The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-08


Nicayagua and the Accessory Transit CemPa-
ny-Col. WaIker-Col. Kinnsy-Col. French
and the NoathesM Light.
The following brief statement Of facts relative TO mat
tiers pertaining 10 the ate of Nicaragua the Accessory
Transit Company, Col Walker Col. Kinney, &C., We lay
before readers the present time more
than ordinary interest.
The Accessory Tansit Company received its charter
FROM Nicaragua shortly after the Buiwer treaty
In 1850 The object Of the charter as exclusively grant
ed to this Company the sole purpose of facat-
ing the transit Of passengers and merchandise from San
Juan de Nicaragua San Juan del Sur By the sipua
tons of the charter simple transit privileges given
the company. No agreement Of any kind was entered
into for privilege to settle emgrants The conveyance Of
from Now York and San Francisco to the 18th
mus Of Nicaragua and rera undertaken first by
Commodore Vanderbilt in the magnificent steamers then
owned by him. and the company transported the passen
gers between the two points the lsthmus Thence the
designation of Accessory Transit Company" mean
meaning accessory to v.nderoiit's steamers. Various
diidcul les interviewed between Mr.. Vanderbilt and the
Transit COMPANY which esued in the former selling his
teaInors to the company. The Accessory Transit COM
pany subsequently, June 3 ls54 obtained Congress
the passage Of act granting them for their vssses
American registers the privileges of American vessels
the condition that all she Ulcers and directors Of the
company to be citizens of the United States, two
Of the entire stock be owned by citizens Of the United
States. Tho vessels furthermore to be employed
solely in the transportation Of merchandise and passen
gers between tbs Atlantic and Pacific ports The COM
pany thus released from the payment OF foreign
tonnage duties. An Atlantic depot had then been es!ab
nshsa for Nicaragua ut Punta Arenas PuntA Arenas is
situated as is well known what claimed by Great
Britain TO be the Mosquito Territory. This company
claimed it being within Nicaragua to which country
IA, tf ha1on
The English government has allowed persons from Jamai
and other Of their Geons to eIaigrate and settle
herethe right to thus CRATE being however apont
Of dispute between the United States and Great Britain
as to whether this be not violation of the Clay
treaty Mr.. j. L. While cirector counsel and agent
Of the Accessory Transit Company, is generally known to
have been Of the parties interested amp active
the negotiation of the Clay Bulwer treaty The settle
ent adverse to the government Of Nicaragua BY English
subjects brought Of from the Mica
ragua Transit Company AS American citizens, they
claimed the protection OF the United States. The char
acer OF those settling ia this rerr tory is dednvey set
forth in Senator Borand despatch Of May &C., 1854. He
chsracerizes them as sscup5ing BY usurpaton, terri
tory which government recognizes belonging to
Nicaragua, being persons = habituaily manifest
ing evil dispositions towards citizens, and INDUCING
those dispositions to the injury of persons and property
wherever they not restricted by force.
awless acts upon citizens the armed hand Of
government has been interposed. 8 From these
circumstances, and informed by Mr. Scott, the
agent the Accessory Transit Company, who has under
his care many thousands of dollars worth Of property,
that in view Of the evil disposition Of those PERSONS
mapifested for time past in state Of high excite
men they did consider that the persons and proper
ty Of citizens would be safe deemed it my duty to
employ the services Of men," &c. Succeeding the
80 a%~h
the Navy, June TO- 1854 Ins ructed Commander Holns
Of the United States ship Cyane, to proceed at
Greytown for the purpose Of looking after the
rights and interests Of American citizens there. Mr.
Dobbn said in bis INSTRUCTIONS" The property Of tho
American citizens interested in the Accessory Trani
Company, it is said, has been unlawfuIly detained,
Apprehension is felt that further outrages viii,
be committed" Thence followed the bomoarlment Of
Greytown, on the 18th day Of July, 1854.
In the fall of 1854 there was formed in tae city o,
Washington, company, to which Senator James Cooper
of Pennsylvania VIM Cost johnson, of Baltimore and
other noabes, belonged the ostensbe object
Of which the colonization of Nicaragua. This com
pany was known the Central American Company. Ne
gotiations were entered into by the Company
with Colonel Kinney. They about to carry out
their plans when the Ministers OF the Central American
States Senior Molina ambassador from Costa Rca and
Senior Marcoleta, ambassador from Nicaragua remon
sraed against such proposed colonization, being in
admissible by their municipal laws in violation of the
text Of the Clayton Buwer treaty and taking unfair
advantage of the comparative weakness Of their
spective Sates The parties interested in that censra
company discovered their organization essentially
contrary 10 the Laws Of the United States Il further
discovered that Col. Kinney had organized military
petition and had granted commissions of brigsdisr gene
rails and other Offices and had arranged to meet his
route to Nicaragua vessels with and general NUM-
tions Of Connection with DOL Kinney was accord
iDgly abandoned COL Kinney, however, did not reliu
qush his project here but proceeded TO pursue the
on his responsibility It appears by sorrespon-
dence between himself Col Walker which the former
has caused to be published, that they, Walker and
Kinney decided to unite in the scheme OF coionidng NJ
caragua, and that active preparations mutually
made to carry out such project This took Place early
last year. On the 26th OF April, 1885, Col Kinney and
Faaers who also united in the enterprise arrested
in this city for having set foot military expeditions
against Nicaragua. On the day Of tho arrest,
reached New York that COL Walker had already sailed in
the schooner Vesa from San Francisco San Juan Del
Sur. The circumstance Of the yesta's departure -
somewhat singular fact happens to analogous to those
attending the departure from her pier Of the Northern
Light the oath ins both setting off, disregarding the
civil authorities, who held them in their custody The
arrest Of Col Kinney and the distraction Of his plans
was dsircd by the Transit Company. Mr.. White him.
sell went to Washington solicit the interference Of the
power Of the to blockade the Kinney squad
The company believed that their privileges aud
their property would be endangered if Kinney Walker
and those allied with them should succeed in investing
Themselves with the government OF Nicaragua Walker
though At that time could maintain his foohold In
Nicaragua but wandering about the country
For the protection Of the country against
Walker, about the 9th OF last June, con.
tract WAS entered into by certain parties by which
the Accessory Transit Company were to convey to Mica
rsgua number Of men soldiers in tho Nicaragua ser
vice lntimaton Of this fact being given 70 the United
States authorities, and II being alleged that these
were to he transported in the companys steamers Of tbs
I'd Juy, the parties In question called upon and
notified that such transportation of men for tho pur