The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-29

has been put to the proceedings Of General Walker
tral America by the mail which arrived yesterday
learn that Captain Pauding, the commander of the United
States squadron, has arrested the General well the
hundred and 1fty men who anGed ai,h him short
under the ban OF sound and wholesome public ipuion IN
Europe and the United states, the step taken by Capt
Paudng would hardly seem TO require justification II
hands, especially after the s ong condemnation which Mr..
Buchanan has recently passed upon the patca paccesof
Walker and hs coniederates But there is mystery N
tremely difficult 10 urravel With regard 10 Walker, the
which has been pursued may be thus desrioed-
When reduced 10 the last extremity o' distress Walker
and companions were few months ago, received on
board an American vessel and conveyed 10 the United
states The General he is styled, received with
enthusiasm in the South, and when about 70 return TO the
Of his former exploie he was arrested oy the
United States Marsha and held to bail in sum which
Mr.. Buchanan bimself d, scroed as altogether insui
ceDt Orders were then given to the American
cruisers to intercept the supplies Of men and arms
which about 70 be sent % the buses ana the cap
the Saratoga who permitted Walker 20 land,
superseded for his gence. In the intime Mr. Bu
chanan, his t. Congress, had pointed out in
terms Of just indignation the disgrace which attempts of
this kind upon weak and feeble countres-must
bring upon the national character OF the United States
Putting all these things together Captain Pauldng was
perfectly justife in believing that Mr. Buchanan was
sincere in hts desire enforce the Of the Anne
rican neutrality laws, and that consequently IL was his
duty seize and capture Walker the first convenient
opportunity In England the press has hesatcd to
call things by their right Names and 10 stgmatise every
species Of dbustersm psacy. But public opinion in
An rica appears TO be very different thing from pnbc
opinion IN England The people OF the south regard gard
principle of annexation, which, If unchecked, would
place distant day all the States Of the Isthmus under
the doctrines which were laid down in the celebrated
0stsnd nanfes;o,e most extraerdif ary and Iuous
document which 10 be found in the literature of dpo
macy-he sy ympathes of Mr. Buchanan may pot be alto
geher adverse The eventual xa,on of the Cen
trail American States the words of his message might
lead TO suppose But very well believe that
the capture of Walker other grounds may be ex
Iemely embarrassing to the Cabinet at Washington
In the first place, there is no government In the
world which ia more solernDly pledged ~ observe
the obligations of the srlctest neutrality than that
of the United States Two years ago tho Cabinet of Mr.
Pierce the of embarkng in most foolish and
because certain unauthorized agents had
tax, upon themselves in the United few
wreched foreign engrants for service in the Brtsharmy
This pre- ceedipg regarded gross Insult TO the so
vereghy OF the republicprosecutions were instituted
with degree Of celebrity very remarkable, when con
trasted with the comparative immunity which Walker
has received-snd Mr. Marcy and Mr.. Caleb Cushing,
Wolfe, Grotius and Vael for purpose Of establish
! ing some supposed completely on tho part Of tho
sovereignty Of Nicaragua had been displayed by the
Cabinet at W9hingon-not only recently but in
had been enforced with something Ike the same diligence
and industry agar st Walker, Central America would by
this time have been in the enjoyment OF peace and settled
government; not prey to innumerabe factions which
look to foreign aid for their support and Who
hope for satisfactory solution Of that irritating
)" the Buwer Clayton convention? who 10
the gradual development OF tho natural Of
Central America and the extension OF 70 that
part Of the world long the system of Glbuerism
eternal dscord But the Cabinet a, washington will no
doubt baye great ,Gn,cal,y in dealing % with Walker BY
| &C, Of Congress, lsls) every person who Cts
out an EXPEDITION within the jurisdiction Of
the republic against Power with which the government
liz at peace is gully Of msdemeanor Walker has been
formally charged With this offence he has been ba'eJ
and bavipg under the power Of the fede
raj government, he must be Judged like any other crm
naln The same manner Hertz the other day tried
where sS.n.ive sympathy for Every SPECIES Of SSs,e
ism exists, s, we admit, dsagreeable perhaps dan
eerous necessity AT all events Captain Pauding
titled to appreciation for having acted manly and honest
part and the people Of the United States may well
obliraie from the statute book all traces Of their
ualy law, they no~ permit a second time the escape
o an off nder, who IL he bad fallen into the hands Of the
Nicarspuan authorcs would deservedly have met thai,
punsh ment which the law Of the civ ized world attaches
prom the London Times, jan l3l
events oS S'ass se Sslsn sn w ss %SrOsS @
such an oppo' tlDy as is rarely found. As t happens
We can look on With the serenity of simple Spectators
though tseoms bat our escape was a one, and
that we were within an Of getting entangled like
cthers Walker, the nhbus,er General, having sailed
from Mobile IN the Fashion steamer, ,succeedsd, last
accounts reported, in eudng the commissioned
10 nereepthim and in landing with his basd Of bacspeers
ON the Nicaragua coast As the design OF the expedition
had been perfectly notorious and is legaty beyond
all doubt orders bad been formally issued by the United
states government that Il should Il possible be stopped
on the very point where Walker landed lay an Aneri.
can ship OF war-tbe Saratoga-the commander of
~neh so~sSer ,S could not sal himself amer
sezns her and the General therefore discmbarkcd his
forces without interruption and proceeded execute his
lowers tho " Amy OF Nicaragua himself "Commandcr
and Cboi and "Presidcn Of the STATE and by way Of
mbozpg all these claims expires ,ng tho position he
bad assumed be hoeo the Nicarsguan flag at his heal
quater at PuDa Arenas, by hs mouth Of the river san
Juan. The pers Of the passage therefore we're now
and here he stood Nlc1rnguan territory only
a. Nicaraeusn cyen, but, ACCORDING u his
TORS as chief Of such citizens and head q the Ncarauan
| Meantime good deal ofremark, AZ our columns have
shown was occasioncd by the OF sucha venture
have thought that would not doto let the General aole
The Urited states cruisers bad been strictly charged
intercept the expedition by all lcgitmaieiy their
con manc They had failed in this attempt and walker
In fact had been too adrot for them; but there no
was stI under their very eyes, within reach
rscter unmkakeably displayed. Could nothing b. done
under such crcumsancesf Captain Chata-d thought he
did see aohsnce of sction, and so he male demonstra
tons with his guns and officers shore parey
Walker however fully oomprehended the advantages Of
his position, and gave Chapan Chaard 10 understand
that IS any Of his men approached tho Sioarsguan
camp" otherwise than through challenge and
answer according % the usages of war they would be
fred upon The end Of Il that the Saratoga though
keeping on the alert and remaug N the coast in obssrvs
ton, cid not proceed TO actual crce and the hhbuster
general conn enccc bis operations By doachng parties
various services, aozng POSITIONS, capturing -esrners,
and so forth Presently, however anew complexion was
ON the 9Th OF December the United sta,cs steam rrsae
Wabash with Commodore Pauding on board, arrived of
Punts Arenas, and followed the day by the
British shp~ Brunswick and Leopard shortly Afterwards
the American steamer Fulton joined the squadron that
Walker stood In presence ~ an overpownng force Com
paudrg by disposed To let tho force under
bis commsnd Inactive Two days after his arrival
he brought the guns f tho Saratoga bear upon the
fbuters headquarters sent bis Fagpta,n ashore with
| four hundred from the Wabash. AID summoned
Walker surrender The rreebootng General sb Iwei
his discretion avoiding hopeless conflict hEued down
bis fag gave himself up a prisoner, and passed With
the chief Tort ~ his army into the peaceful custody II
the United states officers. SIMPLE minded reader might
fancy that this about the most desirable consutnna
ton such business could receive but appears that
embarassmcntis is only Just beginning AMI Is rather
hard 90 see hos IL viii end.
That Walkers expedition in violation Of both Ameri
and public law there can he doubt The 20
menis OF The United States and Nicaragua peace
With each other and the Of the terr,or es c the
latter by armed force from those OF tho former cOns
tuted manifest outrage upon hs Independence of the
state attacked. But this Is precisely Commodore
Pauldngs own act amounts TO; for he, less than
Walker, stood debarred fr any descent the Ncara
guam territory except the rcquson Of ts lawful
thorteR This rennihitnn be recnrad and he