The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-18


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Central America.
rhe Journal dss psbass Of Paris gives some
,,tarsstins statistics about Central America,
: country which 10 equally an object Of interest
With IN, United States, and the principal COM
mercsal rowers Of Europe. The population Is about
ten millions inhabitants, made up of whites, ne
gree, Indians, and mixed race, the latter being
predomir ant.
The productive riches Of each Of the I'VE Censrai
America Republics are thus summed up:
Guatemala--Cochipeai, vanilla, sars.parnsa, In
dian corn aud quantity Of cacas; that o. the pro
vince of Socomesco betng OF such asuperlor qasll-
~ that formerly It was reserved for the use Of inc
King Of Spain solely
Costa Rica-Precious wooos ano eonee' S''s'S
N,carasus-Totacoo, Peruvian bark, (quinquina,)
xaestable suet cattle and hides. Has also mines
a. Salysdor--Copsiderabl production OF indigo,
Peruvian balm, wood and vanilla, looth o, Snien
ara not cultivated for want Of hands, although
the population Of San Salvador Is reported to be
laborious., Has silver mines at San Miguel, and
eppn mines at Metspan.
Honduras has fine pasturage and all the aEricsi-
tsrai products before specified, with the sxcop-
tion of vanilla and cochneai, marble, jasper, sui
phur and salt pouds. The State, besides, Is In
possession Of rich gold and silver mines several OF
which, In the department of Tegcigapa, IL 10 said,
have been acquired by sale BY rich French spec
uiating society. TIL Aew the way Of working
these mines, 40 we'll those Of Central America In
general, land they are very numerous) mas oeeh
very primitive indeed.
l.. H. AraA
whose product, however, 10 Of inferior quality.
These are. Il will be allowed, magnificent ele-
meats Of exchange and fertile sources of consid-
rsbie maritime trade.
The numerous ports Of these countries on either
ocean constitute valuable situations. Honduras
possesses on the Atlantic ocean, four ports. The
spInion Is expressed that different water currents
will one day or other facilitate here the juncturs
Of the two oceans, for, with the exception OF Pa
mama and Tehuantepec, this country forms the
most narrow Of that series Of isthmuses, which,
running from Vera Cruz TO the Gulf Of Darien, ex-
tend over the continent of Americs. The soil here
IL also of remarkable fertility. Mahogany, cedar,
and nearly every species of precious aud dye woods
Indian corn, cocoa, cochneal, indigo, cotton, to-
bsceo, sugar, vanilla, s&ssaparilla, hides, gold,
silver, copper, iron, marble, sulphur, salt, and
all kinds of raw products, are there in abundance,
Nature, adds the Debats, with bountiful hand,
has lavished her riches here; and the arms, and
perhaps also to certain degree the will of the in
habitants are wanting to gather these treasures
or to work the sources from which they spring;
and II must be confessed that the descendants of
the proud Spanish conquerers, the companions of
Pedro Dc Alvarado, who subdued Honduras, about
the year 1885, have till the present day. done very
little towards availing themselves in these coun-
tries of the elements of prosperity with which
Providence has 80 pientifully endowed them.
The commerce of the country has of late greatly
increased and considerable ship freghts are regu-
Iarly sent out to the ports Of Central America,
both on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, from Eu.
rope and North America, and those coasts are fire.
Guently visited by English, American, Bremen,
Sandman, Spanish, Chilean, Peruvian and other
merchant ships. French vessels have visited there
only at rare intervals-only five vessels, whose
united cargoes did not exceed the value of 900
francs, having gone to these ports In the year
1856
The total amount Of transactions carried on by
English traders with Central America In the year
1885 has been estimated at between two and three
million Of dollars; not comprising therein their op-
erations amounting almost to a like sum- with
Belize, British colony enclosed In Yucatan, which
10 always completely supplied with English arti
eles az also with French goods brought in English
ships from New York, Havana, or French ports
and from Hanssatic and Dutch Depots.
The Debats urges French merchants to increase
their commerce with this inviting field of trade
In connexion with this subject, we may mention
that one Of Gen. Walkers officers communicates t.
the Richmond Examiner a gorgeous picture of Nj
caragua and its prospects. "The lover of nature,
he exclaims, sin all its beauty, sublimity and gran
deur will find more favored spot than Nicara
qua And the glorious panorama of tropical scene.
nv will burst upon the delighted beholder like a
scene of enchantment. One eternal summer reigns
Stately forests clad in ever living green in their
solemn grandeur, deride the praises of the obser.
yer. with flowers Of the richest colors and rarest
perfumes. Birds, Of tho most gorgeous plumare
and melodious notes, render the surrounding for
ests vocal with their music. Streams, cool and re-
freshiHg as from the heights of the Alleghanies,
burst from their mountain homes and meander to
the ocean. Here, under the genial influence of /.
tropical SUI, basks wilderness garden, and but
awaits the coming of the husbandman to bloom
and blossom as the rose. Nature, indeed, seems 10
have bestowed here treasures rare with more than
a prodigal lberality. The orsnge, the pine apple,
the banana, the fig and hundred different varie.
and corn, cotton, sugar and coffee can be cultivated
more profitably than on any other portion of the
globe. In word, Nicaragua, In the fertility of its
SOIL the salubrity of its climate, and the splendor
of its scenery realizes gil that you have ever heard
or read of 1t. The natives are q weak, indolent
imbecile and ignorant race who are made the tools
Of political 6emagogues. The fruits affording them
a living they drag on In lethargic state from day
TO day, without regret for the past or hope for
the future; aud neither the fear of punishment or
the hope Of reward can scarcely ever induce them
to work.
What lazy set of rascals! And to think that
they should DO made "the tools of political dema-
goguss," besides Our indignation knows no
boundsi 1t is time that they should ba enamel
patsd from this miserable bondage, and we are the
people to do 1t, we who have no political dema.
gogues and of course are never led by the nose.
The correspondent thinks gorgeous prospect
will be opened to the South, when Walker Ameri-
caniges the country. We hope so The South's
prospects have teen blue 80 many years, that an
occasional gorgeous tint would be pleasing varie-
~. "Here. slave labor can be as proftably Tn
ploysd "a In any portion OF the world. Here when
Northern aggression and Southern acquiescence
shall have driven the STAKEHOLDER to the last verge
OF the Union-from Maryland to louisiana sis
ter republic shall open wide her arms to receive
him. Aud this is but the commencement of his
work. Looking still further into the future, what
. splendid prospect rises before as. The South
American States, rich In their mineral wealth,
rich In soil, rich In climate, and rich In all that
make an earthly elysium-will be Americanixed
too; and the sensual Mahomsd never promised to
the true believer more bisEful heaven than that
country, under proper management. And then
Cuba aud the far West Indian Isles, pining In lone
~ grandeur for some friendly hand to raise them in
70 their rghtfui magnifesnce and glory, under The
magic impulse OF American enterprise, shalt start
UP INTO soch scenes OF beauty and splendor, of
wealth and Significance, as shall rival thu f.b,sd
Eiysium Of the sncients"