New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-19
MALL GLEANINGS.


TIE TEHUANTEPEC GRANTs.-1He
Louisville Times has an article on this SUBJECT
in which the following facts, the editor says, has
never been made public:
/. will be remembered that Commodore Potter, 0,
our navy engaged in the service OF Mexico during nel
revolution against pain, and continued Ia ner navy
III the close OF the struggle. After me war was CT 1Se
Mexico offered him grant of land as the reward 'o
his valuable services, and gave him the stiscon o
He selected the region lying about the Gulfblde ter
ms of the present proposed TehusDtepec route winch
hs saQacity even that early day. taught him "Ond %
inevitably demanded by the commerce OF the worio-
Cam Porter possessed himself Of, and preserved,
deposited IN an iron box, well secured, the evidences
Of his graft and At his death bequeathed them 70 ms
son. TX Porter now Of our navy. TINS box, teP days
after the death of Com Porter in Washington CITY was
found TO have been absTected from the place wnee ue
had ALWAYS kept It, and has never been recovered 20
This day. But there be no doub OF the binding
force Of this grant and ia priority 70 all otner grants
of the same ground. We presume thai the eVldencss
~ IL are 10 existence gnIOng toe archives OF the
Mexicsn Government, and We have reason to BE-
lieye that Colonel Sloo who has been Intimately
associated with and perhaps Ia an Authorized agent
of Lieut. Porter made this grant the basis of ais
successful application 20 the Mexican Government
for the grant which he has obtained If such grant
that 10 Com. Porter Is to be found among the records
of the Mexican Government, and we nave no doubt OF
ia existence il of nulhes all subiequent grants
and takes precedence and our own Government with
the proofs oft presented, would ofcourse be compelled
grant
give learn from The CHATTANOOGA Ad-
petse7 that new Cave discovered te days since
BY Mr. Foster wh lie exploring for water for the of
thehapds empoye 10 grading the turnpike in process
of construction up the Mountain. This has yet
only been partially explored but !. promises to be Of
more interest even than the old Lockout Cave" so
well known 10 Summer tourists. So far already eX
pored is found to be much larger than the old cave
and there conclusive evidences of It's having been
frequented formerly, though none Of the present in
habants OF Chattanooga aware of It's existence
until now. Those who entered Il, discovered The name
of w Goody, 1885," distinctly written on the rO;k
pure kind Of poter's clay also found showing
plainly the pritt of matock used Ia digging t-alsO
heaps of peculiar kind of stone evidently broken
with hammer for some purpose, not clearly under
stood
Cherokee Cave" Qor such ia Its appropriate de-
dgnston) s very convenient of access being distant
scarce 100 yards from the old mountain road, and
about quarter OF mile up from the place OF begin
nng the ascent.
| ANOTHER VETERAN GONE.-Gen. Ben
amin Whiteman, native of Pennsylvania, and al Ohio
nOBeer died on the let inst at his re.i9ence Cliff
D Greene Co, in that State, in the 94th year of his
lsge He served In the old Indian under Harner
and Wayne and in March 1892, In desperate
lngemeut with party at Redskins headed by Tecum-
Kh. He one of the Commissioners appointed TO
locate the county seat of Greene county, when Aena
chosen and of the judges of the first court
ever held In the county He associated with Gen
erals Gsno Fndlay. and Others In first organizing the
country and Great Britain broke out he appointed
Major General in his division snd having entered
upon the active duties OF bis Office, he continued 10
serve his country % the end of the war; and then retired
phs country residenceAn the vicinity of Clifton where
be spent the remainder of his days.
u The Ste. GeneUa6Ue PLdindeaLer has
he following
we extract the following paragraph from letter
which the captain of the Whrlwind kindly handed us.
The date 2Jih June
Livery person that was able TO leave Jackson, Mis-
sOur did 60, and have not yet returned. Since last
sunday there not enough LETT b bury the dead
some eight ten lay corpses in different houses
sal days The town Of Jackson looks like deserted
arm business OF every kind is sus pended aud every
dwelling house is locked up
The csue Of this disease breaking out Is attributed
sbegro ball Ii appears the negroes danced late. ate
beautifully and drank freely OF the next day, fifteen
died
Ey"JolIn Pretlove, of Mobile, had lived
lr years on good terms with his family, but week
Snce some difficulty c,ured, when he procured nitric
lscd, and =, some means induced his wife, R1saline,
leir son WILLARD fine lttle boy OF three years, and
Iames Carroll all 70 psrtake Late on Snndy the hus-
land, The suicide nrd murderer, died On the next
morning 81 the wife too oiedl In the afternoon the
poor boy followed; and before night closed James Car
Iol also fell dead ON the floor
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.-We have before
,Deken 81 some Australian wheat sent us by Mr. Almon
| Hays OF Sharon. Durine the last week we have seen
hrtberl specimens OF the grain from his field. They
hpRt0 rffn FIX 10 tti l'ut iuChob ia usuti
very large eeods and the grains fully twice large
I wye ever ssw before Mr Hays thinks that In
drAry crop of 40 TO so bushels per may
lee reasonsbiy expected Mansfield Ohio Herald.
sR General Gabriel VIlere, of the par
of 81 Bernard La departed this life at his planta
ION TUESDAY 9th inst at the age of o. Ills services
We battle If New Orleans only second TO those
0nle illusii Gus Jackson
~ The old nine FOUNDER used by Col.
Cfo CHAN 10 the defense OF Fort Stephenson IL now in
fUnont Az WAS brought into service In the last
Fourth Of July celebration in that city.
IL The Portland Advertiser speaks of
AZ, lrishuap, who helping his soD boy 10
flees home the being intoxicated IS TO require
y distance, aud adds: The brute who would furnish
dd Nike that with liquor deserves the ssverest punish
H. ent as well as the scofn OF every decent man.
~ In the afternoon, July :, five build
Ings In Greensboro and the adjoining town Of Hard
WICK, W, were struck BY lightning and consumed The
lpuilcings together and the fire not
sonmuniested from one 10 the o,her-5ut there were
ave indepepdent CONGREGATIONS.
" Tho State Convention for the revi-
don Of the COnsti~on nf Louisiana met al Baton Rouge
L IN the 5lh Of July. Duncan +, Keuner (Whig) was
I chosen President.
ara beautiful specimen of quartz gold
vsea ~ $50 has been stolen from the cabinet of the
Mechanics Association In Bangor Ne, the Hall having
4 been broken open.
~ The Quincy Market msn in Boston
gase Do6No this Band entertainments other even.
hsh fsreuu Halt
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