Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-29
Tho Hnelish PRESS on the HombMdment Of
San Juan.

Tho nnelish PRESS on the BombaEdmont Of
San Juan.
Prom the London TinNs.
We have never pgofesssd 70 consider the spe.
cieS OF nTole6tuTale exercised BY tue British
goyornmeut lof / long seIlss Of yebts over The
kiosouito Coast as possession OF any PRACTICAL adj.
vantage 10 The interests OF The honor Of this oOun.
Inv and we lBaIned With great satisfaction about
louI YEARS ago that a treaty had been signed at
Washington by SIT Henry HulNer and NT. Clay.
! ton, the American Secretary u State, TOT the put-
pose Of placing the communication between the
\ Atlantic and PnciHC Oceans by way OF Nicaragua
under tile joint protection Of The maratime powers
most interested IN the prosecution Of that under.
taking. The spirit OF that treaty was perfectly
fair and JUST and, II any exclusive rights haieVer
been olainsd OF exercised 10y the British Govern
ment in IT'S former relations with Tie Mosquito In
dians, as fer back 90 under The Spanish dominion
over Genital America, those rights were cheehully
and, we think, wisely, TellnquiShed IN exchange
for positive engagement tom the United states
Government that they would co operate WIN our
selves ~ tue only object which gives peculiar
value and Importance to that pRIl Of The globe
namely the opening OF secure line OF comnuIl'
cation between the two oceans, ollh Tue es'AVllsn'
ment Of two free pOrls for all nations AZ each ex
llreuity Of tho canal. Rot this purpose the COM
lmetcidl stations at which this transit ttaIe Is car
l lied ON would naturally become important Tee
Giles like the Hansealio towns oil EulOpei having
nO potica cLutacleE for strength Oul respected ny
ailthu world for The services they render 10 tie
Gesl interests Of society,"
This being the principle which the British Gov:
leTnmeut has for some lime past proclaimed aud
noted upon with reference lOl6e passage Of Nj.
caragua, with the full concurrence OF tue United
States, it Is with considerable surprise and regret
that we learn that GIeytown, al the mouth OF tue
river San Juan, has recently been attacked and
deslroyedby ole the most extraordinary Outrages
ever committed by tbs commissioned Officers Ol any
civilized State. The facts, which arc at present
only known 10 us through the American journals
are as 70 luws Itseems that NquaITel had taken
place on the San Juan between Que Capt. Suiih,
commanded OF small AuleIlean slsausr, anu Ihe
native owner oil bunga' Ut uaIBe' on 'he INeI'
| The native had leSeleu us piece y. opp suinn,
but did not tte' CapI' Slnllh snotvy eiteIWHIus
called loT his nile ana oOOiy shOt ts unfortunate
Indian through The heart ON tIe return Of the
steamer to GleYlUwn lhe local au'honues OF 'hal
place proceeded not unIeSSoneoly' % oWemplIhe
cspiuTs Of me murderer rug hlueuGans, now
ever resisted tne MuSvp W. v sUu" INV 'ne.
was no au'aoI1 ~ -, $40 ,,;,.
anu NY on nuIsI,uu' ~ ELL, a'i lii,
on Oont1 S'euus' :" Ny T I"N' ~ ~
shouSnI MI nV''esup wy ~, LII
s'n'es lI III, rS NE Si,,,S y,
II CONSISTENT WIZ u'S W. "'i ~ si
/ Il.
MI BotIpnI IeceiNeu .he 1919. ~
ms lace; upon ' .t p.y'Uvus'O, HSn' tTim
having 9enauusV 'ue Co" ~;
oil the UhNea Sla'es o!a"S' "ot wi
tpTocssueu 10 tne ll1uo W.
mtnt unless mo WIZ ~ wv pl1
menI OF sun Ut SSr1vUO' i'o ~" ,'
GIeYlowh was! ~ tuVh 'n'u6S SV"siS."s "
about one hundred IoW NUS lnalchel WIZ pam
leaves, ana containing hNe huuuteu
chiefly Jamaica negroes OF A"u'uus' WV"
1 a lew BuIopseh ltauels' upon NapI' NOUN .
threat this mixed population neu 70 lne ne,ghoot,'
ins wools, emu lhe bug we' on uUusu
heI MnleSlys sCnoone! beImuua' Whlvu mas uu
luckily the only bTltlsh VeSsel lh lhe haIUO' uhu
far too small 10 opP-se lhe h'neIica" s"'P'
! To the aslonshmentOf every one who witness
ed the Outrage, Capt. HOllins's terms mol having
been complied with, he opened his LTs upon this
ldeleuseless and abandoned town, winch was soon
I'm RUNS; and It's destruction was completed by
landing men 10 set oil fife. The whole OF the
lutoneTly contained in the warehouses was like
wise consulted, aud the Inhabitants left totally
destitute
C,,av,ovn 4, mi n British nossession. II Il had
h.en .os',,.s vouI5 nav, h. en- tak en- Ia renal "a
I,SSnio, and 'bo,bnro,,s nm attack, but we have al
his lime M T,fh,r nttT,s IN The MACE Than That
tch ,e.,I,s Iron lie comn,roial i,ndertokinps I'm
,sbicb p,,Ii.b rpbiecla NAV he envnpe,l there. n
~ iSnassbIs bSweyer. 10 lose siS6I of Ihs fact,
wb,c5 slsnIs r.onr,l.d in A solemn ,realy. tbbt
Great riis,n waived and Teljnou,shed her rights 10
tbo nyn,sc,oTaje M The MnSouin Coast an,l IITrv.
I,o,1 H. nyncinsi trading station On the exnress
lSS,n,Io,nh viii Inc limited Slaits that iht, wonId
iIbI soniunolion with ourselves, "puaran,es The
lp,.itsiitv and secnti,y of the posssge.n Tbe OBJ.
isct of liar treaty. WAS 10 nr1nog ths construction
Cr ire Observation-Disclosures between The Two ooeons for
j ~ LsneBl oT r,onEind on eounI terms 10 all and
IA, lbe nToieeiion of Ihe same. Ills certainly a
mos, eS,ysordnory violation or The snifit of that
Treaty that an American slip. or-war should have
presumed, in defense Of nj best very doubtful
cause, 10 attack aud destroy the principal commeI-
cial station situated OH this very line vi communal.
cation which the American Government was ex-
pressy bound 10 maintain and protect. The act
81 Cepi Hollins speaks for itself II lie, indeed,
without PARALLEL ia any history with which we
are acquainted, for the place was wholly incapa.
BILE Of firing shot in its deIensej not man was
killed OF wounded IN the altock' and the enter.
prise was one Of mere destruction. The AmeTi'
can papsls from which we have extracted these
details record them with the strongest explosions
Of shame and regrets and we cuunot doubt that
| tile public opinion Of tile enlightened clssses in
the United States Will condemn these proceedings
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