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two oxen which could not bear all the load and._l advise you in order that you may send a wagon from that place.. · I am your most attentive servant. BLAS CERDA [Rubric 1 [Addressed:] Hon. General Lamar Chinandega No. 2709. EDWARD F. CONWAY TO -- WELLS f Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, 1858] DEAR WELLS- I was caught this morning as I suppose you have heard before this- You will please say to Gen Lamar that I am taken and was arrested in an American Boat, and according to the Laws of the U. S. I am liable for Piracy having taken a Boat out of a ·place where the tide Ebbs- & Flows and as such the American Government can make a Demand for me Yr Friend [Endorsed:] A Note from l\Ir Conway of Ponta Arenas CONWAY
No. 2710. AFFAIR AT VIRGIN BAY. LAMAR
[Fragment] [Managua? Nicaragua? 1858 ?] The undersigned 1 however, would remark, that the affair at Virgin Bay can scarcely be considered as Your Excellency, styles it-a Bat- tle;- in as much as the suffering party were unarmed and peaceful people en route through the Istmust without any expectation of being molested. A battle is a conflict between two hostile and opposing armies or parties; and the term cannot therefore be applied with pro- priety to a sudden onslaugh[t] of armed men upon unoffending and defenseless passengers.- Such is the light in which that transaction has been generally viewed. Nevertheless as it is necessary to a just conclusion, that both sides of the question should be heard, the undersigned will wave the discussion of the matter until the developments of this govemt shall be received.- No. 2711. DESCRIPTION OF :MINES. ANONYMOUS [1858] Discription of 3 l\Iines, belonging to Dn Dolores Garcia of l\ianagua. Three rich veins in the mining district of Libertad, jurisdiction of Juigalpa all situated on the high lands, 2 are on the margin of the river l\Iico, and the other is a mile distant for the river one mine a tract of Land of 3 miles another has two miles, and the other 1-½ miles Libertad is situated about 10 leagues from Lake Nicaragua, the Port is San Abalclo, about 5 days travel in a bungo from San Juan del Norte, and two days carting from San Abaldo to Libertad good road. The Mines are two leagues from Libertad. Libertad has about 800 inhabitants, and there are some twenty for- eigners residing there Loamy soil can grow in the low lands sugar, cotton, rice & coffee.
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