Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-05-03

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! Independence and political existence there's
fafe. the Congress Of lbs Mexican Hap8bsi8
ealambig declare, ilat ihe iaw Of tie UHitea
Htaihs faf HE annexation u Texas ~ he A.
tHefiean Uni6f, III 10 prospect impaits lie
fiebts hfeh MesitU possesses, and viii
fhaiiitald, 10 that department
Furthermore, that the United States hat-
Ing disFegafd6a The principles tipuii Bbith
afe = bBst d treaties If HtbitYt Commerce and
! hagiasiiah, and in4fp specially If boundary
congress considers them violated by tba "
hited States.
Aad finally. that the unjust Hsaffasf 10Th If
which Il issatight 10 h4he MasiB6 the ti5lim,
makes II her duty 10 lake aB arms IN her De-
fehFes tG oppose such tsifBati9Bs and With
lie fell and figtltuI DISCRIMINATION 70 Use al
her fesbtttGes and power 70 prevent the att=
h]e#aitUd aeGraed by The UHltsd Blstssi
The sse8hd project, consists Oh four articles
~ follows !@
tFifsi-rhe Mexican nation calls abon hsfl
| sons IL defend theft national independence,
threatened by th4 Hsnfl atien Of tie territory
af tstaa, witch is sGtt tht 10 bs e|6lsumtBate5
by daefes PASSED BY Congress ard sanctions
ea bg lie President If The Utitad States
asBsHHAThefsFyfe the Government will
consider Itself ~ liberty tpf9dfa sp0tsr1 TO call
tpftii is entire, pefuiatant Sud active militia
~ force. sHfpeable 70 the authority siyeu u
II hy existing laws.
T'hir1-fef HE preservation If public or
Ar. and fha maintenance or Her Institutions
and II necessary, "a 4 reserve for the army,
thH Government, III virtue 1T the pRNer gfass
ted to il Oh the Btt If December, 1914, may
levy The troops to Ehleh said decree refers,
Under tks hams Of defenders Of independents
and the IaHss
Fa1ah-t viii view 10 tie efficient matiis
fahanea 81 The rights bf HE republic, the E0Fl
| eminent is authorized TO procure ell %eEtraof4
binary resources Nlifb htay be deemed te@
t~assafy. making known to Congress The ts=
eessafy steps 10 be taken, Buhi5fhtably to the
constitution.
We d. not dad any account 81 any action
by The Mexican Congress on the foregoing
projects. Ihsy have been laid before That
body. and that Is all we learn respecting
them, II il tlsatIY evident that The govern
meHt and people Of Mexico are decidedly IN
dj4NessI IL surrender Texas, and the lone OF
tie 6ibiie journals ~ exceedingly Waflibe.
still. III Il H4 az The MatiBaHs tthfne them
selves to making reports in Congress ard
firing bf5adsides In their newspapers, there's
does not seem any immediate prospect Of hafl
k%Hbetss 70 be sure. II has been suggested
that Mexico may HHleftak TO annoy hs by
sfibptiHa or commerce 10 the Gulf but RhtlH
there are some gf our floating batteries well
manned and equipped, IN The Immediate
vicinity Of Vera Cruz. there appears 10 be
bit a slender chance for The Mexican nag to
become distinguished on high seas
The agency for the payment 6f the hszis
eat debt 10 Great britain has been ta#ea
from The house Of Lizar1i, IN the London, aud
given 10 Bthneidsf y 10,
There Is not d particle Of intelligence about
santa Anna. tIe appears to bs quite fefg9ts
Ten IA the prevailing excitement
AH6rHBa EAHFHatAHbs@0ut readers
Doubtless remember tbe details We published
d few DAYS since, Of 4 ffighftHl destructive
earthquake which was experienced at Mckee
on the 7th inst, We have nov La add a tenss
ttion If this awful disaster In the Capital On
the 10th Inst An examination Of the papers
has failed IL enable Hs to discover many de-
tails II the amount Of ruin and desolatieh gt=
e]asiahed by this eedyhlsi9ny but from The iaet
that the Journals unite in describing IFS effects
as terrific, We presume The destruction mast
have been great. The Biafig Of the l1th
states that the earthquake occurred about 10
5'tlaef, A, M, and lasted fefty seconds that
" HFEIIilEE" many tlHW b'ttftfiiGHs anu HitHF /
others that had escaped the former visitati5hi
hat most Of the inhabitants, stricken with
.effef. len theif houses, and took refuge IL
he opeh fields and public squares, passing
he night without shelter and ia the utmost
CONSERVATION. The "vefaefpsaBo" Of tbs
l4ih inst, states that private letters furnish o
piataFe OF ti4 desaiattun that has fall
Ia Upon Mexico. The alEespefia" afthe 18th
that The earthquake efibe 10Th seirplss
cd the destruction af the eHPala Of Santa
and increased the damage done TO
he churches Of Baht8 Domingo San Ffanfiss
ID. But fot the shoftness Of rs dnfat on, The
,ntifa city would have been laid In ruins,
did not suffer alone, The shock was
'eit III b number Of towns and villages within
radius Of several hundred miles. Al puebla,
he earthquake was experienced on The Tth,
bout 4 ~o'etoef, T, NJ, but its effects were
comparatively slight, Several churches we're
and many private edtiteB we're great
Y damaged though n0he we're absolutely dc.
Al Aouralitio and TolBeo the effects Of The
hoek were more eenBidt fable, Gaudataiafu,
fafelia, and Vefaefuz, the earthquake was
experienced both on the Tth and 10th, but Oh
either occasion was the business very sefi.