The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-31
INTERESTING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
The Troubles Of NicaraSu a - The Canal
Com panv-The Presidential EI~nsso--

The Troubles of NicaraH VA The Canal
Companv-The Presidential Fi~ot'"-'
We have received advces from San Juan dc
Nicaragua to the 2lst inst. The Prome.heus left
that port on that day. We have files of the Gdcca
&c Nicaragua, and Gaceta de Costa Rica also the
Memoria dI Mnistro dc Re,acioncs q Gobernacion
de Costa RIGA, and Mtorme de Hacienda for 1852
The GGcaa dc Nicaragua gives a history of the
Canal Company, but it is too long for publication
Our correspondent, however, gives idea of the
trouble which occasions it's publication
Our San Juan del Norte correspondence.
SAN JUAN DEL NoRTE, Aug. IL, 1852.
The Ship Canal Troubles The Intentions of the
Nicaragua Gournmcnt-Ihe dmcrican and
English Special AgentS-Ncc Transit Company,
&c, &c.
call your attention to articles numbers one aud
two in the official paper of Nicaragua, showing the
beginning of the ending of the great Ship Canal
Company-how the contract was obtained and in
August last divided, or charter obtained for the
Accessory Transit Company, and the subsequent
conduct of tiat company to their employees. Ii is
quite time that the mask was removed from the
face of this " canal enterprise, for it ia impractical
bic, and the engineers know it, and the company
know it, and the world should know how they have
been deluded into granting their appreciation to
that which was but stock jobbing enterprise from
beginning to end, and which has resulted in the
Enlistment Of an exclusive transit-how well con-
Quoted all Californians know.
This accessory transit charter is null and void
per Sc, for it was granted in violation of the
stitution Of the State of Nicaragua, article of
which says
No foreign matter shall be discussed by the Congress
M he fufp mad putpr
foreign State, during any revolution in the State.
Now, this charter was obtained from one Congress
at Granada while another Congress- equally consti-
tutiopal was in session at Leon, and Muhoz, with
bis revolutionary army in arms. Public feeling Of
the State Of Nicaragua is much against the COM
pany, and rumor has reached here that special
session Of Congress has just been called for the pur
pose Of considering the propriety of snnuiling both
charters, both Of which have been violated by the
companies holding them. ] assert that the canal ia
net feasible for the reasonsnrst, that there is not
sufficient water to feed canal second, the impos
sitility of the northern race laboring in this
try third, the expense, which would be beyond the
csphal of the world for the great Caledonian Canal
only twenty miles long, and constructed with the
advantages OF cheap labor, in bealtbful climate,
ana with government patronage, cost over six mid
lions Of Gears; and 1t is proposed TO construct this
canei nlfcen times the lenEUn, VIII uoIo lockdRes,
more excavations, and in an unhealthy climate,
for according TO the largest estimate, fifty millions
Why is not the report of the engineers who made
the survey made public There is Wall street in
Guence in this business.
The next election in Nicaragua takes place in No
vember. when Senior Casteon will be elected Presi-
dent. He is the most popular man in the State,
educated and goyernmentally experienced. He was
once Minister to the Court Of ST. James, and dis
tinguished himself by a voluminous correspondence
with Lord Palmcrston regarding Ncaragua's right
TO all Of Mosquito. Ny cheeks Jingle with shame
OF the language used by the American Commits
sioner, in presenting the treaty to the Nicaragua
government, amounting, in substance, to this
Here is the treaty made for you by the governments
Of the United States and Great Britain; you must
accept III; if you don't, We will make you" The
English Commissioner received their refusal with
the courtesy Of gentleman, concedng the right OF
Nicaragua TO accept or reject. En- pasSdnt-is not
THIS Dir. Walsh the same who went to the Emperor
soulouque's dominions, last year, and kicked up
JUS, bclttling his government, and disgracing the
auhhnstraticn who sent hint If il is, Mr.. Fill
more has acted very unwisely in sending him down
heie 70 bully Nicaragua. The question must be
ssk'p, py what authority the United States offered
~, neI last tlhd oihees TO Nicaragua To be sure,
these poor people had a right 20 expect something
generous az the hands Of the United Safes. She !
ana pehnyltas, weak and dcfenceless robbed
on MI sues Dy powerful foes torn by intes-
pLe dIihoulues. she said to the United States |
you aie great aud Powerful nation. wa nsI |
you ior protection IN Cur weakness; we throw |