The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-04-27
THE FURRY AT SAN JUAN DE Nj
CARAGIJA

q A highly colored and palpably one. sided state
Ejnent has been published in some of the papers,
the conduct of Capt Hollins toI
Ehave been wanton aggression upon foreign!
Mpower outrageous in its nature, and momentous|
Mn its consequences. Whereas, we apprehendi
Ethe result will show that he exercised only sol
H.nuch force as was necessary to protect the com
Epany's property, agreeably to the orders he had
ksrecelved from his Government. Very fortu-I
snately he arrived day or two before the process
IF ejectment, as it is called, and the demoliton|
Uof the remainder of the Company's bulldingsI
was to go into effect He nedately made|
Eknown his errand to "the authorities" whol
@however, did not relinquish their purpose, but
mattempted to execute 1t on the morning OF the|
SI2h ult., "a marshal and tive carpenters, with
n sa VS. and ha,chets being charged with that duty
n As the boat which was to convey them to the
sseene of operations, passed the Cyane, (Which
&was lying abreast of the Company's buildings,)
|Capt. Hoilins sent party of marines on shore,
Shavng previously sent a few men for the same
Npurpose, and prevented any interference on th'
sMpart of the marshal and his carpenters. i,
#should be noticed that the position which the.
'tsoccupied to prevent the destruction of Ameri
kcan property, is not part of the city or village
Eproper, but sandy point (Punta Arenas) on the
Sopposite side of the harbor. OF course the ma
grimes would be withdrawn just as they
Mcould be with safety Of the Companys property;
i, The object of the U. S. Government being ex-
Exclusively and only to protect the property oi
Fits citizens, who had applied to it for that pur.
Hspose
n The whole affair, as we view it, is an effor
Son the part of the Juans to compel the compan,
" Eto transfer their station from Punta Arenas I,
Ethe city proper, as under the present arrange.
Mment their pickings from the passengers of lh'
ECompany's ships are comparatively small. Tn
= accompany, on the other hand, having at frs
Ebeen Obliged to establish themselves al Punt
I'D Arenas, and having there erected buildings an
= ga wharf, and findin. deeper water than exists OF
= The town side, and possibly being willing tina
y Etheir passengers and crew should be little de
eatached from the town, are disposed to remain
Swhere they are. Their title of occupancy the
= Mobtained in the first instance from the Ncara
guam government, and secondly from the ager
aof the Mosquito King. This potentate, it seem.
has lately been induced to withdraw his permi
(which leaves the Company title resting upo
the grant from the Nicaraguan government, an
Ebrings up the mooted question whether Sa
: ~ uan is Independent, as claimed by the inhab
a. ants, by virtue of grant from the Mosqui'
"EKing, or whether it is still under the jurisdcto
aEaof Nicaragua. Our own government has bee
'wdisposed to regard the claims of the Mosqui
f. EKing as subordinate to those Of Nicaragua ; ju
las the Indian title to the sovereignty Of the so
Eof the United States, or any part Of it, is sub
! Hordlnate 10 that Of the United States govern
Gment.
!. The "surrender' which the Juan authoriti,
:.6made or wished to make, to Capt. Hollins, Wi
not at all matter of necessity, but Of choice
He did not modest the town at all, but confine
Ehimself rigidly to the protection of the Con
Gpany's property on the opposite Shore In th
8he obeyed orders, and we are inclined TO thin
1.-THE orders were correct. The nature Of t
,kol O.,
nd& that settled, unquesionable character which r
att quired u S. ship of war to look on and 8,
en- 1.-THE property of American citizens destroyed
Us %that govern nent If the title O; Punta Aren't
OF Ais in the government of Nicaragua, then
P Ecourse the U. S Government is responsible
vnENicaragua for the act of Captain Holins in Ian
hing men there, and not to the village Of s;
ne Juan. Nicaragua will be much obliged to hi
a for the service.
to The San Juans for rather the few America
re who have contrived to be its rulers,] seem an
nc Minus to make it appear that Great Britain w
.h gbe displeased with the course of Capt. Holm
n ave doubt it very much. On the contrary, ha
lsEiag withdrawn her own protection from Il
hsMMusquito territory, we are inclined to think 81
hgXwi be happy TO see the American Governme
Endrectly dlscountenancing an incipient Tex
ne Egame in the same territory. Give to Yank
@adventurers the village of San Juan for 70
oyShod, and all the adjacent territory would, und
y Zone preext or another, be in due time annexe
ue Gas matter of course. Now we understand
ed ito be the policy both of England and the Uni
er d S,a,a. to seek no odv,nt, ,e over e.cb NJ
BIN any arrangement which may be made for Il
I'm eSgovernment of Central America, or the pros
nt acuicn of the Canal. The arrangement mutu;
ngIy aSsen,ed to by Great Britain and the Unit
es Estates on the Both April, 1852, for the adjus
Ire ksment of Central difficulties concededsSdnJuan
'ly Nicaragua. But Nicaragua did not consent
TIE he arrangement, having objections to sor
by Mother features fit, and thus it failed. T
aMpretensions of San Juan to independence, da
re's rom the. st of May, 1852, just one kday aft
CT the conclusion of the arrangement aforesaid, /
ere IA, ,,a,n Great britain and The Un;,ed Sal,
IS sswh ch arrangement was only defeated by t
Use Mdssen; (nut long since asceriaineG) of the STA
ia Got Ncaragua.-N Y. Journal of Com.
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