The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

NEW YORK, OCT. 1.
[A summary of the following appeared in The
Sun of yesterday
The canvass progresses with an appearance of
great confidence on all sides. The draymen of New
York were to have made a great demonstration in
favour of Mr. Fillmore on the evening of the 29th
ult., but were prevented by a violent storm. The
Democrats were to hold a great meeting in front
of the Exchange in New York on the 2d, to hear
Governor Floyd, of Virginia. There had been a
()Teat Democratic meeting at Richmond, in Vir-
ginia, at which Mr. Wise, the Governor of the
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State, made use of the following language n reply
to Mr. Botts :
"If Mr. Buchanan is elected President of the United
States there will be no aggression upon us by the Go-
vernment, and you will have nothing to do. You have
only to go on and keep the peace. Sit still under your
own vine and fig-tree, and all will remain happy and
united, and your blessings—so far as Government pro-
tection and executive action are concerned—will be
left unmarred. At all events, we shall have a respite.
(Enthusiastic applause.) But the fearful alternative is,
what will you do if the Black Republican candidate is
elected ? If Buchanan is not to be elected, God grant
that Fillmore, as he is a man of patriotism and principle,
for I take great pleasure in testifying to his being a good
man, though on the subject of slavery an abolitionist, as I
know him to be from nearly 11 years' service with him in
Congress—; say, God grant that he may be elected if
Buchanan is not. But, Sir, he is out of sight in this race.
He will serve to distract and divide neighbour from neigh-
bour in the south, and to fuse foes in tke north. His
name will serve to shield some bad men who really do
not mean an honest, bona fide support of him. (Loud
cheers.l It will serve to keep off some good men and
divide them from the democracy, though I am glad to
see that the best of them are beginning to concede that
democracy is the only hope of safety. But, if Fremont
is elected, is it a wrong, they will ask, that one man is
elected instead of another ? Never will we say that that
is a wrong. Fremont is nothing. (Cheers.) He is less
than nothing in my estimation. (Enthusiastic cheers.)
He is but a mere personation of Black Republicanism
—the bearer of the black flag. (Cheers.) The question
will rot be, Shall Fremont reign over you and me ?' but
it will be, Shall the black flag be erected—shall the
higher law be executed by the President of the United
States over the reign of the Constitution and the laws ?
Shall property be invaded with impunity ?' Yes, you
will find hundreds that will say—they begin already
to say--' Ob, wait—wait for some overt act—wait for
him to do some wrong. Tell me, will any person,
entertaining feelings of self-respect, having the spirit
and conrage of a man, wait to prepare for war while
its cloud is in the horizon until the declaration of war
is made ? Tell me if the hoisting of the Black Re-
publican flag in the hands of an adventurer, born ille-
gitimately in a neighbouring State, if not ill-begotten
in this very city—tell me it the hoisting of the black
flag over you by a Frenchman's bastard, while the
arms of civil war are already clashing, is not to be
deemed an overt act and a declaration of war ?"
The Alta California furnishes the following
news :
" A shocking murder was committed on the 2d of
May at Heath and Emory's ferry, en the Stanislaw;
river. Mr. Weeks, the proprietor of the Lone Star
House, and his wife were found beneath the smoking
ruins of their dwelling on that day, evidently murdered ;
but no clue to the perpetrator has as yet been obtained.
"Elizabeth Lazzell, a girl about 14 years old, was
stolen from her parents last week by a couple of actors
named Wallace and Wales. They crossed the bay, and
proceeding up the opposite side, played at various ham-
lets on the road, leaving, as the girl says, the places
where they put up, whenever practicable, without pay-
ing their bills. On reaching San Jose they were arrested
and brought back, when the girl was restored to her
home, and her kidnappers, in default. of bail, were com-
mitted to gaol. Their case has since been examined
and sent to the grand jury.
"The Vigilance Committee, before their final adjourn.
ment, notified Cusick, Thompson, and Heneesy, who
had previously been warned to leave the State, that they
might do so by the steamer of September the sth ; after
which, if found in the city, they will incur the penalty
of death."
A report prevailed at Panama to the effect that
a treaty of peace had been agreed to between
General Walker and the President of Costa Rica.
Considering that this information is, in all probabi-
lity, derived from Costa Rican authorities, some re-
liance may be placed in its authenticity. On the other
hand, there is a report that 1,000 men of the allied
forces were on the march for Granada. Colonel
Schlessinger has turned up somewhere in the inte-
rior. Having openly joined the enemies of Walker,
he has been busily engaged in circulating an ad-
dress to the Americans in the Nicaraguan service,
urging them to desert their colours, and denounc-
ing Walker as a traitor and plunderer of the people.
The following is a decree of President Walker
respecting the grant to Charles Morgan for the
transit across Nicaragua :
" The President of the Republic of Nicaragua, in vir-
tue of his authority, decrees :
" Art. 1. The decree of the 29th Febiucry, 1856,
granting to Mr. Charles Morgan and his associates, for
the term of 25 years, the exclusive right and privilege of
transporting, by a single route through the territory of
the Republic, passengers and freight from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and the exclusive right and privilege of
navigating by steam all the rivers, lakes, and inland
waters of the republic for the said term of 25 years, is
subjected to a modification of articles 2,4, 7, and 8,
which should read and be understood as follows :
"Art. 2. The grantees, in consideration of the privi-
leges conveyed to them, hall pay to the Government of
Nicaragua one dollar for every passenger carried by them
through the territory of the republic ; said payment shall
be made tri-monthly, in the Republic of Nicaragua,
in the place which the Government shall select • and at
the same time a statement shall be presented' to the
Government, or to the agent appointed by the same, of
the whole number of passengers thus transported. And
to confront this statement the Government shall have
free access to the books of the company, whether said
books are kept within or out of the republic.
"Art. 4. The republic concedes to all the steamers
and vessels of the grantees the right of entering, leav-
ing, and passing through all the ports, rivers, and in-
land waters, and also on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
the use of which shall be free to them of all dues or im-
ports of any kind whatsoever; and the grantees shall
also have the use of all waste lands in the immediate
vicinity of the ports, rivers, and lakes on the transit
which may be needed by them for the purpose of estab-
lishing workshops, stations, offices, &c. ; the quantity
of land thus granted not to exceed 10 acres in one
place.
"Art. 7. The grantees agree to establish within six
months from the date of this agreement a monthly
line of steamers between the city of New York and the
port of San Juan del Norte in Nicaragua, and the
other port which they may choose on the Atlantic
coast, and also between the city of San Francisco and
the part of San Juan del Sud, or any other which they
may select on the Pacific coast ; they likewise agree to
maintain the said lines for the terms of this contract,
always excepting the ordinary dangers of the sea
and of navigation, and in the event of any interrup-
tion of the lines by F °al e unforeseen disaster the gran
tees shall reorganise the same as soon as may be prac-
ticable, and if the said lines should be successful, the
grantees agree to run semi-monthly lines of steamers
within one year from the date. of the execution of this
contract.

" Art. 8. The exclusive right which the grantees
acquire by this contract of navigating the inland waters
of the republic by steam is understood cot to interfere
with the natives of the country., or other persons to whom
the Government may please to concede the privilege of
navigating the inland waters of the republic by means
of sailing or other vessels, except by steam ; and that
the grantees shall also carry without charge all the
officials of the Government, whether civil or military,
in the service of the Government, and the mails of the
country, both going and returning ; and also, when the
exigency of the case demands it, and no detriment or in-
terruption results to the transportation of passengers,
they shall carry the troops of the Government, receiving
in payment for such service the actual cost of running
the steamers conveying them.
" Art. 2. Communicated to whom it may concern.
" Given at Granada the 26th of August, 1856.
" WILLIAM WALKER.
" To the Minister of State, Don Fermin Ferrer—lt is
agreed and authorised by the undersigned, and sealed
with the great seal of the Republic.
" F. FERRER, Minister of State.
" Granada, Aug. 26, 1856."
The following official decrees have been issued by
President Walker with respect to the Transit Com-
pany a property in Nicaragua :
" Republic of Nicaragua, Ministry of Relations and
Government, Granada, Aug. 26, 1856.
"The supreme executive power has been pleased to
dictate the following decree :
" Whereas it has been well and duly ascertained by
the commissioners appointed under the decree of the
19th February last past that the late Accessory Transit
Company is indebted to the Republic of Nicaragua in a
sum exceeding $300,000 ; and
" Whereas, by a fair and just valuation of the move-
able property of the late Transit Company, consisting
for the most part of steamers on the lake and river, the
said property does not exceed in value the sum of
000,000 ; and
" Whereas the late Accessory Transit Company has,
for the last six months, either abandoned its property
or attempted to place it in the power of the enemies of
the State ; therefore, in virtue of the authority in me
vested, it is decreed--

" Ad. 1. All the steamers and other moveable pro-
perty within the territories of the State are hereby de-
clared t ) be the property of the Republic of Nicaragua ;
and the receiver, app Anted by the commissioners, is
ordered to take and retain possesson of the same in the
name of the republic.
" Art. 2. The receiver shall return to the Minister •of
Relations a true and correct account and inventory of
all property administered by him and taken possession of
for the Stato.
" Art. 3. Communicated to whom it may concern.
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" Given in Granada, August 26, 1856.
" WALgER."
" Republic of Nicaragua, Ministry of Relations,
Granada, Aug. 27, 1856.
" The supreme executive power bas been pleased to
dictate the following decree :
" The President of the Republic of Nicaragua, in
virtue of his authority, decrees
Art, 1, For and in consideration of the bum of