The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-16
COSTA RIGA.

REFUSAL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE THE
NICARAaUAN ENvoY-CoLONEL sCHLEssINGER AN
GRY-coFFERoRoP AND ExPoRrs-sTEAM TO PA.
Colonel schessipger, Captain suter, Colonel Arganto
and senor Martinez had arrived by Of GuanacAsta
Commissioners from the NicsIaguan government, to
treat with Costa Rca but the refused to re-
ceive acknowledge them In and ordered them
to leave the country by way of Puna Arenas At this
mcde treatment the Commissioners '.waxed wroth,"
about taking their departure in the Honduras
schooner Amapala vowng all kinds of vengeance agans.
Costa Rica for the insults put upon them and talking
very big about rifles and revovers eeges, marches
ternarcbes hanging, shooting, and 50 forth.
Tho general feeling Punta Arenas that they were
just served as they ought 70 be.
PuntA Arenas presented busy scene, 1t being the
loadiog In the port AND the streets were tera blocked
up with carts laden With coffee from the inte or As
sacks Of i25 lbs each arrived on the day hs columbus
,enchored (Xd and sometimes the arrivals rea,hed
many IS five hundred in twenty four hours
There is no political OF importance. The pros
pec regular steam communication gives great satis
faction to the mercantile community who quite alive
to its advantages The coffee crop OF this year Is about
an sversgc one and Is estimated At so 900 quntas Zoo
lbs. each). Price In PuntA Arenas from to IL cents
We translate the following interesting communication
from the Bulletin 06cio Of San jose N which Journal
the sdvantsse that viii accrue to the rspubs Of Costa
Rica from tho opening Of steam communication with
Panama We recommend 1t 70 the special attention Of
the mercantile community OF Europe and the United
SAN JOSE Jan. Is, 1855.
cempsny, st the time Of sending present mis-
son WAS the dissemination of reliable Information
ssrding the Panama Railroad and the facilities II affords
to the commercial community OF Central America we
take great pleasure In enclosing herewith c,py OF
the railroad company's ta-if and comparative state
ment Of the route the sthuus OF Panama. aud that
via Cape Horn for the information Of yourself and those
wishing avail themselves Of the advantages to be de-
rived from sending their produce by the ormer, vz the
Isthusus route.
Trains running tsily between PAnsms and As
pinva. Wharves already built et both places.
r Aapu ars
largest dlnensions That at Panama. In consegusnce Of
the rise and fall of the tide only be used for small
vessels under 200 tons. Such vessels be safely
brought along side of the pier grounding In the mud At
low water ghtersga from ship TO shore is, however,
very moderate the railroad company having bat large
currency per ton.
At Aspnwali there Ia every facility for shipping goods
to every part Of the world At the time We left panama
there were less than twenty vessels IN the harbor Of
Aspnws two ofthem had brought cargoes from Europe
and wers endeavo,pg to procure fssiehts acme whcs
we're mostly from the United States.
ne OF sailing vessels (ckpper bgs) has lately com
enced running betwee, New Fork and AspInw All under
me auspices Of the Railroad Company; these vessels
AspnwsD without delay with whstever cargo nav offer
Immediately after discharging their cargo at Aspnwa
The freight by these eitcr way % per ton
on nessuI ement goods and heavy cargo, (codss and
oocoa) of cent er pound. Goods sent the
road for shipment by there vessels incur expense Coz
sorsge tie event of there beng vessel In port
receive the cargo on board at once.
Beside the above line, many other vessels from ths
United States arriving constantly at Aspin WALL load
ed with for the pton of the American Steam
ship Company In Afpinwali and Panama. the amount ~
tonnage employed In this trade Is over 10000 tons per