Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-01-21
Later From Mexico.

The steamship Texas arrived yesterday from
Vera Cruz. bringing us dates from that city up
to the 9th. and from the City of Mexico up to
the 4th inst.
The Texas had on board $107 800 consigned
to. two houses of this city.
The news she brings is not very important.
The Government has just issued decree, re-
curing the mail to leave Mexico at o'clock,
p. NJ. precisely, on the 9Th and 10Th Of every
month. in order that it may reach Vera Cruz in
time for the departure of the Texas for New
Orleans.
The Council Of State has granted the follow
ing rights and powers to the President OF the
Republic:
The powers granted to His Excellency, the
President of the Republic, by the conventions
of the 9Th January, are indefinitely prorogued,
and their term and limit are left to his wisdom
and discretion.
These powers are the same as those granted
to him by said convention.
He is appointed Captain General Of the ar
mics.
The salary of the President Of the Republic
is raised to 100000.
The President of the Republic shall receive
the title of Highness.
The President is authorized in case of SER
ious illness, or of physical Or moral inability, to
appoint his successor by commission under his
seal. which shall be deposited at the Office of
Foreign Affairs.
The President shall state in said commission,
the restrictions which he may deem proper to
give to the authority of his successor
His Highness issued proclamation on the
18th of December, in which he declares that he
could accept only the discretionary powers YES
ted in him, the right of appointing his successor,
and the title of Highness.
The Minister of the Interior had published a
decree on the 10th ult., granting an amnesty to
all political offenders to whom some city IN the
interior of the Republic had been assigned as
their residence.
General Brord has accepted the great cross of
Guadalupe, and in an official letter expresses
his regret at not being able to be present at the
Inauguration.
By decree of the Minister of War and Mar
inc of the 9th ult., the following articles are
muskets, pistols, sabres and swords, and caps,
destined to the armament Of the troops.
The District of Tuxpan has, by Presiden-
tial decree of the 1st of December, been incor-
porated into the Department of Vera Cruz.
The President of the Republic has received
official letters from his Majesty William w.,
King of Prussia, and of Don Jose Maria Oban-
do, President of the Republic of New Granada,
congratulating him upon his accession to power.
The inhabitants of Tampico have petitioned
the Supreme Government to be authorized to
import 1000 or 5000 barrels of foreign flour. 1t
is believed their request will be granted.
Brigadier- General Woll and Almonte, it is
said are promoted to the grade of Lieutenant
General. Commander Calico is appointed Col
onel. Mr.. CALICO is the officer who induced
the garrison of Vera Cruz to proclaim General
Santa Anna.
On the I'd of December, at about 9 o'clock,
A. NJ, an earthquake was felt at Durango. The
shock was so violent that the mass which was
being celebrated at that moment was suspended.
Prince Nicholas of Nassau, distinguished
tourist, arrived by the last English packet.
THE Pacific COAST. -+y .5
Mr.. Gandara announces, in an official dis
patch, that he has called the whole population
of Sonora to arms, and organized force of 500
men at Hermasllo, and that he has taken the
funds of the tobacco monopoly to meet the ex-
penses rendered necessary by the extraordinary
in which he is placed
Governor Espinosa announces, in dispatch
dated December 18th, that the Californian inya-
ders have been attacked and defeated by Capt.
Castillo Negrete commanding the village at St.
l.
cause of the tibusteros, and conveyed him Es-
pinosa) and his successor, Don s. Cimaco Re-
bolledo, to Cape St. Lucas.
PoKr OF 1IE ISLAND OF CARMEN.
The decree which opens the port Of the Island
Carmen to foreign trade, imposes the following
restrictions on it:
1. The port of the Island of Carmen is open
to foreign trade.
2. The goods which shall be imported into
said port, under the provisions Of the present
decree, shall not be introduced into any other
port of the Republic, and shall be consumed in
said island.
8. The general tariff of June LIST of this year
will be in force there, as in other ports
4. Foreign ships which shall have landed with
the Customhouse regulations, shall be allowed
to go to the Island of Carmen and load logwood
provided. they comply with the anchorage and
other regulations, but they will be exempted
from tonnage duties.
5. Ships coming from foreign ports in ballast
to load logwood at the Island of Carmen shall
present a certificate of their respective consuls
and shall nav tonnage duties.