New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-03

Nem:11ork pailp Grihn'1e,
DESTRUCTION OF SAN JUAN
THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS.
Mr.. Borlard's Account Of Himself to Mr. Mary.
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THE REMAINING Dot | MENtS
Mr.. Borlands Account of Himself to NJ. Mary.
| W.sHINGToS, May 80, lo3i
| SIR: Having arrived in this city trom my MISSION ia
Central America beg leave TO submit the toow'nS
statement of occurrences which REGARD a. hP''''"''
| and ask for il your early consideration: -. -,
Enclosed herewith and marked A. Is printed sip Vu'
by me from Now.lork newspaper when pupSI's 20 70
.tatcnent of those prepared oy ne VhVe's
of the steamer Northern Light and which hnd I" o. cor
rect IN ali material particulars present III ou VI "H'
separate statement of my own ana a'ol AZ so,~ e ,Aa
agreement made by with the persons employed 10 re-
main Punta Arenas, rs guard over 'h' person" anu
In addition deem it proper TO remark that although
was rcrsonny ccni2art the conduct 81 CAPT smith,
far which he was charged with murder AMI sought 10 be
arrested by the called authorities OF san Juan or
! town and was Jas | ann clearly and dectdediy ot
opinion that he usda6lc IN all be ana the question
nj lis Quilt or innocence did not enter INTO ne cosdea
non fr which ntorposed 10 protect him. lie was eit
zen Of the United States and the persons who sought
arrest and GAINED the to- as sS oTcrnm"n p "S
ses~td of the right with the power to exercise
jurisdiction any por;ionb Central Amerca or to de-
telmine any question INV o| S tue PeIsVS VI PVPoiS Va
TINS oronnd was not only authorized but required {,
assume rs wo by the precedent' OF interpretation 70 pro
feet our citizens the place, and agans. the sane
persons heretofore directed aud sanctioned by our govern
inent rs by the special instructions under which my ms
| sion was undertak Besides even supposlng mo 50
called authorities # Juan ireyt0wn o be gov
| eminent invested with the rights and powers have
denied over the territory embraced within their town
limits they certainly had judton over thct portion OF
th4 territory upon which the obnoxious act OF captain
Smith had been DONE that was, although on he north
bank yet some ten twelve miles above me noun oil
the Juan River so OF the place where ,' "E'"s " az
ATTEMPTED Punta Arenas, the south bank OF the Nin
Juan River and the opposite SIDE OF tns oay ,"n ~"
whether criminal or lot, was done within ue te'fl"ry o
Nicaragua and for he nmendaoe to Nicaragua aone
il To tuv authority. And the place OF hls attempted
arrest nta Arenas territory IN dispute between Near
aqua and Costa Rica, that no legal process c'yl Or
criminal could rghtulIy be executed there unless 10y
rity of ON or the other of those powers
twill be- observed that at one moment re'orei to
threat OF violence 10 repcl the armed men oil oa JUN
from the steamer wi-h it o be distinctly under-topi
that did this from impulse OF passion nos VIA ne
expectation that my threat would have to be executed
thou IA. If UNDECIDED il would have beoa
My coursc was adopted from conviction OF s ncces-
sity as the only mode hoD at choice t" prevent col
sion which could hardly have ended without the deSruc
lis true TINT the Mayor Segaud came to and dis.
avowed the Of those who arrested AMI assaulted me-
But IL is equally that he presided at the meeting ia
The Station. House Iron Hall in which il proposed
Nv Martin the eA-MayOr) and resolved 10 arrest that
the authorities took steps to prevent and that the
police guard Of the town. and armed With musHeis
Of the corporation. Their leader declared that he came
| BY order OF the Mayor TO arrest me.
From the best information could obtain the pOpula
ton of San Juan GreyOwn, numbers about 300 of all
sorts and consists Of few Englshmen Frenchmon Ger
mans men from the Dted states but mainly oi me-
grocs from Jamalca and some natives Of tho Mo'quito
-hore. There also some two or three white nGtves
from the interior OF Nicaragua when i reached that
place last September, the number Of negroes much
smaller than at present This number has increased
am Informed By recent arrivals from Jamaica, until
they constitute the majority AMI exercise the greater nu.
cnco Al the last election ana corporate organization, no
American except one munttc man from New-OrefnsD
was included.
or these people I am informed that seventy FIVE
10 one hun ired be mustered for military service and
they have in their possession three brass cennon-one
lspounder and two l2-pouDderS-and some two hundred
muske,s With the exception OF few pcr.ons, these
people property aud have no osten'bIe means Of
livelihood In their anomalous condition, without gov
eminent which any civilized nation recognZcS-lnicef
occupying. by usurpatiOn, territory which Govern
roent recognizes a. belonging Nicaragua persons
almost without exception, of VIGOROUSLY bad character
some them discharged penitentary cOnycs and retu
pees from overwhelmingly mane,tng evil dispositions
toward citizens, and INDUCING those dispositions to
the injury OF persons and properly whenever they are not
restrained by foTcel unable to regard them in any
other light than pirates and outlaws upon wnon PUNISH
mont, tho extent OF determination may be- rShtfny IN
ficotby any hand that has the power; and IN my opn
oD the interests of good government and humanity I'M
pose the duty upon any offended party Of ncng such
punsbment in Il manner At once summary ana effective
Heretofore when these persOns have committed Their
lawess upon citizens the armed hand OF our
Government has been insrpose not opuDish for the p
ofcnse but only 10 prevent IL threatened repetition A
consequence as room as the restraining force was with
drawn Oiionse repeated until now they have got
believe that restraint for the time aud not punl'hneH
the worst they viii have to suffer for her worst nets
When warned them Of the consequences OF their bn
conduct they boldly told they intended 10 do they
pleased and reckless Of consequences.
Under these circumstances and informed ny our Con-
mercel Agent, Mr.. Fabens, as also by Mr. Scott Tie
III many thousand doars worth Of property thi
view OF he evil dispositions OF those persons as maniies
ed for time past state of hi h excitement, thJ
DID consider that the persons and property OF oar CD
would De al after the steamer had left unless pro
tecied by an adequate force deemed il my duty
poy the services OF the men, get forth the pr.niei
= -p the agreement ncOsed, ia order TO afford t1H
; protection. As these circumstances are, far an H.
formed without precedent 50 presume il the
i conduct prrsued under them What DID found to b
necessary, and believed to be right therefore a.sgDc
the responsibility not doubling that would be approx"
n. bymy Government.
II will DO observed that the compensation greel 70
I pay argethat is it would be considered under ors'
nary circumstances but under the circumstances Of M
time and place, added 20 the fact tina, the employs
were our czenr who hal been long from home, sss
anxious return some of them being half wsy~
voyage, | do not think the amount csn be deemed "
Il reasonable. The reundng passage money provided ~
b, in the agreement was superseded, subseqneltly by ~
stipulation the postscript 10 pay hfy dollars IA aids-
+ to the hundred first agreed upon. The reason "
adding the fifty dollars the difficulty found IN 90
ting the requisite number of men, after few had e..
listed for the hundred Without this addition, could s
have made up the number. The free passage home D @
provided for by the agreement OF the Transit Company
p receive the tick cts the remainder OF the trip.
:. An additional item Of expense. the amount Of wsHs
could not be ascertaDed al the time and which do nr
vet know is the cost OF to supply portion OF v.
| men. Thee purchases authorized the agent OF "
Transit Company 10 make The subsistence of the me-
will be furnished account by the agent Of the Comag
a Ii the service shall continue longer than month
n rate of compensation for the additional time will be 81
70 month. =,
expres sed tire confident opinion 10 the emploJs
that they womb np' Ia detained longer than one men'