The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-03-08

sbnt ths iEo Il i;5 ySi, 81 mSsy nSys
S6e njtSs M silSS iosm ffis,
n6W lvu1t 1tamiafll gave Soma toasts.s which
hare been lItfis comm o 81 Their
iscohtented fellow itizans. Among these
was one against the Priests and monks: and
another wishing that the blood fof sii fRe
Military Mexicans) might be poured onts
slike the wine inthiu Rlass; and anst Inert fhaf
the seed of the Anglo American may take root
!instheIs soil Yand that the. army may not retire
until Il have germinated, &c. sc. I am told
that 1t was one Of the handsoinost 4 idias de
tcampa, (dejeune la fourchette,) that has
been given in the country. u 1900:
Yesterday body Of about 700 men, cayal-
~ and infantry, with some pieces, were des.
patched to Cuernayaca. q town to the south
about eighteen leagues from Mexico, the key
to the terra calente in that direction, and
having a population Of about 5000 souls:
though it is probably very considerably aug.
mented now from the influx Of many families
from Mexico before and subsequent to our
entry into the capital
Mexico, Feb. 6, lS4S.
4. Dear Sir-I spoke last night with a gen.
tleman who 10 an intimate friend of one Of the
Commissioners, and he tells me that the terms
of the treaty as told him by the Commissioner
are as follows: The river Bravo for limit
between the two countries as far as where it
touches the 32d degree; from thence along
that line (32d degree) to the river Giia, and
thence along that river to the Pacific. BY
which the United States gain and Mexico
loses Upper California, ali new Mexico,
part of chihuahua, perhaps slice of Nuevo
Leon, and considerable part of Tamaulpas.
The States agree to pay Mexico the sum of
S20,00O,OOO indemnifcation for territory, in
monthly instalments of 100000, and to nav
the claims Of their citizens against Mexico;
and two months after the Congress of each
country shall have ratified it, the States shall
withdraw from the capital their troops and lot
the Mexican Government enter again into
possession, and that three months alter this,
all the troops shall have passed beyond the
limits and out of tho country.
Such are the terms that were signed last
Wednesday on the altar of the Collegiate
Church of Guadalupe; whether they will be
ratified and carried into effect is another oues-
tion; and It may even be permitted me to doubt
whether they can legally be brought about In
the first place this is Republic that is mutual
compact between sovereign States for this
mutual defence, and cannot see what right
there is in the Legislative body, called Con-
gress, to give away three or four of the States
composing SO many fractions of the integral
body.
From the Ne,o- Orleans, Delta, Feb. 23.l
THE TEEATY--ANOTIIER VERSION.
mercantile house in this city, of extern
sive connections in Mexico, received by the
British steamer letter from very authen-
tic source. giving the following as the stipu-
lations OF the treaty agreed upon between Mr..
ha
letter is dated 18th of February, and came
through the agency of the British Embassay.
The terms Of the treaty are
l. The United States get all the TERRITORY
asked for by the propositions Of September
last.
q Mexico to receive O,OOO-three
to be paid on the ratification of the treaty;
five to be applied by the United States to the
satisfaction of claims of her citizens against
Mexico; and the remaining twelve to be paid
in instalments as Mexico may desire.
3. The American Army to evacuate the
city OF Mexico within one month after the
ratification of the treaty, and the entire coun-
try within three months thereafter, unless the
sickiy season should have begun on the sea
coast, in which event they shall be permitted
to occupy quarters thirty leagues inland until
the sickly season shall have ceased.
4. The tariff established by the authority of
the United States to remain in force for
limited time, (probably until the final cvacua-
ton ny our forces,) when it will be abolished
and the Mexico laws restored
1t is asserted that some months since Gen.
Scott received a letter signed by Messrs
Clay Webster, Calhoun and others, advising
him to continue negotiations with the Mexi-
can authorities, and to retain Mr.. Trst to as
sist him in such negotiations; to insist upon
territorial indemnity to the United States, but
in other respects to deal literally with Afexi-
co-and assuring him that a treaty based uD-
on such terms would be ratified.
The latter part of the statement is no doubt
apocryphal. Indeed, VIC vouch not for the
correctness Of any Of fit-but give it as it was
given to us; endorsing, however, the respecta-
bility of the source, which, it must be ac
knowledged, possesses peculiar facilities for
obtaining correct inform1tion Of affairs in
Mexico.
The Magnetic Telegraph-Modus Ope-
ndL-Notwithstanding we have read,
heard, and seen SO much of the Magnetic
Telegraph, there are many who do not know
the mode by which it conveys intelligence.
The following explanation may therefore
prove interesting:
Suppose cord be stretched along for any
given distance, and the ends be held by two
persons who have agreed on certain signals
by which to communicate to each other:-
For example, suppose they have agreed that
one short, quick jerk of the cord shall repre-
sent the letter a, two jerks B, three c, and
SO on. Now then, it is easy to see, that with
sufficient practice, these persons could
easily spell out words to each other by means
Of all these preconcerted signals But it
would evidently be tedious and somewhat
uncertain process Suppose, then, in order
to facilitate, each extremity ofthe cord should
be attpched to little instrument which should