The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-06

| This offence is no less aggravated by the
fact, that those who committed so gantpn
an outrage, were under your immediate eoH.-
mand. That you were on the ground, and
did not prevent it, as it was in your power
to DO SO.
! would remind you of the letter to Mr..
Eolepa. the Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister PlenipOtentiary Of our government,
dated Washington, 18th Dec, 1854, to the
Secretary of State of the United States,
wherein he states that 'the laws of Costa
RIGA are exceedingly liberal ION the subject
of granting lands,) and offered great facili-
| ties to emigrants who would come to Costa
Rica and fix their residence there" The
treaty between the United States and Costa
! Rica, made in 1851, in the 10Th article,
| guarantees to citizens of the United States
| residing in Costa RIGA, in their persons and
property, the protection of your government.
Under these inducements and guarantees,
citizens of the United States have come and
settled. What excuse can be offered, or
how will you appear in the eyes of the world,
when you publish proclamation expelling
these same persons without being guilty of
any crime. and numbering them without
mercy! In the name of the United States
and of the government thereof, l protest
against such Infamous conduct; and be
assured, sir, that the government of the
United States, aided as you may be by
invidious and powerful allies, will inquire
into such acts of lawless violence, and, if
unexplained and unatOned for. will take
decided measures to protect the lives of our
citizens and vindicate the honor of the nation
Rumors have also reached me that some
fourteen or eighteen citizens, four Indies,
Zone with an infant,) were recently murdered
by some troops at Virgin Bay. l am slow
to believe so diabolical an outrage. John
B. Sawlen, Esq, the bearer of this, is in
structed to inquire, in the name of the
United States, for this legation, into the
facts touching this rumor. send him with
my flag with this dispatch, and pray that
you give him conduct through your lines,
and q prompt reply to
Your obedient servant,
]. III. WHEELER,
Minister of U. S. A.
To his ExcellencyJ J. r. Mora, President of
Republic of Costa RIGA, in Camp at Rivas,
Nicaragua.
The forces of Costa RIGA have now the
possession of the Transit route on the
1sthmus, and the officers have declared that
they are determined to exterminate every
American now in the country, and in this
intention they were sustained by the mer-
chants of England and France, from whence
they could procure and had procured ma
terial aid as to guns and ammunition.
LETTER FROM A CONDEMNED FILL1BUs-
TER.-The following is letter from one of
the unfortunate men who were captured and
shot by the Costa Ricans to his cousin in
New York:
LIBERIA, COSTA Rica) March %, SO.
My Dearest Cousin John:
You cannot imagine with what anguish |
write this to inform you of my fatal destiny. |
l was taken with sixteen others. At this |
very moment we are receiving the last ex-
hortations of the Costa Rican priests. 1t is
now two o'clock in the afternoon, and ut |
four we are condemned to suffer the penalty |
of death. God have mercy upon US!
charge you say to all my relatives and
friends in general, and particularly to
Thomas and his friends, that they must not
come to Nicaragua, because, for them and
for many others, it is much better to remain
DH N,NI, IL
ired and fifty acres of land there, but every
one is forced by Walker to take arms
whether they have money or not. believe
that Goldman and David Terrier have es-
capped. Non atpresent, from our most
ltfectionate cousin. PETER GONNAN.
Very similar to the above are all the
etters which the remaining prisoners have
written to their families