Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-10
The Kinney Expedition.

and minute account of the landing OF the expedl'
tion nj San Juan del Norte. and of the reception
which it met with at that place. Col. Kinney
was accompanied from Turks Island by Mr.. j.
T.. Nelson, the United States Consul to that
place.
The writer states that the reception OF the
Colonel and his party by the inhabitants of San
Juan was enthusiastic. He Immediately caused
himself to be introduced TO the officials of the
place, who treated him in friendly manner.-
The day after his arrival. the Colonel was waited
on bv Mr. Green, the British Consul General for
Central America, and by Capt. Dobbie of the
British man of.war Buzzard, who desired an in
terview in order TO have a full account OF the
purpose. plans and history of the expedition
With this request Col Kinney oheerfuly com
plrd. aud Mt the house Of Mr.. Gaddes, the Brit
sh consul at Greytown,in presence of the above
mentioned gentlemen, together with Consuls
Nelson and Mason, gave at length the desired in
formation, tracing the opposition which his en-
terprixe had encounteredto the agents of the
Transit Company alike of Nicaragua
and himself-and charging the decree which that
government had been inveigled into promulga
ting for his exclusion, solely TO the misieprescn
tatiohs of interested parties.
His object, he said. was the peaceful colonial.
ton Of certain lands in Nicaragua, 10 which he
believed he had valid titles if the validity Of
that ,i,le should be dsproven. he would abandon
it, although he had expended thousands of dol
lars on the supposiiion Of his lawful ownership.
In regard to the rumor that the British man of
war and the troops at point Arenas had been
stationed there to prevent his landing, he
prepared with due respect to say that he should
allow his right Of settling peaoeobly in Grey
town with the assent Of its inhabitants 10 be
called in question by no power earth.
Tho writer alleges tia, the Transit Company
ARE bitterly to Col. Kinney and that they
ea,lis;ed band of fifty foreign rutans in New
York and transmitted them to san Juan, 10 re
si.t the landing Of the expedition He states that
the Indignation of the American residents at San
Juan especially excited that these fifty arm.
ed llessians- without any American sym
pathies and ignorant of even the English tongue
--.shood be conveyed there to shoot down aud
musder peaceful body of American born colo
n'sts, engaged in lawful business entorprizc.
and thht, too, by a company under tho protection
oiour national ilag-a company whose conduct
il bringing about the bombardment of Groytown
is so disgracefully notorious,
We make one or two extracts from the letter of
the Posts correspondent:
The good understanding established between
the Colonel and the British authorities here ON
our first interview has turned out in an inter
change of courtesies mutually agreeable On the
eighteenth, observed Capt. Dobbe and the Col
onel on shore practicing land pretty sharp prac.
tlee II was, tool target shooting with their sharp,
rifles and revolvers; and on the day following the
latter, young Webster and myself in COMPANY
with Consul Mason, by invitation, visited the Brit
ish war steamer Bu1zard whore we were treated
with every possible hospitality and attention, hy
as gentlemanly set of officers ms ever trod the
deck. 1t happened to be GENERAL Quarters"
when the men t2li) were going through the va
rious ev0lutions required in the British naval
service, and the ease and rapdty with which
they moved those enormous guns, loading firing
and replacing them almost lnstRntaneously, sur.
passed anything have seen, with the exception
OF Ringgold's flying artillery.
Since we have been here iandango or bali
has been given by tho inhabitants in honor OF the
Colonel's arrival. 1t was held in one of the best
houses in town. house which has two stories.
and instead of being matched with palm, is shin
gled The room may have been thirty faet
square. unpalnfed, the beams entirely visible, 50
far as the candles would allow, and with Il small
bar for refreshments in the corner OF course
Col. Kinney and his men all went, and it WA a
scene worth looking at.
The gallant Coonel-the hand soonest man in
the room by all odds-led forth the lady of the
mansion, with more than his ordinary snavi
ty and grace, TO take pert il the tirst quadrille
Young Daniel Webster, with his partner, aud
others with partners of various shades aud ma
tons, black, bro 0n, white English, American
French, Spanish. &C. also figured All round
the room and outside ofthe house ,peering through
the windows, which, by the way. have no sashes
or window panes were all sorts, colors and con
dtions of men and women, in costumes equally
diversified The dancing began and was KEEP,
up vigorously until late hour. Every body APP
peared to be acquainted with every other body,
and to, have good time.
Were it not invidious, | might perhaps, cee.
brate the heroes and heraines Of the evening
The Colonel. for example, were evidently in the
efforts of satatory agility, the universal clap of
hands and repeated Hi yi's" Of the out of door
spectators, testified TO the surprise aud pleasure
with which they witnessed such astonishing de-
nonstrations.
NATIONAL METEoRoLOGY Lieutenant Maui
ry, whose services TO commerce in aseeriainlng
the winds and currents Of the ocean have been