Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-24
CON n UNICATED.
AASAGUA, NICARAGUA.

Editors Of the T&s:
+ have bees intending TO write to you for =
loag time, but man, things have trxnspired to
delay me. ] have many more comforts here
than I expected 10 fad. Ny house 10 COOL
quiet and roomy, With two yards for Gowers
and vines. Wide versndas extend on three
sides Of the house. The view Of lake Managua
and the surrounding mountains from the upper
vefanda, taken ia At one glance is certainly
most grand The elm, te ssits me we'll, fire.
quentIy | have to pull up my blanket before
day. take my meals at Browns Hotel, the
fire is very good. We have splendid beef and
so,her meats, but vexet. bl-s ard fruits are dis
'tressiagly sc.rre. | certainly would eujoy an
orange or banana between my rodre al 8 A
n. and breakfast At /? Y. A very small por-
ton Of the la, d in Nic.rsRus is in cultivation
u has not been cleared in, CROPS grow year
sher year The principal pr. dur tons Of the
country are cocoa. indigo and COFFEE rubbe
dye. wood and cedar tides and deer skins
All ese are exported except rocoa, which is
used in the cuuntry, and at verv high prices,
selling this year as high as a dollar a pound
The revenue Of this country is derived from
customs duties, rum, tobacco. tax on cattle
killed, railroad. sale of pc dr. staDped paper,
sale Of unrultivated lands and the imposition
OF ines Only a lev American merchants are
here. OF the foreign element the G-rmsns pre-
dominate. They deal mostly 10 their country.
The natives deal in Earup~. Agents FROM there
are constantly here taking ord-s.. Until the
last month have not seen one from tue Uaited
Ststrs. Que told me he got some orders.
tu Informed by the merchants here they cau
get Hoe':s upon better terms in Europe ih an
10 Americs, SIX TO twelve mont h credit Viii ct
IN The States ,hev only allow three mnu,hs
Then thar frrishiiBg Is much cheaper, and
they get their goods N the leag his aud idths
that suit them. which they cannot do in the
States; ind above al IS the bungiing packing
which | have seen myself, from the States
whilst the goods packed in Europe are snugly
and lightly packed. The duties are all paid
here by gross weight. Ia many Instances the
packages from ths States a'e Que half the
weight, 90 it doubles the duty. Th. people
here are very favorable TO US, and think
would give Us their trade IL th-y could do 5,
spon favorable terms. We have no direct nail
to NIcnraRus. There are great c. pl.ints from
the merchants about the delay of their CORE
spoudeace. | have not irs,e'ed about the
country wu.h ,e but hope in time to see
the mnst Of il, hos-,.r | lave visited R,v..
TO =. on tie loser part o. Nicaragua Mr.. Nor
cars, l. usual, ride on the co~ratcb-r.
which 10 -. Is nal unpleasant At Grsnad.
Nr. J sse! n. Is. con.ui AL inset hired
carriage . d drove to Rlvss, STOUT fifty nIies
distant. | visited sss.r~l COCO. plantations
Tie coeos bushe- are snsll-r han cur ps~psw
hirh they very ma"h ress mhle, the pod.
which ront4ia the nus gros on The BODY OF
the tires asd hold Twelve or fifteen outs
" bile in Rivas | hsd good .Rs Of The 'o-
cano Orne,epee. II ,..s an i-iaud VI the same
name in lake Nicaragua. II stan 10 up ike
sugar leaf six thousand iest above SEA level
Is 49, perfectly free from cioads h'ch gen-r-
ally surround its top. 1t thrU~s out Large
vo!u mrs Of smoke An Immense r~por, toll
lows esch volu ne Of smose. The noise iesr ~
bled that frou = foul chimney shen burned,
bat foui enough to re heard Ihirry miles dis
tsnt WhIist hssin. an -gg poaChsd II vas
thickly covered 9th smoke that IL had ID. APP
pesranr Of icing heavily P-ppsred. DIR Cos
and myself walked TO the lake = distance Of
three miles. IT,. i.lAod Upon ~hieh il sands
is . large one, sig Thousand inhaoitA mis- risk
their lives just under that volcano. om oar
way from To. lake. ws stopped At the hoas VI
an old Ensiisb lady and had good rest. She
kindly m.de rs /. cup 4 genuine unadu ierated
ehoco ale. ~h.eh -ujoy-d vastly. u.'-t hav-
iny b-furr tasted such G II W