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lions of dollars, aud it will fall much short oveu of that
rum, aud instead of nine millions having been offered
for it, we do not behova that any capitalists would
risk 100,01)0 for her claims, and tike allihe-chan-ces
and expenses attending the recovery. Our sym-
pathies aro with Mrs. Gamcsnro this bnsiness.'if bha
really has been unjustly keptppt'of her legal rights,
bnt wo regret that she, or her friends, ajlovr such'
ridiculous stories as the above, to circulate uueontra-drcied.""
'-
, THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER.
fy J . . " Her ovely babes around her rise,
Fair scions of a noble stem !
"And deeplyshall herbofo.n pnzo
The uieasiujjs- she receives from -them.
,-
. Jter
.Beauty isvain the-summer bloom
To which a transient fate h giveu ;
But tier's awaits a lasting doom
In the etemalixKvers f heaven."
, Of all tho relations .of domestic life, perhaps there is
bo'uo more interesting than that which subsistb-botneeu
amother and her child. The affection of a father, of
a'brother, or a sister, .tho endearments of -conjugal love,
mayiBeverallysssess all the force cfslroug.aud over-
powering' emotieu, -but they cannot coirjpelo with the
constancy of a mother's devoteduess. It forms per-
haps, the closest aud the most endaring of all the" ties
by"which th'e framework of society fsinit together, and
liliqa plant of heaven'sown plantingytseemstoa elevat-
ed and pure to grow iu the barren soil cf our corrupt and
sustained hearts. There is this to distinguish a mother's
love from all the other bonds of friendship or.affection,
that while we can concoivcthe selfishness or self-inter-est
of individuals to ms the glory of their mos.t hero'c
efforts, therats a tenderness .and a holiness which we
associate Vith it, which place it immeasurably beyond
the pollution of our baser feeling. " God is love," say
tho Scriptures, aud if he has formed man after tho like-
ness of his own image, he has indeed left an impress of
hid own perfections on the huiuau heart in the, purity of
a mother's love, by which, even amidst the defilements
ofimpetuous jass.cn, we can recognize the mavemenU
of his hand.
'All this will appear all themoro powerfully if we
analyso tho associations by which it is fostered, and
the sources from which it proceeds. T lie sacred name
of mother is almost the first to which the iufanl lips.
give utterance, jn the efforts to communicate the emo-
tion which the forms of artificial language have not yet
taught them to express, it is tho mother to whom in
the tender years of chidhood its care is almost exclu-
sively devolved. It is to her it uubosomsiill.tho work-
ings of its spirit ata. time when the world has not blast-
ed with its chilliugiurluence the blossoms of virtue and
of piety, which even amidst the corruptions of oar fal-
len nature, sometimes appear to remind us of'the hea-
venly ongin of the plant from which they spring. It
is to this lender guardian that the jays and sorrows of
childhood are revealed, and with whom au intercourse
the most interesting and the most endearing is carried
nn. In the hour of sickness with what noble solicitude
.H a mother'baflectioc4li?playedtowards her child !t It
is then that nature seems to furnish her-wjth teuergtes
commensurate with the. occasion. which calls. for their
exercise, and that her heroic self-devotion would ap-
pear almost to transcend thepoet's dream or the fie
tions of romance. -What hand so gentle as Jier own
as she bendsover the feverish,p".Howofthe sufferer with
hef love-beaming eye, orwatcheso'eritsilecplesscouch
throughout the iheariuess of theiiight, with ardor which
death itself can alone destroy? Youth a. the spring-tide
of our being, ft is warm with all the activities of life
and alh the fervor of passion, which the judgment has
not acquired strength to direct,. aud which experience J
Jias not attained maturity to regulate and to restrain.
Lei us imagine, then, a mother the moat debased aud
tho most wicked, and consider how high an influences
bha possesses over, her child, jind wo will be able to form
some estimate of tho holy purities of the love of a Chris-
tian mother. It ib her cara to lead her child to a knowl-
edgeof its owaheart, -and to a knowledge of its God.
The first immtlses of Its koul are directed heaven rcanl.
Hhe'first dawning of intelligence are consecr ated to ila.
Creator. JJie warmth of maternal feeling, and tho
'throbbing susceptibilities of childhood are made to har-
monize iu the song of adoration, and to unite iu the ac-
cents of pni3cr to Him who hearkens to tho choral
tra7hs of angelic "hosts, and who will bless, with tho
gmilcs'ofbis -beneficience, the rudest forms" of infant
devotiou.f The sensibilities, -too, of tho .young heart
are jexcited by all the high hopes of an immortal deb-
t ny, and amidst the storm and thesuushiuathat darkens
cr that brightens .aronnd the ocean of life, it is taught
to remember that it is but a voyager on its;pas3age to
theshores of eternity, aud that the gale of-afflicton
which may .seem to baffle or to .dauntits progress, mav
servo only, iu the mysterious guidance of.Providence,
to urge onwards to a serene and tranquil sea. Need
we wonder then, that our most eminent Christian phi-
losophers and poets have traced 'their success to the
blessed influence ofa Christian mother's examuje.aud
a Christian another's, prayer? Need. wo wonder that
oven the most haroenediu the ways of sin bavamelted
into tenderness as tho scenes of a tnolber'a love have
ar.sen before them in tho visions of memory, asa 'dream
df tho, morning? Thnir thoughts have reverted to the
,piety and pur.ly that attended her steps, and to the
happy homo of their childhood, af which she was once
tho light and the joy. And it maybe that her long
forgotten "precepts may now bo remembered when her
voice is no more heard it may be that the prayers she
..pourou jwui a nis craaie, may now D&answered in re-
calling her wayward son to the ways of peace. Oh
howjiappy is that mother who has secured an inheri-
tance for-htr children in those enduring realms where
change never enters, and from, wboser bright mansions
sorrow flies away I What to them are the titles, or the
honors, or the dignities of the world? In the glory of
theirhcavenly heritage .they far surpaks the lordly
possessor of .the richest domains, and of the most an-
-cient name they are cnirobfed by the-right of loftier
creation, andbyiho impotion ofa mightier hand.
Therince of Peace will receive them among the bright
hosts of his followenr; ha will invest them with a ma-
ny gemmed diadem whose lps-tro shall not grow dim,
whojo beauty shall not decay !
Behold, then, the Christian mother! Theglor which
shines from off the" mercy-seat lightens up even the
darkest stages of her earthly journey, aud the odors of
the uppersauctuary are richly fragrant around thepath-
way,of hex ipilgrinuge. Placed -on a lofty, pedestal,
she is elevated, in some measureabove the obscuriu'r
mitts ofslrj, aud she campoint, with the eye offalth, to
the most-distant circles of time, when ber-prayersher
precepts and her example,'b!essed by tWapproviug
volcacf-fieaven, shall iuflaence the destimes-of coming
ganeratxonsl
King Herod ihe Great. -JThe-Tergu of. Herod the
Great,'of-whom mention is so often made in the scrip-
tures, and-who flourished during the thno of our Sa-
viour, was remarkable for domestic calamities the
rrsult of bis own ungovernable temper. Urged by sus-
picion, he pat to death his beloved wife, her mother,
brother, grandfather, uncle and two sous. His palace
was the scene of incessant intrigue, misery, and blood-
shed Ills nearest relatives being ever the chief instru-
ments of his worst sufferings and pangs. The effects
, produced upon tho mind of Herod by the murder of
Alanamme, hw wile, are thus powerfully described by
Miiman :
"All tho passions which 'filled, tho stormy sonl of
neroa, were auue Wilnoul bojud; from violent love
aud violent-resentment, he sunk into a violeut remorse
aud despair. Everywhere he was haunted by tho
image of his murdered. Marianime-; he called upon her
name ; he perpetually burnt into-passlonate tears. In
vain he tried every-diversion .banquets,.balls, revels,
the excitements of society. A euddeu-pestilence broke
o at, to which manycf the noblest of his court, and of
-his own friends, fell -a bacrifico.; he reaogiiszed and
tremblea beneath the uveng-ng baud o an angry -God."
The latp-Lord Byron iu his ''Hebrew MeJodiw,"
thus describes Herod's lament over his wife:,
'tOh, Mariamme I now for theo
Tho heart for which thou bledst is bleeding,
Revenge is lost in agony,
And wild romorno to rage sncceediii"j
Oh, Mariamme, where art thou?
Thou canst hear my bitter plead'ug
Ah, couldst thou thou would'tt pardon now,
"Though Heav.cn were-to my prayer unheeding.
"And is she dead? Add did they dare
Obey my phreuzy's jealous raving?
My wrath but-doomcd-iny own dejpir;
The sword that smote her's o'er nu wavii"
But thou art cold, ray murderdd love !
And this dark heart u vainly cravin"
For her who soars alone 'above,
And leaves my boul mroorthily saving.
''She's gone, who shared my diadem ;
She sunk with her my joy entomb pg;
I snapped that flower from Juda's ntcm
Whose leaves for me alone were bloomiug,
And mine's the-gall, and mine tho hell,
This bosom's dcwilation'rioomlBg;
And I have eamed'tho30 torturej-Well, '
Which uueousomed are still consuming.'"
Lave of Grumbling. To a thousand indi-'
rgenidus independent Briton, the word "mise-
ry 5 djoes by no means convey an idea of cx-
(reme discomfoil. He feels the satisfaction
of grumbling ever his misfortunes to he, on
.many occasions, so much greater than the pain
of enduring them, that he will beg, borrow,
steal, or even manufactuie calamities, sooner
than suffer under any unusual scarcity or dis-
'content. He knows, indeed, that miseries
are indeed necessasy to his happiness, and
though perhaps not qirte so pleasant at the
moment as his other indispensable enjoyments,
roast beef an J beer, would, if taken away,
leave just as gient a craving in his appetite as
would be occasioned by the privation of these
national dainties. The Englishman alone,
we think, occupiss himself seriously in this
manufacture of unhappiness ; and seems to
possess, almost as exclusively, the, power of
afterwards laughing at his own misfin tones;
which, however, during their immediate ex-
istence, giving him as mnch torment as ever
the crashing of an ear-wig, or beating a jack-
ass, intiicted on the sensibility of a lacrj mose
German."
TJIE MEXICAN TREATY.
Interesting Account of the Treaty with Mexico its
Negotiation and Matters Antecedent to it.
The Philadelphia North American, of the
29th ult., has au interesting Washington let-
ter, involving matters of so much importance
at these times, that we copy it entire :
Wasiiingtox, Feb. 23, 2848.
The President's message to the Senate,
communicating ihe treat) and the accompany-
ing documents, is brief and pertinent. For
oncAie eschews elaboration and comes to
the point, because the subject is a tender one.
He tells his constitutional advisers that he did
not anticipate a negotiation on the pant of Mr.
Trist, .whose authority was revoked, but " he
has done so," and, thei efore, he ado;pts it.
This preface, and a recommendation that the
Senate do not tatify the tenth article of the
treaty, with his reasons for the same, make up
the sum total of the message.
The tenth article was principally the sub-
ject of my last letter, but I recur to it again,
fbr sufficient reasons. It provides that "all em-
presario or colonization grants made hy Mex-
ico in Texas prior to the 3d of March, 183G,
shall be guarantied and confirmed by the Uui-
ted States, and that where the. Qualification of
occupation exists, which was ,p re vented by the
difficulties between Texas and Mesicot that
the period assigned for the exchange ef ratifi-
cations shall be allowed thegrantors ibr initi-
ating settlement.
This provision extends -also to g.-antt made
in the ceded territory anterior to 1 3th of May,
1946.
The President draws what appi-a'isj to my
view, to be a jut distinction between the two
cases. In that ofXesa?), he contendsJhat she
became annexed .to the United Slates "as an
independent government; and, thereloie. that,
as a State of the confederacy, her puhlidands
are subject to her own disposal. "'The Gene-
ral Government has no right to interfere. If
these litigated claims existed, imoiving the
iuteijests of third parries, they should have
been adjusted with Texas, as a nation they
cannot be through the agency of.the United
Slates.
" In the other case, tho territor to 'be acquir-
ed is ceded under cei tain limitations, and it is
our province to accept or decline them. The
guaranty is a useless appendage, because in
the other two cases of the acquisition of teiri-
tory, the Supreme Court-and public authorities
have always recognized alid grants of land
and confirmed them. If any one principle of
public policy is settled firmly, it is, that the
General Government has no power to inter-
terpose between the soveieignty ofa State
and its domain.
From the objections of the President, as
well as from the embanassment of pledging
the Government to a contract which it cannot
execute, I am inclined to believe, this excep-
tionable article will be expunged, and tho
tteaty returned to Mexico thus amended. Or
perhaps a more polite course may be pursued,
and the treaty be ratified, witi, a.-rs"oolution of
reservation, that unless Mexico, a'fterafulL
understanding of the difficulties, ha!l volun-
tarily recede from this embarrassing feature,
the ratification shall be nulh.and.voTd. The
Piesident declares in his message, that Mrs
Trist had no authority in an) of his instruc-
tionsforthe insertion of such ancilicle, and
my understanding of them fully warrants this
declaration.
Iu his letter to Mr. Buchanan, communica
ting the treaty, Mr. Trisi does -not scejn t
apprehend such a contingeifGyns-fhe-erasuio
of any of its provisions. He merely express-
es the bciieflhat when the members are elect-
ed from Puebla and Vera Cruz, the teaty- a
it stands, will be ratified by a - decided ma-
jority" of the Mexican Cougress.
The message and accompanying papers
make up a veiy respectable public document
in dimensions. It contains the instiurtions
to Mr. Slidell, and the different, instructions to
Mr. Trist, as the circumstances altered or the
battles progressed. From Mr. Tri himself
there is but a lean account. One letter to a
".confidential friend" in Queretaro, whose
name is suppressed, upon which this last ne-
gotiation was predicted one toMr.'Iiuchanaii
in answer to his second recall, aod the m-
note accompanying the treaty,i u: 'which li
promises an extended account of the corres-
pondence connected with each artirle, and
which he had " not time to copy or to have
copicd'Vbefore the staiting-oCthe -courier, but
which is to be transmitted by. the neit train or
opportunity. His laudation of Mr.Praener,
(Alustang,) however well deserved Uthcmo?t
extravagant production I ever saw. So too
with all his correspondfiice thcic is an cfibrt
at high sounding phrases, .andjipaiade of
formidable sentences that must have been
astly amusing to the diplomatic ears and e es
at Queietaro. Ojr AmLa-sador is ttu!) an
extraordinaiy one, ad is .most eeriainly a lit-
tle damaged in the upper story, as the public
will seeeie long.
The original instructions-to Mr.-Siidell, and
included in those to Mr. "Tilst, which, as I
hae remarked, wore aried fiom time to time,
authorized him to negotiate for tbe.acquiiilion
of Upper and Lower California and New
Mexico, with the privilege ofthe right of way
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepcc, for thirty
millions of dollars ; for Upper California, New
Mexico, and the ust naht, twn-five mil-
lions ; for Upper California and Nuv Nexico,
without the right, twenty millions; the boun-
dary of tho Rio Grade being included in each
of these acquisitions. There was alsojnstruc
tion, if better could be done, to negotiate for
the Rio Grande to its head waters, fbr a con-
sideration ol he millions.
In those days, the administration had great
anxiety fir peace nrich more so than their
policy of late has indicated;! for Mr. Trist
w as authorized to contract with any sort ofa
Government that he could find .The frequen-
cy ofarevolution is assigned as the cause for
this course. Mr. Bjchanait instructed him,
in so.many worth, if the Constitution of 1824
is .subverted, and the Government-seized by a
military Dictator, that ho is authorized to re-
cehe and recognize his signature to tho tieaty
as the act ofthe proper authority.
It appears from the papers that after every
battle there was some new attempt mado at
negotiation. Shortly subsequent to the instill'
ment of the at my iu the capital, Mr. Trist, on
the 20lh of September, resumed a correspon-
dence, pieviously inteirupted, with the Secre-
tary of Foreign Affairs, for the appointment
ofa Commission. On tho 31st of October, M.
Da .La. Rosa writes to Mr. Ti ist that, with
ctery desiie for peace, ho doubts if any good
teaults can be accomplished. On the 22d of
November, M. Pefix y Peiia, then Secretary
of Foreign Ailaiis, leiiews the past proceed-
ings and correspondence with ftl. De La Ro-
sa, in refeieuce to ihe appointment of Com-
missioners, and states that M. Houera and
another, who had pieviously been ongaged in
fruitless eilorts at negotiation could not act
one on account of sickness, and tho other for
some equally uigent reason. He, however,
names iheirsubstitutei, and apprises Mr. Trisi
that, as they Jive at consideiable distance, it
will require some time to assemble them. On
the 23lh of iVou'iuber, Mr. Trist notifies M.
PenyyPefia ofthe revocation of his authority
as commissioner, and of Lis puipose to return
to the United States- He regrets that his ef.
forts have been iu vain, but indicates that any
communication containing oei lures for peace
may be addiessed to him r to Gen- Scott, and
that they wjjj lie submitted to the Gutomment
at Washington.
Oa ihe 27th of Jfovecnber, Mr, Trist writes
to'Mr- Buchanan,.an answer to his last letter
of recall, (fbr theje wese two, oneon'therjth
of October, after the publication ofthe pro-
ceedings at TueuTjaya, in the Vtfia Crus pa-
pers, aud the other on the 21st ofthe same
i month,) lu whieis he broadly informs the Sec
retary, that at some lutUiO iin he may find
leisuue to nsvietr the Piesident'a opinions as
to his conduct, aaiagiceing to refer the Mexi-
can proposition ofthe boundary ofthe Nueces
to his Govarzffincnt, and that he had yet to
learn that ihcraeie reference was in anyway
a. ui luwiiajpruKieuin. ne aiscianrH au per-
sonal sensibility upo.i the subject, but still ar-
gues his point fustilr, as a man who felt moie
t than lie .esprvessed, tree as is his language.-
j This Jiote ib s. feature in the history of diplo-
j macy,8.nd for its farcical consequence and dis-
j dain tfx.eetive inteifeience, is unsui passed
ri in cool .complacency. Say what the woild
mar, Mr. Trist has made a name for himsolf,
of ozie .kind ar anothe r.
j He .close, on paper with a long letter to
J Mr, , the mysterious gentleman at Queie.
tano. He ! ins by telling him, that had any
niieer preibcied tin course up.in wlucli he had
j then iesohHl, he v -uld have- udicuiod him as
an JinpostQi-. lie goe, on, evidently in an.
arr to .a Jstter fitun the ' mysterious gentle,
mini," to .say, that many of the difficulties
which had previously interposed themselves to
ajieace, lad been gradually fading away for
tvrp$v,uekj and .though without authonty, he
vvttuld .assume, the i esponaibility ofa negotia-
tion. I.amies:3ve.d (sa) s he) to carry home
a iiety, if the Gcu-jiimont is sUong enough
to make it." Afro: enumoiating the advant-
ages jou both side, and the difficulties of his
i own position, he Uses this reniarka-blc expres-
sion "I am fully pcistuded that its terms
' (alluding Ut his fcr.ner projet) would not by
any mean; be acceptable to the views no?cen-
1 teiiained by m) government." Nor would
I he propose them had ho been invested with
! discretionary power. But he will make .one
last effort, -Nowor3ev-r.' He had no new
instruction no secret information from any
s&urce iu Washington. He was acting upon
his owu sense ofduty.
This letter led to the meeting ofthe Com-
missioners at Guadalupe, nine miles from the
ciSy of Mexico, and to the signing ofthe Trea-
ty on the 2d of this month, fiom whence it was
despatched in an hour afler, by Hr. Fraener.
So much for ihe present.
i'ORTHEEN SPECULATIC)NS ON THE
TIUST TUSAT V".
We copy the following abstract of ppimous, e,tc.,
from the New York Globe ofthe 1 SJth olU
The Treaty O.ics Mirre. The Pnilad elphia Spirit of
the Times hosxlie toiloviug romar kt in relation to the
Treaty: '
Notwithstanding all tho talk.aboilt tho opposition in
the .Senate to tbe 1 rcaty ot Peace , we have reason to
believe that only seven Senators will go. decidedly
against it.
T.U6 Pj-esidenl has very wisely recommended cer-
tain modaicatiuns ot tho irojei.that. will nuich eratify
j the Jubhc. Tlw ongmal projet JQ arded entirety too
uiuc-u, lue aiieasis o. ceri.uu oiiivr nations at our cx-
t peuse. Tafseifect will promptly bs remedied,
j We iakethe liberty to prcil cl i.iat ve aro on the
' eve or a pivace. The Treaty, lUuf , will 'ne a satisfac-
tory iuo osjcJioltj t will h ttlcuhied to reflect
gieat creda uy. the-Presidi. ,u, au 1 at I ne same tune
shor how jj3cnip:ilii..4y in. jppa .tiou have in s. p-
resriiled him a3 along upon ioo mi'oject.
i The Trcjitf and aeaiompaujin, dfj ameuts Iiave
i becajjrinted, o.d ,irobabi. ,tte lai) 1 b fore tho Senatu
yesterday. Ii leeiiu to h geni;rs ily conceded that
there is one aite.'e ui thi-Tnuly th at will excite strong
opposition. Ail grants ol lanJ in 'I o xas made to Brit
ish subjects by .Mexico prior U tho Texian Revolution
snolJ he conGraed by the Troity. 1 t is said that these
grauls iuducJe some of the ncheet 1 nudsin the State,
I aud that this clause ofthe Treaty will be powerfully
opposed by the two Senators from ' Texas. If there is
s ion an article in tho Treaty .and these grants are ox-
teiisive that clause ought uc to b ratified.
( lu two of our c.tj papers, yestei. day tho Post and
t ie Tnh ine it waa cuulenicd tt iat the ratification
' naoiid'depend upon the validity o ,'the grants; that if
1 they were valid, the Courts af.lhe Union would confirm
, them, no matter what the TreatVv cautaiued respectiuir
them. Tlie Post remarks, a j. foil jws"J
Ifioso grauU of land by the. IV Iextcau Government
ire sjjJ to embr.ice tracts of vcr y largo extent. The
;two Senators from Toxas are fcii J to make the article
concerning them a strong groia id of opposition to the
treaty; aud othor members are somewhut startled hy
it. Under what cireu, qsUuQcj .hese lauds were gran-
ted, aud what is the iu mce of le co 'nizing them on tho
Laart of our GovernmeL t, wo arc uot informed. If, on,'
iiivniigation, it should appear that tho titlo to those
lauds was fairly in tho r .ulhaaty which conveyed them,
Hie validity of the gran ts should be allowed, po matter
uhat might bo their jxtontj r whether there bo a
treaty to taat elTtct or not if, on the other hand, tho
yrauu were a fraud, L' to Me.tj oau Government should
not bo permitted to tin ow tho consequences of it upon
us. '
The Tribune has th e follow aig remarks :
Iu the first place, th e Texui s Senators, who ardently
desire the acquisition of all tf, e Mexican territory this
tide the Sierra Madr j at le. t, will strenuously res.st
the treaty, basing the tr opp ji .tiou on a clauso therein
which guarantees tho Mevra- tn land-titles and grants
in the ceded territory. Th is a very absurd pretext
by tho way; for the 1 Jmtc&i States Courts would sus-
tain and enforce all t hose tit 'es, even though nothing
were said or them in i bo tro. ity.J
We are not prepared ' to eij loreo this view of the case.
Such a recognition by our Courts of the validity of
these grauts ini-j.'it fc-k s pl, . We bee whftt dilliculty
we have in coutequout eofb aviug recognized the yahd-
ityof grautsoflani1 in oupown State, mado by a for-
eign power prior to th j ll6f ohitioiiarj' war. The Van
Rensselaer grant, e nd othan? should bo a warning to all
who favor the rrcc gi iliou ui such cases. In tho first
Constitution of oui Si ate, these grants weii recognized
in aprovwoii same Ihmj hko tho folio ring: "All
grauts of laud mi lo hy ny foreign king, prince, or
pjtciilutc, prior to 17 7', -i'wll bo valid, :nd all subse-
quent grauts -hall b vo,(l," All subieq unit changes
in oar Cimstilut'OE I kiva tis clause untouched. The
auti-Repnblicdii c i' ue,of all such grunts the ewls
they inevitably lea 1 lo ta after tunes si 4on!d admonish
j us .igaiust fut aro r cognition of the v nhdily of such
grams, what iro rtye seen for the I. j3t ten years in
Aluiuy, Columc ia, N'hahanc, and Ruiissel.icr coun-
ties in this Stal ;, o ig&t Ju couvinco ; all that such
grants uro dcatructivo to public order, morals, and
happiness.
If there is such a clauso as spoke of in the treaty, it
should never have our vote, had we the privilege of
voting on tho question. National law, lio doubt, would
favor their recognition, if they were not fraudulently
made, and were made prior to the declaration of the
independence of Texas. But tho law in this case ia
far behind tho spirit of tho age. A juster sentiment
now prevails on questions of this nature.
Mexico will not refuse to ratily the treaty, with this
article stricken out. She has lost all menus of efi'ec-
tualxes.stance, and wp hope this clause may expurga-
ted by the Senate. The correspondent of the Phila-
delphia North American has the following surmises,
which may notbe uiiitilc.res.tfhg among tho numerous
reports now afloat:
But there is some ground of feariir auolher quarter.
Tho Treaty was brought about mainlythrough tho
agency ofthe British charge d'affaires. Mr. Mackin-
tosh, the consul, aud tho foreign meichants, were tho
instruments of his ab lity andVkill. They merely moved
tho pieces, while he directed the game. The British le-
gation was never induced to play this active part without
a sufficient motive and without instructions from Uord
Palmerston. What Is more likely than that the secu-
ritr of these frrants was tho secret of tho disinterested
mediation. Thero has been too mnch effort audJubor a
uusiuweu uy me agems 01 ureal Jjruain, 10 uuu uo
consideration at tho bottom of it.
Well if the treaty is retumed without the nrticle
confirming the Biilish titles in Texas, will the.diplo-
inatic represi ntatives of that Government co-operate
with the same zeal in having it ratified? TorMexico
the question is ono of no particular importance, for it
must bo indifferent to htr by whom the lands df Texas
aro owned or occupied. '
If the agent of tho Rothschilds has advanced two
millions to the Government aLQucrntarriJ-s'it is repor
ted, it must give auothcr shapo to British influence ii
Mexico, aud some arrangement may he affected, Jy
which these grants, should they be refused by our S-n-ate,
may bo accommodated between Mexico aud Geat
Britain. -J
The Treaty provides for an exchange of ratificition
witnlafnFutto; and, thai an mhdhoe IVSSf
until negotiations are closed. A rejection oftre projet
on either side, would terminate the armistice
There is what is called asecret article in tie Treaty,,
which provides that the, exchange of ratifications may
bo exteided 1o8 mouth"!. 'lhiSjgeems to jntemplata
the probability of farther correspondenceVI10 amenil
of the projet on our side at all efeuts, fhe provision
was a wise ono. l
THE TELEGW?V
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOORE, KT
ii U S rT O N i
Thursday, Jflarch 23, 1 848.
By tb e art ival of the steamship Palmetto,
we have received advices from New Orleans
to the 14th inst. ' j
The steamship Telegraph, from Vera Cruz,
was me t in the Mississippi as the Palmelto
was descending, but no communications were
exchanged by the officers ofthe two vessels.
The most impoitant intelligence received
by this vess 1 telates to a treaty or project of
a treaty, which has been submitted to the Sen-
ate. It is said that a large number of tho
democratic Senators, and even Mr. Webster, "
arc opposed to the treaty. A majority of the
whigs and ia few democrats sustain it in tht'
main : but wish to modify some ofits featurej.'
The article relating to the grants of land ,71
Texas, by I. he Mexican government, priorto
1S3G, as v,' e predicted, has met with wrrm
opposition? and it is admitted, we believe, by
all the letuer writers at Washington, tint it
wijl be sir icken out, even if the remaincferof
the treaty should be ratified. The articlren-derirjg-
it obligatory upon the United States to
protect IV fexico against the Indian tribes is
also wan nly opposed. The general givern-
ment mi jht with the same propriety obligate
itself to exterminate these tribes as te only
mean.8 1 jf securing the frontier sett'ements
from jsat age incursions.
The commissioner of the government Or
Yucatan has, it is said, remonstrate! agains
the tieaty, upon the ground that it Effords no ,
protectio n to Yucatan against Mexico, while
she has t exposed herself to the hostility of thtv
Mexican government, by observing a neutial-
ity during the war. It is evident that the
treaty m acts with the approbation, neither ot'J
tho Piesident nor the Cabinet, nor of a ma-
jo: ity of the Senatp. Yet there are some tim-
id politicians at Washington, who are urgent
that anj terms should be accepted that will
secuie us peace. Thryseem to be entirely
1
latih'ed b 0111 coveiiiment, mitrht etbe re-
jested b' the Mexican Congress. It illD)e
usi ae eaav nr our
our g(5 ernment to compel .'
uch a treaty as we deliie,
Mexico I o ratify s
as torati.fy this, if it sho
It was rumoiedat Washi
had Hrn.vrn on the ernvHrninnnt fiir llipjthrftn
millions -of dollars, placed at the dipositioniof
the Presi dent by the last Congress ;? and it was
also rum ored that he had addressed an insult-
Uig letter to the Secretarykor'State'setting
his authority at defiance, jatfa intimafing that
.he shouli? continue to exetcise the powers of
commissioner, notwithstand ing they had been
rescinded,., 4Somefear3 ai"e entertajned that
he has ptttched up a treaty with the Mexican
ministers, merely to authorize him. to draw
for the $3,000,000, and. then pocEetjthe mo-
ney and retire to Cuba, or some othervlpreign
country. He was for several "years a consul
at Jlavau a, and it is said thst ha hasa remark-
ably strong attachment for ahat city It is cer-
tainly to be regretted that an individual of so
- - A.-
little note should be entailed withinogociaV
A
tions so important. " 4
The , line cf Magnetic Telegraph hits been, f
completed from Detroit to St. Louis, arrd'the-
lat ter ci'y now has a Telegraphic communica-
tion with the Atlantic cities. TUe line will!
soon be extended from Chicago to, Nashville..
By the arrival of the steamship New Or-
leans, Gtpt. Auld, at Nov Orleans', from Vera.
Cruz, advices hac been received fiom the
lat.er city to the 2d im t. Tho report that
Santa Anna had received a passport from Gen.
Scott is not confnmcd. According to tho Free
American, a Mexican, who arrived ut Vera
Cruz with a tiain on tht 20th tilt., leported
that on or about the U3d .ult., Gen, Santa An-
na, with 2,000 men, had an engagement with
about 400 Americans at Tuhuacan, and that
eight inon had been killed on the American
side. It was reported a:nd generally belieied
at Vera .Cruz, on the 2d instant, that an ar-
mistice luJ been signed by Gen, J3uJjer on
7rnr
"f a
th? 27th ult., in the city of Mexico, for tho to-
la suspension of hostilities for two months.
Gen. Scott resigned the command ofv:
army in Mexico on tho 18thjlUoWa-Gjn!
uuuur. xuo louowin": oracrwss.Tis3ue
the occasion ;
k$t-
rjteJ?
oste, t
. ImWWtTERS o ths-Akut,.-
-JHKMd8tSJriFBB.lRlS48. C
V
15
GeneroKOrww.WoaBviiistruotioaa oT-the 1
President1cifjjtb8:UriitedStatie31jnst.reieiatved.jtfaiot.
Gen. ScottJ tu'rffi Jvetfie command olnEainlV td
Maj. GeBnllerwJroyiHImmfatelenteTnpori'aa-
ty accordingly IrfakfugofficralleSvo oTfb'uoopaEe
basso long haif the hoiiOTWnaHyo eiiS'rrilihd ia-an1
arduous campaign a smalPpirPof Wr&pgfyhr hatf
been, from position, 'jr.efledted.'bd the,Se1ftot' officer
Maj. Gen. SeJtt is hspp'ytplue relieved iyj&Glm?Sr
ui uatuuuauru muii. tuiu umwuuuci ju U4a.3CtM
counlrjv
By command
if yi
of MajGenr Sctr.
aiM-irtn
swtaafv
J&&SCQTT. A.AAfGTf f
t, ftRy w.
Z .
W died at Comargo on th'eSdjutt., aftorianl
i .iiess of several weeks. Tho Flag, pays' tntt!
following apprbpiiate tribute to his memorybj
"Tho deceased was a native of South Carolina, bar
f. tttA T .. , i"l .nnH. ..: -f T . rv f r
and restless disposition, he selected as a home the ex-
treme frontier, where, amid all tho perils that for tho
past 10 years have surrounded Teas frohlier life, ho
acted a conspicuous part. His patriotism and intrepid
daring gained hira the approbation of President Hous-
l ton, from whom he received a commission as 1st Lieu-
I tHIialll Iinilpr n.int. P. W. HpII. nf ti i-ntnnjnv nfP.in-
gers, which, for the protection of the frontier, were
stationed on the Nueces river. Iu this service he was
L"l2?SSSa? FSX, " n' l ?? 8ere.n!
rTm-rwheu GetiVLt yltw came-lo CSfptfs Chnsti.
few weeks after Gen. Taylor occupied Matamoros.
CapU Bell's company (term of servajo having expired)
was disbanded here, and LieuLGray uascotumiajioucd
by the General to ra:so a company , wirch he did, and
returned with his command to Corpas Christi, where
he remained until called into service for the protection
of tram3 botweea Monterey and ComargOj The ser-
vice rentieredlByyiis command on tfie Monterey road
tWai'jmailnaW&aad too well known tojreq'nire to bo
,nentinrdiigamB of "Mustang Gratgspraa a.j
erot; csaiexicannauraaerB never aureauney aitacE-
a trafahlommaiid acted asscort '' "
Beloved by hfejown command, CawEsCrrav waares-l
."teemed, xnd had the personal fhendsmflf a. yeryjlargs1
Inumbersf officers in' the reirnlar atmv.who;iriewhifi''
vorth aid admired his cliafacler.'ia civil fifaw
; "MOW W- mai. lie IIUU ttB4CllCLUjrj 34VU 11 JO CUUUJCk QU
tun rniwlrv. A crrillHnt itntitinr ia Anrf ' Pmm in LLi
ashes. t" "' - 3T
Cojuiercial.. The news bythe-Hihernta
wai receivea ai liew uneansonjne am-inscrii
ani causeu an active demanajtortt'coUon,) Vi
ai advanceof JcC,somp jtransiwtdn-JmiiaEts
ud an "advlmciaTof i ct. J Middling fo- good
middlmgtfea? quoteS-on UjB-lillwBSdvjiifuj:
to 7cti'pgib'Fl6fjr Wsica'rce MtUvnfs
rntffnm
mJirn,L.iur,&-r. a j Akii P
' l Ii T&7&S r-tZSW -K-'TSVfWKY
Corn was quoted at 35ctsirh3lrBlSufiRrJ
3J to 4 cts. perJbV;
We notice in the proceedingslof toe Sena'
tkit Gen. Houston presented a memoriaLorr
the 1st inst., protesting against the relinquish-,
ment of territory conquered from .Mexico,
without an indemnity ; and also against the
application of the-Wilmot proviso to any terri
tory that might be acquired,
The election, of publio'printe
mb
3 am;
Thursdav.daSt.'i Cruder &Moo:
pus-
ton, proved tobe t ne best donkeys
?
ine mws.auu journals qi me presgnusesajqijij ,
will therefore be " executed with nealnesfiand
j-'f
despatch" 180 miles fiom the seat ofgorern-
ment, in the absence of steam and electrical
facilities. Austin Democrat.
The donkeys referred, to in the above
paragraph, arc IMessrs, Cronican, Miner and
Cwnmings, publishers ofthe Austin Democrat,,
who received 9 votes : Sterne & Logan,
publishers of the Victoria Advocate, whole-'
ceived 4 votps : Cushney, who received 1.
iBJdsiasrisFt
I iiii an uuiiJvtijuiuB vJiavo uiu
..... ZLCZ2.. Z 1- Cft.,L.H
supply of prurrJrnnteiHlfss""?
I elected or equ at factUtiefor complettng the
work with iies'itnesy,and despaU;hij-ts'uf
; ncient eviaenc tnavltney.cann.mycompijfjiwiii
their contract- tnahthey' have hetefofort'tmb'
jished moi-e thanwoithicdsnfall the lawk
anwoithicdsnFall th las
!An J journals t Jiat have'previously been, pas,eUj
Win Texas : and it isngfeloV'iacti-ihareveryl
tire of their pub'licatiotis. j Tlpswill Be ?eadl
ly discov6rcFirrcoinpanus these publicatibn
4mL - :i uv
with the stes published by itfastoPorfiH
...uu&-EU 4WWt KMm.- ,
'& Cronica cTand S. Whiting. Thejiages cf
ine laws ujey puuusueu are i suiuuci nutu.
those that have been published at this office--The
Legislature has- wisely provided in the-
law recently passed, that the pages hereafter
published shall bo uniform in tho size and
form of type. That the laws can be printed
as neatly, accurately and expeditiously at thi
office as at Austin, we believe any printer wilt
admit. If the publishers of the, Democrat in-
tended in tho above paragraph to convey the-
impression tbaV the members of tmspBegisla-
hirit hnd mfiritpIithn r.p.nsiirn nT'liAirchnslittti'
. .vffiSfc . t'!
entsby electingpnblishers who resided.jiwj
mi! es from the seat'of government they shojiji
-5" -a
a, c.
Tie xUatamoros tlagjinpojjncejitayti
of Cap:. M. B. Grarofteexak'Ranfs
lr a "ltfnv r -T5-rsnrt
1 . . .. . iKi-.- - jr ---- "i.v.T1. Timrw-r?
I and the parties elected, whojeco5red4TiVqJejsikBftcyapa
! Th6 stateme-njof t7memocrathafetflerVws"i
uivl jouraagp-tviU beriitedv5thr!ieaiire'nijaBt irtdtiseciiemof country- ;
f aiicrdSo1neWiS-Selhk 3.ItSl:arfeg?ofsav- J
!. iiot.isstncUrorrecU vWQ.believo. tr8lJ&Cs:&wWk smce-, ljsdmteersing:
t uan-rfcat ! --f-- " -vrT'f. 1 ,jmmims&& .. "-!fe3:T-WBBt. .
tlhasiaanKitpw
uld oass the Senate. !4voliimB'oflh(i statntisthat h.T&ibeeft Dnnled'iiv
, i-.I it, !.
niuu, muyiii. ijisk-jj;j otiiur piiisiiiursviiits Kllicu suuirm uip lyctvs-i
.l.ffAr T:.,--.f .t ,i:l. 1 tn.. !.: c--x. xz
t' . . .i,.4. .. n-7 -1 T "t.V
. ., , "., .,..." ?AXi&JP?
nave lurnisneu some evjuenc&tnaunercowf'eki-. .r ma &
.1- a. 1, 'Xii.-lv ..1 'j jfcWiftfiMMii,
uu w. Jl - Vgl
iiuuiiij us uiuii ouuv.-oa3ui v;uiiinonujiat
I ittorxey GeJiESax. Tho nominitiotftf
roh n W. tIarrisJlE3q5 as Attorney Genpil'rf
ic omie, w.iscumiuncuui-iiiu lum mstHK:
.bAi. i.-fc - . J
i
laj sjnqojhali a company hasj-been fortrid
"tr theTpurg08e,. of connecting Red' sRh4f.'
tnt' tthoraierof GavelloftBay byi Ratlroada
VI
: ; 7-: , MK
jn
1 luLRO-XD'faoIll-rriUvBRTo Galjk- TJT' j
. -We weno.apprisodj-iintil.a few. of allqw everatfe&to airaajt itt5raal organi-
)ill to lrjeorporatp the company hits beerA jiSilj
ro tho L3!riito4forsoverul weeks: ,and A hF$
ef ire tho.Ljgillal'uKfwverttl weeks; , and
1 asserted that capitalists ara-eadyAto take &Knjb.V.bfe' steauii rawrriGta the b'stiopi
a largo sliaro ofthe stock, if ihVbllPshotW VoHr;?iprtiao.ip on works
0 ,, j of morahtjj.MdreligwitJlMi -igf
pissed, nn 1 baconu a law. Ihe distance A letter feoftnttoxno Watesthat the Pope has at
,n the navigable waters of Galveston to the.vedtajrthdorsaiJz.tioo of "the Jesuits.
111 mo i"0" 1 miuchivay-xj :odepiivethin.titu.iont any pohti-
irest point on R'd Rivor, cannot be less! eu character.
ntwo hundred miles ; and the route would Pravcr that is pure piarceth. haven and.
ie
tha
net
:essarily load over an undulating country,
intersected by many deep ravines, formed by
the. tributaries ofthe Neches, Trinity, and Sa-
oine. The expense of grading a road through
musf bawWHenaef: ,at tho lowet t
ink, S30.00a
;anital ot ou,-
QOQTQWrWouW be xeqaired, tfeswe the suc-
e tfoject.
er-
Vflaea-theattnual prr-
toeth'Tcfaify vallya1ngtcfred iu
Z7 if i T 4
value thMfigou,nyvo,may reanab.cxpect
xciifiablewi-t
j-,t'l. X10"!O A
'
mispmw Tarious-
rfipltK2 'oftbf upper portion
i of oldp&tgrfyeoityrj4rtliresitling
nn.t
tS4tf 3 -si
aUYtthoas
indjaalsafjcoltcnihavte been trans-
. . QVEKtff..S J,.
Iflt, i .. . , . t i" - . . . U. ,-
porieu (a xz- tiujiv, (uc-suipincui 10 waives
qx.-di Ifithis is the casevre- should think it '
bo advisablei, fbtitthe merchant? of
filtl.Pfc. Jh. !??
iHoustoaj to send Sone-.T'.their
send Son&.4b'.their steamboats-
to ' ply- in tha TrinitySrtsbenet&r that riv
er is naviwaae. 'a3-tyrtnisi means taey
s- ss-k;
. . ..
could eoonect tUe Jrade oPthe Trinity valley-
as direcLwitbLthiiSscityHy saiQE,as.it has hith-
erto beea by the natural. coad, which for the
last twelve-years, have been-.tha-only avenut's-oftrads-
connedLng Hqustxjntandthennlty .,
se:tremen.t
tu
Posxorncs AdStT. W& are happy to-
state that the Postmaster General has at last
found a eitiseiiofTeias'js'hora he deems wor-
thy to. entrust withJth2reWjpnsib.le duties of
thejtce- of agonfeoit&jtferrfce11 for this
e learrgg.ugustine
ItJafetoihat Georgeii(31a3pEirfj of Sabine
towiii hiiSr recetYeahli.cotcfnission. as oosU
r-iBfeHgcajif 'fe-stjpposes'-we are-
,im. pjounon socuus ap-
i&3&&p?v
rootlT?4tBgufSrt( his steed
jw&wsiriaie that
aWftnAcf'DroDer mail fa.-
.-vaohnsoi.mfl?.vei receive
Jfcrr. a& t .. Imuv.
?yir5. ' - 3. 4V?-.
IBS-
wnAaik3,of; taa.)ct4saiife.oSi exas,
i at 8tg'doee-ch1.trpfeSfc3igaJt say
?. Uli nSSSS: ncTr,t tt,f k'UorxJStSEvArr,..,..,
''7rzS!T ,
J.lllilW JIH zaMWJI. IIWtrUlKJfllWVKvUllliKAlU
,-dose of"
tlascend
shipped
rIaced in
siarfrhossesaBors-t!
rafidSCtransportedt tz
a. very heavj; epeae? to ib$ landings at ATex-
aadria The plauter-in that section.are- ex
csedinglydBsirous- that the general govern.
meat should, make tho necessary appropriations-
to oenthe-navigation of thaferiver- Itisx
estimated that the annual loss which the plant
i-'ff cliaR
earssustara: Oikfeairlver, forwant ornavigable'
,fecilitiss amoon&ta.neaElvLajhundred thou
"andrdnlars Ehelaou. oTJ.he.genbraL ggv-
'eenment in- that 'sectioa.wnul4 probably be
increased: in. valuurlo nearjy halTa. million of"
dollars, if this- river couldbe rendered naviga-
ble afcalL seasons.
Rusk Pioneer. 'rwo- numbers: efa-.new-
paper bearingithe- above, title have reached
usiiandi-we areiratifieitoi state that tHisjour-
7. -., a SflfWilStlh
conanca).
uctedr with
evince that its
SigBreied 'ali6e for
.""ip
'ue,
,f.j- . BTCe-
rediid-r &th& News
Tk-sCTw 1 .
pjQfS-rhBtve-sofc.teacheA
iMWjsJarseyesstl weeks
. V fir - X,-
rStevbeen'Jet.amed at
tSOeb.fettra haU ever
CTdy'tfrceagin-epcgiitgatjLtiVlasters
Hhisreetdn :
atlcw'cHMlBBMtiHweifw
MaJ&&Pi&KmpsueasmZEmB
LDsrmwe. aau.cosutt!Huy,-ai
.lastfof taasni Jaclntot hajftT latelythauletT
a Jars- aortion.or thwr cOttosttcvthB-Ianainsra
;A Trh.7,;tt7f'!-niscWwf i!f In.nst
.VII.IRV. A 4 fcll. . . . ..
rmTiaT-y
' ? i-mt U'.B .,n a.- "I1 WIHll'l "
-,Tk-W,riivfciilc;7ati
wk'ssmfmmm
lMfMmSki'e'iiikiCi
ifrriHfperliaMtSj
nu-ftjaKBis" z&mmm
frxnatfeottomi; emymmmhMim&fma
i '-""-C'-rf.J -rf?. '1 WIIBiWTMfig..
i l iL - J-. t . 4-ZfEb0tp-9
MK3mpNki0gMKi
W&v!lMcnbrs
ihateverykwherevGC- thebfocnd, and--we- shall
PHa-Sa fr-vnMUiLtifefflt oCblamfi. wliRrn it
Btt?t .. ??SWS??---. t .,-
tuas-peen wroiiruuyic-MVKpoQ. iush. an mis-
. ihfti
eAPSjisgrairefy mista-
.7-3t5r5n, Ts&m
lfEU.n.-
kfiniiTThe SosSIastioHonston has to
ip.iT
'best ofour
rdedls715waY,s fiwvsarded
ths- papers- to- LiUeJtvfheoever- the mails
weiTi- in readiness ,toj take them- The diffi-
culty, vce think, is-at thc-othetr end of the
route-, or at some, intesveniagi potat, for we
received a- package enclosing some advertise-
ments from. the. irlcrk. otho Probate- Court of
Liberty count j bjoth last mai and they had
been, detainedon ihei route ihreo weeks, con-
sequently, they could not be-pablished in. time-
i to meet the reqvix.ements of the law- V&
lose-by this- negjigeneo about ten dollars, and "
theparties ictecesteijwjthefr suiis, probably
rnor&!'tharr ttMv'--iirnesfthaf 'amount. Tt ia
FHV! ... '- S..-liK- .
harac that suchujegugeitce should be- tole-
riibY the-Pbst OeDepartment.
- - ieaiijltafaoha
iuHJiuiet, uawx ttwicolifniaa of lhQ-National , iu
:i-mJv.S CSttai"U:t!rvafeioa''ltsJtitt.hi3 speech, iu
tk tthMQ&cE of ee9 oa.tholh: - 31, Hazziui de-cta-sthaUHi"Ji8
owua Uiffaaoieasoinaianty of the-
iUiiw.gple idaUtawaeiio obtiirutlieir iodepcu-?itm-E$$
be A-iatuMiTr free uationand to got rid or
Sustrijfc ,14'sjs6ei firHJOoavlctiaithab they will
caiatwnef.riategBe.M6ert3 that laa .Italians do
; zatioa. Witbot.feftigaistfi:aJoatai xtspected.-
tCcasd9raaduaatipactioiih&sbeaeKitedm Romo
m coQequiCBoCtt4eSotal eiclasico-cfjaymen from
tte necaVio Hasa tae-firttact sUAEuaistry has
W;i1tJaertee22riivatB, thaa.teillaY u They
(KWJa,drl.guiaal Ferrettu
iciarus not empj.
tvtin. 4tfiilAuA. fMrm!&lmtttirt&ttAlAA xucnrtpri. .
&
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