The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-19

must cease to be source of annoyance to us
in this new home of liberty and progress.
Our News Budget from tho West Indies.
Central and south America.
We have this morning quite budget q,
interesting miscellaneous news items from the
West Indies, and Central spd South America
First, we, are informed from Kingston, ia
maica, that the contract with the West India
and Pacific Steamship Company for monthly
steamer between Jamaica and New York will
go lst2 effect on the 22d of July, that the
Pacific Mail Company will run their last
steamer under their expiring yafhaica subsidy
on the 9th Of July. It is supposed, however.
that they will not allow themselves to be
driven out of Jamaica in this way, but that
they will run their steamers via Kingston with
out any subsidy at all. We hope they win.
and we think they can. We have no faith in
these subsidies.
From Hayti the news referring to certain
revolutionary movements is discouraging.
Our African friends in that quarter have been
they are fond of excitement and military glory
we apprehend that the existing government
will soon be required to fight for the mainten-
ance or restoration of peace.
From Aspinwall we have curious story Of
the unfortunate adventures of the Cuban
flibustering steamer Edgar Stewart, which
has at last been taken in charge, for the pro-
lection Of American interests, by the United
States steamer Wyoming. Another flibuster-
ing steamer, the Virginius, is at Puerto
Cabello, Venezuela, guarded by two Spanish
ships Of war. One Of these attempted to cut out
the tilibuster, but was prevented by the ugly
preparations for resistance on the part of the
Venezuelan government. At Carthagena it
was generally believed that q schooner which
left that port recently with arms and ammu-
milton was bound for the island Of Cuba.
Meantime it is somewhat remarkable that all
these Cuban flibustering ventures should SO
signally fail. They must be most wretchedly
managed, or surely now and then one of
these swift little steamers would be
successful in landing her troops, arms and
ammunition, and in getting away. 1t would
appear that the liberal Cubans who furnish
the funds for these costly expeditions cannot
find the right sort of men to take charge of
their ships, or that they are too careless in
their selections. Where is Admiral Semmes,
late Of the AngTo-rebel cruiser Alabama?
A ''bold privateer' Of that type is the man for
the Cubans, at any price.
We are downright glad to hear that there is
no fear of commercial crisis in Guatemala on
account of her war with Honduras but we
are sorry for Honduras, for she is in a sorry
position. Her President, Medina, was forti-
flying himself at last accounts in the city of
Gracios, expecting combined attack from the
forces of Guatemala and Salvador, and in the
meantime fire had been opened on the rear
of Medina by revolutionary faction We
know nothing of the merits Of this war on the
part of Medina and very little of Medina him
self; and yet in defence Of 1.-THE sacred SOIL
of Honduras we wish him success, even
though it may be followed by commercial
crisis in Guatemala. AS the silver lining to
this war cloud, the envoy of peace from Nicar-
aqua had been well received in Salvador. This
is the man for our money and his name is Don
Evaristo Carajo, and his motto is, 'Let us
have peace.
In Nicaragua, we are informed, three routes
for an interoceanic ship canal are being ex-
amined by Captain Hatfield, of the United
States exploring expedition and that the pros
poets of success are great. This is no news to
us. glance at the map of the Isthmus Of
Nicaragua, with it's great lakes, Nicaragua and
Managua, and their outlet, the San Juan
river, navigable for good sized steamers at high
water, are facts which, together with Commo-
dore0 Vanderbilt $ experience, ought to settle
this question. The ex-Emperor Louis Napo-
leon, from an examination of careful surveys
made of this route, has left it on record as his
opinion that here will be the great ship canal
of the New World, and that with this ship
canal the little town of Masaya, between the
lakes Nicaragua and Managua in its CONNER
cial political and military importance will
eclipse Constantinople
The Argentine Republic as some time ago
into trouble with Brazil. That alliance with
Brazil to put down the republic or despotism
of Paraguay, or whatever you may please to
call it, was a bad investment for the Argen-
tines But Brazil has her own troubles. An
epidemic of some kind, we are told, has
attacked three towns of the empire, and car
ried off eight thousand of their thirteen thou
sand people. The epidemic we suspect, was
the yellow fever or smallpox these diseases
being reported as very malignant further
south, at Montevideo and in other parts of
South America.
But, turning the reader to our dispatches
for other details of our South American budget
Of this paper, we close with the good news
that Professor Agassizs scientific expedition
had arrived safely at Callao, and was about to