The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-25

man living can predict.
/ Inlpor tant from Central America and meytcus
| We give this morning the details of two
! affairs in which our laval commanders have
distinguished themselves a la Ingraham, and by
which the navy seems likely to gain some little
credit with the fighting element Of our popula-
ton.
| The first case appertains to the blockade Of
| Acapulco, and the action thereupon of the COM
mander Of the United States sloop Of war Ports
mouth, Captain Dornin. Our readers are al
ready aware that Alvarez lately kicked up a
rebellion against Santa Anna, and fixed his
quarters at Acapulco, which, through Yankee
enterprise, has become the chief Mexican
port on the Pacific. The Mexican man-ofwar
Santa Anna appeared of the port Of Acapulco,
and her commander announced that it was in a
state Of blockade. Now, as Acapulco is the
stopping place where the California mail stea n
| ers get their COAL water, and fresh provisions
and as the Mexican government has given the
United States the privilege of q mail station at
that point, this prohibition was very inconve-
nicnt, to soy the least. One mail steamer, the
Golden Gate, was ordered off, and Capt Dor
| min requested the Mexican commander to cx-
| cmpt the mail steamers from the blockade reeu
lations. The request was met with refusal
when Capt. Dornin, in very temperate but
determined letter, officially informed the cap
| tain Of the Santa Anna that he should I've OBJ
| liged TO force the blockade and CONVOY into
! port any American passenger or mail vessel
at the same time pledging himself that no arms
| OF munitions of war should be landed from any
vessel SO conveyed. Whereupon the Santa
Anna got under way and proceeded to Mazat-
Ian, leaving the two governments to settle the
matter. A. full account of the affair, with
copies of the documents appended, is given in
the HERALD Of this date.
Public opinion will sustain the commander
OF the Portsmouth, and if he has done little
wrong to accomplish great right, Marcy will
be obliged to back him up in the matter All
this happened early in June-a belligerent
month from time immemorial
Let us now look at another picture =
short time since the sloop-of-war Cyane,
Commander Hollins. was lying off the Battery.
and her officers, after a long and fatiguing
cruise in an unhealthy climate, were enjoying
"waiting ORDERS" pay and domestic bliss
ashore. But news came 10 Washington that
our minister TO Central America The Hon
Scion Borland, had been insulted at San Juan
dc Nicaragua, commonly called Grey town, in
honor Of Sir George Grey, her Britannia Ma
jesty's Colonial Secretary. Our minister's life
had been threatened, passengers en- route for
California had been detained and the property
Of the steamship company damaged to con-
siderable extent. SO the Cyane whose com
mander was familiar with these waters was order
cd 10 San Juan. On her arrival, the captain
demanded twenty thousand dollars to recon-
pense the damage done to the property of the
steamship company, and an ample apology for
the insult to the United States in the person of
our accredited minister The Nicsraguan au-
thorities refused to comply with either of these
demands, whereupon Commander Hollns gave
them one day TO think the matter over. They
still refused whereup0n, after due notice AMI
providing means of transit for those perso IS
who desired to leave the place, the Cyane
opened her batteries upon the town. Finding
that the houses were SO fiimsy that the lombard
ment was likely to he Of no avail, Comman-
der Ilollins detailed a corps Of marines.
under Lieutenant Pickering, who burned the
town. An English man-ofwar was lying in
the harbor at the time and her commander pro-
tested against the proceeding, but his protest
does not seem to have been particularly effect
i've. All this happened on the 18th day of JUL,
also good fighting month.
The administration is really growing origi-
nal, belligerent and progressive First. we find
Marcy snubbing Austria relative to the Kostza
affair then he threatens war with Spain, all
about the Black Warrior, Cuba and cotton
bales: and next We grow progressive.
by buying for Ten millions, strip of
land in Mexico which will never be of any
use TO US or anybody else And now we are
startled by the stirring scenes at Acapulco and
Greytown, which we have above alluded to. If
we can do these things with our present navy,
we may surely defy the world when we get
those SIX new steamers, now on the stocks and
all the honor and glory Of these achievements |
win rebound TO the everlasting fame Of Pierce, |
Marcy and company. At present il seems
highly probable that the administration will 90 |
out in a perfect llaze of glory. We live in
pugnacious times, and if there is free fight to |
come off, young America insists upon being
/" counted in
CoNGREss-WBAT's To BE DoSE!-After hav- |
ing congratulated the country upon the adpp- |
ton OF a resolution by both Houses OF Congress,
liking the day of the final adjournment of this |