Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-06-21
From che Bee Of June 10.
INFORMANT FRoM rExAs

BY the arrival of the packet NEw YoaK
Capt, Wright, VIZ have been put IN posses
sion of our flies of Texas papers to the I4tl
instant inclusive. They contain information
of importance I'D interest. President Jones
after months of tortuous duplicity and hypO
critical double dealing has boldly thrown of
the mask and virtually proclaimed his dis
graceful overtures to Great Britain and Mex.
leo, and mis- deadly hostility 10 annexation
We cannot, in the crowded state of our CO
Iumns omment upon this intelligence at the
length We could desire, and must content our
selves forth present, with a synopsis of the
Enews.
The Galveston News extra publishes a 3rd
proclamation of president Jones, preceded by
a prolix preamble, in which the w rthy at.
tempts 10 gloss over his conduct with the tin
sel of a spurious patriotism. He begins thus
"The executive is now enabled to declare
10 the people ofTexas the actual state oftheir
affairs with respect to Mexico, to the end that
they may direct and dispose of them as they
shall Judge best for the honor and permanent
a~interest Of the republic"
He then goes on to say thatlast summer he
learned from creditable sources that the Gov
srnment of Mexico was disposed to acknow-
ledge the independence Of Texas, upon the
4 understanding that Texas would maintain her
I separate existence ; that in March last the
re- representatives. of Great Britain and France
jointly renewed the offer of their intermedia-
tion with Mexico for this purpose that as
they were unaccompanied by any entangling
I conditions, he could not consent TO reject
them, and therefore placed in the hands of
their representatives. statements Of conditions
preliminary to a treaty of peace. These con-
sditionS having been accepted by the govern
ment of Mexico, through the friendly iaterposi-
ton Of England and France, he deems 1t his
duty to issue tbs following proclamation +:
WHEREAS, authentic proof has recently been
laid before me, to The effect that the Con-
gress of Mexico has authorized the govern
ment to open negotiations and conclude al
treaty with Texas, subject to the examina-
ton and appreciation Of that body, and fur.
Their that the government of Mexico has ac-
cepted the conditions prescribed on the
part of Texas as preliminary to a final and
definite peace.
Thefore, /, ANsON JONES, President of
the Republic of Texas, and commander in
Chief Of the Army and Navy and militia
thereof, do hereby make known these circum-
stances TO the citizens of this republic, till
the same can be more fully communicated toS
THE honorable Congress and Convention of
The people, for their lawful action, at the pei
|riod oftheir assembling on the 18th June and
9th July next, and pending the said action, by
virtue Of the authority in me invested, | do
declare and proclaim a cessation Of
|hostilities by lane and by sea, against the re-
public Of Mexico, or against the citizens and
thereof.
In testimony whereof, | have caused
the great seal of the Republic to be
hereunto affixed
Done at Washington, this fourth day of
June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
hundred and forty-fve, and of the indie.
.pendence Of the Republic the tenth.
ANSON JONES.
BY the President;
EBEN'R ALLEN, Attorney General and
Acting Secretary of State.
Most of the papers that we have seen are
excessively indignant at the Developments,
and even the most moderate, such as the :
Telegraph, express an emphatic
belief that the proposals of Mexico will be
promptly rejected by Congress.
Captain Elliot is 10 remain at Galveston,
10 await the action of Congress on the pro-
posals Of the Mexican government.