Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-09
From the N. o. Bee, May 81.
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~ ~ aiiNdl Holh V era CfuZ, have re-
celved our hles OF papers from the CITY of Mexico
to the 18th and from Vera Cruz to the 10Th
lhey contain good deal of news, though few
items of great Importance
| Inc Journals do not announce another Iehuon-
| tepec treaty, but current rumor and letters
from the Capital declare that the Chamber of
deputies has passed by large majority a bill
giving to Colonel A. g. Sloo, the right of way over
the istlmus OF Iehuantepec for forty years on
conditions that two-fifth of the revenues during
that period, shall be paid to Mexico. that the
road should then revert to the Republic, Colonel
Sloo receiving two-ffths of the revenue for a like
Term OF years, and furthermore that plank road
snail De aid within year following the conces-
sion. This bill has notye passed the Senate. nor
DO we think 1t will unless the Government is OBJ
stipately bent upon incurring the hazards of war
ny signal display OF bad taith-for be it remem-
Dered that President Fillmore has even now in his
possession, letter from President Arista, in
whles the latter speaks alphabetically of the annul
ment oil the Garay grant, and proffers the right of
way TO our Government on liberal terms. If in the
interim, the Mexican Congress should undertake
to make new bargain with private individual.
no excuse will suffice to paliate such gross dupli-
city.
The Indians in Durango and other States are
still committing depreciation and murders. 1t ap-
pears, however, that Mexcans dressed as Indians,
nave been engaged in the work of devestation.-
twenty OF these miscreants have been arrested
The Jaapa Zempoatbeca mentions that on the
9th instant, Juan c. Recoledo at the head of some
seventy Others attacked the house of the Alcalde
Oh Coatepec, 10 obtain the arms contained therein,
and afterwards took possession of the funds depos
tied there from contributions and tolls This
Juan Recoedo was of those included in the
amnesty recently granted by the Legislature of
vera Cruz to all who took part in the revolutiona-
ry movement the year previous. Troops left
Jalapa In pursuit, the day after and the Nation
al Guard were placed under arms.
The Sigto of the Sd, calls for the publication of
all documents connected with the Tehuantepec
affair." and praises, guardedly, the project of MIR.
Sloo.
There is trouble at Vera Cruz On the 5th in
slant, the effects of several commercial houses
and especially the English were seized by the
government officials, because the latter had re-
fused to sign bills for the payment of duties under
the old tariff, so long Gen. Avalos' scale of du-
ties should prevail at Matamoros. Two days af-
ter, information was received at Vera Cruz that
the old rates had been renewed at Matamoros
and public agitation was somewhat quieted.
Inc Chamber of Deputies recommend the re-
ductlon OF the tariff, by 10 per cent, and the
abolition of prohibitory duties
The Minister of War made report to Con-
.gress in which he says the Government is men,
aced on every side-from Tehuantepec; from
Lower California, which has been invaded by
party OF adventures; from Sonora where an ex-
petition Is expected from adventures and sava
ges; from chihuahua, where a revolution ia on
the eve OF breaking out, headed by the Governor;
from Iamaulipas, which is menaced by adventu-
rers who have again united on the other side of
the Rio Grande; from Yucatan, where it will be
necessary to suspend the operations against tho
Indians, for want of funds; and in the interior,
which Is verging towards anarchy.
Nonn ,l,ra L
Yucatan, has at length been heard from, though
according to the accounts little is known of what
he has accomplished. A letter from Tihosuco,
states that Gen. Vega had taken possession of
Santa Cruz, and was on his way to Bacaar.
ARRIVAL MISUNDERSTANDING Wilmington,
(N.C) Journal, says:-A small negro boy pro-
badly not over ten years of age, living in Charles.
ton, being DESTROYS of paying our town visit, got
under the guard of the steamer Gladiator lust aft
the wheel, and placing his feet on the spondyle
OF the boat, Ia large beam near the water line
designed to keep the craft upright and steady)
and clasplng brace which was conveniently
near, came over safely. When discovered, he
was endeaVorlng to reach the shore at the depot,
and looked bright although decidedly in moist
condition
The Republic copies speech made by Mr..
Sumner OF Massachusetts, previous to his election
to the Senate Of the United States, against the
Fugitive Slave law-one of the most incendarv
we ever read. And yet this man is a Senator.
through coalition of the Democrats and Free
Sollers OF his State. How can the Democracy of
Massachusetts. with Sumner, Hallet, & Co.. be
considered the 'snatural allies'' of the South
Aler. Gas.
1t is remarkable that although the North has al
ways been the navigating section of the Union the
South has produced the great authors of our supe-
riority in navigation.
Runsey, of Virginia was the first protector and
inventor OF steam navigation. He was the first
man on this continent to build and navigate a
steamboat, and this done on James RIVER
The next attempt was made by Fitch on the
Delaware; and Fulton after him on the
Hudson. Fulton must have known and used the
plans of Rumsey and Fitch.
The South has also been pre-eminent in sailing
vessels. The Baltimore clippers have always
been celebrated for their superiority over other
sailing vessels. And it now appears that the man
who modelled the America, which has beaten all
the yachts of Great Britain, is also Southerner-
MIR. George Seers of this District. Let Justice
be done to the genius of the South
Southern Press
LIFE OF AN EDlroR.-The editor of n paper
published at Canton, Ohio, gives the following
description of his partner:
WI flKe ana published a newspaper in
1917, among the Miami Indians in the State of
Indiana 1t was great partnership that. We
had two advance paying subscribers, one who
liqudated his subscriptions with beans, the other
with saw logs. Godfrey, the chief took five pa
pers, and could not read a word Our paper was
called the "Peru Forester and being printed in
the woods, that title was appropriate. The town
of Peru had a number of magnificent names for
its streets, such as Pearl, Broadway, &c. which
tba md ,,ct
Gle of stumps and trees as high4as mans head.
The stirring events which transpired in that
city imperiousy demanded couple ofchronicers,
and Pike and | at hand to discharge this
important function. Pike wrote poetry, dipped
considerably into State politics, and discussed in