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and healthy and near the transit However l\Ianagua is said to be charm- ing and property fabulously cheap and there is no doubt !JOit may buy on your own terms. . I beg of you General to strike for us all while you are in such a favorable position Will you ask Mr. Debrin to write me some particulars for publication as to the right of foreigners to hold property I wish a bargain could be made for the public domain be it more or less on the Island of Ometcpe, together with a decree defining the rights of the colonists with as much exactitude as possible I would make it a con- dition to establish a tax of $100 a year to be paid by the granter to the church, or to each of the churches now existing - I believe there are two of them - something like half of this sum. l\Ir. Debrin and you ought to be able to obtain this concession for two or three catholic families, who wish to establish themselves together The purchase price will be paid at GO days sight if it is as reasonable as it ought to be The Irisarri treaty will not pass the Senate It is now understood that White and Co. had a secret previous arrangement, with Corning, Weed and the rest of the Tribune clique for abolitionizing Nicaragua a la Kansas by organized Emigration societies. They have a charter from the New York Legislature and $300,000 subscribed to throw in masses [Endorsed] Two letters From Mrs. Cazneau. Valet Washington 2d. and 17th. April No. 2622 1858 Apr. 23, J. F. WADDELL, GALVESTON, [TEXAS] TO :MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, (:MANAGUA, NICARAGUA] Inquiry regarding A. E. Thornton. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 2623 1858 Ap1·. 28, [M. B. LAMAR, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA] TO [L. CASS, WASHINGTON, D. C.]7 7 Extract 6. Despatch dated 28 April 1858 "Soon after the reception of said letter. 78 ( a letter from Cortez dated 17th April, apprising me of the intention of the President to go to Rivas, and the purpose of his visit) I visited the President, and expressed to him my wishes for the good success of his intended nego- ciations. He told me that he doubted much whether the question of limits with Costa Rica could be settled without an appeal to arms. Next day he left for Rivas, where he is at this time with President
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