New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-28
NICARAGUA.


GRAINED TO VANDERBILT.
praTu or THE AMERICAN SHIP CANAL CON-
PANY-RECENT OPERATIONS OF CORNELIUS
VANDERBILT TIR LINE To BR OPENED IN
NINETY DAyS-A NEW TRANSIT CHARTER
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN sPE.
Gle SENT TO NICARAGUA WITH DANIEL u.
ALLFN AND W. WEBSTER.
To es Editor et The n. Y Triop.e
SIR If the abe aud iLtcl'gent managers Of tie
EewYoik daily press have found Themselves occa.
sicbally in the dnk respecting the progress aud
suits Of Auericsa peeoastopS in Nicaragua for the
opening cf the Transit roa' tnat kness has been
caused by a succession Of evebts, tending indeed,
always toward ono raauIt, bat 50 rapid ami spps-
rently disconnected hat It xas impossible to follow
them with copjrctures. or eves good gussses.
The contest, doriug the past ysar has been be-
tween the American Ship CaoL Company on tbs
ore side, AID C5rnelos Vanderbilt and bis
ciates on the other. IL hsa been darling project
of Vanderbilt to open tts N'cataguan line without
the incumb,ances ard comp Gated machinery of
Transit Compsny Tast hn lis not only the
attainment OF bis hopes, but h,s virtually attained
them ut this present moment, am ready 70 prove
for your own satisfsctOn ard that Of the public ia
general
Ithss beer lorg aobI o~ EDGED and understood that
the Noarsguan transit opened in the first instance
BY Vanderbilt is the shf'st sue the most popular AID
the shortest route of travel between New York and
California That il is oy far the most economical
and profitable estab bod BY ths fact that CAPT.
tai of So 900 600 has been deemed sufficient for
The entire libe inclGtng ocean steamers, while not
less than 500, 900 900 ara engaged 10 the immense
and costly operation # the PAnan. lines. The
anxiety Of Vanderbilt aud his sfieuds to secure the
Nicarsgusn transit for themselves is readily ac-
counted for by the above .nts and by the certainty
that any interests which they msy hold 10 the stuck
or special profits of tho Pansms lice " 'ud have
been seriously Depressed. if not altogether destroy
3D. bad the Ship Csua Coupaoy been successful in
opening the trabsit thioogh Ncafagua.
It was haIdly to be brlI-v-a tb.t tho manager Of
the Canal Company, Joseph l. White, esq, the
repoted father of the Clayton Bulwer treaty and
the bombardDent Of Grrytowo, ard who was man
ager Of the unfortunate Accessory Transit Con
paDy at the tiue Of its drcrsse, should have suc-
ceeded n geysDiziug the dead corpse Of the useless
old Ship Capa COMPANY. For tme, however,
with the powerful sid of Yissarri, tho Ncarssuan
Misister, who was ready to sspctiOn any project
that woald facilitate tho opening OF hue, the car
cass Of the dead grant va successfully infis'ed by
@ steady application of tbe bellows, and the gal
vanizipg touch Of the Miuister gave il temporary
life and motion. 1t kirkea Justify, but never got
fairly upon its feet TIE Nicarasuau Government
r.. b.f th;. irNsted and m.
welcy carcass had life aud principle of motion IN
il; but becoming convinced that it was q 'sell,
. bumbog" ard OIL absu d dcl1siop, based entirely
upon falsetoods, they put sudden period to its
noiiy end bloated exieteuce BY decree OF revoca'
tiop, dated the 9th of Msy, 1864 copy OF whlco
shall be pleased to lay before Jour readers al the
first convenient opportunity.
A g,scopsdipg French sdventurer, one Monsieur
Belly, bas been amusing the xorid By promising to
build chip canal through Nicaragua. The Mic.
syapuan Government, whom M. Belly thought he
wss buying have, ON the contrary, egresousy sold
NJ Belly and his bscse's, if he has aoy, oS reqnr-
inc the joint guarantees of Great Britain and the
United States for contact that adm'ts naval
occupation of Lake Nicaragua by French war
ate auer.. Great Britain would herself rsthsr go
10 war with France than suffer military occuPa-
ton of Nicaragua by that power, aud the united
States would sooner SO to war with lag aud and
Frarce together than permit it The Govern
met of Costa Rcs ard Nicaragua the two n'ui'
buepipg parties to the Brly gasconade, ace per-
fct,y sware of the disposition and intentions OF our
own Government in regard to the military occuPa-
tion of Nicaragua BY igo power. As proof
of ubat state need ouiy you Of fact oil
which the original documentary evidence hes before
ma At this moment that only few days before the
,jenirg g Of NJ. BeDy's psp4r, the Nicaragua" cor
,r,,,,1t had concladed "a secret agreement nifh me
og,ut Of Corn,Gus Yandert,h, by ,oh'ch the entire
T0nsit is made orer 10 him, the Cana Compao!
charter having been fItt formally revoked l9r
;neopaeiip and non jnfament, and the held cleared
for its successor.
TIE sgents and correspondents OF 'ne oan''
Compspy did succeed for time in inpressi'g the
Cover mept of Nicaragua with fear, If no' a De-
lief that vandtYb'lts Interests were no' Win 'neu
and that be would never agaio, uoeer any cohai'
tion,. open the Traust route. The arguments
which they brought to bear upon the N'cars9aAn
Government we're paper arguments, which all tue
tart ard knowledge of Vancerots agent were
emp,oyed in overtbrowipg In order, however 70
remove every shadow Of doubt upon this SUBJECT
Vanderbilt, after signiDg the contract with Nicara-
qua has complied wita It's first condition by reiD'-
ting large loan in specie TO the Nic'raguan uo'-
enneut, which must be BY this tune in their pos
.ass;on III m. line is mot OptEed in ninety days q