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his brother, thrown overboard by the captain of the steamboat Petrita, amounting to $7483 25, for which relief has been denied by the Mexican government.

"4th. Captain Levy also claims reparation for being imprisoned after the commencement of hostilities between the United States and Mexico, in direct violation of the treaty providing for the occurrence of such an event, and for being compelled to leave Mexico without time to arrange his business, also in violation of treaty stipulations.

"No. 82. Claim of L. S. Hargous & Co.-The claims of this firm against Mexico are for loans, advances, supplies furnished, and amounts due on contracts, &c., amounting, with interest due thereon, to $1,095,498. They also claim damages for being expelled from Vera Cruz, by which their mercantile transactions were seriously injured.

"No. 83. Claims of John Parrott, late U. S. Consul at Mazatlan. The claimant was forced, in 1845, by the Mexican authorities, to give bonds for the repayment of the duties on the cargo of a vessel belonging to his house, although he had in his possession (and showed them to the proper officers) passports certifying that the duties had already been paid. These bonds are still in the possession of the Mexican government, to be enforced against the sureties of the claimant.

"No. 84. 2d Claim of John Parrott & Co. - The house of Parrott & Co. having refused to comply with a decree which had been annulled since 1837, a military force was despatched on the 18th April, 1845, by Canedo, the collector of the port of Mazatlan, which entered and took possession of their house, and placed property to the amount of $44,000, and the archives of the consulate of the United States, under embargo. In this state they still remain.

"In the mean time, an English vessel, with a cargo valued in England at £35,000, consigned to the house of Parrott & Co., arrived off the port of Mazatlan; but deeming it unsafe, at that particular time, to land the goods, she was ordered to sea. On her passage to Monterey, she was cast away and lost, by which P. & Co lost the commission they would have obtained on selling the cargo.

"No. 85. Claim of F. M. Dimond, late Consul of the United States at Vera Cruz.-Mr. Dimond claims damages for being expelled from Vera Cruz, in contravention of the treaty existing between the United States and Mexico, by which his extensive business was entirely broken up.

"No. 86. Claim of Elisha H. Saulnier.— Claim similar to No. 36.

"No. 87. Claim of Franklin and Ann Chase. This claim is for damages sustained in consequence of their summary expulsion from Tampico, in violation of the treaty.

"List of Claims on Mexico which have arisen since 30th December, 1837, not included in the foregoing.

"No. 88. J. Roberts & Co., of New Orleans.- This claim is for $9000 advanced to Mr. Martinez, the Mexican minister in this country, on the faith of drafts on his government which were not paid.

"No. 89. Parrott, Talbot, & Co.- Claim $2958 for a balance due on Mexican treasury warrants, payment of which was suspended by order of the government.

"No. 90.. Isaac D. Marks - Claims damages for a breach of contract made by him with General Arista, for the importation of $20,000 worth of prohibited goods at Matamoras. Powers for the purpose were vested in the general by his government, but were subsequently revoked.

"No. 91. J. T. Laguerenne & Co., of New Orleans - Claim indemnification for the seizure and condemnation of the brig George Washington, at Vera Cruz, in 1841.

"No. 92. J. M. Castanos - Consul of the United States at San Blas, advanced $1150, for the transportation back to California, of certain citizens of the United States, who had been forcibly taken from that country, by Mexican authorities, in 1840.

"No. 93.

Bensley - Claims damages for being deprived by the governor of San Luis Potosi, of his apprentice boy.

"No. 94. G. W. Stavorens — Claims reparation for the confiscation of two thousand one hundred and twenty-five pounds of chewing tobacco, at Vera Cruz, in 1840.

"No. 95. C. F. Driscoll - Claims $887 for alleged illegal discriminating tonnage and pilotage duties, and for a fine exacted on the brig A. E., at Tampico in 1839.

"In a letter written by Mr. Forsyth, secretary of state, to the Mexican minister of foreign affairs, under date of May 27, 1837, demanding redress for these outrages, he says,

"These wrongs are of a character which cannot be tolerated by any government indued with a just self-respect, with a proper regard for the opinions of other nations, or with an enlightened concern for the permanent welfare of those portions of its people who may be interested in foreign, commerce. Treasure belonging to citizens of the United States has been seized by Mexican officers, in its transit from the capital to the coast. Vessels of the United States have been captured, detained, and condemned, upon the most frivolous pretexts. Duties have been exacted from others, notoriously against law, or without law. Others have been employed, and in some instances ruined, in the Mexican service, without compensation to the owners. Citizens of the United States have been imprisoned for long periods of time, without being informed of the offences with which they were charged. OTHERS HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND ROBBED BY MEXICAN OFFICERS, ON THE HIGH SEAS, WITHOUT ANY

ATTEMPT TO BRING THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE.'

"Yet, in consequence of the forbearance of our government, the Mexican authorities and people continued their outrages upon us, down even to the very last year, 1845, and extending through a period of nearly twenty years."

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G.

TREATY BETWEEN TEXAS AND SANTA ANNA.

"Articles of Agreement and solemn Compact, made and adopted by David G. Burnet, President of the Republic of Texas, and the undersigned Members of the Cabinet thereof, on the one part, and Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of the Republic of Mexico, and Don Vincente Filisola, General of Divisions, Don Jose Urea, Don Joachin Ramires y Sesma, and Don Antonio Gaona, Generals of Brigades, of the Armies of Mexico.

“Whereas, the President Santa Anna, with divers officers of his late army, is a prisoner of war in charge of the army of Texas, and is desirous of terminating the contest now existing between the government of Texas, and that of Mexico; in which desire, the generals above named do fully concur; and

"Whereas, the president of the Republic of Texas, and the cabinet, are also willing to stay the further effusion of blood, and to see the two neighboring Republics placed in relations of friendship on terms of reciprocal advantage;

"Therefore, it is agreed by the President Santa Anna, and the Generals Don Vincente Filisola, Don Jose Urea, Don Joachin Ramires y Sesma, and Don Antonio Gaona,

66 "1st. That the armies of Mexico shall, with all practicable expedition, evacuate the territory of Texas, and retire to Monterey, beyond the Rio Grande.

"2d. That the armies, in their retreat, shall abstain from all pillage and devastation, and shall not molest any of the citizens of Texas, and shall not carry with them any cattle, or other stock, more than may be absolutely necessary for their subsistence, for which a just price shall be paid. That all private property that may have been captured by either detachment of the army, shall be deposited at the first convenient point of their march, and left under a sufficient guard, until the proper authorities of Texas shall have possession thereof.

"3d. That the army of Texas are to march westwardly, and to occupy such posts as the commanding general may think proper, on the east side of the Rio Grande, or Rio Bravo del Norte.

"4th. That the President Santa Anna, in his official character as chief of the Mexican nation, and the Generals Don Vincente

Filisola, Don Jose Urea, Don Joachin Ramires y Sesma, and Don Antonio Gaona, as chiefs of armies, do solemnly acknowledge, sanction, and ratify, the full, entire, and perfect independence of the Republic of Texas, with such boundaries as are hereafter set forth and agreed upon for the same. And they do solemnly and respectfully pledge themselves, with all their personal and official attributes, to procure without delay, the final and complete ratification and confirmation of this agreement, and all the parts thereof, by the proper and legitimate government of Mexico, by the incorporation of the same into a solemn and perpetual treaty of amity and commerce, to be negotiated with that government, at the city of Mexico, by ministers plenipotentiary, to be deputed by the government of Texas for this high purpose.

“5th. That the following be, and the same are hereby established and made the lines of demarkation between the two Republics of Mexico and Texas, to wit: The line shall commence at the estuary or mouth of the Rio Grande, on the western bank thereof, and shall pursue the same bank up the said river, to the point where the river assumes the name of the Rio Bravo del Norte, from which point it shall proceed on the said western bank to the head waters, or source of said river, it being understood that the terms Rio Grande and Rio Bravo del Norte, apply to and designate one and the same stream. From the source of said river, the principal head branch being taken to ascertain that source, a due north line shall be run until it shall intersect the boundary line established and described in the treaty negotiated by and between the government of Spain and the government of the United States of the north; which line was subsequently transferred to and adopted in the treaty of limits made between the government of Mexico and that of the United States; and, from this point of intersection, the line shall be the same as was made and established in and by the several treaties above mentioned, to continue to the mouth or outlet of the Sabine river, and from thence to the gulf of Mexico.

"6th. That all prisoners taken by the forces of Mexico be forthwith released, and be furnished with free passports to return to their homes; their clothing and small arms to be restored to them.

"7th. That all the fortresses of Texas be forthwith restored without dilapidation, and with all the artillery and munitions of war belonging to them respectively.

"8th. The president and cabinet of the Republic of Texas,

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