Weekly North Carolina Standard

Another Outrage upon American Citizens at Greytown.

A correspondent of the New York Times at San Juan, under date of February 22, writes as follows:

Another high-handed outrage was committed upon American citizens by the natives of this place. On Sunday last Captain De Brissot, an American gentleman, started in a boat, with seven others, to go into Costa Rica. One of the party—the pilot of the boat, who was on his way to join Captain De Brissot—was assaulted and severely cut on the head with a machette, and would have been murdered had he not made good his escape into the woods. About an hour after Captain De Brissot left this place, three canoes, with some forty armed men, left and went in pursuit of him, with the full determination of murdering every one of his party.

The whole town was in a great state of excitement, the 'cry' was death to Americans, and it was not safe for an American to be seen out of doors. Such was the state of the excitement, and the imminent danger which Capt. De Brissot and his party were in, that Capt. C. C. Hornsby, late of the United States army, and Mr. Charles Thomas, of Granada, called upon Mr. J. H. Wheeler, the United States minister, who is living at the consulate with Mr. J. W. Fabens, our consul at this place, and stated the facts to him, that those men lives were in jeopardy and asked for his immediate interference and assistance to rescue them from a most horrid death.

While Col. Wheeler, and Mr. Fabens, our consul—who has always been prompt and efficient in aiding his fellow-countrymen who are in distress—were preparing to go to the rescue, Capt. De Brissot arrived and put himself under their protection, and is now living at the consulate, he and his party having made a very narrow escape from the desperadoes.

Mr. Fabens, leaves here to-day, and is the bearer of important despatches to the government.

The health of this place is good; business very dull. There are but two small Jamaica schooners in port.