Daily American organ., 1856-03-21
WHOLE NO. 426.
Al visit 10 Nioara.ua

| pen of Connecticut farmer, gives description
of visit Of observation to Nicaragua. The writ
appends his name to his communication, and
vouches for the unprejudced nature of his viewr,
which are greatly in contrast with some of tie
anonymous statements received from the san
| quarter. We copy the material portion of what
he says of the country and Of the inducements
| for emigration to IL:
NEW YoRK, March "a, 1855.
ave arrived at last at the city Of Granada, ard
| met sentinel Of Walkers army, who told us to
hurry up, or we would get into the guard.house.
| Ny opportunities for observation were abundant,
and win now proceed to state succincy the facts
/ of importance which desire to communicate
/ "First, propose to show the Inducements for
farmers to emigrate to the land which has been
called the garden of the world The offer OF
| from two hundred and fifty to three hundred acres
| Of land as free gift is held out to the worthy
farmer; and on the Northern Light going out, /
| found eight farmers on board who had been lured
| from their homes in the United States by the
| golden promises held out by Nicaragua Mr..
Jackson who with myself boarded with Mr.
Squires, had sold his farm in Connecticut to emf
CRATE, got discouraged, was taken sick and die
in three days. Four Of the others went out from
Granada with other parties to examine the coun-
number taken sick with the fever before their
return and died. The other two returned to Gra-
| NADIA, where one died with the fever three days
| after. The remaining three left determined to
get out of the country as soon as possible.
As regards the fertility Of the SOIL some parts
of the State are very fruitful, but do not think
| an American make a living on any amount Of
land. From all that can judge the government
land for agricultural purposes Is worthless. be-
ieve that the labor required 10 clear up sufficient
land of the underbrush to enable person to live
from it, (f he could live from any amount of land,)
if that labor were applied to five acres Of land in
| rendering it fertile and devotng it to gardening
purposes and fruit near here, 1t would make man
independent. / think person is far better off
who is working farm at fifty cents day and
his board, than he would be at Nicaragua with a
| thousand acres Of land. After they have got the
land in their possession, if they live long enough
| to build a house, they will find that the labor Of
clearing land enough to raise an acre of corn will
| be more than they can endure. The land is COW
cred with an almost impenetrabe underbrush,
which forms the retreat of countless snakes and
scorpions Numbers of farmers who have gone
| out for the purpose Of taking up land were in
| Granada when left, some dying, some sick, and
others without the means of getting away, discour
aged and disheartened. took much pains to test
all the tropical fruits Of the country and would not
give our apple and peach for the whole catalogue.
better, If any. Mr.. Squires, the carpenter who
went cut on the Northern Light who had good
chest of tools, and was an excellent workman, was
making from three to five dollars per day but he
| told me that this could not last more than few
weeks, as there was nothing in his line to do ex
cept repairing windows, small jobbing, and making
an occasional store-counter. young man, also
carpenter who went out with his brother, was en-
ployed by the government in making cofins, which
| is the most lucrative employment in the place.
He was taken sick at six o'clock in the evening,
| and at four the next morning he was dead, and
| that day was buried In coffin which he had made
himself He was perfectly temperate in his habits
and in excellent health up to the moment when he
was taken sick"
"There is another class of emigrants who are
fred with military enthusiasm, and TO them have
but little to say. Generally, they have no homes
employment here, and do not want any. At least
six of this class who left New York on the Gath
January, died the next day after their arrival,
while on their way from Granada to Leon, where
| they had been ordered to march, musket in hand,
under scorching sun. did not learn how many
more died before reaching Leon, but was informed
| that the captain of the company, mounted on
| mule, went on to Leon for physician. The fill
buster leaves New York in high spirits, but when
he gets into General Walkers power he will be as
tame and submissive as sick lamb. In walking
around among the troops have seen them in tears
over their desolate situation, it being impossible
for them to leave the army. Walker let's off no
man, however urgent the necessity may be- have
seen very worthy young man plead the sickness
Of his mother and her destitution as reason for
his return and the only answer he got was pc
remptory order to 60 back to his company. There
are very worthy young men in the army, but among
them all there is general dissatisfaction and dis
| appointment. Their food is very poor, and their
pay is barely enough for their washing expenses.
L. II.
and sickness prevails in the army to an alarming
extent.
"For laboring men TO emigrate the inducements
| are qnite as few. One man, who left Granada on
the day did to return, was seized with the fever
| on the way down the lake. At Virgin Bay he was
| treated by physician, who thought that he might
venture to start for home. He did so, and on the
second day out from San Juan he died, and his
body was thrown overheard. / understood that
he was formerly policeman in this city. Two
| Irishmen, brothers, went out in the Northern
Light, but one became discouraged on arriving at
| San Juan and returned. His brother, however,
went on with me to Granada He got employment
| at dollar and half per day at driving the gov
| ernment cart He was healthy and strictly sober
man, but ono week after his arrival was seized
with the fever and died. 1t is impossible for an
| American to work in that climate particularly
| those from the Northern States. They become
debitated and weak, and those who are in the
habit of drinking sufficiently to irritate the sto
mach, almost invariably die. Granada is the great
dead-house of the country. Three miles from the
city is pond, which, in the dry season, becomes
putrid, and the wind, which almost always blows
from that direction, sends miasma the city;
and this, with rum and dirt is the cause of the
unhealthiness of the place. When l left, there
were about four hundred Americans in the city,
and they were dying at the rate OF fve per day.
on an average. 1t is said that Leon, place one