Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-25
From the National Iuterigencer.
Gen. WaIker-CentraI America.

SGns ~ 8t&ef-NeHArdI 4 IL TaCas
The su! joined interesting extracts are from let
ter written by an American officer at Nicaragua to
lis friend in Washington, dated:
ST. JUAN, JASU 8, 1856.
Gas you see, we have got down into the disputed
territory, and our ears are filed with the excited
rumors which grow out Of the strange of the
last year. They remind one Of the days Of Span
i-h couquistadores, when a handful of resoute men
marched upon nations and subdued them TO their
rule.
Walker is here the object which fills every
eve and is perhaps entitled 10 the distinction. He
is now the undoubted master OF Nicaragua, and If
he listened TO the seductive invitations from the
parties in the adjacent States who wish TO recon-
struc the Central American Republic, he might be
master Of Central America. II now has as many
fighting men as he wants, and proclaims that be
wants only emigrant settlers for the farms, proms-
ing each man some two or three hundred acres of
public land. Walker seems to have acted with
great prudence. He came on the invitation Of the
Democratic party of Nicaragua 20 assist IL to regain
power to enable il TO free and then TO tranquiliZe
the country, Beating the opposing party and ob
tanning possession OF the capital, be formed
government OF the heads OF both the old parties,
and appearSt thus TO have fused and thus to have
appeased their srfes and entirely to have suppress
the new President is now ACKNOWLEDGED by the
country; and the people look with hope to the fu-
ture for repOse from civil never before secur.
ed 70 them. This seems to be the actual condition
Of affairs, far learn from various authori
ties.
"The Mosquito business is much the more com.
plicated Of the two, and most interesting TO the
United States The British assert the protectorate
claimed before and since the treaty, which our PEG
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officers must execute it occasion requires them 10
act. The treaty, as construed by them, confirms
the protectOrate, and the Admiral has his orders,
and he has given them o. his subordinates We
have two gun briggs lying near Us, and when the
Osprey" steamer came in two or three days since
the senior officer took the occasion TO make lis in.
s,rnctions known to Com p, which were 60 the
effect that arms and armed men and waIlike stores
would not be suffered 10 land at Greytown, &c.
strong British force is always here or close by,
aud the practical exercise Of the disputed protecto
rate is not far Off that the West India squadron
is so largely increased. You may confidently look
out for trouble in this quarter
Our Government has adopted its policy, and
must carry u out az all events but il appears 20 me
that Walker furnishes the only solution TO the Mos
quito difficulty. II he should be strengthened by
our people getting access to Nicaragua, 10 year
or two Mosquito will drop into her natural position
as an integral portion OF either Nicaragua or Costa
Rica. Opinion and necessity viii do il without a
quarrel The assumed protectoyate cannot stand
against the wishes Of the Mosquito people, as well
against the interests Of Central America and the
Uuited States. England could not insist under
such condition Of affairs. No one but his Majesty
Augustus Fitzclarenee Bumbo and his two keeters
relish il now, and Bumbo hear would gladly es-
cape.
al should not close without saying word about
the country. Il is supero--the soil of prodigious
aud uniailing fertility The few planters have
seen look healthy as DO the agents and servants Of
the Transit Company. Had they forced labor In
Nicaragua "a would soon surpass thc most favored
portion OF the Mississippi valley. DO not know il
free LABOR can cultivate the valuable staples. No
one here will work for less than one dollar per day,
and you will know better than can say whether
the markets viii compensate for products raised at
such price Cor labor
"Ihe ship Potomac Is healthy thus far TIE
Fulton cot Ia safe two DAYS ago. In day or two
more &C shall ,ai for Cuba, aud thence for Prnsa.
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