Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-15
Late and Interesting from REexieo.

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BY the arrival at N. Orleans OF the brig Seine
the editors of the Picayune have received paper.
from the city Of Mexico to the 10Th and Jaapa tt
the 23d utimo.
We give below the interesting summary Of
news by this arrival prepared by the Pieayune
The Monitor Republican, publishes the following i'm
portant decree:
Mariana Arsta, President OF the United Mexican States
to the inhabitants of the Republc the General Con.
gress has decreed as follows:
Art. |. The Government will conclude contract or
promote the formation OF company, who prefening
ves In all cases. or OF foreigners of BOTH for the
ing by canal, railroad wagon road of line Of connu-
nicaton between the Allan and Pacific oceans by the
lsthmus OF Tehuanepec The Government shall not have
the power to execute any contract unless be previously
proved by the General Congress.
Art 2 The Government in exercising the powers con
coded to by the previous article shall be bound by tho
following conditions:
l. That the shall contain no clause which may
favor by the rights which it Comedies demands from for
eisn governments against the Republic impair in any
way the full and prompt exercise of its sovereignty in
the said 1sthmus of Tehuantepec.
2. 70 give tho enterprise efficacy and constant
protection the Government shall be of the partners
the contract.
g. The interoceanic communication by the Isthnus
shall be free aud open to all tue nations of the globe.
T. In order to make the benefits of the communication
stable and perpetual, the Government shall negotiate
with the powers linked to the Republic by treaties for
the express recognition of neutrality of the right of way
by the lsthnus In case of war.
This document is signed by the President and
Secretaries of the Senate and Chamber of Dep
uties, and Mariana Arista, the President of the
Republic.
The .S2glo ofthe 18th inst, copies from a min
isteria paper of the previous day an article which
states that the American Governments not being
abet comply with the stipulation in the treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which obliges it to defend
the Mexican frontier against the Indians, had of
fered six millions of dollars to the Government of
Mexico compensation. The Sigio adds: eff
this be true we think the subject needs the appro-
val of Congress; and fit should be agreed to we
much fear that the six millions will be wasted
without the frontier receiving much attention."
One OF the papers of the city of Mexico says
that the State of Chiapas is threatened with an
invasion from Guatemala, aided and abetted by
certain parties in the territory Of Mexico. The
Government has no means of defence. The Sigio
says that the last insult which could fall upon
that unfortunate country would be an invasion
from Guatemala.
On the 18th, the four Ministers formally resign
ed their offices, in consequence, as they said, of
not having merited the confidence of Congress in
the Tehuantepec affair. The Zempoaiteca, of
Jalapa, believes that the President has per-
suaded the Ministers to withdraw their resgna-
tions.
The discussion on the tariff was still proceed
ing in Congress The Monitor calls on all mem
bers to forget personal differences, sacrfc their
cherished opinions, and unite in passing some
of the kind for the salvation of the coun-
try.
A correspondent of the ZempoaIteca, writing
from the city, says that the 18th ult., the law
for the admission of foreign flour into Vera Cruz
was lost in the Chamber Of Deputies by vote of
two-thirds.
The Senate has passed bill appropriating
$4,000 for the repairs of the National Road be-
tween Vera Cruz and Perote
The Seminole Chiefs, Wild Cat, Tiger Tail,
and their companions, have arrived in the city of
Mexico on a friendly visit to the President and
Congress.
The Monitor announces the arrival in that city,
OF Il petition from the ladies of Matamoros for
the pardon OF four persons, condemned to death
for having taken part III the attack on Matamo-
ras by Cavajal, in the month of October last
Two ofthem are Mexicans, and two Americans,
and they were all private soldiers A writer
III the Monitor urges upon the Government the
policy as we'll as humanity of pardonng these
criminals aud praises the magnaniinity Of the la
dies of Maamoros
The commanding officer in Oaaca writes to the
Minister Of War, undef date of the 9th inst. sta
ting that the schooner Amplitude, from Panama,
hound for California went ashore near the village