The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1852, Page 2

ne en OT LE ENE ET ES NER EET cae eC A NE TET Whe Right of Way Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 20 TUE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. WaAsurncton, Sept. 18, 1852. in October and November of last year 1 ad- @ressed tvo communications to- the Washington Union, on the subject of Garay’s pretended grant of peor of the Baces Organics aright of way acrossthe Isthmus of Tehuantepec My ebject then was, not to throw any impediment im the way of the Tehuantepec treaty, but to show that the course pursued by the New Orleans Com- pany, and the State Department, was calculated to | dese rather than promote the interesis of the former; that the Mexican government desired to cultivate the most intimate friendly relations with the United | Chamber of Deputies, with its Views relative to 1 BRates ; that a kind and conciliatory course would ‘obtain from Mexico anything and everything we | ould reasonably ask, and amongst other things, the Denofit of the socalled Garay grant to the New | Orleans Company; that the validity of that grant | was, to sey the least, too questionable to jastify the United States government in refusing to treat it as “gu open or debateable point ;” and that the injadi gious threat made by the Company and Department of Stete, of maintaining the alleged rights of Garay by force, would irritate Mexico, and defeat its owa ebject by preventing the ratification of the treaty hey which it was sought to obtain a renewal of that grant. I bave no doubt that if the United States govern- ment had approached Mexico in the spirit of courte- sy and mutual kindness, it could have easily obtain- ed everything that the New Orleans Company or the American people could desire. As it is, our ballying and bungling diplomacy has produced the vesults I anticipated—has caused the rejection’of the treaty—hus defeated its own purpose—has prejudiced American intereats generally in Mexico, and brought dezerved reproach on the character of the American government. The effort I then made to avert this reproach from my own government has brought upon me the at- taeks of the employees of Garay, me with opposing American interests,-and with a want of patriotism, in vindicating the Mexican side of this question. The affair is now assuming a most serious aspect. ‘The executive has threatened, and the Senate Com- mittee of Foreign Relations, in their late report, re- eommend, non-intercourse and war unless Mexico submits to the [ngrepers of Garay. It is there- fore im ant that the rubject should be fully and correctly understood. The report of the Senate eommittee is a most remarkable document, replete with errors, which may be partly acoounted for by the fact, that in the documents communicated to the Benate by the Department of Stato much material information bas been entirely suppressed. As pro- mised in my late letter, published in the HERALD of the 3lst ult., I now proceed to give the information essed in the report of the State Department, sail overlooked by the Senate committee, confident that in £0 doing I will best promote the honor and igterests of my own country. When the whole truth Cy - it appear— ‘hat the “Garay grant” was unconstitutional, and i 2 2. That ithas been forfeited by non-falfilment of 3s conditions. 3. Thateo much of it as related to the railroad and eanal was not transferable without the consent ef Mexico, and that her consent to its transfer has never been given, but always refused. 4. That co much of it as related to the coloniza- fiom of lands was transferrable only by consent of Mexieo, and on condition that the transferees, if foreigners, should jure their foreign al- , and become, in their persons and property, jexioan citizens &. That as soon as the feigned transfer to British subjects was made known, the Mexican government yepudiated the transfer as invalid, and publicly de- elared the grant forfeited and void. 6. That with full notice of this declaration, a sub- Sequent transfer was made to and accepted by those who now claim to be American citizens, in the face ef an express condition which required them to re- nounce their American citizenship. 7. That the’conduct of Garay in this matter has eawed him to be universally ‘‘detested by all parties in Mexico,” (see Mr. Letcher’s d 8,) ‘and that while the Mexican government therefore refused to admit his unfounded pretensions, and mptorily refused to recognise his transfer to British subjects, itis willing aud anxious to ‘* it the privilege to the United States, or their citizens, on fair terms, in almost any shape they = ask it.” 8. That the sole purpose ot the bullying diplomacy adopted towards Mexico, is to promote the private and individual interests of Garvy, a Mexican citi- zen, baving no claims to the favor or protection of the American people, and who was lately, when it served his purpose, their wanton calumuiator. On the Jet March, 1812, Santa Anna, then Pro- visional President of Mexico, ixsued a decree, the first article of which, was 28 SU Weeica ‘between the —AMAY Untf"PEclic oceans, across the Isthmus of Te- Buantepec. By the fourth article, Don José Garay was ap- Lge the agent of the Mexican government for exétution of this enterprise, as fullows:— ‘The execution of this work shall be entrusted to Don José Garay, to whom is conceded the exclasive right to the same. His obligations and compensation eball be as follows :— First—Don Joeé Garay shall cause to be made, at his own expense, a rurvey of the ground and direction which the route should follow; and. also. of the posts. which ntay be deemed most commodious ; all which shall be con- eluded, at the furthest, within the space of eighteen months from the date hereof; and the works shall be eommenced within the space of ten months next there- after ; and in care this thould not be performed within | the time specified, the exclusive privilege hereby granted | shall cease | Here ic must be remarked—what the Senate com- mittee entirely overlooks— 1st—That the privilege granted to Garay was an o of trust, creating him the confidential agent and directing partner of a company thus formed be- tween him and the Mexican government This point is concisely argued by the Mexican Minister, with great ability and candor, as follows :— His (Garay’s) charge is one of confidence, and one of that class in which the personal qualities of the indivi dual are coneulted. Garay is also @ speculator, and in that eapacity he undertakes to open a way « communica- tion conjointly with the government. The latter brings forward. as capital, its lands, its protection, and three hundred convicts; the former finds the funds for the construction of the works, and undertakes the mauage- ment of the company. The proceeds are to be divided between both in the terme laid down in the law of the 1st March. which is at the rame time the instrument of Partnership. Garay is, therefore, the directing partner ofthe company. Their reepeotive individualities being thus defined and laid down, can it reasonably. or con- pclentiously be maintained, that Garay, the confidential egent of the government aod manager of the company, ‘was at liberty to transfer both the agency and the man- agement to foreigners. and thaf not only without the coneent, but against the express wishes of his principal partner’ The absurdity of such a pretension obviates the necessity of examining it expecially as Garay, by the mere act of beving. with offence to the government and in violation of the law, transferred to foreigners the neeney and management which had been entrusted to | | . by the above-mentioned deoree ef the C’ pstity. tioral Congress, as follo' e ¢ decree of Oct, 3, 1818. im watch tt wan ws pken of, im the wixth Sail re 7 opinion is math uit will 'r*acmit to Congress, cortespOB? Jug purposes. all the she provisional govern- # latter, until the publi- y of th nee the formatic Art 2—It is declared thr’s cinoe the publication of the Daves Organicos, the Pr’ syistonul government had no right to perform any Ot ser legislative act, except such as were penne indir gensable, and for the constitational induction of the lf gistative and executive powers of the republic. subject “0 the revision and examination of Con. gress ; therefore, al} such acts as were exeeuted by said govermment cut of the pale of this category. are mot in force; but she government. without altering the charae- | ter of the same. shall immediately transmit them to tl ‘which are worthy of being ratified. and on what terms. This is the true history of the eo-calted Garay grant, up to the Ist April, 1845; and it i8 a remark- able fact, that all mention of the act of the Mex’ can Congress of that date is suppressed in the volu- minous documents transmitted to the Senate by the Department o! State. m the 20th June following—ten days before the expiration of the extended period allowed by the decree of 28th December, 1543—Garay applied to the government of Mexico, representing that he was ‘unab:e to comply with the conditions of bis contract within the stipulated period, and soliciting a new extension and now grants. But the Constitutional Congress having, on the Ist April previous, de- clared the decrees of Santa Anna, which wero the foundation of that contract. unconstitutional and ‘not im force,” Garay’s application was referred by the exeeutive to the Chamber ot Depnties, as re- quired by the law of the Ist April, as above quoted. ‘Lhe matter was referred te a committee, who report- ed in favor of confirming the prant, with a farther extension of time and some of the additional privi- leges solicited; and an act to that effect passed the Chamber of Deputies, and being sent to the Senate, was favorably reported on by a committee, but uot approved by the Senate, which adjourned without express conditions that he should cause the neoes- fary eurveys t made at his own expense, and begin the work within a prescribed period other- wise the exclasive pelriioge to cease; and granting to bim, as compensation for his services and ez- penditures, thirty miles of public lands on eaeb eide of the road, subject to the condition of forfeiture for non-performance of the stipulated services, and wo lands thus granted must, if foreigners, renounce their vationality and become American cilizens, so as to prevent all pretext for foreign in tervention in any case or for any cause. nee pose that Mr. Whitney should fail to comply with the conditions of this graut, and that, well knowing that the exeeutive hud no au- thority to promulgate any such decree, and fearing t Congress might either declare it null, or the rant forteited, for non fulfilment of the conditions, fe should secretly assign it to British subjects, im the hope that the power of Great Britain would intimidate the American Congress, and deter them from asserting their constitutional authority in the premises. To make the analogy complete, let us suppose that the government of Great Britain, upseropuions as it generally is, where the interests of Britith subjeets are concerned, should reeoil from. and refuge to lend its aid in, any such echeme of intimidation, force and fraud—that thove British subjects should present themselves to the United States government as the assignees of Mr. Whitney-—that the United States government should ‘promptly deny the validity of the grant and the tran:fer—tbat those British subjects .hould thereupon make another assignment to French citizens, and that the latter should accept this as- sigument, with full notice that the United States overnment bad repudiated the grant, and pub- icly proclaimed it to be invalid and extinct And now, let us suppose that the United States were ‘poor, weak and distracted,” ‘with an ex- havsted treasury and sipvking credit,” like Mexico, and that France was as rich and powerful, as com- pared to the Unitea States, as the latter are in com- parison to Mexico. Suppose that this attempt of Mr Whitney to interposa the power of Great Bri having token any action thereon Sbaill undertake to prove that an act which passed the Chamber of Deputies, but failed in the Senate was a mere nullity? Every child of twelve years of age, who has read the ooistitution of the Jnited States, knows that though an ect may person, vitiated his title, and concequently forfeited the rights which that title conferre(i upon him. Caray might have disposed of the lands which were conceded to pass the House of Representatives, and be favorably reported on by a committee cf the Senate, itisa who have charged | mere nullity unless approved by a vote of thee Senate, whose assent is indispensable to give it v jidity, life, and being. The constitution of Mexico is, in this respect, identical with that of the United States; and yet a committee of the United States Senate, because they do not doubt that the act of the Chamber of Deputies ‘‘would have received the sene- tion of the Senate,” if time had been allowed before the adjournment, threaten Mexico with non inter courte and war, unless she submits to recognise, ax valid and subsisting, the privileges which that act was intended to confer on a Mexican citizen. And their argumentative misstatement of the case as- sumes that the intention of Congress, thus indicated by the action of one House, and of @ committee of the other, justified the Mexican executive in usurp- ing legislative functions to , Romaee & decree, which was a copy of the law thus accidentally frus- trated.” Will any sane man assert that the Presi- dent of the United States can promulgate a decree, giving validity to alaw passed by one House of ‘ongress, and favorably reported by a committee of, but not acted on inthe other, because he does not doubt that it would have received the sanction of that other House, as required by the constitution, if sufficient time had been allowed for their action? Yet this is one of the tions assumed toward Mexieo by the Committee of Foreign Relations in their Tehuantepec report. 0, tempora! O, mores! But Garay himeelf, in 1846, asserted ne such extravagant doctrine; for, on the 28th October of that year, he addressed a petition to the Mexican executive, in which it was admitted that the autho- rity now claimed for Salas by the Senate committee was ‘not within thereach of the executive power of the nation,’ In that petition, Garay, admittiag that Congress, and Congress alone, bad authority to confirm and extend the period of his alleged grant, said: “I have no doubt but that Congress will take into consideration this important busi- ness, and that the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies will be adopted” Inthe meanwhile, he asked of the executive to adopt certain temporary measures, relating to the introduction of colonists, which, he said, were ‘‘such us the government has ranted in behaif of other colonization undertak- ings,” and were within the reach of the executive power.” In reference to the action of Salas, the Provi- sional President, upon this petition or Garay, the Mexican Ministerot Foreign Relations says :— Great undertakings are the surest means aud most enduring monuments of the good fame of men ; und this desire isto natural and irresistible that it is wont to be carried beyond just bonnds It was thus witb ths pro. visional government. which exceeding not only the re. quests but probably even the hopes uf Garay, grav‘ed him what depended on ite own authority, and was within the reach of the executive power of the nation, aad, moreover. granted him whut the reeipient of tae giant himeelf bad reserved to obta'n afterwards from Congress, as a grant exclusively under its control This was dove by Salas’ decroe of Sth Ni ISG, TVR Pha farther extension of two years from that date for the fulillmert of the conditioas Without entering into the moti’ it is clear that this decree was unc void. The Senwte committee assume that he wasa Dictator, vested with absolute and supreme power. But thie is a great historical error. Neither the corstitution of 1524, then in force, nor the *: Plan de la Ciudadda,” conferred ou him any such authority. | The “Plan de la Civdadela,”—a temporary consti- tution, proclaimed by the army, and acaniesced in by the people of Mexico, in the emergencies of war and invasion—did, it is true, confer on him extraor- dinary powers for the defence of the country. He | ‘was authorized to “adopt such measures as may be | | deemed urgent and necessary to sustain the honorof | the national flag, and to perform this sacred daty Without a single moment's loss” But it cannot be retended that the decree of tho 5th November, 846, was of this ‘cbaracter ;‘and in all that did not concern the war, and the immediate defense of the country, the authority of Salas was limited by | the constitution of 1824, which, in ics restrictions of the executive power, was copied from and similar to the constitution of the United States. The Senate committee say :—‘‘ And the work was actually commenced prior to that date”’—the 5th November, 1848. In this the committee have been deceived. The work upon the inter-oceanic communication was not commenced prior to that date; and the commit- tee have been led into this error by confounding the railroad and canal with a temporary wagon road, begun by Manning & Mackintosh for their own con- venience in colonizing Jands on the Isthmus, under their sub-contract with Garay. That contract was entirely independent of, and unconnected with, the the work of the railroad and canal. It was so express- ly declared, in the agreement between Garay and Mesers Manning & Mackintosh, and in the memo- rial which Garay addressed to the Mexican govern- ment, asking its assent to the proposed contract of colonization. Inthat memorial G urged upon the Mexican government, that the ‘‘covetous eyes of the United States of the North were already fixed upon the Isthmus, and it was therefore necessary to create there British interests, which could not be trampled on like those of Mexico.” This was in 1847, during the war. Yet the Mexican govern- ment. even then, would not give its assert, without requiring, in express terms, the renunciation of na- tionality, provided for by the 13th article of the hm, becaure the government allowed bim to do so, and | decrce of the 6th November, 1846—another impor- hecause those lands individually belonged to bim, while in the rervice of the government; but be hnd no right to dispose of the speney or management of the work, be cause it was an office of trust, aud having done so. in contempt of the government and the inw, ro far from trensterting 4 legitimate right, he Las incurred a heavy responsibility. he propricty of this distinction will be obvious to ail who consider that, although the President, or any other cfiicer or agent of tho government of the United States, or of any bank or company, may assig the salary allowed as compensation for his servi he cannot transfer his agency or oflice without the consent of those who conferred it; and if the salary be subject to forfeiture for non performance of the stipulated servicee, the assignees must take subject to that condition. _24—Garay’s egency was coupled with certain con- ditions, wiih which Le has entirely fuiled to com- ply. For sithough he represeuted to the Mexican goverment, in 1843, that he had caused tho sur- pec to be made, = ¢ that no actual vane fide vey over was made ii the latter part ofthe year 4850; und thie iz impliedly admitted th the letter ade dressed to the Hon. John M Clayton, under date New York, 16th February, 1550, by the attorney of Messts. Manning & Mclutosh. (See Sen Doo. of last sess., No 97, p. 15) On the 28th December, 1°43, on the application of Garay, Banta Arma issued another decreo, extend- the period for the commencement of the work one a4 longer, to wit: unti! th » 1845. But it is not pretended that ti nditions were complied with within that extended period—the partie resting their claim on the decree of Goneral Balag, of Sth November, 1546. —The conventions of Lstanzucia and Bases of ‘Tacubsya, the fundamental Jaw or constitution of | Mexico, then in force, and by virtue of which the | deorees of Ist March, 1842, and 25(h December, 1843, were ‘issued by Santa Anna, required that those decrees should be ‘ submitted to the approba- tion of the first Constitutional Congress’ That Congress never approved of thove dectees, but, on the contrary, expressly declared, by an act of Tet April, 1845, that they wore ‘‘ not in foree.”” It is true that Santa mayne Aeron the con- stitution on which hie own authority rested, did, on the d October, 1543, iseue a dooree, deol that his responsibility to Congress was one 0! ion merely; thet none of his acts could be an- pulled, and that the contracts entered into by him | prive, the 9; Wie lnviv.wble. »pressed by the tant feature in this case, which is =“ by the Senate Department of State, and overlooke: committee :— “According to the spirit of the aforesaid law. (of the Sth November, 1840,) this renunciation,” raid the Mexi- can government, in giving its assent to the colonization eontrac! of Manwing & Mackintosh, “must take plece in the most poritive and conclusive manner, on the part of the rottlers. ro that whatever cireumetances may happen nd whatever meneures there mgy require, neither the ecitlers aforesaid, nor the proprietors, can in any cate, or for any . plead olien privileces, nor any other thore which have been granted, or ma} by the lews of the country, to wh'c! person their property must be subjeo' and, without this requisite, they will not be admitted. Have tho Americans, who claim to be the as- signees cf Garay, through Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, complied with this requisite? ‘Tf 80. they have repudiated their Amorican character and become Mexican citizone. Then what right have they to call on the United States government to declare non-interoguree sud war to sustain their pretensions, even if well founded, against Mexico? Here it should be further remarked, that Garay, baving failed to begin ihe work on the interocoanic commu tion within the period prescribed, made a feigned trarefer of his office of trust to Manving and Mackintosh, who, on the 13th January, 1849, resented themselves to the Mexican government, jor the first time, as his agsignees of tho railroad privilece. Thet goversnest promptly refused to recognize the validity of the transfer, and gave pub- lie notice that the privilege was forfeited and ex- tinet. ers. Manning and Mackiatoesh were Bri fish sul r the British Consui Genoral | xico; but the ease was too clear to admit of | erference of the British government, and tl onorable office of bullying Mexico into a reoc ‘on and renewal of the grant was, by now assigr ments, more strictly speaking, by a power attorney, to an American citizen, transforred o | ed | the lees cerupulous government of the Uni Btates Now, let us fora moment place our in the position of Mexico. Suppose that the President of | the United States, usunping the functions of Con- grese, should * promulgate a decree,” the copy of a | Taw “accidentally frustrated” in Congress, declarin that a railroad shall be built from the iississipyt | to the Pacific, and appointing Mr. Whitney, the | cnergetic and indefatigable projector of that enter- of the government for carrying it Bus this act of wwpwion YH jnto exccusion, with an exclusive privilege, gy the a —_—_ | overstepped without jeopardizing t tain and France, to intimidate the Congress of his own country into submission to bis pretensions, thou d aroute the indignation of bis countrymen, £0 that he and his grant should come tw be ** de- tested by all parties,” (see Mr. Letcher’s do- spatches), and that the French minister should pass “sharp notes very beet prepered,”” remptorily demanding that Mr. Whitney’s tranater, through Britieh subjects, to French citizens, should be recognized and conirmed, and ‘expressing in strong Junguage his disapprobation of the course t«ken” by the American Secretary of State, be- cause the latter dared to show, by an able and dig- nified argument, that their pretensions were un- founded; and, finally, that President Louis Napo- leon should address himeelf directly to the Presi- dent of the United States, threatening ‘a disturb- ance of existing harmonious relations,” unless those pretensions be admitted Can any one doubt what would be the action of the American Congress und pe: under such cir- cumstances ?_ Would they quietly submit to such indignity ? Would they, at the dictation of the Trench minister, surrender their, constitutional functions, xepaaiee the principles Which lay at the foundation of their government, and tamely submit to menace and oppression 7 Yet such is the course to which Garay, backed by the American executive, is seeking, by intimida- tion and threata, to drive the Congress and govern- ment of Mexico. The case I have supposed, absurd, preposterous, outrageous, as it seems, when applied to ourselves, is precisely the case presented ; such the exact attitude of the United States and Mexico in reference to this pacer, grant Can the people of the United States approve such conduet towards Mexico ? If so, is it because Mexi- co is wesk and the United Statei powerful? Is it because Mr. Garay, who in 1847 charged the Ame- rican people with covetousness and cowardice, has any special claim to their favorand protection? Was the stigma which Garey thus threw upon the Amer ican character, well deserved? Are they both covetous and cowardly, ready to “ ne on the rights of Mexico” in a manner which they would not dare attempt where British interests were in- volved 2 Can it be that : * The good oli rule Sufficeth them : the simple plan That they shall take who beve the power, And they shall keep. who can?” If so. what do they want? Is it possible that their late calumpiator, Garay. has, by some mysteriousin- telligence,become an object of such interest to their government, that they are ready to repudiate the principles of their own constitution,and every senti- ment uf magnanimity, right and justice, to aid his rivate speculations and make fortunes for him and Kis associates? Ordo the American people simply desire to see a roud opened, by which they and all the world can have free accese,un equul terms,to the Pacific by the Isthwus ot Tehuantepec ? If this Jast be all they desire. Mexicois as anxious for its accowplishment as they are. Read the pab- lished correspondence, aud see if the Mexican gov- ernment has not throvgbout manifested an cannes. t + United States a 1erl dere te gratify the United Nies4t goer could. ge tye./O! national dishouor and degradution The rm when complete, shows that, Garay hiw- eclf admitted, in his petition of the 23th of Ger 1856. shove quoted, that the decree of the 5th of Nov., 1546. on which bis pretensions re@t, was vot “within the reach of the executive power,” aad was, therefore, unconstitutional and iavalid Yet, it was not enough to demand that Mexico should re- pudiate ber own constitution and Jaws in favor of bis pretensions. She was also required to consent | by treaty, that a foreign commissioner should reside within her territory, with power, at his discretion, to call in a foreign military force to preserve order within her own jurisdiction. Was a more degrading proposition ever made to any recognized govern- ment ? Could such a proposition ever be made with any expectation of its being acquiesed in. un- less by that government which tamely submitted to the impudent pretensions of Great Britain and France, to exercise ‘ta naval police jurisdiction over the seas in the immediate vicinity of the United States,” and to determine what was ‘‘ lawful,” what unlawful, trade in those seas? (See corres- pondence between Messrs Crittenden and Webster, and Messrs. Crompton and Sartiges on the subject of the orders given to the British and French naval commanders on the Wert India station.) To this demand the Mexican government replied, that ‘‘it infringed on the Reversi the honor, the dignity, and national pride of Mexico.” Where- upon the American Minister ‘took 2 suitable occa- sion to say” that in the event of Mexico refusing to enter intoa treaty, os required, “his government was determined to take the affair into her own hands.” To thie threat Mr. Letcher says:—(Sce his despatch to Mr Webster, No. 53, Oct. 22d, 1850 ‘The ap+wer was cubstontially this:—Your government ie strong: ours is weak. You have the power to take the whole or any portion of our territory you may think tit; we bave not Ube faculty to reeist. We have done all that we could to satirfy your country nnd to gra‘ify you por- ronally. We can dono more It is the policy and the with of Mexico to be onthe most friendly fog,ing with the United Btates. What is required of us we cannot oat. Again, in his despatch of the 29th Oct , 1851, Mr. Letcher reports the following, as the language of the Mexican Minister:— Mexico is not disposed to throw obstacles in the way of a great improvement, which would be of incaleulable benefit to all the commercial world. She {s willtng to grant the privilege to the United States upon fa'r terma, in slmost sny shape you may ask it, but she will never pert with her scvereizn rights to a mere corporation. She will ruffer everything before she will allow that, And, again, in his despatch of the 14th December, 1851, as toliow: He (Mr. Ramirez) was altogether satisfied the interest of Mexico, and in fact that of the whole commercial world, demanded the contemplated connection bet ween lie two ceeanes that. ro far. from thowing obstacles in the wey of that connection. Mexico was fally prepared to gO every reasonable length to recure that great object ; tbat Mextoo wee poor and oppressed, but ro far ea he had it in his power to guard auc protect her honor. he was determined she should pot only be free from just re- proach, but Fhould stand on elevated grounds Uefora the werld in every particular. in reference to # matter of so mneh importance ; thet althougb she had been, and was at this moment badly treated by many of my country- men. atilifrom motives of sound policy.cshe wes disposed— apd such was his own incere wieh—to conocds to the United States, in preference to any other power, all the rrivileges which might be necersnry (0 accomplish the greatest enterprise of the age; but that, in the event of Fuck conges:on, no sljusjon wust be made to the Garay giant. Teave dut that grant—¢ay nothing about it, and. 1 am ready. said he, to enter into a tre which [ think will bo eatisfactery to both cor ° President Arista, in bis reply to President Fill- more’s threatening demand for the r the alleged rights of Garny, expresse e same de- sire for the speedy opening of the Tehuantepee communication, and shows that the chiof dificulty in the way of its accomplichment bas been the in- comprebensible zeal with which the United Staves government hus urged the ille, jast cemands of Garay & Co , Mexican ci! Notwithstanding the manifest Halabi of the Veray grant, and of the clandestine transfer: oF which it was finally lodged in the New Orleans Tehuantepec Company, Arista shows that Mexico has been willing and anx- ious to treat with the New Orleans Company on fair and liberal terms, and vy age The cpportunities which fhe government of Moxico has presented for reconelling there intereste have Ween nu- ‘ous, humbling iteelf even on sone occasions when it 'd do #0 without compromising (he interests and self- ect of the mation, * * * * Your excellency will efore perceive that Mexico, for ‘he sake of preserving ulerpal peace and harmonious ryiations with ber friends, is willing to concede what is proper. und even that which probably eny other nation would refise. Your exoellency ws aware that there are certain bounds which cannot be right to public re- spect, and that this republic would be pinced in that ab- ject condition if she were to yield to unjust aud extrave- gent pretensions, There pre‘ensions require the sacrifice of her dignity. and of the prerogatives which appertain to her as a nation. In order to pince them at the feet of one of her own citizens, who, trampling upon the duty which he | owed to bis country, bar driven her inté the dangerous position in whieh she finds herself How humiliating the contrast between the firm the further condition, that the assignees of the | and dignified, manly but mild, remonstrances of the Mexican government, and the bullying intima- tion that the American government would “take the affair into our own hands,” unless Mexico agreed to the treaty, when the very act of asking her as- fet to the treaty was ap admission of ber right to grant or to refuse it! Well might President Arista, i reply to Mr Fi Imore, say — Here. Mr President. isareerct. * * * * In this unfertupate business, however. there is somethiog more bancfulthan a mystery. There are deeoptions which Dave been carefolly fot afloat, with a view to blind the judgment and lead astray both the people and the Presi- dent of the United States, ‘There is, indeed, mystery about this affair, to which I with to call the attention of Mr. Fillmore and of the American people, for it iavolyes the bonor and character of bok. President Arista, in bis letter to President Fill- more, says— ‘The true history of this affair. traced from the foun- tain-head, and supported by authentic documents -you Will find in the accompanying report from the Minister of Relations, the perusal of which I recommend to the enlightened wisdom and probity of your excellency, In it you will find everything. absolutely everything. for none of the fact é been left out. or even exaguerated, The truth oppears im all its simplicity and nakedness every page bearing evidence that ir there is any cause for complaint, Mexico. who bas been the victim of every hind of outrage offensive to her character and derogatory of her rights, alcne has the right to complain. I repeat, that I recommend its perusal to the important consider. ation of the first magistrate of the nation, whose duty it is to Gecide irrevocably concerning the preservation of friendsbip with Mexico, so that by reading it without Dias or prejudice, he may say, on closing the last page, whether bir convictions remain unchanged. We are both of us eceountable to God and to the world for the use we make of the power entrusted to our hands. I cannot characterize this whole transaction more Srengly than by simply referring to the fact, that this document, thus communicated to Mr. Fillmore by the President of Mexico, constituting so impor- tanta part of the correepondence, and indispensable to a right understanding of the issues between the two governments, was suppressed in the communica- tion from sbe Department of Btate to the Bemate. Lam, very respectfully, Bun. E. GREE. ae Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, Sept. 16, 1852. Journey of Lowis Napoleon to the Provinces—His Arrival at Orleans—Enthusiasm and Prepara- tions in the Provinees for his Receptim—Exckw- sion of the Reporters of the Public Press to Ac- company him om his Journcy, with the exception of those connerted with the Moniteur--Conspiracy— The President's Marrrage— Suppression of the Journal le Corsaire—Affairs of Italy—Indigna- tion Throughout Europe at the ‘* Order of the Lone Star,” §c , Fe. Despite all the announcements of the non departure of Louis Napoleon, or at least of the postponement of his journey to the provinces, the Prince President left Paris on the 14th inst., (Tuesday morning,) on his way to Bourges. In the last council of his mi- nisters, which took place at St. Cloud on Saturday last, it had been advised by five of the members of the council not to leave Paris, and to postpone the visit to next Bpring. This advice was received with a smile by Prince Louis Napoleon, who assured them that bis intention was to proceed, without any feat of the dangers by which he was threatened en route. ‘‘ My fate is inseribed in the great book of the Almighty,” said he, to M. Baroehe, “and if lam to die during the thirty-three days of my travel, no one can rescue me from dying—therefore, I will g0.” Tho health of the chief of the State, though not very good, was not bad eneugh to prevent him from progressing on his journey. He tried his strength on Friday last, on a shooting excursion at &t. Germain, in the ferest, in company with M. de Maupas and M. de St. Arnault. He was assured by his doctors that he was able to go to the south- em departments. It is said that the ee despite the advice of Dr. Conneau, his friend médecin, had used the hydrotherapeutic system, and.was plainly satisfied of its effects, so much so that within a week he was fully able to appreeiate the benefit derived from it. The Prince President arrived on Tuesday at one o'clock, at the depot of the Orleans railway, accom- po by Generaide St Arnault, Minister of Wur; ‘ortoul, Minister of Public Inatruction; M. de Maup4s, Minister of the Police; Generala Roguet and de Guyon; Colonels Fieury and Edgard Ney; Co; der Toulougeou and M. Mooquart. Prinve Je ‘Was seated inan open calash, driven ala Duvment, with bis nephew, the President, whom we follow in the journey. From St. Cloud to the railway the Prince was escorted by all the officers of the cer! neers, and cuirassiers of the staff of hie r-lese, und loudly cheered along the route, with shouts of “were Napoleon!” “vive Empereur !? Along tbe bouleveras the shouts were not very nu- merous; but ¢n the urrival at the depot the entha- siasin Was more universal. In fuci, tae whole tribe of mu: icipal policemen, in costume or not in e)3- tume, was there, and in full force, and it could not be otherwise than to bear many cries of ‘ vive Na- poleon!? The maisen of the President had been mat = nay an08 to Bourges, a3 well a2 several horses a welve magvificent carriages, Lewly achieved b: the coachmuker of the President f Besides all these preparations, an immense number of colored glasses, gilt eagles, flags, curtains, and carpets of all sort, bad been reaupoare a few days before to Bourges, and the other places where the Presi- dent will stop, in erder to render his reception more magnificent. An immense number of requests have been di- rected to the Secretary of the President by the journalists of Paris, as well as by the correspon- dents of foreign newspapers, to be admitted in the suite of Louis Napoleon in his journey. A few of these requests have been granted, and only the reporters ot the Moniteur have been al: Jowed to accompany him all through the journey. ‘The other journalists have received, or will receive, a free passage on the railways, and an invitation to be present atthe grand nuval battle given in the Bay of Loulon—to the fie offered in the city of Marseilles, and also to the inauguration of the bronze statue of Emperor leon, at Lyons I am included in that list o: itations for Toulon, Mayseilles and Lyons, in my capacity as thooflicial correspondent of the Nw York Hinatp, and I will not miss such a good opportunity of witnessing the /etcs, of which 1 will givo the most accurate re- rts in letters dated from the above named cities. leave on the 28th inst for Marseilles and Toulon. During the absence of the P: lent, the Council of the Ministers will be held daily in the cabinet of Mr Abattuci, tho State Minister. Messrs. Fould, Drovin de L’Huys, ard Baroche,will do all the busi- ness, till they aro relieved by Morsrs. Ducos, Fortoul, and de Maupas, who are for tho moment out of Paris Great anxiety is felt here about the reception of the President in certain departments. No doubt Louis Napoleon will be welcome from Paris to Bordeaux. But in the Hérault, in the Bouchee du Rhone, and particularly in the Var, where the “revenges”’ of the coup d°éat bave been quite nu- merous, | feel confident that Louis Napoleon will not be much satisfied with the public enthusiasm. At Toulon, the Mediterranean French fleet (which was in Naples on the 4th inst ,) will arrive there in afew days. It was understood that the squadron will give a sinudacre of the siege of Toulon, in 1793; but this plan has been abandoned, aud the only festival which will take p!ace will bea grard naval sham fghi Ul the Englishmen and foreigners, who are ordingzily in great numbers at Nice, near Toulon, will crowd the city, which is alrcady filled with 70,000 inlabizants.” Many ar- baseadors fiom Piedmont, spain, Portugal, and other powers, will bo present to eongratulate the Pres'- dent. Jo short, Toulon will offer a grand sight, and Thope I will enjoy it, in ordor to be able w give a full description to my readers, A rumor is aflont {hat many conspirators will fol- low the President to murder him; but, for my part, Ido ate think this will take place, at least for the present. The weddirg of Louis Napoleon is quite neglected at this moment, end it is said that. Marshal Serome is quite opposed to any marriage of his nephew with Princese A few days ago, speaking to Louis Napoleon about it, he told him that, “It he were to morry, be would not wed a Princess, but on the con- trary, he would go to tho school, fora young lady of St. Denis (where all the daughters of the mem- bers of the Legion of Honor are educated,) and make there a selection of a decent, moral, and well consti- tuted girl, on whom he would confer tho title of The nows from Italy is still of a very unsettled | kind In Naples, as well as in Bivily, the kingdom enjoys the utmost tranquility, though no one is slowed to utter his opinton even on the least acts of | the government, In the Papal States, matters are quite d ‘There, Pius IX. is now considered as the enemy the country, though be was, three years ago. the jdol of bis people. In the provinces out of Rome, where fear of the French troops is not euter- tained, pilfering is carried on od such a sca'o that no one dare go out on the highways. The fear of | ap insurrection isso great that no arms are allowed to be carried by those who are not soldiers. The right of shooting is not even allowed in the fields. 5 Tuseavy, if the financial state of the Dachy is better than it was, the pelitical isgrowing worse Leopold the Second, the Duke, is no longer respected by his subjects. The conspiracy of the * Death So- ciety” is not yet punished, and everything leads to believe that the confederates will be eet free, by default of proof against them, _ \ Tn Lombardy, the secret societies are making won- derful progross, and if ever the present peace of Eu- rope is disturbed, # revolutionary movement will take place in all the Italian provinces. f In Piedmont, the taxes are mueh complained of by the people, and it is feared that the next year, if this state of things continue, it will become neces- tary to alienate the State stocks. In order to reme- dy this defect, it would be Recemaney 0, reduce the army from 54,000 men to 30,000. But this is not poesible in the present situation of Lane ‘At this moment, Count Neeselrode, Marquis of Turgot, Count Bouteneiff, Count Crepstewitcn, and Count Boccella, and all the most renowned men of Europe, have rejoined, at Naples, General Martini, the Austrian ambassador, and Baron Antonini, tho Neapolitan ambassador at Paris. It is said that they are holding a grand political congress, and this supposition gives a great deal of trouble to all those who are seeking news for publication. ‘The national German flag—red, black, and yel- low—which was still hoisted on the palace of the Diet, at Frankfort, will be changed, on the 21st of next month, for the re-opening of that meeting. The “Order of the Lone Star,” orrather the Cuban conepiracy, which is now organized in the United States, and publicly avowed, ag reported in the articles which bave been pubitshed in the numbers of the New Youk Hgratp brought here by the Canada, has excited much indignation in Europe; and I am bound to say that much blame is thrown upon the people of the United States, as well asupou their government, for allowing such a shameless plot to be organized among civilized men Iam alsoau thorized to ray tbat the governments of Europe are ready to interfere in that disgraceful robbery of Cuba, and to Srpeere Spain by all means. Several statesmen with whom I have spoken of the question, are of opinion that this new attempt of a forced apnexation of Cuba, will be, very likely, a cause of declaration of war between Europe and Amerios. More anon a The Abbot Chatel, who was formerly chief of the French church, and entitled himself Primat des Gaules, has resumed bis former profession of grocer, -at Bologne, near St Cloud ta fall? Tobea would-be Pope, and to return to be a coffee and su- gar dealer! i Before closing my letter, I received the intelli- gence that Louis Napoleon has been received with much curiosity at Bourges, by the nobility of that plaee, who looked at him Shree the shutters of their windows. As for the population, the country- men and peasant women, who had been attracted into the city by the novelty of the spectacle, they shouted with much — Vive Na; 1 Vave VEmpereur!” The ball given to the President cordingly, his friend took a boat and went be hind bim; the swimmer with his head covered with a riding cop, his hair curled, and his mous- tachios greseed up with pomatum, proceeded down the water slowly, aud taus won his bet, which was duly paid The oiuner was good, the wine | excellent, aud the women ef Mobile, Hyppotrome, and other fancy places, as devilish ag possible. A mwan-wol bas » captured at La Corogne, who had already murdered more than twenty people, eaten their flesh, and sold the grease to persons who are dealing in that article with Portugal. This human beast had not only murdered bis-sister and mother, but slso had eaten a part of their flesh. He was abetted in this atrocity by two others, who, unfortunately, have not been captured. Mount Atha is sti/lin flames, and the vineyards of Milo, in the neighbortood of Catania, have al been devoured by the buraing lava. ‘Tho crater of the volcano seem a mammota lighthouse, illumi- nated with a toWer of gas Madame Lydia Fouquier de Bocarmé, the wo- man 80 celebrated in the criminal courts, is on the eve of being married to a M. Vanduerne, who is popes on the maguetio telegraph at Brussels. Pradesux, the horrible marderer, who was sen- tenced to death for having assassinated seven per- sons, whilst he was on the eve of being married to a oor innocent young girl, was beheaded on Tuesday last, in Paris, and, as usual, the scaffold was sur~ rounded by a large assemblage of men aad women, desirous to behold the execution. He expressed tho utmost repentance of his crime. | Madame Ozy, the actress of the Varieties thoatre, who manifested a desire to take care of the edu- cation of the charming lad whose mother was lately murdered by Narcisso Perés, was allowed to take this poor boy with her A Mt sican colonel, whose name I was not able to- ascertain, was taken suddenly sick at Rouen, a fow daye ago, by an attack of cerebral fever, and, after a short examination by the doctors, wag declared: insane. He was immediately taken to a lunatic asylum. Cerito has just been engaged by the manager of the Grand Opera, fot afew performances This news has caused much pleasure to the lovers of the fine aud magnificent style of dancing of the fair artiste Roneconi, the inimitable barytone singer, was at Granuda on the Ist instant, and was nigotly pa the enormous sum of eight hundred dollars. The public was 80 enthusiastic that he was obliged to- re appear after each piece to receive the applause. Mme Montenegro, a prima donna of real celebrity, who wae with him, received on the duy of her bene fit a wreath made of silver leayes, and a bracelet worth seven hundred dollars Gattsbalk, the New Orleauspianist, gave a grand concert at Cordova, for the benefit ot the Charity Asylum, which produced twelve hundred dollars. Vr Davis, the maneger of the French theatre of New Orleans, has engaged the grand tenor singer, Bordas, formerly of the Grand Opera of Paris, and several other artistes of merit. They depart for the Louisianian eapital early next week. At the Grand Opera, the success of Roger was again continued, last night, in the grand opera of eyerbeer, “Le Propbéte,” in which he sang with: wuch talent, and made an immense hit. Mmes. Te- desco and Lagrua, who sang the parts of the women, deserved also much applause. At the Gaité theatreanew re entitled ‘‘ Pa- ris qui rit et Paris qui pleare” (Paris lenge and: ing), was received with the utmost applause. This new play contains many capital points, and ite authors bave been lucky enough to have for itsinter- preters the best actors of the Boulevards. I am sure tbat this new play willbe performed one hundred by the city went eff in high style, and the Prince was greeted by all the gens en place of the depart- ment who were present. 2 Teale: pisreleos Bo rrpeeees vabGC oie) we now, by a tele; io at he en very wall recsivediatiere: B. H.R. GOSSIP OF PARIS. Panis, Szpr. 16, 1852. Visit to Champagne Paris Deserted~Swimming by an American Gentleman—A Murderer of Twenty People Captured—Eruption of Mownt Etna— Theatricals, &c., §c. Thave just returned from Champagne, as] told you in my last letter. I had been invited to be present to the Vendanges, at Mareuil-Sur-Seine, by Messieurs Bouché, Sonand Drouet, the largest proprietors of vineyards, in Champagne, and I was not a man to resist such a good occasion to see the vintage of these renowned wine dealers. I left Paris Thursday even. ing by the railway of Strasburg, and arrived on the tame evening. Early the next morning, I was up, and requested my amiable guests to show me the vineyards, tho process of wine making, bottling, and eo forth, and also their mammoth cellars, which are kept in the most beautiful order, and offer to the amateur thecurious picture of more than 600,000 bottles of champagne, either ready to be drank, or submitted to the process of clarificatior, corking, and *‘ basketing,” to be sent all over Europe. The vineyards of Champagne, and particularly those of Messieurs, Bouché, Son and Drouet, are kept in the same style as pleasure gardens, and cover about five thousand acres of land, at the value of $2,000 the acre. An immense number of men and women are oreney, employed, either for the cul- ture of the vineyards or the pruning of the trees, and the MeL which jis made this year, despite the cidium Tukerii, (not existing in these vine- yards) ie in the best condition of ripeness and qual- ity. Itiseven asserted by the agriculturists, that the wine of 1852 will be as good as that of the year of the comet of 1811. It is indeed a very remark- able thing to behold these numerous human bees in the course of their toil, and perfectly confident in the results of the work which they are doing Asa matter of course, we have fully tasted the produce of the vin- tage, and Thad the pleasure of hearing the amiable hosts of Mareuil giving a toast to the New York HERALD, to which they are subscribers for the last ten years Their wine, J declare, is the best I have ank for a long time, and deserves, by all means, M® be patronized in the United States, as it is now in Europe, where it is considered as the best accom- paniment of a good dinner and a refined desert. From Mareuil I had been requested, by @ very i invitation, to be present at the stag chasing at ‘ontainebleau, and I arrived there on Saturday morning, in time to meetjthe rendezvous de chasse of the President, who was replaced, on that occasion, by M. ard Ney, the captain of the chasse of the . There were nineteen invités, and ninety- even dogs, ready to hunt a magnificent stag dix cors, which had been rembiiché in the part of the forest called La Vente de Franchard. The animal’s track was soon discovered by the dogs, and lo! we all rushed in his pursuit, at the sound ot the horns, and the barking of the hounds. Thus we ran, on horse- back, for three hours, and finally the unfortunate etog was captured by his ninety-seven enemies, and stabbed through the beart by M. Fdgard Ney, who pierced him with his bowie knife. On Sunday morning the huge animal was given to the dogs to be eaten; and this, as it must be known, is the ordi- nary custom of the chase in France, and is done to give the doge more furor against the stags. This hallali was soaks magnificent, a3 a butchery sight, and I had much pleasure in beholding the cogs fighting for a bone or a piece of meat. 1 was presented with a paw of thestag, which will bo huog among the curiosities of my trophée de chasse. Whilst I was out of Paris, Princess Mathildo, the amiable hostess of the Pavilion de Broteuil, near St. Cloud, gave a grand festival, which attracted a large number of fashionable invités. There was a grand dinner of two hundred and fifty seats, and ufter- wards a concert, at which the best singers of Paris sung their moet melodious tunes. The Prince Pro- sleeut was pregent, and danced three tines. Paris, os st may be though:, with good reason, is now as Ceserted as the Grand DesertofSohara. The public promenades are destitute of carriages and peseer girs; most of the thentres are empty, and if tome ot them are filled, it is only by wen of the feople, ard not by fashionnble persone or foreignora; and this state of things will continue fora month or more, or until the end of Octobor, when the win- ter will make itsappearance, and chase away from their chateaux and reeidcncee thore who ore enjoy- ing their tiv in the best stylo. Well, ro much the better for those who ato enti- tled to be absent from Paris, for the groat city, at this present hour, is full of rubbish and ditches of all sorts. The workmen, masons, ditchers, carpon- tera, blacksmithe, etc., havo invaded all the wards of Paris. The whole rue de Rivoli is blockaded eithor by the construction ofa sewer or by the build- ing of the Louvre. The quais are also submitted to wife. Nothing,” enid he, ‘would bo more popu- lor, and this would he the deed of avery democratic Ewperor.” The question has been discussed in tho council of iinisters, but we do not know, as yet, what bas been passed on the subject. A tort of i reigned here on Thursday last, When it was heard that the Ministor of Polico bad suppressed, without any reagon or cause, the journal Le Corsaire. This summary act of tyranny was, os a matter of course, much blamed-by the whole press and ali tho men of senge in Paris. It appears that the proprictors of that newspaper had made arrangements with their printers, who had bought the type, and who were to divide the profits. ‘Theee poor workmen are left pennyloss, and in a bad state of indebtedners by this rash act. A lawsuit has been commenced by the Corsaire’s proprietors against the government; but, alas, | foar they will be the lovers. Yourg Murat, ton of Prince Murat, (of Borden- town,) who had been sent to Algiers to enlist in the army, Where he distinguished himself daring his short stay, has returned to Paris on aceount of & very Violent attack of dysentery. He is now out of danger. it de Chafieron, ron-in-Jaw of Prince Murat, who yas dangerously ill, hae entirely revovered., the dirty experiment ofthe macadam, and the mon- omania of renewing the ontside and inside of old houses Las renderod Paris a city taken by storm by the gang of masone and architects. The work of. the Crystal Palace have slteedy, bo- gun and tho largo square of the bc Fields is cocupied by the ditch makera. Within eighteon months the whole building is to be completed. Tho news received from several parts of Franco, relative to the potatoe crop, is far trom being satis- factory. It appears that in the Mozelle, these Me ctables are found rotten in thecarth. The same di- case {8 also observed in other departments. Never- theless, it ishoped that this evil will not be genoral. A magnificent whale, thirteen metres long, wae captured a few days ago in the Bay of Cancalo, near St. Malo, at a place called “St. Benoit of the Waves.” The buge avimal had been wounded and came to die on the beach. The fishermen of the place have made a large quantity of eperm oil with the spoils of that whale. Its carcags wi!l be sent to the Haroun of Paris. On Tuesday afternoon, an American gentleman, well known in eporting circles, and just returned from Baden, Hamburg, and other gambling places, bad mado s bet that he would swim from tho bridge of Austerlitz down to St, Cloud. Ae- nights. at the French theatre, Madame Rachel is nightly received with the most extraordinary marks 0! = peo and enthusiasm It is a fact that curiyee the utmost talent in the personification of er . The Dew cirons on the Boulevard du Temple is nearly completed, and ] am sure that it will realise ie is Fro) : plerliep ieeaase bene ek outside of the bui turpass in style and elegance everything which has ever been hens anywhere. Its opening will take place.at the end veda AMERICANS IN PARIS. ©. Remington, New York. Mrs. Orubb, Ale. P.8 Kintner, Louisville Dr. Eeselman, Nashville. J.3.Jarvia & family, Boston. G. W. Oampbell. do. Gabriel W. Coit, New York. Henry , Mass. J, Scott. Lexin J. HL. ‘Trapler, 8. 0. Edwin Faxon, Borton D. Kemberly, New Haven. W. H. Mussey, Cincinvatl, H. , Hartford. L. Andonreid, Philadelphia, DM, Peysot & lady, N: Y. B.T, Kendall, Boston 8.4. Goodrieb,U.8.6, Mass, R.E. Coxe & family, A! Our Santa Fe Correspondence. Santa Fz, New Mexico, Sept. 1, 1852. The New Governor-- The New Route to the Pacific— The Indians, §c., §c. Dr. Lane, the new civil Governor of New Mexico, is expected to reach this place in a day or two, and assume the reins of government. He has an ardu- ous task before him. As fur back as the history of this eountry is known, it has been governed by mi- litary rule. The people expect it, and must have it, or they will become unraly, riotous, and unman- ageable. So eay the eldest American residents here. We have hada good and safe government here for the last few months, i. ¢. since Col. Sum- ner has had the civil authority in his handa, assist- ed by his military position and powor, Governor Calhoun could not find it practicable to carry on the civil government unassisted by the military, and therefore gave up all to Col. Sumner. The Legis- lature have adopted a tedious and expensive form ofcriminal judicature, without levying one cent of taxation to carry it into effect. Hence Gov. Cal- houn was obliged to starve to death a house full of rogues and murderers, or turn them ont upon the public. He at the latter course, from reasons of humanity. Col. Sumner has since eollected ano- ther house full, and having properly assumed the responsibility of feeding them, has prevented them from preying upon the pubjic up to the present mo- ment. But he is now oe up this post; and what is Governor Lane too, without even the pre- sence ofa small military force, by the moral im- pression of their presence to keep down a turbulent populace? The future will soon solve the problem. An unassisted civil government will, in all proba- bility, prove a failure. tec a ought to give New Mexico money enough to build a penitentiary as large as the Cupitol at Washington. They have given Minnesota $120,000 to build a ‘itentiary umong a people where there will not beas many convictions of criminals in a year, as there will or Kd to be in New Mexico in one month. told you in my last letter that Capt. Walker bad diecovered a new and delightful route from here to the Pacific. He has travelled the reute twice, and reports it to be every way practicable, at all seasons, for wagons and carriages, and for a railroad. Will n Secretary of War allow it Be be aes by ¥ome officer of the United States ecrs ¢ Indians are now at peace along the whole route from here to San Diego, California, and we want a monthly mail between the points conneat- ing with that from Independence, Missouri. It is about the same distance, and eve way as practi cable—by winter even more practicable. There are several military posts along the way; and all that is. wanted is a few thousand dollare per annum to de- fray the expenses. There aro Plenty of moun- taineers who will undertake, and faithfully exe- cute, the enterprise. Then we would have a regu- lar inter-oceanio communication upoa American soil, by which letters and papers could be carried Fetwoen the two sides of the continent regularly, ind with as much despatch as by the way of the tropics. The mail from Independence takes an sverage of only twenty days to run throngh. Wore: speed made an object, it could go through with all case in ten days, or twelve at most; and the same time only would be required between Santa Fe and San Diego, by Walker's new route, or by wey of the military posts » A. Ivpran IncENvoUSsNHSs.—Capt Love, the inter- } Teter for the Pueblo Indians, recently from Washington, and at present in this city, relates that at the first inter- view with President Fillmore in the White House, when the time arrived at which the party should explein the purpore of their visit, the cbief crator advanced towards the circle that was gathered about hie excellency, and frankly confegeed, in substance : “ Sir, whon we left our territory, we were well instructed in the mattera we wisbed to place befcre you—the lesson given us by our nation was deeply engraved in our memories, and found ready utterance from our lips. But sinco our arrival here, wo haye found your house so large—your people so numerous—the means of parsing from one point to the other, eo rapid and eary—and every thing about us 60 stronge, that we cannot bring back to mind what we had totell you, My componions and myselt must come to- gcther in some quiet place, where each may reoall what the others kaye forgetten and when we sco you again we will he better prepared to make you understand tho prayeye of our people j andsome compliment, delicately patd by This war a & savage, to the ruperfor condition of his white brethren. Tho next interview was more fortunate, and our ingenu- ons Puchlos were lionized throtghout their whole stay im Warhington.—-St, Louis Republican, Sept, 26, APED Murprrsn —Some two years since, ® young man named Samuel ove, twenty two yours of age. Waaconvicted in Camden, 8. C., of the marder of ao Mr. Lester: but while ewatting a second trial he made his eeeape and fled to Mississippi, where an acquaintance ave him ahbome, Love repaid his friend’s hospitality by reducing his daughter, een twelve aod thirteen cnra of age, with whom hie eloped, after stealing a horse cm her father, They made their way to Rook Roe, Ar+ Kkensaa, where Love cot Into a trang. ‘and was compelled to leave. He then went to Little Rock. leaving the gitt behind him, whom he eays he married at Coffey: Mies, The father and vnele of the git parsued and cap: tured him, A reward of $500 had been offered for tl arrest of Love by the Sheriff of Camden He comfansod that he wor the man in the proclamation, and waa gis to go Luck to South Carolina Louisville Times, Sept.