The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RICH.
MOND IN THE FIELD.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RICH.
MOND IN THE FIELD.
The New York Herald publishes certain
papers, belonging 10 the estate Of the late Com
modo.e David Porter, which, if they can be
substantiated, legally, knock Sloo and Garay
into perfect cooked hat. 1t appears that the
whole Isthmus of Tehuantepec was, in con.
sideraton of services rendered as commander
in-chief of the Mexican Navy, granted to the
Commodore. as long ago as the year 1928
The Herald publishes a letter dated 10th of
March, OF that year, from Santa Anna to Com
modore Porter, containing copy of decree
issued on the Sd of the same month, in which
the Commissioner of Coatzocoacos is directed
to make out for Don Jose Ignacio Esteva
hacienda, the largest allowed by law, out of
the public domain, and for Commodore Porter,
a similar quantity. Porter's share included
the river Coatzocoalcos, and the present
route to the Pacific Oce4. In proof OF the
fact, the Herald publishes a letter from Ortis,
the Commissioner, dated October Oath, 1928,
in which he advises Commodore Porter to
come on and take possession, or to send an at
torney, apoIogising for not sending the deed,
by saying that he had not been able to com
plete the survey on account of the sickness Of
one OF his assistants, and, at the same time,
| saying that the deed was a matter of no mo-
ment-" mere formula" With regard to the
| identity of the location, the Herald publishes
letter from ]. c. Crossman, of Boston, to
| Captain David Porter, in which he says thai
he saw Commodore Porter at Jalapa in 1928
and was by him employed to draw two maps
of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which he said
had been given to him, as did, also, General
Barregan, Governor of the State-that he In
tended to colonse it, and establish the inter
communication Of the two oceans by means o.
the Coatzocoalcos-and that with view &c
this end, he had caused that river to be sur
veyed.
In his will, Commodore P. bequeathed this
claim 10 his son, the famous Capt. David Por
| ter.
| The only bar to the claim is, that the title
deeds were lost by the Commodore, and have
never been recovered.
| A VERY CANDID CoNFEssIoN.-Stowe,i in
his speech at Glasgow, said he should like
very much to dispense altogether with the
use of cotton, because he considered every
man who used it, as so far encouraging sla-
very. He was a poor man, however, had a
large family, and cotton was very cheap.
The plain English of this is, that he would
! not incur little additional expense, though
he knew that unless he did SO he must give
countenance and support TO deadly sim
And yet this man would have persons, whose
all is invested in slavery, give up their slaves
because of this very sin which he admits tina
he encourages. In other words, he is not will
ling to make any, the slightest sacrifice, while
he asks others to sacrifice all they have This
is modest, truly, and christian.like.
CoRREcTIoN.-In yesterdays paper, We
called the Princess Sophia the daughter o
James 1, instead of his grand daughter. o
course there are few readers who are not abl
to detect the error. The daughter of jaime
was named Elizabeth. She married the Elec
: tor Palatne, and was the mother of Prince
Rupert and Mau rice, the first of whom figure
so largely in the great civil wars of Englan
. which led to the decapitation of his uncle
Charles l, as we'll as of the Princess Sophia
, who married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Han
, over, and was the mother of GeorgeI.
fl DANvILLE RAILRoAD.-The receipts on tn
Danvlle Railroad for April amounted to NOR
than $4,000, ag sinst $4,000 the same mont
of last year. The stock now sells for $40 an
| upwards. This time last year not more tha
$50 could be gotten for it. This is what W
call going ahead:
- Last arrival from California quote
r Gallego and Haxall -four per ship "Livn
Age" at $40 rs per barrel.
, VITARREN,S IMPROVED FIRE AM
w WATERPROOF COMPOSITION ROOF
have within the last ten years been applied to twer
1 ty.fve thousand buildings in the United States an
Canada, and are universally recommended as po
sessing the following qualities In greater degre
} than apy Othor roofing material known viz cheaI