New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-23

.- CONFIDENTIAL /
| Treaty Betceen the United States of .fueyiro
and the .Nerican Republic, Signed at the
| Guy Of .Aenico, on the 50M day Of Decenl.
| Der, f. D., 1853
| In the name of Almighty God, the Republic
OF Mexico and the United States of America
desiring to remove every cause of disagree
ment which might interfere in any manner with
the better friendship and intercourse between
the two countries, and especially in respect to
the true limits which should be established
when, notwithstanding what was covenanted in
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the wear
1913, opposite interpretations have been urged,
which might give occasion to questions of serious
moment. 10 avoid this, and to strengthen and
more formally maintain the peace which hap
PLY prevails between the two republics, the
President of the United States has for this pur
pose appointed James Gadsden, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
same near the Mexican Government and the
President of Mexico has appointed as Plenipo-
tentiary ad hoe his Excellency Don Manuel. .Diez
de Bonllla, Cavalier Grand Cross of the National
and distinguished Order of Guadalupe and Sc
cretary OF State and of the Office of Foreign Re-
latlons, and Don Jose Salazar Y'Careo vi and
Don Mariana Monterde as scientific Commits
sloners, invested with full powers for these ne
goeiations; who, having communicated their
respective full powers, and finding them in due
ana proper form, have agreed upon the articles
following: ''ese-
ARTICLE l. The Mexican Republic agrees to
designate the following as her true limits with
the United States, for the future, retaining the
same dividing line between the two CALIFORNIA;
as already defined and established ACCORDING to
the fifth article of the treaty of Guadalupe
Hldalgo. The limits between the two republics
shall proceed from the point where the afore
sad line intersects the river Colorado along the
middle Of the deepest channels of that river, and
n point distant two marine leagues to the north
OF the most northern part of the Gulf of Califor-
MA; thence in succession, a right line to the
intersection of the 3lst parallel of latitude north
with the lllth degree of longitude west of
9reenW1oh; whence another right line to 81
degrees AZ minutes 30 seconds of north latitude,
where the same will cross the boundary line,
descending the Rio Grande or Bravo Del Norte
10 the Gulf of Mexico, as defined in the fifth
article of the treaty of Guadalupe. And it is
agreed that, should the line before described,
from the intersection of the parallel 81 degrees
of latitude north, with the meridian ! IL degrees
west Of Greenwich, and thence crossing the Rio
Grande in latitude 81 degrees Al minutes 80
seconds, traverse the Lake Gurman said line
shall be broken so as to form an angle at point
distant one marine league south of the most
southern part of that lake.
For the performance of this portion of the
treaty, each of the two governments shall NOM
mate one Commissioner, to the end, that by COM
mon consent the two thus nominated. having
met in the city Paso Del Norte, three months
after the exchange of the ratifcations Of this
treaty may proceed to survey and mark out
upon the land the dividing line stipulated by
this article where it shall not have already been
surveyed and established by the Mixed Com
mission according to the treaty of Guadalupe,
keeping journal and making proper plans of
their operations. For this purpose, if they
should judge it necessary, the contracting par,
ties shall be at liberty each to unite to its res.
pective commissioner SCIENTIFIC or other assist
ants, such as astronomers and surveyors, whose