Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-11
From the baltimore American
TIIE HOMBARnMENT OF 81 LrA

TIE BOMBARDMENT OF san Juan.
Reception 81 IRE -Nrrs al h'mgsto"-f''" EIc"ir-
mrHt-- ~ ar btfTrcH EHgl6md. Fr"H'C Hrd N. fH!.
ted States Prrdictrd.
We received last nigh; flies nfthc nc-i"n.i Jamaica,
.Iounal IL the 22d July. The new. ii obstruction
"f San Juan by The United sl",r- 'I I"'r CE"mr,
was received az Kingston the !hiNnii.. hnG al-
ncnr- tn huye uccas!onrd great rX"iirmuri ,h"rc.-
Tho Journal i--u,da i Bulletin, giving In" i"i1wlg
account ut thu affair." with the nn,N, ~tartinc hcad-
Ing displayed in all the Typographical i"!=n"ii"n
which large type is capnhle Of expressing
drr,rH Of NE Dcr-ErcH'"g IattH'g'""'--t -trcy'on'"
Bon.bardrd aad DrSiroytd-1Hc E'"t>h Rug H.
xri,cd-L LnskVi"I,c.S of Am"r'e"" ';""ncry--
Pr"bodic var L't,r"'" G'cn' Br''"'" an" me ! ".-
tri States, aC., Nr.
The X. NJ. &. steamer Dee, arrived in this pnr' from
Greytown, this morning, with drspatchrs from that
place Tor his Exccllrncy the Governor. SIR Henry
Barklv containing intelligence Of the total destruc-
ton OF Greytowii the capital OF thc hinEh"'n "i
Mnsuuito bv the L. s. sloop poiwar Cyan",C ,CnIt. ii"I-
ns after burnbardnrnt If seven hours. The account
we have received y! the transaction i entirely Glvcsic
of anv particulars. From all We @athrr, i, Se'ln7
that On the llli instant; III" tynnr appeared OF
I;reytuwn md sent boat on shore IN cinr9" ol an
officer with instructions demand from tn. aih"rl-
ties an apology and rcpara,ion-iur what docs n"t a-
pear. The demand not hrim. r"Impli"d with, The
vanc on the return OF the boat opened her fire "n the
tuwn into which the shot ami shell fell thick and ti'
The bolnbnrCncnt lnstcd seven hours nj the end I"
Of which time the town On hrr III several places
The conagra,ion ragged, until the town WAS entirely
consumed.
The bombnrdlncnt is represented Is having brrn
conducted with the most Dnrhr0Ts cruelty. All that
came within range nuirrtct! 10 the hrc al the
Americans: cyru dumb creatures were not spared :;
and several horss tell beneath the dcay missiles that
were aimed nj them. The guns snld to have been
served in most lubbrrly munnrr; and q spectator
would ,ncv that the shot and shell were intended for
the destruction ut the alligatOrs i'll the Inurhss,
wide of their mark did they fall To this circumstance
is attributed the length OF time occupied IN the attack
Amongst other matters. we are informed that tie
British flag Ia; the Coisul's We prcsun".j wns shot
away.
This affair appears I" be n new phase in American
Filibusterisln. Hitherto" the Loprzcs and the Wal
kcrs have confined their maranding expeditions to 'hc
island of Cuba, and the territory of New California
they have not dared to disturb the tranquility u
British possession, Of any state under British pro-
tcction and although the American Frees has noi
been sparing of lis venom against the hlngdOln OF
Mosouito its "ncrro King" and its British prutcc
tors and Allies Ancrcnns have kept Themselves with
in the boundary of mere words. AS long ~ THIS wnr
the state of affairs, the British Government could NJ
ford To smile with iuenble contempt Mt there lInpo-
tent rayiups But the cusc il altered, when find
n regularly commissioned vessel nf war belonging I"
the United States, proceeding at time when :hr re-
public is at peace with England, and without my de-
cluration of war against the Kingdom of Mosquito,
which is in alliance with, and under the protection oi
England. on lnnsy prccXt, :" h"Ibar,l and '"-
.;roy the MusGuitidu capital. Great Britain lIas no
alternative but to uvcmsc hcinsuli offered Ia her us
and the injury done to her ally Shr is bound 10 o
it Oh every principle of honor ami Justice. If slr
sriuks from the tusk, then = hcr rauud protection
OF the weak against the oppression "i the strong,
in the case of Turkey, an cmp'y boast,
She has ships in sufficient numbers laid up in ordi-
nary which, with little activity, may be soon equip
ped and commissioned, with which 10 bombard New
York Philndrlphu, Boston, any one of the Amer.
lean seaports, rs just mcasIrr "i retaliation fnr
the outrage Oh GrcyiUwn. The bombar,lmcnt Of
Odessa act of reribnti"n for the Suopc mn,-
sucrc and nothing less than successful attack
some large American sca-pnrt will teach the imcri-
cans that they must abstain from attacks similar 20
that OH Grcytuwn, unless they he i'll accordance with
the laws Of natIoiIr. 4.
What MD Sir Henry Barhlcy will h' able 10 afford
the people of Mosquito, We ar nt l">s To conceive.
1t w0uid he dangerous, imagine I" send of the
island single company of the handful Of European
and Black truops in il, with the cXam! cf Grey
town before our tycs, We know not how soon we NAV
receive hostile visit ourselves. As T." naval force,
VIC have only IT,, steamer Argus in Port i:nyal.
The destruction of GrrytOwn C"nc"rl, this -land
deeply. The fac Ii that place may bc ANY tine
morning that the Americans may e,aiu ,inE, Fl: To-
summarily suspend their nculralrty laws, and attack
rls, unless prepared I" rive them warm re-
cep,ion What We predicted some weeks ago seems
on The point OF hrng realized; and iii tlIr absence "l
u sufficient number q; rcgula. trn"pl, mr.i pro.
cure the best s"r, of pr"tcctonorcGniZe, arm,
aud discipline militia force l"et we 6c cGig glt mp
ping, and pay dearly Tor negligence the in.
habtnnts Of Greyicwn for tE"r refusal ~ submi: to
the dictuun Of foreign ,naraudcrs.
We have no account Of the number: ,ird md
WOUNDED in Grcytrwn: aud il does no: that :hc
Americans have occupied the place
This is followed by Il copy of Commander ltollns'
proclamation to Ike inhabitants ui ;;rcyiuWn, and au
account from New iolk pnper Of MIR. Bcrand's di:-
ticulry.
The editor OF the journal the next day II the
subject, and comments IL follows
Ii is aaid that Captain llollns WAS in state Of in.
tosica,on, when he made his demand on he Musqui-
tian Government and when he issued His prncalna-
tion and il has been argued, even in Kingston, that
tho United States Government should not bo held re-
sponsbe for the oings Of this officer who chose to
act in the manner in which Captain iollns did, while
nebriatcd without the authority of his government.
We cauno, subscribe to such doctrine. The people
of the Cuitcd States have become notorious for fill
bustcrism; and the propensity ought be put down.
whether exhibited by the Captain Of national vcs-
sci, or mere band OF adventurers, and whetlc: the
Chief or his subordina;cs drunk sober. II the
l.. States Government too feeble too unwilling
10 rcstrun such outrages, then it behooves those
tons whose territory may be subjected 10 the prcdu
tory ipcursions of American freebooters-ou the prn
cipe of self-preservaiopto do it for the Federn Re
public This ought to be the especial mission of Eng
land aud France whose West India colonies open
to the stack Of the Americans; and who have enun