Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-07-04
NEW MEXICO-A CONSTITUTION
FORMED,


as the 25,h May They do not enter
so much into detail as we could have
wished, but the contents are of real i'm.
portance, in the present condition of
public affairs.
Ii seems from these letters, that
Convention Of Delegates from the Peo-
pie has been called; that it has been held
and in the short space Of eight or nine
DAYS i, dill devise and promu gate
Constitution for the Government OF the
State of Ne,o iMerico. We proceed TO
give all the information on this subject,
collected from two or three Of these let
ters. The Convention, of the! manner
Of whose election we know nothing,
assembled q, Santa Fe on the 18th inst,
and one of our letters says with great
unanimity in their action. They were
in session .teight or nine days, and in
that time produced q Constitution which
has not yet reached US, but which it is
said will be in operation by the first of
July. The boundaries Of the State, as
contained in the letters before US, arc
not very well defined, but we give them
as they come 10 us. "On the east, the
State runs TO, the Tooth degree of lati
tude. The points where the line cuts
the Arkansas and the Colorado of
Texas are points in the boundary. On
the west, New Mexico is bounded by
the lllth degree from the Colorado Of
California to the intersection Of that
line of latitude with the Gila. Thus
on the east and west, the State Of New
Mexico is bounded by parallels of laii-
tudo." By this Constitution slaOery is
prohibited in the State.
The Constitution was adopted on the
25th May. In fifteen days thereafter,
an election was TO be held for members
of the Legislature, and as soon as it
could be done the machinery of the
new government would be set in mo-
ton. Two Senators and Represen-
ta,ive in congress, would be speedily
elected, and an effor. would be made to
get them to Washing gtonsin time TO take
their sea,s-if such proceedings are re.
cognized at all, in the present Congress
II am satisfied (says our letter. that we
will have q good Constitution, and one
entirely suited TO this peculiar people,
"As to the officers of this new State
Cera ST. Vrain, Judge Otero, and II
Donnelly, are prominent candidates for
Govornor-all, however, belong TO the
same political party, and selection Of
either would be perfectly agreeable &c
all. Capt. A. w. Reynolds, U. S. A.
and Maj. r. II. Woighiman, late Pay
master, al. present lawyer of this ter
ritory, stand most prominent among III
for the U. S. Senate. Both arei wei
qualified for the station, and will dc
honor to the State. There are two
other candidates, Judge Houghton unc
w. z, Angncy, late Of Jefferson city
but their chances Of success are small
when placed in opposition 10 the gen
, tiemen have named, who are consider
I ed the first men in our community
IAnother letter says-Hugh N.;.Smi,l
! our presen, delegate in Congress, will
E no doubt. be elected TO the House o
y Observation-Disclosures, 25M.
Miss Jane Porter, the well,knowl
authoress of the Scottish Chiefs. anc
0 many other standard novels and roman
: ces, expired at the residence of he
brother, DR.. W. Ogilvie Porter, in BTis
t. ,ol, England, on the 3Oth ult, from
d second attack Of pulmonary apoplexy
i Miss Porter was in her 74th year, an
y maintained to the last moment not onI
: her intellectual faculties unimpared, bu
s. that checrrulness Of disposition 70
I which she had been so much admire
: during her long life.
The nert PreSident.-The Catah0ul
t. Advertiser, published at Trinity, La
d boldly hois,s the name of John c. Ere
1t mont, for the next Presidency. Th
J. nomination stands "politics or no pol
1 tics" 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
II Mirh is the medicine OF life;
'e It cures its ills, it calms i,s strife.
u 1t softly smOolhs the brow Of care.
&c And writes Ihousund graces there.