The true Democrat., 1854-06-20

Vlsltlng my district before the election in Au- gust. l must therefore rely mainly upon the llberallty of my friends for such support as they may think l deserve.
 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 A. B. GREENWOOD. To Messrs. B. H. Hobbs, Henry N eill, and others,
 Committee.
 0F The following letter taken from the New York Herald gives different aspect to the affair in which Mir. Borland figured, from that pub lished heretofore in the papers. Whether it is correct we are unabled as yet to determine.
 From the New York Herald.
 Washington, May 28, 1854. The Recent Abair ot So,e Juno de Nicaragua.
 Intelligence has reached here, of an impor- tant and reliable character, which puts very different aspect upon the unfortunate affair at San Juan de Nicaragua, from that sought to be conveyed by the ex parte statement of the gen. tleman subscribing himself R. Lord Purser." This information comes from persons who were witnesses of the whole transaction, from the mur- der of the unof1endmg native down to Mir. Bor- lands last Quixotc maneuvre. As Mr. Lord was doubtless where his duty required him to
 
 not possibly know anything, personally, of the transactions which he assumes to describe h. deed, it is perfectly we'll understood that Mir. Borland himself is the author of the extraor- dinary document to which MT. Lord affixes his signature and high official designation.
 The facts of the case give to you in nearly the precise words of an eyewitness, who can have no possible reason to misrepresnt them They are as follows:-
 Captain Smith, of the steamer Routh, when coming down the river, near San Juan ran so closely upon loaded bungo going up the river, as to alarm thesowner lest it should be crushed He called out to the steamer to take care, and some high words took place, the patron of the bungo evidently supposng the intention was to run into him. The steamer, nevertheless, went on; but after going down the river nearly half a mile, to a point where it was wide enough to enable him to turn, the captain put about pas sed up the river above the bungo, turned about and came down on the latter, head on. The patron of the bungo had an old rusty flint fowl ing piece in his hands, which he held by the barrel, near the muzzle. AS the steamer ap- preached he cried, "Take care, captain, you will crush my boat' The response was rifle shot from Capt. Smith, which killed the poor fellow on the spot. The bungo was crushed to pieces. Incredible as 1t may appear, 1t is said the captain of the steamer was abetted by per son who afterwards figured ill the affair in a very conspicuous manner.
 The body of the murdered patron was taken to San uan, near which place, as 1 have said, the deed was committed, where the proceed lngs took place, which the participators in the murder have taken pains to have announced as "a high handed outrage.'' We shall probably be able to get at the truth better when we come to hear the other side.
 Even according to the suspicious e partestate- ment of Mir. Lord, 1t appears that the only of fence which can be charged against the people of San than Is that they attempted to arrest a murderer whose crime had been committed within their own de .tacto and we'll recognized jurisdiction. If any disturbance arose. 1t was i'll consequence of an illegal resistance to au- thorlty, and the unjustifiable intervention of NIT. BOrland, whose lmpetuOsity has heretofore got him into great deal of trouble
 There Is another element in this affair which should not be forgotten. It is the arrogance and undisgulsed hostility of all the officers and agents of the Nicaragua Transit company to- wards both the people of Nicaragua and those of San Juan, which have made all their inter- course an uninterrupted series of broils Life has been lost, on more than one occasion before Tn consequences
 Attempts will be made to deny the iursdic- ton of the government of San Juan in this case, but they will fail; for 1t is perfectly we'll known that pending the settlement of the Mos quito question, upon which the question of the ultimate sovereignty over San Juan depends, the existence of a provisional government there has been directly recognized by England and tactly acceded by the United States In con- sequence the authorities of that town under a constitution formally published, have exercised power for every purpose of government, equal ly over the town and an extent of some thirty miles up the river It is universally admitted that they have discharged their functions faith fully and well. As the only authorities who could by any possibility take cognizance of crime, it was their plain duty to arrest any man who should commit murder within the limits of their authority. This they attempted to do but were forcibly resisted by body of men, with an American Minister at their head.
 It will not do for MT. Lord, or rather Mr. Borland, to say, the e paate report represents him as saying |" that the United States recog- nises no authority in San Juan to arrest an Ame- rican citizen" The fact that the United States has an agent in San Juan, who receives his er- equotor from the authorities of that place, proves the contrary.
 Nor will 1t to do to represent San Juan as made up of Englishmen and Jamaica negroes. A majority of its officers, and larger part of its people, are Americans.
 It IS necessary that the public should be in- formed of these facts before making up their opinions on this affair. When the other side is heard, Iapprehend there will not be much left of the statement of Mir. Lord.
 And here we may express regret that our go- vernment have allowed the anomalous condi- tion of things in San Juan to continue so long. If, as the United States has always contended the port belongs to Nicaragua, in heavens name let it be restored to her. If, on the other hand as England contends, it belongs to the so-called Mosquito king, let him have it. Orif it is pro- posed to let an independent power spring up there-and this has been the practical course of events-let that be understood In any case. the present anomalous state of affairs should terminate, and if the unfortunate occurrence above alluded to have no other effect than to call the attention of the American government