The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-06
vrterest,uy from Honduras.


WOULD THE FILIBusTERs SUCCEED IN MARCHING
THROUGH HoNDURAs-THE ROUTE AND ITS DIFF
cuLrIEs.
highly respectable gentlemen, who has recently re-
turned from Honduras and has thorough knowledge Oh
the people and country US that the report Oh the
sympathy of any of the people there with the housters
is entirely false and in Nicaragua, where the Gins and
the outs" always quarrellng, both would bury the
hachet and make common against the invaders
The Atlantic slope of Honduras very thuly settled,
without any villages where suienance for ten travellers
can be obtained The road from Omoa to the interior Is
s,npy mule path ard extremely hard for foot passen-
gers The rainy season at its height in January the
Atlantic slope and any body Of men cannot penetrate
into the interior except from March TO June account of
the mud absence OF supplies In these months large
droyes of cattle brought Omoa and trains thirty
and forty mules daily pass.
body OF men landing at Onoa Puerto Caballos
would the first day get to Rancho Grande two houses at
the top Of the pass of the mountains six leagues march,
here two or three pigs might be found and pautains.
Second day to Candeara, at the foot of the mountain,
the plain of sua, four leagues three huts Of negro
families, who may have little and pantains.
Third day. TO san Pedro eight leagues, town of 900
inhabitants, where pantains and beef may be had.
Fourth day, to Chooma, a village OF fifteen huts and
cattle haoiendas in the vicinity, six leagues.
Fifth day, to Portrevllos, six leagues, village OF mu
latlocs, who live and plantans.
Sixth day, to Yojoa, town of some Importance eight
leagues, where cattle be obtained To this point
the road from Candelaria is principally one long
mud hole, the country very level and the woods very
hick-tropca In the dry season mueteers take twelve
daysto come from omoa but in the rainy season is i'm
possible to encamp there scattered huts on the
road, or settlements or clearings of any kind
Seventh day Santa Cruz, village of twenty huts,
on high land, four leagues.
Eighth day. Cancha sugar plantation OF four acres
huts where little corn and sugar cane can be
obtained, seven leagues.
Ninth day, TO rancho Santa Rosa one hut of negro
family who live panains, six leagues; very fliguing
over a mountain.
Tenth day, Mambie, small town; live plantains and
corn; considerable sugar cane here.
Eleventh day, TO Carizal, the top of mountain, six
leagues village of twenty houses; paintans and corn,
possibly cattle.
Twelfth day Las Cuevas, very steep mountains,
six leagues; village OF five huts on the top OF
mountain.
Thirteenth day, Guasstagua, over mountain, six
leagues; this is cattle hacienda
Fourteenth day, Comayagua, eight leagues, over
mountain; 90 not pass hut rancho until within half
league of Comaya This city is on large PLAN, and
sustenanCe be obtained From Yooa to this point the
road is succession of mountains and Valleys very alb
rupt and in hundreds OF places tue path is worn deep
into the soft sandstone, so that no mule can
pass another for hundreds OF yards at a time.
The climate in January delightful, and free
from rains This time OF fourteen days is with mules;
and provisons-whch even freight muleteers carry-of
dried beef they prepare previous 10 trip Each day is
long mule ride of eight to ten hours and body of men
would have to rest halt to COOK TO collect forage for
and if no mpedments offer least twenty eight days
will be required. From Comayagua to Naicome twelve
days. and to Leon eight more but body OF men would
require forty days The country is thckly settled;
the inhabitants have horses, and il they chose to drive
the cattle of the route they would starve any
people passing As to sympathy with any invasion, is
simply absurd
President Guardioa has four hundred men, well armed,
at Comayagua. There plenty Of passes GA the road
where ten could keep hundred bay, particu
larly between Onoa and Comayagua where the dense,
tangled tropical forest obges every TO keep in the
path. AS to provisions, most Of the people live
and pantains, and cultivate sufficient for their
only Cattle raised in parts in plenty, but
the first Of invasion every hoof would be driven
of from the route.