The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1859, Page 2

2 ‘THE REVOLUTION IN COSTA RICA. Arrival in New York of President Mora and Other Refugees. HIS OFFICIAL PROTEST. Thej(Origin and Authors of the Conspiracy. Sketches of President Mora, Montealegre, the Provisional President, and Some of the Engikh Conspirators—De- seription of Costa Blea, Reo, Ber ake. ‘We published in yesterday’s HgRatp a summary of the news from tbe Pacific coast brought by the steamship orth Star, the most important item of which was the re- yohutionary movement in the republic of Costa Rica, which cuded in the overthrow of President Mora and his expulsion from the country. Senor Mora and four of his friends arrived in this city by the North Star, on Tuesday night, and are now stopping at the Astor Place Hotel. ‘Their names are C. Medina, C. Medina, Jr., A. Bronilla and Manvel Arguello. The latter was Treasurer under the jute government. The elder Medina was a merchant and banker of San Jose. ARREST AND EXPULSION OF THB PRESIDENT, Ths revolutionary movement was more prompt and Yeloodless than such movements usually are in Central America or elsewhere. According to our correspon @ence and to information obtained here, the facts are simply these: Early on the morning ef Sunday, the 4th of August, two military e@ficers called at the palace requesting to see the President on urgent public business. One of them was Soltero Rodrigues, the Commandant of the mili ‘ary barracks, and the other Luis Pacheco, the officer of the guard for the night. They invented a story im regard to a mutivy, and were admitted into the ahamber of President Mora, who was still in bed. There ‘wey declared the real object of their mission, placed the Presklent under arrest, and conducted him to a barracks, ‘where he was kept confined for two days. At the end of ‘that time he was placed under a military escort of one wundred men, and conducted to the port of Punta Arenas, where he was placed on board the steamer Guatemala, of the Panama Railroad Central American line, which vessel ‘was then on ber upward trip. He returned in her to Pa- ama, and came passenger in the Nogth Star. Thus the Fevolution was accomplished without the slightest vio- ORIGIN AND AUTHORS OF THE MOVEMENT. It is not 80 easy to trace the origin and authors of the movement. It is not many months since President Mora, ‘who had served the constitutional term of six years, was re-elected by a large majority. In the administration of | ‘tbe government he had evinced much wisdom and mode- vation, developing the trade and commerce of Ure country and raising the republic to an enviable state of prosperity. ‘With a population of not more than two hundred thou gand, the annual exports of Costa Rica are estimated at ever a million of dollars, whereas fifteen years ago they | id not reach to one-tenth that amount. In the principal port of entry, Punta Arenas, the number of vessels ar- | riving and deyarting in 1855 were 162, with an aggregate dovnage of 19,813 tons. The revenues in 1856 exceeded the regular expenditures (exclusive of the cost of the war against Walker and his filibusters) by some two hundred ‘thousand dollars—the former being only $655,028. The agricultural and other interests of the country were pr perous, and the peaple appeared to have had no cause @issatisfaction with the administration of President Mora. But there is the very highest authority for stating that hia outbreak is of English origin, arising out of the influ epce and intrigues of British agents. Among other rea. gone justifying such a conclusion, the principal is that the English Plenipotentiary, Sir William Gore Ouseley, who was absent from the capital at the time of the pronuncia- micnto, hastened, as soon as he was informed of it, to con- gratulate the heads of the revolutionists on their success. The next is, that British subjects cheerfully contributed money to assist the revolutionary movement. The citi zens of all other countries resident in Costa Ric were altogether in favor of President Mora, A few day: after the revolution—if it may be so called—information ‘was sent from San Jose to Punta Arenas stating that Sir | William Gore Ouseley was celebrating a treaty with Senor Montealegre, the chief of the revolution. It was also said that the English Minister would aid the revolutionists if be bad an opportunity to do so, and if in that event he could | safely do go in favor of the British government. Abou five days after the revolution the English Consul @reesed in full uniform, presented himself at the Presidential palace for the base purpose of putting into the hands of the provisional President an autograph letter from her Majesty Queen Victoria directed to President Mora, There can be no doubt, if reports are to be be- Woved, that the English Minister wishes to the pro. grees of revolution in Costa Rica, expecting that by doing ‘mo he will be able to obtain a treaty to settle forever all disputes on the question of the Mosquito territory. ‘Tis to be noted that Senor Joy, subject of Great Bri tain, and brother-in-law of the revolutionary President, got up a movement in Punta Arenas demanding the ex pulsion of President Mora, a purpose which has now een accomplished. That the promoter of this act isa British subject is in keeping with the other parts of the play. . 3 THE CLERGY CONCERNED IN IT. ‘The nominal chief of the conspiracy against him was Gen. Lorenzo Salazar, commandant of the troops at San José, the capital. With him were associated several fo~ reigners—among them Mr. Joy, an English merchant, Mr. Allpress,and others. It is said that these latter furnished 820,000 with which to bribe the military officers. It is very probable, however, that the influence of the church ‘was brought to bear against the administration. Presi- _dlent Mora had shown a determination not to be trifled swith by the hierarchy of the country, and had, about six months ago, exiled Llorente, the Bishop of Costa Rica, for vefusing obedience to a law of the land under which he ‘was assessed for a trifling hospital tax, and for preaching treason from the pulpit and instructing his clergy to do so Yo. This resolute proceeding on the part of Mora was very apt to bring down upon him the vengeance of the church; and therefore it is quite probable that the priests had a dband in the-conspiracy. At all events, one of the first ‘acta of the new government was to annul the decree of danighment issued against Llorente and to recall him to ‘he country. Great preparations were being made to give him a grand reception at Punta Arenas. THE POPULAR APATHY. The fact of Mora being deposed from the government, and sent out of the country without any resistance, would seem to indicate that after all he was not very popular with the masses; but that is easily explained. Immediately after his arrest he was coerced by threats of @esassination to sign orders for the soldiers in the dif- Serent barracks to obey the newly installed authorities, and in the same way he was forced to assure the popu- Jace along the route from San Juan to Punta Arenas that De wa 6 Jeaving the country on official business. PRESIDENT MORA’S PROTEST. Before he left Punta Arenas, however, he addressed the following protest to the Ministers and Consuls of forcign nations near the governments of Central Ameri a-— Ay the constitution legitimate President of Fea Rare poate the, steamer Guateraala, wacbored ke the port of Punta Arenas, August 18, 1899:— To me CoxsvL or — —: form you that on the 14th inst, at five o'clock in the Ne Ee Te oemeniacse ‘of one of the barracks of the ‘eapital, and the officer of the guard of another, bribed by a few Tactionlsis, put me in prison without observing any form, out. aging my person by brutal treatment, and causing me'to be pinced on board this if steamer, where I was conducted by a ‘Guard of one hundred soldiers, and informed me by order of a, Brow’ President, that I’ should not enter country’ ‘aehber I nor Generals Mora and‘Canas—the former comman— der Sua in the capital, aud the latter Minist er of Fi jar. ‘The people of Coste Rica have taken no part in this act, but, con the coutracy, Homtemy defonee stier they hed gotten aver heir first surprise. ‘The fact of their not preventing my expul- sion is due, to the first instance, to the orders issued by me them to stain with blood the soll of the country by @ resent secondly, to, the rumor elrculnied among thas ‘olutioniste would assassinate me if they made ‘any attempt to liberate me, ther may take hereafter to give ia less criminal 3 + foregoing aout Gea my duty on th Semen wer + to protest solemnt Before the civil ized ‘mations ere: erica. expecially before those with hase: treaties, protest agaiest ibe brutal force that has rendered it impoaat- lapel Governor of the cant eat nego cee walla Went may ape to be given to hinconstitution- that now or fer may exist in Costa Rica, have given in my resignation until the for whieh Ihave been elected, from the th of May, in year, to the Sth of May, 1665, has trans. I against the non-acknowledgement of the legislative authorities by the revolutionary party; and finally, ‘J provost agaings being respopelly ip avy Udisate the | | | NEWYORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1859.—TRIPLE SHEET. ADDITIONAL BY THE NORTH STAR, News from the South Pacifie—The Great Steam Engine Race—Terrific Hurricane at ‘Aspinwall—Houses Unroofed and Trees Blown Down—Fatal Accident ©» the Panama Rallread—Punta irenas Wasted Away by the Sea—The Harbor cf San Juan Filling Up whkh Sand—Works Commenced te Dam Up Some ef Ks Afluents and Dredge Away the Obstructlons—Naval Movements, ia of excellent quality, market. The other ox, are gold, Brazil wood and mother of pearl. chiefly of manufactured goods, £126,340; imports, £87,600, divided into three departments—the ern and Western, and that of yNicoya. Each of these in subdivided into partidos Esparza and Ujarras. are Puntas Arenas, in the Gulf of Nicoya, and Matina, on the Caribbean Sea. The government of Costa Rica was established in 1823, and is accounted liberal in Central America. che ray tatters or age! tle chat 361 that you may bring i tothe Knowledge of Your SOVEFEMERH, NW RAPARL MORA, Jegiim ve President of the rep Minister of Foreign Adaivs. Not signed by tbe Minis er of War and } inance, by reason of t assaulig com- place have been assiduous in their exertions to raise mo- ney for the removal of the obstructions in the harbor and its restoration to ita former capacity. Qu the 22d ult., accompanied by Captains Scott and Slocam—than whom few men have a more intimate knowledge of the San Juan river—they examined the several forks of the San Juan which enter the bay, and the feasi- vility of increasing the water on the bar to its usual depth was ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt. thing to be done was to raise afund for the commence- Mr. Scott very generously offered the use of the steamer Ogden, and the commi work to obtain voluntary subscriptions from the citizens. On the 24th ult., having succeeded in raising upwards of $2,000, they called on Viscount de Barruel hig coutribution, he having signed the original call for a meeting, but, to their great surprise, he declined giving a cent for the purpose. Another meeting of the citizens was called on the 26th Harbor Committee. sident, and F. Salter ap; The committee reported $2,065 in cash, and contributions of tools, instruments, wood for the steamer, Some fifty voluntary laborers offered their services, making altogether a donation of about four hundred days work. After the meeting adjourned the committee mt, and Captain George B. Slocum, of the lake Yrisarri, was appointed chief director of the Jetcher commander of his old steamer, the Og- It is contidently believed that a short time only will be required to so improve our harbor that ships can enter us safely as of yore. You will receive by other sources the news of the revo- lution just effected in Costa Rica. There was no dis- no blood shed, not even a faint carajo. taclegro has been placed in jal chair pro fem., until an election by the peo- There are some few citi- zens of the United States who suffered the most outrageous Teatment on Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan river some two years since, who will not regret to hear this news. From the interior of Nicaragua there is nothing new. The vatification of the -Lamar-Zeledon treaty and the Bell Trangit contract is contirmed, aud that is all I can tel ‘or future results tbat ADDITIONAL FROM ST. DOMINGO. Settlement of the Dispute with Den- mark—Letter from the Pope to the Pre- imports Total exports On the 22d of June last a protocol for the settlement of the dispute between Denmark and St. Domingo; arising. out of the capture of three Danish vessels during the ad- ministration of Baez, was drawn up and signed at Copen- hagen by the Dominican Envoy Extraordinary and Minis- ter Plenipotentiary, Don Felipe Davila Fernandez de Cas- tro, and his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of or districts. The princi 5 Erredia, GENERALS MORA AND CANAS. ; ‘The two estab! ‘The conspiracy was not confined wo the mere act of de- posing and banishing the President. It extended also to his brother, General José Joaquin Mora, to his brother- inlaw, General Jose Maria Canas, Arguello, the Treasurer, ment of operations. the best and most tb It has a representative Le- gislature, and the executive is entrusted to a supreme ate averages about £26,400. The- inha- bitants are extremely industrious and order: were formerly subjected to great poverty, and of late years, and since the cultivation of coffee on an ex- tensive scale began to be encouraged, that they have at- tained to any thing like their present prosperty. In 1849-50, the government granted to M. G. Lafond, the French Consul General, a tract of land from the Gulf of Dulce, on the Pacific, to the Boca del Toro, on the Ca- ribbean Sea, for the purpose of opening a route between ‘The route across the isthmus b; Juan river, along part of the frontier of Costa far opened that steamers now ply on the river in connec- tion with others on the Lake of Nicaragua. Population 150,000, of whom 25,000 are Indians. Tho names of the two first mentioned are familiar in connection with the late ragna, where General Mora was Commander- in-Chief of the United Central American forces operating It was under his command that, the 48 invested, and it was to him that after Alibusters capitulated, Capt. Davis, of the St. Mary's, elivered up the town in the name of the government of He held the post of Commander-in- ni General Canas that of Minister of War and Finance. Both came under the act of banishment. former, however, was not at home when the revolution He is now in Guatemala, and General Canas Itis said thatthe Presidents of both these States offered to supply President Mora with men and money to re-establish his administration, but that he declined to accept the offer. SKETCH OF PRESIDENT MORA, Senor Juan Rafael Mora, the ex-President, has been in power since November, 1849, when he succeeded Presi- dent Castro, who resigned in consequence of some politi- cal troubles arising from a change in the constitution, and tbe interference which General Flores, of Ecuador, was permitted to exercise in the affairs of the country. Senor Astaburiaga, of Chile, in his recent work on Central Ame- riea, published in St. Jago de Chile, speaks of Juan Ra- fael Mora as a man of clear intellect, well versed in the affairs of Central America, and enjoying—this was in 1857—a well deserved popularity, which he had earned through the frankness and liberality of his character. Being a wealthy merchant, he had the opportunity not only of visiting and establishing the friendliest personal relations with many of the more prominent men of Spa nish America, but of strengthening his influence with his ‘own countrymen of every station and condition. expiration of his Vice Presidency, in December, 1853, he was elected President by general acclamation. taburiaga maintains that his administration, marked by a sound and well sustained policy, gave a strong impulse to revenue of the ment had also met the approval of the executive and legislative bodies of the republic. yratulate ourselves,” says the St. Domingo Gacda Oficial, “that this slight misunderstanding which momen- tarily interrupted the good harmony which has always ex- isted between the republic and Denmark has been amic- ably terminated. The Dominican government will with pleasure gee the flag of Denmark once more hoisted at the Consulate of his Majesty the King of Denmark, and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two governments.’? His Holiness the Pope had addressed a letter to General Santana, the President of the Dominican republic, con- gratulating his excellency on his accession to power, and confirming the presentation of Dr. Don Antonio Maria Cerezano as Archbishop of the diocess now vacant in The local papers are highly pleased with: the action of the Pope, which has given the Dominicans an Archbishop geleeted from among the people of tho the roport of th was clected Pr ‘Ihe North Star arrived at so late an hour yesterday morning, that we were only able to give the most im- portant points of the news she brought. lish all the additional intelligence of interest. ‘We learn from Nicaragua that the harbor of Greytown ‘was still partially closed, and that a subscription was on foot for funds for clearing away the obstructions. There is nothing whatever of importance from the interior of the United States. To-day we pub- is in San Salvador. Supreme Court—General Term. THE BARKER WILL CASE—JURISDICTION OF SURRO James, Administrator, Judge.—The plaintiff sues as administrator of Barker. His authority, it is sald, is void, because the proper parties were not duly cited before the Surrogate, objection to be well founded in fact, it ig not well taken in law. The Surrogate of Albany obtained jurisdiction of the subject, not by the citations, but by the residence of the intestate within the county of Albany at the timo of his ‘That fact gave to the Surrogate of Albany county ‘*the sole and exclusive power’? to grant letters of admi- nistration on the estate of the deceased. (2R. 8., 73, § 23.) In other words, it was the only jurisdictional fact. other provisions of the statute are directory, and the non- compliance with them may be ground for a motion to vacate or an appeal to reverse, if made or taken in the proper tribunal and within the proper time; but not of objection, collaterally, to the validity of the letters, to be sprung upon the parties at any period, however remote ler any circumstances—however inconvenient and Shelden vs. Wright (1 Selden, 520.) There was no error, therefore, in the referee's decision that the plaintiff was to be regarded in representative of to the amount agent of the railroad ¢ th, which occurred on t with the defendants, c.—Rocmvms | “Tho British mail steamer Lenia arrived ot Panama on the evening of the 6th inst., from Valparaiso. Her dates are to August 16from that port, August 27 from Callao and Lima, and Sept. 1 from Guayaquil, The news is un- OUR ST. DOMINGO CORRESPONDENCE, Umrsp Starss Suir Sésivs, Sr. Domingo, July 16, 1859. Desolation of the City and Government—Sickness in Port— American Representatives—Differential Tonnage on Ame- rican Vessels— Questions Betwren the Governments—Pro- ducts of the Lland, dc. We arrived here to day, after a 21 days’ passage, hav- ing had most of the time light and baflling winds. Of St. Domingo city I can only esy that it is continually going down, having now scarcely any commerce. The present negro population inhabits the ruins of the city built by the - Spaniards as in Europe owis and bats inbabit some moss covered and ivy grown feudal tower; or rather, as the no- madic tribes of Africa and Asia pitch their tonte and build their mud hovels among the remains of a former” It appears from the statements of the Purser of the Lenia, that the people of Guayaquil, without the aasent of the government of Ecuador, have made terms with the commander of the Peruvian blockading force. He says an amnesty (probably an armistice), has been concluded, to last fifteen dys, or to Sept. 5. suppose that the vexed question which caused the block- ade will soon be settled, There is not a word of news from Peru. Castilla has been on a visit to the Chincha Islands, in the frigate Amazonas. Dates from Sucre, Bolivia, are to the 14th of August. Some little expectation of a war with Peru existed, but no doubt matters at issue will be eettled amicably. ‘The little steamer Laura Frances lias just returned from She was unable to get over the rapids, ow- ing to the long absence of any heavy rains along the up- per portion of the river. The United States frigate Sabine came to anchor off this port on Sunday evening last, but as yet has not communicated with the shore. Thomas Tileston will probably sail next week with a full cargo of hides, deer skins, Brazil wood, &c., and the schooner Elizabeth Beasea will depart about the samme time with a cargo of Brazil wood. From this it is fair to American versus English Locomotives in Chile, South America, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In 1856 the goverument of Chile ordered for their Great Southern Railway, to run from the capital, Santiago, ich and fertile regions of the central valley outh, two locomotives of Hawthorne, in England— one for goods, the other passengers. were ordered two others of the Rogers’ Locomotive Works, in the United States—one of each class, goods and The two of Rogers’ were, with the usual promptness of American orders, built first, landed first, carried over circuitous and zigzag mountain roads ninety miles to the interior first, set at work first, and have from that day to this proved themselves the best and the first in everything. They are splendid machines to look upon, and no Jess splendid in their operations, having for two years run almost without any repairs, while their rivals nenced operations by tearing up the switches and performing tricks equally as objectionable on the line, with thirty per cent in one and fifty-four per cent in the other greater fire surface than the Rogers engines. were often sadly in want of steam to carry very ordinary traing over a road which had no gradients over thirty-six feet per mile, and which for line aud curve would com- pare with any railway in Europe, there being only four curves in seventeen miles, for its consideration. The country is quict. The next objection relat Barker, it appears, was tic Shortly before hi 4th of January, 1861 who were brokers, $075 75 in current money, re The defendants mingled ' this money with their own so that it became ubdistinguishable: Nevertheless, four days after B.'s death, they paid over an equivalent amount to the Secretary’ of the Company indemnity. The referee refused to allow the payment either partially or wholly. the extent of $160—we think he erred. all Barker's demands against the company there was still $150 on which he had no claim, the company; and if it could not be restored. specifically it was not for Barker or for one standing in his shoes to raise the objection that the defendants (his agents) re There was a manifest equity Our Panama Correspondence. PANAMA, Sept. 4, 1859. Movements of the Pacific Squadron— Departure of the Flag Ship Merrimac—The Senatorial Elections— Meeting of the State Legislature—The Governor's Message, dc. The Merrimac, flag ship of the Pacific squadron, will sail for Norfolk or Boston, touching at Valparaiso, on ‘Wednesday, the ‘7th instant. Montgomery will transfer his flag to the new steam sloop The Saranac will remain here at present. The Election for Senators to the National Congress came off throughout the State on Sunday last. not be known for a month or so. ‘The State Legislature mot at Panama on the Ist of Sep- On the 2d Governor Obaldia sent in a message of some seventy pages in length. can Presidents all hollow in the science of words. ‘The United States sloop-of-war Jamestown sailed on the Sist of August from Greytown on a cruise. wag anchored off the port. You may judge of the utter bankruptcy of both govern- ment and people when the paper money issued and gua- ranteed by the government can be purchased at 260 paper dollars for one of silver. ‘The churches, with one exception, are in ruins; the for- tifloations, covered with ivy and parasitic plants, show gaping embrasures where formerly bristled canzon; the atreeta are overgrown wilh grass and weeds, ex- cept @ narrow path in the centre, made by foot passengers through a meadow ; the chief articles contained in the few miserable atores are bad ram and some tawdry finery; cities discovered by Stephens in Central America presents not so melancholy a the Western hemis; metropolis of Spanish america. At present you see nothing but the evidences of « part- 1 into & savage state, and scarce any vestige of their contact with the Caucasians their vices. Nearly all the foreign merchants, together with the Consuls and diplomatic agents of their governments, have At the same time him as such agent. in effecting a material social developement Costa Rica negotiated and most important and advantageous treaties with foreign In 1850 a concordat was obtained from Pope Pins IX., by which a bishopric was established at San José, and other ecclesiastical privileges were secured. In thesame year Spain recognized the independence of this, one of the smallest of her reyolted children, in a treaty of peace and friendship. There were others, of politicaland commercial importance, subsequently concluded with the republics of Peru and Ecuador. distinguished Chilean—who was for some time one of the diplomatic residents of Washington—“ the movement of Costa Rica towards progress and prosperity is undoubtedly due in a great measure to the patriotism of Juan Rafael | Mora, and the support which his administration obtained from the good sense so characteristic of her people. The filibusterism which, already in Nicaragua, threat Tn this decision—to At Valparaiso Captain After crediting It was the money of The result will turned only its equivalent. to that extent in the claim of the company; and we se ground for the position, impliedly assnmed, that the de- fendants were bound to set up their own wrong or that of As to the rest of the $675 75 | ight, either legalor equitable, 2 give no valid dis extent, was in law a He beats our Ameri “Io aword,” writes this | their principal to defeat it. the company having no jus to demand it, could of cow The payment, t. f the money by the defendants. was properly allo mined as a witness, Our Aspinwall Correspondence. ly civinized race fast relapsin, ASPINWALL, Sept. 6, 1859. Violent Hurricane—Trecs Blown Down and Houses Un- roofed—A Man Killed and Another Seriously Wounded— Fatal Accident on the Railway—Justice in Panama— Freedom of the Press According to Spanish American Notions—the Revolution in Carthagena—Naval Move- forts to Deepen the Channel of the Harvor of San Juan, de., &e. The opposition steamship North Star came in on the evening of the 28th ult., with 400 passengers, as usual ing before the mail steamship Star of the West, which followed on the morning of the 31st ult., with 300 passengers, having stopped at Key West. On the afternoon of the 29th ult. this unfortunate town was visited by a terrific storm of hail and rain, supported by a succession of whirlwinds, which unroofed houses, blowing down trees, and hurling the zinc and slate from Auative of the name of Juan was killed he old machine shop fell, and three with radii terminus with radii over 3,000 feet. The Rogers engines were lighter heir class and had smaller cylinders than their rivals; they were also weaker in tractive calculated power, yet they never failed to do and do well any and every work s we think interest place is very sickly; the natives say it is fever and sgue, but I have very little doubt the Hlesith Officer of the port of New York would prono One of the Dominican Ministers t8, Without any fault of their o r to do so, they could eas 1o do not mean, however, to be i that the non-user had sed them from the liability ading items of the 0 a unde it to be yellow fever. died of it a day or two be- Sentana has temporarily retired from the P; and the place is filled ad interim by one of the Czbinet. oe dite American merchantmen in port, and but Jory 20, 1859, Our country is at present well represented here. Be- sides Mr. Elliott, our regular Consul, General Cazcneau is here as epecial agent from ouf government to negotiate a treaty and to obtain a gettlement of the claims arising out of the Charles Hill and Read affeirs. The necessity for a treaty with Dominica is apparent by ithe fact that in the absence of treaty stipulations Ameri- can vessels pay haifa dollar per ton differential tonnage more thsn vessels of nations who have commercial treaties ‘with Dominica. The consequence is that an American house at Port au Platte (on tne north side of the island, whence from forty to sixty thousand ceroons of tovacco. are atnually exported) employs Britian vesseis to carry tobacco to the United states. Tne affair of the Charles Hill, her seizure, and sudse- quent conversion into a Dominican yeesel of war, remains still unsettled, Another, and still more outrageous violation of law, is the treatment and conduct towarcs Mr. Wm. A. Read, an American citizen, eho seems to have been equally mal- treated both by Baez and Santane—the from ie five (se dollars — off money by worthices custom house orders; the former pot Read’s vessel and imprigoning him without uae Both these cases happened in 1857, and wero at that time fully commented on ia the nswapapers; it ie, fore, unnecessary for me to recapitulate she circu: attending them, Iam convinced that the action taken by the Dominican government in these, as well as by zome of the represent Notwithstanding this there were numerous and con- tinued attempts to decry them and laud their rivals, which were as ponderous and powerful looking as Johu Bull himself, Everybody wito knew nothing thought that John had ‘done ‘Jonathan this time sure enough. Gentlemen who visited the station would look with won- der and admiration on tho thirty ton productions of are nearly all sons of would expatinte with pride on their venerable papas’ production, and point out their powers in their slab frames of iron'ten by one inch, and their tubes four- teen and a half feet long, while almost every one was told that Jonathan in his’ build of locomotives for this railway had been at his old tricks of wooden nutmogs: that his two machines were clap-trap concerns, covered with burnished brass and polishes just merely to cover their deformit that they were “gingerbread,” peacocks,” and would some day fall to pieces on the road, or blow up and kill ‘America, encountered in the patric President Mora, backed as he was by the alacrity and heroism of the people, a force s' painstaking, assiduous, firm m: himeelf by the encouragement he gave to the industry of g in several public edifices of no in- , Monuments of ithout his blemishes He permitted no criticism of his conduct or Tu the banishment of General | Castro, and other excellent and accomplished citizens, and that without rhyme or reagon, he made an excessiy wanton use of the odious and terrible powers grant by the reformed constitution of 1848. In these instances he played the part of an absolute tyrant. foreigners, especially to the people of the United St In respect to the latter he was invete- | rately suspicious, distrustful, and it is not too much to | say he was stupidly hostile. Yet it must be remembered | that be has cordially encouraged the Panama Railroad Company in their steam communication with the Pacific ; and when we speak of his dis- trust and jealousy of North Americans, we must not forget the provocation he and his people received from that con- sistent blunderer and prodigal blockhead, William Walker, ss incendiaries and butchers, THE PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT AND HIS ENGLISH . COADJUTORS. The new government has been organized by the eleva- tion of Jose Marie Montealegre to the post of Provisional President. Vicente Aruillag is Minister of War and Finance, and Jesus Jimenes Minister of Foreign Affairs. | ctitutional Assembly was at once dissolved. An election for delegates to a new Congress was to have taken place on the 4th of September, and Congrees was to meet on the bth of October. Senor Montealegre, the Provisional President, is one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest, merchant in Costa ‘He was educated in Europe, and is by profession a physician. He is an accomplished, enlightened and liberal man; bas travelled much, posssecs a large European ex- perience, and has been for a long period favorably and influentially known as a commercial man in England. His wealth was principally derived from the gold mines of the Aguacate Mountain, which he successfully worked some few years ago. He is married to a sister of Mr. Joy, the Eng- lish gentleman who figures conspicuously in the polite but somewhat abrupt proceedings which led to the deposition and exile of President Mora. Mr. Joy is an admirable specimen of our solid stubborn ‘old cousin, John Bull. He is tall, stout-built, hale and hearty, lives well, and is heartily fond of good living. One of the most extensive of the foreign merchants in San Jose, he owns a large establishment in that city, buys ‘vast quantities of coffee every season, owns a coffee plan- tation himself, a coffee mill with all the newest improve- ments, and a huge lager bier brewery in the immediate vicinity of the gcat of government. Sir Gore and Lady Ouseley have rented his commodious and hand- somely furnished residence for the last eight months, and some people, we believe, will have it that the reyo- Jution we speak of was instigated by that venerable Baronet himself. Mr. Allprese, the other Englishman mentioned in con- nection with Mr. Joy, is also a merchant of considerable means and enterprise, genial address and informed mind. Beyond this, however, and that he is largely concerned in the gold mines of the Aquacate, we have learned nothing respecting his character, influence and abilities. But his participation in the revolt against President Mot and the installation of Scnor Montaleagre, imparts a de- cidedly English aspect to the whole affair; which, to write the plain truth, was done in a very decded off hand been shown, would a and energy of cially on the two John, the workmen, the country, and leav iderable architect Before Hon. Judge Davies, a VEPICLON—A WRIT OF HABEAS FOR DIS- that of his administration. steel from top to toe, Sert. 14.—In the Matter of Frank W. Kinney.—It ap. f ’ es and impertections; rrested on Tuesday night by stolen property in tion of Messrs awrit of hab There was no stolen . There were some diamonds not claimed by any person, erts have been Lis property for officer Wilson, on suspi ht of the 28th,as the train was about half this and Panama with the passengers from name of Michael Welch, of ed, fell from th th bencath the train as it passed along. s individual has beet in Panama for an old offence. ve tried and probably could him slip; but now thatevery rest him, cast him into prigon, and confine bim to the stocks. within its rotten wails an inde- There is no such His aversion to Spencer the Judge grante six dollars a day to clean one of the American machines; poor things, they had done nearly three-quarters of the work for two years, had used bad water when the road was first opened, and received ascale of a tenth of an inch on all their tubes, and after proving themselves to be good and faithful servants, were d—d in the eyes, and from the mouth of all who had learned to hate Yankee- Even children had listened to the merits of John’s and the demerits of Jouathan’s machines at their fathers’ table was deep-seated. property found with Kin arrested by the and which the ac 4 they should hi ed him, they le n made to the writ of habeas corpus sets forth that F. W. Kinney is in the custody of M. B. Wilson oa an informal charge of having stolen property in his posse: was taken before Alde who remanded ports of Central Ameri dom, with a right Here the press is free. One of the railroad attaches, who be- ‘ome remarks, organized a attack upon the offending friends attempted to defend it, The editor and his ing Police Justices custody of officer Wilson, until some goods wi ined (on bis order) from a person having charge of the to bring him into court for examination until they were able to inion by saying “El vapor de los Magquinos Inglesas, mas bueno.”* In this Way matters stood, when Mr. Evans, the chief engineer of the line, who felt hurt that the splendid pro- ductious of his country should, through ignorance and Prejudice, be placed in a false position among the gentle- men of Chile, asked of and obtained from the Minister of State—Don Geronimo Urmeneta—permission to have a trial of all the engines, under circumstance: d and economy in fuel. tions from dimensions would give twelve per cent superiority to the English engines; but he also knew, from a train of reasoning on facts, that the Yan- kee machines could and would wh'ptheir rivalsfrom the other side of the big pond, with cqual trains, and without odds of any kind. To have the trial made free from any Yankee tricks, the nechanical engineer of the Valparaiso glishman, was invited to be present and note facts. He went, and was on during the four days of trial. ‘The first day, Jul San Bernardo, was 1g to replace the lieved himself same, with orders and in the melee one man wv friends were arrested and contined, while the mob are let In this free country justice is lame as well as an demurred to the return as insufficient. aid that as the District Attorney was not present he would allow no amendment to be made in the The reyolution which has broken out in Carthagenia, owing to the limitations imposed on the votes of the peo- still progressing. The flagship Roanoke, with the Preble, is in the et returned from she is to protect the foreign interest. wise off that town. in Juan del Norte. then went b (acting Police Justice), to as formal charge’? against Kinney was. said that there was no charge before him against the ac- cused. The coungel then returned to this court, when. Judge Davies directed that some one should attend from strict Attorney's office to show cause why Mr. Kin- uey should not be discharged from custody. pearance of Mr. Allen from the District Attorney's office, Judge Davies said, as there was no legal cause for de- taining the party, he should be discharged. Mr. Spencer ssid thot Mr. Kinney had been arrested at eleven o'clock at night, just as he was going to bed, and antes that officer Wilson would be ar- rested within forty-eight hours on a charge of false imprisonment. The prisoner was then taken before Aldermon Brady, at the suggestion of Judge Davies. charged by the acting police magistrate, and the property seized at his residence—consisting of some hundred dol- lars in bills, gold watch and diamonds—returned to him. Before Hon, Judge Ingraham. INJUNCTION AGAINST THE EIGHTH AND RAILROAD COMPANIES. Serr. 14.—George Brodie vs. the Eighth and Ninth Ave- nue Railroad Companirs.—It appearing from the complaint in this action, that the plaintiff {s entitled to the relief de- manded, and that such relief consists in restraining the defendants as hereinafter provided; Now therefore, in consideration of the premises, and of the particular mat- ters in said complaint set forth, and on motion of Edmond Blankman, Fsq., counsel for the plaintiff, I do hereby com- mand and strictly enjoin the said defendants, the Ninth Avenue Railroad Company and the Eighth Avenue Rail- Toad Company, their counsellors, attorneys, solicitors, their servants and agents, and all others acting in aid or assistance of them, and persons claimiug under them or either of them, or acting under the authority or direction of them or either of them, do absolutely desist and refrain from entering into or upon said Caual street, west of Broadway, for the purpose of laying or establishing a rail- road therein, and from digging up or subverting the soil and from breaking or removing the pavement in sai Street, preparatory lo or for the purpose of laying or es- tablishing any railway therein, or doing any other act in said Canal street, west of Broadway, tending to incumber the same or obstruct. the free as the same has been heretofore enjoyed, until the further order or direction of this Court in the premises; and that the defendants show cause at the special term ot this Court, on the 20th of September, or as soon thereafter ag counsel can be heard, why this injunction order should not be made permanent. Alderman Brady ain what the rove their power, # Alderman Brady cl nil well that calc other cases, was infu tatives of foreign govern- Carthagena, wher against the United States, The British gunboat Basilisk is li The Jamestown and St. Louis are of Vessels cf the. smallest calibre are not able now to enter Every business is dull, and all the factions are desirous to leave that town of ups and downs, hopes and disappointments. There is nothing whatever of importance from the inte- Nothing likely to be done to forward the ratifications of the treaty Cass-Jerez. reported of the expected arrival of the steamer Scottish Chief. Thomas S. Bell, the new Consul, appears to have popular by his straightforward patriotic , Without flattery, one of the most sensible, gentlemanly representatives of the American govern- Inent that bas been sent to these parts for a long time. Mr. Joseph Scott Ling owing to ine na among the obtain this island. Whether been inculcated by them, that so far from our making any efforis island, if tomorrow it abould be % to accept it. For i i each of the engines 9, the American goods engine, the nested to thirty-five eight wheeled cars, loaded with bar iron; total weight, 687 tons. Many surmires ag to her carrying such a train up gradients of thirty-seven fect per mile. ne of the workmen from abroad putting their fingers to ir noses, said, ‘Oh, you are going to San Bernardo .—I wish you may gett here,”? went, and carried her train to the sum- mit (twelve miles) in thirty-nine minutes. She then ran on w the seventeenth mile post, July 20, the Engi i i iy By | gz Bg Nothing as yet calculations and He was there dis- with that train Te actively cogaged ith eiver | the fignal off she steamers and dredging machines, turning into the San Juan several emall rivers which Were some years ago med by the same individual; the water has increased, he commenced, in the old channel, from seven to The Greytown people are to pay him should he succeed in reopening the harbor; they appear very and returned all safe. ish goods engine, the ara y in Boots), with 64,000 pounds on six driving wheels and 1,200 fect of fire surface, was hooked on to the same train the San Bernardo, uncis on four driving wheels, and 900 feet of fire surface, d taken with success to the summit. At the word ‘Go's she went; but there was no necessity for saying ‘“s AB ehe crawled up to the third mile post she ”” She then backed to the station, ip steam (fifteen pounds above the which was 115), last gasp at the 2}, mile point, curve; she then backed to the statio1 got up steam, and tried it again; at came to a dead stand for want of steam; point she repeated her desire for a resting “(that it was utierly improper to expect so mu one day; that it was more than double what she had been accustomed to; that the day was hot, and she wished to go home; that'if she was only allowed to get on a down grade she would show the folks what she could do, and ask no odds of any one: go, after running to near the end of the summit—eleven miles, in eighty-eight minutes— she was allowed to return and rej and power of iron, in her shed. The third day, July 21, th the Montt (named after 1 ‘The second day, Varas (the Big , with her 39,000 The British steamer Thames arrived on the 3d inst., frem Greytown; sho left that port on the Ist inst. Thy citizens have raised by subscription a sum of money for the purpose of cloaning out the harbor. progressing rapidly with the work, and expect to have it navigable by the Ist of October for the steamers. The Scottish Chief has not arrived, and they now begin to doubt her having started, Jast gasp and “caved in. and gavo her Our Greytown Correspondence, ‘Usrrep States Simp Sanne, Five Mies ovr Greytown, Aug. 31, 1859. 4 New and Formidable Otstacle to the Reopening of the Transit Roue—Punta, Arenas Washed Away by the Sea, and the Hartor of San Juan Filling up with Sand— Large Vessels Obliged to Anchor Outside the Bor, dc., dc. While rival commodores have been squabbling, and the immaculate statesmen of Nicaragua and Costa Rica (actu- ated, no doubt, by a lofty sense of patriotism existing in their breeches pockets) have been selling conflicting grants of transit routes to as many as were foolish enough to purchase them, nature has very quietly taken the matter into her own hands, and interposed a very formidable obstacle to the reopening of the Transit route, by blocking up the entrance to the once beautiful harbor of San Juan pose in all her majesty e English passenger engine, he President), was trotted on the track, and hooked on a train of fifteen platform cars loaded with bar iron—total weight 288 tons. nal away she went, took her train to the sum miles—in thirty-nine minutes, and to the seventeenth mile post in forty-nine minutes; returning, came in contact with rf fifty-six feet per mile, and reached the twelfth mile post in twenty-four minutes, the: grade to her home. Her performance something muy bueno (not to be beat), j her backers were confident, spirits rose—not Dut in the hearts of venerable om the counters of various sa- loons and grog shops that night; but how often is man doomed to disappointment. The of the fourth day dawned like ceding—clear, bright and beautiful. had Julled them to sleep. The American iked on the course, with all her ght work, as neat and in as good os bd Keni] since. lay before, and at the signal bich soon showed no hope for l In twenty-seven minutes she ‘ined the summit, and left the twelfth mile post behind 'r, and in thirty-four and a half at the seventeenth mile, running part of the distance be- yond the summit at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Re- turning, she gained the summit in twenty-one and a half minutes, and then quietly elid down the grade to her own home—winding up the four days races without harting one, and without doing any discredit to her country er countrymen. The American Minister, Mr. Bigler, went out and returned with this train, evidently delighte that Jonathan did not get a thrashing from ed papa. Since the race is over, various have been the cogitations of many on the requits 80 ooked for, so uncalled for. that those gimcrack Yankoo affairs wonld have and done it in that shameful manner. lish engines were built to burn coke, to have an appetite for wood. lish drivers, both and common use thereof, movarchical or interfere inthe af- Americsn republic, however weak or small be. all the United States claim or expect trom the Jory 28, 1869. Our ship bas been detained waiting for despatohes from. Port au Platte over ten days, and thus casing us to mise: the mail of the 8d of August from Aspinwall. However, itis an ‘ill wind that blows nobody good,’” and during this time of our forced detention I bave tried: to obtain information as to the present state of the interior- Of the island, its productions, rivers, &&, ‘There is no island in the West Indies 20 well watered by navigable rivers, or rivers which might be made naviga- thus enabiirg the ‘ket by the Jeast ce running down was looked upon as Fair of the United States Agricultural Soct extraordinary,” ys CiicaGo, Sept. 13, 1859. The principal feature of interest in the fair to-day was the formal opening ceremonies. by General Tilghinan, the President, the origin and objects of the society. Senators Crittenden and Douglas. resented :—Ohio, Eighteen months since there were from twenty-three to twenty-four feet of water over the bar, while now there are only nine fect, thus closing the harbor to all large Indeed, as you well remember, the United States ship Savannah came very near being caught inside. Veseels are now obliged to anchor outside the bar in an open roadstead, where thero is always a heavy after a northeaster, when the surf breaks across the chtire width of the entrance. Under such circumstances it would be very expensive to send passengers and goods five miles in open boats, as well ag causing a great loss of time in making the transit, While the entrance is thus gradually filling up the sea also lends a helping hand to the work of destruction by washing away Punta Arenas, that sandy spit which pro- tected the harbor on the north and cast. stood the buildings of the Transit Company there are now twelve feet of water. ‘The cause of the gradual filling up of the harbor willbe casily understood by attending to the topography of the DESCRIPTION OF COSTA RICA. We find the following description of Costa Rica in ono of'the latest “Gazetteers.”’ Much progress has been made however, since it was compiled:— Costa Rica, the most sou hern State of Central Ameri. ca; bounded N, by Micaragua, from which it is partly se- rated by the river San Juan, N. E. by the Caribbean 8. by New Granada, from which itis partly sepa ‘4 by the river Escuda and partly by the Cordillera de ares, and &. and W. by the Pacific; between lat. S$ und 11 80 N., long. 83 and 85 W. Area, about 16,250 square miles. ‘The country is intersected’ diagonally by the primary range of the Isthmus, which throws off nu- merous spurs on either side, giving to the surface a con- linued alternation of abrupt heights and sudden depres- contains several lofty emi- tive aud extinctor dormant, from the vasty dec The opening speech was John’s children, and iving a history of He was followed by The following States Minois, California, Wisconsin, Vermont, Pennsylvania, w York, Texas, Indiana,’ Louisiana,’ Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan and Kansas. Among the distin guished visiters are Senators Hale, Stewart, Chandier, Crittenden end Douglas. The God of swell, especially uncomfo: e of the winds A splendid fittings and bri order as the first day shi hooked to the train of the walked it off at a speed wi her rival of the day befor: little ble betas Mg ager A New York Abolitionist Organization. Several abolitionists and other frie here yesterday, and formed a regular organization for the purpose of preseing the passage of a personal liberty bill through the next Legislature, and questioning candidates for the Senate, Assembly, &c., for which purpose a com- mittee formed, with A. M. Powell, of Ghent, N. Y., as Pre- sident, and G. E. Baker, of Albany, Secretary, and Lydia A petition for the bill will be circulated Where formerly of freedom mot minutes she pulled up The principal ri nences and volcanoes, bot including those of Orosi, Votos and Cart summit of the last of whic can be distinctly seen. ch both the Pacific ai The N. W. districts are more rugged and mountainons than the 8. W., but along the coust of the Pacific, especially around the Bay of Nicoya, the country has a most beautiful and picturesque appear: ance, being diversified by valleys and intersected by nu- merous streams. Costa Rica contains some of the richest gold mines in this portion of America, whence the origin mg, thoes a however, ‘are now not at all, or ver’ a ‘iver and coy re al fou zy, in like tosnner, receive title trgee” ee parts State, with exception of the Climate is mild and;temperate, never subje: heat or colds, and rarely e: tudes than those from the therefore, extremely well adapted to poses, and le of bringing to maturit Jants, as well as most of those peculi lis remarkab! Y: The river San Juan is the outlet of lakes Managua and Lake Managua is about fifty miles in length, erage width of thirty miles. Lake Nicar: red and ten miles long, by fifty wide. these lakes empty upwards of twenty rivers, besides a great many mountain torrents. More rain falls in Central America than in any other countr; An immenee quantity of water is the San Juan, which ig fully ag mud the Mississippi. i Mott, Treasurer. through the State. A Colored Citize: venti Troy, N. Y., Sept. A State Convention of colored citizens assembled in this jay. About thirty-five delegates, representing twenty counties, were present, chosen President; J. Brewer, Vice Presidents; and A. M. the afternoon a series of resolutions were adopted im favor lauding the action of the last Legisia- ture, calling upon editors to advocate their cause, urging : unexpec! of the same extent. Who would have thought us brought down by dy in the rainy sea. miles from its mouth the San Juan sends ¢ Colorado), which from a mere bayou ually enlarging, until now the of the water reaches the gea by means of and Taura, another branch of the San Juan. Conse- quently the San Juan has beer mischief will go on in increasin rado and Taura be blocked up by si piles and causing the water to flow again in its ori Cf its name; these mines ittle notice. In all ‘sea coasts, the ct to excessive Tiencing any other vicissi- to the rainy season. Agricultural pur- rity many European iar to the tropics, ly fertile, especially on the table lands and in the valleys between the mountains. its agricultural prod Green, Secretary. Ia and should not ve e: like the —— for cone tg fh wad ineer of the taking notes. He is a man His superior is of negro suffrage, aj over whose eyes no one can pull a hood, not slowly filling up. The 0, the Col inking hulke or d sugar and a little wheat. The bieds rom ony tobacco, a wi 8 include vul- p , Pigeons, ducks, quails and teal, Rica are valuable, hogany, cedar, Brazil and various other kinds of timber; and on the sea coast of Nicoya, some pearls, avd large quantities of mother of pearl shells are found. Coffee. orms the most important product of the Stat: Its cultivation, though only introduced about the 1830, has increased so rapidly that from 3,000 to long of nogdy arg DOW exported qugually. Typacco, which engine Proved the groat- owe” ‘and had at the timo a thi on all her tubes. DEL ‘Varransiso, Cue, 8. A., July 26, 1850. —$____, tore, pelicans, Juan Correspondence. San JUAN pet Norte, Sept. 1, 1860. Meding of the Citizens of San Juan to Raise Subscriptions Sor the Removal of the Obstructions in the Harbor—Steps Taken to Carry out the Work—The Revolution in Costa », comprising ma- ‘The one hundredth anniversai capt gba so bat] RR Wolfe was observed to-day y the Historical an mealogical Society. The Repre- sentatives hall in the State House was on Hon. Lorenzo Sabine deli interesting historieal address on the events connected Cricago, ¥ ‘The grand encampmentof the United atte cor | howeve ite session to-day, The dele, and thus far is composed of the Masonic Order, ation promises to be large, with the final oycrthrow of most inguential men in b Pare ne ‘The Harbor Commuttes appointed by the citizens of this