Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-05-09

tovards this Republic they bound to Suppose that,
becoming better informed with regard to those eTents
Ind with regard the specific causes OF what 1t calls
insecurity of the transit the Isthmus OF Panss
it would have acted in truly friendly manner with the
Granadian Legation near it. or with the Executive TOW
ernment by means of its in Bogota, IN order to
avoid fresh collisions between the passengers by the
railway and the natives and to remove all motive OF
fear and difficulty One of the means considering the
immense flow of passengers and treasure Tour times
month would be to agree in the permanence of some
vessel of war of the United States in the Bay a Pana
ma with instructions to assist the Governor ofthe State
whenever he might request it. for the protection OF the
transit another to place obstacles In the way OF
collecting certain moderate taxes upon the transit which
are the support of the public admnistra
ton and lastly another accept and support the idea
of negotiation between the two Governments and those
of England and France, which might lead TO complete
guarantee and without prejudice the Territorial
ereignty of the freedom and safe requenng of the IN
teroeeane upon the basis of perfect equality for
all nations.
Although the undersigned have no authority treat
upon questions of naturalization in favor of the United
States they ought not to be silent in the present note
touching the pecunary charges which it is pretended to
impose upon New Granada.
The railroad company, whose principal chest existing
In the Panama station not plundered the 10Th of
April and which suffered very little injury in that edi
fee appears claim exorbitant for damages, al
though the transit of treasure passengers and merchan-
disc suffered subsequent abatement. That this enter
prise favored by the Republic should wish to avail
Itself Of its misfortunes by such demands absolutely
inconceivable.
The Plenipotentares say in their note that the citi-
of the United States lost immense amount of pro-
perry part of which embarked and taken from Pa
mama in boats in broad daylight Such assertion
would once have value, unless upon proofs that
those who witnessed such ebarkaton abstraction of
stolen goods denounced the fact rutessy the autho
rites But from the dispositions of September already
cited of Messrs MeLane D. Nj. Corwine, and Nelson it
appears first that previously to the there had been
amhs sd in a had
any one the mailbags and all the packages addressed
for California which had arrived in the passenger rain
carloads luggage belonging to these OILY remain
ing and secondly that the train which expected,
which was ordered back to Colon, and which there
fore preserved from injury contained FIVE hundred pack
ages of goods and of luggage is evident,
that the eathouse and the two hotels or stores
Of trfng value where the robberies took place, could
contain that immense amount Of property valued at
more than half million of dollars
is also necessary say something about the number
of Victims which has been much exaggerated. The
Penipotentaries of the United States say that while
eighteen Americans certainly killed and forty or
fifty wounded or two natives at most were seriously
injured The total number of killed in the Panama tu-
multi who died from that immediate cause, eigh
teen persons all men, and one individual seriously
wounded who embarked for California. This point is
fully established Amongst the eighteen persons was
Frenchman, Mr. Dubois, and there were also some IA
tives, is proved by various accounts. One single
North American of the California passengers by the
Cortes named Joseph Stokes, killed with his
yolver of the natives in the attack which these made
with and cutlasses upon the Pacific" hotel
whilst pursuing Oliver and his defenders and before he
died he must have wounded others, for of his
panions who speaks of his heroic deeds in the " Cali
fornia Chronicle of San Francisco of the 9Th of May
saws think Stokes's Shots six in number all took eff
feet he was deliberate though he fired rapidly y
and after relating that he reloaded his revolver at the
station and sailed forth again, the natives gathered
around and Stokes advanced and fred with his six
shooter, taking deliberate aim. He fired slower the
second time than at the first
AS the New Granadian Government, according it
appears from this note and the memorandum of the
12h does not refuse but rather the contrary seeks
negotiate and relative the complete and last
ing security and freedom of the interoceanic transit
the Isthmus of Panama, but upon equitable well
liberal bases the undersigned consider that the Plenipo
tenaries of the United States in the position
suppose their Government under the alternative of de-
gradation violence of which they speak, for the
admission of the propositions presented to this date
In order longer to defer the present reply and not
to risk overstepping therew the lHsto of
which traced out for themselves, the undersigned
ADaq from making other important commentaries which
the of the 18th would suggest They conclude there
FORE By placing at the disposal of the Plenpoentiares
of the United States for their inspection all the docu
melts relative to the Panama which have
been collected at the Foreign Office; and manifest to
them that with that object and with any other conducting
to throw light upon the dsagreeabe questions pending
and which might lead them a decorous and pacific
Element they disposed to accept the invitations
confer which may be made to them.
The undersigned Plenipotentiaries Of New Granada,
avail themselves of this opportunity to present to the
Hon Messrs Morse and Bowln the homage of their re-
spect. LIMO PoNBo,
FLoRENTINo GONZALEZ.