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should t.iko |:irt with tho rebel should bo tri.-d 

 :md si'iiti-iii-i-d according to the ordenamat, 

 and tliat prr-c.ns aiding tlio rebel cause would 

 IKIVC their |.rci|i.Tty roiiliscah'd. 



After an im-iirrcs-ful attempt to M-i/o tho 

 Miiicnt. l>iiildiii:rs, I'Vniaiidi'/ and his tbl- 

 8 rmluirkrd tor the province of (iliana- 

 aiTying with them Xll,i>nn plumlm ,| 

 fro! 11 the National Bank. The town of Hagaces, 

 however, remain >1 faithful, and in Puntarenas 

 the authorities had taken all tho measures re- 

 quired by the circumstances. General Guardia 

 set out for the latter place on October 21st. 



The Congress was opened on May 1st, with 

 the customary message from the President, the 

 tenor of which feveals a state of prosperity 

 at home, and friendly relations abroad. " Re- 

 specting the Central-American republics, sisters 

 of Costa Rica," says General Guardia, " the 

 Government could encourage no sentiment not 



tending to cement and extend those cordial re- 

 lation-, which ought to unit.? those peoples who 

 so lon^ formed one nation. 1 ' 



1'olitieal factions in the interior, whose dis- 

 content with the administration had he. -n inani- 

 ! in attempts at insurrection, were put 

 down by tho strong arm of the law, und the only 

 encouragement they received were frowns from 

 the majority of the people. The condition, his- 

 tory, and prospectsof the railway "which U to 

 make or mar the republic " were referred to 

 at length ; as were also the resolve on the part 

 of the Government to carry on the work under 

 its own guidance, and in npite of all pecuniary 

 or other dilHculties that might stand in the way, 

 and its determination to submit to any sacrifice 

 rather than let the national credit suffer abroad. 



A public library was to be established at 

 San Jos6. 



The port of Limon was gradually taking on 

 the aspect of a lively and flourishing town. 



COTTON. According to the annual report 

 of the cotton-crop of the United States for the 

 year ending September 1, 1874, made by tho 

 Commercial and Financial Chronicle, of New 

 York (and the work which is thus performed 

 each year by this journal is of the highest 

 value to the public), the production of 1874 is 

 one of tho three largest crops ever raised in 

 the United States; the total number of bales 

 being 4,170,388, while the yield of 1871 was 

 4,352,317, and that of 1860 4,669,770 bales. 

 In 1874, 2,840,981 bales were exported, and 

 1,305,943 were taken by home-spinners, leav- 

 ing a stock on hand, at the close of the year 

 (September 1st), of 108,152 bales. The tables 

 which follow show the whole movement for 

 the twelve months. The first table indicates 

 the stock at each port, September 1st of 1874 

 and 1873, the receipts at the ports for each of 

 the last two years, and the export movement 

 for the past year (1873-'74) in detail, and the 

 totals for 1872-'73: 



By the above it will be seen that the total ports this year have been 8,804,290 bales, 



receipts of the Atlantic and Gulf shipping- 



* These figures arc only the portion of the receipts at 

 these ports which arrive overland from Tennessee, etc. 

 The total receipts at New York, Baltimore, Boston, and 



against 3,651,846 bales last year. If, now, are 

 added the shipments from Tennessee and else- 

 Philadelphia, for the year ending August 31, 1874, are 

 given elsewhere. 



