New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-07

BEGINNING o. THE CIVIL war
COMPLICATION OF AFFAIRS.
Americans about to Fight on each side.

does not haTraie The actual commencement u
hos,ilItes. or inform rs where MudoZ and ~
forces were halted. or wha, they were proposing
10 do next We append to our CORES pondent's
letter some further intelligence, ana some re-
marks explanatory OF the causes which had iei
20 th.s revolutionary complication
GRAxAD,, TUESDAY. sept, Is. 1851.
10 Pc T1i-o-s Or The =. ! Tribune.
Matters become mors and more intricate mere.
We do 10; yet Snow Of any movement Of Gen.
Nu1oz. The General cannot be blamed by those
who are informed from 4 deeper source than
from tie mere surface Of accidents. The time thus
lost, however. undoubtedly endangerS his cause Il
report as true, tie State Of San Salvador has
made rs peace with England and. together with
Honduras mas newly taken hostile position
against the Provisional Government al Leon.
On The other side i IS asserted here positively that
the Prometheus on her return from the present yoy-
age, viii bring 900 men from the United States. 70
form a kind Of army OF the Canal Company and. a.
such. give support 70 the Granadlan Government.
tins should prove tue. We shall citizens OF The
United States fighting against each other IN the cly
wal Of foreign country. All the North Americans
residing here and all the Europeans too. with very
few exceptions. are for the party Of Leon. Mr
JosEPH l.. WHITE when about 10 conclude his dSt
contract in order to gam the favor he wanted from
the Government At this place promised 10 send men
and arms 10 their support assuring them At the same
time that all resident foreigners were on their side
To prove this he called meeting OF the foreign resi-
dentsn the conviction that they would put forth de-
claration that sense. However, only three gentle
men appeared. Some days later, DR.. Sgur whose
Interests are connected with the party of Leon
called another meeting of foreigners IN the city,
whereupon nearly al OF them-North Americans
English Germans French and Italians-appeareda and
adopted a declaration Of neutrality, assuming at the
same time position to defend their own interests
against attack from any quarter. This meeting. YOU
may say nothing but a demonstration against
Mr. White, and his operations or ntugueS. and thus
indirectly against the Government of Granada. 1
am informed that this Government had decrecd al
ter the failure OF Mr. Whites meeting, to Danish
from the country those foreigners whose sympathz.
ing with the LeOnese they We're now aware Of, and
that only 20 the firm and imposing character of the
second meeting. to be ascrlbed the failure to eN-
ecute that decree The printing of the declaration
OF neutrality proved impossible in Granada, being
prevented by the influence of the Government. 1t
was then sent to Leon, where was well received.
The time OF neutrality for foreigners however, ap-
pears 70 be over. Just now, learn that party Of
90 men, North Americans, are on their way from Re
aleo TO San Juan del sur, to pass the lslhmuS and
Lake for the purpose Of taking by surprise the for
treSs of San Carlos, situated at the outlet of the
Lake, and TIL now under Granadan authority.
II North Americans, IN consequence of the com
plication of interests here, are thus TO be
both SIDES Of the controversy, the English inter-
ests, in the same way, are TO be seen IN opposition
with themselves The revolution Of the 9Th Of Au-
gust broke out day too soon for the success OF
an English intrigue which would also have sub
vcrted the existing Government, but n another
sense. The English party was greatly disappointed
and rntatod by the failure Of their schemes, but by
and Lby, seeing that the Federal party, now
holding the government at Leon, were as IN.
favorable to the exorbIant privileges OF the Ca
nal Company they themselves - that Gen.
Muhoz was OF the opinion, and that
he was the only man by whose eXertions the party
of Granada could be put down, they became recon-
ciled al least for the moment, or seemingly. We
have been informed here, without being able 10
know whether il can be relied upon or not, that san
Salvador and Honduras marching thousand
men against Leon. and the name Of the same Mica
raguan gentleman who was connected With The
abortlve English intrigue Is now used IN connection
with the reported change of position Of The two
state, Of salvador and Honduras. At the same tme
hear, and | think 1t Is from very good source,
that an English squadron viii appear before Reaejo
at the end Of this month, to settle al differences be-
Tvs cen England and Nicaragua al once.
In addition 70 the above, We learn from pr
vate letter that the foreigners IN the country are
under arms on each side. Americans and
Englishmen are already enlisted for the civil
war. on beha Of both the nval Governments,
that If Leon and that OF Granada Mr. HElNs.
the German landscape painter who went out TO
Central America with very different intentions,
IS now the Capt OF a Rifle Company under Gen
Mun.z. IN the service of Leon. The affair If
McLeon at san Juan del sur, on the Pacific,
which was noticed by on Of our correspondents
Yesterday. was undoubtedly an episode IN TINS
,truerl, The Granada Government, has APP
pointed Don Futo Chamouo, the soul 0i their
party. General-ln- Chief OF the army for tie
restoration of order" Montenegro. the supreme
Executive flnctionary of that Government, has
resigned on account of grave malady, and Jose
de Jesus Aaro has been appointed IN his place
What renders the controversy between the
parties singular IN the history Of civil wars Is
the exceeding complication alluded 10 above by
our correspondent |, Is well known that the
English. with Messrs ChatieId and Manning As
their agents. have for years been endeavorng 70
obtain control OF political affairs IN Nicaragua,
with view, OF course, 10 the advantage of
English commerce. More or less, through their
lntrlgues the old Confederation Of the i've States
was broken up, and through their htngues all
efforts to reunlte them anew have proved futile
1t last the three States OF Nicaragua, Honduras
and san Salvador came together and organized
a Federation under promising auspices This
was triumph Tor the federal or progressing
party a.d 4 defeat for he English ntngues and
theserylle faction The latter. however, did not
stop here We have already seen the treatment
youcbsafed by NJ Chatheld to the new Federal