New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-29

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the truth before the public in order to render sue
number of their victims as few a. possible Some
two or three Europ.sn colonies have already
failed within the limits Of this very territory.
There was enc, we believe, near Blewhelds' one
AZ st. Thomas, and one on the Sarspiqui River.
We do not suppose that they were managed with
. much prudence and energT IS would be shown
BY colonies of Americans; but the climate. aud ths
indomi.abe ssvsgeness of the country were too
much for them. They were annihilated By dis
esse. and the fatal luIuriance of the soil rapidly
obliterated the last trace Of their labors
Traveller upon the Ssrspqu tells US that, not long
after the determination OF the French colony, the
exuberant vegetation had rendered it impossible
even to distinguish the miserable spot where it
had stood and at GreytowD, persons voo had
left their little cesrpgs for few months, found,
on returning, that the desert had asserted its
rights, ard that an almost impenetrable growth
of young trees snd bushes, taller thar Northern
er could conceive, had slresdy extended over
their possessions. Even if it were possible to
live while fighting against wilderness, which,
like the batteries at Sevastopol, is repaired every
night, what dresry and desperate prospect is
that of clearing up and subjugating such coun-
try! How far the cost of the work must exceed
the value Of the result, and how infinitely better
for every workingman who wishes to get farm.
10 resort to the healthful, snd domitsble wids Of
our own West.
But there are other foes besides the climate,
and we are not informed how our spectators
propose to ded with them. In the northern
part of their tract there are the Mosquito Indians
about 10, 900 in all, governed by the sare chief
tain who has repudiated the Company's grants,
and who will not be likely to renew any part
of them without some new arrangement, in max
ing which England must be consulted, and for
which larger sun Of mOIey than can conve-
niensly be raised in the present state of the msr
ket, will have to be paid over to His Majesty
To occupy that part of the coast without the
consent Of this chief is out of the question
Although Col. Kinney is a good fighter, he and his
thousand men would speedily perish in such q
struggle. These Indians are devoted, body aud
soul, to their king; at his simple order they will
venture into any danger and think themselves
happy If they die in obedience to his commands.
1t is plain, therefore, that spectators cannot
think of making war upon them. Then, III the
south OF the territory they propose to steal, are
the Blancos and Vslientes, fercest among the
tribes Of Central America. Long before the
Spanish rule was broken there, these tribes as
serted their independence, aud, to this day, live in
savage seclusion from all the whites Special
objects Of Jealousy with them, are the gold and
silver mines which their ancient traditions declare
to exist in their country; and if stranger in
tieir gates alludes to these hidden treasures,
Of which they make not the slightest use,
he does not depart alive. These Indians
might easily be aroused by the Governments
of New.Granads and Costa Rics against
the northern invaders, coming, like the Spsaisrds
Of old, to plumber the sacred mines of their ores
and the adventurers, tciling inland through the
Jungle would suddenly find Themselves bsset by
deader Zoe than Col. Kinney ever Encountered
in Texas, against whose poisoned arrows ard i'm
penetrable covert, his skill and courage would
be worthless Ii seems clear, then, that it is
equally as impossible to take violent possession of
the southern part Of this tract az it is Of the
northern and that the settlement Of either by
means of white labor is delusiou. Accordingly,
ali p, rsons will DO well TO buy as few as possible
Of the two hundred Thousand shares, each rep
re'eDting one hundred and sixty acres in this
wilderness into which lots as it is said, the
managers of this speculation propose to divide |
the land, to which they have no title, and which |
they never can settle. II they shall only fail |
also in selling their stock, their enterprise may
be pronounced complete and harmonious. A
number of laboring white men seems to have iu-
duced them to avow part OF their project which |
we have all Along suspected, but which has not |
before been openly brought before the public. In
a word, they design TO carry Slavery with them.
Ii white settlers cannot be got to destroy them |
selves in those swamps and forests, they will use
blacks for the purpose. This intention is clearly
expressed in letter FROM Washington, published
in yesterdays Courier & enquirer, from which
we take tie following extract:
The late meeting of stockholders in the C.. A. L.
and d. Company elected the Hon. W. T.. johnson, |
of Md, President; the Hon J. L. White, of New |
York, Senator Cooper, Of PeInsy lyana, Mr.. Keel |
ing, of Norfolk, Va, and other gentlemen. Directors;
and appointed W. L. Kinney, OF Texas, its resident |
DHtclor anu OO'efnoI' uentlh II 1otquid. Jill |
powers were made out for Col. Kinney, who ia now |
engaged in making preparations for permanent set
Element on the lands Of the Company 1t is conceded
that the country will be settled up and reduced to Gull
tivaton by population OF masters and slaves; but
there is division OF sentiment among the stock
holders whether il should De organized political
community with view 10 its admission State of
the American Union, whether it shall be held as a |
slayeholdiDg Province, Immediately subject TO the |
propretors but ultimately to the political jurisdiction
OF this Government. The latter plan will avoid all
sectional controversy and is obviously the true one