Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-11-29

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in respect to that very interesting country
--Lynch. Itrg.
-, Oct so. 1856.
My Dear Triend--The most Important
news from Nicaragua by the last two arri-
walls, is the statement 'that Gen. Walker
had revoked the decree abolishing slave
ry in Nicaragua"
1t has come little sooner than told you
it would, but not too soon. Now what will
Virgiqiaus DO Why, not yourself make
the start through the newspapers
First-Slavery is admitted
sceond-Ihe Stateis as large as Virgin
ia, and 90 per ceut public lands This got
from the best informed natives, after careful
enquiry.
Ihird-Ihe lands arc rich, and the pro,
duotions most adapted to slave labor, viz -
] Sugar in perfection, no frost.
2. Tobacco rudely cultivated but not much
inferior to the Cuban
3 Coffee Of good quality--now much ne
elected.
4. Indigo--said once to have been the
best in the world, but its culture has been
alb andoned since the civil wars. 1t is, how
ever, more easily restored than any other
crop; and the watts for its preparation are
still to be found on old estates They
were made by tle Spaniards Of stone and
cement.
s. Cocoa---from which chocolate is made.
A beautiful crop requiring but little labor,
apd yielding a great value in small bulk
Z. Rice very abundant, of the upland va
rieties
Z Dye woods, Of various kinds aud of great
value
The foregoing are all produced on the
low country adjoining the lake and the
Pacific. But there are no marshes, that I
saw in travelling extensively in this region.
KS You ascend the mountains which lie to
the North aud Last you meet with ether
productions, viz:
s. Cotton of excellent quality
Then wheat which is SAID To yield well.
There are still some old flour mills in this
section Wild indians here began to be
troublesome
10 With wheat appear the fruits of The
temperate zone.
II. Open glades, covered With perpetual
grass on which in some parts, herds Of
thousands OF cattle may now be seen.
T. \ little higher than the pastures,
gold and silver mines, which tue natives are
Woodworking pro6itably, though using the
rudest and most artificial processes Tor ex-
ample, they bring the ore down to their
grinding places ON the backs Of oxen.
13 The best kinds OF timber are to be
found in all parts. | was particularly struck
with the cedar, beams OF which Bere shown
me said to be Il years cid, and as sound us
they were the day they were put up.
This magnificent country, Gen, Walker
has taken possession of in the name of tie
white race, and nog offers to you and your
slaves At time when you have net friend
on the face Of the earth.
What will You do for him. You must
support him with men and money. The
men most wanted are men of education, fit
to serve in the civil Government, and
command in the army Are there not
scores Of just men, wasting their lives in
idleness, and without a prospect f9r the fa-
ture il Virginia.
Next moaey VIII tee South lot slip
this glorious acquisition from sheer Mig
gardliness Rightly appreciated and right
IS urged, 1t scents tome not only individuals,
bat States, would come ferward ta aid the
great aad effective champion Of their later.
ests, and the only one III the world.
Take hold my dear friend, and make the
Southern press take hold-briug all your en-
thusiasm to the work, and, 1t u see shat
can be DONE
| consider the country remarkably healthy
more SO than many Of our Southern States,
unless, perhaps, Western Texas, aad rest
my opinion on the following facts, viz:
spent five months there, and during that
timc there were troops stationed for longer
or shorter periods at the following places
At Castillo Neigo, midway the San Juan
river ; At San Carlos at the city of Riyas. +
Virgin Bay, San Juan del Sur, on or adia- (.
cent to the Transit road (these three places
constituting one Station J at the city of
Leon, and for little while at the town Of
Matagalpa in the Mountains, and at Gran
da, An tie sickness and all the deaths, F..
with scarcely an exception occurred at Gra- I
NADIA. | was for month on the Transit
read and found it as healthy as any country
| ever WAS ia not case OF sickness oceurr-
ing among citizens or troops The last ten
days in Marsh, when the Costa Ricans
were hourly expected on that frontier, there
were about 700 Americans assembled in III +
vas, badly lodged, badly fed, aad the great
majorit yof soldiers in bad state ot discipline;
and yet during this time there Was no sick
ness, aud the men began to wear that rug
ged, bgon4od look that is produced by ex-
posuge i'll a healthy atmosphere.
in speaking Of the productions OF Neara-
gua, | left out corn and rlantains These
constitute she principal diet of the people,
and the latter serve the great mass Cor meat
as we'll rs bread
Corn is also sowed in some places and cut
as grass. They dom alloa It 10 grow large
enough to be called fodder, ] was very
much astonished to fnd most excellent
draught cattle wherever went bat the +
best were about Leon there saw oxea
that would take The PRICE at on Of your ex-
hibitions. think l told you that myself, +
travelled $50 miles in four days in cart
drawn by four oxen. in the hottest concev-
able weather and apparently without fatigu-
ing them at all
So much for what | saw in Nicaragua. -
| speak as an eye witness and | hope you
will find in my words that which will inter
est you even to the point Of action