The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23
THE LAND OF. PALMS.
Panama and It's Fever
Haunted Regions.
DESIRABLE PLACE FOR REST

CelombIs's Tnde btedRess Taking
Life Easy-Vhe Ladies' Pets
Row Monkeys are Captured.
AsPINWALL, Panama, Dec. 1. 1885,
Special CORES 2ondence The HERALD I
SO many changes have occurred in
this chaotic portion of the world
within the last quarter of a century
that in roaming about the Isthmus one
finds it hard to keep track of himself
and to remember under which govern
ment he is living. Though apparently
north OF the dividing line between Cen
trail and South America, this State OF
Panama-which includes the isthmus of
the same Numerically belongs to South
America, as part of 1.-The United States
of Colombia a." and its western frontier
adjoining Costa RIGA. and its eastern,
bounded by the surveye intar-oceanic
route from Caledonia Bay on the north
to the Gulfo de San Miguel on the Pa
cific side.
Itcontains the cantons, or provinces,
of Panama, Azuers, Chirsiyui and
Virszua-a total area of %. 756 square
miles, and a population of about
$50 600.
AN INSIGNIFICANT sTRIFf
There seems to have been more
1 nj ~
| of country than its burning sands and
fever-haunted swamps, its deadly eli
mate and the unstable character of its
natives would seem to warrant. And
right here it may be well to insert a
scrap of history.
EARLY as the year 1919. the name
Colombia was adopted by all the
| northern countries of South America,
when Venezuela and New Grenada (the
| latter then included the Isthmus) united
in establishing one central government
| for the purpose of resisting Spain. Ten
wears later Venezuela retired from this
union and constituted herself a sep
crate republic. After the resigna-
ton of Bolivia (1S30) she again
Joined herself to New Grenada; but the
union lasted only few months. In
November, 1881, another separation
took place, and at the same time it was
decided that the former province of
Quito should constitute q separate
government, under the name of Ecua
dor, thus dividing the former unwieldy
"Co!ombia" into three distinct and In
dependent republics, viz: Venezuela,
Ecuador and New Granada.
ANOTHER CHANGE.
In 1861 another radical change oc.
Cured, since which date the United
States of Colombia" has been the
official title Of what was before known
as New Granada. Its government
extends extraordin&gy inducements to
foreigners and especially to citizens OF
the North American republics, to per-
suade them to make homes here.
Grants of some OF the finest and on the
face ofR the earth are offered for their
acceptance free of cost, providing only
that they ayow an intention to settle
permanently in Colombia.
New Granada, with its skies of
cloudless blue, its luscious fruits ana
beautiful flowers, its picturesque val
ley and the grandeur Of It's mountains,
sottened by eternsl summer, would De
for the emigrant one OF the most de-
sirable places on the globe-the ultima
thule of his desires-Were it not for The
china e influences. The unhealthy IA
ture of the coast presents an obstacle
formidable, if not unS9rmOunGable, to
colonization by the northern races.
Especially on the Pacific side. the whole
country is a network Of muddy creeks
and sWampy islands, worse, if possible,
than the western shores of Africa.
There are nitric valleys healthy a
any in the world, and p ateous and ex-
tensive tracts half way up the noun
tain sides where Paradise might be
looated-bUt hemming them in IS the
fever-haunted coast.
THE RATIONAL DEBT.
ColomLia's inde btedness to England
alone is over $4,000 900, and there is
not the slightest prospect Of its ever
being paid Since the emancipation of
their slaves, in 1852, labor cannot be
controlled in any way, not even by
money-fOr why should man exert
himself when he has no ambition to
crafty, no aspirations to attain and 70
needs to suppiy2 In a land where the
banana and the black man flourish side
by SIDE, both without effort Or aultiva-
ton. is no congenial place for Anglo
Saxons.
Nature having provided so bounti-
fully in these parts for almost every
want OF mar, the ignorant nali7es are
wholly without energy, thrift or enter
prise, With them every thing is DIananG
the tomorrow" thai never comes.
They live with no thought or care for
the future, the "eVen teaor" of their
souls disturbed By neither doubts nor
fears, nor vsulting ambitions; and
being devout Catholics every one. even
death has for them'no terrors, but they
are quite ready to shuttle off this NOR
tai coil at any moment, as indiferently
as they have lived.
COMMENTED PEOPLE.
So strongly marked are the lines of
caste, and so impossible the gulf be-
tween the few partisans and the many
parvonues that the latter never dream
of attempting TO bridge it by any
earnest effort. If man has been born
in the lower ranks, he accepts his lot
with the utmost contentment. A few
stalks Of wild ha m hOO Driuht