Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-30
FROM MEXICO

tribute Of respect to of the master spirits Of tn
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| FROM MEXICO
| NEW ORLEANS, May l9-Our files of Havana pa
pes received yesterday by the Belle and Empressare
contain some interesting items Of news from Mexico
Santa Anna it appears, is making great exertions
raise funds for the payment of the nstament due tn
United States on the Both inst. The Lando for III
forced loan is introduced TO the different department
Of Mexico in the following style "The time will con,
when justice will be done TO the administration o
which the head found the Treasury in stat
of bankruptcy, but recognized the army, crealet
navy and carried the TO the furthermost part
the Republic, sustaining the glory of flag, ant
coDquerng difficulties almost superhuman, and tina
too without any resource other than rmness and
stancy. | solicited voluntary contributions, but the
collections did not reach the mnutest part of that de
manded on the Both May BY The Minister of the u S
sincerely regret the necessity fresoting to forced
loan but as the nation has the unde niabe right
demand the lives of It's citizens, has also
the right to ask their property for the preservation Of IFS
faith insolate. Be 1t therefore decreed follows:
l. forced loan OF two millions and half will be
demanded from all the departments of the Republic,
according to their wealth. for the purpose of quidat
ing the debt due by this Government TO that OF the
States Of North America.
Cd. This sum will be repaid, in preference to all
other claims, the state of the Treasury will
permit.
will be Immediately designated by the government.
9TH. Without loss Of time, the sum OF two hundred
and seventy thousand dollars will be collected, and
ready in the capital the 30th April, that being the
proportion of the two millions and a half loan TO be
contributed by the department of Mexico
5th In order that the burden Of the loan may lean
equally the citizens the assessments 10 be made
by the Chamber of Commerce. representatives. from all
classes of societies, secular well as religious, as
sisted by member from the bureau OF the general
hpr ID and fhar~, aud
dollars to be raised by the clergy, secular and egu-
lar, converts ofnuns which have property, endowed
pious institutions, citizens, aborers merchants, IN
short by all the people without excepting any profess
sion, civil ecclesastc, any institution in possession
Of property.
9th Within four days from the publication Of this
decree, the said assessments to be complied with
under the utmost rigor of the law, and the amount
transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury.
9Th. The individuals and corporation 10 hand in
the for which they assessed, on the 18Th IN.
slant, al the latest
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Dated, National Palace, Mexico, April 20, loi3
By an article extracted from Tobasco paper, under
date of the 18th April, notice, that on account OF
the great scarcity of corn SALT &c, in that State per.
mission has been granted to import them from abroad
al least, as long the with Yucatan may continue.
The new British Minister for Mexico, arrived at
Vera Cruz in Fl. B. Nj. ship Spartan. According to
the Eaandarte Nacional of Mexico the privilege of in
PRODUCING sixty thousand quintas of raw cotton has
been given TO the commercial house Of Aguero for
$500 900 in duties, half cash. and the remainder IN
thirty days-.Ne,c Orleans Bulletin
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
By the arrival Of the steam packet New York, We
have full files Of Texas papers TO the 10Th inst, nclu.
siye There are two important pieces Of intelligence by
this arrival The first is that of another Santa Fe
Expedition. |; is announced in extra Civilian OF
the 10Th nst which states that early this Spring Col
Snively received commission TO raise body oil three
hundred volunteers in the frontier counties OF the
Northeast for desce upon Santa Fe, and the capture
Of the tyran Armjo and traitor Lewis, and 10 inhict
suitable punishment for the babarous treatment visit
ed upon the trading expedition under Mcleod and
Cook The great difficulty not TO raise the requ.
site number of men, but to keep too many from Joining
The various counties readily turned out from twenty
FIVE to forty men each. Five hundred, says the Ex
ira, are certainly known TO be in the held and II
is thought The force is eight The place oil ge-
neral rendezvous Coffee's Salion-'he time, the
18th Of April The route the South side OF Red
River and military operations were 10 be exclusively
confined to the territory Of Texas and Mexico. From
the information from Santa Fe, strong hopes were en-
lerlained of the capture both of Armjo and Lewis
The volunteers all fitted at their own expense
well mounted, well armed &c.
The Civilian concludes its notice as follows:
They are believed to have information OF all the
Mexican parties which were to have left either Santa
the road. Their object, however, does not end here
The city of Santa Fe will be entered, and, II u Is
deemed prudent and the people OF The country are able
to distinguish their friends and beneaclors IRON the
tyrants and blood suckers who now Cypress them,
descent will be made upon chihuahua, and the whole
of Northern Mexico may be revoluton'zed. on this,
however, the men determined That they Will not
return without Armijo and Lewis dead OF alive.
The other item, the, not TO US unexpected, proca-
nation of President Houston, denouncng Commodore
nnu,
and mutiny, suspending him from Office commanding
him report person 10 the head OF the war and ma
rne department. and declaring the Government no
longer responsible for his acts upon the high seas This
astounding document begins with Pompous preamble
accusing Moore of having repeatedly refused 10 con-
form to The orders OF the Government nun
to return TO Galveston of refusing 10 deliver up his
vessels to the commissioners Of the navy of cruising
on the high with armed vessels, contrary to the
laws of the republic and nations, &c, and therefore
continues the
PROCLAMATION.
+ Sam Houston President and Commander in
Chief Of the Army and Navy of the Republic OF Texas
DO by these presents, declare and proclaim, that he
the aforesaid Post Captain, T. W. Moore, IS suspended
from all command in the Navy OF the Republic and
that all ORDERS "seaed," otherwise which were IS
sued 10 said Post Captain, T. w. Moore, previous tc
the 29lh October, 1912, are hereby revoked, and de
clared null and void and he is hereby commanded
obey his subsequent orders, ana report iorthwn u
person, to the Head of The Department OF War ant
Marine Of this Government.
And do further declare and proclaim, on failure o
obedience 10 this command, or on his having gone 4
sea- contrary to ORDERS that this Government will
longer hold itself responsible for his acts upon the big
seas but, in such case requests all the Government
in Treaty, or on terms Of ami,y with this Govern
ment, and all Naval Officers on the high seas, or u
ports foreign 10 this country to seize the said Post Cap
tain, E. w Moore, The ship Austin, and brig Wha'
ton, with their crews, and bring them, any Of then
into the por. of Galveston, that the vessels may be Sc
cured 10 the Republic, and the culprit or cuprts ar
ragned and punished by The sentence of legal trIou
| nal
such fragrant and unexampled outrage, by Com
mander of public vessels of war, upon the rights of hi
naton and upon his official oath and duty, topass unrt
buked-for such would be TO destroy all civil rule, an
establish a nrecedant which would ieopaTdize the con