Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-05
LETTER FROM AsPINWALL.
.Co'TeAp0nlsHcs cf ne Hi1s@ond Ea3girerl
SAS .JrAS DEL NogTE, March i, lSJ9


Correspondence cf ne Ri2sE'ond EaiIayerl
SAS Jr>S DEL NoGTr, March Is, 1859
The Greytown cmlgrautS have arrived. just
from la Belle France, with N. Brey as the
, director, for the purpose. il is said. Of com.
I'ehc'ng the work on tie ship canal. lie has
iorly sappcrS and miners with him At present,
ana informs US that he shall rcccivc recruits
by the semi-mon;hiy English mail steamers -
10 speak the truth. without tia,tcry. | must
say they look more ike organised and wei!
armed fillibustcrs than peaceful cmicrants who
would be content 70 become peaceful "hewcrS
Of wool and drawers OF water" They are
well armed with the rifle pistols. swords. &c.
and devcn the natires begin 10 view them with
suspicion. and believe digging a canal is not TO
be alone their occupation. The doubts OF the
natives may have been aroused by thcapparcnt
measrcnc>> Of the cychcqucr. for they are not
lavish OF their money. and their impression of
fllibu>terS may have arisen from their poverty
They have not much money. and 1t would not
he surprising If il should turn out 10 be 4
grand military scheme OF Mons. Emperor" to
colonizc Central America with French soldiers.
and so cilcctually destroy al! imcricrn interest,
by roofing out the very name of Americans
These French hlibuI>tcrS since their arrival
have stirred up the negro government 10
action, and the grcaScrS have suddenly seized
all the boats. and made prisoners at the same
time of all on board-one more outrage 10 be
added TO the long catalogue of crimes against
American citizens, Captains Carnan and Clapp,
with Mr.. Fitzgerald. agents, and others in the
employ Of the Steamship Company These
men have been brulally seized imprisoned,
and almost starved by the NcLraguau Govern
ment, and the question Is, why i, this treat
ment: and Tor wha:: no one prctcndS 10
know no one can answer. Here lies the
American man.oi.war Jamestown, but stirS not
TO resent it, Wha, has been done 10 protect
American citizens abroad: Nothing. And
they mus. endure the oLtragcs vi these un.
godly grcascrs
To put Il final stop 10 this European influ.
ence and grca.er impotence is To repeal the
neutrality laws. and allow the iil;bustcrS to
swarm these shores like bees.
There are seven men-of.war lying outside Of
the point: Five English and two American.
They will leave in few DAYS for Vera Cruz
We have new consular agent at this port,
Thomas 5. Bell ESP. youn. gentlemen. but
one fully competent to discharge the duties Of
/ his office.
The objection made 10 him is. that he is too
Young Nov, then, from what we have seen
of these old iogy officials. think it is high
time we began to give our youth chance.
and il they are not Solon> a, present the pros
pect will hc lllat litlc training will be bene.
iicial, and in the end make them sag icious di-
plomatS.
Give the youth the business he desires
And he'll 200 Had the talents Il rrqIircs"
The Central American question wears now
an entirely different phase, and which is Of
vital importance to the american MON. The
Ouslcy treaty signed. England prelcnds 10
have given up her protcctoratc, and dropped
the controversy that johnny Crapeau may pick
up the budscon. and seize the country. Nj
caragua Under the prctencc of building ship
canal. French llibustcrs are To be sustained
BY England. aud have M doubt after seeing
what they SEC. our wi>c.arrcS will become sat.
i>iicd Of their error. in not supporting: General
VIM Walker in this well deserved position,
President Of Nicaragua. ).
t>rl>wALl. March %, 1859.
The steamer Northern Light. belonging to
Commodore Vanderbilt came into the harbor
of ASpinwa OH the morning OF the 2lst Of
March. Her passengers were despatched TO
, Panama to await the arrival Of the Orizabl.-
! She came in during the evening from California
bringing nine hundred passengers. They will
leave during the night II i ro he hoped tha,
, the opposition will no, be withdrawn now that
the public are beginning 10 feel the great good
arising from check given TO graSping mo-
! nopoly.
The Roanoke iag ship. with the Brooklyn and
store ship Relief. are AT present IN The harbor.
They are all expected To leave in few days for
Vera Cruz. the place whore Uncle Sans YES
selS will. without doubt, find employment. as
there the fire will commence. if Mexico is TO be
II. = Il .,t. ,1-
lance.
j. F. Kirkland. E,q.. one OF the Greytown
Commissioners. arrived by the Northern Light.
on his way to San Juan. They have effected
nothing and, with 4 little more sense, will re-
turn again TO their homes.
There is very little ofn,crcStin Aspinwall At
San Juan del Noitc. however, there is great
excitement; some severe protests were made
against the Government of Nicaragua. The
/ British steamer Clyde brings Us word that they
have taken possession Of the boats. lonr
! Grcytown dispatches. which forward, will,
! however, give YOU particulars believe the
| President will begin to see that his degradation
! is owing alone to his want oi act on III forcign
States. especially in Central imcrc. Having
let the time pass by and failing to act he
would hood wink the opposition by crying out,
now for power toacL Had President Jackson
been so patient, had he thus waited, New Or
| leans would have fallen before Packcnhams
troops and the spoilS gone To the victorS. Thus,
Is Central America, from want of action. IN tie
! hands of the French. No President ever yet
entered the White House that had not all tic
power necessary 10 act IN any emergency let
! him but have the confidence Of the American
people by the Eternal - they will bear him
! ont in il. An opportunity once more offers for
action at San Juan: and We must only wait to
know if he will profit by it. Was it not enough
to know that the policy Of the Anglo French
alliance TO rule the two hcmi>pheres was
no secret What more did Mr.. Buchanan want
/ to curb this covetousness and countcract their
( insulting treaty by willy diplomacy.
THE REVOLUTION IN CHILL
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