New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-17
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN
HONDURAS.

From Oar Own Correspondent NJ % Is51
The ,ecent incnrsion of some detachments oi Uea.e
malian troops into Honduras, with the pun " J
persing the National Assembly III Coino! asa' ~ "au
thus preventing the ratification oi ,he Son'i"oD -
rjnded by the Honduras Government ana an Ae,can d
Crnnany for the construction of railroad from Omoa
nis ~ the Pacific has had precisely the opposite
esect and nothing could have contributed more 10
hasten the ratification Of this contract on the part OF
.b National Assembly in the capital OF Honduras than
tho news that the fearful Guatemalian invader was
but few leagues from the capital. This proximity
was however exaggerated. General Guardioia and
his frbops about two hundred barefooted, wretched
soldiers had never passed the Department OF Gracas
and remained yet az distance OF about % leguas loO
miIes) from the capital when the Deputies in Co.
mayagua approved the contract, and the President of
the Railroad Company, Mr.. Edwards, from New
York, started with the valuable document in his
pocket for the North to make the hrst preparations
for the immediate beginning of the work A good num-
ber of persons still consider it imaginary, or
merely as pretext of the Americans TO Introduce
great mass of their couDtrymen in order to take pos
session of the whole country at the next favorable mo-
mcnt. But, whatever may be the last Thought ol
the Yankees we, who have Travelled over large por
ton of the territory upon which the railroad IL pro-
posed TO run consider the execution of the road not
only perfectly practicable but likewise the only means
to make valuable the immense tract Of fertile ground
granted TO the company by the Honduras Government
If the Yankees have really the intention TO introduce
large number Of free cOlOnss, which perhaps one day
or another may TO them as the drdnt gdTde OF
great emigration, it is for their own interest 10
improve the country and 10 facilitate and augment the
number of public communications. Besides. the
American company has already spent too great an
amount of money to suppose that they should have
wasted it without very serious object in view. They
have bought the Saccate Island on the Pacific, for
S25 600 (incuding 600 head of cattle); they have
guaranteed for the Honduras Government the pay
ment of $4,000 TO some mercantile houses New
York for lot of guns and other articles OF war;
and they moreover propose to the Government loan
of S100 008 in silver, in order to convert the proyis-
onal copper money into silver coin The amount of cop
per coin which is actually in currency throughout the
State is about 81 600 900, which is valued, however,
only tie tenth part and less, that for one dol
lar of silver one might exchange easily ten and even
twelve dollars of copper When was passing on my
way TO San Salvador, the "Savana Grande." i met
the Generals Serna and Guardioa, who then just
marching toward the capitals. Serna told me himself
he hoped to "concluir estOs Picaros. to con-
clude with these outlaws, he was pleased to call
the members of the actual government. He forgot
in bis military zeal the great privations which ms
troops would have to encounter along the passage In
these mountains where on account OF the locust
plague we met entire villages living nine weeks of
nothing but the sucking Of sugar-cane! Hunger is
likewise revoutionist and weakens the obedience
and discipline of even the most excellent troops Ii
has also forced General Guardola to return without
any serious result