The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-16
From DIsxics..OaciaI.

S'''i"e'oh ny IL cioCh the next Jay, the ar
mistice should cease from that hour
Gen. Santa Anna replied explaining and apollo
gising, but saying that the true cause, of Gen.
SCOTS threat, was, his not signing a treaty
which would lessen the territory of the Repub-
lie and dishonor it.
On the It'll, MIR. Tris,'s propositions were de-
clared by the Mexican Commissioners inadms-
sibe, who decided tina, notice should be given to
Gen. Scott, that the armistice should cease on
the 9th" But Gen. S. commenced his attack ON
Kings Mills on the Sth."
We omit details, and come at once to docu-
ments. These are important, and are as fol-
lows:
COMMISSION OF MR. TRIsT
JAMES h. POLK, President Of the United States
q America, TO all those nhem these presents
may come. greeting:
Know We, that, DESTROYS of re-establishing
peace, harmony, and good relations between the
United States of America and the United Mexi-
can States, and TO remove all grounds Of COM
plant, having especial confidence in the inteyri-
~, prudence, and talents ofSenor Don Nicholas
L. Trst, We have named him commissioner of
the United States to the Mexican Republic, and
invested him, in the fullest and most complete
manner, with ample power and authority, in the
name of the United States, TO meet and confer
with any person or persons who shall have SINH
lar authority from the Republic Of Mexico, and
between them 10 negotiate and conclude an ar
rangement of the differences which exist oe-
tween the two countless treaty of peace, ami
~, ana lasting boundaries between the L niied
States Of America and the Mexican nation-for
the defnitve settlement of all reclamations of the
citizens and Government of the United States
against the Government Of that nation, and of
&ll reclamations Of that Government and its cit-
zens against the L niied States and in like man.
ner 10 determine the limits and boundaries be-
tween the United States of America and the
United States of Mexico, and all other matters
and things suitable for negotiation, and bearing
upon the interests Of both nations, transmitting
and delivering said convention, when it shall be
concluded, for ratification, 10 the President of the
United States, by ana with the advise and con-
sent Of the Senate.
In testimony whereof, this document is sealed
with the seal Of the United States.
Done and executed under my hand, in the city
of w ashington, on the 18th day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty seven, and in the seventy first year Of
the independence Of the United States.
JAMES X. POLK.
President Of the United States.
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State.
THE AMERICAN PROJECT OF A TREATY.
Projeet Of Treaty presented by the American
Comm ssioner, on the 27k, at At=eopo-aico.
Arr. /. There shall be a firm and universal
peace between the United States of America and
the United Mexican States, and between their
rcspective countries, territories, cities towns,
and villages, without exception Of places or per-
sons. All hostilities by SEA and land shall def
nitely cease as soon as the ratiiications Of this
treaty shall be made and exchanged by both par
ties.
Arr. 2. All the prisoners of war made by
both parties, az well by sea land, shall be re-
turned soon practicable after the exchange
Of the ratficatiOns Of this treaty. And, further,
if there be at present any Mexican citizens held
captive by the Camanches or any other savage
tribe of Indians within the limits of the United
States, as the same defined by this treaty,
the Government of the United States VIII re-
quire the restoration Of such captves, and their
liberty to return to their homes in Mexico.
ART. = So soon as this treaty shall have
been duly ratified by the [ nted Mexican States,
| il shall be made known with the least delay TO
the commanders Of the force by sea and land, Of
both parties; and in consequence there shall be
a suspension Of hostiities well by sea as by
land, as well on the part OF the military and
val forces Of the United States as on those of the
| United Mexican States; and the said suspension
of hostilities shall be inviolably observed by
both parties Immediately after the exchange
| of notifications Of the present treaty, all the
forts, territories, places, and possessions, what
soever they may be, which have been taken by
the United States from the United Mexican
States during the war, except such as are COM
pretended within the limits Of the United States,
| IL. lat hx-A IF
treaty, shall be returned without delay and
without causing any destruction or extraction
of artillery, or Of any other public property
whatever originally captured in said forts or
places, and which remain in them when the
ratification of this treaty shall he exchanged;
and in the same manner all the forts, territories,
| sc.
AIR. 4. The dividing line between the two
| Republics will commence in the Gulf of Next
co, three leagues from land in front of the
mouth of the Rio Grande; thence along the
middle of said river to point where it touches
the southern line of New Mexico; thence west
ward along the Southern limit of New Mexico
l 10 the southwest angle Of the same; thence
northward along the western line Of New Next
| CO 10 where the same Is cut by the first branch
Of the river ella; If il be not cut by any branch
of said river, then TO point in said line nearest
the said branch; and thence in direct line to
the same, and downward by the middle Of said
branch and Of the said river ella; until it emp
ties into the Rio Colorado; and thence down
wards by the middle Of the Colorado and by the
midde of the Gulf of California to the Pacific
| Ocean.
ART. ). In consideration of the extension OF
| the limits of the United States, as they are de-
| fined by the preceding article, and by the stipu-
Iations which are further contained in Article
&, the United States abandon forever against the
| United Mexican States all reclamation on ae-
count of the costs of this war; and, besides,
agree 10 pay to the United Mexican States, in the
city Of Mexico, the sum Of -.
ARr.'6. In full consideration Of the stipula-
lions contained in Articles and Of this treaty,
the United States agree TO assume and pay all
| sums Of present due TO claimants, and those
which NAV be hereafter established, according
| to the convention concluded between the two
Pepublics in the city of Mexico, on the Both OF
January, Is4i3, to provide for the payment Of
what shall be decided In favor of the claimants,
according To q convention between the United
States and the Mexican Republic, on the 18th Of
April, 1889. And the United States equally
agree TO assume and pay all recamations of citi-
zens of the United States against the Govern
ment of the United Mexican States, not pre-
yiously decided, to an amount not exceeding
thre, millions of dollars, which have arisen prior
TO the 18th of May, 1916, and which shall be
| adjudged to be due by commission established
by the Government of the United States, whose
decisions shall be denitive and conclusive pro-
vided always, that in deciding on the validity Of
the said demands, the commission shall be guild
ed and governed by the principles and rules pre-
scribed by the first and fifth articles of the un-
ratified convention, concluded in the city Of
Mexico on the Goth of November, ls43, and in
no case shall they give judgment in favor of any
claim not embraced by those principles and
rules. And the United States for the present