The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-25

80 10 do. No Ind lcemaDts, either of busincss or
pleasure, should tempt strangers to visit New
Orleans for few weeks 10 come Those who do
SO not only imporiI their own lives, but crimL
aa;. triAe with the lives Of others
Ws.kns Ns. Raid On Nac.r~xus-1hs True
s'ouss~ Tor Congress and the Country to
Pursue.
We learned Two or three days since from our
Washington correspondent that General Walker
WIS preparing for another movement in Central
America, and that emigrant expeditions were
geiting ready in several Of the Southern ports.
On alurdsy We received from the same quatera
cop, Of circular issued by General Walker to
hiH sseoial friends all over the country. II is
brief and TO he point, and reads as follows:
MosIiE Oct. 10, 1858.
sEion are advised that the 10th day Of November
next vessel will leave this port for san Juan del Norte
She v u take any passengers and freight that may offer
hood ecsc to cmgra;c Ia Central America please advise
me OF as sooa as possible, IN order that may be
secure for you ana your companions will be we'll TOR
you STRIVE here three four days previous the de
raI:n'e. Your obeten, servant
WILLIAM WALKER.
Tbs is probably the first of series of expedi-
tons Of n similar character which are being pre-
rsr,d on the plan Of the New England Kansas
Aid Societies, by organizations in the South,
which undertake to equip transport and support
scerin number Of men for Spontaneous set
tiesne't," as Lord Clarendon called the British
NOV eInent against Ruatan, in Nicaragua The
chief and guide in the affair is said to
be Hon. Pierre Soul&, ex-senator and cx- Minister
TO span. and the whole thing is planned with
upuous regard for the neutrality laws and
careful satchfuncss Of the powers of the govern
mert.
Ia yiDw OF past occurrences and the present
position Of the Central American imbroglo, it il
very questionable whether our government can
take such steps AS in this matter will be eff
cacious in preventing the temperance OF
Walker npon the scene of action in Nicaragua
The peaceful departure Of band Of emigrauts,
viii out arms, without mi itary organization, and
without known military leaders, from one Of our
ports fol- Nicaragua, is certainly beyond the pre-
ycntiye power Of government. Walker and
few leaders can easily slip of from 3 Southern
port in some small vessel laden with arms, and
join the emigrants at sea, In the same way
that Lopez joined the Cuban expedition near
Contoy, in 1850. As for the debarkation, the
experience Of the last Walker expedition. and
the Psulding folly in regard 10 it, go to show
Chat il is feasible thing 1t is, therefore, not
at all improbable that another successful inys-
sion Of Nicaragua j. at hand.
With this probability before US, Il behooyes Us
to consider our position as a nation in regard to
the entire Central American imbroglio. II will
b. remembered that during the last session the
administration asked OF Congress the authority
TO take such steps In the pending questions with
Central America, Paraguay, and other Spanish
American countries as might tend 10 bring
them to an early settlement. This was
refused by Congress; but that body reconsidered
the question 20 far rs regarded Paraguay. and
authorized the expedition which has Just been
fitted out against that tyranny. No recourse
was, therefore, left to Mr.. Buchanan but to make
the Paraguay expedition as imposing as possible
under the circumstances. in the hope that eff
cent action in one quarter would produce moral
eject in all the others, and TO instruct Gen.
Lamar 10 present our claims to the governments
OF Nicaragua aud Costa RIGA in the strongest
manner, giving him such support as the presence
those republics would afford him. While these
events we're transpiring. the Belly contract and
the mendacious Mora Martinez manifesto TO seve-
raj European governments transpired, the Cass-
Yr-siri treaty was rejected, and our pending
questions with Nicaragua and Costa RIGA became
still further complicated. This il the present
position Of our relations with Central America,
and Mr.. Buchanan having exhausted the power
conferred on him, no further steps can be taken
in the matter until Congress meets and takes
action upon il.
In regard to the simple question Of the open
ing OF the lsthmus transit route By the river San
Juan and lake Nicaragua, the government can
take some action in preventing the arbitrary de-
spelling Of our citizens OF their just and legally
acquired rights, and this ii is determined 10 10.
Its course in this matter will probably hasten the
opening Of that route to the commerce of the
world. and render il an essential advantage
But while the hands Of our government are
thus tied through the default Of Congress other
parties are preparing 10 make an exhibition Of
force against Nicaragua such a. we ought to
have made some time since. Sir William Gore
Ouseley will leave our port In few days for
San Juan del Norte, on board the British steam
frigate Yalorous. lie viii there BE- joined by
large portion Of the British West India fleet
under Commodore Kellett, who commands In the
absence Of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, aud
will Immediately demand Of Nicaragua settle
ment Of the claims Of Manning and Glenton,
amounting to quarter OF a million Of dollars
lie Is also, no doubt, instructed to recognise the
Belly contract, as Lord Malmesbury has written
letter to that gentleman in Paris, assuring him
that his contract, II carried out, will come under
the guarantee and protection Of the Clayton-Bul-
t.. L.