Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-22
RESOLUTIONS.


The suhjoined interesting extracts are from
letter written by an American officer at Nicara
qua to bis friend in Washington dated.
ST.. JUAN, Jan. ), 1856
AS you see. we have got down into the dispu
ted territory. and our are filled with the ex
cited rumors which grow Out ofthe strange events
of the last year. They remind one of the Days Of
the Spanish conquisadores, when II handful of
resoluie men marched up0n nations sand subducd
them 10 thrir rule.
"Wa!ker is here the object which hills every
eve, and Is, perhaps, entitled TO the distin 'ton.
He i now the unidentified master of Nicaragua,
and, if he listened to the seductive invitations
from The parties in the adjacent States who wish
to reconstruct the Central American Republiche
might be master of Central America. He now has
a mnny fighting men a. he wants and Proclalms
thnt be- wants only cungrant attiers for the farms
prom sing each NAN suino two or three hundred
acres Of public land. Walker seems I have nc
ted Nth great prudence. He came al the invi-
tutien Of the Democratic party OF Nicaragua to
Rs~i II to regain power. Ia enable It to tree and
then to tranquIze the country. Beating tho
opposing party and obtaining possession of the
capital, be formed government of the heads of
both the old parties, and appears thus to have
fGSei. and thus 10 have appra>ed Their stliics:
and entirely to have suppressed domestic war
fare. The government of iitas. the new Prr~l-
dem, is now acknowledg ID by the country; and
the people look with hope Ia the future for re
pose from civil war never before secured to
them This seems to he the ac,Ial conditions of
Affairs so far n. ! can learn from various author
tiles
The MSsqnito business is much the more
complicated OF the two, aud most inter- sting to
the United States. The British assert the pro
trctoratc claimed before and since the treaty.
which our people thought the treaty had extin
guished, and her officers must execute it If occa-
sion requires them to at. The treaty "a con.
Srued by them. confirms the protec orate, and
the Admiral has hi- orders, and he has given
them to his subordinatrs. We have two gun
briggs lying near ~. and when the Osprey steam
or came in two or three days since, the senior
officer took the occasion 10 make his instructions
known to Com. p. which were to the effect tina.
arms aud armed men and warlike stores would
not he suffered to land at Greytown, &c. A
strong British force is always here or close by,
and the practical exercise of the disputed protec-
iGrate is not far off. now that the West India
squadron is SO largely increased, You may
confidently look out for trouble in this quarter.
Our government has adopted its policy, and
must carry il ont at all events hu. it ar pears
To me that Walker furnishes the only solution to
the Mosa ,ito difficulty. If he should be strength
ened by our people getting access to Nicaragua,
in year or two Mosquito will drop into her natu-
raj position integral portion of either Near
aqua Costa Rca. Opinion and necessity will
do it without quarrel. The assumed protec
torate cannot stand against the wishes of the
Mosquito people, well MS against the interests
of Central America and the United States. Eng
land could not insist under such a condition of
affairs. M one but his Majesty Augustus Fiz-
clarence Bumho and his two keepers relish it
now. aud Rumho hear would gladly escape.
Il should not close without saying word
about the country. 1t is superb-the soil Of
prodgous and unfailing fertility. The few plan.
tiers have seen look healthy, as do the agents
and servants of the Transit Company. Had they
forced labor in Nicaragua il would soon surpass
the most favored portion of the Mississippi val
ley. do not know if free labor can cultivate
the valuable staples. No one here viii work
for less than dollar per day, and you will
know better than can lay whether the markets
will compensate for such price for labor.
The ship Potomac is healthy thus far. The
Fulton got in safe two days ag1. In a day or
two more we shall sail for Cuba, and thence for
Pensacola