The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-21
Nicaragua ARairs. 81
The Republic Of the 12th publishes the following
interesting letter:


interesting letter:
LfoS Dr. NicAKAsitA.i Febvua,v a ,s5a
since wrote yon last, affairs have undergone NO
material change. Our English friends are how
ever, exeeedingiy busy in trying to create die inn
pression that, in the negotiations which have taken
pace las tney ASSERT between Lord Patterson and
Mr. Lawrence, the principle involved in the Mos
qnito question has been surrendered OF course
no intelligent man supposes this 70 be the fact but
u has nevertheless. created some uneaeuess n the
public mind-the obieet probably for which the ru
NOR " was starred The attachment of the people to
the nted States, and their confidence IN lis Gov
eminent, cannot be permanently weakened or i'm
paired by these misrepresentation. = y ,.
he greatest enthusiasm prevails In respect 10
the opening OF the proposed canal Of the feasibility
Of which there is no room for doubt. speak from
personal examination. The arrival Of the first cbrps
o. Engineers Tor the purpose OF fFeeonnosSance and
the announcement of the fact that steamers had
already been. sent round the Horn in order to COM
Plets the Fac nc section Of the route, have given
the liveliest satisfaction. The news was received
with national salute from the guns OF the Plaza
/ The Congress Of San Salvador has lust oon.
meneed its session. With this Republic. a. prr-
viousiy with Nicaragua and Honduras, our Minis
ter has arranged the terms Of treaty which rnus,
before this have been received in w ashington The
PRESIDENT Of the HoHse OF Deputies in reply ta the
address OF the President Of the Republic ouneing
the fact, said :: n ?
Above all. it is, most pleasing to the present
Legisiatute to know thar il will be called upoR 10
act upon the primary negotiations Of alnity and com
Inerce which the Executive has adjusted with the
Hon + g. Squier, Ministerof the United States in
Central America, inasmucb as the public acts Of
San Salvador have shown the unanimous desire of
The people, since 1873 not only to effect union of
irendship with that great and powerful Republic,
but also to shelter their rights beneath the infIu
ence OF that wonderful constellation.n 4
Senior Doreto Vascouzelos has Just been re elect.
ed President Of San Salvador for the next wo years
: n IS impossible to estimate the chasga Cor the
better which has taken place in these States SINCE
they have received the assurance of the sv,npathv
OF the United STATES. Industry and trade have re-.
vved an a remarkable degree and the signs Of inn
Proyement are TO be seen on every hand. Many,
plantations, abandoned in dispaiF Of permanent
prder' mad been renewed the public reads have
been repaired, and disposition evnced to redeem
the fortunes Of this long distracted country.
The Congress Of San Salvador, Honduras and
Nicaragua will act upon the plan Of union. Of the
three States during the ensuing month There are
two plans arranged BY commissioners; first, to con-
soldate the three States and second. 70 form led.
eral union One or the other will be adopted most
likely the first In this event, the city Of Chinen-
dagas in this Republic, will be the capital II is
hne town. rapidly increasing n population. From
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/ - amused
| copies Of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, and
some other papers, which have reached here. They
jstak about Nicaragua being part Of confedcracy
which was dissolved twelve years ago. and OF San
Juan being inhabited by Mosquiscs; whereas there
is not now and never has been Mesquite inhabit-
ant there. The people Of San Juan, excepting
hali-a-dozen foreigners and the English officers, are
Nlcsraguans When viii il be understood that The
Mosquito nation is entirely fiction invention OF
Lord Paimerston Il would be quite as feasible
70 lind those often named gentlemen, Messrs John
Doe and Richard Roe as the people OF Mosquito.
II is quite mistake, ALSO that the seizafe Of San
Juan, BY the English. and the erection of the pre-
tended MOSQUITO Kingdom" by Lords Aberdeen
and Palmerston, had for only object the control
Of this canal route. The bounties which have been
offered for the Introduction Of cotton growing ON
the coast, and the constant and unwearying efforts
directed to that object by the British agents il
seems to me, are facts which cannot be misunder-
stood The dependence Of the British manufae-
turers on the United States for cotton is CALLING
one Not only SO, but il by war or otherwise this
supply should be interrupted, inevitable ruin would
be brought upon large portion Of the commercial
and manufacturing interests Of England. Witness
the Intellectual efforts to obtain supply Of cotton
from India, and the attempts 10 grow it in the An
titles and Guyana Upon the Mosquito coast This
staple can be produeedto any desirable extent Per-
haps no country in the world can compete with it
in this respect, unless iii our own Our Southern
planters must look to it,
News has reached here that Col Fancourt. Brit
ish Superintendent Of the Belize, has gone to the
Island OF Roatan, upon the northern coast Of Hon
dnras to take possession OF the same on behalf OF
her Majesty Il is only two years since this same
fancourt denied that England had any right there
IL y needless TO add that this is a yerv large and
fertile island, well wasersd, and has fne harbor on
ITS southern side. This Is enough to render the
British right to it clear and unauestiouable.n y X =