Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-05
A Defence OF Commodore PauId,ng.

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oasns requiring al oO9ei '"uoI VI oui neutral
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ou!y [e'iuqu'sucS ID cC'set tvnco ~ '"v u''
ciSiVe intervention U! CaP'' Nha'aFu' N'-.
be SEXES the niue river steam eFS' Se"4s
party up 10 Ca'tilio' ana enters upon reSu-
lar hosUIhueS' committing GaIIy' III 'he Ne.g
presence oi the assem- oIeu lone squadron,
acts "nlch eau Oe eAaG'Iy uescLl0eu' O,In IN
tneit 'esS' auu 'n'''t O''''Ns' 10 '0''''''
'Hp'm' %'.I H'N'""' D,,.,,,
an In1S CGwIoIo'e Sult !.p SIoG'l nave
Ton'ein ateu Caiuiiy anu win toiueu nAnu''
ie'' NC oH.t u'SI'y insult u ''ie so'o'c'9u'
y VI 'VuleUouy -'n"' same 'uSu.t' III resent
ment OF Which tue Sehtlemeh IN New orleans
50 tlereely CRASHED their teeth.
Give me leave tor single moment to con
slider that matter. 1t Is worth while to bear
IN MIND that Point Arenas Is nothing more
tnan strip oil sand TWO or three hundred
yards wide, formed opposite the mouth Of the
Dan Juan, ny the Wash!hgs OF tnat h!tie
stream 1t Is not within the jurisdiction OF
Nicaragua, but would naturally iail within
the limits OF Costa klca, being upon the
Southern side OF the river. Ihe latter govern
ment, however, has tor years pretended TO no
authority over 1t. For long ume II has
been occupied almost e1cluslVoIy oy .hr.
Scott, and his subordinate employees Of the
Transit Company. Ihey claim 70 be Amer
lean citizens, add dlsaVOw every other JurIs.
dIcton. They pay no taxes, are SUBJECT 10
no municipal regulations Ut eriminh! laws.
While the steamers were running Ihey u.
fused to pay Consular lees 70 our CoihmeFci"I
Agent at Greytown, upon the plea that he
was our Agent only Tor GreytoWn Ia NlCara-
gua-whereas the steamers were cleared for
and landed at Point Arenas, which belonged
either to Costa RIGA or nobody
Practically it belongs TO nobody" beyond
doubt, and as against Costa Rica, the only
adverse claimant, very pretty argument
can DO made, and is seriously urged.
To all this it may be shortly answered
whether Point Arenas belongs to Costa RIca,
or to nobody" 1t certainly does not belong
to the United States. Admit 1t. Nor does