The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-18

now Das 10 pay Twelve per cent more duties,
atipg undoubtedly legion of difficulties and law
suits
1t is said that this decree hiss been given as COM
promise TO the large importers in Granada who
with their help, have carried the election of Don
Fruto Chamorro and have promised their pc
cunlary assistance to carry through his ideas and
plans. Mapy of the smaller importers are now
already compelled to couptermar their ORDERS being
unable with their small capitals oinvest such largo
amounts in duties. In this way the import business
Is ponopolized by few houses in Granada, friends
OF the present government, increase Of duties and
con'rsband decrease of imports revenue and com.
merce, that are the effects OF this decree.
But it seems as if the government is not satisfied
with creating dissatisfaction amongst the natives of
Nicaragua but epdeavors to annoy and molest Anne
rcans living on the transit road by petty annOyances
not even respecting the right of the charter given to
the Accessory Transit Company. The Commandant,
who had MIR. Greer, an American citizen at Virgin
Bay, shot, was sent back to his Office after a sham
trial. The declarations OF different wtr esses were
Afterwards sent up to Minister Major Borland,
who hope will not fail to lay the subject before the
United States government that in this way American
o''lzens may be safe against outraces abroad "But
there is little hope said an American to nae In Vir-
fin Bay. If it was Hungarian or Dutchman who
goes to Europe 70 revoutionze it, or, for the sake
OF giving a great dinner to captain who made a
show OF his authority Of course all the papers would
be full Of it; but let an American born citizen bs
shot down like dog no more will be said about it.
wish wSs an Engli.hman," was his conclusion;
las Epglishmen will be protected"
The government is always talking about breaking
up the grant to the Accessory Transit Company say.
ing that they fae to comply with the conditions Of
1t, but never saying wherein they failed. 1t says
and Of course The natives say the same-that the
company has not paid what was due to them. am
well informed that the government of Nicaragua has
received from the Accessory Transit Company
S3S 900 and that even in the nonth of September,
OF this year, draft of $S 600 from the government
was promptly paid by the company But, unfortu-
nafely, this belongs to the secret archives of the
government. Still the government continues to an.
witt hur fo <bn
conditions of the grant The lake steamers have
to stop at San Carlos at night, and cannot
pass hefore morning. They have put toll
upon the road, which belongs to the COM
papy and not to the government on the mules that
pass said road with passengers and baggage They
have refused to allow soldiers to 60 down as guard
for the specie train unless the company would make
present to the commandant Of fifty dollars each
time besides the paymen. of the soldiers. The au-
thorities have tried to stop the building of wharf
to lard passengers in San Juan On what grounds
these orders are to be justified, nobody knows; and
fear that they will increase and be more and more
intolerable, until the United States government will
direct its attention to it.
The question between the government of Nicara-
qua and the company would nave been settled long
ago. the govern ent had sent the right man. but it
never has yet sent native of Nicaragua, man who
loves his own country. First they send Spaniard,
Mr.. Marcoeta; next an EDalishmap, Mr.. Manning;
ard now they have sent gentleman, native and
citizen Of Nueya Granada, Mr.. Tejada.
Many natives here critcise much this way Of act
VI
~ we bave only one newspaper here, and that is the
official organ of the government, and does not re-
celve articles which do not suit it exactly.
With the exception OF the people of the jurisdic-
ton of Ryas most all the inhabitants have an un-
friendly feeling against foreigners, and principally
sgainst the company saying that the existence Of
this company is an injury to the country.
To give you an idea Of what they call an injury,
to the ulaou of $50 900 Inhabitants or Nicaragua,
when the company pays monthly some 100000 di-
recfy to mule owners worknen on the road wood
cutters, &C. Lot to account for the amount of money
spent by the employees Of the company; besides an
average OF at least $50 600 monthly which are ex.
pended by the 2500or 5000 passengers crossing the
lsthnus All this together seems to me quite large
amount of money imported indirectly to the country
not accounting for the money paid by the company
directly iito the treasury of the State.
The TyaDsit Company epriches this country yearly
to the amount Of one million of dollars, making o.
small q calculation possible.
Still the country has inexhaustible riches in its
mineral and agricultural wealth, and nothing e'ss
but the Indifference and want Of enterprise Of the
Nicaraguans is the reason that they are slumbering
yet.
What beautiful, rich, and happy country this
would be, with strong and free government, some
hundred thousand Americans as inhabitants, and
the abolition Of Roman hierarchy and the payment
of the tenth to the Catholic Church. D.. G.
+. 81 have just sc en an order given by the Su-
preme government to stop all the work on the transit
road, and also on the wharves Of the company until
government Of Nicaragua is settled.
Our Honduras Correspondence.
Belize, HONDURAS, Nov. 13 1853.
The Loss Of The Schooner Scranton, and Conse4a. Rise III
the Price Of Flour-The Governor aud lis Condud-A
ne'u Weekly Idpe-The mahogany and Drug 7rade--71e
Schooner George Mattheos- an Account Of her Capture
and tie Manner in chich she Escaped acM her Cdptors
de-, dc, de-
n m Last I Ia Won tha Of a0fO Our
New Orleans traders and that the schooner scranton,
from New Orleans bound to this port with pork and -four
had ashore and then in this harbor and had
been condemned. have now to add, the cargo Of the
Scranton was badly damaged and sold at auction. The
loss of these two vessels and of their cagoes has been
seriously felt here flour to thirty and thirty ave
dslars and finally could not be had at that; the report
says that the Governor himself reduced to
fodder His private secretary, Mr. Freteric Augustus
Core has left for his other appointment; and Mr. Wode
house. (he Gov.rpor) is 20 leave in this or the next
packet He has not been here half the time of his ap
pointment. Eeis By Royal proclamation, one Of the
judges OF highest cot and, in the absence of the
Chief Justice (as then the case) he obliged to
preside at the Supreme Court 1T which murder, piracy
burglary, rape &C., tried Yet in order to cater to
the preudces which exist in the minds Of Eugsh states
against slavery he caused the res! Of two persons
who had been trading the Yucatan coast, and who
had taken Indians from Yucaan to fishing smack, at
the Island Of Conoy (o lituster ootorety passen
gera and-transo to ssysea -ched their persons and
seized their effects among which their letters and
money; had them locked 10 cell among elons and muir
derers until he found time to take himsef the fuao
ons OF police magistrate wtn he, person. In the jail
and In private, examined ana committed them with
out allowing them a public examination ouasel,
and actually threatened the best and in fact the only
lawyer 10 the place. because he made out protest for
them This Is not all To make their conviction sure,
he secured his services prosecutor for the
Mr.. Daily who was Queen victorias Consul At Dimas-
the Mosquito coast and who reoicsd In the oogno
men Of King Frsderics Collector Of that port, who
also the agent and police magistrate for his Mos
quito Majesty and who saved his life by escaping into
the bush when the SpanArds attacked and that
place July last has started weekly paper here.
Il has about qusrter of the reading page of
the HERALD, and at the moderate price of eight dollars
Der apnum in advance.