Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-12

COMMANDMENT OF SAN JUAN F!

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Reception Of the News at Kingston...Great Ex'
oitement'..War between England, Franceand
the United States Predicted
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We received last night fleo Of the
Kingston, Jamaica, Journal to the 22d
July. The news Of the destruction Of
San Juan, by the U. S. sloop-of.war
Cyane, was received at Kingston on the
goth ult., and appears to have OCCASION
cd great excitement there. The Jour
nal issued a Bulletin giving the follow
ing account of the affair, with the an-
nexcd startling heading, displayed in all
the typographical Indignation which
large type is capable of expressing:
Arriual Of tie Dse-Ercitiag lntellt-
gence-Grcyto,rn B0mbarded & Des-
troyed-Ne British Flag hsnltsd-
Unskiyal"rss Of american Gannery-'
Probable Var Jetrecn Great britain
and tie United States, &c. &c.
The r. M. C. Steamer Doe, arrived
in this port from Greytown, this morn
ing, with dispatches from that place for
his Excellency the Governor, Sir Hen
Try Barkly, containing intelligence of the
total destruction of Greytown, the cap
ita. Of the Kingdom Of Mosquito, by the
us. sloop-of.war Cyane, Capt. Hollins,
after a bombardment ofseven hours
The account we have received of the
transaction is entirely Invested Of any
particulars. From all we can gather, it
seems that on the 18th inst. the Cyane
appeared off Greytown, and sent boa,
on shore, in charge of an officer, with in
structions to demand from the authori.
ties an apology and reparation-from
what does not appear. The demand
not being complied with, the Cyane on
the return of the boat, opened her fire
on the town, into which the shot and
shell fell thick and fast. The lombard.
mcnt lasted seven hours, at tho end of
which time, the town was on fire in sew
eral places. The conAagration ragged
until the town %as entirely consumed.
The bombardment is represented as
having been conducted with the most
barbarous cruelty. All that came With
in range was subjected to the fire ofthe
AMERICANS; even dumb creatures were
not spared; and several horses fell be-
meath the deadly missiles that were aim.
ed at them. The guns are said to have
been served in a most lubberly manner,
and spectator would fancy that the shot
and shell were intended for the des,ruc-
ton Of the alligalors in the morass, SO
wide of their mark did they fall. To
this circumstance is attributed the length
oftime occupied in the attack. Amongst
other matters. we are informed that the
British flag lat the Consuls we presume)
was shot away. ..
This affair appears to be new phase
in American Filibusterism. Hitherto,
the Lopezes and the Walkers have con-
fined their marauding expeditions to the
island Of Cuba, and the territory Of New
California-they have not dared to dis.
turb the tranquility Of any British pos
session, or Of any state under British
protection; and although the American
Press has not been sparing Of its ven
ON against the Kingdom Of Mosquito
its "negro King" and its British pro-
tectors and allies, Americans have kept
themselves within the boundary ofmere
words. AS long as this was the state Of
affairs, the British Government could af
ford 10 smile with inefable contempt al
these impotent rawlings. But the case
is altered, when We find a regularly
commissioned vessel of war belonging
to the United States. proceeding, at Z
time when the Republic is ut peace will
England, and without any declaration o
war against the Kingdom of Mosquito
which is in alliance with, and under tn
protection of England, on some flimsy
pretext, to lombard and destroy the
Mosqui,ian capital. Great Britain has
no alternative but to avenge the insult
offered to her flag, and the injury done
to her ally. She is boand TO do i, or
every principle Of honor and justice. Il
she shripks from the task, then is her
Wanted protection Of the weak agains,
the oppression of the strong, as in the
case OF Turkey, an empty boast.
She has ships in sufficient numbers
laid up in ordinary, which, with a little
activity, may be soon equipped and
commissioned, with which to lombard
New York, Philadelphia, Boston,or any
one of the American seapotts, as u just
measure ofre,aiation for the outrage or
Greytown. The bombardment of Odes.
sa was an act of relribution for the 81
nope massacre; and nothing less than Q
successful attack on some large Ameri
can seaport will teach Americans thai
they must abstain from attacks, similar
TO that on Grcytown, unless they be il
accordance with the law of nations.
What aid Sir Henry Barkley will be
able to afford the people of Mosquito
we are at u loss to conceive. 1t wonlt
be dangerous, we imagine, to send GU
Of tho island single company Of the