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VOL. I.) AVEEK ENDING SATL'HDAV, OCTOBER 21, 1848. (NO. 29.
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L A T ESI I N T E 1. 1. 1 G E X C E .
IMPOUTAM M10M TIIC LMTEU STATUS, .MF.XICO,
AND ianoi'E.
By the arrival of the brig 'Eveline,' Capt. Goodwin,
from the Sandwich Islands, we have received our
regular files of the 'Polynesian' and 'News', from
which journals we extract as follous:
The treaty of Peace between Mexico and the United
Slates was ratified by the Mexican Congress on the
18th or May, by a vote of 06 against 3d. The treaty es
tablishes the boundary line to be the river Rio Grande,
running north until it intersects the river Gila, thence
to the Gulf of Mexico, crossing California in lat. 32
or one league to the southward of San Diego. The
United States assumes all debts due from Mexico to
citizens of the United States, about three milions, and
pays Mexico a bonus of fifteen milions of dollars.
The American troops completed the evacuation of the
Capital of Mexico on the 12lh of June and the National
Guard had assumed garrison duty there. Vera Cruz,
Mazatlan and other ports have been given up to Mex
ico: the Custom House duties established by the Amer
ican government in Mexico were to remain the same
until the 20tb oB July when the old order of things
was to go into operation. The whole country is said
is filled with robbers, some of whom are so bold as to
enter Mazatlan at midday and plunder stores. Revo
lutionists have already commenced their work and there
has been one or two "pronunciamentos." Gen. Pare
tics with a force oft 2000 men was at Guanagauto in
opposition to the government. Padre Jurata also
headed a force of 2000 men at the village or Largos.
The government had sent two Generals, Rustamente
and Minon to put down the revolutionists but it was
thought their troops would desert. A Mexican Gen
eral had sallied forth from Guadelxara to jive battle to
Paredes bflt when 50 leagues on the road his wnole
force revolted and returned, leaving him alone with
his servant only.
France. The following, from the London Atlas, is
a narrative oC the first sitting of the National As
sembly of France
"In tho evening sitting the proposal of M. Berger
lo proclaim the Republic, 'now that the returns of
the representatives of. the Seine were valadated,' was
violently opposed by Barbes, Clouiunt, Thomas, and
other decided republicans. It was in the name of the
representatives of the whole kingdom that it should
be proclaimed, and not because any particular set of
representatives had been declared duly elected. "Let
us proclaim abroad in presence of the people, 'in the
face of heaven, with tne evening sun shining brightly
on us!" was the proposal of an humble deputy; and it
coincided loo exactly with the taste of the French for
theatrical display not lo be at once acceded to but
then the Provisional Government went, accompanied
by the whole assembly, to the noble peristyle of the
chamber facing the Pont de la Concord, and there
having disposed the colors of some of the legoins of
the National Guards between the pillars where the
effect would be most telling, and having ranged on
every side, and on the steps below them, crowds of
troops and of National Guards, the temporary Presi
dent of the Chamber read out the proclamation of the
Republic amidst tremendous acclamations not, bow
ever, before the colors of the line bad been loudly
called for by the people and National Guardes, and
brought in lo figure with the rest. The whole of the
space in front of the Palais Bourbon, the brige and
the Place de la Concorde, or as it is now called de la
Revolution, was closely packed with the people, troops
of the line, National Guards, Guard Mobile, Lancers,
Dragoons, etc. Scarcely less than 200,000 voices
could have responded to the cry of 'Vive la Repub
liquel' which burst forth from the National Assembly
when the Republic was thus formally proclaimed.
Spain. News from Madrid lo the 7lh of May, states
that on the morning of that day a serious insurrection,
both military and civil, had broken out in the Spanish
capital. The fighting lasted for four hours, during which
time grape-shot was used. Fulgosio Captain General
of Madrid, brother-in-law of Maria Christina, was
mortally wounded. When dispatches left, Madrid
was declared in a stale of siege; the insurrection, for
the time being, was quelled; another was, however,
expected.
Italy. A revolutionary raovemnt took place at Rome
on the 1st of May. Pius IX. having assembled the
College of Cardinals at a secret consistory, there pro
uouueed an allocution, which threw Rome into the
greatest anxiety, lie commenced by declaring that as
acknowledged head of the Church, he could not de
clare war against her children ; that the mission of
the Roman troops was to protect the States of the
Church, and that for them to have passed the- Po
would have been for tiem to infringe bis orders. De
monstrations having taken place in consequence of this
discourse, the ministry, en masse, sent in its resigna
tion, which the Pope refused to accept. The national
guard was posted at the gales of the city; and allowed