The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-15
THE DAILY DISPATCH
LATER FROM MExIcu.

By the arrival Of the brig Seine, We have
received papers from the CITY OF Mexico 10 the
18th and Jalapa 10 the 23d ult.
The Monitor Republicano publishes the col.
lowing important decree:
Mariana AEista, President Of the United Mex.
ican States. TO the Inhabitants Of the Repub-
he; the General Congress has decreed as
Art.1. The Government will conclude
contract, or promote the formation of com.
pany, who, preferring natives in all cases, or
OF foreigners, or OF both, for the opening, by
canal, railroad or wages road, of line Of
communication between The Atlantic and Pa
ci6c oceans, by the isihmus of Tehuantepec.
The Government shall not have the power to
execute any contract, unless il be previously
approved BY the General Congress.
Art. 2. The Government, in exercising the
powers conceded to il BY the previous article.
l. That the contract shall contain no
clause which may favor, by the rights which
II comedies, demands from foreign governments
against the Republic, nor impair in any way
the full and prompt exercise OF its sovereignty
Z in the said isthmus Of Tehuantepec.
z. To give the enterprise more efficacy and
constant protection, the Government shall be
one OF the partners TO the contract.
.. The inter-oceanic communication by the
! tons of the globe.
4. In order TO make the benefits of the COM
munication stable and perpetual, the Govern
n1ent shall negotiate with the powers linked TO
the Republic by treaties for the express reCOg-
milton of neutrality of the right OF way by the
q, lsthmus in case of war.
This document is signed by the President
and Secretaries of the Senate and Chamber Of
Deputies, and Mariana Arista, the President
of the Republic.
The Sglo, of the 14th May, copies from a
ministerial paper of the previous day an article
which states that the American Government,
not being able TO comply with the stipulation
in the treaty OF Guadalupe Hidalgo, which
obliges il to defend the Mexican frontier against
the Indians, had offered six millions OF dol
lars to the Government of Mexico as compen-
sation. The Siglo adds: "lf this be true we
think the subject needs the approval of Con-
gress and if il should be agreed to we much
fear that the six millions will be wasted with
out the frontiers 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
Siglo 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 re-.
signed their Offices, in consequence, as they
said, of moi having merted the confidence of
Congress in the Tehuantepec affair. The
Zempoa!teca, ofJalapa, believes that the Pre-
sident has persuaded the Ministers TO with
draw their designations.
The Vera Cruz Eco del Concrete, of the
20th, announces the completion OF the tele-
graphic line between Vera Cruz and the city
of Mexico.
The Legislature Of Guanajuato has author
Used the Government to take steps for the es
tablishmenr of Geographic line between Vera
Cruz and San Bias, on The Pacific.
The Eco says that recently Don Victor Per-
ret, accompanied by servant, was going
from Nopalucan to Pueba, when he met an
armed party who were hunting for thieves
He mistook them for robbers, and Immediately
fired upon them, killing the captain and one OF
the soldiers. The rest of the party, exaspera-
ted at the fall of their captain, dschai ged their
pieces al Senior Perret, and seriously wounded
him and his servant.
On the nj ght of the 10Th, Max Maretzek's
opera troupe gave their first representation in
the city Of Mexico. The opera was Lucia di
Lammermoor." and the Monitor devotes near
ly three columns to a description of the per.
Torrance.