The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-12-16

arose concerning lLteroceanlc commune
cation across the Isthmus, were, as !, was
supposed, adjusted by the treaty OF April
10. 1850, bat unfortunately, they have
been re- opened b. serious mlsunderstand-
ngs as to the import Of some OF It's pro-
visions, re-adlustnent Of which is now
under consideration. Our minister at
London has made strenuous efforts to ar"
complish this desirable object, bu; has
not yet found it possible TO bring the ne
gotatton to termination.
As incidental to those questions. !
| deem il proper to notice an occufance
which happened in Centrol America, near
! the close of the lust session vi Congress
/ So soon as the necessity was perceived
OF establishing interoceaniC communlca-
tlons across the lsthmus, company was
organized, under the authority OF the
State OF Nicaragua, but composed, Tor the
! most part, ot citizens OF the United States,
Tor the purpose ot opening such transit
way, bv the rivcr san Juan and Lake
Nicaragua, which som became an eligl.
bic and much used Toat in the uansporta-
ton OF our Citizens aud their properly
between the Atlantic and Pacific. Mean
while, and in anticipation OF the compile
lion aud importance ot this transit way,
a number of adventurers lad taken pos
session of the old Spanish port at the
mouth of the river San Juan, in open de-
, fiauce Of the State or States Of Central
America, which, upon their becoming ln-
dependent. had rgn,luiiy succeeded 10
, the local sovereignty and jurisdiction OF
Spain. These adventurers undertook 10
t change the name Of the place from San
Juan del Norle to Greytown, and, though
at first pretending to act as the subjects
OF the fictitious sovereign OF the Mosquito
e Indians, they subsequently rspudlated the
, control oil any power whatever, assumed
to adopt a distinct political organization.
4 and declared themselves an independent
y sovereign State.
4 ii, at some time, faint hope was enter
!, tanned that they might become stable
n aud respectable community, that hope
d soon vanished. They proceeded to as
: sert untouuded claims 20 civil jurisdiction
s over punta Arenas, position on the op-
o poste side Of tue river San Juan, which
: was lii possession under u title wholly
d lndepeadent of them, oil citizens OF tho
= United States, interested IN thetNicala-
S qua Transit Company, and which was in
t, dispeusabiy necessary to the prosperous
5. operation ot that raate across The. 18TH
+ mus. The company resisted their ground
e less claims, whereupon they proceeded TO
/, destroy some Of its buildings, and at
= tempted violently TO dispossess il.
h AT later period they organized n
Is strong force for the purpose of demolish-
,t ing the establishment at Punta Arenas
F. but his misc hievous design wss defeated
"a by the mterposltlon oil one Of our ships OF
s. war, at that time ia the harbor San Ju-
IS an. Subsequently to this, in May last,
a BODY fmen from Greyfowa crosset
is over to panta Arenas, arroga ting athor
d lty to arrest, on the charge oi In urder, q
sc captain ol one OF the steamboats, 5 of III,
le Transit Company. Being well aware
Of that the clam 10 exercise ursdic-
In rion there would be resisted then, as il
S, had been on previous occasions, they
= went prepared TO assert II by force oi
= arms. Ou. Minister to Central America
At happened 10 Be present on ,ha, occasion
70 Ballegia4 that the Captain Of the steam
r. boat vas !nnogent, tor be Witnessed the
~ transaction on which the charge was
l. founded, and believing also that the in
Of tsudiag party, having no jurisdiction over
IS the place where they proposed 10 make
le tie rrest,woull encounter desperate re-
at sista4ce II they persisted in their par-
K pose, he ateGposed eiectaalIy, to preyen,
N violence aud b,o1ishGd. TIE .Asae1scan
u Minister afterwards visited Greytown