The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-27

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nothing less than my rested ar o.Scc would deserve
,he Iepropaton OF CIV zed natns and Mr. Buchanan IN
,S walker would have pronounced ~ advance
a'e CONDEMNATION Of the United States.
LORD MALI dRsBuRY ON THE BELLY TREATY.
ne rars COZ respondent Of the London Times says
n1 neeo'D sor, NJ Felix Belly, appeals, moreover, 70
canal To- CULVER treaty for prossoon LOT ae
yoRKss Ors1cE, June II, 1858.
SIR have the honor acknowledge the 70 eipt Of
e' which you addressed TO me on the lst nit,
sosp copy of an agreement concluded between You
ana the Presidents of the republics Of Nicaragua ana
Rsca for the construction OF ship canal between
Atlantic and Pacific oceans and beg acquant you
nat spuations OF the treaty between Great Britain
and The United states Of the 10th April 1850 commony
called the Clayton Buwer treaty will in my oprion,
Apply TO this scheme, if carried Ihave the honor
". fEIn Bssy, &c. MAIMESBpEY.
from the london News Oct l5l
We MAKE ne apology for recurring 10 the topic OF Cen
sral American politics affecting the transit route, be-
cause uiere really other wey under system of
secret uponacy OF securing the Interests OF our foreign
abroa e men raass o ,be FSep q Journals
Indicate that the E~peT0ys government Is az dJreem mt ruth
Cegdl American States and tc protect the free and
u character Of the transit route as highway for the
wholeword.
What was the authority OF NJ Bey9 What was true
anoutthe convention between certain European Powers
mason OF the canal and g1arantyng its neutrality And
what were 10 think OF the engagement the part Of
England Ffsnce and Sardinia protect Nicaragua and
Costa Rca against aggression from the United StatesY
Whatever were the coDjecures formed in Europe and
America ~ now clear that the decisive moment IS at
hand IN which The assumptions aS1ibed 10 the Washington
odtin mast b clearly ascertaind, and finally reconciied
'csh ne Interests q other nations and specially Nth the
rights offhe inhob,tdus Of the Ithrsus The American
newspapers have published past transactions present ag
taions and assumptions for the future The before
US, and we must give it the attention its Importance
demands.
The Nicaraguan government holds itself free to accept
anew TRANSIT scheme, the old American contractors hav
ing forfeited their possession of the existing way by
non observance of the main conditions Of their bargain
These parties refuse 10 retire clam retain their posi-
ton I'LL 1859, and propose 10 institute their promised
works before that date though warned that the term Of
permission expired long ago This company, ike other
American parties in the attempts 10 throw dscred
on NJ Belly unauthorized advcnturcr Thus far all
rs as II has been for many months past Next the Van
derbt scheme seems TO be al end altogether II
too procpacy concluded that the President OF Nicaragua
could not refuse doncar OF hundred thousand dol
lars but the dollars and their donor have been returned
70 New fork-and this disposcs Of another project
Next il is announced from New York that the grand
scheme which was said 10 have attracted much Eng
hsh capital and which characterized by the remark
able stipulation that 5000 armed American laDorcrs
70 be employed on the hnethe great Honduras railway
provide instead modes, cart road This closes another
1 branch Of the question
Then there Walker and his flous,er forccwha, arc
10 think Of his prospects, There Ia been saying
lately whether he was here there up down the
soul Of the enterprise, OF cast out of the game After his
against Mexico aid Of designs upon Cuba i in
possible that he recover the of
government and ~ To be expected thai the Washington
Cabinet viii answer his allegations and take he
does not mper the honor OF the republic by his aggres
sons IN The lshnns YET Is certain that the inhabitants
are IN desperate fear OF invasion by io,e under Walker
| sustained ~ his government
All this time there has been much blind speculation at
Washington 10 the function and real objects SIR VIII
liam Gore ouseley Some Of the best informed persons in
the political world believed that he placed Wash
\
thy OF Lord Napier with the President his Kansas policy
in matters cf international debate Whatever
Lord Naper's sympahes may be points of American
policy, this was not Ike English OF proceeding:
keeping watch the interests Of the Isthmus and that
the European goycrnments-or OF them, At least
NAV have really been duly vigani during this critical
oceans more important the world general and our.
selves IN particular than has been considered before
though theorecast Of centuries has been directed rs H.
II viii now be whether the government the United
states viii be satisfied 10 share with other Powers the
yaniagcs cf the Central American route whether viii
MAKE any SPECIAL Demands IL seems to have experienced,
as yet Of the " calmH anticipated by Mr. Buchanan
as The characteristic OF his rule In the North and West
have gathered thick. II scarcely cred ole that
tmois should he instituted to the south az the Gulf for
purposes Of ambition which have warrant reason.
policy a. International law. short tine must show
wha; attitude Will he assumed by the President his
acf have only 10 consider how The rights Of tho Central
amer States be most thoroughly established with
or without the AID of tho United States With their aid let
world
FNGtlsH REPORTS FROM NICARAGUA.
ltreyown SI lal correspondence Of the London News
There y no arpearanco here Of the Transit re-openns
yet awhile.
Nj lamar the United states Mn ster 10 Central Anne
RIGA, after demanding from the Of Nicaragua TIL
of six million dollars ndeTnnha alton for loss a.
American lives and property during the libuser war
now in san jose Costa Rca. and has demanded o. ihs
government the small o millions the share o.
that state II ~ understood that having Costa Rca he
Will vsi san Salvador and Guatemala call upon those
governments Tor ieN millions their contributions
What the alternative VIII be, only snrnisc and
that the occupation q all Central Amerya by the United
States There AZ ths moment ships 81 flying the
star and stripes N all the Atlantic and Pacific PORTS
Nicaragua
The overture 10 q revolution has commenced in Ncara
qua. band Of robbers from the Department y, Leon
pimdcrng the smaller villages the ncichhong depart
mentS. Their hurntcrs daily increasing. and
shor, 'ime. with the Of General somebody
they viii pronounce against the q tho day
q matter Of
General Jcrcz the Sicaraguan Minister the United
States has instructions 10 proceed London he Toes
nos snccced with the treaty amended Wash ngton,
and "a establishing Transit company. IN consequence
Of the demands made uIon his government for Ddcmn6.
eaton viii he not h. justified IN claiming from the govern
mont 81 the United States payment for the burning ~ era
nada and destruction ~ other towns and villages ~ the
nlbusers, Who we're american citizens openly enlisted
the SiaissY