Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-02-09
- From the New York Herald of the 30th.1
Yankee Progress Under the Tropics.

From the New York Herald of the 30th.l
Yankee Progress Under the Tropics.
We had simultaneous arrivals yesterday from
Nicaragua and New Granada. The Star Of
the West brought news from Nicaragua to the
18th inst. and the Osprey sailed from Car
thagena on the 18th. The Star Of the West
brings us six hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in gold, and is, as usual, ahead of the Pa
mama steamer. Peace still reigns within the
borders OF Nicaragua, and many false reports
that have been flying about this country as
to the stability of the government are author,
i"tatively denied. Gen. Walkers army has re-
ceived large reinforcements. Col. Hornssby-
Walkers right hand man, and a gallant officer
has been made General of Brigade, and we
direct attention to a letter concerning him
which will be found in another part of this
paper. Mr.. Schlessinger, who eluded the
vigilance of Mr.. McKeon, has been appointed
Acknowledgement, with the rank of Colonel.
Captain herrigan has arrived, and is said to
relish the field of Mars better than his seat as
a member of the New York Common Council.
Captain Kerrigan will be a better soldier than
statesman.
Yankee enterprise had already laid off the
cuoNI 10 Va III HI itOuoG lObSs dIJu Jus
ness vas quite lively. We publish remark
able document from Rafael Carrera, the Cap
tain, General of Guatemala, in which he saws
that he is glad to find that peace has been re-
stored TO Nicaragua. This poIiteness on the
part of one who is supposed to be a bitter
enemy of the party in power in Nicaragua
looks agood deal like humbug. But the anna
bic Carrera will find il difficult to humbug the
VauEooS Thoy HpHarofonI that eo,t &c +h:,-
much better than he does. The present
government Of Nicaragua has DOW been in ex-
istence since October, IL seems TO be firmly es-
tablished, and the beneficial effects of peace
are already apparent. With North American
enterprise, steamboats,, sawmills, energy, in,
dustry. perseverance and money, Central Ame-
RIGA will yet be one of the Powers of the earth.
The mine is rich enough to pay for working it.
From New Granada the accounts are cheer-
ing. Our readers will remember that tGe
Osprey is the pioneer of a line of steamships
between Carthagena and New York. She is
owned by a company Of New York merchants,
who are engaged in important internal i'm
provemants in New Granada, the trade of which
republic has bong been monopolized by English
merchants, whose profits are immense. We
publish interesting letters from our correspons
deDtS ~ ItiIh8cilh CdGtd NfdEIId anu D0nOtA.
The remarkable events now Transporting in
Centra! and South America cannot but lead to
most important results to US and to the States
which have recently received such a powerful
Infusion Of North American energy. In New
Grenada We see a campaEy Of New York mer-
chants quietly FevolulioniZing the entire COM
MERGE OF the conntrY, while a railway charter
ed by the New York Legislature connects the
Atlantic aud Pacific with lis termini looking
towards all quarters of the globe. In Nicara-
qua, the North American takes a military
slUnd AID, under authority Of The native gov
rnmen preserves peace and Tranquility in a
State Impoverished aud weakened by internal
discussions. But the arts of peace are not
neglected. Business men have returned Ia
their avocations, aud trade il once more profi-
I bic, because it is secure. The State is cons
graduated by its sister republics, and has, by
the aid Off handful Undetermined North Amer.
i.ans-led by a man whose ability is undoubt-
ed, and whose motives we have no right to
impugn-taken a position which would have
seemed impossible six months ago.
While the Cabinets are exchanging dess
patches, writing long diarribes about treaties
and routine and red tape, and old foggy dip o.
macy, the people seem to have taken matters
into their own hands, and commenced to carry
the Monroe doctrine into effect. All these de-
monstrations on the Southern border are he
result of the natural disposition of Young
America to extend the area of Free institutions.
and all the Cabinets, treaties District attorneys
and indictments cannot stop it. The effects of
Marcy, Gushing, McKeon & Co., to prevent
poop e from eolonizing Nicaragua and New
Grenada, are about as dignitied and effective as
the labors Of Dame Partington, who attempted
to stop the progress of the Atlantic ocean with
a broom. Like the good old lady, they only
make themselves exceedingly absurd, but un~
like her, they have not yet found it out.