New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-04
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WASHINGTON. Ta.ssay M,y9 iSS
The Cabinet engaged ~ Cay upon iigleuiaac sal
Home appointments for NsvYOrk State AMI L Is under
s,of made some p-1sress bu. VII refrain from snn1gns
~ further appointments until ster TIE prnase OF that
STATE disposed ~ IN ORDER by sweeping me board A oace
10 avoid y sction Cf the ssapnciuted.
The President il st be-et with pumsrnus applicants for
ocs lie receives III courssousy. ssf declines 70 inter
sre witt; the legitimate duties Of tn beads OF
srG supe-r cficers. hng evidently determined - IetFe
them IN traa n ltd and % hold them personally re-
Thomas Troi' one q the principal Clerks IN ne POST
Cfce Department has been razsef 70 h's former Posoa
J H. Tower hss been appointed Postmaster Of Clinton
Oreils County. New York
slight shock q earthquake Wa experienced IN .fder.
eu part. Il this cry yesterday morning. aboat - minutes
uss; lasting bu- few moments, causing Pcrcepaoie VI
brsfions Of buildings.
There Is talk Of requiring TIE Clerks in the Department
Of the Interior work from "a ocock. IN consequence
OF The backward stase 81 public business IL has been
tIied before. bat proved very unpopular
The Tgir this uaorur denies authoritStvev the state
u'ert that President Per viii shortly visit New lamp
shire and says he has intention Of leaving Washington
at present
also that makes no PTe'ensiOns to be the
Organ OF the Administration.
The contributions 70 the Washington Monument during
the Month OF April amounted To ss,ls2.
santa Anna in Mexico-Tne Proceedings Of Governor
Lane-rhe Loss Of the AleaIrsss, sc.
BALTIMORE, Tuesday, May s. 1873
The mail night brings New Orleans papers o. Tuesday
ard wednesday last.
Santa Ana arrived in the City Of Mexico the nth Of
April ard received with great reoicing firing Of can
non luminatiors &c His reception all along the road
from Vera Cruz to the Capital mos, eothusiasic
rumpbal arches being erected in the different towns the
inhabitants frire ringing bells and INDUCING in
other demonstrations OF Joy.
The proclamation Of Governor lane. Of New Mexico
relative to the boundary and the reply OF Gov TrAs
Chihuahua was taken the City oi Mexico by express in
e DAYS They had caused much excitement Gov. frsss
reply Lane takes the ground that the Northern boundary
of chihuahua had formerly been much further north than
at present that the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hdaso had re
moved il much further south that even if the territory
claimed was disputed territory, it had been always
in peaceable possession Of Mexico that the argument
that the respective Governments are not bound BY
the proceedings Of the Boundary Commission is acious
and that besides having been fortune mmemoral In posses
sion Of Mexico is now inhabited by people who emf
grated there from Mexico because they wished to continue
NJ xcaas He says further that even some did wish 10
change sovereignty Of the soil they had no right to do
it, and that far as protection from the Indians Is con
cerued the Mexican Government has done at least as much
as the United States Gov ras concludes by asking Gov
Lane if he has power to declare war
It had been rumored in Mexico that body Of Mexican
troops sent out by SOW Tas had been defeated by Col
Kerr The rumor subsequently contradicted and the
Mexican papers state that Judge Conklng had given as
surances that the L. 5 Government would dscaim Gov
Lanes acts
In the papers of the City of Mexico 1t Is stated that ten
Lombsrdine had discounted the remaining payments from
the Tehuantepec Company. at the rate OF 25per cent
The Sieo states that fifteen States and three Territories
are in favor of the Federal system and only seven States
appear disposed adopt any other form OF Government
The steamship Abatross went ashore on Clbezas Reef
ON the 18th April ten miles from the shore and twenty six
from Vera Cruz The steamship Texas immediately went
To her relief but found the passengers had an landed and
gone 10 Vera Cruz the slipped OF the rect and
nearly out Of sight The passengers lost all their luggage
and entered protest against Capt Greene to whom they
attribute the disaster.
Gen VOL took command Of Tampico on the 9Th inst.
By order Of Santa Ana another reinforcement had been
ordered 10 MatamorOs