Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-10-14
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THE NEGOTIATION.
From the New Orleans Picayune

ton whatsoever. All hostities by sea and land
shall cease Immediately and definitely as soonas
the ratification shall hive been exchanged by
both parties.
AL prisoners Of war made by both parties
both on sea and on land, shall be liberated as
soon as practicable after the exchange OF ralif-
cations of this treaty. Besides ii is agreed that
If any Mexican citizens should be prisoners of
the Camanches, or Of any tribes of Indians with
in the limits of the United States, the govern
ment Of the United States will endeavor to OBJ
tain their return TO their homes, according to the
treaties existing with those Indians.
B. AS soon as the present treaty shall have
been ratified by the United States Of Mexico,
orders will be issued without delay to the COM
manders of both parties, both on sea and land,
that hostiliies are suspended, and that such sus-
pension shall be strictly observed. Immediately
after the exchange of ratifcations OF the present
treaty, all the ports, territories, towns and pos
sessions Of every kind, which may have been
captured by the United States from the United
States Of Mexico during the war, except those
comprised within the limits of the United States,
as defined by article No. a of this treaty, will be
given up without delay and without occasioning
any damage, or without any expectation OF artll-
lery, or public property captured in said ports
towns, or which may he therein at the ratfcai
ton OF this treaty.
IT, hc uiNulng my oeL"eeh .,.e wv iePu'
ics VIII commence 10 the uuli oil Mexico tnrt
leagues off land fronting the mouth of the Ri
Grande, thence upwards by the middle Of sal
river to point where it touches the merida
line OF New Mexico; thence towards the we
to the longitude Of the southern limit OF Ne
Mexico at the angle of the southwest OF Il
same; thence towards the north TO the longitut
of the northern line Of New Mexico, until it
inersected by the first arm OF the Rio ella, or
it should not be intersected by an arm OF tn
river, thence to the point of said line nearest
said arm; thence in direct line to the sam
descending by said arm, and by said river Gil
until its discharge into the river Colorado ar
thence downwards by the Colorado and the mlt
die of the Gulf Of California to the Paclf
Ocean.
Sin consideration of the extension of teri
tory, as defined by the preceding article and b 3
the stpuatons which will appear in article N
| g. the United States abandon forever, all CLAIM
against the United States of Mexico, on accoui
Of the EXPENSES of the war; and besides til
agree to pay 10 the United States OF Mexic,
s.. IThe sum is not speciled1
6-Jn conscouence of ar,icle NJ 4 the ITni.
cd States arree IN guoraniee and nav IN IN 4
claimants ali the OBLIGATIONS which are now du b
and which NAV fall due according TO the conven /;
ton concluded between the two Republics :
the CITY of Mexico on the Both of January. 1874:
and to provide Tor the payment of The decision
piven in favor of the claimants. piven under
Convention between the United States and III
Mexican Republic, under date of the IIth o
| April, 1882 And the United States also apre,
| to assume the payment of the claims of citizens
of the United States not previously decided
against the Government Of the United States OF
Mexico, up to sum which shall not exceed three
millions of dollars, and which shall have orig
mated previous to the 18th of May, 1S46, and
which also shall have been acknowledged as just
debts by a tribunal Of commissioners appointed
by the Government Of the United States, whose
decisions shall be di,finitive andbinding, provided
that on deciding on said demands, the said tri
bunal shall be governed by the principles anC
rules prescribed by articles Nos. and of the
convention, not ratified but concluded in tie city
OF hexlco on the 10Th OF November, 1913; ant
IN no case shall decision be given IN favor o
any claim unless Il is regulated by these prlncl
pies and rules; ana the United States by this
and orerer aller, eAoneiate lne Y hi'ed states o
Mexico rom al responsibility 10 those claimants
whether reJecteu OF ADMITTED by SAID commls
S'0n''' no.
in the settlement of the claims the archives o
the Government are to be at the service of tn
commission to ascertain the validity of the claims
S.-The United States shall have in perpetui
ty free of any tax or claim whatever for the pro
duced under their flag the transportation O
goods through the Isthrnus of Tehuatepec, for O
from the Pacific, by any means of CONVEYANCE
now in existence, or to be established hereafter
by canals or railroads.
:, 9.-Al goods introduced during the occupa
: ton of the country by the nited States shall b.
, free from either importation or internal duties
and free from confscation
IO.-'The articles of amity, Commerce and nav
ipation. concluded in the city of Mexico on tn
5th of April, 1881, between the two powers
shall be renewed for the period of eight wear
r after the ratification of this trea,v: each part
having the right after the expiration of that ne
Rod, to terminate the same by a notice of on
= year.
:, n.-This treaty will be approved and rattle
;. by the President of the United States of Amer
y ca, with the appreciation and consent of the Sen
ate, and by the consent of the United States G
Mexico with the full appreciation of the Genera
Congress and the Publications will be excbanp
: ed in the city of Washington within the nerio
i of - months from the date of which it NAV b
e signed or as soon as possible,
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leaving sslae lot Tue present 'he hrst lhs'ruc
tions lIoul ounta anna 10 Tue mexican comnls
d siohers' we proceed 70 give an outline OF the "a
i t"u'n"' oneIeu ny trien' unuer MS renewed IL
j. s,r"oto"s, WHICH uiicIs siShuy from inc origin
a. p'oPoS"i1h'
II hli. rs mercy an expression oil deslr