The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-04-10
A Visit TO Nicaragua.

from the pen OF Connecticut farmer,
lgiyes description of visit of observa-
tion to Nicaragua. The writer appends
his name to his communication, and
youches for the unprejudiced nature OF
his views. which are greatly in contrast
with some of The anonymous statements
received from the same quarter. We
copy the material portion OF what he says
of the country and of the inducements for
emigration to it;
New YoRK, March. IA, 1866.
"We arrived at last al the city of Gra-
| NADIA, and met sentinel Of Walkers ar
my who told us to hurry up, or we would
get into the ard-house. Ny opportu-
mites for observation were abundant, and
/ will now proceed to state succinctIy the
facts ofimportance which / desire to com
municate. ees ~''
First, ! propose to show the induce
ments for farmers to emigrate to the nd
which has been called the garden of tie
world. The, offer of from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred acres Of land
as a fee gift lis held out to the worthy far
mer; and on the Northern Light, going
out. found eight farmers on board who
had been lured from their homes in the
United Sta.es by the golden promises
I held out by Nicaragua. Mr.. jackson,
who with myselfboarded with Mr.Squires,
had sold his farm in Connecticut to emil
crate, got discouraged, was taken sick,
and died in three days. Four Of the 9th
ers went out from Granada with Other
parties to examine the country, and were
gone over three days. Two ofthe nuns
/ Der were taken sick with the fever before
ftheir return and died. The other two re-
turned to Granada, where one died with
the fever three days after. The remain
ing three left, determined to get out of
the country as soon as possible. sF
+ .As regards the.fertility of the soil
some parts Of the State are very fruitful,
but do not think an American can make
living on any amount of land. From
all that can judge, the government land
for agricultural purposes is worthless. I
bvlieTe that the labor required to clear up
sufficient land OF the undertrush to enable
a person to live from it. (lf he could live
from any amount of land, if that labo,
were applied to FIVE acres ofland in rem
der;ng it fertile and deyoting it to garden
ing purposes and fruit ncarhere. 1T would
make q man independent. l think a-per.
Son is far better off who is working on a
farm at fifty cents aday and his board
than he would be at Nicaragua with q
thousand acres of land. After they have
got the land in their possession, if they
live long enough to build house. they
will find that the labor of clearing land e
nough to raise an acre of corn will b.
more than they can endure.
The land is covered with an almost i'm
penetrable u derbrush, which forms til,
retreat of countless snakes and scorpions
! Numbers of farmers who have gone GU
for the purpose Of taking up land wer,
in Granada when ] left, some dying SOM
sick, and others without the means of get
ting away. discouraged and disheartened
/ took much pains to test all the tropica
! fruits of the country, and would not Civ
our apple and peach for the whole cata
logue. id >aat ssesss ~ a
1.-The inducements to mechanics ar
but little better. if any. Mr.. Squires. th
carpenter who went out on the Norther
Light. who had good chest oftools, an
was an excellent workman, was maxim
from three to FIVE dollars per day; but h
: told me that this could not last more tha
a few weeks, as there were nothing in hi
line to do except repairing windows. sma
I jobbing, and making an occasional store
c. unter. A young man, also a carper
ter, who went out with his brother, we
employed by the governmental in maxim
: collins, which is the most lucrative en-
:. ployment in the place. He was take
J.. sick at six o'clock in the evening and /;
e four the next morning he was dead, an
J, THAT day was buried in coffin which h
S had made himself. He was perfect
n temperate in his habits and in excellal
). health up to the moment when he was t;
h Ken SICK .sa
IS aa"There is another class of emigran
y who are fred with military enthusiasm
ii and to them have but little to say
e Generelly, they have no honest emplo,
!; ment here, and do not want any. !
= least six Of this class who left New Yo
g on the gath January, died the nextday q
e ter their arrival, while on their way fro
o. Granada to Leon, where they had be,
e ordered to march, musket in hand, und
ID a scorc.,ing san. / did not learn he
e many more died before reaching Leo
= but was informed that the captain of I
!. 4conpany, mounted on a mule, went on
= Leon, for physician. The fifbust
.IIeayes New Y ork in bipb spirits but wh