Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-27
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
rA WASHINGTON. Oct. l3.

Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.
The great topic of the day is the Mica
ragua or Mosquito question. The French
difficulty sinks into insignifcaance in
comparison with it, The latter is an &C
cidental flurty.--thc former has the APP
pearance Ola long gathering, now i'm
pending and inevitable storm.
The matter has gone farther than any
one in the country had supposed 1t has
gone so far tllat it is difficult to see how
the Administration can ietrace their
steps without dishonor or proceed with
cut preparing for war The people of
the country have looked at the matter
with indifference, for they arc confiding
in every Administration. They are sur
priSed to'find from Mr.. S1uieis' address
to tn: Government of Nicaragua. and
from semi7oilicial statements, that the Ad
minstration have taken bold, not to
say rash step in our foreign affairs, from
which they cannot retreat with any grace,
nor. ind ted, without much discredit
We find in Mr. iSquicrs' address an as,
sertioa, of course dictated to him in his
instructions, Of President Mvnroe's dc
TIM in regard to the colonization of any
part of tbs continent, and an application
Of that dictu3s to the British settlements
in the Mosquito country.
la fact, Mr. Sqpiers not only declared
that tho. American Continent must be
owned only by Americans, but that an in
vasion of The rights ef Nicaragua must
be redrcsscd as an injury to the United
States. u s"aigi a
That. is the plain meaning of Mr..
.Squiers' address The same declaration
was communicated to the British Gov
crnment through Mr.. Davis, the present
secretary ofthc Legation at London.
w The protest of the British consul was
dated July y.S1st, and of course the rcmon
STRANGE against it was not communicated
through Mr.. Bancroft, because on the
first of August his official functions ceas-
cd by the peremptory order Of this gov
ernment. f6 9fF8 79 s'lt
The tone ofthc British Government is
as determined as it has ever been upon
any international question, as we see in
the correspondence ofthe British Consul
in GuNtcmlla, with the government of
Nicaragua. Distinct threats are thrown
out not only against Nicaragua, but any
Company which may contract with her
for the right to construct Canal along
the bank OF the San Juan, and through
her territory. We shall have more of
this matter anon.
MIR. Calhoun's presence in the Senate,
ncxtwihter, will be as necessary and inn
portant as it was in the fifty four forty
war, and hls efforts in behalf of peace
may be more available than they were in
regard to the Mexican war.
#U 3rits 49,. Iifs
NOTICE FROM THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Oct.0, l949
--Applicationfcr cxenipliGcations of the
records OF patents, and OF other papers
connected with land titles, having become
very numerous, and being on the increase
it has become proper to make known, in
this form, the rule 81. 81. this this subject which
has been adopted, in order to guard
against granting copies except tosuch as
have a real intefestin tho premises, and
at the same time avoid unnecessary la
Dor at the public expense M IG
The rule, then, is that where copies
arc wanted, the applicant isreeuired to
transmit to this Office his affidavidt, set
ting forth the interestin the case inwhich
exemplifcations are desired, the purpose
FOR which they are wanted, and, whom