The attention of
the Lilibustnrlng portion OF the American
community has been gradual, directed 10
the State oil Nicaragua, and the late civil
war in that country offered too favorable an
opportunity to be lost for making y begins
.
The constitution OF Nicaragua, Ike that
Of all the Spanish American states, is res
publican that is to say, ia name IN effect
Il approaches more nearly 10 a duspotsin
a mode Of government. much better adapted
to people the majority Of whom are quito
incompetent to form any idea on the SUI Jet
I of self government.
ii. "a. Int. NJ fi4s. ..f.fy 81
American Confederation, the country has
been 10 q constant state OF revolution. Two
years Is aboat the longest period oi peace
which has interviewed The people are
wantouly destructive aud cruel IN their civil
warfare and having beea SO actively on-
/ ploNcd Tor nearly twenty years ia cutting
oach others tAroats, baitcuug down each
I others cities, spending their money ia gun
powder, and running all producing interests
hy taking the lAhorers rom the field to
serve ~ soldiers they had managed to re-
duce themselves and their country TO such
Il wfetched state of misery, that IT really
appeared to be the duty OF some civilized
nation to stepin and keep them all 10 order
In passing through the country one cans
lalion every where apparent and With the
remain. OF hygone wealth aud grandeur
/ bat little in accordance with the poverty
and l,sl,e.s Incidence in which tho lnAab..
tau's ,re now conteuted to i've.
Thor e.ties are half ia ruins, sind the
churches, winch, Ia theif mode OF warfare
! they use ~ ioflfosses, have como IN ior
s Oh 4.-I al. 81 u.
which remain are peppered over with can,
/ non balls The RUM on the old indigo aud
4 cotton estates give one an idea OF the diis
iereut way Ia which the people once cn
plovrd themselves but now, IN q country
capable OF producing IN the grealest album.
dance indigo, cotton, sugar rice. coffee
tobacco. aut nearly every other tropical
production. little else Is 10 be seen bus
/ plsnudns aud Indian corn, the two great
/ In the country Is good the people, men,
1 women, aud even children, are iuyeterata
I'm Il sls. bat they do not oven raise su,I,
cleut tobacco Tor their own consumption
The "chcao" or chocolate, raised Ia the
peighborhood OF the toWa of ltIsas. Ia TO-"
finest iu the world It is q national heyer-
age, and the greater pa't OF the crop IS
consumed in the country; r small quantity
D., exported to the nctghboriue States, but
with the exception OF few bullock hides
and deer skins, which are sent to Now
, York. the country cannot he said to have
an, exports.
The climate generally Is by no mans un
healthy Il ,Anos very much throughout
the State being iu some parts much tens
percj b, a constant brcetc Oft the lake,
while IN the high lands OF >esosa and Ma
lse'lpa the temperature Is so modclatr tba'
most oi the grains and ifui's ct the north
can be raised IN great perfection
he rainy season commences ABOUT 10"
end OF July aud continues t1t November OF
December. ponns ih's sraso" ii IA'u' J"
torrents ''' u"Ns AZ '''''' "'''' '"' '"'"s
become almost 'mpassab'e. me most
''eAI' periods ol inc >'"' are '"' .'s''"''e
and the ena OF 'h's >, As'n' i'''' an"
ague are then very p'rYaen'ba' The natives
'o1r' moro una" '"'''s"et', 'n''"t OWING
20 va" "'''ehe" way III WIZ. . '"'F NV '''
Installations 81 Tue lower orders ""''d'Ns
srh''"iN hul poor pto'''"o" against vac
weather
IN the mountains OF lh' o,s''i'' 81 max
ne"iA' Wn'ch ioiin pAf' %. 'he Riv"' '""s'
"h''h "A'e'ses "I ''e >"'" N'''''c'"
continent are "''oeS o' g''' aug '"'s''
ih'N nave hlAh'f'" oh') ue'n "", "v' "N
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