The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-03

srn~ns~r 81 CAR. MISREPRESENTATION or
Pm CrTY CoUNCIL-rHD wA1 BzTwn1N TIE cTTI-
xans or GAN JUAN AND TIE ACCESSORY TRANSIT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or PR0FzRTY.
7fen the New ORLEANS Delta March 1871
We give the following letter from Captain Mccssrsn 10
ths essns Of that place and the Accessory Transt Com
pasy- ,axa
GDn0E-Ths responsibility and wide circulation OF
your valuable paper induce to lay before you and
yosr readers case Of outrage which, in its nature and
Pun3a Arenas the place from whore address you, is
sAfsd opposite to san b. Juan tn. as transit Com
pAny of Nicaragua, depot or general agency since
e.
not to be moested in any the lands within the
said state necessary for the use Of the company.
On the list January last purchas Captain A.
Bancker the warehouses and merchandise belonging to
him this point and entered also into arrangement
with the Accessory Transit Company of Nicaragua to
the employed by the same and furnish the
steamers with &c and for the purpose of making
the employees Of said company comfortable as posi-
BILE found 1t necessary to remove the dwelling house
the place where sood-being there too much
making for the comfort of said employees improvements
and alterations in said house. we'll as building
kitchen and ovens, which alterations, &C., we're done
At this time BUSINESS called me to New Orleans, and
reytown on the 7th of February 1851 passed resou.
tions of which the following is true COPY =
Be it enacted BY the Common Council, in session:
Sec l. That should the Accessory Transit Company
that they be exempt ali every Of city
and s ns n opsS IN and S
steamers of said arriving in habor be
exempt from port dues upon u the ordinary pilot
S9s. . s.o.,a - "a,
camille or anv other h~sinsss aas from the al S;
that they shall the and license that other ci
That the Of this Council do furnish the agent
t'd company wish sas Of the s1sfsffi %oop
RonsPT d Irrs Sec City conncii ' y 'S soan'i'
Grsytown, or San Juan del Norte FEB 7 1883 :
said city informed that the agent here Capt Thomas
Baldwin, had no authority from the company to mo We
were adapted for the purposes required upon which
notice agent of the company received Letter from
closing an ordinance ed by the City Council at the
same time the above ordinance passed OF which the
tcopY3
That the Mayor directed notify the Transit
rsGes " aS oo - n,e .h and AM
inas are rsoneg p G @ If be e md n .e Of bs
said company not complying within tie specified tim aa
summary proceedings he Ia fer the ejeetune;
SsignS9, ROBERT D. LEES, Sec. C. G.
February ,E isss Ali. o.,,n... ~. ,,, ., ~.
Ia ~. p pa !. Co. o .in ~ T $50; ns.t ~ - - a
sa,a company asked io an eaLehs'on o. tne 70 snow
@ i; WY Wy e ~ J - t .e per pr.
son cnage 81 ny business aaass'ea e.ter 70 tne
I I t S PrayIns IN ea.en.on &c setting iortn
81 th 0 S - m, no, h n1s .ne so.e proper
buildings ana protesting against the enforcement Of the
sssvsnson ESQ ." wee g mmsrr gen. ~ ne rn;,s,
States to the same effect and that the resolution
against law ana Jusuce Every means was resorted to
to induce the Council and CITY authorities well by the
agent OF the company as by the person in charge of
business TO grant an extension or to reseind the said
ORDINANCE but to avail they asked the protection of
the vice Commercial Agent prevent destruction of
property and perhaps loss OF e IN his Official capa
city, beng the only representative of our government
here but that the he received that he could
NOT oher any and that his power and duties
were Of advisory character but that he shond seek
avert COLLISION between the local authorities and the
Accessory Transit Company In the meantime, an All
dav was made against the agent of the Mayor charging
nm with having used seditious language, &c solely,
believe OF harrassins or preventing the said agent from
taking any active part in he should have thought
necessary to DO So upon which he was arrested and
Obliged to enter into heavy bonds for keeping the
especially against the city Three days passed in this
about noOn the employees being at dinner, party
Of some thirty persons. of all nations and colors,
beaded ey the City Marshal, and commanded by
MAJOR James Lyons, "a coiored gentleman aud
captain benjamin Mooney, arrived at this point to
commence their work of destruction, being provided
with all the necessary instruments for such
purposes which destruction they commenced by tearing
down the American flags which we're waving above the
mouse ana other buildings sLo then wanony destroyed
the whole OF the property not even giving my employees
time TO save the articles in the houses with the excep
non o. very is~ ID tsarng down the buildings, these
persons looked more Ike tigers falling upon their prey
than human beings Resistance could not be offered be
cause eader ana arms were wanting ana all mad to
A ~ Ia sonce on Tue untii Inc WORK was
Mncn iei. an o. Us houseess without the means
OF providing ior our men the necessities OF life and ex
Posng mem 20 ne incemencies OF enc weather At thus
season Oh tne year ana IN sach sckiy country as thu
term aet nv The id oranancs ~ s;c,ng me- from al
aal. oft a. a. a
VI. sa r VI 'e .i .is WI u s1pis "a
a.1 oa!s ne ~oisss .n moiss' iaeo We a.e
$500 s,h;ac,sd ~ no oabS b az &c y clad
won ne Isye nob;rs ~ ias. and vbo act and nho
are de faco the auth T,y Of the cy Of san Juan del
Not o. G.xtowr 81 o orart ;oaroi;n he ~.
safety NJ o,r yer.ons ia va ma lao ;n ne - 49,.
ourselves without the means in onr hands 70 do II
+ No. VOC ~ 90 snoa az .rna;.an 49, 80 -
entered TINS this state OF ahrs-eaying
large amount invested in the pursuit Of their business
unprotected and at the mercy of such lesaiaed band
OF ano pirates TO speak OF from our govern