Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-21

BATCH OF Commemorative learn from
the Nicaraguan Minister, Mr.. Irissari, that the
story that Nicaragua has confirmed the cession
of the Nicaragua Transit route to Messrs. Nor
gan, Harris, Webster & Co., has no foundation
whatever in truth. And further, that that Gov
eminent will not approve any contract of the
sort except such as may be made by its Minister
here. Indeed, we may add that Messrs. Nor
gan, Harris, Webster 4 Co. in a statement pub
lished in the New York Times of yesterday
avowed to be from them directly, admit that
the story referred to above is without founda-
ton in truth.
We are also authorized to say that the story
published in the same journal that Mr.. 7. Par
raga, ex-Secretary OF the New Granadian Lega-
ton, was sent by Commodore Vanderbilt on any
mission whatever to Central America, is wholly
destitute of truth.
We are further authorized to say that another
aspersiOn published in the New York Times of
the same date, saying "that the Guatemala
Minister is supposed to be in the pay of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt is from beginning to end
untrue. Though alphabetically worded, there
can be no doubt of the impression it was de-
signed to convey. While almost too ridiculous
to deserve serious notice at the hands of the
heightened and scrupulous gentleman at whom
it is aimed by its avOwed originators-Messrs.
Morgan, Harris, Webster & Cot is deemed
best thus at once to set it at rest. The public
can judge of the desperation of the steamship
speculation in which its orignators are engaged,
from the fact that one day last week they took
occasion to manufacture the story that Nicar-
aqua had confirmed the bogus grant of Costa
Rica of the formers transit route, and on the
day before yesterday were compelled to admit
publicly in print, that that statement is untrue;
and then, to induce the public to continue to
believe that Nicaragua is about to do what they
at first published as having been done by her,
they undertake to SANDER personally the Qua
temalian Minister and the ex-Secretary of the
New Granadian Legation at Washington, by
way Of breaking the force of the contradiction
of their original story, which, they knew we'll
the former would soon be enabled to. make
through tho receipt of dispatches from the Gov
eminent of Nicaragua.
AN IMPORTANT NAIL ARRANGEMENTS We
find in the Washington correspondence of tn Q
New York Erpress of the day before yesterday
an interesting notice of the additional contract
lately made by the Postmaster General with
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, with
which, by the by, if we are correctly informed,
the relations of the Department have always
been most pleasant-quite an original feature
in the history of the transactions of such corpo-
rations with the Government. We mean Of
corporations who derive their rights, in dealing
with this Government, directly from Congress,
and are therefore. in part, at least, above and
beyond the obligations of the laws and regula-
tons that apply to all others having similar
transactions with the Departments here
The north Pacific portion of our territory is
hourly becoming Of increased importance-do-
ing greater share for the common benefit, and
consequently justly entitled to greater share
of such facilities and Safeguards Us the General
Government can accord. The contract de-
scribed in this extract is in keeping not only
with the actual requirements of the region it
is designed to supply with the mails, but with
that spirit of improvement which should actu-
ate the Post Office Department in these 60
ahead times:
'The Postmaster General has recently added
an important and valuable link the mail facili-
ties the Pacific. By contract for four years
",
the regular transportation of the mails semi
monthly from San francisco 10 Olympia, on our
extreme northern boundary. touching AT Hum
boldt Bay, Trinidad. Crescent and Tampiqua
cities. Astoria ShOalWaier, and our informed late
territories. The advantages to all those settle
ments, and to our territories generally in that
quarter will be very great, and will materially
assist in developing their resources and adding
to their prosperity and population. The POST
master General is entitled to great credit for the
promp;ness with which he has carried this i'm
a.t, into
lied by Congress late in the last session.
A CORREcrIoN.- in publishing
certain recent executive appointments, c. Z.
Carr, late Collector at San Pedro, California,
was printed as deceased, when it should
have been resigned" and r. B. Willis, late
Collector at Oxford Maryland, resigned"
when it should have been :: deceased
THE PACIFIC WAGON RoADs.-The Interior
Department have advices from Superintendent
Magraw, (of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and
Honey Lake road) at Fort K. on the 3lst ult
The party reached there on the previous day,
travelling on the trail of Captain Alexander's
command, on their way to Utah. They were to
leave there on the Sd instant. The health of
the expedition had been good, with slight ex-
ceptions. The advance party, under Mr.. Lam
der, Chief Engineer, left Independence on the
18th June, to rccOnnoitrc between the summit
of the South Pass and Beer Springs, on Bear
river. According to his letters, he was pro-
crossing forty miles per diem and reached La
rame on the Sd July. On the 4th, a quarrel
occurred between an infantry soldier (drunk)
and some of Mr.. Lander's men, ending in the
soldiers wounding Edward Williamson slight
ly, and boy eleven years old, named Kelly,
teamster, severely, through the thigh. The Of
fender was secured and delivered to the COM
mander at the post. The wounded boy is
kindly cared for in the hospital. Mr.. Lander's
party were to have left Laramie on the eth.
Mr.. Magraw also details the particulars of
the loss of Russell & Waddell's (army beef con-
tractors) animals by an attack of the Cheyennes
near Fort Kearney. 1t appears that some Of
the Cheyennes entered the camp of the men in
charge of the cattle, as friends. They refused
to eat, but commenced getting into the wagons: