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RepIu Of his ErceLLencu Me President.


GENTLEMEN: With the greatest satisfaction, |
have received from your hands the credentials
which you have presented for the exchange Of
mlifcations of the treaty signed in the city OF
Guadalupe IIidaIgo, with the notifications made
in Washington by the Senate which treaty has
just received the approval Of the Mexican Con
gress.
owe you the most expressive thanks for the
sentiments of friendship and good will which
you have manifested toward the Mexican Re-
public. In its name ! assure you that these sem
limcnts are completely reciprocated, and that
as Chief Magistrate Of this Republic, desire
nothing more ardcndy than that our treaty may
become the immutabIe basis of that constant
harmony aud good understanding which should
cordially prevail between two Republics, in or
der that they may be prosperous, powerful and
respected in the general society olnaIons.
Ancr the exchange OF Publications on the
night of the 3Oh ult Mr.. Sewer again address
cd the President, and was replied to in the most
friendly terms by the Minister of Relations, who
announced that Mexico will shortly appoint q
Minister to the Government of the United States
We find the following additional news in the
n. q. Crescent ofthc 18th:
number of Mexican citzcns sent the follow
ing petition to Gen. Butler, which We translate
from EI Monitor:
To his IIxccency Gen. Butler, Commander-r
Chief of the American Army in Mexico:
In the last number of the "Amcrcan Star
| it is said that the prisoners of San palrco, ant
their Captain, Riley, now that peace is colebrut
ed, are 10 be- carried to New Orleans and turnoC
out of the service in an ignomnous Manner
We would humbly beg The Communder.n-C Chic
to show his clcmency, by pardonng those un
fortunate men, and romuIng the rest of lhci
term Of punishment setting them al liberty, ant
allowing them 10 remain among us. Nothing
would, in our opinion, bea more appropriate ac
in celebration Of peace, or more conducive tC
l0rgcuIncss of the past than the exercise OF the
right of pardon toward these unlortunates, who
would not have suffered had the war not taker
place. They have suffered in our cause, ano
we think that no net of grace that Gen. Butler
could exercise on leaving our SOIL would render
his memory half so grateful to MeXicans as this
Should his EXcolIcncy read these lines, we
hope he will be persuaded that they are the ex'
preston Of the sentiments Of every Mexican
heart.
The Eco del Comcrcio of the l8lh announ
ces their pardon, Ogreeably to the above request
VERA Cruz, June 6, 1913.
Eds. Crescent by the mail from Mexico We
have nothing of importance, except the prcpa
ralons which are making for the descent of the
roops. The ouposls are called in as rapidly
as possible, and the division of Gen. Patterson
was on the march To the coast, aud will proba
bly, arrive n short time. Tho troops from
Orizabn and Porotp are hourly expected; an es
cort with the sick and disabled at JaIapa, has
arrived and is being embarked Tor New Orleans
Gen. Smith is in command and we really fine
il a pleasant change. You will see in the Free
! American an account of an explosion which
took place day before yesterday; from twenty
to thirty persons were killed aud wounded, ma
my of them were women and children. The
view of the ruins, with the crushed and mangleC
bodies of the dead and dying, was really horri
bic, aud such Il sight as | never wish to SEQ a
gain. 1t is supposed that large quantity O
powder was clandestineIy kept upon the prem
ises, either for sale or for the use of the rob
Der bands which in(cst the vicinity Of the city
AID TO lucATAN.-Sr. Otero has introduced
into the Mexican Congress proposition to sent
immediate and efficient assistance to lucatan.
GEN. ARIsTA-The Eco says that tho prose
cutions so long existing against this gallant off
Ger have terminated in his full and entire acquit
raI, and he is now again in a position to serve
his country.
REDUCTION OF DUTIES IN MEXICAN PoRTs.-
A late number of the Gaceta contains decree
of the President of Mexico, concerning Mexican
duties. By this decree it appears that on the
cessation of the war, the Mexican Tariff of The
4th of October, 1915, will go into operation, anC
us the duties thereby imposed on imported
goods are much higher than those collected dur
ing the time the ports were in possession ef the