The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-12

asils BuosmDster; Dr. Hatch Holmes bsvs.
We Reed Jas ossrsa rsiyr. prsh s;i wi1nsyct
S.nisi s.ssr Lord W Morgan o Buciiia Robert
FRom kIEssrosMr and Mrs Lansdon Turner. Hsssrs n
Eetsser, A Rammell. -r
The following the amount of gold dust freight:
AMOUNT SPECIE PER CHEROKEE.
Rowland Aspinwsll. .Sl000Oo 90
r nintnrn, '.'.''''.''''''' 1929 Soo 20
AotL brother. ...''..''.'..'.'' tvsS ~
Bucsslew & fearce Baltimore " -. 1900 %
Total. SLY % 81
One cask so boxes wine marked H. G., a.. pros
visions, marked C, lin dismond) returned not hav-
ing been called for at Chsgres.
Our thanks are due to Capt Windle the commander,
and L. Payne ESQ., the purser of the Cherokee, for
their kindness and attention In having parcele
ready for instant delivery to our collector.
The Cherokee brings homo fifty passengers, and
$40 in gold dust and specie besides large amounts
IN the hands Of passengers She also brings very i'm
porsnt dispatches from the American Charge 1t Leon,
Nicaragua and the American Consul at Kingston ia
maica.
The c. made the out In little eight days.
running time having fine weather, and landed her pas
engsrs time for the February steamer from Panama
The Cherokee left no American vessels ct Chagres,
oil previously In port having sailed the same day
for their various destinations.
The steamer General Herran has been put afoat anu
is now running on the river
The Orus has gene up to San Juan Nicaragua; but
she failed in going up the river amer making several
attempts.
Chagres was very healthy, and we left q number Of
Americans there, waiting vessel for New Orleans.
COL Fremont u s. Senator from California and lady,
were at Panama, and would come in the Philadel-
phia He Vas unwsn Mrs. F. had recovered, and was
well.
The C. had continued gale Of northsastsrly winds.
since her departure from Chagres unt the sth inst
when it changed to . southeaster
The Cherokee had . pleasant passage out in every
respect and butfor being obliged to lay to OF the por
would have reached Chssres in about eight days.
The Panama arrived at Acapulco January sth At
Acapulco British chips Hereford and Gustamals With
Goals for the Royal Mail Steamship Company.
THE NEWS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
We have received by the Cherokee several Important
letters and documents from Nicaragua and full files or
the Central American papers, to the 9Th ult.
OUR CENTRAL AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE.
LEON DE NIcARAGuA, Jan 9, 1850.
The clustering Of the Enghsh Surrender If zlsrs Lian@'
rs Importance the United States Gaybled O6ciss
Correspondence, &c, &C., &c.
After brisk contest, although they built dsfenoes
TAINTED cannon, talked big and terribly ct last
the English driven out Of the leland OF Tigrs. I
send you herewith the ofncial (" back out, witch
Of the designs the Pacific coast has shown himself
able to cope with the adversary He knows the i'm
portsnes Of this island, every other who oars
Forecast the future In the West is impressed with q
Of It's value The island is safe and should be
kept 1t Is all importsntsto country and &c
surrender 1t In any way would be madness The Gulf,
Of Fonseca ds half the racisc Of the con-
tinent, and in 1t the proposed great canal think,
must terminate. The nation holding Tisrs Island.
-.
part Of the continent and will control the commerce
Of the world II the canal oontemp plated take this d.
lection. Our government must not sleep upon It,
sishted foresghted sctiouis necessary
to meet the crisis.
Mr.. 4. G. squer, In his treaty with Honduras hae,
stipulated that the United States and its citizens
shs always posses certain important rights In Tixre
and adjacent isands and there be no doubt that
II be not policy to purchase at any rate have tho
right to ssy II shall not pass the hands Of the
present owners. Desuing the whole matter highly in
portant have taken pains to furish you with the,
whole correspondence in full not gsrblsd 1t was By
the British Consul General for the peculiar intsrssts
he was called upon to serve.
The Costa Rica publication IL unfair towards Mr.
squisr will be seen BY comparing II with the orgi-
mails, Of which mine copies The last letters.
are wholly suppressed by the British Consul. The.
was done for effect upon the people, and With
little thought that his acts would be 90 persmp-
torily set aside. learn that he has gone person
ally to Jamaica to urge the necessity OF keeping tho
leland at all hazards and unless our government
is on the alert II may be lost stil Mr. squisr has
done bis duty It remains for the sovernment TO DO
Things have gone badly in Costa Riea II seems that
that so-caled republic was put under British protsc-
ten more than two years ago at the sams time With
Briti,h prstsnsons under tn. dissuiss q Mesquite
Juan England thought she could succeed better in
her schemes there as proteetor' Of Costa Rca than
protetcrste has been stouty denied By the Costa Rica
omea because the plot not ripe for developemsnt
an and the Cot, Eios minister in Lssssd really .sds
possible Within the past few months, however, this
minister h.. been making contracts for canals so,oni
river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua and the territories
Of Nicaragua .. though that state only depart
tensions which IL depends upon Great sriais to carry
out, Ia Mesquite ALREADY, In fact the busiaess has
deprive Nicaragua Of ali control over The river san
Juan and half Of Lake Nicaragua and thus place the
Will see the first increment n letter 70 the NIcarasus
government from Mr.. Chathela Of the date Of Deem
but the arss act in the attempt to r.snses the Nos
quito farce under new name.
rcr the py,po.. 81 sn a any further move
out our treaty obligations 70 this republic, Mr..
!: cse. .dd.e,.sa letter
necessity Of this prompt proceeding win be Obvious 70
you, although viii shock prudent Mr. Gales and the
pous Journal Of Conmerce. Nothing troubles these
orthies much 70 know Of the i-succees of the
schemes Of their Briiish cousins Having thus tsksn
cur position any future movement blocked By prior
assertion cf rights on part.
Mr. squier is at present wholly unsustained here.
By any co operation on the part Of the government
God only knows what they are about The English
are working however, with all the desperation Of
vho that the question Of their rrsdominance
here, must be settled one way the other. They
'bresten persusde and purchase they swarm In every
corner ara Nr Squier IL left TO contend With ther
alone snd almost single banded. The presence, the
mere presence, OF sn American vessel Of either
ccnt, veuld Work wonders among the people, with
whom pbyical force IL regarded as paramount 10 I'll
DINERS would you believe II. no American war YES
'ei has toucbedin any Central American port since
the time the memory Of man runneth rot back there
70 They rot their cables on In rocking lsxily ct
spfsso OF the officers are dancing their legs on In
The gsy ports Of the Mediterranean while here on this
our OWE continent With the greatest nterestsst stake
We have not a. asua Think