Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-30

The sub]olned Letter from our intelligent New
Orleans Correspondent was written the day before
the military movements above detailed were pub
licly known.
New ORLEANS, AUGUST Is, 1915.
You will have seen by the papers the news that
reached here yesterday from Mexico. Nothwitt-
standing the proposition submitted to the Mexican
Congress for declaration of war against the Unit
cd States, have belief that such step will be
taken. There is really such an utter inability, in her
present situation for Mexico to 90 to war, that it
would be perfect faulty on her part to attempt it,
and consider the whole as fanfaronade, on the
part of the Government, until after the election
IL over for they had excited the public mind
~ such degree, as regards the United States,
that all the candidates for the Presidency had to be
loud in their outcry against this country, and to at
feet the most violent measures in order to have any
chance Of in the One acknowledged pre-
requisite for is loan of fifteen millions of dollars and
where they to obtain Another detachment Of United
states troops sailed hence yesterday for Texas and further
Inducements, ii is said, their way. The mail to-day
brought important dispatches from Washington which
ordered be forwarded Texas without delay and if
aa by special vessel The regular day Of departure Of the
s,eam-packet McKm for Galveston, tomorrow; but
pressing the orders that this vessel receives 900 to
this epenng with the dispatches The Of them
has not transpired.
The circular of Secretary WALKER relative to de-
lenures goods shipped Texas has excited little at
tenon here and is certainly document unique of its kind
and without precedent in the annals Of Government For
the first time the merchants Of the United States be sub
ec to an inqusora investigation the object and nten
on OF their commercial operations, and what they intend to
do with lawful goods they may think proper to load board
their vessels and if their explanations these illegal and
bary Investigations not satisfactory to the feelings pre-
udce or preconceved opinions Of the Collector the Min
iser finance, they will refuse carry into effect the
a o. ne law which entte the said merchant 10
ms debenure certificates think II very probable that ship
ments Of foreign goods paying high rates Of duties will be
made from the United States Texas in order 10 oet the
turn Of those duties in the shape Of drawback and e a.
nexaton is consummaed either be reshipped 10 the Tinted
States free of duty, they may remain and be -
Texas; and also that goods win be shipped d;re, !, TO-
from Europe, with view Of being subsequently brouh,
the United States Such things inseparabIe from ,h
nexation Of Territory, just plan can be adone,
for evyng duties foreign goods that may be in such
tory at the time of annexation. But with view TO rusr,
against these indirect anticipated frauds on our revenue Mr.
Secretary WALKER's plan grossly to violate those laws
HIMSELF by arbitrarily refusing allow the drawback where
he or his agents may think proper suspect the object Of any
shipment and to commit outrage the rights Of mer-
chants engaged in legitimate and lawful trade When Flo
rda annexed large quantities Of sugar were imported in
to st. Augustine from Cuba and so soon as annexation was
eompc'ed that sugar rehppcd New York and Pha-
dolphin free Of duty and there no remedy for it, The
Administration Of that day very anxious to obstruc IT,
but could not do 50 Legally and never entered into their
minds mPle sous 70 set the example Of violating the laws
themselves in order to prevent violation In the case Of
Texas, however, there simple, legal, and yery eec
i've preventive for all this anticipated injury to our revenue
and had Mr. Secretary WALxKn had the foresight he could
readily have had adopcd which was have obtained the
passage Of an act by the Texan Congress- their late exa
session. declaring that the Tariff Of the United States should
oe IN force from and after their adjournment until annexation
was completed and the laws of the United States adopted
There would have been no difficulty in obtaining such law