Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-18

MY Dear Friend-rhe most important news from
Nicaragua by the last two arrivals, is the statement
'.tha Gen. Walker had revoked the decree abolish
ing slavery in Nicaragua"
1t has little sooner than told you 1t would
but not too soon. Now what can you Ergnians do !
Why not you yourself make the start through the
papers! ,,.,.;,.oa
| SEcoSD-rhe State is as large as Virginia, and 90
per cent. public lands This | got from the best in
formed natives after careful enquiry.
| THIRD-'fhe lands rich, and the productions
| those most adapted to slave labor, viz
| |. Sugar in perfection; 10 frost.
! ,. Tobacco rudey cultivated, but not much infe-
| rinr to the Cuban.
3. Coffee of good quality-nuw much neglected.
4. Indigo-sad once 10 have been the best 10 the
world, but its culture has been abandoned since the
civil 1t s however, more easily restored than
any other crop, and the watts for its preparation are
still to be found the old estates They were made
| by the Spaniards of stOne and cement.
| 5. CocOa-frOm which chocolate ID made. BEAU
tfu crop, requiring but little labor, aud yielding
great value in u small bulk.
| b. RiCe-very abundant, OF the upland varletles.
7. Dye-woods, of various kinds ana of great value.
| The foregoing all produced on the low country
adjoining the lake aud the Pacific. But there are no
marshes, that saw, in travelling extensively IN ths
region. As you ascend the mountains which lie to
the North and East you meet with other productions,
! viz:
| 3. Cotton of excellent quality.
Q. Then wheat, which ls said to yield well. There
are stil some old -four mills III this section NlId
ihu;" ,n IT. Iio ~ oe ~, d. y,
lo With Wheat appear The fruits oi Tie temperate
| zone.
| H. Open glades covered with perpetual grass, on
which, in parts. herds ol thousands OF cattle
may now be seen.
l-' - i'''u ~ 81, '''" W." "''"'e' , - . '~, r,h
s. sel NM, ,h J, eI ro,t inarI;6ri,J
processes: for example, they bring the ore down 10
! their grinding places ON the backs Vi oxen. .
i'' t"c "'"' - v, 49, ,r ;,L ,L,,.Js. ha,nr
",' ra t, n.y., ;I ,h III venr. old und
vi "n''u "'.p 'n ~ . - "a, w i ~ ,.. ~ $780,! ,,,t ~,
III rou'" rs '.t.9 "''' vi. , " ',TI, r hf f o,a,
LUIS mo- r'.'. w ~ - 49, .,;, r,.s arJ n,w
possession VI " 'ic "o';'c VI '',0 "'''' '"NS' ~ - M
"'efs 10 you, ~ iou ',in Jp"' Saves o. .h LII
you nave iio' d H,cio "'' '"s '",. Va '''c c", :
W Hal WI" you uo 'o 'n,r ,I ,,,, "ppip,,.,d or.
with lnen and MONEY lhc men most wanted are
men Of education, lit To serve III Inc ciFl govern
ment, and command III the army. Are there mol
just such men, wasting their lives IN ideness
| and without a prospect for the future, III Virginia
| Next money. Will the South let slip this glorious
| acuusjtion from sheer nigHrdliuess Rightly ap.
precia,ed and rightly urged, it seems to me not only
individuals, but States, would come forward 10 si'i
the great and effective champion of their Interests,
aud the only one in the word.
Take hold my dear friend, aud make the Southern
| press take h0id-bring ali your enthusiasm to the
work, md let Us see what can be done.
( consider The. country remarkably healthy, more
so
Western I. ys. and rest INV opinion On the following
| met. viz:
! I snrut i've months there aud during that time
,Lr Yer. ironps stationed for longer ar shorter Pc
,iods ~ the following places: AT Castillo YiegU, mid
wav ,b. San Juan river nj San Carlos at the exit o
rho san Iuau river from Lake Nicaragua at the city
If E,vns VIRGIN Bav or San juan del Sur or al
;,c.ut IN ih. raIsit road these ihree places cons
iu,ur one station j al the city of Leon, and for
i;I,, wh. NJ IN. town Of Massya and At the town o
uni,,.Ins in th. mountains and az Granada. Al
La .irk nn.. and Mi the deaths with scarcely an eI
rention, occurred at Granada. | was for month OF
The Transit road and, found it healthy as an,
! country ever was u gut Il case uf sickness thai
c,n remember occurr nr among citizens the troops
Tho Inst fen Gays iu March, when the Costa Rican
,rar. hourly EXIT ed on that frontier, there wer
ubnu, 100 American assembled in l;vas,b badly lodged
badly fed and the great majority soldiers III ID
s,s,, Of disciplia. and yet during this time ther
was no sick ness, and the men began TO wear W.
rugged. brUnzed look that Is pr"Ihcrd Dy 'AposU'
in a henirhy atmosphere In GRANADA there was , Il
average OF ''oO men during me "hoe HHe n'o...is
for the gre"ttr ppr'1u " '''' M, .iaJ ~
were about 2oo IN Leon !" ulen"ua W, w
third died. In Leon 'nere was no on
sick, the only inmates ." me nosP''ai oIiaH ',a
VINO ".I'''eiy ;aa,s ,hr"u,h ,bs Insc and an o
other VINO sho h'use '"rous" 'ie hne'; unu %n W W
hcer wounded III u uuei. uo pot 'aAe '','o ''e az ~
count two or tlree cases Vi clo'ela, mh' "e'e "a
ken on the mhrch from 1rala"a' "'iu n'hu w s y
Leon. There Is something np"Ee'her Peeu''"! ooou
IranHud - iefet PIC Wis ''N''' - IL
would seem, which the Americans can yeno" ieFeI
and which IL as sudden III lis "'.cN' ns inpu ~ !.
course hhd atoEe'heF Us ""hItou .t % L iI " =;
uated not very lar from 'ha heau VI .ie 'aNe' ~
inserahly ostFeh' uhcu''i'1leu 'eIto' uiI ;S
mnun'hih "n'cn C'iecAS '''e 'u" 80 y, '''S ,.
"hicn pio" Hes"! u'ei IL" .T @ .."s ,' y. '' nv r a.!
and ~ the neighb"rh"od ol ln'ge swamp, as o.
told, tor nave never seen H.: ""a'e'el ste ~ c
Grenada dur'hg my stay W m u'atu r o
the rest oi the o''e' a' Nor'osh uu ''1:' ye" '"u
fhn r.zfn \ III. L lGt
strong military POSITION inc Key u 'iie 'oIneIi u"
Eastern sections, and lnust DC well eaniSoheu;
the army goes on increasing however shai' P'o
portion OF the whole iorce may DC selcie"t, au
these of accllmateu men VINO ENJOY petlecl heatn II
Granada mean men VINO nave once i"u.Ie ~ e
Yer nave never Sceh heai'''e, Pe'co M ' Nv W.
old resident foreigners OF NraHau" Aie' ''""' civ
Europeans. r.,
In speaking ot me piouu'"ons VI .,'.a @ ,E ' 80; -
OUT corn ana p'ah'dlhs' lhrSe 'oi'''"o ' pi.
pal diet ol the people, ahG iio in''ct serve 'e co
mass Tor lneat ~ Wen US ore"u' - Iprei "'1t W
could not conceve-hardiy goou enough 'o' ue"oI
mllch COW, ana noiiiln@ c"ui hi'ie 'h'is'y ma
the low grade ot the mseraoie human o'u!e .n'
feeds on it, Its great recommendation 10 nun is ina
il grows almost spontaneously, anu cos'S n''n no !"
Dor to EetIi
Corn is also sowed IN some places ana cut as grass
They don't allow it TO grow arge enough I" oe ca'le'
fodder. was very ihueh as'on'sneu W '''.i % % t 80 Ga
ceenl draught cattle wherever went; but me pes
were about Leon there saw oxen 'h"' nov'u t '"H
the prize at one Gf your ehnntiohs' !i.l'h ';'
you that l. myself .raVeeu Low nes ~ "u
Carl ara"i' Wy i'ut UHeu; W .T c,;, ,Ia ~ slI
an eye witness and hope you will find in my word
that which will interest you' even u INC po'ii' VI ~
ton. -:,,o h., :; ,ou S,ot