Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-30
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3OM. Tor The .Nc,c York IiAPfe@.
~ mo n,cr., ri Gau,emala, from Honduras
Yesterday we received papers and dates 10 Inc
Leon, the capital of Nicaragua, which had peen
in state of siege by Gen. MalSpin, was taken
bv force of arms after a bloody contest and ac's
Of crnely were perpelrated BY The eonque lrn
eonalled only in The wars of Buenos AyIes. nc
Gau,emala Gazeue states, that more 'hai . ma
sand persons were assassina'ea oi ou'u i -
| Malespn without dislincien oil the "o'u' "ol =
chiden, and priests. themselves in
these excesses Gen. Cabanas, and The DINER ue'
tenders of Leon. retired with few arms ana 'ne
military chest; and, on reaching Inc province y,
| Salvador OF which Malespin IS Governor 'hs
man who had The command in his ABSENCE C, anu
The people rose agains, Malespin.., The Cham-
hers have declared his election null, as Inc result
of military violence. and instituted proceedings
against him ordered his property 10 DC seizea anu
thai, in case OF his refusing 10 appear Oh uidi, ne
shall be held and treated as lldI0,. -. We
afterwards excommunicated oy 'ne n.oof g., n ~.
rey, with the ceremonies o. ,he '"''e''
assassination oflhe priests OF leoa c,r S,r
Malespin, on his part was hiaiehil's W "a"
Salvador Al The head Of his troops, and ms posi-
Anna lately placed himself IN .ne~''o'
Tur Ov.coS QrrsrroS.-ln some remarks o.
tar,j il a nr.v;ous communication, 1t was OBJ
served that in all probability, IL VT. Canouh hau
closcdthe Oregon negotiation, ne wonla nave ac-
copied The British proposition, IN le2o' 70 MAKE t
the Columbia the boundary ", io'ii "hsic ''ie f'1i
p mas sn,;relv inlereOlal II was conclusion
drawn after The perrsal Of his speech IN The Sc
naIe during the Oregon debate in 1913. We
have since understood that his correspondence
with the British Minister will show, if ever
nuhlished that MIR. Calhoun commended Tor The
whole of our claim 10 so deg. 40 min, according
10 the line adopted in The convention with Rus
STA. How much less he would have finally con-
sen,ed 10 receive is, of course, entirely conJecu-
raj II is supposed, in well-inormed quarters,
on what data we are unable to determine, that the
British Government will admit our claim 10 the
49h parallel but that the chief matter in conrover-
60 is the South end ofVancouver's island which
rha, parallel would intersect, The island lying be-
tween AZ and 81 north latitude. In this island,
which is divided from the main land by the mag
ni6cent strait De Fuca, is Nootka Sound so cele-
brated in diplomatic history. The island con-
,ains number OF fine harbors, objects OF course,
very attractive 10 a MARITIME power like that Of
Great Britain A line at the 49lh parallel il car
ried from the Rocky mountains 10 Vancouvers
island il il leaves thai island, must consequently
mass round il about one degree TO the south OF 40.
I've know not the foundation of the presumed
British concession. Il is, however contrary 10
the uniform tenor of their communications with
our Government-[ Charleston Courier.
TuE WEATHER on SUNDAY ~ New York
The day throughout was one OF The most unpleas.
ami for long lime The Courier says: We saw
flakes OF snow tall at Inc corner of Fourteenth and
Irving Place yesterday the 25lll Of May; and
friend informs us, that at Maeombs Dam The saorr
fell in such quantities that the ground appeared
irhite for some minutes. AT Harlem also snow
fell in quantities. and the cucumber vines and
early beans were destroyed By the frost on Salnr-
day night In this city the thermometer fell 10
80 deg on Saturday night, and stood al 40 at sun
rise. This rather exceeds any thing in The me-
mory OF the .'oldesl inhabitant'
A letter was received, By last evenings West
ern mail, BY gentleman in this city with The sn-
prescription and frank of Gen Jackson, poslmark.
ed The 20h-( Wedaesday's Union.
The President the Secretaries OF The Treasury
and Of The Navy, and Of The Attorney General,
with Retrospective families, visited Mount Yer
non to-day BY land, and are expected, OF course,
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