Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-31
OUR AspINwALL CORRESPONDENCE.
I Correspondence q tie Rirhmond E"q"ir'


t,rlNwALr y. c., December 90, ISIS
Sir William Gore Ousclcy. wife and daughter
arrived on the 9th inst They left Grcytown
on the Dee SIR Gore has entirely recovered
from fever. but is still sweating under the
pang, OF a more fashionable disease-2out.
The grea, Plimp says little about matters
al San Juan: while Madam Plimp's policy ap
pears to be push along, keep moving" She
is still much afflicted 1T her long delay at
Grcytown. on ship-board. occasioncd by the
uon.appcar;lncc Of Her British Majcstv's ship
Leopard, which vessel should have come TO
relieve the TalorouS: and Is Sir Gore thought
it hes; not to leave the port without proper
police over the United States mcn-ofwarS,
a. well rs 4 sentinel on the qni rire for 'l ncle
Bey, he left the Valorois at treytown, and
came on the British mail steamer to this port
At an early hour on the morning Of the eth,
he took leave Of the flag officer, on board the
Roanoke, and received the complimentary sa-
Lutte due to his rank, and departed, with his
family. on Il private train towards Panama -
From Panama. on the s.h, ne embarked on
board the Vixen, (Which vessel has been ey.
pecting him Tor a long time,) and sailed for the
port of Rilrio, Central America On the morn.
"
to cruise along the coast between this port and
Greytown-the United States Government not
having as vet relinquishcd the expectation. nor
the flag officers the search, for the tilibuster>
What abs,irditics are we not practicing. in
aiding and abctting John Bull TO control the
misunderstanding in its birth our young Re-
public, and roofing OIL, our long and much
worshippcd policy, The Monroe doctrine, ]
i.,ou. l. h., j.-ni.cd however and So
long us nc can whccde and control those rot
ten carcasses which. Il; the end Of every four
years. the Americans set up as oracles to de-
cevc and amuse the people, he will spare
other ammunition; but. in the end the hour for
the struggle is sure to come.
Owing to the heightened blockade Of the
San Juan river. the Central American trade is
tending towards this transit, much to the an
noyancc OF the merchants Of the interior, as it
greatly increases the expense and doubles the
price Of the merchandise Seven or eight hum
bred packages GO through sem-Inonthly.
brought by each English steamer. which, if
Justice were DONE would pass mp the San Juan
river. or Transit dc Nicaragua
The Panama Railroad Company, after dr
wing from these waters all vessels save their
own. controlling the whole trade to and from
the lsthmuS for their own bottoms. would now
complete their long list of monopoIicS by rid
ding themselves OF the only tax the government
Of thc l>tlImll, has TO support Itself with. the
toGnoq. dues. Since We are To he 80 magnani
nous as rot to take possession Of the lsthmus,
and leave them without Il Government, let us
not deprive them OF all means to provide po-
lice to protect our citizens in their transit.
Great efforts are expected TO he made to IN
tlucc the present Congress. al Washington. to
do an act OF great injustice 10 the natives Of
the lsthinu>, while they are To enlarge The
privileges, and agsrandizc still more this ~
ranncal. prilcss selfish monopoly. the Panama
Railroad Company
The steamship Illinois arrived at three
clock on Tuesday, the 18th instant, with
seven hundred passengers the steamship
Granada at In o clock on thu morning Of the
18th instant, with between five and six hundred
passengers They were passed over the line
and left Panama on the evening Of the 18th in
slant, with mails, express freight, &c Three
hundred Of II ncc Sans" troops were on board
20 increase the force, in Oregon. the seat nj the
Indian war.
At Grrvtown matters remain in stair Gno."
The English kindly permits the American
steamers 10 pass up and down the river. giving
them Il pass, aud clearing them on the quarter.
deck of the Yalorous. Is il not burning
shame. that we still permit this mcddling in
reference Ly the British in these waters:
Mr.. Buchanan may talk about defending the
Monroe doctrine. bat see nothing like ii. 1t
is plain ne lcagucd with Sir Gore 10 dispose OF
Walker Sacrificing him for the sake OF
peace" hc goes Oh L. say, " 1t is my earnest
desire iha; every misunderstanding with the
government CT Great Britain should he AMIGA.
biz and speedily adjusted In fact no two ma
tons ever existed on the surface Of the earth,
which could do each other 50 much good or so
much harm Mr. Buchanan does not particu-
larry object to the right of search. and that is
why on. vessels in the Caribbean Sea have sub
United 10 that which John Bull, il was said.
had rcnquished His whole message Isl
would, but dare noi, like the poor cat in the
adage would have Cuba, but don't know
how to get hcr-Central America, il some
body did not object-redresS for injuries,
had they not 50 long fed on waterish
diet; like that noblcman, General Tom
Thumb lie would do no more than his duty
although his name should be doomed to eternal
stigma and his country to everlasting obloquy.
do not think him sound upon the pristine
principles Of Young America; nor can believe
the mere publication of the stereotvpcd edition
of the Ostend Manifesto is sufficient to shield
him from the ire Of the Southern people and
their just retributon.
The interior Of Central America il in great