New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-01


.,, .e,rs determined 70 support the author
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us Commercial Agent Of the United states
,,,,, ,,r,al,a 60 oy the Agent OF the Transit
Ssmrsn. decided that inAsmuch as the rsn'
a ,eeury the land in dispute was claimed oy
Al. Aeon, of the Transi, Company, BY virtue OF
,l.,ter from the State of Nicaragua, grantee
,slp and issi that State not then oe'as
an possession Of these lands, not having oeen III
,sssc,.icn az any time since; and the Mosquito
isr..dic,ion having been acknoSieageu " '"0
rrsp.s Company by the lease before men,
tened; tha, the question Vas local one anu
wu,, he determined by the local authority
n. however. referred the whole matter to bis
Government. forwarding to them the necessary
documents.
IA NAV hs remarked here that the American
interests on the south side Of the Bay at San
Juau are quite as great, perhaps greater, than
xhsse Of the Transit Company on the north
eide Of the Bay.
The ordinance before referred to required
he removal, within FIVE days, Of the temporary
buildings which had been erected outside OF
the limits Of the lease, which was elected
peaceably BY the civil officers OF the CITY
Boon after the passage of this ordinance the
Aren't Of the Transit Company, THOMAS BALD
WIN was arrested on charge of using :" threat
enipe and seditous language" and was re-
CURED to give bail in the sum Of $500. This
was done. the United States Commercial
Agent and T. D. Harper becoming his bonds
men. By the steamer Star of the West, which
arrived on Feb. Is, Capt Abm. Banker came
ont to supersede Thomas Baldwin as Agent OF
the Transit Company, but the latter gentle
man refused to give up bis functions, and Capt
Banker wishing to avoid forcible removal,
chose TO await more positive orders from the
Board of Directors, which were brought by the
last steamer.
In the mean time the Agent having apparent
" made up bis mind to resist the authorities
no longer made preparations for the removal
Of the Company's Office to dismantled bark
nov lying in the harbOr, and the horses and
stores Of the employ es to the south side of the
Bay in the town proper.
The legal preliminaries having been ad-
iusted, on the 10Th inst the election was to
have taken place, but unfortunately for every
thing connected with the future ofthis town
with its relations to the United States-with
American interests in this country, and with
the well.being Of the Transit Company
(athough these legal proceedings are apparent
" against their nterests) on the afternoon OF
the 10th inst, the United States sloop Cyane,
Commander Geo. B. HOllins, arrived at this
port. He was Immediately waited upon by the
President of the City Council, and the history
Of the local Government placed before him.
The u. s. Commercial Agent being sick did
not visit the Cyane. The Agent of the Tran
cit Company being absent, his clerk waited
upon the Commander, and the result was that
the same evening, without advising the City
Government OF the U. $. Commercial Agent,
Gle of marines was landed from the Cyane, on
the north side of the Bay of San Juan, in the
Territory of the Independent town of San Juan
del Norte, and mounted guard on the land in
dispute.
On the morning Of the 10Th instant the City
Marshal, accompanied by two carpenters, pro-
ceeded to execute the writ Of ejectment, but
he was ordered of by Lieutenant Of Marines.
The Captain of the Port went on board the
CyaAe and notified the Commander that the
land abreast of which he was lying was Quar-
antine ground. He was answered with an or
der passed forward for another detachment of
marines ashore, and was then informed by Com
mander Hollins that he should prevent the
execution of the writ, and that no boats could
pass from the town to the north side of the
Bay, thus blockading the harbOr.
Apublic Convention of the citizens had taken
place the evening previous. and theprOtest and
resolutions which send you were adopted to
take effect in the contingency which occurred
Thus was the territory invaded-thus was
one of the pillars Of the Monroe doctrine
which had established itself here. dislodged, and
those who had delighted TO call themselye:
Americans obliged to cry aloud to the cross Of
st. George for protection from outrage by a
vessel ofwar of their own boosted flag Thus
is that British influence which had been
gradually expelled from this Isthmus to be
restored, and thus is the Mosquito question
still further complicated.
Great Britain will not be tame TO the an
vasion BY an armed force Of the United States
ofterritory over which she holds the protector
ate, and in the same waters where, in the en-
forcement Of a legitimate port charge of apaltr
sum of S25 against an American merchsn
vessel, she was Inundated, and made 70 apollo