Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-12-20

rr CALIFORNIA AND MExico.-The Presi. |
dent in his message, states that negotiations will
again be resumed with Mexico Mr. Sldell of
Louisiana, has already been sent as Minister to
that country. From the amicable tone ofthe Mex.
ican papers in favor of fPresident Herera It is ev.
dent that all our difficulties will be amicably ad-
justed by treaty and 1t is more than probable,
that that delightful province upper California,
will be ceded to us for valuable consideration.
II is rumored that our Minister is authorised to
offer ten millions more, for the acquisition of
this valuable territory The climate and coun.
try is described as perfect paradise, and in an
agricultural point of view, is worth ten times as
much as Oregon. We trust our minister will be
successful in his negotiations. These operations
will, besides, have favorable effect upon the tar.
iff in the way Of raising additional revenue.
The following extracts will throw some light
upon this subject:
From the n. o. Tropic of the Sd inst
UNITED STATES AND MKxico From our files
of Havana papers received yesterday by the Ii
II, we gather some particulars not before given,
we believe, which, if at all to be relied on, throw
new light upon our present relations with Mexi.
CO. We find them in the Diario de Ia Marino of
the 18th ult That paper, after alluding to its
previous notices Of the intelligence received BY
the steam packet from Vera Cruz, goes on to
state that persons well acquainted with the Sc
crets of the Mexican Government say that pro.
positions to that Government have been made by
our Consul at the city of Mexico, TO settle the
boundaries Of the two countries (the annexation
question being considered settled) in the follow
ing manner. The United States TO pay an in
Identification of 4 or s., 600 ooo their boundary
to be the RIO Bravo del Norte, including part Of
the States Of Tamaulipas. Cohahuila, Chhauhau,
and New Mexico, with the city Of Santa Fe...The
Vera Cruzano gives the following statement of
the loss of territory by Mexico under such an ar
! rangement. The whole Of Texas--2i 900 50
leagues Chihauhau-out Of q. .5o6 SO. leagues,
she will lose 5000 New Mexico-out Of | l 600
10. she will lose 6 ,000 Coha hua-out of 6 500
do. she will lose l,l75 Tamaulipas-out of s..
400 do. she will lose 1900. Total loss, "a ,o75
50. leagues.
The writer of the letters from Vera Cruz does
not believe that the Mexican Government will
accede TO such proposition at least, not for SO
small an indemnihcation as 4 or s5, 900 900 /,
is also stated by the same authority, that propo.
saons hare also been made for the acquisition o.
NeD Cahfornin. The boundaries would in tia,
case be--the River Gill, which unites with the
Colorado near its mouth, and empties into the
Gulf Of California. This stream runs almost du,
West from the Rocky Mountains, through tn,
State of Sonora This acquisition ofterritory
would give us the harhors of San Francisco
Monterey, and San rsdro,
We give the above speculatons for what the,
are worth.
Correspondence ofMc NJ Y. HernM.
WAsHINGroS, Dec l2. lsl5.
negotiations are open for the purchase of Cuh
forn'a. and in less than sirty days il uiH be ours
This is all tell you now, but you may rel,
on this information. What | said thirty day
ago, is true now, and will be history in few
weeks-that by bold and unwavering firmness il
insisting upon our claims where our right is un
questionable, and by wise and consumate plo
macy where we can win power and territory
James X. Polk and James Buchanan will extern
the sway Of our eagle, and plant the pillars O
our Empire deep over the continent. The ac
QUESTION Of California is the most important @
peration Of our government since its foundation
Another letter about this matter in day or two
rT Willis. in his last letter from the Cont
nent, dated at Frankfort, thus speaks Of a fin
painting of Huss, the celebrated martyr and re
former, which he saw in one of the gallerys @
that city:
81 feel urged to record my impressions Of
painting by Lessing Of Dusseldorf, repres entin
. I1uss pleading before the Council of Constanc
utterly impossible as it would be to convey
, you the force and beauty Of the story as told o
canvass. OF some eight or ten ecclesiastic
sitting in council, Figures Of the size of lif,
and painted with wonderful reality,) each on
has expression enough in his features to max
a biography unnecessary. The principal pc,
son in the c. unci is a fat yoluptnary of pontif
who holds the accusation in his hand is listen
, ing carelessly to 4 crafty looking monk who
, commenting on the martyrs argument. Thre
stony-hearted looking cradinals sit listenin
with cold and grave attention. One old mon
seems dismayed with the force Of the here,c'
reasoning. and younger bishop, seated benin
the cardinals, has given way, evidently, to COZ
viction. In the back, ground is an old man ga;
ing on tIuss with pity quite sepera,e from ii
argument and, so lie-like are al these repr,