Washington sentinel., 1855-03-07


The California papers OF the 9th ultimo and
letters from the Isthmas, by the Star Of the
West, came to hand last night, and contain
some additional matters Of interest.
! Another Outrage at Greytown.
Mr. Fnbens, the United States Consul at
San Juan (Greytown, arrived in the Star of
West, with important dispatches for our Gov
ernment, relating, it is supposed, to an outrage
which is thus detailed by correspondent Of
the New York Times;
| "SAN JUAN, February %, 1855.
Another highhanded outrage was commit
ted upon American citizens by the natives of
this place. On Sunday last Capt. De Brissot,
an American gentleman, started in boat,
with seven others, to go into Costa Rica. One
of the party-the pilot of the boat, who was on
his way to join Captain De Brissot--was as
saulted and severely cut on the head with a
matchette, and would have been murdered had
he not made good his escape into the woods.
About an hour after Captain De Brissot left
this place, three canoes, with some forty armed
men, left and went in pursuit Of him, with the
full determination of numbering every one Of
his party.
| "The whole town was in great state Of ex-
| element; the cry was death to Americans,
and il was not safe for an American to be seen
out of doors. Such was the state of the excite
ment, and the eminent danger in which Cap
tain De Brissot and his party was in, that Cap
tain G. G. Hornsby, late of the United States
army, and Mr. Charles Thomas, of Grenada,
called upon Mr.. J. II. Wheeler, the United
States Minister, who is living at the consulate,
with Mr.. j. w. Fabens our consul at this
place, and stated the facts to him, that those
mems lives were in jeopardy, and asked for his
immediate interference and assistance to rescue
| them from a most horrid death.
"While Colonel Wheeler and Mr.. Fabens,
our consul, who has always been prompt and
| efficient in aiding his fellow countrymen who
are in distress, were preparing to 20 to the
rescue, Captain De B,issot arrived and put
himself under their protection, and is now
living at the consulate, he and his party having
made very narrow escape from the despera-
4 does.
"Such is the state of affairs here that the
lives and property of American citizens are
not safe from one hour to another. Mr.. Alex
ander Wood, q merchant in this place, has
sworn that he does not, under the existing
state of affairs, consider his life and property
safe from murder and plunder.
/. There are now in this place some sixty or
a hundred destitute Jamaica negroes without
work or means, and it is rumored that they in
tend soon making an attack on the specie
boat as it is coming down the river, and plum
dering it. 1t is rumored that in less than
week the consulate would be burned to the
ground. At the consulate they have been
obliged to keep guard every night, fearing an at
tack from these midnight assassins."
From Utah.
We have news from Salt Lake to the 4th of
/ T. 80 d.. ~Aox, ho-
ing superseded in the governorship by Colonel
Steptoe had not reached Salt Lake.
| The Legislature was organized on the llth
of December. Leber c. Kimball was elected
President of the council, and Jededah M.
Grant speaker of the house. The message Of
the Governor is well written and commercially
brief A considerable portion of the message
is devoted to Indian affairs, and the policy of
| pacific means towards them strongly advocated,
as is also a system of general education.
Brigham Young thus alludes in his message
to the presence of United States military
force:
"A corps of the United States troops, under
| the command Of Colonel Steptoe, on their way
to California, are also sojourning with us du-
ring the winter. From the courteous and gen.
tlemanly bearing of the officers, and the con-
troll which they appear to exercise over their
men, feel grati6ed in the belief that If their
services were wanting in protecting the settle,
! ments from Indian aggressions, or otherwise,
it would be cheerfully extended
Lieutenant Colonel Steptoe has advertised
for proposals for the construction OF a military
road through the eastern boundary OF Califor-
MIA, in the direction Of the Cajon Pass.
The Christmas holidays were kept up with
great spirit Balls, parties, and festivity OF
every kind was the order of the day.
On New Years day the governor and legis-
lative assembly of Utah Territory, gave new
years festival, in compliment to Judge Kin
ney, his associates, other United States officers
of the Territory, and Lieutenant Colonel Step
toe, with the officers in his command.
The Deseret theatre was opened on the 22d
December, with Gall is not gold that gltters."
Governor Young, the Quorum Of the Twelve,
the heads Of the departments, DC, being pre-.
sent.
A great snow storm occurred on new years
day, tearing up the salt works, and doing some
other damage.
From the Sandwich Islands.
We have files of the Poiynesidn to oaJanuary
18th.
The funeral Of the late king took place on
the 10th ultimo, "with all the solemnty and
every marx OF TesPect auu hhecloh which
could be shown by an affectionate people for a
beloved sovereign" The procession was by
far the most imposing ever witnessed in the
Islands, and could not have contained less
than FIVE thousand persons.
On the llth the new king made his first up.
pearance, and attended council to hear the
reading of the will Of the late king.
The king addressed his native subjects and
also the foreigners. From the speech to the
latter we extract the following:
II therefore say to the foreigner that he is
welcome. He is welcome to our shores-wel.
come so long as he comes with the laudible
motive Of promoting his own interests, and at
the same time respecting those Of his neighbor.
But if he comes here with no more exalted
motive than that Of building up his own inter.
ests at the expense of tho natiye-to seek our
confidence only to betray it-with no higher
ambition than that Of oyerthrowing our gov.