The New York herald., 1844-12-07
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EXTERIOR OF ST. PATRICHS CATHEDRAL.

EXTERIOR OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
The Weekly Herald, will be issued this morning
at nine o'clock, uncommonly rich in interesting
engravings Price 81 cents.
The Steamer.
No appearance of the Caledonia at Boston at
O'Clock yesterday morning. She was then in her
seventeenth day. Westerly gales, such as those
that damaged the Sea, Utica and Kalamazoo, have
probably impeded her progress a little.
Texas and Mexico-Thc Omcial COrrespon-
dence.
BY incredible labor and expense, we have pro-
cured from Washington copy of the official cor
respondence during the last summer between the
United States government and those Of Texas and
Mexico relative to the question of annexation. and
we present these important documents at full length
this morning to our readers. They will be deeply
interesting to all classes especially the merchants
and politicians
This correspondence embraces allt the diplomatic
negotiations between this government and Texas
and Mexico, during the last summer up to the
opening of the present session Of Congress 1t pre-
sents the commencement Of the denouemsmt which
few weeks or months may bring to an issue, for
there is daily expected at Washington a special
messenger from Texas and Mexico, with further
Important documents and correspondence on the
subject, hat may have most important bearing on
the question before Congress. Amongst the docu-
ments now published, however, the most impor-
tant paper is the letter addressed by Mr.. Calhoun,
the Secretary of State, to the Hon. w. H. King,
American Minister at Paris, copies of which have
also been addressed to the American Ministers at
the other European courts. In this letter. Mr. Calhoun
takes high and strong ground against the policy OF
Great Britain in relation to abolition and other
questions. We have no doubt that this whole cor
respondence, bu. particularly this celebrated letter.
will be equal to the bursting of bomb-shell in
| the European diplomatic circles. It's effects we
! shall see in time.
| We have no time to-day for the further observa-
| tions which this important correspondence sug-
gests. But we cannot close these hurried remarks
without stating that according to intelligence
| from Washington, we are informed that the Mexi-
can authorities here have been commanded by
their government, under certain contingency, to
leave Immediately on the issuing Of the Presidents
Message, to proceed to Havana, and then to issue
letters OF marque and reprisal on American csm-
merce. OF course such measure was dictated with
reference to belligerant movements the part OF
the President or Congress- At all events, this Tex
as question is now coming to close quarters. The
recent election OF Mr.. Polk decided that the peo-
| pie of the United States are in favor Of annexa-
ton, as single naked question, without reference
either 10 Mexico or any other country. Can the
Senators in Congress, with this decision Of the peo-
pie before them, again dare to oppose the mea.
sure Can the Senators OF Virginia, who believe
in the doctrine Of instruction, oppose 1t? Can Mr..
Benton himself with the vote Of Missouri staring
him in the face, oppose it?
D...----IT =. uI:~.nnv.D v.DoM-Some time ago
mo- rs. u., u.s,"s n'ahed politician of South
pilgrimage TO Tennessee, in order to ascertain
the length, breadth. thickness, and other special
attributes Of the President elect. on the subject OF
the tariff and other questions; and that having as
certalned all these particulars to his satisfaction,
geoogically and geographically, he had returned
| to South Carolina, and made q full report Of his
Investigations, which were regularly and officially
published in the Richmond Enquirer. Since that
time, we have no doubt, number OF private ms-
sons have been sent out by various political cges
| Of the democracy throughout the country, on
the same and similar errands. We see,
also, by the Morning Ne,cs OF yesterday,
that a special mission has been sent on
from the Van Buren, clique OF politicians
in this neighborhood, and that they have had
the good fortune to select one Of the most
accomplished diplomatists in these parts-we
mean Major Davezac. 1t appears by the last &C.
counts that he had got as far as Cincinnati on his
way 10 Tennessee, and probably the next official
PRONUNCIATION of his movements will record him as
| amongst the arrivals at Nashville.
| All these movements are very significant, and
indicate the approach of great dispensation on the
4th of March next. Mr.. Polk himself, at the date
Of the last accounts, was on his way from Columbia,
through Nashville, TO the Hermitage, tor the pur-
pose Of consulting with the elder branch of the
Hickory family, and ascertaining what his views
were of the present position Of affairs through
out the country, and particularly what would
be the best materials for the construction ol
a new cabinet. We have also sent out our pri-
yate diplomatist towards those regions, to repor!
/ progress in the Herald, and we have already re-
| ceived some private dispatches which indicate
pretty broadly, that " old Hickory" will give some
| good and sound advice to the young scion OF thai
venerable stock, before his fight from Tennessee
towards Philadelphia and Washngton-of such Q
| character too as will disappoint many Of the poll
ticians We have it on very good authority, tha
the young democracy Of the present day are to be
the advisers and counsellors and associates of the
"Young Hickory" that is TO be our President
and if such should be the case, very interesting
light is thrown on the certainty OF the tenure By
by which all the officials, put in by Cap ain Tyler
hold possession Of the "spoils.''
1t is said that Mr.. Polk has already been writer
to on the subject Of Dorr, of Rhode Island, bu
that he returned very cool answer to the enthusi
asts. In few days, however, we shall receiv,
from our messenger and diplomatist in Tennessee