The Arkansas banner., 1845-05-07
FROM Mrvloo

G",N eStoh' winch were immoG; paeRs ded to the city of Mexico e,a,''nealately io| tn the ye5e ser15oa o5@7 on the 7'h ins at s
 The Bee was kindly f,r,;., chant of this city with the he 1Isaed Tan b 5Fa the 18th, n.aining the accoesa eesa cp' earthquake, which desola4egg 4egopnt ofa co on the 7th instant; ' 'lle cItyoil
 At the moment we wr;to of the 8fh, the inhabitants n,l'e' af says ,f he the capital of the republic .ea ol the the eaij the influence of the horfors %.e <. SUI mi earthquake of yesterday, l5o egzclted g.C fleets of which we are sin li'' ;u ulsasien with. '' iiipeflecl
 Yesterday at g minptes,,... . M., the oscillations began. ilisL> pGs1 , 0elol then stronger. The direction of of tad s' n appeared to the North and son,5 g, 'ae ? about two minutes. The s5oel, oolll' :. ble, nothing like them was yees ever e1aa aet before, and the condition of inc he ta1s te4EHl surely proves the absence of all ey.aa. ssaaIa]
 We were by chance upon tbe yAass.e'1 ,'s9a, at the time, and we witnessed sasa..' s,sal easily forgotton. In an instant lba p,sss ns but a moment previous tranoniI ips on5 lI' U were upon their knees, praying rIq lo ,1 \ mighty and counting will snyiais ,b. Io N \ which threatened to convert the nol, s@cas \ ini city in the New World intoa s.' yss' of ruins. The chain suronp1ips G 43s' ,6a were violently agitated; the 6sg. a' \ pavement yawned open, the trees I Gaa. ! fully, the buildings and lofty edifcss cs,'' ! ted to and llo-the immense arror crowns the summit of the cathedr,I ,l with astonishing rapidity. At 56 n] past three the movement had ceasp1
 It Is impossible yet to ascertain t5s of the destruction. Not house q, but bears the marks of this terrible e,il Many of them are cracked and o,s,l iured, others are tottering. and others Il fallen, San Lorenzo, La Misercoan peate, Zapo and Victoria streets andt5ea street have particularly suffered Tbs| duets were broken in several place; bridge of TezontIale is demo olisbei Hospital of Saint Lazarus Is in ruins sI churches of San Lorenzo and San FeaI greatly injured. The magnificent cba] Saint Teresa noIonger exists. At dI shock the cupola, q building of astonI strength and great beauty, fell, and wal followed by the vault beneath the tab. and the tabernacle itself.
 Fortunately all those in a church so frequented, succeeded in escaping. Al o'clock last evening, seventeen persoj been taken from the ruins of oiher buI aaa carried to the Hospital.
 Al thnee-quartefs past six, and ag past seven, two more shocks were They were, however, slight, and occa nothing but q temporary renewal of H
 The authorities did every thing dll and humanity could suggest, 10 cary to the victims, and restore the aqu which furnish water to the city.
 From the tone of the Mexican print from official communications made department of State to another, wea no doubt that the Mexican goyenmsi really intend something like an oFet hostility towards this country. Tbi question with it now, Is time For a the Minister of Foreign Relations ina ment sent To the Legislature on the 5 dec ares that aaaelati9H must inevitably on war. Though Mexico might, wilo loss of dignity, yield areluctanI assent independence of Texas, yet she con submit in silence without a positive honor, to the junction of that count foreign nation. He lays great slres; probable interference ol France and ! 10 prevent q consummation oI thls m from a determination they have evlt oppose any further increase of terl that republic. From this we should cli8ed to believe that the Ne&ifdf9 m0nt is anxious 10 receive intelligeno Europe previously to committing lisP losmaI declaration of war
 The '.Diaaio de Gobieno,' the Stat in is number of the Sd inst, however positively that the government IS els' planning certain operations oia WaFlh acteF against Us orthe Texans, when cretioa will notaIIow it to disclose
 fesscs 10 look at a speedy and susfe' sue to these operations.
 Tine journals of the city ol llezlco ceeaipgly belicose. They advocate mediate appeal to arms, renoanclag of European aid, and declare thls IS j, , way to stop the progress of tllat tefFlO I. of Anglo-Saxonz aggression, winch s ming to sweep over and engalph the CIV V Mexico. They say thatthey should Id once, and if beaten, they would oe with honor.
 Congress in the meantime seem ,,il. quietly occupied with the remodelllal constitution, and as the govern@, thrown the responsibility oi peace. .;l,, ot them, they seem to he quietly wallIll:; latter to re-assume it's executive aiifl proclaiming one or the other Howe United States is now in full Possesslo position of things in Mexico, where 1sl est accident may produce in one ca, ca, demonstration as will render the @ia of war inevitable. If our goYellini' that no explanations, no c9iltess,Y ss, allude to liberality in the setllen,e4 l,. ~, daries will suffice to avert Wlia' ,s :, v, z of ight feeling must take to De ? pa,,I, ' then in the name of the God 9l , l'1.lI pali' have no petty war-a war o' sn',r ... w, lions but let it be of chaFae's. I1.',.,y " a great people. Let the Pfellll,,"r,'o elm, .o D of such magnitude as not only ,r;,l '1 ' spectacle calculated to strike e. yls, IN i distant nations of the earth, but ,si.e sg conGiet LotYoo, ,s and our lll-adVls'