The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-07

rhe Nisarasuan Transit. Rsu'..e and the oa.s-
ley "4rensv,,
SUPPORT '.,p tyr crxrp., AMERICAN !
Hrln, :" JrPoSirION 70 OUR POLICY.
WIN. ca. tpT'a' the I,opann Ne~s, Aprii lel
!" Gore oNselcy Is undergoing variety OF
are pass tue Pacific ana especially TO Brtsh Co
y. We may submit 70 the small trouble OF TRACKING
10 ,auoori hs Dors ns ac Sna aus
IN; 70 be expected that hi dozen connecting
ier tfansn route each anisg az beng monopoly for
hong term forever would be decided without struggle
The Of words has gone for years the conact
Of mtrgues has been thickepiog fopa year or two;
rot answer from Sir William Gore Ouseley turn.
ed away wrath for that tine, aad elected
assured tia, washiDeto Cabinet relinqushss its IN
preston OF having been cheated by envoy but
SANE moment appears violence actually begun
on the line Of the intended that tho igh tho
quarrel liz not with the British, it's about sasr i ahich
the itsh inte'eed and IN waieh zoe are soc1ed,
otteg psth her European r, oeys, auies0 Nicaragua
there Is TO open and safe route the fshmus
the time for ~ attend TO the facts and TO see
that onr duty Ia done
II rs enough TO say IN regard 10 the rival claimants for
the privileges of the Transit that the apse of time .eens 20
prove that NJ Belly and his supporters 'oi make ths rout
Every effort made by The party IN possession
OF ground TO keep IT, after being warned on by the
Nicarsguap government Wbie and his company had
forfeited their contract by funlmeDt OF its terms.
They would not bulge trusted in the virtue OF doa-
needy government set up steamers made great
haste TO announce nn opn route aod on the very nrs'
This the beginning Of last winter The most SO
feature of the business that the country up
in aarm and the uoops the watch In expectation or
invasion capitals, seems ROW 10 have come upon tps
character and TO have turned the scse OF
enterprise and tried tue effect Of great Ioaa or gin on
the authorities, h,s gone 10 the European pny the
,ep@ from The spot are true He has ioag been taking
Clio goo mouth for abstaDiDg from competition with the
Pacific steamers Of the Panama Company Tho company
refusing the amount the gent man mas set up
announced his intention Of setting up, opposition
connect IL
with the route the Isthmps Such Is the nterpre
taop on the spot OF the which has place
Bey's enterprise has been declared by the allies OF
Nicaragua consistent with the s4stng treaty about the
This happened just at the time when the Nicaca
pronounced in favor Of White and the old company and
when NJ Belly and his corps were pointed out as mere
In virtue Of document which would prove mere waste
paper There must have been some mistake bout this
for Engh French and NicdrdJuans seem be all bynoU
in staining A. Belly IN the prosecution his enterprise
He arrived at GreytoWn on the 10Th OF February with
forty officers and men; his pioneer staff for the con
sruction Of the ship canal which the commerce of the
world awaits with so much impotence It 10 Of coase
aeence that should be understood at home how and by
whom he is supported.
well considered clearly expressed engagement, the
part of the chief European Powers to Sustain aud protect
those Iopers 10y Lord Matmetnry on our par thai w.
Belly's enterprise is IN accordance .ih that treaty
the English steamers LANDING fifty French men every fort
night Vanderbis money and interest are devoted TO
the same scheme, an American element, II seems diff
cult TO where the opposition can come FROM except
indeed the company which is displaced for fulment
Of its contract Yet there sufficient apprehension to
rendezvous Of English aud French steamers
both shores of the Ishmus, perpetual armed vsi
lance at and land Invasion constantly expected
aswe plainly see by the last news The President hun.
that armed American vessel had entered harbor on
the Pacific shore. The vessel proved to be United
States soop war; but the President seems not 10 have
relaxed in the precautions he had arranged under the idea
of the visitor being the property Of flbasters He dii
not attack the vessel but he destroyed all his bridges in
his retreat to the akea strange act unless he had
very strong reason TO expect invasion. While he was
thus engaged another expedition under French command
crossedhe lake. and seized the steamers and other pro-
perry Of Whites Company, mprisoning the commanders
and crews The commanders driven out at the
point Of the bayonet n,o small sk their coors were
hauled down. and the Nicaragusn flag MP ther
place and enc at least Of the vesses driven up
the shore The Americans surrendered everything tbs
authorities and the stations they had occupied ap
pointed the headquarters OF the Belly expedition COL
Cooper, Of the British Typographical Corps, Is the
ground Whether this means co operating with the
Belly party shall soon hear, no doubt. When these
traxsacen took place the Ouseley eatiehad been red
sailing Here is Nicaragua in fun accord ,uih her Euro
pea allies; those allies the spot to sustain her, and
te the 0reai enterprise in Which all the ,orld is interested
the enterprise seif begun by strong company, under
the lead OF an approved engineer and 1--WE are now old)
sustained by great New York capitalist what is there
in all this but the prospect of open route as soon as
practicable Yet there Ia something behind and II s
busness to be on the watch II the Washington govern
ment is really of the mind with Its allies In both
hemispheres-if 1t sincerely desires only open, free
safe route for all the world 1t will decountenance
petty suspicious OF Sir W. Gore Ouseley; it will join in
keeping the peace along both shores and it will take such
to the observance Of its procama
tons, and the laws of the republic, to release from
their watch the ships Of which does not like to
either shore The route must be made; the makers
must be projected and till it is certain that the great
terw Use secure, there must be sufficient protection
within hail.
How far the scheme may be affected by the action Of
the currents the Atlantic shore shall hear before
Iopg The has swept away the WORKSHOPS other
property Of the preceding company at point above Grey
town. and the harbor OF Greytown itself s nearly closed
The engineers will report TO the merchants Of the world
doubt, about the best point Of entrance upon the
Isthmus The polical part of the affair must not be last
GSM Of mhaterer the engineering aYras eents may be-
The Ueok Sdtes Of Central America mast be Sustained
their independence for the benefit Of the worlds inter
courses and long appears that the ratification Of
Sir W. Gore Ouseleys treaties announced in any part oil
the world as bad or questionable news, must keep up
our interest in those engagements and resolution 20
it to be part Of national policy that the
use Of the world.