Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-08
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

ton Of those interested in the construction Of the
Loudon and Hampshire Railroad.
There is every prospect that the attendance
win be large, and that the result will be q
concert Of action to secure the necessary In
terest in the further prosecution of the work,
which is all that Is requisite to its prompt COM
pletion. We have, of late, discussed the i'm
portance and feasibility of this improvement,
until all our readers are well aware that we
regard its construction as the key to the future
prosperity Of the most fruitful and healthful
agricultural region of the State, and to unlock
mineral treasures (of coal) for the use Of So
oiety, at least as rich and valuable as any
now known to exist on the globe, and as eco
nomically to be brought into the service of
commerce and the arts, as any other coal fields
OF the same extent and value, wherever they
may be located. To our mind the first ques-
ton which the action of this convention is to
solve is, whether the agricultural lands within
thirty miles on each side of the Alexand1is,
Loudon and Hampshire Railroad shall in
crease in the next Eve years ten per centum in
value, or one hundred per centum. If the
convention accomplishes nothing, we must be
content to have them remain long near their
present value. If it undertakes the task of
raising the necessary funds, and its agents
prosecute 1t with a hearty good will, in i've
years every acre of agricultural land within
some thirty miles on each side of the work
will sell for double as much "on an average
Is it win bring in open market to-day.
Kinney & Co.'s Movements and Pros.
pects.-The last trip of the Star of the West
from San Juan, brought US letter from we'll
informed and observing gentleman in Nicara.
qua, which only reached US this morning, hav.
ing been entrusted to the care of a passenger
on the steamer, who, of course, forgot to mail it
to our address for some days after his arrival
In New York
lis, however, well worth publication, inso-
much as it exposes the falsehood of the ac.
counts of the proceedings and prospects of Kin
ney & Co., which having been published for
the benefit of the speculation, in the New York
Ersning Post, have been copied by thou
SoAeS VA hSV SPaPcio 40 ucWS VI the
condition of affairs in San Juan, &c.
The following is the letter to which we refer
above:
GREYrowN, Nicaragua, Sept. 15 1855.
w. ID. WALLACE, EsQ-.Str: Since the de
parture Of the Northern Light" Col. Kinney
has been elected ciUiI and military Governor
OF this place. Notice had been given that q
meeting would be held for the purpose of form.
Ing government to protect lite and property.
When the meeting was held, about the only
real residents and property holders of this
town who were present were Wood, Shepard,
Mooney, and some Jamaica negroes. The
Spanish Inhabitants did not attend and have
with one accord since sent in a protest against
the authority of Kinney. The English Consul
and also the Captain Of II. M. ship "Eyni-
dice, now at anchor in this port, refuse to
acknowledge the new government. Martin
was absent at the time, but has since returned,
and states that he shall still exercise the iuris.
dictlon given him some time ago, as he holds
that it has not yet been annulled. Kinney has
bought the bogus Shepard grant, decided ire
vocably long since to Senator James Cooper
ct all and accordingly lays claim to the whole
country! He is said even to lay claim to
Punta Arenas, to a right to collect harbor
dues, and to charge headmoney on all pas
sengers crossing the Nicaraguan isthmusl
He has issued . newspaper for effect In the
United States, a copy of which 1 will endeavor
to obtain to send TO you. He also promises to
establish a school il a short time, which will
probably be reported " in the States to be in
full blast, and fourishing. His force, ragged
and hungry, still remains about the same, no
recruits belonging here having joined him,
though he undoubtedly enjoys the sympathy
Of the Jamaica negroes among Us, who profess
70 have private information thst his main back
ers in the United States are the abolition lead
ers, with whom they say he is now privately
acting in some sort OF concert or other.
Fabens meets With rather hard treatment
here, Ais friends being evidently very scarce
In this region. He says he is about going to
Granada, stating that he goes with full powers
from Kinney to negotiate with the Government
He says he has in his possession letter from
Estrada to Kinney, requesting the latter to
appoint some one to negotiate with the Govern.
ment
This letter was in reply to that of Kinney,
sent by Consul Nelson, Of Turks Island, to
Estrada, president of the Nicaraguan Repub-
lic,) at Grenada, wherein K. protests that his
purposes towards Nicaragua and her authority
are peaceful and friendly, and Offering to prove
so to the satisfaction Of the Government, if
Estrada would listen to the explanation wsieh
he would send some one to make. Estrada's
reply (the letter that Pabens has) amounts only
to declaration that he was ready to listen to
any explanation that Kinney has to make.
Yours, DC, *%R
The Very Last Roorbaek-Vids last Fri
days Herald, in the Washington Geographic
column for it. Its stories, about the two Sey-
mours, Mr.. Wise, Cabinet councils, Secretary
Marcy, &C., &C., are the veriest falsehoods,
deliberately and knowingly concocted to make
up for the lack Of a single line of truth to be
published a. coming from this city per tele-
graph. There was time when the HeraLd's
Washington neys, by telegraph. years ago,
was remarkably reliable. OF late years, how
ever, it seems that its makers-up Of that col.
umn in New York, prefer to imagine falsehoods
so bald and childishly nonsensical as that he
who fails to comprehend that they are false.
hoods at glance, may fairly be classed with
the race of stolid and stupid fools, which never
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