The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-29
TIE TREATY NTH SIcARAGU-
HIGHLY INTERESTING NEWS.

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PANAMA, Monday, July is, 1858
BY the steamship Columbus l have received the fol
lowing letter transit matters and the Cass Yrissari
treaty dated Managua June %, which is from source
that may be relied upon My correspondent has seen
Gen Casss despatch the refusal of President MART
to sgnthe treaty, and quotes the substance d
follows > H@ ~
"You President Martinez) have insulted this govern
ment by Withholding the treaty, after pesing yourself
TO Gen Lamar that you sent it BY special messenger
aud asking the General to expedite his journey by send
ing him the Fulton II he were too late for the An.
wall steamer You, also, induced the messenger to be-
leve that he bore the treaty You afterwards assigned
for not having sent it, that you had written
autograph letter to President Buchanan asking him
to submit TO certain notifications TO it, which letter you
never wrote. We demand, the only reparaton you
can make, the return of the treaey ratified by the
semby. 800 M
The fact is further known that Martinez even sent
certificate to Yrss that the treaty had been ratified
but telling Yssari to get amendments II possible and
if not to promise that the ratified treaty should be sent
on in four weeks He said his political feelings being
with the people of Nicaragua depended upon radical
change in the treaty they all opposed to IT, and
would use it to his ruin, and much more Of the same
sort - y.
AS regards vested rights Of American citiaens in Mica
ragua Gen. Cass told President Martinez that the gov
eminent of the United States would submit to any
arbitrary action of Nicaragua; that the country
devoid of adequate tribunals the cabinet at Washington
had other but to decide these matters for
themselves and for this purpose proper naval force
had been despatched to both sides of the sthmus.
The White Company has succeeded in fixing three
things:
First The assembly WILL ut The understanding Of hs gcr
np dsapprove of all and every act 1t has done in
aton to the Transit matter with Vanderbilt and enable
1t thus by Decree to get out of the compromise. The
government will then send special commission to the
United States with full powers to settle the dispute be-
tween the Ship Canal Company and the government of
Nicaragua relative to the extension Of time ii the par
ties cannot agree the questions at issue will be submitted
to arbitration in accordance with article 80 Of the primary
grant, amended by article 8th Of the 18th of June
1851 General Jerez, have reason to know, has been
offered this mission both to the government of the United
States and to the Company, and will acceptt acting in
conjunction with Yrissari, under his direction.
Should there be positive news Of the intention OF Van
derbt to open the route then there is but way left
and that is to deny him the right of the land transit
BY the 18th of August next all these matters will be
settled
The transit road from La Virgin to San Juan del Sur ia
in good condition. and will be kept by the agent of the
White Company Scott is fixing up the river boats at
San Juan del Norte for Vanderbilt while Miller is work
ing for him at Castillo. In couple Of days President
Martinez goes Castillo and will take the lake steamer
Virgin again in possession and bring her up to Granada
The San Carlos the best lake steamer is still the
sand bank where she went ashore the eth of Feb
runry 1t believed her boilers, led plates and engines
will have to be taken out before she is raised blocks
for repairs. f. w. r.