Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-05
THE MISSION OF MR.. TRIsT.

Message from the President Of the United States,
communicating report from the Secretary Of State IN
anst0er to a resolution Of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, FEBnUARY 2, ls4s
To the Senate of the United STATES
In answer to the resolution of the Senate Of the 18th Janu
ary ls47 calling for information upon the subject Of the
goaon between the Commissioner Of the United States and
the Commissioners Of Mexico, during the suspension of hos
ttes after the battles of Conreras and Churubusco, trans
NIT report from the Secretary Of State and the documents
which accompany it.
deem il proper to add that the invitation from the Com
missioner of the United States to the Mexican Commissioners
submit the proposition of boundary, referred to in his
despatch No. l5 of the 4h OF September S47, herewith
communicated unauthorized by me, and promptly
disappoved and this dsapproya communicated to the
Commissioner of the United States with the least possible
delay. JAMES X. POLK.
The Documents accompanying the above Mes
sage consist Of the draught of treaty which was
carried to Mexico by Mr.. TRIsT, and the cores
pondence between that gentleman and the Mexican
Commissioners, the material part OF which was
published in our columns in the beginning of last
October. The following is the despatch to which
by him:
(No. 15.-Confdenal)
Mr. TriSt TO Mr.. Buchanan.-E1fracfs.
HKADauARrERs THE U. s. ARMY,
Tacubaya, September a, ls47.
SIR The conference between the Mexican Commissioners
and myself the I'd instant resulted in my saying that if
they would submit formal proposition TO establish
the boundary between the two Republics the defined in
the accompanying paper Enclosure No. ~ would trans
nit Washington, and would propose to General Scott to
consent the continuation of the armsce until the answer
of our should be received the calculation being
that this would require from forty foryve days. sending
expresses both to Tampico and Vera Cruz.
Should my offer be accepted, this win go by quadrupcate,
by Vera Cruz and two by Tampico under the security
afforded by double passports.
am, sir, very respectfully, your obelient servant,
N. P. TRIsT.
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary Of State
Enclosure No. 1.)
The boundary line between the Republics shall COM
mence point in the Gulf Of Mexico, three leagues from
land opposite the middle OF the souhenmost inlet into
Corpus Christi bay thence through the middle OF said inlet
and through the middle Of said bay, the middle OF the mouth
of the river Nueces thence up the middle OF said river to
the souhenmost extremity of Yoke Lake or Laguna DC las
Yunta where the said leaves the said lake, after run
ming through the thence, by line due west to the
middle Of the Rio Puerco aud thence up the middle Of said
river the parallel Of latitude six geographical miles north OF
the fort at the Paso del Noe the Rio Bravo thence due
west along said parallel the point where ntersects the
boundary Of New Mexico thence norhwardy along
the said boundary until first inersecs branch OF the river
Gila Tor, should not intersect any pranch oi that e
then the point the said boundary nearest TO the first
branch thereof and from that point in direct line to such
branch thence down the middle Of said branch, and Of the
said river Ga until emptes into the Rio Colorado, and
down up the middle of the Colorado the may re-
qurc to the hryhd parallel Of latitude and thence due
along the said parallel into the Pacific Ocean. And
is hereby agreed and stipulated that the territory comprehend
ed between the Rio Bravo and the above defined boundary
from its in the Gulf Of Mexico up to the point
where II the said Rio Bravo, shall forever remain
neutral ground between the two Republics and shall not be
settled upon by the citizens Of either person shall be al
lowed hereafter % settle establish himself within the said
territory for any purpose under any peex whatever and
all contravenons Of this prohibition may be treated by the
Government Of either Republic in the way prescribed by its
laws respecting persons establishing themselves, in defiance
Of It's authority within its proper and exclusive territory