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consequent] of the ulweuce of a yart of our
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ronj tbw Vfbu« next' week—o ¡Salur-,
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H '*'* *ttÁ.4*t*a1n o<
Tin* cO"firu>* us in lb* opinion we have long entertain-
ed", lltJit our independence will never be *< kuowledged by Muí.
t journal admits that "the iiifluencí of England
iloiupt, if npt.enljfely uubound^d." ,,, , , , (
Ifltqguage mean* any thing, the above act* out by sayipg that
We (lhe Telegraph] now learn uponlbe authority of Cap). El't
liot himself"ibe Tact* «Hedged. .One would think tbat statements'
vé would only-beniadeoponauihority a* direct and:
nr .... .'-i , it, r. ... o grav# would oniy-'M made upon authority as direct and
We think we jin jy safely yy that tliu sukoess which, UH tliat named, and o they should be; yet 'we arieft'witb
Haa.prevaWed her* f« r' the last tWo oi three weeks has ,h, iito.oit:confid<ínce not oiily thauba'i ejjgraphia wholly witbi
materially abated '^though we i caunot.iSfly, that lije j out such authority, but tbat the assertions madd'are without the
oi the place has been restored. V«A considerad! «f¡ «r¿th, 'TJie-vvhole Wy, tt'the best,
rober of deaths (we have no. been able to learn Can ^ f'' '¡¡f
-i. hor\ peracribler in the U. States, and-ibe Telegraph, in giving ,t to
health
blenuraber
, 4* , •. , l I pci nviiuivr iu uro u. owtw, aim lue leiegrapn, in Eivini II IQ
the precise number) IjaVp. octurrud, mostly among the j |)ie word in this shape has assumed iha responsibility, and the
recent emigrants from Europe.
' "ft "^"Tv^TT^. > «Mil \ J.
The accounts o{the crops continue Irigbly favora-
ble. As has already been announced * superabund-
ance of Coi n has again been produoed—-more than
can possibly be consumed', unless jhe Immigration of
the season shooed be Without a paiállel. > Much of the
last year' crop remains on liatyJ. ancI we are told
th*t in soipéInstances farmers have 'offered to give 8--
way the remainder, ol their old corn to «my one who
would réinove U'ftojó, t^ójr cribs, in ordei to make
ioom for the now . • We believe that* generally
the Colftn.crop pj ll¿r Wf'l, bjjtter. Picking has been
commenced, and we aro told that the planters and
their htyid commonly enjoy good health, and are pro-
ceeding with great spirit and iuduslry.
' The new St'eátner Republic, now at New Orleans,
required some repaiie ou her arrival there, and the
.precise tira?, was not known «vhen she would'begin
"her regular triple The earliest date we have heard
mentioned for her departure for this poit is the sixth
inslaut. ' 1 iM
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! lnabrtluch-as the accounts published of the¡ recep-
tion which the propositions, touching annexation,
boundary, &c. sent,to Mexico from I he United States
- by Mr. THompsób, received from the latter govern-
ment, li'iVe been Highly contradictory, ami as the
atatemeiit of the answer, first published by us, has
bceh frequently disputed, and as the matter is other-
wise of interest to out rendéis, we copy.to day the
correspondence which took place upon the occasion,;
by which i: will be |«ert that our statement is fully
sustained. Wo here lake occasion to remark that,
iu all matters of interest to the public, we do not baz-
erd assertions upon mere rumor, but endeavor to
obtain correct and authentic statements of 'acts, before
laying a piece of information befaré the-public, pre-
ferring to be tardy in giving news, or evqn not to
givo it stall, rather than to give it without a fair prob-
ability of its general truth and correctne8fcte%
If the Mexicans could see the effect,'or rather want
of effect, resulting here from their empty pretensions of
invasion, they would probably save themselves- some
trouble. No one believes they are coming, the more
the regret, If tbey wjuld .only .make at onco the
£nal attempt, in good faith, to reconquer the country,
"there is not aman in Texas who wotiid not be gr.at-
-ified. We have now a ayperfluity of provisions
for the support of families while the men take the
jfieid, and an abundance besides for the support of
ah arm j, evén ofCQÍOQO men, should such an one be
necpssary; :we feel the most easy confidence Jn our
Ability to pig any force that cáíi be, sent sgainst us,
■and should be glgd of an OpTportonity to settle at once,
. and without (lie tedious furtms of diplomacy, the ques-
tions of Itidependetice, Annexation, our relations
with Mexico, and such others as, have served to di-
je-and disturb us fur a few years past. If, howev-
er, Mexico does no: r.ow make a serious effort to re-
¿rtrtqiier us, (and we do not believe that she wil',) we
hope that the remainder of the world at least, iiiclu-
drng the" wtse politicians j>f ihe Unitt-d -States, will
conaeut to regard us as really and truly an i tide pen-
dent naiion, w hich some of i hem affect of late to have
discovered that we are riot. ' .
We ahnlHjftobably hoar 6( aolne^ int 'rnating córreipondence
shorjly after, the atjrivsLuf the new Ámoriqap Mioi<|t«gr in Me*i-
CO. Mexico in Huser'ed to have formally^deClWted the payment.
oiTiift'laat insntluiont due the United SlMlea, ár any other*, until
dtifciully ihforméd'of the ábanclííhtaent Of the pnjcct of antiexn-
tton. *Tlii . piece of iiiforn lioo,Pre«idant Tyler.ita.notJiUeiijr. to
gift, nor does it appear probable that ho wi|l be aaliated with the
eicuao fur nonpayment made by Mexico. -
The N. O. Bullotin.centena thti acconnt of a. most atrocious
nturder. committedOHtly in theliat nionih, atibe Creek agency, in
Arkfcnaa*. by captain Uawaou, of ihe U. 8. Army, and agetlt of
the C'reeka, upon tl|e peraon ofMf, S. Hill, of ihe firm of T. B.
katlUnd St Co., ,oi Nmw Mrluanc, hut residing at the A|eiicy.-*-
liill.'itappoDiai waione oTDawson'saccuriiiea to the:.Govern-
mailt; tot, wishing tri rettiove, had reqiiCbted to bé reíeaaed.--
Daw rail prówiredjpuntber nuine tifiha bfind; hut, becoming deep!
|yenraged, "went to Hill'* house, and, withotlt previous war-
ning, slaughtered hit in the presonoe of -his wile"—and fled as
WIS supposed lor Telas. A reward of $300 hasboén offered
lor hia apprehension, but wehavo;s*on no description of hi*pur.
>lon. ' '-Hj|A '¡MllllHMÉHHÍIÍÉÍÍÍÉáÉMÍÍ>ÉÉÍÍIBMy
n'dt io0rh t'd cbpy dtitiriB," but the substulice of whtch
may bs gathered from the opening sentence^ ■
"fh« prisuHoi* in the CaStle or Paróte staie tllat they have
real), w ith miioh te^ret, k statement iu the New Orleans Pioaj une
Which appearn to them a inooltwry of theii miserable condition—
a stutomaift wl|¡r.h ÍR «aid £o liavo haeti inadn by Gen. Thoinpabli,
in which he asserts that Gon.'Jnrrerra. whoeommatida thlfCas
fle, is a inttii olchafactar, ageutlemnh. uno an' officer, and that he
túfete the'pHtouc'rs Hotou'ly with kuidiixas bm humanity."
telegraph of Wednesday contains the following paragraph:
. ivWe npW learn upon ihe eutltority of Capt. Elliott bimielf,
• that England had advised Mnicn UHtiir no eirtmmtUnet* to ac-
JiDoW.ladgaUlHi'Aidepandciice of Ttsa*, but to keep up an Ar.
guilt, bf the whole fabrication. We speak thus plainly, became it
ia obvioua, from the whole tenor of the paragraph, that-the wri>
terbas not been innocently misled,o vaiisfind himself With repea^
ting,dt$uch, one of tbe'ten thousalid idle rumors of the day;
but he gravely assert* as Smaller of fact ,-that which he knows
to be woolly ususceptibie ol proof uud without a particle Of truth
to support it, and all ibis too with no higher objoct than to ca<t fi
bofore the uninformed und unthinking, diecredtt npon the nego-
tiation* which have taken place"betweeu this 'Government and
Mqxico, through the British Minister, in order to operate upon
tb*pe^tdiog Election.
If tl)e Telegraph intends to defend it* statement; let it aay
when, where, and ro whom, Capt. Elliot made the declaration
named) and ¡l it sustains its assertion* upon respectable authori-
ty, we will not only aqkndwledge the whole negu'eiations to be a
"humbug," but will take to ourseive* without flinching a.id
hereafter consent to bear the title so much coveted by Dogberry.
a tw^xatioa of T^xaalo-tbe
nited Slates, and that it la
tk^t* RepubU
and Eepubli
tlfe nations o
An uccuwUce like the una aunouaced ia. the nota
ítaftár a
.ommc ta ignor.nl ihal -Jen Vmjég oí n.noo- ...b«STI2M3ÍE
al affatra, attention^bould be given to the same prto-
cfplfls and rights that are applicable in private cases.
Thys, they are'essentially the same, whether applied
to individual,otsocfol relations.., Is the step made by
tbe Goveriitnent of the U. S. of America, in confor-
mity wilb these rules and principles of reason of trua
policy, apd of juanee;, whicli, as Mr. Green kr|0ws,
are acknowledged.by,nations in all r-eciprocal^ t^pris-
actiona? The act, of itself alone,- shows clearly tbat
in practice, sight is lost of those principles which have
been the safe-guards of (5l>veril"iei/ts'and of men
MEXICO AND THE. UNITED'STATES.
Mr. Oreen to Mr. Bocunfgra.
Legation of the United States, Í
Mkkico, May 25, 1844. >
The undersigned. (íhatve d'Affairs ad interim of
the United Slates of America, has tile honor to irifoirn
hia Excellency, J. M. de Bjcanegra, Minister of
Foreign Affiirs for the government of the Mexican
Republic,, that by a special messenger he has just; re-
ceived dispatches from his Government which directa
him to inform tbat of this Republic, tbat there has
been signed a treaty for the annexation of" Texas to
the United States by the pletlipotentiaries of both
goVernmeuii, and tbat the said treaty would be im-
mediately submitted 16 the Senate for its approba-
tion. -
The President of the .United Stales has directed
the undersigned to accompany this communication t<>
the Government, of Mexico with the stiongest assu-
rance that iu adoptirrg that measure the governme.it
of the United Slates bad not been impelled by any
sentiments failing in respect, or of inditfereuce to the
honor or dignity of Mexico, and were the Mexican
government to view it. in any oilier light it would be
subject of great regret.
He has also directed the undersigned to declare,
that the Government of the U, Slates had found itself
fprctid to make.this step iu its own proper defence, on
account of-tlie policy adupted. by. Great Britain rela-
tive to the abolition of sluvery in Texus. It was im-
possible- for- the United States to look with indiffer
enee ou the eiiorts of Great Britain to abolith slur-
very iu.ihat territory, it coirld not also bin be u-
ware tbat that nation bad, in the present oiiilitiun of
Texas, means within its reach amply tuftieipnt to
consúmate, its policy, unless impeded by tnoiu elfica-
cious measui tia; Und it that object were consumat ;d,
it would conduce to a state of affiirs extremely dan-
gerous to the adjacent Stales and to the Federal Uni-
on. In the, view, of,all this, the Gftvernment of the
United States has beeji compelled by the necessity ol
the case, and with a yi^w .to their constitutional obli-
gations, to take the step it has adopied. It has taken
this step after full examination of all p<,ssib|jti cotise-
sequenees, but not .without the desire and «hope that
the frauk and en'.iro manifestation of the cause, may
preseve.uridistuibid the haimoity existing between
/iit'n nt riAfi .* i i* •' f:.-
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in their relaiiotis, compacts, and generally in their,
actions. , '••• '•;. '' '''
M|r. Green, when referiing to tli^e ihsttuclions ef
the Government, gives Mexici> assurances the must
dÍ8liupt,,|hat in adopting ihe measure of making a
treaty ¡for the annexation, it was induced by no priu-
eiple, nor had any other object_in view than^ts own
proper secuiil^ and defjejice, ok account of the policy
adopted'l>y Greqt Biitaiii for the abolition of slavery..
The undersigned will not, hot should he,', under-
take, to point out to the United States tae eou^e they
should pursue in their relations with Great Britain;
nor what'policy might be advisable in respect to that*
nation; rieithet should we for one mnmeiit considei
what advantages or disadvantages would result to the
United Stales by tfya.d'ftV'mices or division poted and
revealed by ihe press in. a public arid undeniable
manner which exists in-those States themselves re-
lative to slaveiy; the institution being defended in
tho8e in which it exists, and in those in which it does
0 t, look on with horror, and as the remains of bar-
(jaro.us ages, prosciibed by the philosophy and supe-
2,or intelligence of the pieflúntepoclr. These ques-
tions, indeed would not have engaged tlm attention of
the undeisigned .had nqt tbei Charged' Affaires of tbe
United S'ates alluded to them. Their fate depends on
future circumstances, and on a progress which cannot
be slopped, >
But when to uphold this slavery, and to prevent
its disappearance from Texas and other points, it is
detei mined to cut off from Mexico an. integral part
of her possessiuu, as the only certain and efBcucious
remedy to prevent that which Mr. Green calls a dan-
gerous occurrence, should Mexico keep silence, and
give assent to iheaclual policy of the Executive of
the United Slates, the contempt and censure of all
nations should be its reward.
If the seiies of events which are known to the
American legation, and the notoriety of which it is
euough to insinuate, have placed the colóuists of Tex-
as and the adventurers who have been latterly in-'
troduce?,. Wiihou.t other character or mission than
their own desires and the inspiialiona and impulses
given them,.have qualified them to usurp a territory
over which they themselves do not exercise full and
absolute dominión, in the part not colonized by them,
(hey cannot and should not be consideioáprimi oc-
cupántis. If this series of events has retarded lb^ re-
vindication of thatterriioiy (although the right to re-
claim it has never ceased tu be sustained,) it by no
means givea a legal title to the insurgent colonists,
much le&s to the new comers^ to be considered as its
masters; let the reasons advanced be what they may,,
it will be enough to conftont them with Jhe repealed
deeds tiiid protests ol Mexico to preserve the plen-
itude of her rights.
The best titles to dominion are .those - which are
based oh gcod faith, and such are not found iu the
conduct of those Who have directly or indirectly con-
siituted ihemselves usurpers. Mexico, convinced of
this truth, gvne'aliy acknowledged arid comprehended
in the principle, that <that is not denied to nations
which is conceded to individuals, has maintained the
territory of Texas as beta, alihough fidm a combina-
tion of circumstaOCas, foreign to her wish, her con-
stant action to le-viudicale it had measurably slackr
eued.
these countries. , * . J For such ends, Mexico ha* always operated for
The President of the sa\d States has also directed M>é reconqúesl of Texas, pursuant to the customs of
the tiudersig'ned .to assure the Government of Mexi-r-
co that his desire is.to arrange'all the questions; be-
tween the.two countries, which emanate from the said
treaty, or from,any other cause, iira manner ihúamosi
liberal and satisfactory, .including the question * of
bodhdary. . • That the President of the United 'Státes
would duly appreciate the concurrence- vf Mexico
in this step; for, aside from, its respect for Mexico,
and its lively desire that both countries may continue
their friendly.relatiou8, he could not consent that a
measure which be believes can iuy'ulve ihe security of
the Union, should depend on tl|.e contingency of pre-
viously obtaining the consent of Mexico, . • ' '•!
tie has, however, takdn the precaution,-th,lit the
atipulaiions of the'treaty shall be as unobjectionable
as possible to Mexico; and, among others, be has o-
mitled to specify a« to the limits of Texas, in order
tbat the dividing line mi^lit be a question for future
friendly and full discussion, and be arrangvd confor-
mably to the respective rights, security and interests
of both cotitiuies. < The undersigned &e.
BÉN. E. GREEN.
/ Mr. Bocanegra lo Mr. Green.
> ; ' ; National Palace, ■ •).'
* " Mexico, May, ,30, 1844. J
The undersigned^Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Government hud the honor to receive the note which
the Charge, d'Affaires ad,interim bf the United Slates
wias pleased to address him, dated-.fiSth1 instant, iu
wbicli he deemed^ proper to ionjmunicaie the arrival
of an official mes&atiger, sent with despaiches of his
Government fin the legation of the United States >of
America, for informing this:Republic that the Execu-
tive of those States has Signed and transmit ted to the
Senate, a treaty for the annexation-of the dopartfcóiíi
i 11"1" ' ^ | „,f Texas to thé Union of said States.
' Tbe Ni^W'PrlliaWPIcayilne contains a lengthy ar- ' p|ie reading of the note which tbe under-
ticle,'from our Prisoners in Porote, which we have signed i aboui to reply to, will suffice to show the
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magnitude and. the giaviljr of the subject of which it
deals; and it is certainly wonderful that an enlighten-
ed government, ruled byprinciples so liberal; and su
cekheuted .by the well known universal rule, to re-
ceive nothing but what is right, 10 guard and respect'
in a'l events, and by of means the imprescriptible
rights of mafti, and of societies of men, should precee^l
to approve«ign and transmit to the Senate a treaty
which undoubtedly and notoriously despoils Mexico
of a depditmei^t which in propriety and lu legal pos
session belongs to it *nd has s|w«ys bélofiged to it
according to tho clearest, most distinct, repeated and
vary ancient protests made by the Government of
nations, without iis being possible, even by a solitary
act, to indicate that she ¿ver had the intention to give
•over or renounce her imprescriptible rights-—rights,
tl.e more sacred, because they are of the same nature
with those by vlrhich they acquired-their own legal
possession.
Mexico, the utideisigned repeats ih accordance with
her uuifotm wish to maintain Ihe justice ofheriause,
piotests before the whole world, and in the most sol-
emn manner, against the acknowledgement, which
the United Slates have made of the independence of
Texas, as ati''act of daring enerorchment against her
sovereignty, (como de- ún acto atentatoria a tu soberan*
ia) forjó réality this acknowledgement, accomplish-
td so unluckily, denying or despising the rules of di-
plomacy, and without any regatd to right cannot be
deemed national, moral or reasonable, (buen sentid'u])
but as the political apolheosis of usurpation. Mr.
Green knows what has been the conduct of the Sd-
preme Government towards the United States ih'the
lace of circumstances leading to a rupture.
The Gi/vernmént of the undersigned is i.rif^rmed,.
and will prove by incomestible docunriSipts, tfiatth'e
proclamation and act of independence of Texas, in-
eluded a number of Mexicans, scarcely1 reaching ti>
ten, and that those who figu red as principals, almost
iu.their totalriy, were persons from the United States,
«too woulcUfil'Ver bpVto ventured on a Step, so dléloy-
al it they bad not counted on the elements to sustain
them in a súiiggle w¡tlí a nation of whiebthey would
not make.Lhe slightest co'mplainf, and wiihopt any o-
ther cause than ibe fjrankness and kindness with which
ihe first uolouis'.s had been admitted.
Expetionce has fihówri that what was conjecture or
'suspicion at lhat period, is now;a lamentable reality.
The meetihgs publicly ahnfounced in New Oi leans,
and in other pa; ts of the United,States, for the pur-
pose of exciting the sym'patbies of the 80 called .Re-
public; the emigration of.armed adventurers; the im-
plements of wari alrin/aments and munitions, which
was'Iurniihed, and other acts of hostility, prove that
all ¡íes proceeded fro*m that republic, llie Executive
of which has signed the treaty for annexation."
The acts of aqgr^Hj^n on Mexico and the leaders who direft<
ted them, have all proceeded from the Repnblid Of Washington,-
plthoiigh ülteu, and with regret, /he Siuprcttra Government of
Meiioo,by the undersigned as hf it" Minister in thole stales,
by ineafts ofcohierencés and notes, has endeavored without sue.
cess, to Induce the (ioVernment of that Republic to put1 a ler-
Inination to those acts, and act ¡A conformity with the treaties
which hind, by a firm conventional right, hbth Kipublics.
This very day, the note of ihe 25th Mayi which the
nndersigned is answering, gives the most distinct
full and clear pi oof that the Mexican Republic, unde^
terest of tbe United Stales. Tl>« Ghaiged'Affairs
of ihe Government of Washington Will permit me to
remind him, as well ps hlaGoyeiiimeut snd the peopl^
whom be represents, lhat, this act, which he stales is
done out of respect to Mexico, is in realiiy the mnn-
|ifestation of an act Consummated, it not by constituí
Itional completion, at least i>u the part, of the Ex-
iecutive, who has done all that was within his reach,-
wiilwut even considering to Mexico und her lighis
her Ksnor ai)d'digiiity,- entitled fo'the lebst part 1(1 ^
' transaction «>f whie|i now really notice.,,
' The Ctiarge de Affaires jives a^urauce lhat this. Jtcjp has
been lakon by. his. tfoi.e/nuieii!, alter a luitlure exsminaiion of
all the consequences possible. And even yet he aflnms that ie-
spect has been had to Mtixieu, ui.d -abut her rights l,ave been
considered. Neither .tjisttnd«rkigi?«l nor bis. Goviaininent can
answer deeds with words; although ihey would remark, that the
right* of ihe Mexican nation «re-s'i clear, distinct piuf .obligatory,
that theVaine Govariiineni ol the United Sni\e* has. expressly
acknowledged ihetn 111 the note setift and it is not a little reinak-
nble, that a doeuineti: bearing^ conlession so express, should
btí the Ramrt to give ite'itii'anCrt to Mejilco'that wliut belongs to it
is 10 be purmaiiently possessed by tbtt United Stn|es.
Finally.- tho Charge d'Alfáiies assures México thai his Govern-
maní is anxious for tbe arrangement oTafl questions which cbtV
result from this treaty, including that ol'boUndurios, takiug it lor
granted lhat the treaty:!* complete. The ' undersigned has
press Order* from the President of Ihe republic to' sSy, ahd to
"state in a most di.-tiiicl und express manner, lhat Mexico has
neither renounced nor ought to reuuuitcu, and consequently doe*
not renounce, nor in any manner ceda nor in totality or iu pari,
its rights; that its firm and constant resolution has been, nud is,
to sustain the integrity and dignity of the nation: that this time
so oppoilune for the reproduction ofita protests, he w&uld offer
them anew, one by one, bilt remarking.' specially on the one'UiiW
dor date ol the 25th Augnst 1843. in these words: "That the
Government of Mexico, will ciinsidor the annexation of Tpxas
to the territory of the United Stutes as a declaration of war a-
aginst the Mexican Republic."
The undersigned would also say by order of his Government
thatexisting as there does, 11 formal treaty between M°xiCo and
the United States, which fixe* the limits between them,' Mrxir o'
isdisposed to comply with them, aud to give them a .scientifiio
survey, such being ihe only requisite warning; that whatever w
not pursued in conformity with ihe principles of international
law, will be to forsaken legitimate obligation to enter into A ne-
gotiation failing in legality in its origin, and on. whicb no new
proceeding cm be bused.
In conclusion, (he undersigned cannot do less than call the at-
tention of Mr. Green und his Government to the satisfaction' re-,
quired not only on account of the annexation arranged by the
treaty, but also lor the outrage and atrocious injury done to
Mexico, to its dignity and its rights, by the signihg of the said
treaty; and Mexico flutters herself with Ibe hops thai the Senate
of an enlightened nation, free, and founded by the immortal
Washington, will not consúmate constitutionally an.act con-
demned by reason arid justice. But, if unfortunately and a-
gainst ihis hope; the said treaty should be approved,. Mexico in
an evpnt so important, wil. consider herself in that position in
which she must set, in conformity .with the right of. natioris sad
her protests. The undersigned &c.
(Signed) JOSE MARIA DE BOCANEGRA.
The Mexican War Steamship —The two steamships which
Mexico has sent to New York to be repaired, are altacting a
good deal of attention. The Herald gives some details in regard
to them be uninteresting, of tbe (juadaloupe it thus speaks:
- In the late war with Yucatan she got 'some hard pelting from
.the famous Commodore Moore, and bears the marks of some
hard knocks about her hull and decks. In two or three places,
near wátermnrk, she was perforated by beavy shot, her deck'
Mrn up in splinters, and her mainmast shivered. Yet,strange
to say, although the'Guadaloupe has been in no less'lhun eleven
fights, she had not a man killed, and the crew consider her-a
funky vessel. She is commanded, by Jose Maria Espino, a
Mexican, or courteous manner* and polished addles*. The
Guadaloupe is nota very fast sailor, but immensely strong in
build. She ^mounts six guns, two of which are sixty eight
pounders, one on the larboard bow[snd the other onlhé starboard
quarter. As to the re«t of her armament, it does not appear that
the Mexican-service preBsnts anv peculiarity.
Of ihe Montezuma, the Herald makes the following mentioni
Sliffis of 1100 tons burthen—nearly 300 tons larger than the
Guadeloupe. She is of Loncori.build, has engines of 1¿0 horse
power each, and although 'not so immensely s:roug iu her con-
struction as the Guadeloupe, she sails a good doal faster. She
mounts nine guns, two or thrsé of which are those Ugly cus^
toiners, the sixiy-eights, arid would be, ifwell manned and in
perfect order, a most efficient enpino of destruction.
These steamers were built in Kngland, dxpressty for the Mexf.
can Governmont, at the period of the revolt of the Province of
Yucatan. The funds for the purpose were loaned by the Mexii
can mercbantsresident in London, whose interest in the struggle
of Mexico to recover Yiibatan and Texas was or vital importance.
to their eomntaroial transactions.
The ssino paper speaks thus oí tha character of tb« crows of
the two.ships:—
The Montez'ima's hands, in all, do not amount to a hundred,
which seéms a low complement for a ship of her' size, Thft'
Gimdaloupfl'has 10^. In both cases they are almost entirely
Mexicans of the tnikod half Spanish, hall*Aborii'in;iJ cant.
aro,swarthy, down looking chaps, but nothing like equal in
muscularity or stature to-whst may be seen on board of an -
American man of war. Discipline, too, it is evident, is coá¿
siderably lest stringent in the Mexican service than oihars, end
indeed they mu<f doiViict a groat deal from its efficiency. This
is less ihe fault of the oflicers than á bad organization, and the *
intractibility of the materials composing thq crew, which certain-
ly possess tew of the characteristic and generic trails 61 Jack..
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Lake Superior This-immense inland oeenn is four hundred
and ninety mUes in length, and is seventeen, hundred in ciroums " '
fe.epce, being the largest body of fresh w^ter in Ibe wotld It
coutams m ny-i^lands, one of them, foíe Royalo, i one hundred
miles in le«gth,.andJforty in treadth. Upwards of thirty river
empty ihemselves into it, and .ehe curjoos fact in relation to it is -
well ascertained, that the quantity of water discharged throiish
the Ssutt St. Marie, is rtbt,one tenth of w.hat it receives fvoTn it* *■ *
tribniary streams. ¡ Evaporation uiust; therefore, ba, lbs nrinci<
pal agent in keeping the lake down to ita usual" level, . :
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7T s Olfve TfM,;,Fruu and 0 ¿.—That the Olive. Treei woulA
grow.and bear luxuriantly-in our climate there cann'otbe a doubt.'
lpi aH sontboru Europe, ol .from leii .io fourteen degrees higher
latitdds. this invalu/ilile production .flourishes; Whv it has not
been introduced many years-since, and cultivated ,to, a great ex-
tent, we know not. The-Oliv«( ^mi11ion*rwhat tbe^iatÓo'
i? Insh, the chief article Cffliod, and is used for various or
ther purposes. 1he oil is known.ihroughout the world, it is an
oil which miM be Hurnassed;i|t it a delightCulsubsiiiute for bul.
ter and lard it is.used by the rhÉh and'podron their tables—it is
used insteadI of caudles; so^p 14 made of it. and the, culti.vation ÓP
nothing in the catalogue Of agriculture of is mpr.e . profiiable.—
1 ho tree grows on poor (foil, on thoiiill tops and qeclivitiovt rit
lives'to a great age, requires but .little átteTtionr-there is no-ffr
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