The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-08

gle by all kinds of misr presentations aud
hollow promises, throwing themselves under
the shelter of the treaty, AMI claiming to ave
acquired rights which the Government of the
United States would be OBJ ig,d to investigate
before rejecting that, b.. that means, the
Transit would probably bs closed for another
wear, BY q series of absurd claims and fruitless
neeotia, ions, to the incredible injury Of NicAra-
qua and great loss and b rm to the United
States, who might finally become inimical to
Nicaragua because Of the Irritating delay and
might entirely withdraw tn ir ptotection.."
We presume that We shall .haer nothing more
of war with France, in consequence of NJ.
Belly's canal speculatiens.
AN HrraA.T ! fraAcr.
"Ths value of the Yaaki = - slave has rot
been properly estimated. Nov dangerous and
troublesome he is in stafs Of freedom il too
we'll known. Cowardly, u Svish, superstitious,
fanatical, destitute of mfral sense or of any
fixed idea of civil polity, 10 possesses all the
worse and none of the bett traits of the negro,
and stands more in need Q master. His in
genuity has made him VII : be viii forever re-
main-the mechanic ap<r craftsman of the
world. Under proper eosSmand, he makes .
good sailor. Nor is he NJ il for higher slsvish
duties. His active and q iscrupulous intellect
finds very suitable occupason In the vulgar la
bors of the lawyer and ed or, also in the more
disgraeeful pursuits of ID itinerant lecturer.
Bot for his inability to dicern between right
and wrong, and his tend ncy to atheism, be
soundly fog every polite sermon, he would
improve beyond what We; think possible; but
he will always be too hl-ocritical to be trust
ed."-Richmond Va.) HSig.
The Richmond Wing i9 one Of those Soath'
ern journals which are reled on to sustain the
new national movement fr Peoples Party |
MEXICAN L.sD-TheM 2. Times is re-
sponsible for the following: t
"Thirty.nine million . res of land-a large
portion Of it teeming wits mineral wealth-is
no ANAL acquisition for cay private company (;
but citizen of the Uni1ed States, certain
enterprising ex-sea-capts-n, BY the name Of
Isham, now of California, Dojourning, however,
we believe, in Washingt, o, 10 in possession Of
grants from the Mexican Government of double
and treble that amount { /. acres. Some time
during the Presidency d Comonfort, Captain
Isham was in Mexico, an4 there entered into q
formal and binding conflict with the Mexican
Government, to underta.se and effect . scien-
ti6c survey of the Mexi an States of Lower
California, Sonora, Chill aahua, Sinaloa, and
Durango, for which ser~.fe certain compensa-
ton and privileges, diff ting but slightly with
reference to the different States, we're guaran.
tied to Captain Isham ~ his assigns. The
terms of the contract &C. lerslly thus conveyed
to Captain Isham the following important con-
cessons l. One-third tf all the public lands
of the aforesaid Eve MEXICAN States was grant
ed in fee, on condition Il the performances of
the contract. 2. The accompanying right to
pre-empt the remainir 'twothirds on the
same condition. 3. Tn surveying parties and
colonies organised for t.e purpose Of making
surveys, have the privilege Of importing all
their instruments, matelAl supplies, &C., free
of duty. 4. The exclus1e right of steam nav.
igation between San Frss1ciseo or other Amer
lean ports and Gusymas or other ports in the
Gulf of California, is scored to Captain 1sham.
his associates or assigns for term of years."