The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-29
township ton north of range six and township

township ten north of range six and township
eleven north Of ranges six and seven, west OF
the Mount Diablo meridian, containing twenty-one
thousand two hundred and twenty acres; Canada
dc Poeohini rancho to Maria Antonio Cazares con-
tanning eight thousand seyen hundred aud eighty
one acres; Locoallomi rancho to the heirs of Ju-
lan Pope. containing eight thousand eight hundred
and seventythree acres; Potrero Grande rancho TO
Juan NJ. Sanchez, containing four thousand -FOUR
hundred and thirty-two acres. Colayomi rancho TO
A. A. Richie and A. j. Forbes, containing eight
thousand two hundred and forty.two acres.
The Surveyor General of Oregon has also trans
mittedsuryeys of townships one two and three north
of range ten; townships twentyone and twenty-five,
south of range five; township twenty-five, south of
ranges six and seven and township one, south of
range ten-al west OF Willamette meridian, embra-
cling seventy thousand acres. Mr.. Appleton has re-
turned TO bis duties at the State Department The
Secretary OF the Navy will leave in few days for
home Connecticut and for the purpose of visiting the
navy yards. Mir. Welsh will be acting Secretary.
DESPATCH
WAsHMeToS, July 23, 1858.
The course TO be pursued towards Paraguay, which
he's occupied III of the attention Of the admin
istraton. ia determined upon. 1t Ia reliably
ceraincd that FROM tho isolated position Of Para
quay, and difficulty of to it, that it is capable
OF making vigorous resistance to outside force.
Independently OF few small vessels mounting alto
gether an armament of xix eight guns, Lopez has
three or four steamers recently constructed in Eng
land, and ut al eligible point the river fort
mounting ODE hundred guns of different calibre. He
has also standing army Of 10000 men, and has re-
Gently received from England cargo of arms aud
ammunition. In his employ as engineers and ord.
nance ueh there also several French officers. The
administration will send feet of seven vessels
including the Harriet Lane aud Fulton, the former
to be the fas ship. Commander Page, who has
been selected for the command Of the expedition.
has proceeded to the North in order to charter such
additional steamers may be adapted to the expe.
dton. Although it is not supposed that it will be
necessary to fire single gun, yet in view of the
defensive preparations of Paraguay, it is determined
force shall be sufficiently formidable to meet all
possible contingencies The Commissioner has not
yet been selected.
There is good authority for stating that no such
letter that purporting to have been written by
Secretary Cass to President Martinez on the subject
of the iatters refusal to sign the Classy risarri
treaty, was ever written.
The President before leaving for BEDFORD Springs
appointed John Nugent, editor of the San Francisco
Herald who is nov here, agent TO proceed to
Frszer river, to make proper representations to
citizens Of the United States with the vex of pre-
venting collisions outbreaks in that quarter our
government being satisfied from official and other
sources that liberal policy viii be pursued toward
them by the British authorities.
Lord Napier had a long interview with Secretary
Cas- today.