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* * /^V H, llsV ., \w , i IH^IH : J 1 |H IH / ^SB ^ f ^JBnV ^ I# ?? ,#%-..a* < ? t S "'"' -" " .** '."* - - Sifc ' J: Tijjjt: " -* ? ? 1 1 1M , . i, , S VOLUME XiV. i 1 "? " % Q. F, TOWN E 3 , EDITOR. J. 0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor. AA?B ?<! ! 1 A V roe tm sovnuBM wmnw, Life on Shipboard. m ' "Capital luneb, thi.r "Ye* nice.? Thtak ye for the mnetard." "Wonder *h?t they'll gire ae for dienerl Oar ship. F' ?tee at the other Uble ere mighty jolly k. over their elaret." ? Tee, ee I'm e einner, they ere eheklag head*, end doing ell eorte "of Atony things. Whet een they nieen T?I eey, Stewerd, eome here. Whet ere thoee gentlemen eheklng hen da, end ell thet eort of thing for, eh f Do they think the ship le In denger, eod teke leero of one another before die ticket" M He, bel no, air; hope not, dr. Them gentlemen eeme on the ehlp, etr, to ? their Monde off, dr; end now they ere about to go beak to Bootee, dr; that's ell, dr." "Bat, Steward, they'll here to ewlm, won't they, or will the Ohlae pet book far them, eh P* * Tugboat en the starboard quarter, air, waiting for the goetlemen now, dr." " Too don't eey ee." I rushed to the deck, eed. eure eeoogh. there woe a Aieey little eteemtog, named Amiric*, annexed by a line, to the greet ship Chine, looking, for ell the world, like a eelf bedde lie dam. The champaign had dooe lU duty, end now eeme forth the reilieking crowd, singing, "So now tare wall, you Jolly old ablp, Farewell, yon marry man threat With onp to lip yonr health well ilp, Till yon come back from see, my boy* Till you eome bask. Til) you eooie beck." Ac. Thoy loon tumble into the " little winsome wee thing," sod in twenty minutes or lees their whits mouehoirt end loud huoaa were out of eight sod hearing. The beginning of a sea voyage finds plenty of work for poor Jeek, who grumbles, of oourae, and " blasts his eyes if Men't ail infernal nonsense to stow luggage down below, what's got to corns out again at Halifax, anyhow, to morrow." No matter what Jack say* ; the Boatswain swears that tha deek must ba kept tidy, come whet will, so bear a hand there, yon lubbers." Jeck receives a gill cup full of consolation (mlias grog) from a big tin pail, which is filled for his benefit twiee every day, and in foul weather often ?r. Dinner at four o'olock. No rolling of the vessel, so the table ie quite full; every seat is occupied. Very respectable company.? Young peopla put ou cure, but that only helps keep up a brtery conversation. Some of these people now. are ttiff enough to make into paper collars. If Father Neptune don't take the starch out of you gentry before the week ends, then call ma a falae prophet, that's ell. Her* are persons of both aexes, and nearly every age, from the lnlhat " mewling end puking in the nnnt'i arms," to tha "Judge, in fair ronnd belly with good eapon lined." Some sweet little laeaea with a few young maidene of bashful sixteen, and a widow who is " fat, fair and forty.* Young men "drink who never drank before, and gents who hsTt, wh?, now they drink some mora." Well, well 1 no goo* the world. Bot ninety minutes at dinner table seems too long for one who east afford to driok wine. On shipboard rises, the enemy, "flies on leaden wings;" and of eoorse he most be " killed," somehow I have a nice state-room, though rather meall for comfort, and bearing about the name proportion to my deeping room at home, aa Rhode Inland does to Pennsylvania. In it, are two berths, numbered respectively. 144 and 144. I ehuae 144, whieb, though lower la the aeale of Arabia numbers, has the advantage of being nearer the bleeeed eon, aad ie in eloee proximity to a breathing hole over bead. My room mate, number 144, la a youngster from the M Athens , of America," named F 1, who ie bound for Paris, where be goes to superintend some machinery at the Jftyoefiien Weeesrss/la X clambered iato my berth at 1_ # ll? si A _ mm ovnj owrf iiviii| T?rj wrw ; wm 00011 , bpptd Into forgetfolneaa, by M Und nature's WMt restorer, balmy sleep." At what boar I know not, bat la tbe sight I eras I aesassd by a most vociferous shooting of "-1st a? oull let roe out I let roe out I" I ?aa startled, of eeeree ; bat robbing my eyes ee well ae I eoold ess to, I politely inpaired io " high alt," who, Id the name of Bteator, espeeled to be let oat at midnight, when the market wae closed, sod rents low. My seat-door neighbor eon Id be heard, bamnlog jowubodyf* eyes, (bat wboes, be t. knew not, neither did I,) for making sneh frightful noise. Presently, a votee from be I low la 146, apologstleally Informed me that Ike shoaling was dona by him**I/, and ha want on to explain that he had sapped Into and heartily on oystern, which an oppressed him an to tndnoe tha frightful dream, that he Umttif bad bseoms a huge oyster, end that X, 144, ores sitting en hi* upper tktil to prevent him getting onf. My superiority of yearn, of ooares, gars me tha right to lanproviae hiaa a brief Oaudle Isetnve, whisb sent aland the aage ad vies, that, 2n fniniw,, bo should either oh*w his oysters when sating thsoi, or arehew late suppers altogether. Be teek my reproof in good pert, and torn we had again stoned our th*U* and beeoma oblivious to all terraqueous wbjaots, whether v ' .. ^ ^ . r _ I- * ti&ff*','-i'' * v, * " v.* ?^ */ * - * vl VEEFLE 1 , A.1-J -a-^-J t I?J - ? 1.41. I ricvi, rVMIVU vr IMWOU. A I1BU IHUW Unet perception of hearing the tUam blow off, oat bad forgotUo oil about it, when an engineer told me that, th? cylinder beeoming to bat, tba eteaan waa blows off, and tba abip atoppod eereral bono. Thuwdat, July 4th.?The abip waa decorated with many maritima flaga, and aoma popping of eocka waa board, and toaata warn drank j bat no cannon fired in honor of tho day. Tba China tonehad at Halifax, at flea or thereabout, and I, with aercral othere, want aabora to look about. It rain ad ao bard that vary toon we ttirnad oar fOoUtepa back, to find the capper nearly gone, but I aaenrad a anack ; a cop of taa, aoma nioa dry toaat, a alioa of prima corned baaf, wara quite enongh for one wkoae wanta M in Httla finds relief." Wa turned oar baeka npon the land of the Bine If oaea, ea nigbt act in, amid rain and darkneaa; bowerar, the aaloona wara brilliantly lighted, and all eeemed to be happy. For tnveelf, I waa humming the old aong, of " A captain bold of Halifax, Who Heed In conntry quarters, Deceived a maid, who banged hereelf One Monday In her (" Honitoil qui mat y' p*nu ") gartera. When about tba third line, I got a goodnatnred punch from a neighbor, who, point* ing to the further end of the table, said to me, " How d'y'a ken noo, bat the identioel captain ia among thoee gentlemen in the searlat uniform I" I inquired if they were British soldiers. M Tea, they belong to bar Majesty'a Forty aeeenth Foot." " Indeed P says I, M how many feet may ber Majesty be supposed to bareP "Eihl but you're a fanny mon, onyhow," caya ho. Wa both laughed, and aoon struck up an acquaintaooeahip. Ha ia a Presbyterian clergyman, tiring in Nora Soot la, bnt a native of Olas cow, in 8cotland, whither be ia now bound, after many yean spent in the Lord's service aa a missionary. He wrote his name in my book?Rev. D. Sutherland, N. 8. Wa chatted together while the soldiers and others played cards, or read, or talked, till (he Steward gave us all a hint, by putting out a light or two, that bed time was near.? We ordered some porter and bread and cheese, which, having stowed away, ws tumbled into our bertha My friend of the bivalvM, number 148, had already gone off to the Lend of Nod, and seemed as happy in hie alombers aa a clam at high tide.-? Morpheas soon embraced uc all. Fatoav, July 8tb.?The wind has breezed up a little, causing a slight roll of ths vassal. Propellers always roll mora than aide-wheel steamers, and tha vibratory motion peculiar to all screw-ships is, to some persona, very disagreeable. The most perfect order reigns through the ship and clock-like regularity. Mariners divide the twenty four hours into eight watches, ao that labor and rest may be equally shared. Tha hall is struck every halt-hour, and a long watch (so-called) consists of four hours, wblls ths short, or dogwatch, is two hours in length, si g:. one-half the crew, whioh we will cell the A watch, stands on duty from 8 to IS j the other hall, (or B.) from IS to 4. Then A has a dog* watch from 4 to 9, and B a dog-watch from C to A when the Inner watch la a train taken by A, and w on, through th? next twelve hours. Then, m the clock U ret forward hall an boar every day at noon, for differeneo in longitude when nailing Kent, nod mm vera# when eelling Went, of oonrre the wateh immediately alter and before noon ia ahortened or lengthened, ae the eaae may be. Thta ia all made equal to the men by an alternation of watehee on the return trip. Officer* and engineer* bare four houre oo doty end eight off. The Geptaln and Chief Engineer hnve no wateb to etend, aod may be aeen poking nbout when leeat expected, maybe. Captain Hoeklry, of the China beare the mark of a good aallor, but la extremely taciturn, and waatea no worda on lit* passenger*. The lialea are mora attentive, eepeeially to good looking yonng ladiea A gold cap-bend and gi t trimming oo blue frock and trowrera, ia worn by Captain and four Ma tee, Pnreer, Bargees, end mail of* fieera The engineers weer the earn# distinctive badge when ia pert, bet the grease aad heat of the engine room reqnire leae how and more oo no fort. The temperature down among the machinery ia sometimes 120? Feb., and, hi among the boilers, still hotter. The Stokers wear the very sesntieet apology tor elothing, end do donbt often ' wish, ee Toes Hoed eeye k* did, tbet they ?on hi ?Uy ofl their flesh, end dt in their bones." I here eeen the poor fellows, when coming to the surface for e mouthful of freeh elr, dripping with sweets I em told tbet the Engineers end Blotters ere seldom long lived. Am>dships of the Chine,, whish Is 848 (est long in the elesr, is e bridge running eerees six feet show the promensde deck, on whteh one oflieer elweye etends, who eommunieetee his order to the Steersmen by en elentrie telegraph, end to the Bngineer, by * ennnlng turn-uble, which beers le plsin letters, " full-speed,* " half-speed/ As., Ac. Hasusdat, Jnly 6th.?Itet evening, et nbeut Ave, we pessed e fleet of fishermen, on the benke of New fen ndl end, end to day we ere " eat on the oeeen all beondlsss end wide," end'feme " homewerd bound," but net mil. The elr m eool, end the wevee here put on some smalt white csp?, rolling . :x of po GREENVILLE. SOUTH CA i' .i I '-imi t ri ~n v > Ui? veaaat enough to di*eonrag* Ik* ?Mfe to appetite* of aoma, and oblige others of mora ft temerity to dwgarg* a tributa to Neptue*. ' I feel Dot tha (lighUH qualm, aod taka ay regular meaia. Id ay pfevlou* consider*- li bla experience oo tha wafer, 1 btr* aaldoaa ^ beau a victim of 1* mmi dr mar. There is * every luxury in tbia *hip to provoke ooa'a M appetite, and no batter fare le found at first olaaa ho tela in tba United State*, The ^ waiter*, too, are polite and attentive. floKDAf, July 7th.?At tea o'clock, tba M English Church aeralea woe road fo tha af> t? tar aaloon, by a Mr. fhunebody, a fayman, u who Ueod up to read, while hie oongrega- ? lion m(. Each commander on tha Canard ai Lin* of abipa ia required to read, or oauao M to be read, tba regular Church of England b eervlaa, for wbleh be la allowed by Govern- w mant tha anm of on* peand, eUtllog, for " rach Lord'* day. AH ehipe carry a email, *' but choiee library for tha entertainment of paseenger*. Monday, July 8th.?Tba air cool, and J blowing gently from North East. The aalla Q are set, which adda a mil* or ao par hour to > ^ the vaaaal'a epaed. MORE ANON. h in I ???? j [rutLisnau ?r nnqtmrr. li Two Months' Sojourn in Spanish 11 Honduras. st t. w. ootstxna. b [COBCLUDKD.] The health of the country I* generally good. fl Thia ia reaaonabta from the favorable aitaation of tha land*?a very amall portion of ita ear- ^ face requiring drainage by artiflotal meeni.? t| We heard of lagoon* in the country, bat theeo y are boautifut clear lake*, from which no mbu- t ma em in ate*. On their bank* persona are living in perfect health. No awaropa were aeen. though In tbo wot teuton tome of the rivtri near the coos'. overflow at point*, mad loan- p date considerable eeetiona of country, at tboee # in Georgia. This inundation lasts but a thort j while, the streams being abort and rapid.? m Chills occur, in consequence, in their Imme* t dlate vicinity. We heard of no aieknest except billiout fover of mild grade and ^ easily managed. The fever usually lasts two ^ days, very rarely longer than throe. In our q party of sixty men, women and children, ^ there were, we think, not exceeding eight ^ cases of this fever, caased by unaccustomed ( labor in the ran. Recovery was rapid, and b the labor of the colony not interfered with.? ^ We had left Atlanta, wrapped in shawls, only a # few weeks before, reaching Honduras in midsummer. Without aay precautions our party a began work. They ate fruit, bathed, went in ^ the sua and rain, and seemed to defy sickness. ^ The ladies could not speak to tho natives, and ^ preferred doing thoir own work rather than undergo tho trouble of oommunioating with ( them. The men went out with the axe and ( macehetts and worked side by side with the n hardy natives from morning till night. Tho o result was the few eases Of fever above mentioned. All, with one exception, roccTered in ^ a few days. When ws left there was not a ease of sickness in the eolony. The exception referred to was a gentleman constitutionally frail, laboring under pulmonary disease. He was ''t*" with fever, went In tha rain uhmI tlw <mm night, ntarMd next day In the ran, . nod, without any knowledge of modioli!*, do- ^ tennined to troat hi* own com. He wallowed ^ omotio after emetic until hemorrhage occurred, and he died a victim to hie mistaken V course. It 1* duo Dr. Watkint, aa well as tho colony, to say, their rarrioea were tondored but J refuaed. Tho coast, we think, compares favorably with that of the Southern 8tatee, and in the ^ Interior are oould aee no eauae for sickness.? No stagnant water waa aeon. The lands are f rolling, rain water immediately Aada ite way } *o the atreama wboee rapid entrant noon roe ah ( the aee. The atmosphere la soft, hrneing and ^ pare. The " trade winds," whieh blow almoat ^ oontlnually from the ocean, keep it freak, ^ and drive off every I asperity that might arise. J Thla greet physician never chills, a* ear g northern winds from the lee-bergs end snow ( regions, eanstng eonsumpUews, rheomatism( j eolds, Ac., nor ftotn the rwsmps Impregnated | with malaria j bet purified and cooled by Ks paeaaga over the Atlantic, It la epfoyed and ( welooined, being alwaya invigorating and iw freshing. 1 VT# Mff fow |fwf livA |oQ|| B8O88 ^ upon them, seeb ee is foond ov owr coast.? ^ Dr. W. A. Howard, a natire Oeorgian, and f sine# the eleee of the war a resident of Bailee, ( of whom we hear a good report whererer he r was known, (aud his popularity Is not confined ^ to the British eolony,) a physician of skill , and ability, asserts, from experience eed en- j quiry, that Central America Is far superior to , North America aa regards health. His roe- j toning Is eleer end mttefhetory. We have not ^ time or speee to-give them here. Should tbo ratdtr desire farther InfenmMoo wo would refer bin to Dr. ff.'i pvtllMtiMi on (bit inbjooU We bed the pleasure of en acquets tawee with the Doe tor, end reeeired im?j k Indorsees ?t hie bende daring owr stay at Bhlise. Many persons imMMil; epenk of Penau oj * part of Central America, and have brought dUorvdtt upon the eoaatry. Agtanoe at the map will ehow them the mistake ander whiob they labor. Itbadaras is aboat 800 miles north of Pbnatna, and hears no more resesnblanea to it than North Georgia does to the Okefoenokea swamp. Many years hare elapsed slnee the quiet of Hoadacae he* been disturbed by a roloano, end they they were eoeffsed to the Phelfe eoest. We eaw no more ledieetione then won Id be seen in the saeanlnies of the Sewtb. Bsrtbqnakes are sometimes felt. They are eery slight, generally, and not (bored. An old native gentleman informed ns that be beeexperienced but one enrUi^nsks, end, pointing f - ^1 I I jllj I1^1 ->t^>.-,ty* .'iTrf-L>f*. v k% .%. -., '? PULAR 'I I ? ROLINA. OCTOBER 2. fissure lu the Cathedral, Mid, ' - Them It affect* of ft." The Assure ?h in the tow ' between two window*. The Impression generally prevail* that rap las are very none race la Honduras. Euct hot, however, the ease. Daring our travel! e were oonstantly upon the alert, and did not a live snake during the whole time,-lhougl me of our party saw a few, supposed, froh iair form, to ha harmless. We heard of spi we sad eeattpedee, though they are hot nu arous or feared hy the Inhabitants. The laroitv of these Is attributed hy the native > the number of birds pray teg upon them id to the woods being burned. Ants ar amorous and of many varieties. A sua) it, similar to ours, Is trouhlsrotne in hodsei [usquitoes are scarce during the dry season at we were Informed that two months of th et season they were quite numerous on th )*st and in the valleys. Band flies and gnat re found In localities at certain seasons, bu ot mors numerous and troublesome the ere. Tbeee insects do not annoy sleep ben the braeae lulls, and as this la very eel otn, little trouble Is felt. Fleas and huge ar ot as numerous ss In Georgia. We were n? roll hied with them at all exoept when on oft would ksep bis stook in kia dwell Ing.fats was, however, frequently the eaao. Feel ig a recurrence of sea-slekness by the use ? hi hammock, wa were sometimes compelled t proud our blankuts upon the floor. At sue! Lines the fhmtliar pigs and dogs (the lotte y the dosen) claimed a part of our bed.>ur determination to play tbo agreeable wit bete neighbors, caused as to suffer in th esh. Jiggers urn found sometimes in the sand inds. But were they mora numerous ! t Wfmlrf Kfl iMtlAF Mflffnlinnan Kn<nw m *??s onUtirt. ff? found a rut namber of am* leka?usually styled seed-Moke?in lb* wood rhan wo first arrived. Bat tfeass sre shoi l?d?they die with the termination of th ry mmoo. No others were seen. The littl ed hag, ao ootnmon end annoying la Ih o on try, ere wanting. We did wot tee half osen of that familiar peat, the boaee fly, i 11 Hondural j bat were Informed e few woi 0 be seen during the month of August. In this eonneetloo, for the sake of the anon ly, we mention the atinglesa boo. This lilt! ascot is not more than onesthird the sice < or honey bee, bearing, however, a very clot eaomblanoe to it. They are very nu merer a the woods, an 1 ere found nnder floors, roof nd walla of houses. Their honey la gooc ealthy and much used by the nativee.Phen fouod in small trees, the natives c? bovo and below tho bees, tie a vino aroum t and suspend it in their dwellings ; in thi ray having a constant supply of honey, th ees not bolng interrupted n their wOrk.'be ordinary honey bees are said to exist i be country, but we saw none. Honduras is sadly behind tho age in elvill ation and improvement. This is attributabl 1 several eaases. Chiefly among them w lay mention the tyranny of the Spanish gov rnmant during Ms colonial existence. Spair s long as it keld the country, appropriate 11 tho vast wealth and resources for Its ow lflsh purposes. Foreigners were denied ad ilssion into the sown try, and Its people undc n oppressive system of poTftiexI vsssslags w? imporertanea ror the tgrudlicmant < to mother country. Throwing off the Spec ih yoke, la the achievement of their tndepen eoee they here elowly dropped, one by on< he Spanish forma end preetloee, untQ now a Mtrelnt is held orer the country for the <k elopmeat of Ita reat reaonroea. Her wer irates end prleata here retarded oivillxatloi iterrepted commerce, and earaod the oountr dth bigotry. There U not e railroad, canal, ateemhoa airgraph, meehlne-ahop, manufactory, aew a rlst mill, wagon, or eren wagon road, or fei y-boet la ell the Republic of Uondnrna.lo thing bat tbe regenerating tataeaoe of U nergetie foreigner eon error awake It to U Ifc of modern Improvement and cirilieatio: lad although (Be gofersment, in the hand* < Dtelllgont men, erlnee every dlapoaition to ei oarage the eplrlt of pro groan, without meoi r the eo-operntion of Ita people, la pa rail a< n Ha efforta. Kotertainlag nor hope of arow ag her people ftow their lethargy, aba e? rer eye# Imploringly to tka Anglo-Saxon. Tbe eoantry la not only aaaeepllble of, b nvltea, Internal Improvement. Agrioalta iould, In thla favored region, be bronght to tl penteet perfection, while He on to Id veatne <t mineral wealth, ksriW Hi tbe amCBtatav^ a inirea only akilffal end aclentiffe enterpriae ivel California. Tbe valley a ere brood ei heir atreema eepablo of turning the naachlo y of the world; yet no effort la made to on 11 rate the former or employ the latter. A tran reree valley, extending from tbe Atlantic to tl *nelflo, through which ftr. Sqolrei propow mi lntortooMBie railroad, 1? surveyed and no o eherge of a Freiroh mmf Belgian Compan Pbe survey of thir road beghta at Panrto Ce illoa, on the Atlantlo, and follows (ha Chlml ?n river to San Pedro, from thence to Santi [o and op tba Hnmua to Comayagua, n town the O moo ran to- the Bay of Pouseea, < ho Paoile, one hnndrwd-Jtpd rizty mile* di ant. Thia road, if evUk? built, will reveal he world thia tnagniflcepfcountry, and prot >f great importance; to nondiira tut to the commercial woHd. ^If wonld he tl ooneoting link between the great oeean horteniog the distance many hnndred mlk intween the United Statee and Europe, wit he Paolfle, and at the aamo time reUevli redera of the great dread af the aiekneee i 'ananta. The river? oould be navigated wil see aad dtapatoh. Thai/ mode el tranaporti ien U oouflued to mulaa, ovar plain* ae mountain*, rendering it both tod ion* and at oaslve. * The truety animal le aoun woi ut with climbing, deaoending end| wad In hrough the mod in the rainy aaaaon. Ta eckr. of one hundred pounds each, oonatiti kng e cargo, are strapped to the eaormoi * EVENTS 1867. S- ".I ,\.t 'J l. 1 JIJ I i pwk iwMIt, that la Wand to it* book and Mr- 1 . rled about twenty mtlee par day. Tb? charge la 14 aaoCa par alia for 100 pounds, whan the | . oargo la small enough to ba taken without |ni MorsnbM J bat ahoald the ptOba ba balky, i than they are governed by the alsa. f? lot atsnoa, if your trunk Ma large, they cannot i take orer 100 potmde, M a greater weight, and I Urge In proportion, Would b? uwlaaagaabia by > the MtltMl as Bending or daaoaadiag steep . mountains. A foather bod oonsUtntaa a oargo i on aeeotint of rise. This aaay appear nojust before leaving the sea, bat after the patient , muloe are followed a few dayt orer (be Indian roads, no osntlabt will bo made swain st the I hoowt native*. L Tb* road* through tbe plain* an smooth sad a* dealrabl* M could b* wished for hora* back umiM. Tb* growth to etoarod *aeb e side tan or in*a f**t, aod tb* graoafel pain* afford aw almost nabrokan chad*. On tho t mountain* (bey are narrow and tortuous, and a vary to eOory point of tho oontpaa* la traratt log a yhort distance. Oar toot almost touched the top* of tall tree*, and at the *am* time a our hat was liable to be kaoeked off by tb* ( banging root* of other* above. Passing tor* r tber on we are ushered into a cat, frequently - not wider than four or Are feet by thirty in I- depth, worn by the hoof* of animal*, driven >f for centuries that way. Those place* are cool, o as tbo tun to entirely excluded. At tbe steep h point* the muleteer* assist the male* by means if of rope* tied to the packs. Tbe*o moon ts In - roads could be abandoned in a great fu*a*Ure b by opening road* In tbe valley*; bnt tb* na tivea prefer th* nearest route, regardless of ith?r plain or mountain. In plaoe* the road* y are neatly MoAdamlscd. One plaoe we notiolt ed beautiful marble need for this purpose.? >- The *eenery is grand, and to B* the trip Wa* II on* of plcasuft, bat 'twas any thing else to I* the innocent mule*. rt But little trade to carried on in tbe conntry ' and nothing like uniformity of prioM are I* known. Not a store I* to be seen between to Omoa and Coaayagwa. At both of these a place* are something ilk* a do ton "country n store*," in which anything U kept that f* ? wanted by the people. Theif good* am bought at tbe English town, Be lite, 110 mile* i- north of Omoa. European good* were found !e much cheaper than In New Orleans, no 1?>f port duties being exacted, le The chief export* *ro mahogany, logwood, ts dye-wood* of many kinds, cattle, bides, sarsaTs parilla, vanilla and fruit*. Th* Droduct* ere I, ouniamtd at home. Kverytliing decline* as tonisblngly a* the interior i* penetrated. For it example < Cow*, horae*, male*, and hog*, that I can be driveo to the coaet at a trifling expense i* are *old there for twiea or three time* a* much a a* they are one hundred strd fifty mile*'inland. - We were offered cattlo at $3 per bead, taking n all over one year old; thoao under that age were thrown in. A good article of brown 1- sugar sell* at $150 per hundred; dnloe, tba o common sugar, at $150, (syrup, of a superior quality i* mad* of tbi*, at tba towC of flfteett ' cent* per gallon;) rice, best quality, at $2; ? coffee 15 oanU per pound; pork 1$ cent* ; hide*, d superior quality, 75 oenta. We saw a niee n ranson, dressed, offered at ISft cants per 1* quarter. >r Hoard la plain, and not mark variety, >, though oheap enough. We nevor paid over >1 11) oeaU par meal after leaving San Pedro, i- and frequently bat half that amount. A school teacher at Santa Crns informed us that ?, his board and lodging at the host boo so In o town, cost hint IX| cents per day. Twenty., *- five cents was paid at Omoa. At Gomayagua ?, wa saw transient natives procure thslr dsy's >, supply of sugar, plantains and bread (made of y meal and potatoes,) at two cents. This ration Is scant, and not ad ?U sieespfabf* to an Aawv', lean, hot satisfied them fully. Travolonr have r to do the beet they can, therw being no betels r* In the country. At the eapitol we were oom~ polled to seek a private house. Wa wars vary ' fortunate, though, in masting Don Carlos Pea tit, a Frenchman by birth, though a resident s. of Comayagwa many yisrit TUt Mud-heartad geotleraaa exerted himself daring our stay ' to make as comfortable. Mnoh valuable In> formation and many excellent meals were glv>d cu as, without money end without price. * , The most imoti Mid dMirtbh foneee in the *, country are iharfe of a sports* of Mntu, called " Matarty." Its blade la a* broad aa a ut man'a hand, thick, with prickly edges. When re young it re so tab lea the pine apple racy aanoh. lie The small plants are taken la the wet season, as and planted eighteen inches apart ia a trench, a- f* one ye?r, without farther trouble, we were to told, it grew to sufficient height to prevent id lnrge stock from passing, and in two years the e- apace between the plants is sufficiently oioeed I- to prevent even n rabbit from getting through, a- By this time it has attained its full greikth, is sight or ten foot. The plant is strong, grows Ml almost straight, and makes the handsomest >W and most durable fence we ever saw. A nas y. tive wHI get and set them out ut AO cents per b- hundred, making the fence oost SI per hnns II- drod yards. Whan kept in order (which is n- done with as much eaas as putting up n rail id frnee) by pruning the branches that extend in from the centre, We never saw w more, hands some enclosure. to The Indian labor we think equally US good re and reliable as that of onr freedmen. The M, better classes among the native# and foreignte ers have tboir servants who work fblthfullr. s, They km ootna in numbers to tba colony to m work. Hooro wmoli are hired at W, and b as man from $5 to 91 par month. Numbors >g w**a offering themselves* by the year, none of aeklng more than $J0. At Crst, being enable .h to eomprahand them, some misunderstanding* k aroea ; but whan we left, tba gee(leman of tba id colony were all at work, clearing land aad I. fencing. Tbey bad aa many Uborara aa they n wlabed, and ware much plcaaed with their tg work. The law compels laborers and employ, ro era to falflll their contracts to the letter. Con* i. tracts should be made before the Alealdy. llondbras is a Republic. fit Constitution 1^1 n w .. .,! % W > V '-r A ' *'S , % NO. 19. *-* " 1 - i J.i , . 1 f . !?* -? - ? - ?- - ? "? WW ?I Hi UBIIM bum. Tbe PruMoi U (iMtod for four ywn. Hu uM bo a native of Central America, owm property to the ralne of HO,#00, the fothor of a family, with aa educational qualification, aftd U ineligible a/Uf tho ft rat Mu. OouiruamtB and Judgec of tho Supreme Court moat own a eortaia amount of property, hare a fluaOy and en educational qualification ? They, with the exeeptioa of the artoy, the only offteera, we were informed* who lueelre pay. The ?Bmi below these are Governor# Of Departmeato, Aloaldte* Judges Coastsblsa, oto* their totles being Socacwhat similar to ear flonnwn, Mayors, duetto so, Coasta* bias, eta. Bwferagv it confined to laalee ore# twenty -cue yerfa of age, who hare foaiiltee, of property aad educational qualification. Their lawa ere mild, good aad eOoiently administered. The government aad people offer erery iadueemeat to emigrants, la order to show the an trans of the government on the tuhJeoi of emigration, we append the following oopy of the emigatlon act of ItM? (oar traaclation i) " Be It known that the Sovereign Coogrcce has decreed as follows 1 " The So foreign Congress, with the objed of oetabllahing tho conditions upon which foreign emigration may ho admitted into the Repnblie, in oonfonalty with Article 111 of tho Conciliation, decrees i "Art. 1. Foreigners desirous of domiciling themselves in Honduras, shall be permitted all the rights of tha eltlsens thereof, subject to the laws from the time snch In ten (foil is announced. " Art. ft. Any foreigner, from the lime of hie naturalisation, who actually cultivates any of the natooaal domain, by eetiling there on durable plantatione, within Its earn, shall become legal proprietor of aaid _?.V ,k. .. ? ?? mvu HI? ngul HI occupy OUItr nal.onaf lands contiguous thereto, and also | the right of using other adjoining national property. "Art. 3. Foreigner* shall be entitled (0 exemption from military duty for ten years, i except in case of war to repel invasion.? They shall also be exempt from servioe in any civil department of government for four years. " An 4' Emigrant* prof seeing another religion from the established, ehall have the right to worahlp in their own way pri* vately, and to have their own eemeteriea " Art. 6. Emigrants for five years shall be exempt from all taxation, and abaU not pay custom house duties for the introduetion of msohinery, tools, books or anything alse lor tbdr own use. " Art. 4. The Executive power ehall grant exeluaive privileges to the ?ml grant who introduces or invents machinery, or anything naefal not naed in the oonntry. " Art. ?. At all limes foreigner!, when | free from legal responsibility, can emigrate and dispose of their interests at they mftf desire. " Art 8. Emigrant* leasing or renting lands or plantation* belonging to individuale, ah all not pay more than is usual among the inhabitants. " Art The rigbU of this set are guaranteed especially to emigrants coming from the Republics of America. " Passed and enacted in Honae of 8ea* siona of ths National Congress, the MVlh Feb., 184& Joan Mania Maoina, Praa't" In regard to Artiel* 4th of thoabovo act, wa were ssenred by a prominent member of Oongreea that the earning Congtes* would abolish nil reatrietiooa in regard to religions worship, nod the freest hderation would be permitted. The Government manifested (he greatest wiTDngnem In granting every privilege asked for by otlr colony. We were granted 180,000 acres of If to* ; U>e exelasiv* privilege of navigating the river* Chimlieon, Ulun nnd their tribuUriee for eight jeer*; the nee of Peurto I C?M(oi u Are# port for a term of jeere J the exclusive privilege of Atanufaettfring oil ootton end woolen gooda for term of yeara; the privilege of controlling their mnnieipal government. Indeed, everything oaked for wee freely greeted (he eoleay by the government. When it wee known in OomeyegtM that the government had granted ell we naked, the people meat* ifeeted the greateflt enthusiasm end delight. The delegate* were toeeted and teaeted by the eitiMDB, ?nd honored by muaio from the National Band. So far as the government end peopfe of ondures ere eoneerned, every eneonragement ia given the emigrant. It ramaina to be aean whether Southerner* wiU avail theniMivM of the** privileges, end thereby make the eUloby * eoeoeaa Many friend* ask our advice aW to whether they akenM go to that country. We freely give them >(he benefit of all ire know of it, both in favor and again at For oureelvee we would prefer eettling In the interior of Honduras, with our kindrad and a large colony of good people, than any other plane of whiek we have any knowledge. We aew the eouotry, we ere told, in he inoei uufavora we ovgomoo inu mw aingrrvaic WITH. Manj thing! wtrtiMD that wo dirt not like, and many mora wara not aaan that bare dallghted na. Wa harra gtrea what wa know of tha aoottry, and have from tha moat reliable aouraaa, not ha ring tha aligktaat diepoeilioo to withhold tha objaolionr. The graateat objection wa baTa to tha eountrj ia tha want of oivilisatioo? an objaation that ik foond to all la* aoantrie*. Wa hava anumaratad a number of tha moat important improve meat# that ara totally unknown there ; tliaaa, together with many of the comfort* and con t eaten ore of Ufa, wonld ha vary much mlaaadT. Tha next graataat objection, after oi* iliaclion, ia tha aontiauad beat af tha eon. ii ia fait with fovea every day in tha ;?ir, though wa doubt not but that it ia frequentI ly excelled or fait mora forcibly in U?orgie, In tha aumtuer montha, t hxo U Slobdi>i?u I ? ?