Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-17

lstors in Costa Rica's grant Of the transit route
TO represent Nicaragua as continuing to be torn
to pieces by internal discord, and as being with
out Q government of her own. Now, however,
their plicy must necessarily be contrary one
A QUEER MfSIsrER.-The New York Tisars
Of Saturday last contains long account q The
Captain Canty said to have been accredited
hither to supersede that accomplished and 50
popular gentleman, Mr.. Molina. We re-pub-
lsh below so much of it as describes the redoubt-
able Captain, for the amusement of our readers
who are familiar with the diplomatists stationed
here; for they will comprehend, at glance, that
Costa RIGA has injected into the midst of those
gentlemen very odd fish indeed-to Hold such
a position. There are other matters of interest
in the extract we make, not the most unim.
portant of which is that it makes plain the truth
Of our repeated intimation that, for our Gov
eminent to admit Costa Rica's right to this
transit route, would be to hand it over into the
keeping of England:
The Costa Riean Minister-His rie,cs of Nicar-
aqua Mattsrs-Mission-Mr. Carey Jones and
the Tennessee. '1.
Captain CAVITY. the newly appointed Minister
from the Costa Rican Government, arrived in this
city by the Central America on Wednesday last.
One Of our reporters called upon him, at the Clar-
endon Hotel, the morning succeeding his arrival,
and gathered from him some interesting facts
connected with Nicaraguan matters that have
never been published.
Captain CAVITY first went to Central America
eight years ago He was then Captain in the
British service, but from having become attached
to Central America and having purchased large
quantity of land, he threw up his commission
and settled down like native. He regards him.
GOLF nod oS m ar tr mol ipI,a ifanf
General Canas, Commanding General of the
Costa Rican Army, has his present headquarters
| at Rivas. He has only some GOO men stationed
there at the present time. The General paid
visit Of inspection to Greytown in the latter part
of last month. He received with dstin-
guished favor wherever he went. He remained
two days at Greytown with Col. Canty, of
the Captain who, at the present time, has COM
mand Of the San Juan river from Greytown to
San Carlos Col Canty, too, was the brave officer
who manfully defended the fort Of Castillo Rapids
against Col. Titus and his 600.
Mr.. Carey Jones, recently sent to Costa Rica by
MIR. Buchanan arrived at San Jose about month
ago. He had not presented his credentials when
Capt Canty left, but was to do so in day two.
MIR. Jones' mission was understood to be one Of
inquiry into the general condition and resources
of Costa Rica and the countries contiguous. Mr..
Jones had the misfortune to fall in with noto-
riOus sharper, named Tom Edwards, on his jour
ney, and was robbed of his loose change-SGOO in
gold. Edwards had been arrested, and locked
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The contract made with Messrs. Morgan &
Sons, relative TO the opening of the Transit
Route, compelled them to bring their flibusers
tn the United States. When this batch have left
the country all the filbusters will have been re-
moved. except few who have agreed to take
land and settle in the country.
Capt. Canty will remain in the city a few days
and then 20 to w Washington. He has an inirmity
of the eyes from which he is nearly blind He
caught cold a few months since, and since then
| he GU have haap ch i,aa Ii
poses to have. them treated while at the North.
The Captain Is solid man and very afiabe. He
wears military whiskers and has d thick growth
OF sandy hair, which he keeps cropped short.
The PROPOSED New SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN
CoSvESrIoN.-We clip the following from the
Richmond Dispatch of Saturday last:
"THE PREsBYTERIANs.-The following para
graph from the Washington Star appeared in our
paper yesterday. One of the committee of the
Presbyterian Church, who has the matter of the
arrangements for the Convention i'm hand, informs
us that 1t is entirely incorrect The paragraph
reads:
st. Louis, Mo; Wilmington, Del; Baltimore,
Md Washington, ID. c.; all cities in slavehold-
ing states, will not be represented in the Presby-
terrain Convention called by the seceders from the
General Assembly to meet at Richmond The
Presbyteries of Clinton, Miss; Union, Holston,
Del; 1T. Louis, Mo. are either for indtpendency,
or for going to the Old School, for non action
but almost wholly against the project of new
sectional Assembly,
zone of the committee states that they have
received letters from a large number Of Delegates
from the Presbyteries Of Hoston, Union Kings
ton; New River, in East Tennessee; Richland, i'm
West Tennessee Harmony Presbytery, in Ken
lucky; Usage Presbvtery, in Missouri; the Pres
bytery of the District, and from all the Presbyte-
Iies In Virginia. The Presbytery of Lexington,
south, IN Mississippi, have appointed delegates
ing a large and imposing Convention, says one
of the committee, is far beyond the expectations
of most of the friends of the movement, notwith-
standing the gloomy Vaccinations Of those who
are opposed to it,"
The paragraph quoted by the Dispatch from
the Star, should have been credited as having
been taken from a communication in its col
umns-not to the Star, per Sc. Our own hope
Is, that if such counsels as controlled the action
Of the late General Assembly at Cleveland are,
for the future, to rule in those conversations the
efforts of those engaged in getting up the pro.
posed Richmond Convention may be crowned
with entire success. Else, in ten years, the New
School Presbyterian Church in the South will be
among the things that were. The destruction of
its usefulness there would be grievous event.
indeed. Those at the South who oppose the
proposed Richmond Convention can prevent
the new organization Of their Church through
out tho South, only by curing the increasing
tendency of its Northern wing towards aboli-
tionism. Other wise, the result is as plain as
that two and two make four
The NEW MEMBERs.-The following is a
complete list Of the members of Congress chosen
in recent clections-Democrats in roman, Amer
leans in italics: =
NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE.
Dist. Dist.
l. Henry Nj Shaw. I. Albert q Watkins
Ihonias kumn 2. w. w. Wallace.
8. warren Winslow. 3. Samuel A. Smith
4. l.. OBJ. Branch. l. John III SAVAGE
.. Johm A. Gilmer: 5. Charles Ready.
6. ALI. M. Scales, jr. 6. George w. JOnes
z. Burton Craige. Wv Wright
8. + l.. Clingman. s. FIX. ZolIfcofsy.
KENTUCKY. 0. j. C. ID. Atkins.
/. Henry C.. Burnett 10. w. r.. Ayerv
=. Samuel o. Peyton. ALABAMA
3. w. L. Underyood. l. Jas StaIJwor,b
4. Albert G Talbot 2 Eli q Shorter
D. Joshua II Jewett. 3. Jas. +. Dowdell