New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-29
CENTRAL AMERICA.
THE TRANsrr-RoUTE NEGOTIATIONS.


Cornelius Vanderbilt, accompanied BY w. r. c.
webster, recently, produced q strong sensat'or
here. A. IL was known that the grant made 10
Nessrs. Webster and Harris had been cancelsd by
President Mora because of the non-fulfluent OF
certain stpulatioas our conclusion was that Messfs
Apeu and Webster represented Garrison and Van
SerbiH jointly and that it intended to procure
. grant, If possible in their joint nsr'es. ms
conjecture created much alarm, sDd fresident
Mora was besieeed with remonstrsnces against
second time allowing himself to DC entrapped ey
Garrison.
The tenor Of the Webster-snd- Harris grant NOM
fnalv excluded Garrison and Morgan from the direc
torship of any Transit Company established under
Gotta R;ean authority; they were allowed, how.
ever. 70 employ their steamers in the service OF
As.coupaur on the Atsssic and Pacific sides.
TIE lsIdng article Of this grant required the
osyfnSot Of S5o0,0O0 to Costa Rica, in three in.
sssIanents, to be completed before the middle, Of
January, 1853. The frst nstallment did not az
rive, md the grant was consequently declared null
and void. There were, however, some very
astringent for the annulnent OF that grant
which probably have not been made public In the
United States. In the proportions sent OUT oy
Garrison and Morgan, through Webster and Harris,
certain terms, stipulations and guarantees were
offered on the part of Garrison and Morgan which
had every appearance Of good faith and fair nten-
ton. Harris nevertheless, found it impossible TO
make any impression upon Mora until certain pO-
htcal combinations we're brought TO bear by Web
ster, through which the President was driven from
his position, and be yielded with reluctance and I'M
der protest, with the understanding that the fret
60 <s1v tnff ha half f0an he
istey sent on, otherwise the grant to be cancelled
without delay.
The superstition is here that Garrison and Morgan
declined sending the $3.50, 600 until they had Oh
tanned the consent of Nicaragua. For this psrpose,
We aferward learned, they had already formed
coalition with j. L. White and Sr. Yrisarri,
Who controlled, or pretended to CONTROL strong
nterest IN Nicaragua opposed to that Of Costa Rca.
It was asserted on the strength Of information
sent from New.York by correspondents Of Presi-
dent Mora, that Molina who had general authority
from this Government to open negotiations in re-
gard TO the transit, and who was known to be in
want Of money, had been bought up, In connection
with Yrisarri, by the flhbuster managers. This
might be true of Yrisar, but cannot be asserted of
Moline, who is known to be scrupulously honest.
Notwithstanding the sleigbts that have been re-
pestedly put upon him by his own Government, he
i esteemed TO be incapable of such treachery.
There was upon the back Of the draft OF contract
cent out here by Garrison and Morgan, singular
Enforcement, which at first nobody understood.
The words Of the Endorsement were: The WITHIN ,5
% not 70 prejudice any claims Of Garrison and Nor
I" gan In Nicaragua" in the handwriting OF Mr..
information in regard to this Endorsement was
sent Cd to New-YOrk, and a full explanation OF ns
meaning transmitted to President Mora by his cor
respondent. :,
The claims alluded to consisted of the old
Wslker-Rivas grant, made through one Randolph
% Morgan and Garrison, and Of any subsequent
claims or grants which might be obtained or set
ND BY those parties through their Nicaragusn in.
triguea The plan of these operators, as President
Mora was informed by his correspondent, wac, 10
persusde Mora, on the payment of q small sum OF
noney-perhaps $50, 600 or less-to put them IN
possession Of the lake and river boats. !t was
then arranged that they should contest the clam OF
Costa Rca, and deny her control over the River
San Juan and Lake Nicaragua-thus eluding the
payment OF the balance of the loan. The cor
respondent states that Garrison was, moreover,
still in close league and correspondence with Walker
and his associated land pirates, and that bis opera
tons were merely precursory OF theirs On the
18th june, the old Interoceanic Canal grant had
been revived in Nicaragua through the agency OF
Joseph L. White of your city. This fact was well
known to Mora, but he attached no Importance to
il, until the meaning of Mr.. Garrison's ingenious
Enforcement was explained to him. He then un-
aerstood that Garrison and Morgan intended, under
al circumstance to elude the payment of the half
million, according to the usual and established pro-
cedure Of Transit Companies hitherto.
For in case Walker succeeded in getting of with
His company from New-Orlesns an event OF which
we are in daily expectstion,~ Garrison ana Morgan
would meet him with their steamship at San Juan
del Norte; and they had openly snnoAneed IN New
York their intention of sending this vessel ON the
10Th Of September; movement which made " ao'
solutely certain that they were plotting with the
16lbusters; but on the other hand, il Walker dees
not sucoeed in getting off, and the Walker, Rivas
grant proves to be waste paper then
revived the old ship canal contract and this having
been transferred to Garrison and Morgan, the
latter State would enoin all payments TO Costa
Rica claiming herself TO be the exclusive owner OF
the right Of way, the affair might remain IN ht'
cation; but if Costa RIGA, as it was supposed size
would, declared war against Nicaragua, IN defense
of her claim upon the transit a new scheme OF nj
hbusterim, organized by the famous Parker II.
French, the enemy and rival of Walker, was TO be
set on foot under the auspices of Garrison and Nor
gan, with or without the consent of Nicaragua
To cover this scheme more effectually, French
had received contract from the latter for supply
ing the Lake and River steamers with wood, busi'
ness which requires the employment OF large
number Of men; these men were to take possession
of the Isthmus; and, a. it would DO impossible for
the United States TO prevent the contractors from
sAipping woed-cutters from New Orleans it wac
Achieved that men enough could be got down in this
way to make Mes,rs. Garrisoo and Morgan do facto
soyereigns Of Nicaragua and Costa Rcs--these gen.
tsmen preferrng this mode Of SPENDING their money
to the regular and legitimate ways Of making loans
and paying transit dues.
You may imagine the CONSERVATION II Mora and
his friends when the explanation of tbs business
reached them from New York, instead OF the much
desired two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The