Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-07-03
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TEXAS.

The steamship New York arrived at New Or.
leans on the l7th ult., from Galveston. which
place she left on'the 10th. President Jones has
issued another Proclamation, announcing the re-.
suit OF the negotiations that have been COM
nenced oy captain Elliott, the British Charge
fAtiaires, with the Mexican Government.
We annex the following abs,rac, of it from the
New Orleans Bee:
= Inc galveston Ne,os E.r.ra, publishes a third
reclamation OF President JoNEs, preceded INV
P'onN preamble, In which that worthy ATTEMPTS |
y soss over MS conduct with the tinsel of a spu-
nous patriotism. He begins thus
Inc executive is now enabled to declare IN tho
people OF Texas the actual state of their affairs
WIN respect to Mexico, to the end that thew NAV
u"ect ana dispose OF them as they shall judue
best Tor the honor and permanent interest of ,Ss
Republic. 0'e@' "a '''e
Fie then goes on to say that the last summer
he ica'hed from creditable sources that the Co.
ledge the Independence of Texas. upon The nm.
outstanding that Texas would maintain her seua-
ta'e existence; that in March last the represen-
tauVes OF Great Britain and France Jointly re-
newea me oiter OF their INTERPRETATION with Mex
ico tot THIS purpose; that as they were unaccom
panied by any entangling conditions, he could
no. consent TO reject them, and therefore placed
ct conditions preliminary TO a. treaty of peoce
rhese conditions having been accepted by the
government OF Mexico, through the jrierdiy in
deposition Of England and France, he deems il
MS duty to issue the following proclamation =
WHEREAS, Authentic proof has recently been
RAD before me, to the effect that the Congress-
oi mexico mas authorized the Government, to
open negotiations and conclude treaty with
AeAas, SUBJECT to the examination and appro.
oation oil that body, and further that the Co
vefhheht OF Mexico has accepted the condi.
Hohs prescribed on the part of Texas as preli.
mII,,nary to final and definite peace
lnereiore, l, ANSON JONES, President of
me Republic OF Texas, and Commander in Chief
OF the Army and Navy and Militia thereof. do
hereby make known these circumstances 70 tho
citizens OF this Republic, till the same be more
la'iy communicated to the Honorable CONGRESS
and Convention Of the People, for their lawful
acuon, at the period of their assembling on the
l2th June and 4th July next, and pending the
said action by virtue Of the authority i'm me vest
GU uo hereby declare and proclaim a cessation
oil nostiliues by land and by sea, against the Re-
public OF Mexico, or against the citizens and
trade thereof.
In testimony whereof, have caused the Great
Seal of the Republic to be thereunto affixed.
L' >. J-Done at Washington, this fourth day
OF June In the year Of our Lord, one thousand,
eight hundred and forty five, and of the Indepen.
dence OF the Republic the tenth.
d. -, ANsoN JONES.
hBENR' ALLEN, Attorney General, and
Acting Secretary of Stale
Most o. the papers are excessively indignant
at these developments, and even the mos, mo.
dera'e' such as the Houston Telegraph, express
an emphatic belief that the proposals of Mexico
will be promptly rejected by Congress.
The New Orleaps D;.,,,,o
This proclamation contains sentences that in
dicate clearly enough the opposition of the Pre-
sioeht 10 AnneXatlon-such the presentation
CT choice between "lndependence and peace.
or Annexation and its consequences The peo
Pc OF Texas, however, understand the Pres
oeht position truly enough but the document
eS'aoIishes certain facts, 10 which we have en-
deayored to awaken public attention in their pro.
gtesS, winch we were let TO know were permina-
ing long before they sprouted above ground-to
VII: that President Jones was engaged in Sc
cret intrigue to defeat the popular will; and that
Great britain, or her Minister, thrust herself in
an offcious, insulting and stealihy manner. into
the affairs of the United States and TEXAS. and
mat negotiation unirendly to this Nation. hos
'iie TO our policy, and subversive to the National
VIII, as proclaimed through the constituted au-
thorites of the Republic, was the DRIFT of the
various intrlgnes which we have SO often ey-
posed.
The publication Of the proclamation created no
little excitement in Texas. The particulars of
the negotiation or the terms of the treaty did not
accompany it.
ny the arrival at Galveston from Corpus Chris
II OF the Texan revenue schooner Alert. recent
intelligence has been received from the Mexican
frontier. The regular force along the Rio Grande
had not been materially augmented, but the from.
tier had been strengthened by armng and drilling
the militia.
The United States Revenue Cutter Woodbury.
arrived at Galveston on the Sd ult from the Ba
iize, with dispatches for our Minister in Texas.
The United States squadron under Commodore
Stockton, and the French man of war brig La
Perouse, were still at anchor off Galveston on
the 18th nit
The Galveston Civilian ntimaies that there is
no intention to order the militia to rendezvous On
the Rio Grande as was stated by correspondent
oil the New Orleans Jeffersonian short time
since.
Capt ELLIOTT, the British Charge d'Aflaires.
arrived in the New York.
The Houston Telegraph of the llth u!timo
says
We learn from high authority that the pfoposi.
lions lately received from Mexico are VAGUE and
indefinite like those that were offered by the Com.
missloners appointed few months since by Gen.
VOL. They merely convey an assurance on the
part OF Mexico that she is willing to open nepo-
Nations with our government as an independent
nation, but they contain no admission that the
Mexican government is willing to RECOGNISE orr
boundary to the Rio Crande. 1t appears that
this old question o! boundaries is to remain an
settled; or 10 be referred for settlement to Euro-