Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-13
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

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progress at this point between the United States
and New Granada, least, by discussing them,
we might help to complicate them, rather than
to aid in bringing them to speedy and happy
termination. Nevertheless, our attention mas
in the meanwhile been steadily fixed upon
them: our sources of information concerning
them being simply those that are open to all, Of
which persons connected with various presses
have availed themselves, rarely, however,
without eyincing that they comprehend too little
concerning the points involved, to make their
speculations concerning them worth pinch of
snuff.
These matters have, however, arrived at q
point at which we feel at liberty to break the
silence marking our course on the subject; be-
cause now satisfied that New Granada is not
prepared to deal reasonably with this Govern
ment-to settle the matters in dispute upon
basis sufficiently just and fair to authorize the
United States to conclude a final treaty with
her. Within the next week, basis of settle
ment embracing the ultimatum of the United
States will doubtless be submitted, which, in
the present temper of New Granada, as repre-
sented here, will be rejected; when, if we are
not greatly mistaken, all further efforts to come
to terms through negotiations with Gen. Herran
will he abandoned by this Government and
that gentleman will retire from the United
States. Such termination of the protracted
tedious and temper-trying effort on the part Of
the United States to preserve amcable relations
with Power so near to us-whose interests,
too, are our interests, really, though she cannot
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sincerely to be regretted. The Government here,
however, have duty to perform to American
rights and interests, as involved in the imbrogio
which will be firmly discharged, the reader may
rest assured.
In the mean while, though our relations with
New Granada cannot fail to be essentially dis
turbed by the state Of things that must not long
hence exist between the two powers, there is
not the slightest danger that our countrymen
will thereby be deprived OF the advantages of
an isthmus transit across the continent We
look to the re-opening of the Nicaragua route
by some American company recognized by the
Government of Nicaragua, and protected in its
free and unmolested use by the Government Of
the United States under the provisions Of
new treaty, to make up for the probable disa-
bilities and embarrassments to the enjoyment
by four cOuntrymen of the right to cross the
New Granadian isthmus as up to this time, that
bids fair to grow out Of the now almost certain
failure of the current negotiations referred to
above.
We are persuaded that Nicaragua compre-
hends the importance of placing her route in
the hands of some company of American CAPT.
talists with means and connections sufficient to
make the trips regularly, and to afford all the
requisite accommodations to the travel which,
under the phase of our relations with New
Granada explained above, must be immense
1t would perhaps have been more desirable if
Nicaragua had the means herself to furnish
these necessary accommodations for crossing
her isthmus, and to insure the necessary peace
and immunity of travellers availing themselves
Of her route. In her present condition how
ever, that is not to be dreamed Of She must
call TO her aid-adopt-some company or other
OF American capitalists, (if it be but to prevent
anarchy there who will be strong enough to
protect their property and franchises inland,
leaving to the Government of the United States
the right to interfere in their behalf if necessary
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OF their operations seward.
We are most anxious TO see the vast interests
OF our cOuntrymen involved in securing an un-
interrupted transit across Central America Sc
cured past peradventure. The state of our re-
lations with New Granada involve n warning
OF the pressing necessity for 50 doing without a
moments delay, If that be possible We see in
the present condition of Nicaraguan affairs the
golden opportunity for the contamination Of
this 50 desirable end. Hence our frequent re-
currence to the subject.
The LATE MINNESOTA INDIAN TROUBLES
This morning the Indian Bureau received from
Its superintendent Of Indian Affairs in Mime
sofa, dispatches. dated Goth July ultimo, at
the Lower Sioux Agency, detailing all the cir
cumstances attending his late refusal-under
instructions from hereto pay to the Sioux and
lanktons their annuities, until Ink pah-du-
tabs band be delivered up, which necessary
policy On the part Of the Government was near
resulting in general Indian war on the North
western frontier-ayerted, as we explained n
day or two since, by the promptness with which
the Secretary of War met the requirements o.
the Interior Department for additional troops
and the firmness and good sense of the officers,
civil a. well as military, in charge there.
The public are already familiar Through pre-.
vious publication) with many of the events
marking the assembling of 5000 savages at Yell
low Medicine, in hostile array, in the course of
these transactions. How war with them was
averted, as well as the temper they manifested
and the course On the part of the Government
that held them in check, may be gathered from
the following extract from the Superintendent
report above referred to:
ION the evening Of the 18th, shortly after nv
messenger had left, a soldier was drliberatelv
stabbed by an Indiana See See-ton-close by the
camp OF Major Sherman, without cause or pfovo-
cation OF any kind whatever and then escaped
and received refuge and was harbored by the See
Sections in their lodges. This, of course. mo-
duced crisis. Maj. Sherman Immediately sent
an oihcer, who demanded the Immediate delivery
OF the Indian The Indians received him with
two hundred of their guns pointed towards him.
lie, however, demanded the Indian. They fnall .
promised to bring him the next morning The
next day they came down from their lodo es num-
berlnS about two thousand five hund red Warriors
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