Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-05-07

This afternoon Senior Mata was formally
presented to the President by Secretary Cass.
In delivering the letter which accredits him as
the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the Mexican Republic to the
Government of the United States, he convey
ed to the Presidentat the same time, the SEN
timents of friendship and high regard which
the Constitutional Government as well as the
people of Mexico entertained for him and for
the citizens of the Great Republic.
y Senior Mata, continuing, said: The first
and certainly the most gratifying of my duties
in the act of presenting myself to your Ex-
cellency, in my official character, is to assure
you of the sincere desire which have to draw
into closer amity the relations of your Excel
lency's Government and those of the Govern
ment of my own country. The desire by
which I am actuated is that of contributing
to the extent of my ability to the develop
ment of the interest of both countries. 1t
affords me great pleasure, Mr.. President, to
have it in my power to be able to present to
your Excelency on this occasion the well-de-
served tribute of my profound respect for
your person, and to give expression to the fer
vent wishes which entertain for the advance
ment of the two countries in the pathway of
freedom, civilization and progress, in which
they have SO nobly entered.
The President, in reply, said the govern
ment of the United States had always regard
ed with the deepest concern the events trans
piring in their sister Republic. Their desire
had always been to establish such relations as
would enable the two countries to live on terms
of peace and good neighborhood, and fully de-
velope their mutual and reciprocal interests.
In recognizing the constitutional government
of Mexico, we have followed the course here
tofore pursued, and this was done as soon as
it was ascertained that the government was
capable of maintaining its authority, and was
sustained by the people. He was grati6ed
that for the first time in their history they had
so generally declared for the constitution and
laws, and that the revolutionary movements
of military chieftains had been so signally de-
feated The interview is represented as being
highly interesting.
WASHINGTON, April 30.
Lieut. Mowry, who has been here some
days on business connected with Arizona, will
leave tomorrow for that Territory, but will
return next winter to urge the organization
of territorial government.
The last Congress appropriated $4,000
for the purchase of presents for the Pinto In
dams, in acknowledgment of their good faith
and friendship for the whites. The Indian
Bureau is now making arrangements for their
distribution, and they will consist principally
of agricultural implements.
The Postmaster General will open no new
routes under the Post Office bill of 1858, in
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, but will continue the service on
the old routes, contracts for which were re-
Gently awarded.
Gen. Jarez, the Nicaraguan Minister, on
the seth inst, notified Mr.. Yelverton, Presi-
dent of the American Atlantic and Pacific
Ship Canal Company, that their charter had
been declared forfeited by the Congress of Nj
caragua, on the ground that the company had
failed to fulfil its obligations. He likewise
notified Secretary Cass to the same effect.
DR.. Forney, Superintendent of Indian AT.
fairs for Utah, writes to the Indian Bureau
under date of March Sth, that he is in posses
sion of such reliable information as leaves no
doubt of the completely of the Mormons in
the Mountain Meadow massacre, and that
after which, there was distributed among the
leading church dignitaries $500 worth of pro-
perty. The children who escaped were in his
Forney's) care, and arrangements had been
made to restore them to their friends in Ar
kansas.
Messrs. Snow & Hutton have been award
ed the contract for making the survey of the
western boundary.
The dispatches from Gen. Johnston, in
Utah, were on their arrival here Immediately
communicated to President Buchanan, who
seems greatly embarrassed at the turn affairs
have taken.
Secretary Floyd heartily approves of the
action of Gen. Johnston in the premises.
Senior Mata made, to-day, formal demand
for the archives of the Mexican legation
But the Secretary of Legation being absent,
the matter lies over
Judge Greenwood, of Arkansas, has been
rendered the Commissionership of Indian AT
fairs