The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-12-13
NUMBER 81.

ing their effects by the boats Of his own
ship, and of a steamer which be procur.
ed aud rendered to them for that pur.
pose. At length, perceivns no disposi
tiOn on the part of the town to comply
with his acquisitions, he appealed to the
commander OF IIer Britannia Maiesty's
schooner Bernitda. who was seen to bavo
intercourse, and otparently much inGu
ence with the lenders tiiong them, to
interposo, aud persuade them TO tako
some course calculated to save the ne
ccssity of resorting to the extreme meas.
ure indicated in his proclamation bat
that officer, instead Of acccding to the
request, did nothing more thap to pro.
test against the contemplated bombati.
ment. No steps Of any sort were taken
by the people, to give the satisfaction
required, No individuals. if ~uy- -thsse
were rrgnrdrd themselves as pot respon'
slble for the iulsconducf oEfhc commu-
nifty, adopted any msans to separate
themselves from the fate Of the guilty
The several charges, on which the de-
mands for redress were founded, had
been publicly known to all for some time,
and were again announced to them
They did not deny any of these
charges; they offered no explanation,
nothing in cxtcnuation Of their conduct
but cont lmaciously refused to hold any
Intercourse with the commander of the
Cyauc. BY their obstinate silence they
seemed rather dcsirdus to provoke chas-
tiscment than to escape it. There is
ample reason to believe that this conduct
I lof laE,N,a tbn,, =,
putablc chiefly to the delusiye idea that
that the American Government would
be deferred from puuishing them through
fear of dispcasing formidable power,
which. they presumed to think, looked
with compiaceucy upon the aggressive
and insulting department towards the
United States They Cyanc at length
fired upon their town. Before much in
jury had been done, the fire was twice
suspended, in order to afford opportuni.
ty for an arrangement but this was de-
clined Most Of the buildings of thq
place, Of little value generally, were, III
the sequel, destroyed but. owing to the
considerate precautions taken by our ma
val Commander, there was 10 dcsttuc
tiou of life.
When the Cyanc was ordered to Cen
trail America, it was confidently b5pcd
aud expected that 10 occasion would
arise tDr IA resort to violence and de
struction of property and loss life" In
Structions 10 that effect were given to her
commander. Aud no extreme act would
Fave been requisite had not the peo.
pie themselves. by their cxtraordin.
AIRY conduct in the affair, frustrated all
the possible mild measures for obtaining
satisfaction. a Withdrawal from the
place. the object Of his visit entirely de.
featcd, would, under circumstances in
which the commander uf the Cyanc found
himself, have been absolute abandon
incut Of all claim of our citizens for in
Identification. and srbmissivc acquies
cence in national indienity. 1t would
have encouraged i'll these laNless men
a spirit of ins0cnco aud rapine mos:
1Iugernus to the lives aud property Of
our citizens at Punta Arenas, and prob.
ably cmboldencd them 10 grasp at tho
treasures aud valuable merchandise con.
tinually passing over tho Nicaragua
route It certainly would have been
most satisfactory to me if the objects Of
the Cyancs mission could have been con
summated without ATTY act Of public
force but the arrogant contumacy Of
the oGeudcrs rendered it impossible to
avoid the alternative, either to break up
their establishment. or to leave them i'm.
pressed wil6 the iaca that they might
persovere with mpnuily in career of
insolcucc and plundcr.
This transaction has been the subject
Of complaint ON the part of some foreign
powers, and has been characterized with
more Of har>hness than of justice If
comparisons were to DO instituted, it
I would not be diflicul. to present repeat
cd instances iu the history Of States,
! standing in the very front Of modern
civilization. where communities, far less
offending and more defenceless than
Greytown, have been chastised With
much greater severity, and where not
cities only have been laid in ruins, but
human life has been recklessly sacrificed,
and the blood Of the innocent made pro.
fusely to ringle with that Of the guilty.
Passing from foreign to domestic affairs
our attention. is naturally directed to tho
uHdhclIl SohuiklOu VI Tue cp""'' i'Ahah
subject Of general interest FeI cor
,,,rtc aud exact information regarding
tho finances. and the various branches Of
lae public service connected herewith,
| refer you to the report of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury; from which it
will appear, the amount pf rerenuc dur
ing the last fiscal year, from all sources,
wus during the last fiscal year, from all
sources, was seyeuty-three million fve
hundred aud forty-uine Thousand seven
hundred and five dollars and that the
public expenditures for the same period
exclusive Of payments 90 account Of the
publit debt, amounted to fifty-one ml-
lion eighteen thousand two hundred and
forty nine dollars During the same pc,
riod, tue payments made in redemption
Of tie public debt, including interest aud
premium, an!ountes TO t8unty-fOur mil
lion three hundred and tbirty.six thous
and three hundred and eighty dofiats.--
To the sum total Of the receipts OF that
year is to be added balance remaining
in the Treasury at the commencement
thereof amounting to twenty -cnc million
nine hundred and fofty-two thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two dvliafe
sud at the close Of the same year, a cor,
responding balance amounting to twenty
million one hundred and thirty seven
thousand nine hundred and sisty seven
dollars Of the receipts above expendi-
lures, also rcmaiucd in tue treasury.
Although, ~ the opinion Of The Seero-
tary Of the Treasury, the receipts of tho