Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-07
Col. Kinney in Nicaragua.

The correspondence of the Washington
States. of which mention has been made by tel
egraph, is as follows, under date of the 10th
ult., at Panama
IT may be important to you, or some of your
numerous friends to know that Col. Kinney
has been for some time treating with the Nor
mons. with view of settling them on the
Musunito coast. Some month since he des-
patched from this place an English Mormon,
empowered to sell them one-half of what is
known as the shepherd and Haley Grant"
| learn from a gentleman here, who is partial
ly in the secret-for everything respecting
the negotiation has yet been kept from the
public-that by the last California steamer the
Colonel received intelligence that his PROPOSE
ton had been favorably received by the Nor
MONS and that this intelligence has enabled
him to raise This friends say) thirty thousand
dollars in cash. and some eighty thousand more
in merchandise and supplies, with which, and
accompanied by about twenty followers, he
has sailed for Greytown.
The goods, and perhaps the money fA7 a
| few weeks ago he had not the means to pay
his board. and was compelled to borrow from
| friends,) were furnished him by some English
| merchants. Understand be expects to obtain
through the influence Of Gen. Lamar. (the
General of course knows nothing of the ne
gotiation with the English MormOns,) permits
sion to COLOMBO the country under the Nicara-
guam flag. obligating the colOnists to help
defend Nicaragua against the fillibusters.
He expects that the raising Of the Nicara-
guam flag, where for years the government
of Nicaragua has not been able to sustain
it, will induce the Martinez Government
to grant him the privilege of colonlZlng.
Failing to obtain that privilege, he will
raise the Mosquito flag. As this is under
British protection, he expects no serious
opposition from any quarter. In fact, 1t is
difficult to see how any opposition can be
raised. except, perhaps, at the port OF San
Juan del Norte, which, by the Yrisarri treaty,
is declared free port, and considered as be-
longing to Nicaragua. But then the abrOga-
ton of the ClaytOn-Bulwer treaty will (ac-
cording to the Interpretation of the United
States) restore the Musquito prOtectOrate.
England has never abandoned it-Those now
residing at San Juan del Norte hold the place
under the Musquito flag. What is there to
prevent the MormOns from doing tie same
England is anxious, determined. if possible,
to keep the Yankees ont of Central America.
The English Mormons would he an etfcctual
barrier against them, and doubtless would re-
ccivc not only the sympathy and moral support
of the English French and your own Free
sellers, but, as citizens of the Mosquito king
dom, the necessary British protection.
The United States Government will find
by Great Britain in its Central American pol
icy. England can well afford to sanction the
Yrissari treaty: to counsel a peaceful policy
now. by pcaceable emigration to Nicaragua,
after she has driven by force the Nicaraguan
authorities from the entire eastern coast and
replaced thereby her own, under the fimsy
guise of the Mosquito ProtectOrate. Her
plan is to build up an empire on the coast.
that must eventually absorb the crumblng
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practical one; the foundation of the empire is
already laid and its completion is only a
question of time.
A correspondent of a New York paper,
in letter dated the 18th ult., at Panama,
says:
News has Just reached me that the famous
Col Kinney is on the point of starting from
Aspinwall, nominally on a commercial specu-
lation; but | think | can see the cat under
the meal tub. The Colonel has chartered the
barque Osprey, Capt. Nash. and has made ex-
trnsiva purchases nf all kinds of provisions.
wines. brandies, several cases of muskets, re-
volvers, balls, with the-usual military allow
ance of powder. You are aware that the
Colonel has lately come in for $4,000 cash.
and being one of the most persevering men
living, he has resolved to kill two birds with
the one stone-sell his goods at a handsome
profit, and take possession of that million of
acres in Musquito, which he claims under the
and Haley grant. He says the treaty
fully provides for him, and he is resolved to
have his own. peaceably if possible but have
it he must. His arrival in Greytown will
create a sensation, and You may look out for
stirring times in that quarter
The Colonel besides number of Others
takes with him in this expedition DR.. Suther-
land, Thomas 5. Bell, Captain Hill ard A. NJ
Prce-all good men and true, and in every
way calculated to win respect and laurels.
Later advices announce the sailing of the
barque from Aspinwall on tie morning of the
18th. There is no doubt of the Colonel's sue
cess, commercially and otherwise, he has
the sagacity and courage to achieve it; and it
is expected. before this reaches you, he will be
IN possession of san Juan del Norte, installed
as governor of the place, and fortified with
the documents besides having made a nice
profit out of his goods"