The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-10
LATEST MAI. NEWS.
OUTRAGE UPON AMERICANS IN NICARAGUA

OUTRAGE UPON AMERICANS IN N,cARAGuA
We have already given account of some aif,,
Guilty which occurred at Greytowe, tSan Juan del
Note) Nicaragua, in which American citizens were
put III peril. II now appears that simultaneously
with these transactions, ou,rages of even more
serious nature were being committed upon Ame,i.
can citizens, at San Juan del Sur, upon the pao,c
side The Boston Journal after giving accoun,. !,
various engagements between the Revolu,ian.,,
and Government or Chomoro parties, Ia Febr..,v
thus details an outrage on the American Consul
On the Goth, Col Xstuch, with la5 men of the
The government party, arrived at San Imam deI
Sur, and found the place deser.ed an the rebels :.
The Chomoro dag was placed by him over the
guard house. During the afternoon the house of
oar consul, MT Priest, was surrounded by Xstuch's
men, aud one Charley Partridge, an American who
II was said had been connected " ,h the rebels and
who wss supposed 10 be concealed in the house
was peremptoriy demsnded by Xasuch
Partridge not being forthcoming, the house was
searched bat no trace OF his whereabouts was dis
covered. Xaiuch Ia lit of indignation then went
TO Mr. Priests room, and Notwithstanding that gen.
ilarnan was PROSTATE upon bed of sickness he
was informed that II he did not give immediate in.
would be shot Mr.. Priest replied by saying tina.
such thing was impossible, he had not seen nor
heard OF Psrtridge ior some time.
But this was not satisfactory to Xatuch He
had him conducted to the guard house He caused
the horses and mules OF Mr.. Priest be taken and
appropriated to his own use; number OF other an.
nlals were also taken from foreign subjects For
one hour and half Mr. Priest detained prls-
oner al the expiration of which he was allowed to
return to his house.
In the evening Xatuch issued an order directpg
the foreigners, Americans English and French, 10
assemble, his OBJ ect being TO levy upon them con-
trbulion to the amount OF g, 600. Dr. Flint an
American, was appointed to collect the tax On
the morning of the 2lst, DIR. Flint waited upon the
oresa residents but did not succeed in raising the
funds.
Xstuch, finding that he could not obtain the mo-
ney from that source, went to Mr. Priest and
threatened that ii he did not procure for him the
money within two hours he should be shot Mr.
Priest could not obtain the money, and at the expi
ration of Two hours informed Xaiuch tha, he could
not and should not raise it,
This was on the day OF the arrival ofthe Califor.
MIA steamer, aud there was much excitement among
the passengers as well as among the foreign resi-
dents who had placed themselves under the protec,
ton the American consul. Our Informant called
al the office of Mr.. Priest and found him writing
the particulars OF this high handed outrage to the
Department at Washington, and setting forth the
imperative necessity Tor vessel of war upon that
station, to protect the interests of Americans
The difficulty had not been adjusted at the tine
Of the departure OF our Informant, though il was
thought that come settlement would be made
through the agency of the Transit Company
which had considerable influence over the natives
On the same day the 2lsp government force
.rriyed at Virgin Bay, (where the passengers by
Nicaragua route embark upon the lake, and
found that it had been deserted by the rebels
They planted the standard OF the government, and
when the passengers by the steamer passed through
much excitement prevailed. An American named
Lee, who was supposed to have been connected with
the Government party had been brought in and was
ordered to be shot. The agent of the Transit Com
pany interfered, and, through the agency of the
priest succeeded in procuring the release of Lee,
and hurried him on board the boat Lee went as
far as Greytown. and probably took the New Or.
leans steamer.
The cause of these outrages upon Americans is
undoubtedly to be traced to the prevailing impress
zion that Col Kinney's Central American expedi.
ton was designed to take service with the rebels
The Philadelphia edger publishes an extract of
letter from MIR. Priest to his father, which con
inns the above. He also says:
THE Government took possession of my house
and hold their councils In it. and we are ALL in fact
treated as though We were slaves. Ihave studious-
y avoided mixing up in their quarreis but neither
this mo- my position avail me or the Americans
any thing"