Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-06
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The City q San Juan We translate Cor
'as benefit Of our readers, tie following synsp.
deal account Of the ID ssa> prsgrsss Of tie
town OF San Juan, or Greytown, = :hs Eusiish
term it, which We find ia the New Orleans
Courier of The 10th ultimo.> We have, how.
ever, to say of 1t, that in Ii at porti6nrefering
to the difficulties between the towns people
and the Transit Company, the writer evidently
wields Pen inimical to the company, which
has Q powerful rival In New Orleans. in the
agency in that city Of the line for the srsps-
portation Of passengers 20 and from California
via the other isihmus. The writer might have
added to his dsslaration thatrth company
refused to permit the torn to share in the
advantages Of the travel going over their route;
that that could not be done without not only
greatly delaying them upon the trip, but also
at the same time entailing heavy extra ex-
pense upon their passengers. And further, that
to save their time and money, the company do
not land their passengers at the mouth Of the
river, bnt simply transfer them directly to and
from the river boats. d: We have only to add to
this translated account, the fact that the pop.
ulstion Of San Juan is VIGOROUSLY composed
for the most part of outlaws from all civilized
and semi civilized creation-the Americana.
white and colored-as well as the Jamaica
negroes, Who have been and are now in author.
ity there, being, reasonably tho chiefsst
among tho precious sot of scouudrels there
|congregated. With these explanations to pre-
face 1t, we present our readers with the trans
lation, as being full of f4cts jus. now likely to
prove Of great public interest:
The CRY OF SAX JUAN SINCE 1S47-The
bombardnent of San Juan has given an i'm.
pof' ance to this oity, which it would not have
possessed "ithoetit, shd Its name figures al .
most daily in the columns uf eyery journal
throughout the Union. In the present Sifcum-
stances. 1t may not be without interest to our
readers to run over the principal historic
events connected with the government of San
Juan since the copten,ion arose bstveeu IN.
State Of Nicsragus and the sovereign Of Mos
quito, and in which England and the United
States have inter posed.
About the close of the year 1s47, the port of
San Juan was under the authority of Mica
,agus- In January 1913, the English estab-
lisbod themselves there by force, in the nam,
of the King Of Mosquito The Nicarseuans
were driven out, and the Mosquito flag hoi,,ed
over the place Soon af er. the Enoii.h t,oo,'s
Of occupation abandoned the city, ieayine tie
administration in the bands Of the Ensai.h
sonsnl; but az soon ss the soysrbtnens ,,f
Swaraguk we're advised of the fact il dispatch.
ed body of men to re-occupy the city, who
made prisorers of many of the newly appoint.
ed principal magistrates and pubic cfi .ers.
Immediately upon the transmission of this fact
TO England, several Of the ships Of tho Nav
OF Her Brritsnic Majesty wero dispatched to
San juan
On their arrival, the Eicaraguans abandoned
The city they we're pursued by Captain Locke
OF the royal marines, at the head of TWO or
hree hundred men; skirmish took place vt
Serapi3ui. upon the river San Juan. akcut
fifty miles above tie city, and the Mica aguaps
completely routed. Their government then
consented, by treaty, 70 abstsin from modest
ing tho city of San Juan unit! the contention
regarding its sovereignty should be definitely
settled 1t surrendered TO Captain Locke the
prisoners aud booty which had been .ahan !,
mum oied itself before him, and eoon after the
English Con al at San Juan. resumed this
direction of tbs affairs of that CITY.
In this expedition, Mr. Walker, Consul
"eneca! at BiIefelds, lost his life BY drown.
ing .
After this skirmish, things went on as quietly
ana peaeeabiy as could have been expected
Under the naturalization Of General TAYLOR.
Mi. Squiers We: sent az charge Il afaires to
Central America. Soon after his ARR al. he set
himseif to work; and endeavor ing very gently
to dislodge John Bull from the spot on which
hs had so comfortably settled himself. Mr.
Chat6eld the charge d sffaire s of the English
government, defended with add ess and dieui-
ty, the English policy with regard to Central
America The prolonged contest maintained
oy these two oiplomatists, to establish the su
premaey OF their respective goyerume nts. is
too familiar to the public to requice that it
should be longer dwelt upon Il is enough
Tor rs to say that the only practical results
were secured by Mr.. Squiers in his famous
treaty With Nicaragua, and these result, ore
so advantageous to American inseres,s, that it
Is now beyond doubt that our diplomats
gained tho advantage This treaty, for inex
piicas'e reas ms, was never ratified By the
senate of the United States. ~. :. ~. -
After the return Mi S4uires to the United
States, Messrs Clayton and Bulwer concluded
3 treaty between the United ates and Great
Britain, relative to the States Of Central Amor.
lea. This Was under the administration of
General Taylor 81 --'''~'1'
The most important event that snbseaueptiy
occurred, Was the Cannon shot fred Mt San
Juan by the English ship of war into the Amar.
ican steamer Prometheus, to compel her com.
pliance with the regulations Of the port The
eonse qaences of this wste exp llama ions between
the cabinets Of Washington and st James, IN
the course Of which the English government
declared that the commander of The shin Of
war had been repriman led y his sovcseiyn.
Soon after this Incident, Instructions were
SAINT TO the English Consul, directing him 10
delegate to the people of the Oily, the powers
With which he was invested as supreme IN 40.
,ssrate; ard TO confne himself for tho f,,tu1e
10 the exercises of bis corsuisr duties. In
March, 1852, in ohedienes to those inst uc,ions
the English Consul Gal ed conven, ion. for the
purpose OF framing constitution suitable to
he wants OK the population, and organizing
oish government in conformity with this con
s-itution Ir.l - -
The elections took place in April: the pev
ON ,ers elected were all eli isen, Of tho Uni cd
States. On the lst Of May. 1852, the new ad-
minis'ration entered upon irs dut,es In the
mean time, the United States aud Great
Britain vatniy endeavored TO Put an end TO
,hess difhcult les. so complicated, that they
have since been denomin ated ..Ths controversy
Of Central America" Amongst other means
OF conciiiation, the English Government pro.
posed to the Cabinet at ashinsfon towards
the close Of the admins. ration Of Mr.. Fillmore
to declare San Juan indepeudsn, of right.
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