New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-03-12

AMERICANS IN DANGER APPLICATION TO
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR
INTERFERENCE.
From Our Own COns9oui.a.
PANAMA March ?. 1863
There is but one topic of discussion in Panama
now, and it happened nearly week aga Surprising, is
IL not country where azness and lack Of interest
anything but dollars and form conversation very
much the scrptural model OF "et your yea be yea
and your nay nayt" And astonishing STILL the sub
ject of this unusual talk Is quite ordinary thing
merely the assassination OF an American citizen by
puny native. only this and nothing more.
Yet, for once the spirit OF Americans, rritated BY
rapid succession OF
4s S sa; merit Of s' he en-" sp9 s
is az last thoroughly roused mischief may Of It,
on the evening u the 18th ult Mr. George T. Fawcett
was shot and wounded ne9ly TO death in the billiard
Of the Grand Hotel The crcums ances Of the affair
briefly these: MT FawCctt and 1end were driving
the road when their buggy accidentally came into
tact with horse ridden by certain Jose Paredes MI
Fawcctt drew his horse 10 explain and apologize when
Paroles rode up and struck him IN the breast with bus
riding -whip and then drew pistol Mr. Fawcet drove
off, and dismissed the matter from ration treating
meath him TO resent. P@redes being one OF class
who harb0r bitter feelings Of resentment and envy
against all foreigners, Thought the affair good oppor
tuniy for brayad0, murder, and little cheap notorey
In the he paid visits to the Grand Hotel
In tho rst ne dld NOT ma t1e man ION he had arke9
"A sacrfCetO the national rancOri he boosted
Of his bravery, nourished his whip, and departed ID
recty he returned As soon as ne reached the Dhllar
room Mr. Faweett. who playing there divnlng his
object threw him TO the ground and endeayord to hold
his hands But when the ASSASSIN Had arranged MS plan
ne had apparently made preparations for firing from the
ground Mr.. Fawcett being Ketucllai who towers up
than he fired through his pocket and wounded Mr. Faw
cett II the thigh, the fenOra artery having narrow es
cape. Mr.. Fawcett was conveyed to his room and Is
eowaIily act OF this kind might have occurred any
where. though have been any place where II
seems natural here. But the most outrageous part
OF the story remains 10 be told. Tho assassin picked up
his pistol and away and from that time to this no at
tempt has been made TO arrest him. When questioned
upon tho subject the authorities professed not to know
anyone else; but this poor preteyt has been
for Saturday, the fourth day after his
crime Paredes Appeared publicly IN tDe streets ana even
understand RESUMED his desk in store where he -
employed clerk. he morning aftec the assassination
article aga.Es. thc class OF when Paroles be-
longs and Oh the lay following the SIR aud Herald APP
peared with one equally spirited me chronicle, after
dc talnr the circumstances ~ the shooting, added
n sa country wai would have been the naua action Of the
auiho1us To ,1e lie s'sa'. In us country Nht Gas he
seton Of the aaer To Perece me wounded q,1 pise'
Fa~rers le.e ard while Plrees in all probability costly chat
ting over the atr WITH s boon c9ln9Es proposed 70 Hor nm
Baiuf child Of the Ct,uoyl case II Is safe 70 say
. b A..,re tI men Of paait5 and their crimes si
We Pruns that he foreign residents s make efforts nave
M es Ppea s % The courts, They have been taught 9 e1
ru shan prostitute justice 10 WASH bis .ns rom n with mock
verdict Bst here egI u hgh 1P 60 which 'se,s ena be r.
me-. y s H. trt Ro8g5e esrst -,r5 To- remsp 4
lat witness o such Wessougv recommend that meeting
of American ctl, and urge their Gov
erurelt taArdec.el action
Ofthe C,.apove wrote you fully
Tie Sr recited several Of number Of cases in which
the most fragrant injustice has been done foreign suffers
IN tie courts. and concludes by saying:
even tef than and would he hui silly for
arrest Che orl su hes wish they please eth hin The
1ers probably Represent their gnersne 70 higher tribunal
Panama sud- IN protection 3, eten. - them hsFsi
hos The laws stored HEY al liberty to migrate
The ind uauon which such an affair, plainly pro
cerdng from the national luminosity would have pro
duced was intensified by theseoutpoken articles. The
lives of tic editors were threatened and for couple Of
days were probably IN ger Tie feeling against The
orally been friendly terms with the native population,
bat lately has quarter whatever their crimes
and malfcasancps OF justice Tho natives banded
together In H affairs of th, kind No matter
how bad popular countrynan may be among
thcm they will always SIDE with him against foreigner.
Their hate u the offspring Of Jealousy for they Know that
prominence they will ever have III the world, anu most
Vet against their hcuefaotors tey form secret societies
which. presume have adopted for their guidance two
mottors slightly altered TO suit tc times;
Iro,l the blood Of Al AHsfir.n:'
~, That 6sht, ,ni run. away
VIII i've " light spctherds..'
have heard that these hloodgsty discreet
organizations has marked out four Victims whose life
blood they pledge themselves 90 shed.
A prominent man here. whom ! have always re-
Of :" pocoternpos" said only yesterday We've got q
great advantage foreigners. Whenever one OF them
tent OF the law but when do anything ourselves.
always get Off" This wasnot boast but plain state
ment OF facts DO You wonder that people begin toery
that there must be end 10 this barefaced inius-
tcetht injured men appeal to their governments, ard
that ms partially assasnated resolve 10 assassnaie IN
return? No tell how this state of thngs may
end. The shooting of a natiye-and as matters now
stand natives not much safer than other menmay
evcntuate In an attempt 40 general massacre Of
foreigners. IN which case marines would be
Ianded and II must come 10 this anyhow, and the
Government Of the United States would save itself
great deal OF trouble and citizens great deal of perse
cutOn and injustice, by occupying the Ishnus at once
There will be excuse FOL lnactlOn III lack OF infora
tOn FOR the suggestion OF The Chronicle that the cond
ton OF affairs here be represented at Washington has
been carried OUT. formal statement OF grievances has
been prepared, setting out prominent cases OF complaint,
particularly specifynhs case and the Casanova
Sterborg Affair." and begging Tor redress 1t signed by
all the American citizens here, and Will forward by
tho next mail. our Nice-COnsul, Gen. Hough has
prepared official letter TO the State Department.
1t s hoped that some steps will ut last DO taken by tho
United States Ia redeem its nouOr furnished here by the
numerous unrcdressed grievances OF its citizens but the
expressed that Secretary Seward will allow the
matter 10 run into an intermndbe correspondence. IL
hn the diplomacy or this country well We do,
he would not for he would be aware that he would be
treated % promises plenty blackbcrles aud fair
lves apple, while the snaky politicians would be laugh
ing Ia their sleeves at their superior astuteness
have ast heard Of the newest offspring OF the Paroles
ease. The natives say that soon AS r tawcett gets
well, they are going TO put HIM under ba To Keep the
peace, aud will demand ndre bondsmen As ne cannot
get these he 90 prison have no idea that the
United States Consul will allow anything OF this kind;
but that be proec ed shows what sort of people
these They set an assassin Tree ana Try TO put his
victim IN jan.
There IL little other The United States sOOp-of
war Cyane, Commander WATERS has relieved the Su-
vance, Commander Law, this station. The Suwanee
will leave here to-day tomorrow cruise To san
Francisco stopping at Acapulco, ManZanllO. and other
Mexican ports IL IL likely that she viii he ordered 10
Stka The French steamer LamOthe Piquet arrived
here n few days ago. from Cullao
Another instance OF the unrestrained lawessnoss 80
common Ia this ghbOrhoOd occurred the island or
Taboga lately but all the details involved IN doubt
Beyond the fact that Spaniard named Nicola and en-
American have been murdered for the sake Of money
have NOT been able 10 learn anything authentic.
A riot occurred between the deck hands ana coat
passers board the North American Steamship Com
panys steamer Fulton. her arrival at Aspinwall on
The 23d Knives and pistols pretty freely used and
two wounded men were left tho hospital. o. them
10 die The fight was finally quolled by the eXertlOns OF
Capt Merry and Chief officer mcDernai, VINO wereb0h
bruised in the effort
Paymaster Charles Murray has been relieved at hls
own reanes n chargo Of naval stores ~ tl5 son. hy