The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-29
EmiunArrs roa NICARAGUA.

captain u. u Nnck"v. r,mgtn'i,n agent oi 'he
government "i N'"nt"rn'. passed i''r"inh "nr
city Yesterday, pn ruu:" fur thnrlrsiun Cnp.
thin ~ has now uni T. his command on" hun.
.lr",i ,n",l and iri" u,"" chiefly from the moin
tain district. al south tnru'i,u 'rhes" men de.
rrny their expenses To Savannah, from which
point they viii soon embark for the Stat" Of
Nicaragua They rmViutc under n guaranty
from the President cf Nicaragua, Gen. William
Walker, to III" effect that each cuigrnnt will re-
rcivc from that government two hundred and
fifty acres OF lami. These lnn'ls. according To
tn" latest aud best authorities, are Of great fer
Utility. III staple Of th" country are cotton,
sugar, rice and indigo. Tho coast regions are
IA laria. and liable to fever; but the ascent as
one advances :nt" the Interior, is rapid. and Mt
sixty miles from the coast tho traveller finds HIM
self in the broad and fertile valleys Of the Cor.
di'lcras mountains that run like bnck hone
through the Sat" from North to South. with the
Atlantic Oh the last and the Pacific Ocean
the West In these valleys, table lands the
climate, like that Of the interior of Mexico, is
genial and delightful, the thermometer varying
only from sixty five to eighty degrees during the
entire Year Here the banana, orange. pantain
and cocoa nut llour,l, luxuriantly, while billow,
ing fields Of wheat and corn wave in the pure
mountain atmosphere, allyn. the great staples OF
The temperate zone with the ever blooming pro-
ducts of the troric. The pitch pine and the
oak are found in abundance on the hlghand
while mahogany. I"cwoud aud other valuable
trees known to commerce, flourish Oh the coast,
Central America of which Costa Hica and Mica,
a.u form the Suu'hrrn portion, has been cclc
tra,",l for is mineral w":,th from the DAYS of The
early Spai.Ish a,!N r..urrrs To the present time.
While upon tn. l':.c ic slope rich veins Of silver,
vlcam in the granite rocks Of the Cor,l,lleras. tho
Esrnmd!n an,i Orc rivers thnt empty into the
Atlantic are hca. with golden sands" Yet
owing To the civ Wits that for many Years have
distracted that Lv;u,iiul land and the in!ol"nt
natures of its Spanish American population. the
resources Of Nicaratu, have never been ,lcv eop-
cd. However an American Government las
been lrgt imat"iy established in Nicaragua, and
we trust that un!.r its b.niiccnt influence,
hrigl,lrr day may dawn upon Central
America.
All that the Americans in Nicaragua ask is.
that they may Try the experiment of their Gov
ernncnl in peace, ui,ralnnrllcd hy foreign in
reference. Gcn. WIN. Walker is the legally
elected President Of Nicaragua, and represents
the will Of the p"ni''" "t that State, expressed
in the forty thousand votes that elevated him to
his high I"~i;"l,. lie has shown himself not
only during n:!.,ary leader. rapid in action and
fertile in RESOURCES, but lie has proved that he
administrative ability. Under his auspices. slave
ry has been established in Nrarn..ua til" Judi
c'arv rcmo,l.I".rd, aud ii Constitution similar To
that of the United States. but modified to suit
the characters and condition of the people,
framed aud ml"pirl Moreover, his career ms II
lradcr has bcrn nsancd by crime, from the
day he entered Nirnrarna by the invitation Of
It's tiorrnnent 10 tn" present hour. With all the
facts before us, we think 1t becomes every true
Snuil:ron IL biz: hiu and his c;llisc " God speed"
We Will state that parties who wish To culi-
CRATE may address Captain Mackcy at Charles.
tun.- Caro!inu Times, 2iM inst