The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-01
NY or ~ my sssln tAs aAsssse Of swfpl
authority for the protseton Of person property
Respectfully, your ebsdisnt servants,
tsigned,) r. J. MARTIN, Mayor.
WM B. GERRING, Prest Council.
THOMAS CODY, Chief Justice Of the
supreme Court.

snPssns Court
The meeting then Organised and having approved the
to that eject The meeting addrss I'D
BY 7. D. Harper Esq and Dr. H. ]. Richards, ex.CaPtan
Of the PORT the latter Of whom proposed resolution
appointing commissioner to be sent to the United
the pending deutes. The resolution adopted and
Mr.. Harper chosen, and committee appointed 10
make the necessary arrangements. .,..,..
On the following morning, the protest and rcsgnauon
were rendered to the commander Of the Cyane who,
however, refused to receive any communication, on sne
ground that the Mayor of the city had on the preo
Sav In an unofficial conversation made some remarks to
the purser which the Captain did not approve OF. Az
city station house and the flag which waving when
this formed IN token OF that territorial
claim from which the city got its charter and which
been in a position to adopt another was lowered, In
token Of resignation and the government dissolved On
finding that communication would be received by
Captain Holins from the town. the protest and resgna
placed in the hands Of the United States Com
mercal Agent 1t was soon made known TO the citizens
that intercourse would be permitted by the Cyane be-
tween the town and the opposite side Of the harbor
Many persons going in open boats business
hailed by the vessel and compelled to give satisfactory
accounts Of their movements business etc. before they
allowed to proceed and general order issued that
all boats should lay their oars under the stern Of the
Cyane this order has been carried into effect without
any distinction being made, or without any information
being sought to the character position or nationality
Of personsthe quiet, unofendng natives, the late OFF,
cals, the poor boatmen the respectable American mer
chants all proscribed-al treated suspicious charac
ters rebels and ncendiaries harmless boatman who
had going to the opposite sde complied with this ar
bitrary order unfortunately returning passed her
to the windward-he was brought to BY musket bal.
Marines have been kept under arms at the depot and
strict police surveillance kept up.
On the arrival Of the Pampero, -, from New Or
leans, boats were sent by the Cyane to cruise
o @ oMa nc on Soara to inquire for
friends, the letters placed in the hands Of the
dhree O'clock P NJ Of the 10th inst Illegally and un
justly detained. few hours after her arrival, many
complaints having been made to the United States Com
mercal Agent this subject that official addressed
note the Purser of the Pampero asking that the let
tiers for the town be sent on shore unsatsac
tory verbal returned, but no letters The
mpany's steamer Star Of the West arrived this
morning. the pursued in every particular
allowed board-no letters. forgot to mention
that during all this tx British Vice Consul to this gov
eminent, Capt. H. G. Foote was absent. He arrived
he
which had been lowered, repaired board the Cyane
and claimed this territory Mosquitian The partcu
This brief statement Of the facts for the corre.t
ness of which not only pledge myself but am prepared
10 furnish incontrovertible evidence.
Let me ask why all this has been done ?-why ma
rnes have been landed ?-why cannons have been shot
ted9why aauiet well organized local government recog
nized by the United States through their
has been forced to dissolution ?-why American citizens
have been subjected to such indignites owhy Germans
have been prevented from travelling about the harbo
why their letters have been detained, and why-dd nt
Gm9 Has it been prevent British usurpaton when not
the government was composed of Americans and Amer
can sentiments prevaedhas 1t been to the lives Of
men VINO were to be butchered in cold blood?
No-al this has been done, and much more suffered
heretofore to protect the Accessory Transit Company
of Nicaragua in their unjust MONOPOLY company
which when sued lately in New York, plead, in open
court, Jurisdiction. and which, when of their
steamers seized in Nicaragua for debt had IL released
by the United States Charge dAfArs the ground that
their transit property liable to company
mas thing in its power to torture Anne
But enough in this strain, for tho present.
The Accessory Transit claim the right their
location firstly on the ground that it grated to
them in their charter from Nicaragua secondly, that
they hold lease from Mosquitoes. Strange anomaly I
Captain Hons Of the Cyane lays particular stress on
the contract with Mosquito Let us see what that
In 1851 Mr. Martin, the late mayor Of this town,
BY his instructions made appl caton to Mosquito
through the British Consul for permission to establish
depot the opposite side of the harbor The following
the answer he received, and is the only tenure by
which (under Musquito) they have possession
BRITISH CONSULATE, I
sn-n the absence of Acting xseas ssd
General the receipt letter Of
Of Rss: Of
se
% for 5 so
out let 4; 3s ts sg ss west. f and
four hundred feet from north south the purposes Of
es aRs a. enc rate six
haye e adS tina. Is the wish q this
pany
sn nSD0r 70 De- E XXI A ISs 5sTH
For H. b. NJ Acting Agent and Consul General
You will perceive firstly that this lease privilege
granted to the Atlantic and Pacific Canal Co. and
not to a speculative stock joobng Transit company.
Secondly, That it is only granted until the land in
question may be required for the purposes Of the Mos
quito COVE nment"
Of sxpence sterling. And. Fourthly, That they have
only granted to them 200 feet east and west and 400
because Il
to the Atlanc and Pacific Canal Co. and not to the Ac
Tansit Co. Secondly because the lands have
been needed by Mosquito for the of the local
ment of San JUAN to whom she gave t-notice OF viii
has been repeatedly given to the company Thirdly be-
cause the company have refused to pay any rents
taxes. And, Fourthy because the company have occu
pied much more than the 200 feet by 400 feet.
So much for the Musquto contract. Their pretended
claim under Nicaragua denied by that government is as
fmsy and as easily controverted win take up that
point in my next letter.
how much more reasonable that or the British
vessels Of war; who refused to take any action to in
they knew that British influence had nothing do with
the movement against the company The question natu
states Is to blame for not being pronerly in
formed to the state of affairs here, and that
count giving improper instructions TO the commanders
of their vessels whether the captain Of the Cyane
has travelled beyond the limits Of his instructions and
abused his discretionary powers. Be that it may the
otherwise would have continued to exist and to carry
out. it has done, wholesome laws; it has given a
blow to American influence and sentiments and 1t
has quietly given to England opportunity Of resumng
her protecorate this terrtory-a not
asked for by the English inhabitants Of this town yet
gladly accepted by the American citizens If England
had had the foothod here with the United Stss
If the desire had existed to extend Eg';n innu
ence-if England had her children strgsee 70 pro-
mote her interests, she has known Ascans 70 90 IN
favor of their countryside would ve nurseo sno enc
rishtd them and never perpIsed mem 70 nave oeen
crushed as the United Stetes nas ny an 'oerai 4ud
foolish foreign policy. II.
sls JUAN NoRTE, OR GREYrows. I
NICARAGUA, March %, 1853.
The STATE Of Affairs in Sdx Juan-7ne War Against tie
Transit Compdny-Arrtuai Of the o. s. Ship Cycne-TAe
Course Of her Commander, de-, dc
A9s;rs r 49, -~.iA k~-;~s ia+aiy sssanned
hostile aspect and as statement Of things might prove
acceptable viii endeavor to give you the cause Of
disturbance which at time threatened the total ami
hilation Of the depot of yanderbts line steamers at
this place. by the authorities of San Juan del Norte or
Greytown.
appears that the authorities Of this place. when rst