Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-08-06
FROM NICARAGUA.

York, late and interesting advices from
Central America have been received
Among her passengers is Maxine
Jerez, who comes as minister from the
Nicaraguan government, to relieve Senior
lrisarri, who has resigned Gen. Jerez
brings the Cass-Irisarri treaty, ratified
and modified, and, it is stated, he POS
sesses extraordinary powers, in order to
make the convention acceptable to our
Government, as well as TO complete the
transit route negotiations commenced
with Mr.. Allen, by personal interview
with Commodore Vanderbilt, who, it is
alleged, will very soon have the route
open,
The French plan of NJ Belly was
looked upon as a visionary scheme.
Colonel Schlessinger was at Magnaua,
claiming that he was the general agent
Of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal
Company, and that President Martinez
must hearken to him.
Col. Cauty's grant from Costa Rica
for the opening of the Sorapique road,
is described as very valuable.
Messrs. Webster, Allen and Gottel,
agents of Commodore Vanderbilt, who
went to Nicaragua to obtain the ratiica-
ton Of the contract for tl-a possession of
the lsthmus transit route, also return,
and without having secured the grant.
General MARTINEZ, on the 18th instant,
in person, with 500 soldiers, took pos
session of Castillo Fort, as a precauton
against a filibuster invasion which was
daily apprehended He had taken the
steamer Morgan to be used above the
rapids in case of necessity.
The river San Juan was very high,
and steamers, without difficulty, could
pass up into the Lake.
American men-of-war were daily ex-
pccted to blockade the ports Of Nicara-
qua, on account of the refusal of the
government to ratify the treaty. This,
it is said, led to the ratification of the
treaty.
The frequent loss Of letters and de-
spatches to and from the United States
and Nicaragua, has been traced to new
species Of filibustcrs, aided and allotted
by the government on the Isthmus Of
Nicaragua, who have opened and destroy
ed them IN trdasita Consul Cottrell,
at Groytown, has traced these depreda-
lions, and has sout dispositions on the
subject to Gen Cass
The Casslrisarri treaty, says the cor
respondent of New York paper, has
been modified in articles l6 and II, SO
as to provide that Americans shall be five
years in Nicaragua before becoming citi-
zens, and that United States troops shall
not be landed on the Tsthmus until call
ed for by Nicaragua.
A BRITIsn RAILROAD TO THE Pacific.
The Washington correspondent of For
ney's Press writes
Extraordinary intelligence has reached
here to the effect that the British govern
ment have had an overland route sur
yeycd FROM their possessions in the Rocky
mountains to certain point in Canada
by which they will be able to construc
railroad over their own territory OF
this continent, uniting the Pacific witt
the Atlantic. The proposed route il
much shorter than that of our govern.
ment, and as the British government
stands ready to secure a certain fixed rate
of interest to all who may choose to in.
vest in this great enterprise, its foasibili-
ty is beyond doubt. | have this inlor-
nation from the highest authority
STATISTICS OF LEAyEEWoRTH MOI
four years since, according to the Lcay-
enworth (Kansas) Times, the first house
was built in that place. Yet at this
time they have nearly ! 500 houses with
in their bounds, and a large number in
process Of building or yet to be erected
ere the season closes It is a little over
three years since the population was es-
timated at one hundred. Now it is at
least eight thousand Il has nine hotels,
thirty-two grocery stores, eleven banking
houses, twenty-five dry goods do, TWEEN
ty-three clothing and thirteen tailoring
establishments, besides other stores for
every variety of goods, to the number Of
about one hundred and twenty five; four
daily and four weekly papers, twenty
two real estate Offices, seycnty-nine law
yers, thirty eight doctors, &c.
E1- At the Fourth Of July colobra-
ton held at Lexington, the following
toast was offered:
Hoops and Tight Pants the unqual-
flied representatives Of the financial ex-
tremes, May the charms Of the ladies
be as boundless as their skirts; and may
the gents never get as tight as their
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