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EDITOR.
J. 0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor.
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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
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VEEFLE
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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
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GREENVILLE. SOUTH CA
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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
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Two Months' Sojourn in Spanish 11
Honduras.
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[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
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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
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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
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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
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? "? 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
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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
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