Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1854-12-08
RICHMOND, WAYNE COUI, ND, DEC. s, 1851.

IN tree y tina. river 1 had occasion to present.
ot fuiiyt former message; and, considering the.
ID cord1 aticns.Rhich have long existed between
IS THIS 9nmecf u Brazil, it may be expected that
of pend4 9ot,a.ions will, eventually, reach
e favor& &esuH
ID Coqeat sakans. Of transit between the
eral ppt aiSantry are not only desirable for
n the obtof opsnmercal and personal commu-
n nicatloe et essential toits existence under one
: governr rParated as are the Atlantic and
c Pacific Is 7fhe United Sca.es by the whole
bread III 1eesontinent, still the inhabitants OF
= each are 6eir rbaund together bv community OF
origin adnstf1sions, and BY strong attachment
to the L Hence the constant ana increas-
ing in,erdcsel land vast interchange of CONNER
clal prod appf yetween these remote divisions
OF the h ~ eAt the present time. the prac-
tieabe an 3asmmodious routes for commu-
naa sa's" a eyns sy a,1 Z, the q I,s h
Governn,snt >re these avenues agains. all
dangers nv fion.
In - ioa S3r Central America, perplexing
quesde cxlssad ttween the United States and
Grea. Eltsin \ tls time Of the cession OF Cali
iornia. Ine s~wc.l as question which SUD
sequedy asoSt concerning nter-oceanic COM
nun etion acr5ss the Isthmus. We're, as i. was
alppsa, adiuitei BY the treaty OF April IL,
G5Jput, anpstuaaeiy, they have been reopen
sI byserlous9 Misunderstanding as IL the import
,t sose q . provisions, adjustment of which
5 nA undega consideration Oar minister at
Londo madsstrenuous efforts to accomplish this
iesrsste objecf. but has not yet found il possible
10 brig the negotiations 10 termination.
As icidcasft-ro these questions. deem it pro-
per 10 ptiee IA occurrence which happened in
CenraA merica. near tle close of tn. last session
of CorFess. 80 soon the necessity WAS per
celvei establishing inter-oceanic communica
tlons acDss the tstIimus. company was or-sanl-
zed, lndss.aIthorty Of the State OF Nlcarau-
qua, butcomposed, for the most part, of citizens
OF the lliled-S-ates, for the purpose Of opening
such trsasis, way, by the liver San Juan and
Lake NlearaUgus, which soon became an eligible
and muclAussd route in the transportation OF Our
citizens and their properly betweea the Atlantic
and PacltlcA Meanwhile, and in anticipation Of
he completion and Importance Of this transit
way, numdr of adyenturers had taken posses
ION of the obf bfSpanlsh port at The mouth Of the
liver San Juaf,in open defiance o. the State or
states OF CenFal America, which, upon their be-
oming indcnndent. had rightiully succeeded to
he local sovsreignty and jurisdiction OF Spain.
-hese aIveuslsers undertook to change the name
t the piaeeffoIn San Juan del Norte to Grey
Won, and, though az first pretending to act as the
ubJects of the fcticious sovereign of the Nos
uito lnlians, taey subsequently repudiatei the
ontrol OF aav power whatever, assumed to adopt
distinct political organization. and declared
10 4efvfI i,irYssiIcffinn aIar
unta Arenas. position on the opposite side of
le river San Juan, which was in possession, un-
er title wholly independent of them, of cti-
ms of the United States, interested in the Nica-
.gua Transit Company, aud which was indspen-
ably necessaryso the prosperous operation of that
oute across the is-hmus The company resisted
L. Il
lelr groundiefs claims; whereupon they proceed
to destroy scne oi is ouildin9s' and attempt
d violently TO aiSpossess Il.
At a later priod they organlzeda strong force
or the purppSeot demollshlng the establishment
/ Pun;a -Arens, but tits mischicvous design
vas defeated bg the lnterposltion OF one Of our
Al time IN the harbor Of Saa Ju-
n Subsequently 10 this, III May last, body Of
nen az GIty,Dn crossed over 10 / ana Arenas,
.rrogating autority to arrest, on a charge of
.lur1er, capin Of one Of the sic 3nbDs.S Of
.he Transit CoTaly. B-in5 well aware that
.hc claim to excise jurisdiction there woald b.
resisted then. ali had been on previous ,essions,
siley went prered to assert it by fore Of arms.
Our Miaisteto Central America happened to
be present oA = occasion, Believing tba- the
captain Q; tle aaiiooat was lnnocen'' tor ne
Wi ntH>e me t'Sa:-'oa on "hlca ne charge
wa o"Ad+i' = . ~. F'.f75. So, ma me iA--ui-
ln pare '.', - o. ~ PtIt
"i'ere '"eE pros.- " mae We 'FI1s-' "oo'
enc2ah'ef nc, 'tS ,isI'"o+ u me P5E9i7'ei
in 12e1t Po,P'1ne - e p2>el' ..el LAZY. 10
pTtveh- ~ go o''ot1.e = re -Ai,leFi.ah
Mhis'aT "'s'N'' 'is'-vd o'7Eto"h' an "h'e
he."as mere aoo '..,'u1.'l5 ceFn 81 ne so
called P"olc 'e'sio";'Fa' u me pace s4'soa +
cd .he mouse -. ',e was a'o"lh t'i'- -he
naa CON s -,,, a,bar; o.oe' " w. S2n- .:nn
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