Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-05-18
REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA.

Il Treaties arith the United States, ac.-Rdp-
ttue Nth FrGnce.-A gentleman just arrived
in this Country from Guatemala has handed
the National Intelligencer some numbers
of the Official Gazette, and besides given ii
some accounts of the affairs in that country
The bloody war which had been for some
time raging is, as our readers already know,
for the present at an end. Gen. Mariana Pa
redes is President of the Republic. Mr. Hise,
Charge d'Affaires of the United States, had
been received publicly with great ceremony.
We understand, also, that he has succeeded in
making treaty with Guatemala. and like
wise with Nicaragua; the ambassadors from
the latter were very DESTROYS of entering INTO
relations with the United States. The sym.
pathies in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and all the
other States, are represented to be win the
United States rather than with the English,
who, by continually keeping men-of-war in
their neighborhood, may at present be said to
8 rule supreme over them. Mr.. Chatfeld, the
British Consul General, has great influence
with one of the parties, the Servile, 10 which
the new President belongs; and it is represen.
ted that not long ago, upon some unimportant
question with the State of San Salvador, the
Consul sent for man-of-war and blockaded
the port of San Salvador-lhe vessel going off
after few days and leaving boat and a few
men 10 blockade the port.
The Government of Guatemala, being in
want of funds, determined to lay a forced
loan upon all merchants in the country, ? nd,
as most of the business men are Spaniards,
the weight of the measure fell naturally upon
them. They made protest but. being of
no avail, they put themselves under the pro.
lection of the French Consul, who undertook
their defence, and there has been a flare up in
consequence. The correspondence ended in
the Consul receiving his passports and quit
ting the country.
A tobber and assassin called Leon Raymund,
who styles himself Rey de! Mundo, King of
the World who likewise asPires to the Pre-
sidency, is still making war upon all whom
he meets on the roads He has large Larty
of such gentry under his command.
The Guatamalian minister took the ground,
that the consul had no right 10 interfere in the
affair, and therefore the Government would
act as they thought proper. The Consul was
shown by the Minister of Foreign Relations,
that many of the natives of Spain whom he
had given protection to, were not Spanish
subjects, as when the republic was proclaim
ed they had sworn allegiance 10 it., and were
therefore citizens of Guatemala; and some had
held Offices under the Government, and even
sui has been giving protection to citizens Of
Guatemala against their own Government.
The French ConsuPs ultimatum was, that
the Government either pay into his hands the
full amount of money paid into the treasury
by the Spanards from the LIST of March i'm
mediately, or he would hold the actual mem
bers of the Government of Guatemala person.
ally responsible for all moral or material
losses which French citizens residing in the
country might suffer in consequence of his
departure, and likewise the foreign citizens
who had put themselves under his protection
The German Empire.-There seems to be
in the public mind of Germany a firm deter
minaiion 10 hold 10 the Assembly and The new
Constitution, and the question of the German
Empire is now at a very critical point
Twenty eight German Governments have al
ready declared their unconditional acceptance
of the constitution, and their readiness TO &C
knowledge the King of Prussia as Emperor
of the Germans Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony
and Wirtembufg have not yet given in their
definite decision, and it is doubtful if The three
latter will. A correspondent of the Newark
Advertiser, writing from Frankfort on the
10th ut., says all parties in the National As
sembly are now united with the exception OF
the Austrian members. Right and left have
embraced and resolved 10 stand or fall togeth-
err. The most ultra Republicans have vowed
faithful allegiance to the entire Constitution
hereditary, Emperorship, and all, provided the
Princess accept and carry it out, and the most
conservative moEarchists have in return pledg-
ed themselves to stand by it as it has passed
the Assembly, demanding its unconditional
acceptance by the government, with the sus
though it should be necessary to fall back mp
on the people, and call in the aid of revolu
ton. Either the Princes, prudently yielding
10 the necessity of the times, will submit IN
conditionally to the decisions of the Nationa
Assembly, or, blind to the requirements of The
age, they will attempt TO oppose the inevitable
progress of events, and thus seal their owl
doom Public Ledger.
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