Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-31
From the New York Tfibuue. 8
The Destruction Of San Juan.

I'ofhe ~ it0E' Of tlte lSetpl f0rk 'tfbuues
4 Sin, Tie undeIsgn Ametical citizen, fesls I
dent merchants Of San Juan de Eicarhgnb, take |
leave 10 baud you The following statement offaciss
Iiibenionth OF March, lebi, d brig loaded withl
the American, Ailphllc aud Pacific Ship
Canal Company arrived iat3 tint poft. aud peImis.
sion was obtained from James Green, Esd II. b. |
NJ. Consul and Agento Inc King Of Mosquito (the |
lnOian sovereign III possession ff.the tettilofy)l
10 land The coal on The north side OF the BAY of
Son Junap, on point Of land known as punta
Arenas ~ ~ ~ sss.5si
In The following month Of June. two sciooners
alsohiEiYed Eithcosl, also withtwo fiyet steam.
Ioais on board. when Abraham Banker, Esq., % Y,
olthe "A. and p, S. v. Company, obtained from
ii. q. Fooe5 ESQ, III. II, M, Vice Consul and act.
ing agent of.lhe Kim; lease Of part Of said
pointof land 40OS200 at the nominaltent oislS
pence sterling per mouth, with understanding
that II was to be vacated Whenever required, anu
that no bulldogs were 10 be erected lhere0n other
than those necessary for The shelter oil tie WORK
men dlschargtig coal. In the month OF March, |
1882 the hg nj Of The King formally made over 70
the Inhabitants OF The city The government Anyl
controlthereof, and onthe goth OF the same mohll
Accumulation was adopted and q, municipal COZ.
noTation elected hyballot. Tile iOllowlns " 'lle
preamble oil the Constitution; Il
awe, the native and adopted citizens oil Grey. |
town or San Juan del Nottsin Central Amerca,ln |
order to establish suitable Government 10 secure
the blessings or liberty establish, JUSTICE insure
d meslc tranquility, aud promote The general WEI.
fare, lD adopt the following Oonsllluuon lor lhe
City OF GTeytown or San ] Juan del Notte anu ue'
ine The boundaries Of the same as follows: Com.
,nencing at the mouth OF Indian RIVER thence rum
ming up through tile channel OF said river nicer
miles thence in direct line so as 10 include Tue
head Of The lnNchuca rapids, thence down the SAL
Juan River to lis junction Win Tue ColeIRuo'
thence down the channel OF The Colorado 70 The
Caribbean sea-" /
Ths Constitution was ratified by the agent oil
the King, and The Government was established,
since whiclIime no allesihnceofo any sort has been
Welded 10 Tie King of Mosquito, norhls he derived
any revenue from The town or point. ne nag oil
Mosquito wus,usi d us The municipal ensign, be-
cause Commodore Parkttofths U. .. Home Squad.
ION said lhhlinlLs uncertain and Undetermined
boundary aud sovereignty dispute bstweeen Nj
caTagpa and Mosquito, he coulu not sanellonany
chAnge Of log. .s.s,
BY Ills Constitution, tIialby jury and the'writ
OF llaLeas corpus weTt secured 10 all oil The c,l-
zens, and The common law OF England vas incorpo
rated into oil Of the counts oil tie Government,
and The decisions Of the Supreme Court oil tie v.
States were tonclsive 10 all similat cases; togeh.
er with all other liberal provisions, such as Amerl-
cans had been accustomed 10 OF home.
Tie Constitution was ratified at ah open con-
yenloI Of lie cItzeus Of all nationaties, and Is
dated the 26ih March, 1859, and signed Tlios. Co.
dy, preSideni, Henry L. Stevenson, Vim, &. Shell
dom. Secretaries. 1sl frt Il. n
during The existence Of this Government the
agents and employees Of the Transit Company,
which Ind meanwhile ebIoined from the Stale Of
Nicaragua charter for atransit route, repeatedly
ayailed themselves Of The local courts, and Tecog'
niEed tile Jurisdiction Of the authorities w voting
at the election, w,
Pending this, the agent of.the King, finding that
the Transit ColnpanywerH eTecling hotels, stores,
&C., on tile land where they had the privilege Of
only landing coal 10 the great prejudice oil the town
proper directed them by mole 10 yacate, to which
ihvy gave no attention.
.lnthe month OF February, 1858, the City Coun.
Gil finding that The growing requirements oil The
city needed quarantine gTound for small To& pa
IienIs who frequently were among The passengers.
and room fora powder magazine, lliot.hopsesand
alieht.honse, enaItel an ordinance requiring the
Transit Company 10 vacate Pttnp Arenas, except
for q coal depot, within thirty days, and at the
same time rendering large giants OF land on the
south side OF tile hay and ont the Lagoonl equally
eIigible,-also ordering the removal Of certain
matched house StanLng Oh private land outside OF
the lease limits within five days, al the expiration
| OF which time II was carefully taken down by the
authorities. fe6 Nsiq.5i IA
Before lie expiration Of The thirty days, tile U.
s. slip Cyane arrived and inte'posed her gnns and
lIockade1 The poIt,when The Government resigns
edinto the hands Of Commander tlollins, but were
restored within about two weets. Since then haT.
mony, ss a general thing, has existed, until the
Hon. Scion BoTland forbade the urrest Of homi-
ode and inlerposed himself officially TO prevent ii
havauguing tile excited crowd, styling them the
'off scum Of helI,' &c.
The sequel TO these events iccS place on The
lSliJuly, in the barbarous destruction Of our rro
perry and The ruin Of amajority oil the inhabitants
| ofitie town. :.
AII;of which we submit 10 The public, on behalf
Of the inhabitants Ul San Juan, now hOuseltss In
tropical climate IN this tlfulseasOn Of the
49, HENRY L. STEVENSON,
WILLIAMH. DE FOREST,
..- E.st lais Z 4WII.I,IAM b. GERRING, u