The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-02

SATURDAY MORNING Appyr 90
THE NEWS FROM NlcARAgUa
|eShfIoRE OF TIE WHITE STEAMERS
CIARA7IoN or THE FREEDOM OF Tgr
TRANSYr ROUTE 1"n


The news from Nicaragua ia im,o,t.n,
the reported seizure of American s,eamor. =.
sfeneh troops, was incorrect. II appears that N.
Niearagaan government has been looking an, q,
h'heusters on the Pacific eide for soma tins 49,
haa spies stationed on the coast to renort en-
arrival OF any Suspicious vessel. The ooth :,
feornary was the time fxed for the arriva, ~ ,hs
insadere, aud on the night of the 10Th thras :,
'ne largest bridges on he Transit road, from ths
lake to San Juan del Sur, were burned dawn
These eridges-frtm fifteen to twenty In nnmher
had all been lately built and repaired. and ona
OF the three burned is said to have cost Il ooo :
fhecorrespondent Of the New York Herald. savs
oa the afternoon of the "a of March the IInirea
states sioop-ofwar Decatur appeared of San Jnan
9ei DE sur, and sent her boats on shore for water =
, nrleepiess spies We're on the alert; and taking
.ne peeatur Tor hlibuster craft, and the water
noats TO be filled with armed invaders the
hea 70 the bushes. thence TO tho President and re
ported the country already invaded and filled with
aru'ed men; Mariners bosom sweiled with pa.
tr'otIsm, and was almost wild with the hone Of
encountering the enemy. Martial Law was do.
clared. The war trumpet sounded forces wera
called out, aad the President, having placed the
chair OF State in other keeping, put himself al
the head of the army. All the pomp and parade
OF glorious war was going on in style TO te seen
aud appreciated only in Nicaragua when news
came that there were no fiiibusters at San Juan
del Sur: that the ship was an American map-of.
war. President Martinez having satisfied bimsalf
OF the actual state of things, Immediately issued
a proclamation stating the facts. IL ouietsd the
people, it seems, but the government did not con.
slider itself ont of danger. On the llth OF March
an order or command, signed by an official at Fort
San Carlos dated the 10th, was served on Captain
Holton, of the lake boat Cass- Yrsarri then living
at the head OF Toro Rapids, to place the steamer
Immediately under the guns of Fort San Carlos.
twenty-seven miles distant. An hour was given
Holton to reply; and If at its expiration he refused
to comply with the order, himself and men were
to be regarded as suspicious to the peace of the
republic
The order was served on Holto1 by an officer of
the NlcarsRuan army, accompanied by armed SOL
ciers. Upon bis protesting against such proceed.
ings and refusing TO obey the order the officer and
soldiers took forcbe possession of the Cass-Yris.
arri aud carried her to Fort San Carlos. Hoton
attempted and asked permission to leave the boat,
but Was forcby detained until the 5th, when, at
the inierposition of Mr. Bills and Mr.. Schles-
singer, the agents OF the company, he was set at
liberty.
On the 18th similar order was served on Cap.
tain Carmsn, of the Catharne Maria, lying at Cas-
tiilo Rapids from the commander at Fort Castillo.
He declined complying, aud the Catharine Maria
was seized by the Nicarsguan officials. Carman
hauled down the American flag in token OF com.
puisory surrender. The commsndsnte then sent
TO the fort, got the SicaraguaD flag and hoisted
ii on the Catharine Maria.
In attempting to take her TO Fort San Carlos
she was run on rock at Toro Rapids, where she
now lies high and dry.
So ends the Joe White Company.
Iu view of all this, Nicaragua has thrown open
the transit free to the world. Read the follow
ing:
The Senate and Chamber of the republic of Nj
Art /. The transit route over the isthmus CT Nj
carGgua is tree for all nations; consequently there
u not recos nizad or permitted over it malopoiy
III favor OF any person or company.
Art. 2 The disembark stion and Transportation
OF troo!s, arms and munitions of war cannot be
permitted, except in accordance with a treaty stip-
uation TO that effect with the republic
Art The government will regulate the man
ner Cf makog transit effective, consulting the Sc
curIty aud convenience Of the republic.
Art.4 rhe government will also take upon itself
the imposition Of charge for transportation mod
crate and equal for all nstions
Art. 5 This decree shall not be construed in any
manner so AS to be obstacle to the opening of the
interoceanic maritime canal,
Given at Nicaragua, in tn q Hall of the Chamber
OF Deputies, February 26, 1889.
You will see the officials put the seizure of the
boats on the ground of an anticipated invasion,
and the fear of their falling into the hands of the
inyaders.f On the .other hand, the American
agents say that it is gross invasion of their
tights, and seizure of the company's boats and
property to prevent the opening of the TraDsitan
done through English and French influence.
SchlessiDger carries home copy of the Ouseley
treaty. 1: is similar to the Cass .Yrissari, with
the exception that British troops are to be landed
only when demanded or asked by the Nicaraguan
authorities. The Mosquito proteetorate islleft for
future negotiation.
Atrea.y with Sardinia has also been concluded
aud it is similar to the 0useIey treaty, and re-
cogniZes "privateerng' as established and under.
stood az the Congress Of Nations at Paris.
French treaty was to follow soop.
srhis ofthings brings forcibly to mind the ap
peal or appendix of Presidents Martinez and Mora
to the Belly contract, and for publishing and ut.
tering which, il is said, your government demand.
ed apology, which was promptly made by the
Minister at Washington, General Jerez But while
be was making the apology, bis government at
home carrying ont their original intention and
added to the insult.
There is no doubt of the fact that joint protec-
torate of England, France and Sardinia, has been
established in Nicaragua, and your beautiful
Monroe doctrine knocked into cooked hat. 1t is
a pity the subject was ever mentioned
Monsieur Belly aud party were safely landed at
San Juan.