The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-14

Mk4 te Done 70 Ofsn lime importance " ivy
Pyoceedags-CAasactsr Of his Ae-Fsurs Of the N'eara
auans-Polpica, Charaaer Of the Seheme-f'e"ea ooo'
risotsen-E,Sopxax and American Insessis--he''
Rens, dc.
Tina nlot rerorts fteeu feet of the bar, and
the entrance only two hun fred wide This does not
look much Ike Transit for should q steamer arrive sne
could not get into the but would have 70 discharge
her passengers freight &C., into lighters oude among
tho men of var some half dozen miles offrom Graytown
in one of the toughest and worst ports in the Atlantic
There are two things which will have TO be done be-
fore another transit opened through Nicaragua Both
are ma,tersone 10 be acted upon BY Nicara
qua Alone the other jointly by both governments The
first is protection the company party opening the
route: the other is the Improvement Of the harbor and
river by the Nicaraguar government
The first Of these-protecuon, which was 30 literally
provided for by the CassYris treaty-has fallen
through The treaty been ratified but in ts amended
form as proposed by Nicaragua Throwing open the route
70 all nations upon the terms who chose to open it,
has made indispensable that one, both governments
should guarantee sort Of protection; otherwise it
will be opened
The maxi thing Is TO improve the harbor and river The
Of Nicaragca should act with the spirit
Of literally towards the company party that would
open us did with NJ Belly in granting him his canal
rivers TO the depth Of eight feet the expense 10 be paid
bv Nicaragua The improvements should made BY the
company party having the Transit, and the expense
Maid by Nicaragua tolls.
The press in tho United States fear very much un-
derrate political importance Of NJ Belly in his connec
ton with the Nicaragua canal. Whatever may be NJ.
Belly merits talents as newspaper editor and
porter or as Bourse speculator and business man,
tn the enterprise started under the most favorable
auspices, if appearances mean anything.
Both parties that have arrived-the first thirty, the
second fourteen, making forty four altogethersre all
very superior class, with abundance Of everything The
amount Of baggage agricultural and engineering imple
-hch both parties brought with them s perfectly
astonishing every article too is Of the very best and
most valuable description.
There was feature which considerably alarmed the
Greytown greasers and that the arms and ammuni
,ion which accidentally exposed to view by the
breaking open Of box in getting their baggage ashore.
sdent Martinez Of the discoveries that had been made and
TO keep strict watch upon the FreDchmen
,nep orders 10 the Fort sn
allow n Belly any Of his party to pass the fort
till he had complied with the terms Of his contract
which was the payment Of certain sum of money be-
fore commencing operations. This order doubt
issued by his Exceency under the impression that he
heard the steam whistle Of the steamer coming with
Walker and the lbusters. The order after
scinded for Belly and several Of the party passed San
Carlos on their way TO San Juan del Sur
Aside from the feasibility Of building a canal, or
whether is intended to be constructed not,
there Of denying the fact that the French 60
has placed at the disposition Of the enterprise
some Of Its most eminent engneers-men who have been
for years the head of French public works. This
what does II mean, NJ Belly ID such bad stand
ing with Louis Napoleon often represented to
be- how that the French government patronze him
so literally.
the whole thing intended for gigantic stock swnde.
The general belief in Greytown is that the French in
tend COLOMBO Nicaragua although they come ostensby
for the purpose of constructing canal across the Ishmus
of Nicaragua, which is physically and financially an i'm
That tie French and English have got everything and
have everything their own way, there s no use II
denying.
That the Americans looked upon a nation of
dering fibusters is equally true They are played out
in Nicaragua
An american finds utterly impossible to get Nicaragua
to ray sanction any contract charter giving them
the right Of transit through their territory, whilst N.
Belly Englshman draws up contracts and charters
with Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and gets them ratified
| whene yer they say the word.
The Van Dyke Trans. contract has not been ratified,
and probably will not be; the prospects good
for its being opened by the French English 10 give 10
| an American.
The English mail steamer Dee from St. Thomas, arrived
here yesterday and leaves TO morrow for Aspinwa
her return trip Her short stay is owing to her being
unable to come into the harbor She usually stops from
The hands that were on board Joe Whites steamers
when they seized by the goyernmeot have all left
except Engineer Smith, and go home Smith has accepted
q situation under the Ncarsguan government They
have uaken passage in the schooner Monterey, which
leaves here the 4h. The Ncrs government have
offered TO give the boats but the companys agent here
| has declined the offer.
SAN JUAN pxL NoKrx, March IS, 1869.
tectorats h-Hoso Much IL Costs Js to Protect H-No
Chance of 7ronst-7Ae Fuibslster Arms Swept Array
byMe Sea-7Ae Belly Fui1usas-Bad Saow for Ameyi-
can Interes-A British Commissioner TO Esamine Belly
Project, dc.
The officers belonging to the American men of-war
stationed at this port becoming daily and
disguised with their government for keeping ships Of
stationed at this pace-not because is the roughest and
worst port in the Atlantic the meanest and most misera
BILE place upon Gods footstool disgrace the govern
ment that protects has anything 70 do with it, but
because we are protecting English interests.
Government officials here date their papers "Greytown,
MOSQUITO" The town Is, in all respects, as much an Eng
protecorate over the same they do the Mosquito
Kingdom Of Hs Majesty, George Augustus Fredrtck,
which they have done Cor more than hundred years.
The Motquo territory extends from Hue1elds the Be-
ze some hundred and fifty miles west Of Greytown-he
King Of all the Mosguitos Yet the American govern
ment fool enough 10 keep three four OF is best ships
stationed there TO protect Engli.h interests For doing
this they laughed at by John Bull for being such fools
The American meros war cruising of and stationed at
this port are the sioops jamestown, Savannah and ST.
Iousesch carrying % guns, Of the heaviest metal
Of 726 men. The expense about So 500 per day
The English have stationed here three first class
steamers, Of 3s guns LIS men, at an expense Of $4,000
per day TUs s more than the whole Of Greytown is
worth, reckoning niggers, Indians, greasers and all.
The hopes OF having another transit through here
abandoned The harbor has filed up much with sand,
within the last two three MONTHS that nothing get
inside except small brigs, barks and schooners. The
EngIsh mail packets, the last three trips here,
obliged TO anchor outside AT the is going on the
entire barbor will be nothing but lagoon of sand and
weeds in less than sx months. The San Juan
low and so much filled up that bungos and canoes
cannot navigate
The has lately broken through Puhta Arenas, go
Scots residence Vanderblts AGENT doing considerable
damage to somebody. Some half dozen buildings were
washed away, AMI large amount Of property consisting
OF war implements, such guns, gun carriages balls
ehes muskets, rifles swords, maches, that formerly
belonged 10 Walkers army, had to be renewed.
Mr. j. p Kirkland, one Of they Greytown Commission
ers, came by the last English steamer Their golden ap-
pie has turned to ashes They have effected nothing and
return here with little wit, and promise never TO
! 20 abroad again.
The Belly Hlbusters here apparently with as little
''argent" as the Walker troops They are well armed
with swords, rifles and pistols and begin to think the
Belly canal scheme is but blind for Louis Napoleon TO
colombo the country.
The troupe arrived by the British steamer Clyde on the
evening Of the 18th She brings good deal Of freight
marked B. Feix Belly, implements and machinery,
and they have chartered Of the river steamers TO
lighter II Shore The labor will he done by The
ereasers Of the country They already engaging them
for that purpose having learned Lesson from the Panama
Railroad Company, OF the fatality attending fresh