Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-31
WARRINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP

| wAsHuefoA NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The eaa Juan Bonbardmeut.-Ths Wash
ingtoa correspondent of the New York ZINE.
BY way Of Strengthening his effort tomisrsprs
sent the facts involved n the bombardmsnt o
Greytown or San Juan del Norts, retails
version Of . oonvsrsation which he says hsha
recently had with Col. J. G. Fremont on th'
subject, that gentleman having been at Grey
toscn when the last provocation for the pun
ishnent indicted BY Captain Holl;ns was given
The account Of this conversation bears svi
dent marks thst whatever Col. Fremont dta
say, has been twisted to bolster up this writer
psrpoeeo Of misrepresenting thsfscts Of .heosse
As hs does not pretend to shy. that Col. F
Witnessed the shooting Of the Pilot by Captail
Smith, and O. that gentleman vas ct Grey
| town at the time-not mp the river on thl
sssamsr-whatsver he may say with referenc,
70 it Is mere shear say''-not evidence, Speak
log Of the state of feeling at Greytown against
the Americans, Col Fremont aulhorises THU
! writer to say that-da E I3fa s4.3y.f;.y@
at was quite evident that. for rome reasou
Or other. very strong prejudice existed q,
Greytown against all Americans; Q prejudice
amounting almost to positive hostility, and 10
conceal which, no pains whatever were taken. y
So, his account of the killing of the negro il
but what the Americans Of Greytown said Oft,
their prejuiices according to his own account,
making them any thing but competent Wit
nssses against the testimony of the respectable
passengers who in person saw the homicide,
and have testified that it was An act Of self.
defence. AL the rest Of the letter bearing on
the killing, is evileptly, the commentator Of
The writer, not the testimony of Col. Fremont;
- It L. In direct contradictions Of the Statements
Of tho passengers above referred to, who sa.y
tho act, which Col. F. did not see. When
thsis testimony was published, we made a
synopsis Of II for the Star, which We 70.
publish, a. follows, that the facts may be
clearly understood BY our readers: 81. J..
" I. seems that Captain Smith, Of the Ameri.
can steamer Routh, navigating the San Juan
river, some months since dismi sed one Of his ma
tive pilots, named Antonio, ferocious fellow,
who subsequently, Threatened to take his life
trip Of the Routh, when Mr. Borland was a
passenger on her, coming home, she lost most
Of her rudder BY m accident. and vas for the
most part, steered with setting poles. Whsn
about eight miles from San Juan, she became
unmanageable in q narrow channel Of deep
aud rapid water. To save her from " ground.
ing" Captain Smith ordered her to be made
fast to Q " bungo" (native boat lying near at
haad, which proved to be the boat of Antonio
h. had Sha 81 81
csst loose and seising doubled barrelled gun,
levelled it to shoot Captain Smith, who was
standing with the steamers wheel in his hand
woman on board the buugo, however, jerked
the gun from his band, and ere he could re-
cover it, the steamer being loosened from the
bungo, was swept violently away by the cur
rent grounding on the other side of the river
In their efforts to prevent this catastrophe, the
hands lost two of their setting poles, near the
headed 30 as to recover them. On hcr second
approach towards the bungo for that pur, ose
the exploit again seized his gun, and ordered
Captain Smith not to approach nearer, or he
would shoot him. He made his threat, and
prepared to carry II into execution, though he
saw that Captain 8. was at tho wheel sur
rounded by male and female passengers. and
the boat was almost wholly unmanageable -
Smith finding it impossible to stop her head.
gro I'd OF passengers, stepI cd out Of the wheel
house instantly, when the rufisn squatted
down and raised his double barrellei gun to
shoot: But s. was too quick for him, as he
seised his ride, and shot him as he was en- the
point Of pulling trigger. These are the fac,e
Of the shooting affair, a. testified to BY Dr.
Smith, of San Francisco, Adams d Co. g Ex.
press messenger, and lady passenger, who, as
Well as the Hon. Mr.. Borland, we're in the
wheel. house at the time.'
We have not the least idea that Col. Fremont
has authorised this writer to intimate, as
coming from him, that the corporation of Grey.
town had Jurisdiction either up the river where
the negro was killed, or at Punta Arenas.
where tho negro M.rshsl was sent to arrest
and take Captain Smith by force of arms out
of the American steamer Prcmetheus; az for
Col. F. TO do 30, would be to set his opinion
above the plain letssr.of the treaty by which
his own Government and England guaranteed
jurisdiction over both to Nicaragua. We dc
not believe, moreover, that Col. Fremont has
authorised him, in protesting to give an &c
count Of the circumstances involved in this
case, to conceal the fact that the Americans
settled In Gfeytown had rent unced their al
lsgianee to the United States, and being nc
longer American citizens, we're the Litteres
enemies In the place to their former country
men, and their interests there. Neither do we
believe that Col. F. has authorized this writer
10 CONCEAL the fact that the corporate authori-
ties Of ars5toyn caused the buildings of til,
Americans stationed at Punta Arenas to b,
burned, and that when sa;lors robbed iii.
ste amship Psometheus, and fed over the rive
to Greytown. these same authorities protected
them by force Of arms, and shared the plundei
in payment for such protection. Nor have VI,
the slightest idea that Col Fremont author
lied this writer, in bis name, to conceal tn,
further fact that Nicaragua has moro tina,
once protested to the United States Govern
msnt that the so-eslled authorities and il.
habitants Of Greytown were Q band of law.
less robbers, molestinE her territories. and Sc .
| ting her laws at defiance, whose existence she
! tolerated there only because she was without
the military power to burn them out and for
| whose acts against Americans she protested
| that she wouid be in no manner responsible
beesuse they were, to all intents, pirates o,
fresbootsrs, acknowledging allegiance to nc
ci1iliIed and responsible government.
The Mails to and from Liverpool. In legis
lsting on the ocean mail steamer appropriation
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