Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-08-25
PEACE WITH MEXICO.
From The Mem York Daily Ecening Post.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ID, 1916,

huaihuieht OF an honorable peace, are
published in this mornings National Intel.
lgencsr. The Presidents message 10 the
Senate on the subject is dated August 4tb.
ard he, wi bout any circumoculion, ayows
that he has made Mexico an offer Of peace
thai be expects she will cede TO The Uni.
ted states for fair cons der alton in mon.
cy, certain portions Of her territory,
(meaning doubtless California and Santa
te,) and that 1t is probable, seeing that
sic Is very poor indeed, iha, she will re
qute some OF the hard the moment that
thai the treaty is concluded. linden such
q cuRsiances he advises the appropriation
81 S2,OJO.OO0 by Congress 10 be placed
IN his hands, and TO be accounted for as
other moneys are.
Then follows a note from Mr.. Buchanan
TO the Mexican minister Of Foreign Re-
latons, in which Mr.. B. proposes to send
an American minister to Mexico, or to re,
ceiyc with kindn IS and respect Next
can minister at Washington with full
powers TO conclude treaty Of peace be.
tween The two countries. The next is
note from Mr. Buchanan 10 Commodore
Conner, enclosing the above, with dlrec.
lions to deliver it in The best way he con.
bst directing him not TO consent to IN ar.
mIsllce under any circumstances.
On the following day Mr.. McDuffie re-
ported Two resolutions from he Committee
CD Foreign Relations-one approving the
course Of tho =, ssident, as developed in the
foregoing documents, and the other advis.
Ing tie apPropriai on of the money Mr..
ii nnegan moved 10 amend by simple
N nj Of he
expressed by The President, in regard to
peace and so forth, but that as a, present,
Informed, the Senate had no advice to give
"a the premises. On the neat dav after.
The 9th OF August, the first resolution, ap.
proving the Presidents course, was adop-
ted by the vote Of yeas 43, noes 2. The
noes we're Messrs. Atchson and Rusk.
On this day it was moved by Mr.. Me-
'utiic, and so ordered that the Secretary
81 the Senate should Withhold from The
ituso OF Representatives the civil and di.
}4omnt'c appropriation bill, which has pass.
ed the Senate with very important amend.
menis-amendments which added more
than ,hree'quarters Of million of dollars
10 the b H. This is enc Of the secrets OF
Executive session which should not have
l.cen disclosed. Ii looks very much like a
legislative trick, and, must say, not a
worry reputable one. The large az propria
tons which had been inserted in This bill
in the course OF It's passage through the
Senate, it was very well known, would be
resisted by the House, and but two diys
and half of the session remained. The
cvlde nj purpose Of The retention of the bill
was TO insert the $3,OUO,O00 appropriation
Z for the negot alton with Mexico, which the
House would be compelled to pass upon
without the information which has been
communicated TO The Senate, and which.
standing upon its own merits alone, would
psob IDLY be rel cted.
The question recurring upon the adoption
oil the second resolution expressing The
opin Oh that The money ought to be appro
pratcd as desired by the President, Mr..
Atchison openly and shortly moved to in
sert, 'and Tor the purchase of the whole or
part of Upper California" VIII ch was
rejected, ii 10 80. The Senators who ad.
vocaed this direct proposition were NJ essrs
Alien, Atkinson, Benton, Breese, Bright
Cass, Dix, Pearce, Sovisr, Sturgeon, and
Woodbridge.
MIR. Peace then submitted the counter
proposition that mo part Of this money
should be applied 10 the purchase OF any
part OF California;" for which seven sen
ators voted, namely, Cilley, Clayton, Mil
or. nearce, Phelps, Semplc, and Upham,
Mr.. Morehead moved an amendment
that the President be requested to inform
both Houses, in confidence, of the objects
10 which II is intended to apply this mon
ry. It was rejected, Is 10 &c. Then ,h
le:oIullon advising the appropriation Of
50 O09, $50, in concurrence with the Presi
dents reques', was adopted, 33 to 10.
On Friday. the 7ih, Mr.. Buchanan ad
d esscd 10 Mr. Lewis a letter, calling ro
tie appropriation. On Monday the inJunc
ton of sec ecy was removed from all lht
epraceedngs in this bshlf The position
ol'tthe ma ter, then is this: our govern
menl have proposed to the Mexican gov
'ornment 10 Sc tie adj open questions. unf
10 conclude treaty Of peace, one Of ihe
Conditions OF VIII CHI Is 10 be that the latte
shall cede to US comfortable slice Of tel
rl''ry, by way of appeasiny our Angl,
Saxon appetite for more lands. Though
Congress have refused the appropriation
deemel necessary by our Executive TO en-
able him 10 carry out his wishes, the OFF,
and invitation TO negotiate have been ex
tended TO Mex Co, and have probably b,
fore this time reached the city OF Mexico
US Mr.. Buchanan's despatch TO Comm,
dore Conner is dated the 9th of July
seventeen days ago.
STARTLING RuMoR. Twelve years ago
l'st fall, brig called The Nile" Capt
BroooSirgs, sIiled from this port for The
West Indies. Subseque hlly she was lounC
bottom up. on shore on Bermuda. ltwa.
supposed that her Iliicers and crew bac
a found watery grave. Last week q
young man named Reed returned home &c
Woolwich, after an absence in Mexico apc
South America OF six years, and he saw.
iha, he saw in California a man Famed
Jones, who sailed in the Nie-tha, Jones
stated that when in the neighborhood OF
Bermuda, the brig was fallen in with ra,
kish craft, that she was robbed OF all her
Vauables, that Capt. Crookings and all his
crew were transferred 10 the pirate vessel