The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-05-21
DEMOCRATIC ST ATE NOMINATIONS.
CENTRAL AMERICA.


time possesses more interest 10 all classes Of
people ihaD any other. Ii is a matter of re-
gret shat it has not fallen into the hands of
steady civilization, but is the prey of anarchy
and rapine. There IS really no government
in Central America that has any character or
respectability among the nations of civliza.
ton. The generous earth yields riches with
out exacling labor, and there is no morale in
the society TO exact self lsspecl from ts mem
bers, or 10 enforce any civil law. The inhu
ence Of climale and soil over the moral and
mental condition OF people is as well illus.
trated in Central America as IN Mexico,
Spain or Turkey. ~
The British writer's and those Americans
whose minds and logic run parallel with them
pretend to be very much shocked al the fiji
buster expeditions ,ha, play such wild prsnks
in Nicaragua under men like Walker and
Quitman. Such things are doubtless 10 be
regretted, but SO long as men like Santa An
na are recognized by Grea. Britain as The
head OF any government ii must not speak
i'll Of Walker and French. They are adven-
tulClo VI tuC odHc "dke anu fu6tdl Win Sdt1-
I'd. Anna, Cortez, Lopez, Pzano, and the rep
rsseniatiyes Of Grea, Britain in India. Soci-
ely, as we'll as the human system has lie ul-
GERS Designed for wise purpose 10 give
vent TO anc carry off impurities and it has
been truly said that great cities are the ulcers
oil the body polite. So il would be strange
II New York and New Orleans did not breed
the same excrescences as London has DONE
Blu, the history Of the Darien Islhmus shows
that great Britain was not shocked when the
buccaneers came from her own eoil Sir
Henry Morgan was the first of these. In 1870
he gathered up about 1900 ruHaino. saiod
Tor the lslhmus, captured The Island OF 81.
Catharina where he kept garrison, and next
stormed the stroEa fortress of 81. Lorenzo al
the mouth of the Chagres river This dode,
he marched with the remainder OF his i'll ap-
pointed, unprovisioned dare devils across the
matted and tangled wilderness 10 Panama
Ten days Of intense suffering and hardship
were passed before they arrived within view
of the promised city, and then Morgan, with
what remained of his half famshed follow.
ers, had TO fight disciplined force of be-
tween 1000 and 5000 men. He gave instant
and unhesitaling batlle The Spaniards were
overthrown; Morgan took possession OF Pan.
Then containing about 1000 houses, thor
oughly sacked n, and deliberately carried off
his plunder, togelher with considerable
number of caplives, for whose ransom he
extored large sums Of money On reaching
his ships, Morgan contrived, by vessels OF
which the crews were English and while
the Frerch portion of the expedition were
regaling themselves on shore, tho WHY buo-
e~nneer sailed with his treasure for Jamaica.
For this aduenture he was kniehted by Charles
II, invested ,cith the Deputy Goue, noyshiD of
jamaica. and appointed Chief admiralty Judge.
Sometime after, Mr.. Patterson, Scotch
gentleman Of a remarkably speculative and
enterprising turn OF mind conceived the idea
Of securing the,"door of the seas"-his own
expression-by, establishing half-com mercial
half military colony like the East India Com
pany. He had the support OF The Marquis of
Tweetdale, then chief minister of Scotland,
and dn act Of parliament was duly consented to
by King Witliam iii authorizing and incorpu-
rating the Scottish Darien Company. The
first part of the expedition, consisting of about
1900 men, set sail from Leilh, and reached
the Gulf Of Darien in safety Here they acl.
ed the flibuser in attacking The Spanish
colony, Until decima,ed BY fever, hunger and
privations OF all kinds, the feeble remains of
this Company fell prey 10 the Spaniards.
Certainly after these things The British
ought not 10 say much evil of the New York
adventures, who cut themselvrs loose from
all connection with this government and seek
their fortune in this El Dorado "on their own
hook"
The British gnverEr ept was for many years
discussing several projects for ship canal to
connect the Two oceans, but while this debate
was going on in England Brother Jonathan
went 10 iUork and built railroad 10 connect
Aspinwall on the Atlantic with Panama
on the Pacific. One proposition of our cnus-
ins over the water was 10 employ all the con-
victs OF England at the proposed ship canal
Another was 10 faster at this work all the
blacks which, English vigilance could pick
up on the sea in their journey from Africa.
Three routes for The ship canal have been
proposed by scientific explorations. The first
is 10 enter the Chagres river on The Atlantic
---follow that abon, four leagues westward 10
lis junction with the Trinidad, and then con.
sruc, canal 10 the beautiful Bay oil Panama
on the Pacific. ..... ,.,.-.....-
BaronI Humboldt is the author of The Sec
ond plan 10 cross from the Bay of Cupica on
the Pacific by 90 mile canal 10 the Naipipi
river about 80 miles above lis mouth, and by
tha, river and the Atraio 100 miles to the
Gulf OF Daren on the Atlantic.
The third project has fallen into the hands
of the New Workers and is known as the
Nicaragua route which gave rise 10 the ia.
nous Clayton Bulwer treaty. They propose
10 render navisable The river San Juan de Mic.
sragua from it's mouth al Greylown on the
Mosquito coast 60 miles by sinuous course
10 the great lake ofNicafagua, body Of wa
ter l40 miles in length, 40 in breadth and 1874