The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-22


Some apprehension having been expressed that
the commission for running the Mexican boundary
had died out and all its fruits with II, we are glad
70 learn from the debates In the Senate upon the
Deficiency bill that II 10 only in state Of suspended
animation. 1t s only the money that has been ex-
hausted, and not the commisslon-the fifty thou
sand dollars appropriated by Congress and not the
metes and bounds" which were to be the lines Of
demarcation between the two governments. Be-
tween an interesting debate ia the Senate, the
10th, and interesting letter from San Diego dated
the 4th Of March, we are enabled 70 inform our
poets Of the commission. The San Diego letter in
forms US, that the last meeting Of the joint commits
sion was held on the 10Th Of February. The
this side Of the line except that which has already
been provided for and as II Is impraccable in the
present condition of California, 70 advance from
sasds ss to
meet at FL Paso, in the State OF Chihuahua, the
first Monday Of November next.
This letter gives description OF the monuments,
from which we learn that the monument at the
Initial Point the Pacific Ocean, 10 70 be Of white
marbleJ the block, or die, three feet square; the
pyramid. or obelisk nine feet. The following &C,
interest. On the side fronting the Pacific will be
placed the following inscription:
''Initial point of boundary between the LATED
mission. ioth q October. A. d. SIS ssssssbiy to
the treaty dated II the city OF Guadalupe Hdalgo,
February ~, a. D., l846. John B. Weller, United
States Commissioner. Andrew B. Gay, United
This inscription viii occupy Of the space;
the other half will be the same inscription ia
Spanish, with the simple difference Of substituting
"Pedro Garcia Condo. Mexican Commissioner,
Jose Salaxar Ylarregin, Mexican Surveyor,
On the northern side, or aide fronting the United
States
Omitted States of America" an arrow, horizon
tally cut over it, with ssDirection Of the Line
On the southern side, or side fronting Mexico:
"Republica Mexicana. I" an arrow. with the words
On the east side fronting the line the geograph-
cal position, cut in b0s-rslisf:
"North Latitude 80 deg. 81 min. So sec. SO; Long
mined by Maj. VIM. H. Emory, the part of the
United States, and Jose Salazar Ylarregin, on the
part of Mexico"
This monument will be placed ON a mound of
five feet and its height above the surface fourteen
feet. The monument at the point agreed upon,
the mouth of the ella, will be Of the same
tcrial and form, but of smaller dimensions, and will
contain the same inscriptions, with the exception
of the latitude and longitude, which will be as fol-
lows:
"North Latitude 80 deg. 4s min. 81 sec. So; Lon
lance from the middle of the ella, where it unites
with the Colorado, 3H metres, as determined by
Lieut.. A. w. Whipple, on the part Of the United
States, and Jose ssazar Yiarregin, on the part of
Mexico"
This monument will be placed ten feet above the
level of the earth.
On the debate in the Senate some discussion rose
upon what had been accomplished by the commits
sion Senator Smith, of Connecticut who understood
the whole subject thoroughly, declared that S75000
would not cover the amount expended by the COM
mission, and he proposed that the salary of the
commissioner, surveyor, and astronomer, be fixed
at 1000 each. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, held
that great deal had been done by the commission,
and that problem has been solved in establishing
the line which connects the southern boundary on
the Pacific with the junction ofthe ella and the Col
orado; both points have been established both lines
have been started and that it was but simple ope
ration which any surveyor can do, TO continue the
line. The great labor Is to establish the initial
point, and this has been done at both ends Of the
line, and 1t il now but q simple operation the
part of the surveyor TO follow the CHA to the branch
indicated by the treaty. Another astronomical pro-
blem, the junction of that line with the Rio Grande
is, however, yet TO be solved. What remains will
be simply TO run the line down the Rio Grande,
noting the topography of its banks, and marking
the channel Of the river, and setting of the islands
on the one side or the other For this three years
are proposed, but the commissioners must quicken
their pace If they to conclude their work in this
time, if we are TO judge of the future by the past.