Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30
From the Picayune.
,pORTANT FROM NICARAGUA.

IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA.
i1as. Handed British Intrigues-Amer,eans
,,Hs.d to Leaue the Country and Murdered
r, Mr.. J. Cavalry Hall. of Granada, Nicara-
run 'ho came passenger in the steamer Mexico,
quo, obtained late and important news to the
WE :"., from Nicaragua and the SO called Mos
3'n M K,.,J,m. MIR. Hall has been merchant
qu"o q%,,,ada. and gave his Information in clear
straightforward manner, that leaves mol
a ,, If The truth Of his statement.
orsat change has come over Inc friendly
cnrm.riy entertained by the inhabitants
EN- eN;.,rsuua and Mosquito towards the Americans
0 O,, t:overnor himself formally acknowledged to
A.. u. that his country was certainly destined
" - leone Incorporated either with England or the
Ta,sd S;aies, aud that he and the Nicaraguans
s.neraIy infinitely preferred the latter.
n,ce IN. last trip of the Prometheus, however,
ON within about six weeks, feeling of hos
'na' ,f so decided character has sprung up
'''s, ,s, this country, that the Americans on the
sLa,,s from Re- aIejo to San Juan, have thought
I.s, ior their interests and personal safety to
o'' About eight hundred OF them, who had
lea h.d themselves ia the towns aud villages,
ESQ ,bo coofdsd in the friendship and protection
anu N;caraeuan Government, have been ILL
..o.,s,-tbe natives refusing TO buy from them or
'.r them provisions that they all broke up their
p.s;nsss arrangements, many at much loss to
oo'" I,ss came down to San Juan and en-
h,,ked for this port or New 1orK. lhe lew
JAIN sr,c,n merchants in San Juan (or Greytown)
,'. On hand provisions and ether stock Tor six
nav. ,oo,,bs, which they had made sure OF selling,
~" ~, ,ow forced TO let remain ia the warehouses
useess rotting aud ruinons.
m. main spring Of this sudden revusion OF
f.sIup lies in the continual 'ntrgues oil the Consul
!, San Juau aud his colleague, Foster at Reaejo.
1n. Latter is materially assisted by a certain mys
.a.;ous Count Dezaido, sort oi Frencilifi-d
S,.uiard who is well known TO be energetically
nrwar,ing British pretensions aud interests on the
Is,bmus, whilst he pretends to remain Neutral;
and also By MIR. Manning, wealthy aud inf1u-
.o,ia Euglish merchant at ReaeJo. Ihe latter
!. heavy creditor of the Nicaraguan Government,
d .r.rci,es great influence ia all It's movements
Us and his fellows have at last succeeded IN
strangely prejudcing the Nicaraguan authorities
and citizens against the Americans.
The best proof OF this sudden and decided hos
,;;,v is the TACT that fifteen Of our cOuntrymen
have been murdered within the last twenty -hve
d.rs on The road from RealeiO, the Pacific.
.c,oss to San Juan, where they formerly Travelled
without fear of harm or danger, and o'er which
,bey were making their way as rapidly as possible
out of the country to return home.
Our informant did not remember the names oil
ali these unfortun ntes; he however cited those oil
,ro one of whom was killed aud The other was
left for dead in the road. The hrst waa A. y,
MAYNARD. iron. the western part Of New York,
where he leaves family lie was travelling to
San Juan, carrying with HIM several thousand
dolI,rs On the mo, Mug OF the 5th March. be-
tween and 3 o'clock, he was attacked by an
ambusbed party league this side OF Mater'es,
=, email Town between Leon aud Granada, } aud
E,s,,IIv cut in two with blows from matchetaS.
His bodv was found in the Ioad IN this mangled
and mutiIated state. The money was stolen
In the other instance, Daniel H. Mooney, OF
St Louis was attacked in a similar manner ON
the sam. road He was left Tor dead, with his
head dreaGfulIy cut in several places. lie re-
gained his consciousness, hawever' and reacheo
San Juan.
In these as in the other cases, redress was
.ouoh, for from the authorities, but they every
vhe,. turned a cold shoulder to their petitioners,
and answered their just demands with pretexts
too gross to deceive the most ignorant
Our informant gives some particulars OF the
by yDocri,ical manner IN which the English really
severn San Juan and the Mesquite territory
whilst pretending TO be under The dom'h'oh OF q
irumpery king.
An Euslisl, STRIPPING, about twenty or twenty
one Years of age, named Grant, is captain OF the
DOR, of San Juan. lie is also one ol the Supreme
Judges of the Mosquito Kingdom, the English
{ ous. sitting with him on the bench, with Two
native Nlcaraguaus, not native Mosquitoes, as as
,oci.,.s The fines they IuhIct charged and
collected in pounds, shill'ngs and pence, the cur
rrpcy of tie country never being head OF. They
take possession of the papers OF all vessels entering
the porl, keep them during detention there and
return them at departure, though San Juan, they.
assert, Is Tree port.
They have six s,iappng Jamaica negroes,
dressed in blue and armed with clubs, acting as
polic-meu The poor Mosquito King has gone
up The coast and will be absent for year, leaving
lhrse sham subjects of his TO manage things the'r
own way The English Consul will only receive
such commune atiuns are addressed to him al
"Grev,own, Mosquito, to her Britannia Majesiy's
Acting Agent and Consul General not in the
least recognizing San Juan de Nicaragua as the
name OF the place.
1t is certainly time that our Government should
take decisive steps, if not to put down these alb
suro protec eclorate claims OF England in Nlcaragur,
at least TO protect the lives and property of our
citizens there. We should have COnsul-an
energetic, determined tnan-in the country; whilst
the frequent visits to San Juan Of an American n
vessel OF would tend materially 10 restrain
British Vaccinations aud Nicaraguan aggressiuns
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kEEf HIM DowN.-Ay, keep him down,
what business has a poor man 10 attempt
TO rise, without a na'rne-wirhout frlencs
without honorable blood IN his veins!
We hove known him ever SINCE ne was
a boy-we knew his father before HIM
and he was but a mechalic-a'nd what
merit can there be in the young stripping.
Such is the cry of the world, when a
man of sterling character attempts TO
break away from the cords OF poverty
and ignorance and rise to position OF
truth and honor The multitude are ex-
cited by envv-they cannot endure 10 he
outstripped by those who grow up with
ihem or their children side hy side, and
hence the opposition man encounters
III his native place. Despite of this teel-
anS many noble minds have risen from
ObScurliy and lived down their ODDOueufS,