Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
FURTHER FROM MEXICO.

Inc Sgto dI1 publishes treaty Of peace and amity
which has been concluded between the Republics of Sal
vador and Honduras The second article provides that
they shall mutually send representatives to their Govern
ments the third provides that the armed forces Of one
Power shall not respass the territories Of the other
except by previous consents the fourth provides that
deserters from the armies Of the contracting Pow6rs
shall be mutually restored on being claimed and the h
provides for She mutual surrender Of fugitive criminals
The sixth provides that neither Government shall allow
political refugees from its neighbor to take asylum uder
its Jurisdiction, be accorded means of or
injury against tho country from which they may have
ned By the seventh article citizens of the two States
are 70 be allowed free commercial intercourse under the
laws provided for the government of each OF them with
out any distinction of nationality; and the commercial
treaty between the two countries of the 9th Of March
ls4 is declared in full force. BY the eighth duly au
thenucated legal documents of either country be
considered of authority in the other This treaty is dated
September Z, 1854 Es8 A saa
curious phenomenon has lately been Witnessed in the
port OF Vera Cruz For several days in the beginning
OF this month the shores Of the harbor negborhood
were strewn with dead fish, cast up from the sea- So
great was the quantity that serious fears were entertain
ed lest disease should follow from such mass Of pure
faction Bodies Of troops turned each day. who
gathered the fsh and buried them the spot gene
raj order was issued commanding all those reading in
the vicinity 10 take the steps for the prevention Of
disease An order was also issued prohibiting the sale
Of fish, This phenomenon continued for several davs
and we therefore give the following explana
ton u Mr. Adophus Hegowisch surgeon in the mill
tary hospital resulting from experiments made by order
OF the commandment In the appearance Of oil the fish
the first thing that struck the attention was the named
and potruded state Of the eyes, such ordinarily takes
place In stranguation This the Doctor says WAS not
might be supposed the result Of putrefaction, for the
case was the same when it had not commenced. On
opening the fish the nestnes observed to be much
distended with gas which, testing proved to be car
bonic acid gas decomposition Of the contents of the
ntestines showed the presence of no poison either min
eral or vegetable submerson Of the intestnes and
ish in slaked lime caused the evolution Of large ouant
ties Of carbonic acid gas He judges, therefore that
ieath Of these sh has arisen from aphyxa caused by
his gas He concludes that the gas has been evolved
iuring submarine volcanic eruption and in support
ais opinion refers to Humbodts Cosmos page 22l. He
also refers to similar phenomenon which place in
he Mediterranean In 1921 where large quantities of fish
Tere similarly thrown up the shores of Corfu Ceph
onia and the coast Of Albania, and by their decompos
ion caused plague, which carried of large numbers Of
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