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Show MIIXS OK riHKIItlSH IX IIItUMIVi. Tun mil, republlo of Uruguay In Boiilh Amerloi I receiving at I resent considerable attention from traveler and men of tradn, riomaliiiananlni." and InnumrrisUe newspaper artlcli have apmirl during Hits nst few months relating to It. It la one of the must liiterrtlliig nf the t.alln-Anicr. can outitrlr. In slic, cllmalr, roll nnd many other parllculars It illflere from II lietghbor. the Argentine fie HiMb and llratll. It U how nusltig much comment, owing In the fsi t that It I entering an era of proirns and prosperity. At the Pari KthtMIIoii of MO It tnsile. flno display, and published pub-lished glowing reirl of II rsssouns. Uruguay Is alluated In the aoutli lemierate rone. It Ilea between HO Us grcc and a dcgreni H, 1j. llratll bound It on the north ami cast, the Atlantis routhrast and aoulh, aud the river I Plata and Uruguty on the wist and aouthwnt. .It are I about 7.1,00) npiare tullee about one-slith one-slith larger than l'.nglaud. The country Is well wooded mil mtltmC The climate I niol.t,mlld ami healthy. There are only two eeaion, winter and Mimmer. In January tho maximum hut run up to 01 drgrm F. and In Jul) down to freezing. The country reienl tho aspect of an undulating plain, with ihslus of hills tr.vtrslng It In various directions, and Interrpsrsed with rivers, lako. nnd streams. The mountains cannot props, pro-ps, rly I called auoh, the highest being lea than SM feel. The Plata, tho Uruguay aud the IsVgro are Important rlrc-s, and navigable for considerable distance-, There also thirteen largo river, aupplled by over 1500 trlliuta-rlc. trlliuta-rlc. within the republlo, making It one of tho lieat watered land In the world. J : very kind of fruit and grain known In the tem-rate anl s lb-tropical clime can be growu In Uruguay. For cattle It la a paradise. It mineral wealth I but Imperfectly known. It leMmals-il number of nulnval In 1817 wa 12.000,0 M, com prising horned csltle 0,O0o;oiW, .beep 10,rj,OJ nnd horses oOO.w). It groatitt industry I In the buef and hide preserving line, Theettabllshmont at which l.Ieocg'a extract of beef I put up, kills 1,000 animals dally and employe COO men, ThepDinls.llontnlB-8 wa 0S7,I0I. Monto Video, tho largest rlly In 1859 had 14,042 peoIe; of these IW.IOl wrroforilgnhorn. Of tho latter the Itallanearo the most numerous. Next to thorn come the Bisinlards, aud theu the llrstlllans. Though 1 toman Catholicity I. rccog-nlteil rccog-nlteil aa the religion of the country, yet there I (wrfect freedom for all re. Ilglou. cried.. It was not alwayathua, A few yeans ago the Archbishop s xer-clseil xer-clseil sui reme authoVlty lulh In re. Ilglon and jiolitlc. At present the Liberal patty there care nothing for Hie edict, of the Vatican. Monk nnd nun have been nUolulely forbidden to live with. In the republlo. On the 1st of August 16.11 nunneries but one wcro abolished abol-ished by act of Hlatc. Theono which would not submit to tho decriu wa. governed by a Molher-Huperlor, ller of the President of Chill. Hhe liar, rlc led tho doors and would not a Inilt theofllcrr The dour were broken, hnever, aud she, with 4) Inmate, ixptllod the couulry. Protestantism la making markeil progreas. The great drawback to the country la lack of railroad transportation. There I a tyslem or railroad built and operated by Hngllsh capital, hut It I r from sufllcleut. One II no run from Monto Vldto to Paso Tons, 170 mlks. Another branch run from Paso Torn to lSyaaudu, famous fur It canned ox tongue, and thence to Halto, about 40 mile. The Uruguay Northern run fromBalto to Cuarelui where It con necU with the Great Boutin rn of Uraxll. Thla I a most Important branch, and doea a great business. The people llvo In the most rem. tureblyle, Kien the rich mncheros oro contontvd with the almplcet kin J of huts, Tliewfelloaa ouu mile, on mill of land, tt they llvo like the an. dents. Three generations can lio mot frequently living undir the same rool, ami eating at the same tablo, They cannot tie iiersuaded to divide land., ortoRoll them, or even lit them. Hut a law compelling tha subdivision of lands among helm ha been ncintly jias-ed I y the Legislature, Thu Constitution of Uruguay la modeled after that of our United Htates, 'lhe President I upjioed to be eluctisl every four years, but like most of the Klltlrhn all the world over, tho party lu wer want to keep In power, licet cd or not. At pretent, however, tho outlook lu Uruguay I bright aud promising, Trado aud commerce are Utu L'e.el. ot-jd, aud the Uovt riimeul Is Iu Itlng, and even helping, i;uroiuan lmml. gratlon. |
