The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-18
TEHUANTEPFC


correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune,
writes from Minatitlan, Nov. 3, as follows: "Hav-
ing taken board the passengers and mails brought
by the Quaker City, the Suchil left the steamship
on Saturday, 3Oth ut., at p. NJ, and proceeded
on her pioneer trip. We were greeted with the
most enthusiastic cheers by the inhabitants as we
passed up theriver, and our whole party was in the
finest spirits. The river at Mnattan, and for long
distance up is about two-thrds of the width of the
Mississippi at New Orleans. The banks present uch
the same appearance in height those of the Mis-
sissippi from the Grand Prairie up to the Crescent
City, and exceedingly beautiful. As we pro-
ceeded we had lots of amusement. Monkeys and
parrots, in great numbers, were seen at every
turn OF the river, and alligators in the stream
were plentiful enough. Some twenty-four miles
up from Mnatitan came to picturesque lit
tie town where, as soon the steam whistle was
heard all the people, great and small, turned put
and lined the banks, cheering us as we passed an
ward. After a delightful trip we arrived at Su-
chill at IL O'Clock on Sunday morning, the 3lst, the
distance from Minatitan being ninety miles. The
navigation of the river is very far superior to what
| expected. The river keeps good width as far as
| Suchil, with few DISTRACTIONS mot more than
tour) caused by shoals, in the whole distance and
but few snags are to be seen-in fact they are far
less than expected, and be easily removed
| without much expense. You can Judge of the fa-
city of navigation from the fact that the boat
all night. need not say that any river that can
! be navigated atnight is not bad one
You in New Orleans can hardly form an adequate
idea of the fruitfuness ofthis beautiful country
have seen sugar here as large round as Q
wine BOTTLE andfully eighteen feet in length Thi.
is no travellers exaggeration, but sober fact Cot
fee of the finest kind and all the fruits of the rop
! les, are produced here and can be produced to an
| enormous extent, when labor and capital are avail
able for the purpose. So far as regards health
this country is infinitely preferable to the Isthmu
OF Panama. | resided on that Isthmus about tw,
| years, and, therefore, speak of what know. Liant
here is now being sold by the Government at 81 OOC
per league Some Americans have bought tracts
and Will soon have sugar to SELL
saw Mr.. LaSere, the President of the Tahuanta
pee Company, as he started from Suchil and hear,
him say such was his delight that all the arrange
ments were working smoothly, that he felt as
he were only 20 years old at that time The part
started for the Pacific accompanied by our goo
| wishes, and we then went on board the little iro
boat and started for Minattlan. The run dow
was made in 10 hours, and the whole trip was A.
complished in 81 hours. The Suchi am told cs
do it in "a hours with good coal.
The VrNTAGE.-The following letter, saws II
! w ashlngton Union, from an extensive owner
vineyards in France to an English resident in Par
! contains some interesting observations on the vi,
tage of the present year:
In the departments in which the renowned sor,
| OF wine are produced, the wines will be eonaI
what we call Uins dc la con,ete-a sacrament
phrase for good wines, ever since the year l8l-
When comet caused great fear to feeble-minde
| people
In the departments in which, like that of the H.
rault, cheaP wines are produced, the abundance
ean eaoraoralnary @ and the quality good. There ha,
centmetres, az feet long, In some vineyaart
400 hectolitres $500 gallons of wine per hectar
l22 acres) have been obtained. Certain owpe,
have made 10000 hectolitres; others 25, 900: an
there are even some who have obtained 81, ,0O
Now you know that the consumption of the Unite
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is only abou
$4,000 hectolitres. The selling price of wine, to
taken at the owners, (the purchaser finding h
own casks has fallen as low as 2f the hectoitre
centimes the gallon. That is exceptional, it
true; but ford cents the gallon you may have
much wine you like.
What strange thing it is that Europe shoul,
impose heavy customs duties on a beverage :,
England, for example, the gallon which YOU nigh
havei in theHeraut for I'd. pays customs duty of IS
3d. 1t is true that in your tariff that isAthe onl,
enormity you have;* but ought that to be main
tanned?
'The writer to have forgotten that American to
bacco pays over 900 cent its value az cnstn