Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-10
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From the Kingston, Jamaica, Journal of The 22d
july, IL appeats That The news Of tile destruction
of San Juan by The u sloopiof.war oyahs, wos
teceiyed at Kingston nibe 2oihpit.j and ePPears
10 have oceasioned great excitement there, The
Journal Issued q Bulletin giving the following &C.
count Of The AFFAIR, with the annexed startling
hsSiling, dsnlaysdi nall lie typographical indig-
nation whjohlalge type Is capable Of expIessing.
ArYipai Of fks Dse. EfeiiiBgl gtaet- Grey,
toion BWabayded and destfoy td NJ British
Fig Iasaiisa- Unskill meas u American Gun
merry = Ptobtbis Var btftpsen lirtal Britain and
fhs United Safe s Sc, Sc.
1 The r. M, C Steamer d. ei arrived IN this port
from Gteyto@nI this mofnipgf with dispatches
4 from that place fol his Excellenoy the Governor
Sir Henry Balklyj containing inlell gence of tie
total desttuuto6 OF ileyl0wii, the capital of The
Kingdom Of Mosquito, by itbs U. 81 sloop of.wlf
4 Cyane, Capt, HOllilis, after bpmlatllnenl of
hours The account we have received Of the
ttaDspclon Is entirely dlyested of any patticulars
/ Rf0ln oil we can gather II seems thatm,the llth
/ inst, the Cyane appeared OF Gteylown, ami sent
q boat on shore, IN charge oil an offices with in.
slg1ctiohs " demand fromthe authorities apollo.
Wlul uutb nOti
Il demand not being compiled ilbi The yyane on
The return Of the boat opened her fife on the
town, into which the stotand she'll fell thick and
4 last Tile bblnbaIdmentl lasted seven hours at lie
end of which time, the town was on fte in several
places. The conaogLaiion ragged, until thetown
| was entirely consumed.
i The bumbardment Is represented as having been
conducted with The most borbatous cruelty All
that oauis within Iauge wassUbject lolhs ere of
4 the AineTicansi even dumb Creatures were moi
spaTedi and seyeIpl horses fell beneath the deadly
missiles lhatweEe aimed at thems The guns are
said 10 have been served In most lubbefly man.
net; and specialorwo1ld fancy that the slol and
shell were intended lnrthe desructicnof the ALI.
gators in the Moiass, so wide Of their mark did
they fall. 10 this circumstance Is attributed lie
Ilengih Of Time occupied i1lhe attack. Amongst
/ otller mqitefS, we are informed that the British
flag Got the Consul's we ptesulne) was shot away,
1'hisaflir appears to be q new phnsu In American
Fil,busterism. Hitherto, The Lopeses and iIle
Walkers have confined lheirmamuaipge expeditions
| totleislAiltl Of Cub, and tho Territory of New
Gali'oTnia--they have not dared 10 disturb lie
Tranquility OF any British POSSESSIONS, or OF any
state under british projections and allhough lie
American press las not been spOTing of its venom
ogoinst the Kingdom Of Mosquito, It's NEGRO King
and its British protectors and Allies, Americans
have kept themselves within the boundary Of mere
words Aslong as this w0s The slate of aiflirs,ths
i British Government could afford to smile willn-
eflGle contempt at these impOtenttaYngs. Bulthe
case is altered, hen we find regularly cOlnmis.
sioned vessel Of war belongingto tile U. States,
proceeding, ut time When The ltepublio Is at
lpeace with England, anlywitlout any dgoIaialion
i of wafag0inst The Kingdom oil Mosquito which is
alliance with, and underline Protection VI Eng.
Iaud, on some iimsypTelexl, tO bomOntd aud de-
slroythu M0squuan capital. Great Britain has
mo alternative tut 10 aYenge the insult offered 10
her aag, aud tile injury done 10 her ally. She is
bound 10 uU II on every principle OF honor aud
IjUsce. lf she shTlnks from The task, then vs. her
4 Yaunted protection Of Tile weak ngousl the on.
Iptesson Of The strong as IN the case Of Turkey, en-
empty boast.
She has ships in sufficient number laid up In
ordinary, winch, with little 6cliYlIy, be soon
equipped aud commissioned, with which to bom-
bnIl New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or any
one of the American seapUrts, as Just neuSnte Of
retaliation for Tie outoge on GIeyloWn. The
bUmbnrdleGt Of 1essa was on act olretrbullul
for Tie Sinops massacte; and nothing less Than
succtssful OllSck onSome large AtneTcNnseO port
will leach Americans that they must aLslnin IRON
attacks, similar 10 That OH GIeyiowI, unless lity
he in accotIa-ce with The laws of nations.
What AID Sit Henry BITkley will be aDle 10 Of
ford the people of Mosquito, we are at loss 10
conceive ltwOnll be dangerous, we Imagine, TO
send out Of The island a SINGLE conIpanyof The
handful Of Eutopenn and Black ltoups in IL, MS
willIthe example OF GfeytOwn before our eyes,
we know not how soon we may receive Hostile
i visit ourselves. As 10 naval loTce, W. have
only lie steamer Argus III Port Royal.
The destruction OF Greylown concerns this Is.
land deeply. The fate oil that place maybe ous
any fine laorning that the Americans may agcin
thinN I'll TO summarily suspend their neutrality
laws, aud attack US, unless we are prepared 10 give
them wurnTecepton. Whatwe predicted some
weeks ago seems on The point Of being reallSedj
aud III the absence Of sufficient number oftesu.
Tar troops, we must procure the next hest soft Of
pToiIciiUn-ofeonize, arm, and dsepliue nlltia
olce, lest we be caught nappng, and pay as dear
ly for our negligence, as the inhabitants OF Grey.
Town for their refusal to submit ~ the d.catJn
VI foreign mauIaudefs.
we have no account OF the numbers killed and
wounded in Greytowni and ltdoesn0t seem TINT
ile Americans have occupied the place.
THIS is loIlowed by q copy Of Commander Ho.
Inns proclamation 10 the inhabitants Of Greytown,
and an account from New York paper OF MIR.
Boland difficulty.
The editor Of the Journal the next day fecurs 10
the subject, and comments as follows;
4 tits said that Captain Holns was IN Q Stale OF
intUxicatOn, when he mule his demand on the
i AIo.uuiIian Government, and when he issued his
pIoclsmatOn; and 1t has been argued, even in
Kingston, that the United States Government
should not 10 held responsible for the doings Of
this officer, who chose 10 act In the manner in
which Capt. HUllins did, while inebtialel, with.
out the authority OF hlY government We cannot
subscribe to such doctrine. The people OF the
United States have become notorious for filibuste
iismD aud the propensity oughtto be put down,
! whether exhibited 10y the Captain OF a national
vessel, OF n mere band of adyenturers, anil whelh.
er tile Chief or his subordinates are Trunk or sober
lftbe United States Government are loo feeble or
too unwilling, 10 restrain such oulrsges, then it
behooyes those nations whose territory may he
subjected 10 The predatory incurslons Of American
freebOoters-on the principle OF sell. preservation
\ -to do 1t for the Federal Republic. This ought
to be the especinl mission oil England and Rance,
Whose West India colonies are open 10 The attack
Of the Ametcansi and who have enunclnied The
doctrine, TINT Ills their duty as well as their in
clinatlon, to preserve The balance Of power, and
10 piotect the weak from having theirteIrtories
invaded by the strong, whether in tlv Eastern or
The Western Hemisphere.
A We repeat, England and france ought 10 bring
lie United States 10 her senses. but in doing so,
Recourse could not be lad 10 mere diplomacy
form OF idletalk. No. Let sQuadonof Eng
i lish and Rtennh shins nnnanr of Ih. nntl of Nav